I wouldn’t have Facebooked this link if I had known I was going to come back and blog about it, but, doggone it, I can’t resist.
TV Squad has called attention to something that I’d noticed for some time: NBC, as incidental music during its coverage of the last few Olympic games, frequently uses the opening theme of a short-lived but well-loved FOX series:
Carlton Cuse, the “Brisco County Jr.” creator who went on to create “Lost,” recently confirmed on his Twitter account that NBC was, indeed, using the “Brisco County” music.
“Brisco County Jr.” was a great show, which deserved a little more time to find an audience. It starred legendary horror actor / Old Spice pitchman Bruce Campbell, and the story was a sort of cross between “The Wild Wild West” and Indiana Jones, with a little bit of “The X-Files” thrown in for good measure. The breezy tone of the show was definitely a tribute to “Wild Wild West,” and I recall the producers admitting as much at the time. The chemistry between Campbell and Julius Carry, who played another bounty hunter — sometimes Brisco County’s rival, sometimes his ally, depending on the situation — was hilarious.
There is a DVD box set
I get a little sad whenever I hear the music on the Olympic coverage.