Damn still one of my all time favs. The characters, storylines, music, style. Nothing like it on the air to this day. Love ya Crockett & Tubbs..always!🥰
Johnson knew his worth. Let’s be honest, nobody else could pull off that roll. It’s not that he’s a brilliant actor or anything but he shows a slight vulnerability at times that makes him perfect for the roll. Edward Olmos was a crucial part of the cast too. He was super cool and gave the vice squad it’s vital anchor. The guy he replaced was a joke when you compare them, more suited to MASH or a comedy show. The supporting vice members are class too with Switek and Zito creating their own humorous sub-plots along with the girls Calabrese and Joplin. Having Tubbs played by a Blackman was also another important factor as he had his own cool way and was loyal to Crockett. It’s a great show and along with the Space Shuttle, CD, MTV, Live Aid, BMX and the Walkman, Miami Vice defines the mid to late 80s. With cool music, amazing cameos and famous musician guest stars, it was totally original. Season 1 and 2 are essential, 3 falters, 4 is terrible and 5 gets good again but unfortunately we lose virtuoso score composer Jan Hammer as he left the project. All in all I’ve watched it all twice now and I’m ready to watch again!
I can only say this .. The Producers did everything right to the Point ! The Name MIAMI VICE .. Perfect. The actors .. Perfect .Clothing ..Perfect. Music .. Jan Hammer and so on .. Perfect and so on .
I dont remember her name but the producers hired a woman to do the costumes and told her about the show. They wanted the cops to be undercover high end dealers and rich party goers in most episodes so the costume designer decided to break the mold and dress them up in pastel colors and dressed them in high fashion since that was the look most party boys in Miami had. Since Crocket was supposed to be a beach bum type she gave him loafers but no socks, no belt, and an open jacket for the hot steamy nights, and since Tubbs was from NYC she figured he would have a more reserved look to him and dressed him a little more formal. It's kind of crazy but most people think the show had stereotypical 80s clothes but it didnt, the show was so influential it actually affected both the popular fashion of the time but also heavily colored how people on TV dressed and how we remember the 80s. The show wasnt a product of 80s fashion so much as the show helped create 80s pop fashion. The producers were amazing on this show. Perfect actors and they took a massive risk by spending most of their money on the vehicles rather than trying to save money. That's why there were so many memorable cars and boats in the series and why we get to see helicopters and planes too, they didnt just use stock footage like most shows do. They also were able to get extremely high budgets for the time and invested in famous guest stars and on licensing famous, memorable music rather than just having bland soundtracks.
About James Olmos. Here was an actor of stage and screen added to the show. Since Johnson considered himself king of the world, he started telling the others where to stand, how he got the best lines etc. Olmos was PISSED. He was the lieutenant and forced Johnson to play by rules THAT MADE SENSE. Johnson HAD to knock before walking into Olmos’ office...glared him down when Johnson went off again. It worked! Everyone knew who was in charge!
yes pastel. you are right, we were having the same trend in Italy with ARMANI. In fact I always mistakenly thought that ARMANI was involvend in Miami Vice
andrea inzaghi ARMANI WAS NOT INVOLVED IN MIAMI VICE, BUT, ARMANI WAS USED IN MIAMI VICE. THEY PURCHASED ARMANI CLOTHES FOR THE SHOW ( mostly in seasons one and two) BUT THE ARMANI COMPANY HAD NO INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SHOW. VERSACE DID.
It's kind of crazy but most people think the show had stereotypical 80s clothes but it didnt, the show was so influential it actually affected both the popular fashion of the time but also heavily colored how people on TV dressed and how we remember the 80s. The show wasnt a product of 80s fashion so much as the show helped create 80s pop fashion. That's why if you look at old pictures or watch movies from the early 80s everyone dresses pretty normally and the fashion looked more 70s, but if you look at photos and movies from the mid 80s you'll see a lot more pastels like this show had.
The music was so iconic for a show like this that is wasn’t cut to fit the scene but rather scenes were actually cut to fit the music for each specific scene , completely unheard of at the time .
Olmos says that when he was offered the role, after asking him like 5 times, part of his contract was that he had complete artistic control...hence the tension...
A Poorly researched and badly executed "Things you never knew ....." . As many below me have pointed out the show Miami Vice used neon lights and pastel colours as opposed to neon colours. No one and please read below other people's great comments that The brilliant actor James Olmos hated Don Johnson. P.S. _ From memory I heard that Phillip Michael Thomas on occasion rubbed people up the wrong way. Sandra Sauntiago who played "Gina Calabrese' on the show recently said that all the actors got on and that Don Johnson lead the way with his humility. Sandra Sauntiago added that it was the best 5-6 years of he life with her only complaint being that their contracts did not allow them to star in movies due to gruelling schedule. NOTE - TV shows that were NOT comedies in the Eighties ran from 20 to 26 Epidodes per year ! An Episode taking 7 days to complete AND the actors/actresses were on location for 6 to 9 months. Some show were STILL filming concluding episodes to a series when the first episodes of that particular series was being shown on TV.
