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Boomtown
On NBC
September, 2002 - December, 2003 |
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The Music of Boomtown
Fearless' List Boomtown Trivia Quiz #1 Quiz #2 Quiz #3 Quiz #4 Photo Quiz Quotes Quiz #1 Quotes Quiz #2 Quotes Quiz #3 Poll Fearless' List Things checked off: Plant a tree Sleep with a hooker Send a message in a bottle Sit on a jury Pick up a bad habit Quit that bad habit Ride the highest roller coaster Bungee jumping (didn't see it on list, but he mentioned it to Joel in the first episode) Things to do: Drive the Autobahn Make love on a kitchen floor See the northern lights Learn to juggle with three _____ Make a fool of yourself Drive across America Go deep sea fishing and ____ ____ Ride a camel into the desert Shower in a waterfall Trivia The show's name comes from a 1986 album called "Boomtown" by David and David (Baerwald and Ricketts). "It's very much of an '80s song," Graham Yost says. "It's about the drug culture in L.A." Lyrics Graham Yost (writer, executive producer and creator of "Boomtown") created the role of Detective Joel Stevens specifically for Donnie Wahlberg. The role of David McNorris was originally a womanizing Latino character and was to be played by Jimmy Smits. Neal Donough (DDA David McNorris) played Lt. Lynn 'Buck' Compton in the HBO mini-series, "Band of Brothers". The real-life Mr. Compton became Chief Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles and headed the prosecution of Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Robert (Bobby) Kennedy. In Episode #5, 'All Hallow's Eve' , Teresa recites an abbreviated variation of the "Prayer of Saint Francis of Assissi": Dear Lord, Grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted, To understand than to be understood, To love than to be loved. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life. Amen For a longer version In Episode #7, 'Insured by Smith and Wesson' , the scenes from Les Van Buren's old television show are actually scenes from the series 'Riptide' . |