Wonderfalls (TV Series)

[Potato]

Canceled by Fox, because that's what they do, this show only aired four times. Thirteen episodes were filmed and later released on DVD.

From amazon.com:
Although a recent graduate of Brown University, Jaye Tyler decides to ignore her degree, live in a trailer and work at a tourist gift shop in Niagara Falls called Wonderfalls-much to the despair of her well-to-do family. But Jaye's aimless life takes a startling turn after a lion figurine begins talking to her. Her family calls it an "episode," but Jaye knows better. Fearing for her sanity, Jaye nevertheless starts doing exactly what an increasing number of inanimate objects tell her to do and is amazed when her outrageous actions begin changing people's lives in unexpected ways.

Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006GAO18/qid=1151544821/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0701228-7675221?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)
Wonderfalls according to imdb (http://imdb.com/title/tt0361256/)

[wingnut2600]

I must admit I saw all four episodes when they originally aired, but I never have finished the series... good show

[shawners]

Scared me, for second i was thinking of windfall.. The new show thats out. I never heard of this one, it must escaped my viewing pleasures by being on a stupid time slot. Networks do that alot, move things around 5-7 times a month or put it on a time slot it cant compete for viewers with.

[Boomer The Dog]

I found out about that show earlier this year when looking for Dog stuff, because of an episode they have called 'Crime Dog'.

It seems like a fantasy show with lots of symbolism in it. I like that idea, because it's on the edge of being either psych, or psychic, you don't know if she's really mental or actually tuned into something supernational. I like those plays on perception..

The problem might be that it's a fantasy, and those shows don't seem to last long, or they put them on late night TV.

Beauty and the Beast was on prime time TV at one time, but it was cancelled, and fans yelled so loud that it was brought back on the Family Channel with some new episodes. Forever Knight, Eerie Indiana, Friday The 13th, and many other shows like that, they all seem to be pretty marginal.

Fantasy used to be really big in prime time, but now I guess it's not. Maybe it will come back, being that special effects in video are better than ever now. Ever see how fake it could look when animals talked in old movies? Now the lip-sync and facial expressions are almost perfect.

[Unsueable Davey Brown]

Total, Wonderfalls freak here. In fact...I just happen to have a bunch of Wonderfalls quotes handy.

Eric: Well, for those of us not in cults, I think there's something to be said for surrendering to destiny. I mean if it's destiny there's probably a reason for it, right?

Jaye: Okay.

Eric: So why struggle with fate? Life can be sort of peaceful when you stop struggling.

Jaye: It's a lot like drowning that way.

*

Jaye: Are you a lesbian? I mean, it's not horribly surprising, but are you?

Sharon: What do you mean it's not horribly surprising?

Jaye: You drive an SUV.

*

Eric: You know, I've been thinking. I'm almost numb enough to start something on the rebound. What do you say?

Jaye: Sweet of you to offer, but... I may be clinically insane. You might wanna hold out for someone a little more stable.

Eric: I don't think that'd be as interesting.

*

Jaye: You may have all my friends snookered, but not me! You're like that girl in that movie who wanted to be that other girl so much she killed for it!
Binky: Grease?
Jaye: Single White Female!
Binky: No, I'm st-st-
Jaye: Stalking me?!
Binky: St-st-
Jaye: Stabbing me?!
Binky: St-st-
Jaye: Stealing my organs after you stab me?!
Binky: St-st-
Jaye: Stitching a skin suit out of my dead corpse after you stab me and steal my organs?!
Binky: I'm STUDYING you!
Jaye: Huh?... Wha...?

*

"Oh, she's gonna pay. Then she's gonna pay some more. And when she's done paying, she's gonna owe me a check."


*

"No, it's not an issue. It's a full subscription."

*

Jaye: Does Mom know you're a lesbian?
Sharon: No.
Jaye: Can I tell her?!

*

Binky: Excuse me, I think this is yours (hands wallet to Jaye)
Jaye: Oh yeah, thanks I was looking fo.. Oh my god, it really is mine!

*

"Did you Agnes of God her?" Jaye to the priest

*


They are talking about Eric's ass.
Mahandra: It's like an apple. You could bounce a quarter off that apple.

Jaye: Apples are good for you.

Mahandra: Mmm. All crisp and sweet. And you haven't had an apple in months.

*

Jaye: Sorry he cant come to the phone right now, he's servicing me sexually.

Eric:Who was that?

Jaye:Your wife, I told her you couldnt come to the phone, cause you were sexually servicing me.

Eric reacts as if Jaye just turned into light.

ERIC
Really?

JAYE
Yeah. Was that inappropriate?

He practically swoons, struck speechless.

ERIC
Huh-uh.

Jaye glances back to the crowd, distracted again by what the universe and a plastic fowl has demanded of her:

JAYE
Wish I could destroy Heidi instead.
Least I think she'd deserve it.


Fire works explode in Eric's eye's.

*


Mahandra: "You may be fate's butt puppet but I am it's right hand fist of fate!!!"

