Kevin Brown, beginning of trickle down economics, greed is good, Iran Contra, the beginning of the war on unions and the middle-class, mass incarceration etc. Yeah, good times.
@@donaldbarden7745 no the 60's and 70's was the end, all thanks to the murder of our last REAL president jfk, something you ignorant liberals don't give a shit about.
@@donaldbarden7745 Trickle down economics work, everyone has a level of greed, Iran Contra a joke compared to Obamas mess, the Unions brought it on themselves, mass incarceration was Bill Clinton. So yeah good times.
Brings tears to my eyes of the most wonderful, exciting and magical times in History. The 80's, it had EVERYTHING, REFRESHING AND NEW. The MUSIC, The FASHIONS, and MIAMI VICE, a TV Show that defined COOL! I am so Grateful for growing up and being part of the 80's! God Bless You ALL with Shoulder Padded Jacket, loose fit cream trousers, Designer shoes with NO socks, and RAYBAN Shades!
In 2024, it will be 40 years since the premiere in 1984 and people still love the show and still talk about it. There are people who weren't alive in 1984 and they love the show
LOL Here is a fan! I was just thinking about Miami Vice without knowing that this wonderful little video was posted recently! Or that it is a 30 year anniversary even!. For some reason I just started to think about Jan Hammer's music, which seems to have found a new audience as can be attested by the various remixes here on youtube! I was glad to see Saundra Santiago who is beautiful as ever! She was right, the 80's seemed to be that much more magical! The only ones that drove a Ferrari was Crockett and Tubbs!
garyp4205 I agree. Miami Vice was a one-of-a-kind show but I also loved Burn Notice and I was sad when *BOTH* of them ended. Hell, BN just ended earlier this year (2014) and I really miss the characters just like I did after Vice ended but Vice really changed A LOT in the five years it was in production. I lost interest when the "alien" episode with James Brown aired. That *wasn't* the Vice we all knew & loved :>\
Miami Herald Im watching a rerun of it right now. I was a teenager when the show came out and everybody was talking about it. The music, the clothes, it was what the 80s was all about.
Miami Vice was the one rare show that actually improved the local that it was filmed in. Before MV, South Beach was just a sleepy town. After MV, everyone and his brother wanted a piece of South Beach. And, yet, here we are, 30 years later and we're still talking Miami Vice.
@@eastwestcoastkid Wrong. She WAS beautiful. Womans and life are like cash. You spend and don't return back. That's the way it is. Was and never will be. New page always be written.
I love the show and soundtracks too bud.. i'm starting to think I was born in the wrong decade (1995), love watching all the shows.. Knightrider, Airwolf, The A Team, Miami Vice.. all of which ive got the complete series to
I was obsessed with Miami Vice when it was on air in the 80s. I still love it. In fact, back in 2012 watched the whole series again. Now in 2018, I want to watch the whole series yet again.
I agree. The colors, the architecture, in general was just so contemporary and ground breaking for the time. This show, looking back, had some ok acting (later episodes suffered from bad acting and stories), but the "look" was like nothing else before or after.
John Malcolm When it comes to the acting, the show had some guest stars (unlike a Bruce Willis or a John Glover) that weren't really actors, just there for effect (Captain Lou Albano, Seena Easton, and James Brown, who probably was the weakest). Overall though, there was A LOT of future talent when it came to guest stars (Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock), even in later episodes.
Everytime I watch my Miami Vice DVDs!! ...the music that be playing I always think back from when I first saw that episode!!...That show is the main reason why I miss the 80s!!..
In the fall of 1984, I was in an L shaped Apartment, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, in the music room, a second bedroom, my wife allowed me to clutter with records, tapes, and stereo equipment. I could hear the TV she was watching- a VERY familiar keyboard sound was eliminating from the set." THAT.....sounds like JAN HANMER on TV!" I dropped everthing and dashed into the living room, and joined the wife who was watching the season premier of, "MIAMI VICE!" Sure enough, one of my keyboard heroes, JAN HAMMER, was the rhythm the pulse, the scene intro setter, to the world of Miami Vice!" As IZZY once proclaimed, "JHEW GOT IT, MAIHN !!!"
