A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

I WAKE THE DEAD, I BAKE PIES, I LEAD A SHELTERED LIFE: I think Pushing Daisies demonstrated tonight that yes, it can keep that tone up (though the third episode, which apparently had major budget cuts, will be the true test. Sure, it's not perfect--the first act has a lot of recap of the pilot and the "rules" for Ned's gift, and Kristin Chenoweth apparently was made up to look frighteningly like Amy Sedaris. But how can you not love a show that has a (completely inexplicable) song and dance number to "Hopelessly Devoted To You" halfway through an episode, and uses a knitting needle rather than a gun for Chekov's famous maxim of writing?