Well, This show helped with the boosting up of Miami and specialy the Miami Beach area, it brought in new blood and new trends & ideas. Miami Vice. I love it.
Best show ever take me back to 85 with my red and white suit , avaitors, and red converse to match all the bling on my neck and wrist... Back when pazzas and flash was eberything.. back when people had style
As with any time the 80s had some seriously weird fashion just like today, and there were also tons of people in the 80s rocking the "all denim" look or the "jeans and plaid" look. The hair could get pretty outrageous too. The early 80s also had plenty of holdovers from the 70s like the bile yellow shirts, weird yellows and browns for pants and shirts, or funky plaid patterns. The mid-to-late 80s and early 90s also brought on those weird wind breakers and the same synthetic material for pants that made that weird noise when it rubbed together and felt like wearing a suit made out of garbage bags with the way it held in heat and moisture and turned you into a mobile greenhouse. The 80s was also when we started seeing alot of the weird piercings on people with the young rebels and punks rocking things like safety pins, small locks, staples, or random bits of metal for piercings plus the industrial piercings mostly came about in that period.
Larry Wilcox from “CHiPs” was the lead contender for playing Sonny. NBC decided not to go with him because he had already played a cop on TV. Don Johnson wasn’t really in the top contender list as like Tom Selleck before him, Johnson had been cast on shows back in the late 70’s that were never picked up by a network so casting him was a gamble at the time. The actor that was going to replace Johnson when he wanted to quit was Mark Harmon. The reason the role of the unit’s first lieutenant (Lt. Lou Rodriguez played by Gregory Sierra) was recast was that Gregory had to live in Miami which was something he disliked. He asked for his character be written off. This video was very shallow on facts.
@@DavidLLambertmobile Yes. But his audition attire was atrocious. Wilcox said once he saw Johnson's attire...he knew he had been beaten. John Denver apparently also auditioned for the role. And Jeff Fahey would have been a good replacement for Johnson, also...if they continued with the show...Denver, too. Jeff was great in a heel role in "When Irish Eyes Are Crying"...especially when he aimed the stinger at the Daytona and blew it to smithereens. Jeff was good at portraying good guys, too. Check out the movie "Impulse" from 1990. He was brilliant.
I remember 1984 Dan Marino's epic season, 22 and I worked in N Miami Beach and we watched the Pilot at friends house in Aventura where I lived, we had just got thru a 2 day blizzard in Miami it was perfect well almost . The show -blowed- blew Me away there was nothing like it at the time. Man the only thing better than the 80's was the 70's
Man.i was in my mid 20s when this show aired I had nice Buick Regal back then summer came along n my dressing change right there dress like Crockett n look like Tubs those were the days. 🌴
"Johnson & Olmos hated each other" --really? they had opposing acting techniques and opinions on how certain scenes should be played but I never heard they "hated each other"
I agree with you Frank. I loved Miami Vice at the time and I read just about everything about it from trade Entertainment magazines and right up to Soldier of Fortune. I NEVER read anywhere that Olmos hated Johnson. People make up crap to sound that they have discovered "new facts."
yeah there is an interview with Olmos on youtube about when he started on the show he/ his character changed the way things operated at Vice due to him being a different character than the old lieutenant and it pissed off Johnson. But they got over it.
Brandon Tarikoff of NBC pushed the TV series & liked the plots, characters. The hip, trendy MTV music made the show difficult to sell in syndication, overseas 🌏. The producers & NBC had to weigh the loss of $ later to ratings, ads.
Eddy shows up on his first day of filming and finds what the set crew has created was unempathetic to the character he envisioned. They wanted a classic Lt. office cluttered and him dressed in fine suits. He wanted a sparse office and cheap suits. He saw the character of Castillo to be a driven man unencumbered by the flash and glitz of Miami. He brought a cold professionalism to the role that grated against Don Johnson's nerves (who had gotten used to being the golden boy on set.) Right from their first take together we got "Never come up to me like that again" to Tubbs, which wasn't in the script. Both Johnson and Thomas were playing a bit too fast and loose for Vice cops from Olmos' perspective.czcams.com/video/TaZ54f0uoXw/video.html
You did not know on a holiday from England I accidentally walked onto the set and ended up in one of the scenes....Ha ...great show nothing has ever got close to it....
@@mancunited3845 Loved the Sweeney. John Thaw was one of the UK's greatest actors. That bitch Mary Whitehouse got it shut down. (too real for the posh generation). Having been born in the UK and lived there in the 60s and 70s, then spent the next few decades in Australia and the US (incl. Miami), I can say that both shows were a very accurate depiction of their times.