The best show EVER! Everything was simply perfect - the actors / actresses, the music, the stories, the fashion, the style... there will never ever be a show like this again!
I am from Sweden, worked on the cruise ships who sailed out from Miami at that time. Norwegian Caribbean Lines. 1980/90 was the best times in Miami. What a place, what a time! I miss that time so much. Reg from Sweden.
My grandparents used the Svenska Amerikalinien a couple of times. My dad was a preteen in the early 60s and he still remembers it as one of the best experiences in his life. Apparently, modern cruise ships are basically faux-luxury and extremely commercialised in comparison. Passengers has personal servants and everything.
I still watch the re- runs to this day, Don Johnson was the man! They don't make them like they use too that's for sure. Their clothes ,the Music, and 'plain ole simple' the Bad ass 1980's will never be forgotten, and live in our Hearts 4 ever
now we got Law & Order, interestingly enough, the creator Dick Wolf was the producer of Miami Vice, thank God for Wolf! now we just need Good Music to come back :)
Best show ever!!! I have every episode on DVD and still watch these today, I have never seen a better show, and there may never be another one like it. I wish it could have continued longer into the 90's, but am glad to have been able to watch this when it was on.
I was a teenager who was sooo in luv with Don Johnson. My room was covered with Miami Vice posters. I never missed one episode!!!! 10:00 Friday nights you bet I was watching no matter where i was at!!!
God I wish any TV at all these days could be even half as good as Miami Vice. I've just started catching the Miami Vice reruns on MeTV and it still blows everything else away.
Still by far the GREATEST show EVERRRRRR!!!!! I watched itnin the 80s and I still watch and listen to the soundtrack....Good vibes and happy memories indeed. 😎😎🌴🤙🤙
Born and raised in Miami in 73’. Now I reside in Fort Lauderdale. Every year it keeps getting better and better. People are moving from Cali and NY to sunny South Florida. We have it all.
Miami Vice was the right show, with the right look, with the right sound, with the right people, at the right time. The caught lightning in a bottle from 84-86. The first 3 seasons were magnificent.
I own the dvd box set & watch it to this day. I had my daughter in '86& she still reacts to the opening music she heard in utero. Had she been a boy her name would have been James 'Sonny" Crockett. There will Never be another show like Miami Vice. Groundbreaking!!!
Did I miss something or was there no reference to Jan Hammer at all? His music set the mood far more than the pop songs of the day. Hell, he wrote the main theme for crying out loud, not to mention Crockett's Theme, Rain, Chase, Evan, Flashback, The Talk, Candy, and many others. Omitting Jan Hammer from this story is ridiculous!
I really wish they would have done a really good 30-year anniversary show for Miami Vice and really showcased the series. So many people still absolutely adore this show and it's just so odd to me how they tend to just ignore the huge fanbase Vice still has even today. It's damn near 2015 now and people everywhere still can't get enough of Vice on a global scale, and I really would have thought maybe even Universal would have wanted to do a well put-together show of the series since Vice still has such a huge following after all this time. Instead we get a five-minute bump from the local paper, and although I'm thankful at least for that, it's disappointing that after 30 years this is all we get :(
That said, I extend a big thank you to the Miami Herald for the piece you did on what was THE best television show of the 1980's... a show that helped revitalize Miami in a time when things we're so good. I was there so I know, and I *know* what Miami Vice did for this great city and we are forever thankful for those who worked to make the series as fantastic as it was and still is :)
Mike Hawk Hi Mike, I totally agree to your comments and like yourself always hope that it would make come back 30 years later. Im watching the Miami vice reruns on dvd to mark 1985 release in Ireland at the moment. U have to remember that the show was by itself unique but stuck in a Paradigm of the mid to late 80s with the fashions and the music that went with it. This is why the show only lasted for only 5 seasons which was good considering that its popularity dropped off after 1987. Crockett and Tubbs at this time were viewed as a pair of posers....HA HA! The show was becoming more detective than entertaining. As the 1990s approached the world moved on with different fashions, tv cop shows and Techno music styles to suit people new tastes. I think Don Johnson felt this too and jacked it in for other interests. Also not sure if the 2006 film did it much justice either. That being said May it live on! Patrick.
