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Cake day: June 4th, 2025

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  • Bruce is in Maniac Cop, but he doesn’t get the chance to be very “Campbellesque” ;)

    I’ve still never got round to watching Jack of All Trades, although back in the day I did catch some episodes of its “stablemate” Cleopatra 2525.

    I did finally see Brisco a few years ago, such a shame it was cut short. Apparently it was during a moral panic about violence on TV, and the campaign group picked an episode of Brisco featuring a boxing match, and they counted every single punch as another incidence of violence, giving a total that made it seem like it was a Blumhouse slasher.













  • We’ve enjoyed it. The second season story arc about a charismatic figure who latches onto white supremacy politics as his latest grift is a little close to the bone in the current climate.

    (And I personally had a little fun spotting posters for Canadian punk bands like D.O.A. and No Means No in the background, as it was one of those of Stephen J. Cannell shows among the first wave of US productions shot in Vancouver.)

    It’s available for free streaming on a few channels but unfortunately, the whole story arc about the record company is just cut entirely as, like a lot of shows from the 80s, they couldn’t license the music rights.