MV wouldn't have been MV without Phillip Michael Thomas & Don Johnson as Tubbs & Crockett. And also Edward James Olmos. U can even feel the difference between the first few eps w/o Olmos & with Olmos. It was lightening in a bottle casting and timing.
@Black Hole Sun I agree. I feel the same about the secondary characters as well. The casting was perfect. The chemistry between the actors always seemed real, never faked.
Don Johnson want to leave the show because he have the possibility to play Eliot Ness instead of Kevin Costner in the movie " The Untouchables", i'm not sure it was his choice to rest.
One thing for sure is if Denzel would’ve taken the role of Tubbs, he would’ve never taken a backseat to DJ the way that PMT did by season 4. It’s either Denzel would’ve demanded that the writers get back to writing his character with equal screen time or he would’ve left the show.
He might have, but you have to keep in mind that in 1984 Denzel was still a totally unknown actor with little to no experience. Today's Denzel or even 90s Denzel could probably make demands like that but he didnt get his first major roles until later in the 80s and he didnt start becoming really famous until the 90s. Actors dont usually get much say in a TV show or movie unless they're famous and/or have some serious connections.
The reason it looked like Lt. Castillo was being a hard ass was the way Eddie J. Olmos played the part. Unlike his predecessor. Had nothing to do with Don Johnson.
"For some reason Don Johnson wanted to leave the series after the second season" Yeah because he was quitting smoking. Sad he left the lucky strikes behind.
I knew every last thing in this video. This was for people who never saw the show. Not for someone who didn't leave the house on Friday nights until Miami Vice was over at 9 P.M. One fact that wasn't mentioned was that Ferrari approached the show and threatened to sue them for copyright infringements because the Daytona that Crockett drove was not a real Ferrari. It was in fact a replica built on a Corvette chassis. They said they would provide the show with a real Ferrari if the fake one was destroyed on the show. Which is why Jeff Fahey blew the Daytona sky high in the 1st episode of Season 3 :-)
@DRock6906 I didn’t know they really blew up Crockett’s car!!! I was told that it was made to look that way and it was at a distance. Damn, I loved that car and the real Ferrari didn’t live up to the first!! Now I’m bummed.
I would like to see the whole Miami Vice series on TV again start to finish something else on TV considering what's up I'm sure their be alot of views I'm watching Nash Bridges now think about it Fox TKS.🌹STALLONE
The first season of CBS, Nash Bridges was 🗑. The show got better in the 1997-1999 era. Then it fell apart with new characters, new plots. Nash was a Captain. Joe became a Lt. 🕵🏽♂️
At least they didn't mention the well known unknown fact that the black Ferrari Daytona that was eventually blown up was in fact a fake fibreglass kit car!
I loved this show and was a die-hard fan. But nooo waayyy would Denzel Washington, Bridges or Nolte would have considered the role unless paid a ton of money. I wonder how sincere this video really is.
james liu Denzel Washington was considered and offered the role of Tubbs - but it was that stage where he was becoming a mainstream movie star so didn’t accept the offer.
Shake you down was released in 86 but written before then and used for his audition... Just like Queen first recorded their tracks in 1971 and didn't get released till 1973, then they were accused of jumping on the glam bandwagon.
My billionaire boss had the Miami Vice Spyder. It was a Ferrari body but with a revised Corvette engine. The car was in excellent shape, 2018. It had a dark tan leather int.
@@DavidLLambertmobile funny...how did he have the original car when it was destroyed? Also,the car from the show was a Corvette made to look like a Ferrari Daytona...nothing about the car was actual Ferrari...
The execs at NBC wanted MTV cops so they looked around for new pilots, pitch scripts with trendy, hip, MTV type formats. Miami was seeing a few trends, fads but most called it "Gods Waiting Room" . South Beach was mostly 👴🏽👵🏻♿. Miami Vice & the rise in cocaine, drugs led to the 📈 in tourists, beach crowds.
Imagine Jon Baker (alias Larry Wilcox - of "CHiP's" fame) as Sonny Crockett? No way!! Mann and Yerkovich picked the right guy for the Crockett role. Don Johnson was born to play that role. MV would've bombed badly had they chosen Wilcox over DJ. And DJ's original trademark white suit was actually made by Brooks Brothers...NOT Hugo Boss...the latter the maker of the rest of the suits he wore on the show.
If they do I would hope its on Netflix or Showtime. Twin Peaks made a comeback on Showtime, probably because ABC would never let Lynch do that again on their network. I think not worrying about watching language, showing drug use or other adult themes could make it work on those platforms. Maybe even AMC since they did Breaking Bad. There are way too many cop or detective shows on normal TV now so I fear it would just blend in and be forgotten after 6 episodes. We are about to see that on CBS since they are doing a Magnum P.I. reboot.
