I know, this has nothing to do with raising your kids – unless your kids are old enough to be introduced to these things (and really they’re never too young) but some deals are too good not to mention.

Over at the WB Store, which I don’t usually go to as it has very little that interests me, are two good deals:

Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series – $12

Brisco is one of those shows that confounded expectations; critics expected this to lead the pack back in 1993 when it debuted but instead it was the show that Brisco functioned as a lead-in to that took off – a little-heard of show called The X-Files. It also looked like a Western but contained a lot of sci-fi elements and a little bit of time travel (co-creator Carlton Cuse would go on to showrun Lost).

The eponymous hero is played by one Bruce Campbell, who you may be familiar with from…well, everything. Not unlike every other character Campbell has played, Brisco is a cynical, sarcastic smart-ass who falls head-first into trouble but ultimately comes through it with a heart of gold (still hidden under that smart-ass exterior, of course).

Brisco – a lawyer who turns bounty hunter after his US Marshall father is killed – gathers a revolving cast of off-beat friends and villains, with the late Julius Carry as bounty hunter Lord Bowler and Christian Clemenson as twitchy lawyer Socrates Poole being the most common allies (or enemies, as the case may be). Other recurring cast members include The Addams Family’ John Astin as eccentric inventor and Kelly Rutherford as Dixie Cousins, Brisco’s on-off love interest.

The series never really caught on and became a one-season wonder but it’s still very entertaining TV, and better than a lot of stuff on today. At $12 you can’t go wrong.

Flash, The: The Complete Series – $10

Another one-season wonder – in the wake of Tim Burton’s Batman, some bright spark decided that it would be a good idea to turn the Flash into some kind of neon-come-gothical TV show; they even got Batman composer Danny Elfman to write the show’s theme. And you know what, it’s pretty damn good. Don’t get me wrong, it’s camper than a row of tents but that doesn’t stop it being good.

The ridiculously muscular John Wesley Shipp (probably better known to people of a certain age as Dawson Leary’s dad) filled out an even more ridiculously muscular Flash suit and battled crime as the titular super-fast hero with the help of STAR Labs’ Tina McGee (an overly plummy Amanda Pays) and her assistant Julio (Alex Desert, also known as ‘the “This place is dead anyway” guy from Swingers‘ or ‘the blind guy from Becker‘ or ‘the voice of Nick Fury in the new animated Avengers‘).

The Flash himself in this version is Barry Allen and, just like the comics, he’s a police scientist. A lot of his traits, though, seem to be Wally West’s (ie he’s not as dull as dishwater) – and McGee herself was a love interest of Wally’s, so things got a bit lost in translation between comic and screen.

The show stuck rigorously to a villain of the week format – a couple featuring Mark Hammil as the Trickster and one with David Cassidy as Mirror Master – but the charm of the cast and the writing provided for a good season – and at $10, it’s a bargain.

Fun Flash Fact for you – the show was developed by Paul DeMeo and Danny Bilson; the same team had a run (ho ho) on The Flash comic a few years ago. It wasn’t very good. Bilson is also the father of Rachel Bilson, who is not unattractive and once dressed as Wonder Woman in The O.C. (which is also awesome).

The Flash and Wonder Woman are co-founders of the Justice League. There’s a circular tedious link for you…

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