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Last Updated: 23 February 2008
Richard films commercial for the 2008
Cadillac DTS DeVille Touring Sedan
Richard attends Ninth Annual Canon / NCMEC
charity event in Las Vegas on January 7th & 8th
Catch Richard as "The Nomad" when "Just
Shoot Me" airs on TVLand Saturday, Feb 23rd
Richard's Dr. Ben is "breathtaking"
on "Seinfeld," airing on TBS on Thursday, Feb 28th
Catch Richard as creepy Vince Peterson
on "Las Vegas," starting Friday, Feb 29th on TNT
Look for Richard in SciFi's "Decoys" in the
early hours of March 2nd
Richard plays Joe Cleeman in "Fun With Dick
and Jane," airing on Starz and Encore Channels Feb - Apr
Autographed photos of Richard available for
purchase from the RBFC
Got a Burgi fan on your gift list? Amazon.com
has you covered!
Write to Richard through the RBFC
** To refer back to earlier News
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[23 Feb 08]*** Richard films commercial
for 2008 Cadillac DTS DeVille Touring Sedan ***
-- Richard spent
part of late January filming a commercial for the 2008 Cadillac DTS
DeVille Touring Sedan. He joins a growing roster of television and
film actors -- Kate Walsh ("Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice"),
and Martin Henderson ("The Ring," "Torque") driving the Cadillac
CTS, and Brian Bloom ("Smokin' Aces," "Drive") driving the Cadillac
Escalade -- who have recently filmed commercials for Cadillac vehicles.
While little is presently known of the commercial, we assume it will
be stylistically similar to those for the Cadillac CTS and Escalade, which
have generally featured exciting night-time shots of the various vehicles
intercut with interior shots of the vehicles and the actors driving while
delivering their lines.
As with the earlier Cadillac commercials, we expect Richard's to be
added to the Cadillac website when it premieres on television.
Learn more about the 2008 Cadillac DTS at the Cadillac website:
http://www.cadillac.com/
(Thanks to Richard for the heads up) |
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[23 Feb 08]*** Richard attends the
Ninth Annual Canon Customer Appreciation Reception and NCMEC Celebrity
Golf Tournament ***
-- Richard joined a host of Hollywood celebrities
on hand in Las Vegas for the Ninth Annual Canon Customer Appreciation
Reception and NCMEC (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
Celebrity Golf Tournament, held January 8th and 9th.
The Mandalay Bay Resort hosted the Canon Customer Appreciation
Reception on Tuesday the 8th. The Reception, which ran for five hours,
consisted of a dinner and silent auction featuring signed memorabilia donated
by various celebrities.
The Celebrity Golf Tournament was held Wednesday the 9th at The Tournament
Players Club (TPC) - Las Vegas, where Richard joined famous rock musician
and avid golfer Alice Cooper on the links. (Richard also played
with Alice at the 2006 Northern Rock All*Star Cup charity golf tournament
in Wales).
Also scheduled to attend were Davey Jones, Gregory Harrison, Joel Gretsch,
Jason Scheff, Chris Rich, Steve Schirripa, Col. Ronnie W. Cunningham, Judd
Nelson, and Blair Underwood.
Read the event press release at the NCMEC website:
http://www.ncmec.org/
Canon's press release on the event can be read at the Canon website:
http://www.canon.com/
(Thanks to Richard for the confirmation) |
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[23 Feb 08]*** Richard's episode
of "Just Shoot Me" airs on TVLand cable channel ***
-- Richard plays
action hero -- and Mama's boy -- Robert "The Nomad" Galatin
in "Mum's The Word."
Nina Van Horn (Wendie Malick) is returning to the Blush offices
when she literally walks into famed action hero Robert Galatin, who is
filming an episode of "The Nomad" on the sidewalk outside.
Each is immediately smitten with the other and Robert is soon eagerly
pursuing Nina, appearing in the Blush offices with flowers in tow. Nina
accepts Robert's invitation to an evening of romance, never expecting to
be joined by Robert's diminutive, yet domineering, mother.