Paddy9476 Yes I agree they would have to put it on a channel where it could be rated MA. Netflix tends to have great shows. I just finished watching Ozark on Netflix and it was really good.
Another interesting fact about this series, which I thoroughly enjoyed watching during its 80's run , is that there was absolutely nothing realistic about this series. Speaking as a 25-year LEO in South Florida, I can't help but notice from start to finish during each episode how wrong everything is. Literally everything! Lol
Quite simply stated: The show was the absolute shit at its time. Me and my boys didn't go out on Friday night until after we saw the show!!! Anything to pump up the cool factor. It was the eighties.... that what we were all about. Peace.
there was a series prior to Miami vice with two detectives or investigators, one of which was Caucasian and the other was Black. it only lasted one season, or perhaps was a summer replacement. It had, if I remember from the reruns I saw, a musical montage segment not unlike Miami vice. However, I think they may have been representing some federal agency and were covering the south Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and the northern and western part of the Caribbean. It seemed like Miami Vice was almost a direct ripoff of that other series. This was like Baretta was a direct retread of Toma.
@drrsc Never heard that before. Wish you knew the name. I know how Miami Vice was supposed to have happened and no credit to any other show has ever been given.
The problem with these kind of TV series is the amount of Guns being used and making the Movies worthless ,there are no Martial arts involving hand to hand combat like the other Series called Raven by Jefferey Meek ....
About the only thing I didn't was that of Denzel.......glad that fucker didn't get it,his acting sucks and the show likely wouldn't have been as great or survived as long as it did and was.
Damn still one of my all time favs. The characters, storylines, music, style. Nothing like it on the air to this day. Love ya Crockett & Tubbs..always!🥰
Johnson knew his worth. Let’s be honest, nobody else could pull off that roll. It’s not that he’s a brilliant actor or anything but he shows a slight vulnerability at times that makes him perfect for the roll. Edward Olmos was a crucial part of the cast too. He was super cool and gave the vice squad it’s vital anchor. The guy he replaced was a joke when you compare them, more suited to MASH or a comedy show.
The supporting vice members are class too with Switek and Zito creating their own humorous sub-plots along with the girls Calabrese and Joplin.
Having Tubbs played by a Blackman was also another important factor as he had his own cool way and was loyal to Crockett. It’s a great show and along with the Space Shuttle, CD, MTV, Live Aid, BMX and the Walkman, Miami Vice defines the mid to late 80s.
With cool music, amazing cameos and famous musician guest stars, it was totally original. Season 1 and 2 are essential, 3 falters, 4 is terrible and 5 gets good again but unfortunately we lose virtuoso score composer Jan Hammer as he left the project. All in all I’ve watched it all twice now and I’m ready to watch again!
I can only say this .. The Producers did everything right to the Point ! The Name MIAMI VICE .. Perfect. The actors .. Perfect .Clothing ..Perfect. Music .. Jan Hammer and so on .. Perfect and so on .
Perfect locations perfect decor
I dont remember her name but the producers hired a woman to do the costumes and told her about the show. They wanted the cops to be undercover high end dealers and rich party goers in most episodes so the costume designer decided to break the mold and dress them up in pastel colors and dressed them in high fashion since that was the look most party boys in Miami had. Since Crocket was supposed to be a beach bum type she gave him loafers but no socks, no belt, and an open jacket for the hot steamy nights, and since Tubbs was from NYC she figured he would have a more reserved look to him and dressed him a little more formal.
It's kind of crazy but most people think the show had stereotypical 80s clothes but it didnt, the show was so influential it actually affected both the popular fashion of the time but also heavily colored how people on TV dressed and how we remember the 80s. The show wasnt a product of 80s fashion so much as the show helped create 80s pop fashion.
The producers were amazing on this show. Perfect actors and they took a massive risk by spending most of their money on the vehicles rather than trying to save money. That's why there were so many memorable cars and boats in the series and why we get to see helicopters and planes too, they didnt just use stock footage like most shows do. They also were able to get extremely high budgets for the time and invested in famous guest stars and on licensing famous, memorable music rather than just having bland soundtracks.
Michael Mann was a genius when it came to the Miami Vice TV show. Nothing happened by accident ♥️
About James Olmos. Here was an actor of stage and screen added to the show. Since Johnson considered himself king of the world, he started telling the others where to stand, how he got the best lines etc. Olmos was PISSED. He was the lieutenant and forced Johnson to play by rules THAT MADE SENSE. Johnson HAD to knock before walking into Olmos’ office...glared him down when Johnson went off again.
It worked! Everyone knew who was in charge!
Best T.V show of all time because watching Miami Vice an episode was like watching a movie.
