On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2007)

Pushing Daisies
Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Fun in Funeral.

Released October 17, 2007.

Directed by Paul Edwards.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

 
Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Raúl Esparza, Brad Grunberg, Eddie Shin, Field Cate, Victor Z. Isaac, Howard Mann, Leyna Nguyen, Kristin Dos Santos, Sy Richardson, Albert J. Wong, Martin Beck, Arne Starr.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Bad Habits.

Released October 15, 2008.

Directed by Peter O’Fallon.

Written by Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Diana Scarwid, Mo Collins, Graham McTavish, Michael Hitchcock, Samantha Bailey, Diana Costa, Mary K. DeVault, Marc Raducci.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2007)

 

Pushing Daisies
Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Dummy.

Released October 10, 2007.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Patrick Fabian, Riki Lindhome, Jonathan Mangum, Omar Avila, Matt Braunger, Field Cate, Taji Coleman, Alex Endeshaw, Wesley Harris, Jon Eric Price, Sy Richardson, Gregory George Frank, Samantha Hanratty.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Circus, Circus.

Released October 8, 2008.

Directed by Lawrence Trilling.

Written by Peter Ocko.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Rachael Harris, Lee Arenberg, Diana Scarwid, Googy Gress, Theodore Zoumpoulidis, Sy Richardson, Michael Christian Alexander, Artie O’Daly, Nicole Greenwood, Loren Lazerine, Hayley McFarland, Mark Povinelli, Casey Weiant, Jerald Garner, Jackie Harris Greenberg, Ron Riekki. 

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2007 - 2009)

Pushing Daisies
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Pie-lette.

Released October 3, 2007.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Patrick Breen, Terry Anzur, Ed Brigadier, Field Cate, Ted Garcia, Murray Gershenz, Tina Gloss, Brad Grunberg, Samantha Hanratty, Geraud Moncure, Leyna Nguyen, Sy Richardson, Greg Suddeth, David Trice, Julie Wittner, Jeff Wolfe.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Bzzzzzzzzz!

Released October 1, 2008.

Directed by Adam Kane.

Written by Bryan Fuller.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

 
Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Missi Pyle, French Stewart, Peter Cambor, Autumn Reeser, Diana Scarwid, Sy Richardson, Samantha Hanratty, Robin Gwynne.

On this day in movie history - Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)

Killer: A Journal of Murder

directed and written by Tim Metcalfe,

based on the book by Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long,

was released in the United States on September 6, 1996.

Music by Graeme Revell.

Cast:

James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle, Harold Gould, John Bedford Lloyd, Jeffrey DeMunn, Conrad McLaren, Steve Forrest, Richard Council, Christopher Petrosino, Michael Jeffrey Woods, Rob Locke Jones, Raynor Scheine, Eddie Cairis, Seth Romatelli, John MacKay, James Murtaugh, Richard Spore, Christopher Wynkoop, Stephen Mendillo, Richard Gentner, Martha A. Woods, Bridget Hoffman, Ed Berke, Alex Daniels, Nicholas Guest, Paul Pape, Anthony Tyler Quinn, Vesco, Burton Sharp, Reathel Bean, Travis Fitzgerald, Christopher Flockton, Joe Monaco, Jerry Robbins, Lili Taylor, Sarah Woods.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2009)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Kerplunk.

Released June 13, 2009.

Directed by Lawrence Trilling.

Written by Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Wendie Malick, Nora Dunn, Wilson Cruz, Michael James McDonald, Joey Slotnick, Josh Hopkins, Scott Director, Lisa Haskins, Giselle Gail Gaines, Mackenzie Smith, Avery Stevens, Katie Haider, Angela Schaub, Marita Schaub, Jaclyn Thomas, David Arquette, Samantha Hanratty, Nick Maroon, Sy Richardson, Shaun Ryan.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2009)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Window Dressed to Kill.

Released May 30, 2009.

Directed by Julie Anne Robinson.

Written by Abby Gewanter.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Richard Benjamin, George Segal, David Arquette, Willie Garson, Diana Scarwid, Wayne Wilderson, Constance Zimmer, Rachel Cannon, Sam Pancake, Sy Richardson, John Cantwell, Diana Costa, Marc Raducci, Ellery Sprayberry, Eve Curtis, Dustyn Lotz, Evan Shafran.

