Talk:The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

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[edit] Theme Song?

Anyone know where I could find a .wav, .mp3, or anything of this song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Reject (talk • contribs)

I'm guessing it would be easier to find if you looked for the Olympics theme, since it was reused for that... ;) — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 18:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Socrates' Sister"

Any idea why this episode was put out-of-order on the DVDs? --Bark 17:37, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I think the DVDs are in filming order, which was the same as airing order except for that episode. Franzeska 17:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

It creates a bit of a continuity problem. Pete is shown alive and well in Socrates' Sister without an explanation. (If you remember, he was shot and presumed killed in the pilot.) In the episode Brisco in Jalisco, he is shown alive and well. Brisco assumes he was dead and asks how he is alive. Pete gives the explanation. That episode aired before Socrates' Sister and was the first occassion we saw Pete after the pilot. It makes sense for Brisco to ask him for that episode. Now by printing the DVDs in the new episode order, we have Brisco asking Pete about how he survived in the wrong episode; it's too late.

Not that I mind too much. It's just interesting and mildly amusing. Outside of the orb arc and John Astin's moustache, that may be the only episode to cause a continuity problem when seen out of order.  :-) --Bark 18:16, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

In the commentary on the dvd, they mention that Pete was supposed to die off in the pilot, but was so entertaining that they ended up bringing him back to life. 67.182.147.140 05:12, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shotgun/Rifle

On this article, it says that bowler's shotgun was re-used later in firefly, but on the related Firefly article clearly says that the gun is a rifle. Can anyone explain this? If not, I suggest that we remove both statements until they can be verified. Mooseofshadows 02:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure there's a contradiction - the main difference between shotguns and rifles is that the former is generally smoothbored and fires a single shotgun round and the latter has a rifled barrel (and there are also rifled shotguns). Externally, they can look kind of the same, so a prop used as a shotgun in one show can be used as a rifle in another. We can probably just say the prop was used as a shotgun in Brisco but a rifle in Firefly. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 03:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

The shotgun is double-barreled and sawed off, it looks nothing like a rifle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.203.162.230 (talk • contribs)

I agree that the Brisco prop looks somewhat different from the Firefly prop. Could it have been modified? I see that the imdb lists them as the same, but do we have another source for that? Franzeska 17:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Lord Bowler did indeed use a sawed-off shotgun, double barrel. The weapon used on Firefly was a cut-back rifle, also known as a Mare's Leg. Both can be, and are, real weapons and not simply props that were made for a series or a movie. A company that makes a Mare's Leg can be found at http://www.jbcustom.com/mares.htm if someone cares to look. Under terms of the ATF however a Mare's Leg is classed as a 'pistol' and not a rifle per say. This is due to the weapon design and function. The Mare's Leg was the iconic weapon used in the series Wanted: Dead or Alive. The entry in the main page that says the prop was reused needs to be removed since it is clearly wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.62 (talk • contribs)

Double-checking the cited text, it doesn't refer to Bowler's weapon, but rather to Mare's Legs made for Briscoe. Shsilver 14:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanx for double checking (and updating) the ref. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 14:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)