Thank God they named the series MIAMI VICE and not GOLD COAST, which sounds like a commercial ad for Florida tourism.
I LEARNED NOTHING. THIS WAS FOR CASUAL FANS 101. BY THE WAY THE COLORS ARE NOT NEON, BUT RATHER, PASTEL.
MIAMI VICE RULES MY WORLD.
yes pastel. you are right, we were having the same trend in Italy with ARMANI. In fact I always mistakenly thought that ARMANI was involvend in Miami Vice
andrea inzaghi ARMANI WAS NOT INVOLVED IN MIAMI VICE, BUT, ARMANI WAS USED IN MIAMI VICE. THEY PURCHASED ARMANI CLOTHES FOR THE SHOW ( mostly in seasons one and two) BUT THE ARMANI COMPANY HAD NO INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SHOW. VERSACE DID.
This is all stuff from IMDB
You're weong about armani. The trend started in Miami.
Michael Mann - genius show.
Johnson and Thomas ARE Miami Vice. They also taught men how to dress in the 80s.
PMT actually almost always wore socks on the show with his Armani or Perry Ellis suits...unlike his MV costar.
Don Johnson and PMT were born to play Crockett and Tubbs and together they made TV history ♥️
One of the few shows that created trends instead of following them
It's kind of crazy but most people think the show had stereotypical 80s clothes but it didnt, the show was so influential it actually affected both the popular fashion of the time but also heavily colored how people on TV dressed and how we remember the 80s. The show wasnt a product of 80s fashion so much as the show helped create 80s pop fashion. That's why if you look at old pictures or watch movies from the early 80s everyone dresses pretty normally and the fashion looked more 70s, but if you look at photos and movies from the mid 80s you'll see a lot more pastels like this show had.
The music was so iconic for a show like this that is wasn’t cut to fit the scene but rather scenes were actually cut to fit the music for each specific scene , completely unheard of at the time .
DJ was the man back in the 80's
the people of the cast were the right fit . made the show what is was . loved it
They mentioned the music but didn't mention Jan Hammer
Olmos says that when he was offered the role, after asking him like 5 times, part of his contract was that he had complete artistic control...hence the tension...
A Poorly researched and badly executed "Things you never knew ....." .
As many below me have pointed out the show Miami Vice used neon lights and pastel colours as opposed to neon colours. No one and please read below other people's great comments that The brilliant actor James Olmos hated Don Johnson.
P.S. _ From memory I heard that Phillip Michael Thomas on occasion rubbed people up the wrong way.
Sandra Sauntiago who played "Gina Calabrese' on the show recently said that all the actors got on and that Don Johnson lead the way with his humility. Sandra Sauntiago added that it was the best 5-6 years of he life with her only complaint being that their contracts did not allow them to star in movies due to gruelling schedule.
NOTE - TV shows that were NOT comedies in the Eighties ran from 20 to 26 Epidodes per year ! An Episode taking 7 days to complete AND the actors/actresses were on location for 6 to 9 months. Some show were STILL filming concluding episodes to a series when the first episodes of that particular series was being shown on TV.
Well, This show helped with the boosting up of Miami and specialy the Miami Beach area, it brought in new blood and new trends & ideas. Miami Vice. I love it.
The 80s were Grand! And Vice made that fabulous unforgettable decade even better.
And it brought in a lot of money to the area!
GOLD COAST sounds like an ad agency for MIAMI tourism.
Best show ever take me back to 85 with my red and white suit , avaitors, and red converse to match all the bling on my neck and wrist... Back when pazzas and flash was eberything.. back when people had style
As with any time the 80s had some seriously weird fashion just like today, and there were also tons of people in the 80s rocking the "all denim" look or the "jeans and plaid" look. The hair could get pretty outrageous too. The early 80s also had plenty of holdovers from the 70s like the bile yellow shirts, weird yellows and browns for pants and shirts, or funky plaid patterns. The mid-to-late 80s and early 90s also brought on those weird wind breakers and the same synthetic material for pants that made that weird noise when it rubbed together and felt like wearing a suit made out of garbage bags with the way it held in heat and moisture and turned you into a mobile greenhouse. The 80s was also when we started seeing alot of the weird piercings on people with the young rebels and punks rocking things like safety pins, small locks, staples, or random bits of metal for piercings plus the industrial piercings mostly came about in that period.
Larry Wilcox from “CHiPs” was the lead contender for playing Sonny. NBC decided not to go with him because he had already played a cop on TV. Don Johnson wasn’t really in the top contender list as like Tom Selleck before him, Johnson had been cast on shows back in the late 70’s that were never picked up by a network so casting him was a gamble at the time. The actor that was going to replace Johnson when he wanted to quit was Mark Harmon. The reason the role of the unit’s first lieutenant (Lt. Lou Rodriguez played by Gregory Sierra) was recast was that Gregory had to live in Miami which was something he disliked. He asked for his character be written off. This video was very shallow on facts.
