"Pushing Daisies"
Smell of Success (2007)

Director:

Lawrence Trilling

Writers:

Bryan Fuller (creator)
Scott Nimerfro (written by)

TV Series:

"Pushing Daisies" (2007)

Original Air Date:

21 November 2007 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

A woman dies in a scratch-and-sniff book explosion. Was the scientist who wrote the book the target of the explosion, or was this part of an intentional publicity stunt gone horribly wrong? |

Plot Keywords:

Destiny | Justice | Dog | Narration | Morgue

Cast

Lee Pace	...	Ned
Anna Friel	...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles
Chi McBride	...	Emerson Cod
Jim Dale	...	Narrator (voice)
Ellen Greene	...	Vivian Charles
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Lily Charles
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Olive Snook
Paul Reubens	...	Oscar Vibenius
Field Cate	...	Young Ned
Tim Conlon	...	Chas Spielman
Sarah Jayne Jensen	...	Anita Gray
Christopher Sieber	...	Napoleon LeNez
Terry Anzur	...	Anchorwoman
Tina Gloss	...	Ned's Mother
Victor Z. Isaac	...	Delivery Boy

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Jinks/Cohen Company

Trivia:

The scratch-n-sniff man that Ned, Chuck, and Emerson are trying to save has the name of Lenez. Le nez, in French, means "the nose."

Quotes:

Ned: We're not lost. We're following the yellow, thick hose.

Movie Connections:

References C.H.U.D. (1984)

Soundtrack:

Morning Has Broken

Smell of Success is another hilarious episode of "Pushing Daises"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This is the funniest episode of "Pushing Daises" yet! I'll just mention what this show has: murder by scratch-n-sniff, rival authors, rival colleagues, Paul Reubens, "Follow the yellow hose", Olive in a mermaid outfit, Olive's cleavage, and Chuck's aunt Vivian singing, "Morning Has Broken". There's plenty more I haven't mentioned but one more thing I have to say is: Thanks, ABC, for giving this whimsically funny series a full-season pickup! Also glad to know the ratings have gone up. Every week this show just keeps getting better. Now if only the writers' strike ends soon (with the writers getting what they want) so we can get that full season in bloom ASAP!