Today's cuppa: Newhall Coffee Patriot Blend
Tomorrow night, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has bought a half-hour of time at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on CBS, NBC and Fox (who are even delaying the World Series a tad -- check local listings for what happens in Mountain and Pacific time), but not on ABC.
So, I'd like to take this opportunity to do a bit of cheerleading for a little show that could use some help, ABC's "Pushing Daisies," which airs a new episode at its usual time at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Wednesday.
This is a sweet, charming, fantasy-mystery-romance show that puts a smile on my face every week -- and don't we all need a smile right about now?
It's not a hard-charging procedural or a seat-of-your-pants thriller or a high-stakes medical drama, so this candy-colored fable about a piemaker who can momentarily raise the dead is having a hard time of it in the ratings.
May I humbly suggest that if you're only an intermittent viewer or someone who's never seen the show at all, that you take the opportunity tomorrow night to give "Pushing Daisies" a try?
Honestly, what can Sen. Obama have to say that you haven't already heard in this campaign over the last 152 years it's
been going on? It's not like it's a press conference where something embarrassing, unexpected or newsworthy could happen.
Besides, you can check out the Obama channel on Dish Network. I'm suspect the half-hour special will go into heavy rotation there. And there's always streaming video on the Internet.
I plan to grab a nice slice of pie and a hot cuppa and settle in to watch "Pushing Daisies" with a grin on my face and hope in my heart. Please join me.
Did I mention there's a dog?
You know you want some of that.