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I just watched Wonderfalls. It's a new show on FOX. The basic premise of the show is this girl Jaye, who works at a souvenir stand at Niagara Falls, has a mental breakdown and stuffed animals, statues, heads on coins, etc start talking to her. The things talk to her in order to help other people.

On top of that the girl is the sulky I hate my life type with a dysfunctional family and a dead end job. They use plenty of voiceovers from the main character. Plus, throughout the episode, plenty of wacky things happen that don't make any sense until the end when it all wraps up to a nice happy ending where we learn a valuable lesson.

Sounds rather family in concept doesn't it. As I was watching it I said this is a rip-off of Showtime's Dead Like Me. While I was checking it out on IMDB, but who should I find is the writer/creator of this show but Bryan Fuller. He's the writer/creator of Dead Like Me! He actually left after the first few episodes of DLM. So I guess this is what he's been up to.

Other than Caroline Dhavernas, Jaye, I don't recognize any of the actors on the show. Caroline was in this great snowboarder comedy called Out Cold. It's a brilliant and funny comedy that apparently no one has ever seen.

I don't know how I feel about the show yet. It's interesting and the humor is right on button like DLM. I love that over that top goofiness mixed with sappy sentimental type of stuff. I guess I'm just a sentimental goofball at heart.

Anyhoo, go check out Wonderfalls, you might like it.