Happy National Pie Day!

I would like to thank Twitter for once again alerting me to a holiday that would have otherwise passed by. So, in honor of National Pie Day, I would like to suggest a method of celebrating that won't go straight to your hips. Indulge in some pie-related pop culture.

Pushing Daisies

Oh how I long for the days when I got to follow the weekly adventures of Ned, my favorite pie maker. This show was filled with so much magic and whimsy. I still blame the writers' strike for this loss and for the limited number of episodes. How much longer must we wait for the graphic novel to come out?


Waitress

 If ever there was a movie that needed a cookbook tie-in, it is this one. There were so many fantastical types of pies in this movie, I left the theater starving. Anyone care for a slice of Marshmallow Mermaid Pie? How about some I Don't Want Earl's Baby Pie? Keri Russell stole my heart as a pie-making genius. And of course, who could forget the pie song, although I wish I could find a version with Keri Russell singing it.

Family Guy - Season 8 Episode 1 - Road to the Mulitverse

Stewie: I want to hear more music about pie! 

And so do I! This was a great episode that found Brian and Stewie travelling to different universes that featured a variety of different animation styles. In this segment, it's pure Disney. And of course, there is a song about pie.

UPDATE

Jenna pointed out how I completely forgot Sweeney Todd! Of course it should be included. But I will point out that American Pie was left off intentionally.

Sweeney Todd

  
How could I forget the Demon Barber of Fleet Street? I'm not a huge fan of musicals, but I cannot resist this tale of revenge and pie. Who better to adapt this play than Tim Burton? When I saw it in the theater, some people walked once they found out what the secret ingredient was. I wonder if they would have walked out on Soylent Green too? Or perhaps they just couldn't stomach this story Christmas Day?