Editing Brave Combo (section)

==Media appearances==
[[File:BraveComboSimpsons.jpg|frame|left|Brave Combo on ''The Simpsons'']] 
*[[File:19801000-18-BraveCombo.jpg|thumb|Brave Combo performs at Zero's nightclub in Fort Worth, Texas.  October, 1980.|alt=]]The band made a short appearance, as animated figures, on the March 21, 2004, episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ("[[Co-Dependents' Day]]").<ref name="drc2"/> Series creator [[Matt Groening]] is a fan of the band and they appeared on the show at his personal request.<ref name="saen031128"/><ref name="fswt010123"/><ref name="DO"/>  In the episode, the band played a new original song called "Fill The Stein" and their version of "[[The Simpsons Theme]]" played over the [[closing credits]].<ref name="MachPumpMar04"/>
*Finch and other band members made cameo appearances in [[Talking Heads]] leader [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]]'s 1986 movie ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]'', set in  fictional Virgil, Texas.  Finch can be spotted in the fashion show sporting a brick-patterned suit and in the parade leading the all-accordion marching band. (In real life, Brave Combo was David Byrne's wedding band.)
*They appear in the 1986 [[Hank Wangford]] [[Channel 4]] television series ''The A to Z of C & W'' singing the [[Hank Williams]] song "Cold, Cold Heart".
*They contributed two songs to the ''[[Gumby (album)|Gumby]]'' album, released in 1989.
*Their song "Busy Office Rhumba" was used as the theme for the 1993 [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television series ''[[Bakersfield P.D.]]''<ref name="scs090827">{{cite news |first=Stacey |last=Vreeken |newspaper=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] |location=[[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz, CA]] |publisher=[[MediaNews Group]] |title=Brave Combo runs the gamut of musical styles |url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_13213094 |date=August 27, 2009 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001933/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_13213094 |archive-date=2014-07-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*They appear as a wedding band in the 1995 feature film ''Late Bloomers''.
*In 2000, they appeared on the national telecast of the ''MDA Labor Day Telethon'' with Jerry Lewis dancing along to the music.<ref name="mda2000"/>
*They wrote and performed the theme song for the 2005 series "[[ESPN]] [[Professional Bowlers Association|Bowling Night]]".
*The opening theme and other music for the 2008 [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] animated series ''[[Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns]]'' were produced by Carl Finch and composed, arranged, and performed by Finch and Brave Combo.<ref name="PBScredits"/><ref name="hc4"/>
*Their live music video, "The Denton Polka", appears on the ''Bohemia Rising DVD Compilation'' (released in 2009), a collection of documentary shorts directed by [[Christopher Largen]] exploring rebellion and resistance to corporate demolition in their hometown of Denton, Texas.
*Included in [[Bob Dylan]]'s 2009 Christmas release, ''[[Christmas In The Heart]]'', the song "Must Be Santa", is performed polka-style. Dylan's arrangement is almost identical to the Brave Combo arrangement from their 1991 CD ''It's Christmas, Man!''. In an interview published by [[Street News Service]], Dylan acknowledged the influence of Brave Combo: "This version comes from a band called Brave Combo. Somebody sent their record to us for our radio show. They’re a regional band out of Texas that takes regular songs and changes the way you think about them. You oughta hear their version of 'Hey Jude'."<ref name="sns091123"/>
*They were featured on [[Bowling for Soup]]'s album ''[[Sorry for Partyin']]'', playing a polka version of Bowling For Soup's song "Belgium". 
*The [[Futurama (season 7)|season seven]] episode "[[Fun on a Bun]]" of the animated science fiction comedy ''[[Futurama]]'' includes two original songs by the band plus a cover version of "[[The Chicken Dance]]". The episode debuted August 1, 2012, on [[Comedy Central]].<ref name="dmn120716"/><ref name="drb120730"/>
*The [[Cheers (season 10)|season ten]] episode "[[Bar Wars V: The Final Judgment]]" of the NBC sitcom comedy ''[[Cheers]]'' features Sam’s rival Gary pranking the bar on Halloween by rigging Cheers’ jukebox, telephone and even the bar’s soda gun to play the Combo song ‘Vampire Twist’ when being used.