Natually, the two women are almost immediately at odds, and Nina tells
Robert he must send the aged materfamilias packing if he expects to win
her affections. Robert quickly gives Mother her marching orders and
turns his eye towards the approving Nina. Unfortunately, Mother's hold
on her son is strong, and the sight of her shawl sends Robert reeling,
becoming increasingly frantic and filled with doubt until he is bawling.
When an insistent tapping on the door proves to be Mother, Robert crops
to his knees and wraps his arms around her, crying "Oh, Mother, Mother,
never leave me, never-never!"
Nina takes one look at the shocking tableau and quits the scene in disgust
while Mother Victorious smirks at her.
For more information on "Just Shoot Me," visit the show's home-page
on the TVLand website: http://www.tvland.com/shows/justshootme/
(Thanks to tv-now for the listing) |
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[23 Feb 08]*** Richard's episode
of "Seinfeld" to air on TBS ***
-- Richard appears in "The
Hamptons," where he joins Jerry, Kramer, George, and Elaine at the
beachside house of friends who've recently had a baby. Richard plays Dr.
Ben Feffa, the couple's pediatrician who is also invited along for the
weekend.
When Ben describes her as "breathtaking," Elaine is quite flattered,
and soon taken with the handsome doctor. Then She, Jerry, Kramer, and George
get a good look at the baby Dr. Ben has also described as "breathtaking"
-- and realize the child is breathtakingly ugly.
Confused and more than a little alarmed to be described with the same
word as the hideous infant, Elaine frets and kvetches until she finally
works up the nerve to ask Ben exactly what "breathtaking" means to him.
Of course, the conversation does not go well, and Elaine's potential romance
with the good doctor dies a-borning.
Meanwhile, George also manages to derail a potential romance by
fixating on what he perceives as his girlfriend's disappointment with his
impedimenta -- seems a swim in the ocean has resulted in some unfortunate
degree of "shrinkage."
To learn more about "Seinfeld" on TBS, visit the show's home page on
the TBS website: http://www.tbs.com/shows/seinfeld/
(Thanks to tv-now for the listing) |
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[23 Feb 08]*** Richard's Season
4 episodes of NBC's "Las Vegas" to air in syndication on TNT ***
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Richard's three back-to-back Season 4 episodes of "Las Vegas" begin airing
on TNT on Friday, February 29th at 12:00 noon ET. Originally airing
on NBC in early 2007, the three episodes set up scenarios that lead into
the cliffhanger season finale.
"Bare Chested in the Park," which airs at 12:00 noon on Friday,
February 29th, introduces us to one of the Bellagio Hotel's regular
"whales," Vince (Richard Burgi) Peterson, a hedge-fund billionaire
with a taste for high-stakes gambling. Sam (Vanessa Marcil) schemes
to woo Peterson away from the Bellagio and sees to it that he is coddled,
cosseted, and carefully cultivated at the Montecito.
"Junk in the Trunk," which airs on Monday, March 3rd, finds Sam
the new owner of the Montecito, and one saddled with an overwhelming tax
debt. Peterson wines, dines, and woos Sam, going so far as to propose marriage
on bended knee. Lured to his suite for a romantic dinner, Sam learns Peterson
has known all along of her financial situation. Of course, she's been sipping
on a drugged flute of champagne the whole while and passes out, allowing
Vince to truss her up and stuff her into a padded steamer trunk.
"Heroes" airs on Tuesday, March 4th and finds Sam in dire straits,
still locked away in the cramped trunk. The depth of Peterson's depravity
becomes increasingly evident as he gleefully taunts and torments her --
seems he's done this before, this abduction of young women, and gotten
away with it. Sam is promised a hell on earth as Vince checks out of the
Montecito and heads for his private jet, Sam in tow in her tiny trunk.
Their chapter ends with Vince's jet soaring into the night.
To learn more about LAS VEGAS on TNT, visit the show's home page on
the TNT website:
http://www.tnt.tv/
(Thanks to TNT for the information) |
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[23 Feb 08]*** Catch Richard
when "Decoys" airs on The Sci Fi Channel -- Sunday, March 2nd at 3:00am
ET *** -- Richard plays Det. Francis Kirk in the Canadian-made
tongue-in-cheek blend of sci-fi and horror.
