Rysher Entertainment, Inc. was an American film and television production company and distributor. The company has its roots dating back to 1949 as Bing Crosby Productions ("BCP"), founded by actor-singer Bing Crosby and was best known for producing the sitcom Hogan's Heroes and the medical drama Ben Casey – in succeeding years, BCP was acquired by Cox Broadcasting.
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Nash Bridges: Joe, you remember that electronic tone we heard when I was talking on the phone? You think he could be wearing a hearing aid?
Joe Dominguez: What?
Nash Bridges: You think he could be wearing a hearing aid?
Joe Dominguez: What?
Nash Bridges: You think he could... oh, very funny.
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Series premise was created by Don Johnson and Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson can be seen briefly as a restaurant piano player in the first two episodes.
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Nash shares a playful love/hate relationship with Caitlin Cross. In "Miami Vice" (1984), Johnson's character shared an edgier, more intense one with pop star Caitlin Davies (played by Sheena Easton).
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Nash Bridges' 1971 Hemi 'Cuda (Plymouth Barracuda) isn't, in fact, a 1971 Hemi 'Cuda. It's actually a 440 'Cuda done up to look like a Hemi 'Cuda with a Shaker hood (an option on 440s, but standard on Hemi 'Cudas) and a few Hemi emblems.
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Don Johnson not only starred in the series, but co-created it and owned a percentage of it. When the show went into syndication, he did quite well financially.
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The script that Hunter S. Thompson and Don Johnson wrote and pitched to NBC was much darker than the series ended up, and wasn't particularly suitable for prime time. In it, Nash was a drug addict who was dating the daughter of a wanted San Francisco mafia figure.
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