THE GOLDBERGS Will Have a HIGHLANDER-Themed Episode with Clancy Brown!
I’ve got some exciting news for all of you fans of The Goldbergs! Next week’s episode will be a homage to the classic 1986 fantasy film Highlander, and to make things even better, Highlander actor Clancy Brown will be appearing in the episode!
Creator Adam Goldberg had this to say in a statement:
“Ever since The Goldbergs began, one of my dreams was to write an homage to Highlander. In high school, I was so obsessed with the movie that I started an actual Highlander club with my two best friends Mike Levy and David Sirota. What began as a few geeks hitting each other with swords we made in wood shop soon became a school-wide game with 20 people playing. It became so disruptive that the administration had to shut it down.”
That’s pretty damn funny. The fantasy adventure film chronicled an age-old battle between immortal warriors, and Brown played the villain in the film known as The Kurgan. When talking about getting Brown in the episode, Goldberg said:
“My Highlander obsession never died and it’s why I ended up casting Clancy Brown as Mr. Crosby the shop teacher two years ago. I’ve been a longtime fan of his talent and The Goldbergs marks his first network comedy. It was perfectly fitting to put Clancy Brown — The Kurgan — in our Highlander episode which I’ve been waiting to tell ever since the show began."
Goldberg even confirmed that they got approval from Queen to use the original film’s soundtrack, which is pretty freakin’ rad:
“We not only perfectly replicated the costumes and sword choreography, we got Queen’s approval to use their song from the soundtrack. It’s one of my favorite episodes we’ve ever made, and I can safely say the only Highlander sitcom episode that’s been made!”
This might not be the only Highlander content on the horizon, as John Wick director Chad Stahelski recently shared that he is still moving forward with a planned reboot of the property.
I can’t wait for next week’s Goldbergs episode! The Highlander tribute will air on Wednesday, February 20th on ABC-TV at 8 p.m. ET.