*** NOTE: 3:00 am Sunday is considered part of Saturday night's programming
schedule at SciFi ***
Richard made a quick trip to Ottawa, Canada, during March and
April 2003 for his role in "Decoys," which director
Matt Hastings
described as "American Pie meets Species" -- a sci-fi thriller
set on a college campus. According to the script, Richard's Detective Kirk
is "a young cop who knows that he won't be in this small town busting college
students for party pranks for much longer. He thinks he belongs somewhere
between NYPD Blue and the cover of GQ."
The "Species" connection comes into play in the form of the beautiful
yet otherworldy young women who descend upon the college campus in search
of healthy and libidinous young men. Much as in Richard's 1998 version
of "I Married a Monster," alien beings come to Earth in search of
mates -- only this time, it's the Outer Space womenfolk who are eager to
reproduce. Unlike their Monster counterparts, these alien "femmes" are
quite literally "fatales," as their reproductive process leaches the body-heat
right out of their unfortunate paramours.
Kirk becomes involved when the extraterrestrial temptresses leave
a string of frozen young men in their wake.
(Thanks to tv-now and SciFi for the schedule info, and to Steffi
and Jane for the screengrabs) |
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[23 Feb 08] *** Catch "Fun With
Dick and Jane" on various Stars and Encore channels from February through
April *** -- "Fun With Dick and Jane" airs on Starz, Starz Comedy,
Encore, and Encore Wam! Channels throughout February, March,
and April.
Richard plays
Joe Cleeman, the upwardly mobile next-door
neighbor of Jim Carrey's Dick Harper. Joe and his wife Veronica
(Angie Harmon) are the couple Dick and Jane (Tea Leoni)
play "keeping up with the Joneses" with, battling for pecking order supremacy
over cars, landscaping, and swimming pools.
Released in theaters in late 2005 and on DVD in April 2006, "Fun With
Dick and Jane" is now available on premium cable's Starz and Encore
group of channels.
For further details, go to the Starz website at:
http://www.starz.com/
And to the Encore website at:
http://www.encoretv.com/
Additional information on "Fun With Dick and Jane" can be found at the
IMDb website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369441/
(Thanks to TV-now.com for the heads up, to Danny for the screengrabs,
and to Starz and Encore for the scheduling info) |
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[23 Feb 08] *** Autographed official
RBFC photo of Richard Burgi available for purchase *** -- Anyone
wishing to buy the official autographed RBFC 8x10 photo of Richard
produced for the Return to Cascade convention (see left) should contact
Kat Cole, RBFC President, at WBKat852@aol.com.
The photo can be paid for by check, or by credit card through PayPal, with
the price as follows:
$20 ($23 PayPal) -- includes S&H
If paying by check, please make the check payable (in US funds) to Kathleen
Cole, not to the RBFC, and mail the check to the address
below:
The RBFC
10153 1/2 Riverside Drive #494
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
U.S.A.
 PayPal
transactions are processed through their website at http://www.paypal.com,
using wbkat852@aol.com as the RBFC payment address / account.
The process is fairly simple -- new PayPal customers must first register
with PayPal, which takes about five minutes. (Instructions are provided
on the PayPal website).
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[23 Feb 08]*** Check out the Burgi Bonanza
at amazon.com *** -- All the items listed below are available at either
amazon.com or its subsidiary, amazon.ca, and all feature Richard Burgi
in some capacity. **NOTE** Always verify the current prices at Amazon.com,
as they do fluctuate with market forces.
Your amazon.com account information will work equally well with the
Canadian subsidiary.
Amazon in the USA: http://www.amazon.com/
Amazon in Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/
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Las Vegas: Season Four -- $41.99 (30% discount)
Release date: September 11, 2007. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000T28PU6
Richard appears in three consecutive episodes at the end of the season,
playing charismatic yet creepy hedge-fund billionaire Vince Peterson.
Richard's episodes are:
- "Bare Chested In The Park"
- "Junk In the Trunk"
- "Heroes"
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Hostel: Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition) (2007) DVD -- $19.99
(31% discount)
Release date: October 23, 2007. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000UJ48P4
Richard plays Todd, a jaded, thrill-seeking bachelor who thinks killing
someone for sport may just be the ultimate rite of passage.