Larry Wilcox?? Thank God they changed their minds on that one. Crockett had an edge to him which Don Johnson totally nailed.
Wilcox was a real SE Asia 🇻🇳 combat veteran. He did a great audition too. Watch it online 👨💻.
@@DavidLLambertmobile Yes. But his audition attire was atrocious. Wilcox said once he saw Johnson's attire...he knew he had been beaten. John Denver apparently also auditioned for the role. And Jeff Fahey would have been a good replacement for Johnson, also...if they continued with the show...Denver, too. Jeff was great in a heel role in "When Irish Eyes Are Crying"...especially when he aimed the stinger at the Daytona and blew it to smithereens. Jeff was good at portraying good guys, too. Check out the movie "Impulse" from 1990. He was brilliant.
Don Johnson and PMT were born to play Crockett and Tubbs ♥️🔥
I sometimes wish that Gregory Sierra's character of Lou the leiutenant hadn't been killed off halfway through the first season.
He just passed on ⚰. He was on Barney Miller too. 🎭.
Don Johnson was paid $100,000 per episode, on Miami Vice.
I remember 1984 Dan Marino's epic season, 22 and I worked in N Miami Beach and we watched the Pilot at friends house in Aventura where I lived, we had just got thru a 2 day blizzard in Miami it was perfect well almost . The show -blowed- blew Me away there was nothing like it at the time. Man the only thing better than the 80's was the 70's
Well I guess Don Johnson got his wish with the attire when he was in Nash Bridges and it looks pretty good too
Luckily neither nolte, nor bridges, nor washington accepted the roles.
Man.i was in my mid 20s when this show aired I had nice Buick Regal back then summer came along n my dressing change right there dress like Crockett n look like Tubs those were the days. 🌴
I was 3 years old in 1984 and now I'm a super grown ass man and still love this show after all these years
I remember that Mark Harmon was considered as a replacement for Don Johnson.
"Johnson & Olmos hated each other" --really? they had opposing acting techniques and opinions on how certain scenes should be played but I never heard they "hated each other"
I agree with you Frank. I loved Miami Vice at the time and I read just about everything about it from trade Entertainment magazines and right up to Soldier of Fortune. I NEVER read anywhere that Olmos hated Johnson. People make up crap to sound that they have discovered "new facts."
He has an interview on here. Gotta see!!
yeah there is an interview with Olmos on youtube about when he started on the show he/ his character changed the way things operated at Vice due to him being a different character than the old lieutenant and it pissed off Johnson. But they got over it.
theboyx3 that is the actual story it was a professional disagreement thats all but they all got along after the first episode with Olmos.
I don’t think they hated each other but there was tension. Olmos has an interview on here you should watch
The running title of the show was "MTV Cops" which is why music played such a prominent role in the show.
Brandon Tarikoff of NBC pushed the TV series & liked the plots, characters. The hip, trendy MTV music made the show difficult to sell in syndication, overseas 🌏. The producers & NBC had to weigh the loss of $ later to ratings, ads.
Wouldn't have been the same with any other actors. Especially Denzel as Tubbs. Changed the game as far as TV goes.
Larry Wilcox (Jon Baker on "CHiP's") as Sonny Crockett? I don't think so. He already had his major role.
Season 3.episode 2 The Good Collar my favorite episode especially the end scene featuring the song Picture Book by Simply Red .
There is an interview with Olmos
talking about DJ.’s attitude when Olmos came on board.
Eddy shows up on his first day of filming and finds what the set crew has created was unempathetic to the character he envisioned. They wanted a classic Lt. office cluttered and him dressed in fine suits. He wanted a sparse office and cheap suits. He saw the character of Castillo to be a driven man unencumbered by the flash and glitz of Miami. He brought a cold professionalism to the role that grated against Don Johnson's nerves (who had gotten used to being the golden boy on set.) Right from their first take together we got "Never come up to me like that again" to Tubbs, which wasn't in the script. Both Johnson and Thomas were playing a bit too fast and loose for Vice cops from Olmos' perspective.czcams.com/video/TaZ54f0uoXw/video.html
You did not know on a holiday from England I accidentally walked onto the set and ended up in one of the scenes....Ha ...great show nothing has ever got close to it....
Tough call to make, personally Sopranos, Hill Street Blues have to be up there from the USA.
UK The Sweeney was very hard hitting for its time, Line of duty is superb and makes sunday night tv...
@@mancunited3845 Loved the Sweeney. John Thaw was one of the UK's greatest actors. That bitch Mary Whitehouse got it shut down. (too real for the posh generation). Having been born in the UK and lived there in the 60s and 70s, then spent the next few decades in Australia and the US (incl. Miami), I can say that both shows were a very accurate depiction of their times.
