Some DVDs On My Birthday
Today was a normal workday for me with the minor addition of the fact that today is my birthday. I got a nice birthday present from my wife: a collection of Bruce Campbell DVDs, namely the entire series of The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr., the complete series of Jack Of All Trades, and the collector’s edition of Bubba Ho-Tep. She knows I enjoy Bruce Campbell’s work ever since I saw the movie Army Of Darkness.
I saw a few episodes of the short-lived series The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr. and really enjoyed them. It was a western with elements of science fiction, anachronism, and steampunk combined with a health dose of humor that aired initially in 1993 and 1994 on the Fox network. It has very clever writing with some very interesting wordplay containing little jokes quite often as well as some good, old-fashioned belly laughs. Some compare it to the 1960’s western Wild, Wild West and to a major degree I agree with that comparison. Even the incidental music is reminiscent of the Wild Wild West. I found it very funny and am glad I now have the entire series on DVD. Plus the DVD is loaded with extras including secondary track commentary by Bruce Campbell and Carlton Cuse. My wife thought I might like Campbell’s Jack Of All Trades even though I’ve not seen any episodes. I look forward to seeing them all. I’ve already started The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and find it funnier than I remember.