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Firefly: The Official Companion: Volume Two -- $16.47 (34% discount)
Published: May 8, 2007. Titan Books. Now available.
ISBN-10: 1845763726
Richard appears in coverage of "The Message," where he plays unscrupulous
Alliance officer Lt. Womack. (Had the show remained in production, Womack
would have become a recurring character).
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24: Behind The Scenes -- $18.87 (37% discount)
Published: October 24, 2006. Insight Editions; Pap/DVD edition.
Now available.
ISBN-10: 1933784075
Richard features in coverage of the show's groundbreaking first season,
in a double-page-spread which looks at the startling demise of Kevin Carroll
and his van-load of henchmen.
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24: The Official Companion Seasons 1 & 2 -- $11.53 (32% discount)
Published: September 1, 2006. Titan Books. Now available.
ISBN-10: 1845763130
Richard appears in coverage of the show's groundbreaking first season.
His character -- mercenary Kevin Carroll, who for a time masquerades as
concerned father Alan York -- appears in eleven of the season's episodes.
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Desperate Housewives 2007 Wall Calendar -- $11.89 (15% discount)
Published: July 1, 2006. Andrews McMeel Publishing. Now available.
ISBN: 0740758535
Richard appears on Nicollette Sheridan's April page in a publicity photo
shot during the restaurant scene in season two's "Thank You So Much."
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1) Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (2006) DVD -- $14.95 (25%
discount)
Release date: November 28, 2006. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000IB0DDA
Richard appears as Yellowstone National Park firefighter Richard Danville.
Danville must learn to overcome his distrust of forest-fire expert Clay
Harding (Scott Foley) and work with him to save their Yellowstone community
and families from the ravening inferno consuming the Park.
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1) Desperate Housewives - The Complete Second Season (2004) DVD
Set -- $42.65 (29% discount)
Release date: August 29, 2006. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000FIMG4U
Richard appears in 16 of the season's 24 episodes, still carrying a
torch for his ex-wife Susan (Teri Hatcher) while shacking up with neightborhood
sex-pot Edie (Nicollette Sheridan).
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1) Fun With Dick and Jane (Widescreen?) (2005) DVD -- $14.46 (50%
discount)
Release date: April 11, 2006. Now available.
ASIN: B000E8N8H0
2) Fun With Dick & Jane [SOUNDTRACK] -- $17.98 (no discount)
Release date: January 24, 2006. Now available.
ASIN: B000CQQHEU
Richard plays Joe Cleeman, Dick Harper's next-door neighbor and nemesis
in the "keeping up with the Joneses" arena. One of the film's first scenes
finds Joe and Dick engaged in a game of "my car's better than your car." |
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1) The Sentinel - The Complete First Season (3pc) (Full) (1996)
DVD Set -- $33.96 (15% discount)
Release date: April 18, 2006. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000E1NXCM
2) The Sentinel: Original Soundtrack (1996 Television Series) [SOUNDTRACK]
-- used & new from $14.50
Release date: February 24, 1998
ASIN: B00000636Q
Richard plays Jim Ellison, a former Army Ranger now working in his Washington
State hometown as a detective in the Major Crime unit. Ellison is genetically
blessed -- or cursed -- with enhanced senses; sight, hearing, smell, taste,
and touch are all far more acute than the norm. With the aid of graduate
student Blair Sandburg, Jim learns those like him are called Sentinels,
and in ages past, they served as watchmen and protectors of their communities.
More importantly, he learns how to use his senses to his advantage as a
modern-day crime-fighter. |
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Action: The Complete Series (2pc) (Full) (1999) DVD Set -- $15.99
(35% discount)
Release date: February 21, 2006. Now available.
ASIN: B000CQQ18K
Richard plays Cole Riccardi in two episodes of the controversial and
short-lived Fox series. "Pilot" introduces us to Peter Dragon and his production
company, and to Cole Riccardi, Dragon's action movie leading man of choice.