PiggyWiggyO Personally I think the 2006 movie turned away a lot of *Vice* fans because they were maybe hoping (I was one of them) that we might see the original people cast in some form or another but what we got was something very different from what all the true fans may have thought it was going to be. I know the show's popularity really fell off after about season three, as the show took on a completely different look and overall vibe. As much as I adored the show, I must admit even I became disillusioned after the 'alien' episode, Miracle Man and the like. By then the writing was just plain ridiculous and *Vice* was a completely different animal. Fans dropped off and the show ended. The internet was in it's infancy and sometime later fan group forums appeared on the web and has since grown over the years where people can talk about and share experienced with the greatest TV show of the 80's and today. I read on miamiviceonline.com that Don Johnson had recently expressed real interest in "rebooting" the show in some form. Don't know if anything will some of it but I sure hope so. Clearly the original characters wouldn't be doing the same things they were doing 29 years ago when the show ended but they could include them in any number of creative ways. We'll see...
MIAMI VICE WAS EVERYTHING IT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED!!!!!! DON JOHNSON CAN NEVER BE REPLACED !!!!!!! THOSE CLOTHES ARE STILL IN STYLE TODAY!!!!!! AND SOME OF THE CARS!!!!!! AND MUSIC IS CLASSIC JUST LIKE THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳❤❤❤❤❤
The enduring power of Miami Vice lives on. Cool actors, cool music, cool cars, cool city, cool chicks never to be replicated in the foreseeable future.
Cool music, magestic sceneries and beautiful people....a cornucopia of intoxicating television. As the song from Styx says.... it was the Best of Times ! Bravo ! 👏👏😊🥂🇨🇦
What most people either don't know or don't remember is, Miami Vice actually premiered THREE times. My Dad died Dec.2nd,1984 and we saw the pilot episode all 3 times.The 1980's were the most magical times (at least in American history) because everything was looking up, even when things were "bad", they were still better than before or since. On Fridays, the streets and EVERYWHERE became empty about 8pm because people were home watching Miami Vice, after the show was over the "world" came alive again and there isn't a single show now or since with that kind of impact.
when I was a kid, they aired this show at 4 am in the morning every Saturday here in Spain. I remember setting my alarm clock to watch it every saturday...this show made me wanting to cross the pond and visit Miami first hand, did it two years ago, and I am eager to go back again.
Lived in LA at the time and I remember my friends and I having Miami Vice parties where we would dress in MV costumes and watch the show..I miss those days, but all good things must come to an end.
It will never be repeated. The final show as Crockett and Tubbs said good bye was literally The End of the 80’s. I can’t even watch it now 31 years later
I was in high school when MV came on and I was totally obsessed with it and ESPECIALLY Don Johnson. Bought every magazine he was in, watched every interview he gave. Remember when he made the movie "Long Hot Summer"? Such a good movie! Lordy Lordy such a handsome man!
Wife and I enjoy the deco hotels, A1A, the beach, the era music. We had a room at the Victor over a decade ago.The experience of walking into the Victor from out in the sun is surreal. They had a fish tank with mini jellyfish illuminated by blacklight. There is an Irish bar up the street. I had Jan Hammer music in my head.
If you were a black or white guy with a friend of the opposite race, it was almost impossible to go somewhere without a "Crockett and Tubbs" reference. :-D
My friend is white I'm black. In philly on south street we were walking down the street together with our Miami Vice clothes,and people would say what is this Miami Vice. We smiled.