*

To Sharon:
Mom: Your sister's not a cold-blooded murderer, she's never been a planner.

*

AARON
If your portly Chupacabra doesn't
emerge soon I'll be forced to go
home and work on my dissertation.

JAYE
I don't call him that anymore. He
might be of Mexican descent. I
don't wanna seem insensitive.

AARON
Then what d'you call him?

JAYE
Fat Pat.

*

JAYE
And why the phony
stutter? Some people might think it's offensive and not just funny.

*

eric:So, do you do this sort of thing a lot? Go out of your way to help people you dont even know?
Jaye:Um...I wouldn't say a lot....
Eric:Me either. Heidi wouldn't allow it. She always said I shouldn't open my mouth to strangers.
Jaye: Kind of ironic, you know... Considering

*

Sharon: You have...been with a woman before?
Beth-Yeah, I was in a sorority.
Sharon-So was I, I never got any!

*

Sharon: Tense? I'm not tense! I'm so far from tense, I'm past tense!

*

Jaye: I could see doing a girl. If I was in prison ... and the girl was Drew Barrymore. [Sharon puts her hand over her face in an "oh geez" manner.] What?! I was just trying to be supportive.

*

BOY: So what happened to the Chief?
JAYE: He died.
BOY: Why didn't the Princess die?
JAYE: Because she was hot, are you going to buy the tape or not?
BOY: No.
JAYE: Then get out. No loitering.

*

Jaye: Low blood sugar, ate a Snickers, thanks for coming!

*

Sharon: "That sound you hear is stunned silence!"

*

Father Scofield
It's holy water, not magic water.
Jaye
What's the difference?

*

aye
You're writing an article on how I'm a loser?
Bianca
No, it's really about winners, who haven't won yet... or ever.

*

Gretchen: "I'm sort of a Christmas and Easter Jew."

*

Gretchen: "What people must think of me? "
Jaye: "People don't think of you.... badly."
Gretchen: "Really. people don't see me as this pathetic blonde who peaked in high school and is so desperate to recapture her former glory that she moved up the ten year reunion by 3 1/2 years?"
Jaye: Uh...

*

Jaye: Does Mom know you're a lesbian?
Sharon: No.
Jaye: Can I tell her?!

*

Mahandra: And what happens when you repress something?
Jaye (hopefully): It goes away?
Mahandra: It comes back all crazy and pissed off.

*

Mouthbreather: I'm the assistant manager. If you suck, it reflects on me. So stop sucking!

*

Eric drops everything and walks away. Heidi starts after him, but Mahandra darts in front of her, blocking her path.

Mahandra
Just an FYI...You got nothin on "that girl". Men drop at Jay Tyler's feet. Often it's because she's decked them, still... trust me, you don't want to take her on.

Heidi just pushes past Mahandra. Mahandra calls after her:

Mahandra (cont'd)
Mess with the bull you get the whores... Horns ... I meant horns!

*

Jaye (to Mahandra)

I didn't think it would hurt this much.
Seeing him with her. In wedded bliss.
Without me. And with her. Oh God, he's
gonna grow old with her, isn't he? And
I'm gonna die alone. Will you die alone
with me?

*

GIRL: You're not supposed to steal.

JAYE: And you're not supposed to talk to strangers. Piss off!

[Mels_Smileys45]

I remember hearing about this show but never got to see it. Another show I'm looking forward to is Sci Fi's Eureka!

[Boomer The Dog]

LOL Unsueable, that's some funny stuff. Jaye says to hold out for someone a little more stable (than Jaye who might be clinically insane) and Eric thinks that might not be as interesting. How true that sometimes is!

[Potato]

UDB: Nice quotes! :)

Just finished watching the series... I'm frustrated that it was canceled. At least the finale closed some loose ends... but I want to know what happens next!

[shawners]

Fox should sell tv series they dont want to other networks or let them pick the rest up for the remainder.. They got rid of so many without giving it a chance. I dont think seinfeld was a hit til the 3-4 season. Same with everybody loves raymond. Everyone introduces a new series and expects 21 million viewers every week.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

I think I watched all four when it aired. It wouldn't be bad to get the DVDs. It was a good show.

[Mels_Smileys45]

UDB: Nice quotes! :)

Just finished watching the series... I'm frustrated that it was canceled. At least the finale closed some loose ends... but I want to know what happens next!


If you want to watch the Best series ever cancled check out Freaks and Geeks. The cast of the show is astonishing, the episodes - timeless. In a way the 1st season cliff hanger is also frustrating but in other ways its poetic and elegant. Please watch it. I watched all 18 episodes over one bored weekend, once you get hooked you can't stop.

[Unsueable Davey Brown]

Yeah, there's other great series that have been cancelled before their time - Firefly, The Inside, Freaks and Geeks. If we're offering opinion though, mine is, the worst crime of early cancellation ever committed was Wonderfalls. Stinky Fox.

[-0-BACKLASH-0-]

I started watching this show on Logo. I think it's a cool show, too. It would've been nice to see more episodes.