"Blowhard" finds Dragon backing himself into a corner when he scrambles
to convince closeted Cole that coming out as a gay man isn't a prudent
career move. |
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"In Her Shoes" (Widescreen Edition) (2005) DVD -- $19.36 (35%
discount)
Release date: January 31, 2006. Now available.
ASIN: B000CCW2P2
Richard plays Jim Danvers, a senior partner at the law firm where Rose
Feller (Toni Collette) works. Jim, something of a cad, strives to mend
his ways while involved with Rose, and all is well until Rose's floozyish
sister Maggie (Cameron Diaz) takes up temporary residence on her sister's
couch. Rose catches Jim and Maggie en flagrante in her bed, which launches
the film's major character odysseys for the Feller sisters. |
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Seinfeld Season Five (1990) DVD Set -- $36.99 (25% discount)
Release date: November 22, 2005. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000BBOUEU
Richard appears on Disc 4 in "The Hamptons," playing Dr. Ben, the handsome
pediatrician Elaine takes a shining to. Elaine is quite pleased to be described
as "breathtaking" by Ben, until she realizes he uses the same word to describe
their hosts' spectacularly ugly baby. Meanwhile, George suffers cold water
induced "shrinkage" and is seen naked by Jerry's girlfriend. |
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The Flash - The Complete Series (1990) DVD Set -- $44.66 (25% discount)
Release date: January 10, 2006. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000BPL2EM
Richard appears in "Deadly Nightshade," playing handsome, wealthy, and
mentally unbalanced Curtis Bohannan. Tormented by the deeds of his deceased
father, Bohannan takes up the persona of a hero of yesteryear, a vigilante
known as the Deadly Nightshade. Unfortunately, Bohannan is considerably
more reckless and violent than the original, and soon crosses swords with
The Scarlet Speedster himself. |
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Point Pleasant - The Complete Series (2005) DVD Set -- $19.97 (50%
discount)
Release date: October 25, 2005. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B000A9QKT6
Richard appears in all 13 episodes of the short-lived FOX dramatic supernatural
series, playing Dr. Ben Kramer, patriarch of the Kramer family. Ben and
his family -- wife Meg (Susan Walters) and daughter Judy (Aubrey Dollar)
-- take the mysterious Christina (Elisabeth Harnois)into their home as
she strives to find out who she is and where she comes from. |
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1) Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season (2004) DVD Set
-- $59.99 (no discount)
Release date: September 20, 2005. Now available for purchase.
ASIN: B00079FU16
2) Desperate Housewives: Behind Closed Doors (Paperback; first season
companion book) -- $11.67 (34% discount)
Release date: September 28, 2005. Now available for purchase.
ISBN: 1401308260
Richard appears in 3 episodes of the first season of ABC's blockbuster
satirical drama series. The third episode introduces him as Karl Mayer,
flaky midlife-crisis-ing ex-husband of Susan (Teri Hatcher) Mayer. Karl
remains a part of Susan's life as the father of their teenage daughter,
and pops up to bedevil Susan at the most inopportune times.
Both the series and Teri Hatcher earned Golden Globes for this season. |
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24 Season One (2001) DVD Set -- $34.66 (42% discount)
ASIN: B00005JLF2
Richard appears in 11 episodes of the first season of FOX's ground-
and record-breaking drama series. The first episode introduces him as Alan
York, concerned father of a missing daughter. As the series unfolds, we
discover Alan is not who he appears -- he is, in fact, Kevin Carroll, a
cold-blooded assassin and mercenary.
The series and series lead Kiefer Sutherland would go on to earn Golden
Globes for this season. |
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24: The House Subcommittee's Findings at CTU by Marc Cerasini and
Alice Alfonsi -- $11.02 (35% discount)
ISBN: 0060535504
This book is set within the world of 24, providing background information
on the characters involved in the unfolding story. Richard's character,
the murderous mercenary Kevin Carroll, is shown to be an ex-Fed with an
unsavory past.
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation- The Complete Third Season
(2001) DVD Set -- $67.99 (19% discount)
ASIN: B0001906X6
Richard appears in the episode "High and Low" as paragliding instructor
Rick Weston. (Trivia note: "Starship Troopers 2" costar Colleen Porch also
appears in "High and Low").