I will never forget Sondra. She had the softest skin of any woman I have ever felt and she was really a Sweetheart.I worked security for the show for a few days and when I met her it was not as if she was a stranger at all.It was a pleasure sitting between her and Edward under the catering tent have lunch one of those days.Both of them were very down to earth Real People and they left me with great memories as if we were friends and not just passing in life though after those few days we have never met again since soon afterwards I moved from Miami back to North Florida where I grew up and still live today.
I was born in 1984 so no nostalgia the reason I love Miami vice I first watched it on the men&motors Chanel in 2004 after breaking my leg and being stuck at home off work after 1 episode I was hooked I went and bought the full series for £50 on amazon few years later what a steal
The movie brought the content to the modern day. The gun play, seeing a level of technology that both sides were using. Jamie Fox was a convincing Rico Tubbs.....and then it went down hill.
One of the best TV series ever! Great script, great music and good artists. In the 80's artists were incredibly creative. No comparision to what we found today in the media in general.
Love it-Miami Vice. One of the top 80's television shows and of all time in my opinion. Also, along with Magnum P.I., A-Team, Hunter, 21 Jump street, LA Law, Simon and Simon, Fantasy Island, Threes Company, Dukes of Hazard, What's Happening, Joanie Loves Chachie, Too Close For Comfort, Scarface, Fast time at Ridgemont High, Valley girl, Mtv(when it was good-the 80's), The Goonies, 80's cartoons/animation, Mash, Knightrider, etc., some of these shows may have started in the previous decade but continued into the 80s though. It would've been nice to be and live in Miami/Miami Beach back then, at least, in a nice , safe part of that area anyways. Love and miss the 80's and that decade/genre. 80's always and forever.
I agree with your selection. I lived in Miami back then and even tried out as an extra on Vice. Miami was a *rough* place back then. Unfortunately television sometimes glamorizes things that aren't so great but I enjoyed my time in Miami (moved to West Palm Beach in the early 90's). I used to see the production crews filming the show in and around Miami back in the day :)
Mike Hawk, agree with you tv does glamorize things but would've been nice to see Miami Vice being filmed. may have not been the best place to live back then but would have been nice to have lived somewhere close to Miami or Miami Beach back then for a little while anyways in the 80's.
And dallas with this cliffhanger th-cam.com/video/9YPQARBgHS8/w-d-xo.html who shot jr and of course the smurfs ( and not that pos movies that was out in the early 2010's) and more.
I’m MV for life! Greatest series and selection of music in the history of television, from the “spot on” genius of Jan Hammer to Phil Collins! Nothing will ever compare!
So much memories, I was living in Miami when this show was filmed and i was on some of the filming locations around my neighborhood while they were filming on location in north West Miami-Dade county.
Watching MV was the highlight of the week for me in the UK in the 80's, so different and vibrant, we needed that splash of heat, colour, music and excitement in our sleepy little seaside town Don Johnson in particular acted brilliantly, he acts with his eyes and expressions, no words needed which is not easy, that look when he's concentrating is so powerful.... watch out! . I like most of the episodes ,two of my favourites are" Definitely Miami and Out where the buses don't run"..... that crazy ex cop was brilliant, very clever actor. If you notice there was no cursing, after a while, no smoking..... of which those that make similar productions these days should take note. We all curse when needed mostly under our breath by habit but I for one don't like it in movies nearly every other word, as in the MV movie that's not clever, its boring and dumb and smoking is really stupid and dangerous, I lost my B-I-L of lung cancer only 52 and a light smoker. Its possible to quit ,I did. smoking in movies should be banned............ young people can be influenced by character's in movies and TV
This was the last television series I ever watched on an episode by episode basis. I was devastated when it ended. Will always be my favorite hands down.
It was magical. I grew up watching Miami Vice and literally would just stare at other people in my generation who were into things like "The Office" or "Parks and Rec"...poor souls don't even know what good TV is....
Miami Vice was a fantastic show. A pity time can't be turned back. The 80's were a unforgettable decade.
@Donald J Trump the 90's also had cool ass cops from ny, ( new york undercover anyone?).