Can anyone imagine anyone else than Don Johnson as James “Sonny” Crockett?
Danny de Vito was born to play Sonny
Thank you. Very informative.
MV wouldn't have been MV without Phillip Michael Thomas & Don Johnson as Tubbs & Crockett. And also Edward James Olmos. U can even feel the difference between the first few eps w/o Olmos & with Olmos. It was lightening in a bottle casting and timing.
@Black Hole Sun I agree. I feel the same about the secondary characters as well. The casting was perfect. The chemistry between the actors always seemed real, never faked.
Don Johnson want to leave the show because he have the possibility to play Eliot Ness instead of Kevin Costner in the movie " The Untouchables", i'm not sure it was his choice to rest.
what actually happened was that he demanded to be paid more.
One thing for sure is if Denzel would’ve taken the role of Tubbs, he would’ve never taken a backseat to DJ the way that PMT did by season 4. It’s either Denzel would’ve demanded that the writers get back to writing his character with equal screen time or he would’ve left the show.
He might have, but you have to keep in mind that in 1984 Denzel was still a totally unknown actor with little to no experience. Today's Denzel or even 90s Denzel could probably make demands like that but he didnt get his first major roles until later in the 80s and he didnt start becoming really famous until the 90s. Actors dont usually get much say in a TV show or movie unless they're famous and/or have some serious connections.
The reason it looked like Lt. Castillo was being a hard ass was the way Eddie J. Olmos played the part. Unlike his predecessor.
Had nothing to do with Don Johnson.
The soundtrack was so successful, that AnswersVideo overdubbed their own shite over the top of this clip. Nice work, fellas.
Horrible editing for sure garbage. Lazy
"For some reason Don Johnson wanted to leave the series after the second season"
Yeah because he was quitting smoking. Sad he left the lucky strikes behind.
I knew every last thing in this video. This was for people who never saw the show. Not for someone who didn't leave the house on Friday nights until Miami Vice was over at 9 P.M. One fact that wasn't mentioned was that Ferrari approached the show and threatened to sue them for copyright infringements because the Daytona that Crockett drove was not a real Ferrari. It was in fact a replica built on a Corvette chassis. They said they would provide the show with a real Ferrari if the fake one was destroyed on the show. Which is why Jeff Fahey blew the Daytona sky high in the 1st episode of Season 3 :-)
Ended at 9 PM? Like me, you must've lived in the Central Time Zone!
That's right brother! I was living in Louisiana at that time!
Came on at 10pm west coast,that's why I bought my first vcr in '86,cuz I worked graveyard shift and was missing the end of the show.
I wouldnt breathe until the show was over at 10. First was Knight Ryder. My life was almost all centered in everything Vice.
@DRock6906 I didn’t know they really blew up Crockett’s car!!! I was told that it was made to look that way and it was at a distance. Damn, I loved that car and the real Ferrari didn’t live up to the first!! Now I’m bummed.
FREEEZE! Miami Vice!!!
I just bought the University of Kansas Jayhawks NCAA Historic Arch Men's Blue T-Shirt 1:45
Don Johnson was perfect for Sonny Crockett..never knew he lived in Miami during the time that show was going on? I live on FL..interesting.
okay so now I remember that Philip Michael Thomas is not Paul Michael Glaser of Starsky and Hutch
Although Glaser did direct some eps of Vice. Well, maybe just one.
Jeff Bridges and Denzel Washington now that's HOT !!!
You obviously never saw the 80's MV series.
Got the First 4 Seasons on DVD Gotta Get the 5th.
To mami wearing the bikini top during the intro at the end God bless you !
Yeah man! Can you imagine that in 2020 they'd now be grandmothers?
I would like to see the whole Miami Vice series on TV again start to finish something else on TV considering what's up I'm sure their be alot of views I'm watching Nash Bridges now think about it Fox TKS.🌹STALLONE
The first season of CBS, Nash Bridges was 🗑. The show got better in the 1997-1999 era. Then it fell apart with new characters, new plots. Nash was a Captain. Joe became a Lt. 🕵🏽♂️
What's the soundtrack in the background? It's really good.
Don jonson es el tío más atractivo que vi en mi vida
At least they didn't mention the well known unknown fact that the black Ferrari Daytona that was eventually blown up was in fact a fake fibreglass kit car!
Best show ever!
What music is that your using while you talk?
50 cent in the club instrumental but i know 50 got it fro some else too
Sorry missed your show and prayers 🙏
And now please the things I never knew!
I loved this show and was a die-hard fan. But nooo waayyy would Denzel Washington, Bridges or Nolte would have considered the role unless paid a ton of money. I wonder how sincere this video really is.
james liu Denzel Washington was considered and offered the role of Tubbs - but it was that stage where he was becoming a mainstream movie star so didn’t accept the offer.
