In a sane world, a top potential presidential candidate wouldn’t introduce himself to audiences with TV theme music:

The audience loved the preview, and applauded the criticism of Hollywood, but also thrilled to Mr. Thompson’s Hollywood stories. As he came to the microphone, the theme of “Law & Order” was played.

But then again, we don’t live in a sane world.

Update 5/7 1:50 PM: As Jon Chait recently pointed out, many conservatives like Thompson because of his acting, not his politics, so this may be a smart strategy:

Robert Novak recently noted, approvingly, that “[s]ophisticated social conservative activists” are flocking to Thompson. “Their appreciation of him,” wrote Novak, “stems not from his eight years as a U.S. senator from Tennessee but his actor’s role as district attorney of Manhattan on Law & Order.’” If this is how sophisticated social conservative activists make their political judgments, I’d hate to see the unsophisticated ones.