I agree . I’m 45 and I miss the 80s . But what made the 80s so great . I can’t put my finger in ut
La mejor los 80's
Loved this show when I was a teenager here in the UK
I was a teenager in late 80s and I'm so glad I was there for it. The 80s soundtrack still sounds great.
I am 19 years old and love Miami Vice! I binge watched the series during the pandemic with my Grandmum.. This was her decade!!
One of the greatest shows of all time, and the greatest decade ever.
You couldn't be more correct. We got the whole series, I've gotten to season 2 so far.
Kevin Brown, beginning of trickle down economics, greed is good, Iran Contra, the beginning of the war on unions and the middle-class, mass incarceration etc. Yeah, good times.
@@donaldbarden7745 no the 60's and 70's was the end, all thanks to the murder of our last REAL president jfk, something you ignorant liberals don't give a shit about.
@@donaldbarden7745 Trickle down economics work, everyone has a level of greed, Iran Contra a joke compared to Obamas mess, the Unions brought it on themselves, mass incarceration was Bill Clinton. So yeah good times.
Indeed
Lucky is in the 80s. Man I miss ot all so mucj😐
Brings tears to my eyes of the most wonderful, exciting and magical times in History. The 80's, it had EVERYTHING, REFRESHING AND NEW. The MUSIC, The FASHIONS, and MIAMI VICE, a TV Show that defined COOL! I am so Grateful for growing up and being part of the 80's! God Bless You ALL with Shoulder Padded Jacket, loose fit cream trousers, Designer shoes with NO socks, and RAYBAN Shades!
Snake Jones Don't forget the mesh shirts!
I'm right there with you brother, the 80's was the best decade ever!!
Glad to have lived it!!
It's all in my minds eye now!
I dress like it’s the 80s still! I’m a millennial and I get laughed at but I don’t give a crap lol
In 2024, it will be 40 years since the premiere in 1984 and people still love the show and still talk about it. There are people who weren't alive in 1984 and they love the show
I remember as a little kid in the 80's loving this show. I used to watch it with my father all the time.
same here dude
Yep, me too
Where are our "Miami Vice" fans? This is "The Vice Effect: How a hit TV show changed Miami"
why dont they remark miami vice and lady blue they renew everthing else
LOL Here is a fan! I was just thinking about Miami Vice without knowing that this wonderful little video was posted recently! Or that it is a 30 year anniversary even!. For some reason I just started to think about Jan Hammer's music, which seems to have found a new audience as can be attested by the various remixes here on youtube! I was glad to see Saundra Santiago who is beautiful as ever! She was right, the 80's seemed to be that much more magical! The only ones that drove a Ferrari was Crockett and Tubbs!
garyp4205 I agree. Miami Vice was a one-of-a-kind show but I also loved Burn Notice and I was sad when *BOTH* of them ended. Hell, BN just ended earlier this year (2014) and I really miss the characters just like I did after Vice ended but Vice really changed A LOT in the five years it was in production. I lost interest when the "alien" episode with James Brown aired. That *wasn't* the Vice we all knew & loved :>\
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Miami Herald Im watching a rerun of it right now. I was a teenager when the show came out and everybody was talking about it. The music, the clothes, it was what the 80s was all about.
Thank you for this upload. The Actor's who survived the 80's have aged well.
Miami Vice was the one rare show that actually improved the local that it was filmed in. Before MV, South Beach was just a sleepy town. After MV, everyone and his brother wanted a piece of South Beach. And, yet, here we are, 30 years later and we're still talking Miami Vice.
And GTA Vice City introduced a new generation to Miami Vice!
sandra santiago thirty years later she's still gorgeous.
granddadoftia her and Trudy were my crushes during the shows run.
I’ll always take that Ferrari 364 GBT Daytona though...
She's fugly now. You nostalgiatards don't accept the beauty. It lived and it vanished. Nothing lasts forever.
Once good, was good.
SeriousDragonify no she’s still beautiful
@@eastwestcoastkid Wrong. She WAS beautiful.
Womans and life are like cash. You spend and don't return back.
That's the way it is. Was and never will be. New page always be written.
