in so many ways, pushing daisies

is an american version of amelie

the omniscient narrator, the vivid colors of the cinematography, the importance of minute subjective factoids, the quirky love, the witty banter, the great wardrobe for both male and female characters, the fairy-tales-can-come-true implications, great supporting characters who may sometimes overshadow the main characters, a projected sense of vindication, the music, the flashbacks, the comedy.....
also:

i made tessy a new sweater, with a yellow swiss dot grosgrain bow.....i'm thinking about adding a chickadee applique on the back, just to push it to anthropologie limits....