Bruce Campbell is Reprising His BRISCO COUNTY JR. Role For Live Table Read
I loved the 1990s western series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.! It was short-lived, but what we got sure was a lot of fun. If you were a fan of the series as well, you’ll be happy to learn that Bruce Campbell is going to be reprising his role again for a live table read. Yeah, I know it’s not the revival fans were hoping for, but at least its something.
The live-table read will be of the first episode of the series and it will also involve a discussion of the show. Campbell will be joined by Kelly Rutherford (Gossip Girl), Christian Clemenson (Turn: Washington’s Spies), JP Ferguson (Suits), and co-creator and showrunner Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel).
The reunion is set to take place on Friday, July 31 at 5 PMPT / 8 PM ET. Tickets to watch the event cost $12.50 with all the proceeds going to Color of Change, which is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, and the Writer’s Guild Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission to preserve and promote the history and craft of writing for the screen.
Baron Vaughn of Netflix's Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival will also appear as a special guest, and there are more announcements to come later. If you want to attend, you can grab your tickets for the event here.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. only ran for just 27 episodes in the 1993 - 1994 season on Fox. The western-comedy was set in the old west but also had a cool science-fiction steampunk theme. Brisco County Jr. is actually one role that Campbell has said he would be willing to revisit, telling The Houston Chronicle a couple of years ago:
“I would actually be willing to do a Brisco revisited. (Show creator) Carlton Cuse (who would go on to produce “Lost”) and I have stayed in touch. … It’s armchair conversation but if there’s a healthy way to make these things work, it works. … If someone can go, ‘Here’s what you would do for a two-hour TV movie or six-hour limited series.’ But it has to make sense because, you know, ‘Brisco’ is 25-years-old.”
Will you be watching The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. live table read?