Cool show with kick ass soundtracks! I miss this show and the 80's ....
I love the show and soundtracks too bud.. i'm starting to think I was born in the wrong decade (1995), love watching all the shows.. Knightrider, Airwolf, The A Team, Miami Vice.. all of which ive got the complete series to
Chris Ross. Absolutely! I find myself watching multitudes of shows from the 70's AND 80's. Amazing shows ...
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Frank Wilson it was magical then I was born on 1985 and I remember just a little of it! Magical times!!
I was obsessed with Miami Vice when it was on air in the 80s. I still love it. In fact, back in 2012 watched the whole series again. Now in 2018, I want to watch the whole series yet again.
The BIG 80s no one can't deny the electricity of that era and how magical it was
Very impressive: I love the art deco look and "Miami Vice" in general.
I agree. The colors, the architecture, in general was just so contemporary and ground breaking for the time. This show, looking back, had some ok acting (later episodes suffered from bad acting and stories), but the "look" was like nothing else before or after.
John Malcolm When it comes to the acting, the show had some guest stars (unlike a Bruce Willis or a John Glover) that weren't really actors, just there for effect (Captain Lou Albano, Seena Easton, and James Brown, who probably was the weakest). Overall though, there was A LOT of future talent when it came to guest stars (Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock), even in later episodes.
Saundra Santiago was right on, the 80's were AWESOME!
Still a stunningly beautiful woman.
Everytime I watch my Miami Vice DVDs!! ...the music that be playing I always think back from when I first saw that episode!!...That show is the main reason why I miss the 80s!!..
In the fall of 1984, I was in an L shaped Apartment, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, in the music room, a second bedroom, my wife allowed me to clutter with records, tapes, and stereo equipment. I could hear the TV she was watching- a VERY familiar keyboard sound was eliminating from the set." THAT.....sounds like JAN HANMER on TV!" I dropped everthing and dashed into the living room, and joined the wife who was watching the season premier of, "MIAMI VICE!"
Sure enough, one of my keyboard heroes, JAN HAMMER, was the rhythm the pulse, the scene intro setter, to the world of Miami Vice!"
As IZZY once proclaimed,
"JHEW GOT IT, MAIHN !!!"
The best show EVER! Everything was simply perfect - the actors / actresses, the music, the stories, the fashion, the style... there will never ever be a show like this again!
I am from Sweden, worked on the cruise ships who sailed out from Miami at that time. Norwegian Caribbean Lines. 1980/90 was the best times in Miami. What a place, what a time! I miss that time so much. Reg from Sweden.
Man I bet you have some stories..............sigh
My grandparents used the Svenska Amerikalinien a couple of times. My dad was a preteen in the early 60s and he still remembers it as one of the best experiences in his life.
Apparently, modern cruise ships are basically faux-luxury and extremely commercialised in comparison. Passengers has personal servants and everything.
I still watch the re- runs to this day, Don Johnson was the man! They don't make them like they use too that's for sure. Their clothes ,the Music, and 'plain ole simple' the Bad ass 1980's will never be forgotten, and live in our Hearts 4 ever
The show that defined the 80's
now we got Law & Order, interestingly enough, the creator Dick Wolf was the producer of Miami Vice, thank God for Wolf! now we just need Good Music to come back :)
Best show ever!!! I have every episode on DVD and still watch these today, I have never seen a better show, and there may never be another one like it. I wish it could have continued longer into the 90's, but am glad to have been able to watch this when it was on.
Saundra has aged very well indeed. But it is crazy that Jan Hammer is not mentioned.
Nice keep these coming
She looked like Gloria Estefan and has aged just the same!! Stunning!
I was a teenager who was sooo in luv with Don Johnson. My room was covered with Miami Vice posters. I never missed one episode!!!! 10:00 Friday nights you bet I was watching no matter where i was at!!!
God I wish any TV at all these days could be even half as good as Miami Vice. I've just started catching the Miami Vice reruns on MeTV and it still blows everything else away.