On this day in movie, play, and book history - Talk Radio (1988) and Talked to Death (1987)

Talk Radio

directed by Oliver Stone,

written by Eric Bogosian and Oliver Stone,

based on the play: Talk Radio, by Eric Bogosian and Ted Savinar,

and the book: Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg by Stephen Singular,

was released in New York City, on December 23, 1988.

Music by Stewart Copeland.

Cast:

Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, John Pankow, Michael Wincott, Zach Grenier, Anna Levine, Robert Trebor, Linda Atkinson, Allan Corduner, Bruno Rubeo, Bill Johnson, Rockets Redglare.

Recommended reading:

Talk Radio (1987) and Talked to Death (1987)

Both books filmed as Talk Radio (1988), directed by Oliver Stone.

Talk Radio

by Eric Bogosian.
 
Published 1987.
Published by Concord Theatricals.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0573651248
ISBN-13: 978-0573651243
 
Description:
 
Characters: 7 male, 2 female, plus offstage voices.

Scenery: Interior.

Newly revised! Barry Champlain Cleveland's controversial radio host is on the air doing what he does best: insulting the pathetic souls who call in the middle of the night to sound off. Tomorrow Barry's show is going into national syndication and his producer is afraid that Barry will say something that will offend the sponsors. This of course makes Barry even more outrageous. Funny and moving off beat outrage.

 

Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg

by Stephen Singular.
 
Published 1987.
Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Berkley.

ISBN 13: 9780425113295
ISBN 10: 0425113299
ASIN: 0425113299
 
Description:
 
The book that inspired Oliver Stone’s controversial film Talk Radio.
 
On June 18, 1984, one of the nation’s most controversial talk-show hosts was gunned down.
 
The murder triggered an extensive FBI manhunt that ended in a shocking discovery.
 

THE VICTIM: Alan Berg was the talk-show host all of Denver loved to hate. Aggravating. Irrepressible. Charismatic. Nobody escaped his withering attacks on hypocrisy, bigotry, and injustice.

 

THE CRIME: Berg was brutally murdered in front of his house. Unarmed. Unsuspecting. He was caught in a hail of machine-gun fire. His death shocked the country... and led the FBI on a nationwide manhunt for the killers.

 

THE SUSPECTS: The trail led investigators to the Order, a radical cult of neo-Nazi white supremacists. Armed and violent - their doctrine declared war on the United States and preached a philosophy of racial hatred and fear.

On this day in the Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Norwegians.

Released December 17, 2008.

Directed by Tricia Brock.

Written by Scott Nimerfro.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Orlando Jones, Ivana Milicevic, Michael Weaver, Stephen Root, Nicolas Khayyat, George Hamilton.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Comfort Food.

Released December 3, 2008.

Directed by Peter Lauer.

Written by Douglas Petrie.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Josh Randall, Tim Bagley, Patrick Fischler, Beth Grant, Eric Stonestreet, Stephen Root, Daeg Faerch, Hugh Holub, Nicolas Khayyat, Joleen Lutz, Priscilla Leona Horne, Julie McKinnon, Peter Voytko.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2007)

Pushing Daisies
Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Bitter Sweets.

Released November 28, 2007.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Abby Gewanter.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Molly Shannon, Field Cate, Michael Cornacchia, Raúl Esparza, Steve Hytner, Mike White, Tammy Dahlstrom, Tara Donato, Joe Don Harris, Wesley Harris, Nicholas Khayyat, Abbe Meryl Feder, Leyna Nguyen, Sy Richardson, Steven A. Ross, Reginald Veneziano.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Robbing Hood.

Released November 26, 2008.

Directed by Paul Shapiro.

Written by Jim Danger Gray.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Shelley Berman, Danny Comden, Jennifer Elise Cox, Ethan Phillips, Jamison Yang, Stephen Root, Nicholas Khayyat, Ethan Kogan, Jesse Heiman.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2007)

Pushing Daisies
Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Smell of Success.

Released November 21, 2007.

Directed by Lawrence Trilling.

Written by Scott Nimerfro.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Paul Reubens, Field Cate, Tim Conlon, Sarah Jayne Jensen, Christopher Sieber, Terry Anzur, Tina Gloss, Victor Z. Isaac.