pie in the sky

The failure here was from a company that has no money to afford security guards and a city government that should never have approved the pie-in-the-sky venture in the first place.

When billionaires like Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talk about weather control, casual followers of the news might think they are advocating a pie-in-the-sky fantasy.

So how did this pie-in-the-sky musical — with its delicate pop melodies, taboo topics and quirky physical humor — become such an unlikely success?

Five years later, his pie-in-the-sky pitch — at least a more viable version of it — would be on its way to becoming a reality.

But, like Gaz’s pie-in-the-sky schemes, what’s unlikely is in the service of bringing something good to the characters, and to the audience.