Gregory Abbot "shake you down" was his audition to play Tubbs or is that an urban myth?
Impossible, "Shake you down" is from 1986 and the show started in 1984
Gregory Abbott wasn't well known during that time
Shake you down was released in 86 but written before then and used for his audition...
Just like Queen first recorded their tracks in 1971 and didn't get released till 1973, then they were accused of jumping on the glam bandwagon.
Even though he became the highest paid actor for TV it still cost him plenty. He was first choice for the Die Hard movie. So, he was still underpaid.
Learned nothing as well...guess next they'll tell us the black Ferrari he drove wasn't a Ferrari at all but a Corvette...smfh
My billionaire boss had the Miami Vice Spyder. It was a Ferrari body but with a revised Corvette engine. The car was in excellent shape, 2018. It had a dark tan leather int.
@@DavidLLambertmobile funny...how did he have the original car when it was destroyed? Also,the car from the show was a Corvette made to look like a Ferrari Daytona...nothing about the car was actual Ferrari...
Actually there was another name being played around that was even worse than Gold Coast and the was The Rock and Roll Detectives 😬
Anonymous I EW.
The execs at NBC wanted MTV cops so they looked around for new pilots, pitch scripts with trendy, hip, MTV type formats. Miami was seeing a few trends, fads but most called it "Gods Waiting Room" . South Beach was mostly 👴🏽👵🏻♿. Miami Vice & the rise in cocaine, drugs led to the 📈 in tourists, beach crowds.
How many times can you say "apparently" ?
apparently a lot...lmao
Imagine Jon Baker (alias Larry Wilcox - of "CHiP's" fame) as Sonny Crockett? No way!! Mann and Yerkovich picked the right guy for the Crockett role. Don Johnson was born to play that role. MV would've bombed badly had they chosen Wilcox over DJ. And DJ's original trademark white suit was actually made by Brooks Brothers...NOT Hugo Boss...the latter the maker of the rest of the suits he wore on the show.
It was a great show. I heard there was going to be a new version, hopefully it will be good.
It's just stupid to try and recreate perfection.
jeffsor47 You never know. If they do it I'll definitely check it out.
If they do I would hope its on Netflix or Showtime. Twin Peaks made a comeback on Showtime, probably because ABC would never let Lynch do that again on their network. I think not worrying about watching language, showing drug use or other adult themes could make it work on those platforms. Maybe even AMC since they did Breaking Bad. There are way too many cop or detective shows on normal TV now so I fear it would just blend in and be forgotten after 6 episodes. We are about to see that on CBS since they are doing a Magnum P.I. reboot.
Paddy9476 Yes I agree they would have to put it on a channel where it could be rated MA. Netflix tends to have great shows. I just finished watching Ozark on Netflix and it was really good.
It will suck
What is the name of the song that plays on the background?
Another interesting fact about this series, which I thoroughly enjoyed watching during its 80's run , is that there was absolutely nothing realistic about this series. Speaking as a 25-year LEO in South Florida, I can't help but notice from start to finish during each episode how wrong everything is. Literally everything! Lol
Quite simply stated: The show was the absolute shit at its time. Me and my boys didn't go out on Friday night until after we saw the show!!! Anything to pump up the cool factor. It was the eighties.... that what we were all about. Peace.
there was a series prior to Miami vice with two detectives or investigators, one of which was Caucasian and the other was Black. it only lasted one season, or perhaps was a summer replacement. It had, if I remember from the reruns I saw, a musical montage segment not unlike Miami vice. However, I think they may have been representing some federal agency and were covering the south Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and the northern and western part of the Caribbean. It seemed like Miami Vice was almost a direct ripoff of that other series. This was like Baretta was a direct retread of Toma.
@drrsc Never heard that before. Wish you knew the name. I know how Miami Vice was supposed to have happened and no credit to any other show has ever been given.
The problem with these kind of TV series is the amount of Guns being used and making the
Movies worthless ,there are no Martial arts involving hand to hand combat like the other Series
called Raven by Jefferey Meek ....
That's it. Too short. Work on it.
i learned nothing
Watch it ... lol... can’t stand him ..!!! Love tubs ..!!!
kooool
Mostly fake things.
Thing about mima vice
This video was very inaccurate
About the only thing I didn't was that of Denzel.......glad that fucker didn't get it,his acting sucks and the show likely wouldn't have been as great or survived as long as it did and was.
..old news!!
I guess anybody can make a video these days as this poorly executed lousy example proves.
That is OK, as I hated EJO.
Thank God they named the series MIAMI VICE and not GOLD COAST, which sounds like a commercial ad for Florida tourism.