Trivia / Wild Palms

• Playing Against Type:
  • James Belushi playing a serious character (albeit one with a sense of humor) in a serious show.
  • Brad Dourif and David Warner playing good guys.
• Self-Adaptation: Bruce Wagner wrote both this show and the comic book it was based on.
• Shout-Out: The Japanese Friend who seduces Chickie Leavitt as a G.I.R.L. is named Ushio Kuwabatake; Kuwabatake is the Line-of-Sight Name of the protagonist of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

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