Everything about this, including the kids dressed as Crockett and Tubbs, makes me think it's a parody, but, no, this was a real product. I wonder, did Galoob buy time during the series? Or did it run these ads in between Hair Bear Bunch episodes on USA Cartoon Express?
Showing posts with label Miami Vice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miami Vice. Show all posts
Monday, July 3, 2023
Miami Vice Toy Track playset by Galoob!
Miami Vice inspired a lot of things, but you wouldn't think a toy racing playset would be one of them, would you? Well, check out this vintage ad for a Galoob toy car track:
Monday, May 23, 2022
Promo Theatre: You're BUSTED, pal!
Miami Vice hitting USA network in 1988 was pretty exciting already, but if you weren't into the initial news, I bet you got a jolt after hearing Sonny Crockett yell, "You're BUSTED, pal!" in this great promo:
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Happy Birthday, Saundra Santiago!
We celebrated Olivia Brown's birthday on Sunday, so I think it's only fair we commemorate the 65th birthday of her Miami Vice co-star Saundra Santiago today! I love these Friday Night Videos clips. Here's "Gina" co-hosting with "Switek" from 1986:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Happy birthday, Edward James Olmos!
Happy birthday, Edw--uh, Mr. Olmos.
Sir.
If you don't want to have a happy day, uh, that's fine, too. Your choice!
Saturday, January 4, 2020
YouTube Spotlight: Miami Vice and 1980s PSAs
Among the most intriguing clips in this week's YouTube playlist devoted to Miami Vice are a pair of 1980s PSAs. Surprisingly, Edward James Olmos' intensity in his MADD spot is matched by...Phillies legend Michael Jack Schmidt!
The obvious route for the MADD ad would be, hey, let's let Eddie glower at the camera, but he takes a different path. He doesn't even look at the camera till halfway through, instead focusing on pictures of victims, then rubbing his eyes to show despair. He is intense but subdued, more desperate than angry, and it's an effective approach.
As for Schmidt, could this be a "Do as I say, not as I do," deal? Well, as far as I know, Schmidt only ever admitted to using amphetamines, but there was hearsay introduced in court proceedings that accused him of using some harder stuff. I mean, he WAS rich, famous, and in baseball in the late 1970s and early 1980s. You do the math.
The PSA is a great one no matter what. Schmidt's midwestern accent (Ohio counts, right?) makes him sound more sincere. The main word I would use to describe his manner, though, is incredulous. This is almost as much impact as Jason Seaver asking, "Cocaine?"
The obvious route for the MADD ad would be, hey, let's let Eddie glower at the camera, but he takes a different path. He doesn't even look at the camera till halfway through, instead focusing on pictures of victims, then rubbing his eyes to show despair. He is intense but subdued, more desperate than angry, and it's an effective approach.
As for Schmidt, could this be a "Do as I say, not as I do," deal? Well, as far as I know, Schmidt only ever admitted to using amphetamines, but there was hearsay introduced in court proceedings that accused him of using some harder stuff. I mean, he WAS rich, famous, and in baseball in the late 1970s and early 1980s. You do the math.
The PSA is a great one no matter what. Schmidt's midwestern accent (Ohio counts, right?) makes him sound more sincere. The main word I would use to describe his manner, though, is incredulous. This is almost as much impact as Jason Seaver asking, "Cocaine?"
Friday, January 3, 2020
Miami Vice YouTube playlist is now live!
After enjoying our season 7 opener, click below to check out our official Miami Vice-themed video playlist!
You will find promos, interviews, music videos (of course!) and much more! And remember to visit our official You Tube page for past editions of the podcast and video playlists for each episode!
You will find promos, interviews, music videos (of course!) and much more! And remember to visit our official You Tube page for past editions of the podcast and video playlists for each episode!
Show Notes: Episode 7-1: Miami Vice "Smuggler's Blues"
*Smuggler's Blues is the fifteenth episode (some sources list it as 16 depending on how they count the pilot) of the first season of Miami Vice. It premiered February 1, 1985, at 9:00 P.M. on NBC.
Bloopers and Practical Jokes kicked off the night on NBC, followed by V: The Series and then Vice. ABC went with Benson, Webster, Street Hawk, and Matt Houston. CBS offered The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas (by far the highest-rated program of the evening), and Falcon Crest.