The greatest tv show all time hands down 1984-1990 shot on location great songs great actors great stories
Great ending. Love the final episode
Miami is a city like no other ! Every time I go I think about Miami Vice ! Great show....lets do it again !
Still by far the GREATEST show EVERRRRRR!!!!! I watched itnin the 80s and I still watch and listen to the soundtrack....Good vibes and happy memories indeed. 😎😎🌴🤙🤙
Never missed a show. My little girls loved it and now they are mothers. We had the soundtrack and wore it out playing it in the car.
one of my top 3 shows of all time ,shame was only on for 5 years
Miami vice is one of the best tv series worth watching that time.
.. missed those days.
Born and raised in Miami in 73’.
Now I reside in Fort Lauderdale. Every year it keeps getting better and better. People are moving from Cali and NY to sunny South Florida. We have it all.
the 80's will always be celebrated.
Miami Vice was the right show, with the right look, with the right sound, with the right people, at the right time. The caught lightning in a bottle from 84-86. The first 3 seasons were magnificent.
Im from Miami and I absolutely loved this show I am forever a Miami Vice fan loved the show not the movie, lol
Great show, as a teenager in the 80s. I could not wait to see the next episode.
I own the dvd box set & watch it to this day. I had my daughter in '86& she still reacts to the opening music she heard in utero. Had she been a boy her name would have been James 'Sonny" Crockett. There will Never be another show like Miami Vice. Groundbreaking!!!
Back in the 80s I never missed these show.
Did I miss something or was there no reference to Jan Hammer at all? His music set the mood far more than the pop songs of the day. Hell, he wrote the main theme for crying out loud, not to mention Crockett's Theme, Rain, Chase, Evan, Flashback, The Talk, Candy, and many others. Omitting Jan Hammer from this story is ridiculous!
Iron Enthusiast no mention of Izzy either.
Iron Enthusiast You are absolutely right!
No mention of Charlie Barnett either I loved his character he was sooo funny!!
I really wish they would have done a really good 30-year anniversary show for Miami Vice and really showcased the series. So many people still absolutely adore this show and it's just so odd to me how they tend to just ignore the huge fanbase Vice still has even today. It's damn near 2015 now and people everywhere still can't get enough of Vice on a global scale, and I really would have thought maybe even Universal would have wanted to do a well put-together show of the series since Vice still has such a huge following after all this time. Instead we get a five-minute bump from the local paper, and although I'm thankful at least for that, it's disappointing that after 30 years this is all we get :(
That said, I extend a big thank you to the Miami Herald for the piece you did on what was THE best television show of the 1980's... a show that helped revitalize Miami in a time when things we're so good. I was there so I know, and I *know* what Miami Vice did for this great city and we are forever thankful for those who worked to make the series as fantastic as it was and still is :)
Mike Hawk Hi Mike,
I totally agree to your comments and like yourself always hope that it would make come back 30 years later. Im watching the Miami vice reruns on dvd to mark 1985 release in Ireland at the moment.
U have to remember that the show was by itself unique but stuck in a Paradigm of the mid to late 80s with the fashions and the music that went with it. This is why the show only lasted for only 5 seasons which was good considering that its popularity dropped off after 1987. Crockett and Tubbs at this time were viewed as a pair of posers....HA HA! The show was becoming more detective than entertaining.
As the 1990s approached the world moved on with different fashions, tv cop shows and Techno music styles to suit people new tastes.
I think Don Johnson felt this too and jacked it in for other interests.
Also not sure if the 2006 film did it much justice either. That being said
May it live on!
Patrick.
PiggyWiggyO Personally I think the 2006 movie turned away a lot of *Vice* fans because they were maybe hoping (I was one of them) that we might see the original people cast in some form or another but what we got was something very different from what all the true fans may have thought it was going to be. I know the show's popularity really fell off after about season three, as the show took on a completely different look and overall vibe. As much as I adored the show, I must admit even I became disillusioned after the 'alien' episode, Miracle Man and the like. By then the writing was just plain ridiculous and *Vice* was a completely different animal. Fans dropped off and the show ended. The internet was in it's infancy and sometime later fan group forums appeared on the web and has since grown over the years where people can talk about and share experienced with the greatest TV show of the 80's and today. I read on miamiviceonline.com that Don Johnson had recently expressed real interest in "rebooting" the show in some form. Don't know if anything will some of it but I sure hope so. Clearly the original characters wouldn't be doing the same things they were doing 29 years ago when the show ended but they could include them in any number of creative ways. We'll see...
