OK, who DOESNT have the theme song playing in their heads the entire time you are reading this thread?

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Originally posted by James in Denver:
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Per Wiki, I think the original show car is in a museum, but I'd have to go back to Wiki again for the details.

James

I sure hope so!

I was afraid that Ferrari forced them to use the replica in the shoulder fired missile "demonstration" scene to punish it for pretending to be the real thing!

By far my most favorite tv show! I would stay home on Friday nights to watch it while my buddies would hit the bar scene.


Thanks for sharing the video. I had no idea that many now famous actors where in the show. Very cool.

I never really watched it in my younger days, just now and then. I'm interested in it now then, it'd be good to revisit the 80's and I love binge watching series now.

Anyone know if it's available on Netflix or Amazon? I'll have to search that.

ETA: season 1 only on Amazon

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Originally posted by joel9507:
Some surprises in that video, for sure.....

Probably one of my top 10 television episodes of all time.

Another one of my favorite guest stars was G. Gordon Liddy.

No lie, my wife's coworker is the blond in the yellow bikini in the intro. Former bunny.

Sooo many killer episodes that are every bit as good today. Sure the aesthetic is cartoonish but the stories hold up wonderfully.

El Viejo. Awesome
Smugglers Blues
Down For The Count
Heart of darkness
Glades. "Maybe you won't even twitch". Delivered perfectly. Awesome line.
Honestly way more good then bad. The music, the gray characters, the silence, the believable comraderie. Yes the aesthetic is cartoonish today but there are many first rate stories and I would argue Vice was the first of the well produced, well acted, well scripted TV shows.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
One of the things that I noticed that made the show different was that the cops could be nervy or scared, that they made mistakes and that things went wrong for them.

Oh yeah, that was another thing I liked. Because of its neo-noir aesthetic, stories would have an unhappy or bittersweet ending much of the time. Either the bad guys won or escaped, or they would be captured or killed but at great emotional cost to the good guys and innocent parties.

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Originally posted by signewt:
I never did develop a taste for it.

I love most varieties of cheese.

This is not one of them.

I'LL never forget the Don Johnson clones that frequented the bars wearing the white or blue suits aka Miami Vice. Too funny

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Originally posted by hapevo:
By far my most favorite tv show! I would stay home on Friday nights to watch it while my buddies would hit the bar scene.


Thanks for sharing the video. I had no idea that many now famous actors where in the show. Very cool.

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Originally posted by BRL:
I never really watched it in my younger days, just now and then. I'm interested in it now then, it'd be good to revisit the 80's and I love binge watching series now.

Anyone know if it's available on Netflix or Amazon? I'll have to search that.

ETA: season 1 only on Amazon

Entire series available on the NBC app.

The show and soundtrack of my youth. Never missed an episode.

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Originally posted by heisrizn:
No lie, my wife's coworker is the blond in the yellow bikini in the intro. Former bunny.

For our younger members who have no recollection of polka dots....

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In the early 90's I drove a red Testarossa that belonged to a friend of a friend in Napa Valley, CA. Got a good 45 minutes in it, drove all over Solano County. Never had the radio on, but the Vice theme was playing in my head most of the time anyway.

The show was pretty popular among cops at the time. Lots of Jackass shoulder rigs amongst the plain clothes guys.

Some very noteworthy shows and scenes. I still have the final episode on VHS tape. The ending with a retrospective was nicely done.

Always recall Crockett offering Tubbs a ride to the Airport, in his "Stolen car'. As he was still driving the white Testarossa. And the sound as he pulled away with it.

Great Show.

Is on COZI, Grit, or METv every night around midnight or so. Nugent got killed dead by Sonny last night.

You look back today and realize it was cheesy, but I remember I never missed an episode while working evenings in the hospital. We could usually time procedures to happen outside of "Vice hour".

Glenn Frey had mentioned in an article that he really enjoyed being a part of that show.

Just started watching the series tonight on the NBC app. First episode was great - excellent sound track, beautiful photography, they did a good job of sucking the viewer in. The next to episodes were ok but didn't seem to have the glitz of the first. Still enjoyable though.

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Originally posted by sargespd:
.......... Whenever I hear "In the air tonight", I still see Don Johnson driving in the rain through Miami.

Strange, I think about the train scene in Risky Business when I hear that song.

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Originally posted by LastCubScout:
Oh yeah, that was another thing I liked. Because of its neo-noir aesthetic, stories would have an unhappy or bittersweet ending much of the time. Either the bad guys won or escaped, or they would be captured or killed but at great emotional cost to the good guys and innocent parties.

+1

... one of the (many) reasons I liked this show.

The good guys didn't always win, there were highs and lows, losses and despair ...

I met Michael Talbott a few years back. He has a charity to help veterans. I have a photo of he and I on my shop wall. He still has his Miami Vice badge! A real down to earth guy, and he is very pro-gun. Does a lot of things with NRA, and the Miami police. After the show ended, he bought his Browning Hi-Power back from the network for $75.00! He still shoots it today. An awesome guy!