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Cellular (2004) DVD, Widescreen, Region 1 encoding -- $12.99
(13% discount)
ASIN: B0006D3HGA
Richard plays Craig Martin, husband of Kim Basinger's Jessica Martin.
Craig, a realtor, finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time
and observes -- and videotapes -- crooked cops executing hoodlums. Craig
secures the camera in his safety deposit box, and calls to warn Jessica.
Unfortunately, the crooked cops get to the Martin home before Jessica gets
the message.
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1) Cellular (novelization by Pat Cadigan) -- $7.99 (no discount)
ISBN: 1844161048
2) Cellular (Score) [SOUNDTRACK] -- $16.98 (no discount)
ASIN: B00049QLC8
The novelization will be an interesting read, especially if it delves
a little deeper into the character of Craig Martin (Richard's role in "Cellular")
"Cellular" is also available on DVD.
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Decoys (2003) DVD [US market version] -- $12.99 (13% discount)
ASIN: B0002J4X3O
Richard plays Detective Francis Kirk in this tongue-in-cheek take on
the "aliens need humans to reproduce" sci-fi theme. Director Matt Hastings
has described "Decoys" as a meeting of "American Pie" and "Species."
There are two versions of the DVD currently available. The US-market
version available through amazon.com does not include the deleted
scenes and bloopers included in the Canadian-market version (see next entry). |
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Canadian-market version from amazon.ca
Decoys (2003) DVD -- CDN $13.46 (10% discount)
ASIN: B00029QQRK
New release: 07 June 2005
The Canadian-market DVD includes an assortment of deleted scenes, the
bloopers, a "making of" special, and a photo gallery. The deleted scenes
help explain some aspects of the film which are confusing or vague in the
theatrical release, and Richard's scenes and bloopers are hilarious. |
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1) Firefly - The Complete Series (2002) DVD -- $24.96 (50% discount)
ASIN: B0000AQS0F
2) Firefly (Original Television Soundtrack) [SOUNDTRACK] -- $12.98
(28% discount)
ASIN: B000BL14PQ
Richard appears in the episode "The Message" as Lt. Womack, an unscrupulous
Alliance Enforcement officer. Womack is after an old war buddy of Malcolm
and Zoe's and is quite determined to get what he's after.
Had the series continued, Womack would probably have become a recurring
character. |
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1) Starship Troopers 2 - Hero of the Federation (2004) DVD -- $12.99
(13% discount)
ASIN: B0001XAOQ6
New release: 07 July 2005
2) Starship Troopers 2 (Score) [SOUNDTRACK] -- $17.98 (no discount)
ASIN: B00028HOC2
Richard plays Captain V.J. Dax in "Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the
Federation." The DVD includes the widescreen movie, a "making of" featurette
which includes interviews with the cast and behind the scenes footage,
a photo gallery, and look at the animation process.
The soundtrack CD presents the entire "Troopers 2" suite, which includes
the haunting Dax's Theme. |
[23 Feb 08] *** Write to Richard care of
the RBFC! *** -- Richard has asked us to encourage anyone interested in
sending cards or letters to him to use the RBFC mailing address, which
is listed below. This allows Richard to better handle
his incoming mail, which he certainly enjoys receiving, provided it comes
through appropriate channels.
Mr. Richard Burgi
RBFC
10153 1/2 Riverside Drive, #494
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
USA
We cannot emphasize strongly enough that mail should not be
sent to Richard's home address! Receiving fan mail through his
home address is a disquieting experience and cause for concern, especially
from the standpoint of privacy and safety. If you have come across
what you believe may be his home address, please, do NOT use it! We
-- and Richard -- would greatly appreciate it if you would let us
know where you came across the address by using this e-mail
link to the RBFC.
While postcards, letters, and cards will be promptly forwarded
to Richard, we cannot forward packages; he has asked that no gifts
be sent to him. Though Richard appreciates the goodwill and generosity
those gifts represent, he finds them a little overwhelming. Richard
would be honored if, instead, wellwishers made a donation in his name to
a local children's shelter or literacy program, or to the Pacific
Marine Mammal Center . |