*Miami Vice ran 5 seasons (1984-1990) and 112 episodes, mostly on Fridays with a few appearances on Sundays and Wednesdays at the beginning and end. It was only a top-10 show (#9) in its second season.
*Drug lord Esteban Calderone is Tubbs' nemesis in season 1.
*Anthony Yerkovich, creator of Vice and exec producer for a very short time, now runs this restaurant: https://www.buffaloclub.com/about-us
*Did Brandon Tartikoff really inspire the series by jotting down "MTV Cops"? Brian Cronin writes an excellent piece about that legend and puts the creation of the series in context.
*Jan Hammer's theme song charted as high as #27 and won several Grammy awards. It was a cornerstone of the show's first soundtrack LP, which also featured Glenn Frey's hits Smuggler's Blues and You Belong to the City along with Phil Collins; In the Air Tonight.
That album reached #1, and a follow-up, Miami Vice II, featured Collins' Take Me Home. Amazing that they did a Miami Vice III with Sheena Easton, the Hooters, and Don Henley (Dirty Laundry)
*South of Sunset aired once--yes, once--on October 27, 1993 and was axed by CBS. A handful of unaired episodes of the Glenn Frey detective show aired on VH1, of all places, years later.
*Frey's character Jimmy Cole does indeed disappear in this episode, but he sort of "returns" in season 2's Trust Fund Pirates as we learn about what happened to him secondhand via fellow smuggler Jackson Crane (the great Gary Cole).
*Read more about Frey and his role on Vice here.
*Here is an article from The Miami Herald discussing the impact of the show on the city.
*We talk on the pod about the show running out of ideas, and here is a fascinating read from 1986 exploring the idea that the writers were already running dry!
Bloopers and Practical Jokes kicked off the night on NBC, followed by V: The Series and then Vice. ABC went with Benson, Webster, Street Hawk, and Matt Houston. CBS offered The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas (by far the highest-rated program of the evening), and Falcon Crest.
*Miami Vice ran 5 seasons (1984-1990) and 112 episodes, mostly on Fridays with a few appearances on Sundays and Wednesdays at the beginning and end. It was only a top-10 show (#9) in its second season.
*Drug lord Esteban Calderone is Tubbs' nemesis in season 1.
*Anthony Yerkovich, creator of Vice and exec producer for a very short time, now runs this restaurant: https://www.buffaloclub.com/about-us
*Did Brandon Tartikoff really inspire the series by jotting down "MTV Cops"? Brian Cronin writes an excellent piece about that legend and puts the creation of the series in context.
*Jan Hammer's theme song charted as high as #27 and won several Grammy awards. It was a cornerstone of the show's first soundtrack LP, which also featured Glenn Frey's hits Smuggler's Blues and You Belong to the City along with Phil Collins; In the Air Tonight.
That album reached #1, and a follow-up, Miami Vice II, featured Collins' Take Me Home. Amazing that they did a Miami Vice III with Sheena Easton, the Hooters, and Don Henley (Dirty Laundry)
*South of Sunset aired once--yes, once--on October 27, 1993 and was axed by CBS. A handful of unaired episodes of the Glenn Frey detective show aired on VH1, of all places, years later.
*Frey's character Jimmy Cole does indeed disappear in this episode, but he sort of "returns" in season 2's Trust Fund Pirates as we learn about what happened to him secondhand via fellow smuggler Jackson Crane (the great Gary Cole).
*Read more about Frey and his role on Vice here.
*Here is an article from The Miami Herald discussing the impact of the show on the city.
*We talk on the pod about the show running out of ideas, and here is a fascinating read from 1986 exploring the idea that the writers were already running dry!
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Episode 7-1: Miami Vice "Smuggler's Blues"
Season 7 launches with an explosive start as we delve into quintessential eighties drama Miami Vice! Guns, cars, boats, airplanes, swagger, fashion, music, explosions, weird dancing kids, Glenn Frey, Richard Jenkins--this one has it all and then some! Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to Colombia to buy some drugs to stop a kidnapper/murderer in Miami. We think.
Check out this episode!
Check out this episode!
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
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