MIAMI VICE WAS EVERYTHING IT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED!!!!!! DON JOHNSON CAN NEVER BE REPLACED !!!!!!! THOSE CLOTHES ARE STILL IN STYLE TODAY!!!!!! AND SOME OF THE CARS!!!!!! AND MUSIC IS CLASSIC JUST LIKE THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳❤❤❤❤❤
The enduring power of Miami Vice lives on. Cool actors, cool music, cool cars, cool city, cool chicks never to be replicated in the foreseeable future.
A big fan of the show and was what brought mew down to live in Miami (North Miami Beach) in 2004...still here!
Boy did i love that series.... everything, the music, the cast, the place... awesome Tv Series.
The 80's..the only one decade to grow up.
BMX, Videogames, Synthy-Pop, everlasting movies....it was pure magic.
Cool music, magestic sceneries and beautiful people....a cornucopia of intoxicating television.
As the song from Styx says.... it was the Best of Times ! Bravo ! 👏👏😊🥂🇨🇦
What a show! never missed one back in the day. The whole package was superb...great stuff
What most people either don't know or don't remember is, Miami Vice actually premiered THREE times. My Dad died Dec.2nd,1984 and we saw the pilot episode all 3 times.The 1980's were the most magical times (at least in American history) because everything was looking up, even when things were "bad", they were still better than before or since. On Fridays, the streets and EVERYWHERE became empty about 8pm because people were home watching Miami Vice, after the show was over the "world" came alive again and there isn't a single show now or since with that kind of impact.
when I was a kid, they aired this show at 4 am in the morning every Saturday here in Spain. I remember setting my alarm clock to watch it every saturday...this show made me wanting to cross the pond and visit Miami first hand, did it two years ago, and I am eager to go back again.
Lived in LA at the time and I remember my friends and I having Miami Vice parties where we would dress in MV costumes and watch the show..I miss those days, but all good things must come to an end.
For my Miami Vice is the best show ever made.
It will never be repeated.
The final show as Crockett and Tubbs said good bye was literally The End of the 80’s. I can’t even watch it now 31 years later
Hands down the best TV show during the 80's! Thumbs up if you miss the 80's.
Lived & worked there back in the Vice days. Best decade of my life! It didn't get any better than South Florida in the 80's!
Best show ever made ! The tunes , characters and of course the Miami setting !
my favorite 80's show still watch it til this very day
I was in high school when MV came on and I was totally obsessed with it and ESPECIALLY Don Johnson. Bought every magazine he was in, watched every interview he gave. Remember when he made the movie "Long Hot Summer"? Such a good movie! Lordy Lordy such a handsome man!
One of the best shows on tv at the time I miss it .
me too
I love this show!. It was on Friday night and it served as a fashion designer.
Not only a Awesome Show , Great Music too.
Really nice video..........You captured the feelings and essence of 80's Miami.......Thank you.....
brilliant, show and sound tracks.those were the days
Série que je regarde avec beaucoup de nostalgie.....culte.... nous avons eu tous les tubes des années 80 et 90. Juste magnifique.
Wife and I enjoy the deco hotels, A1A, the beach, the era music. We had a room at the Victor over a decade ago.The experience of walking into the Victor from out in the sun is surreal. They had a fish tank with mini jellyfish illuminated by blacklight. There is an Irish bar up the street. I had Jan Hammer music in my head.
If you were a black or white guy with a friend of the opposite race, it was almost impossible to go somewhere without a "Crockett and Tubbs" reference. :-D
that's bad ?, you ought be TUBBY! haha
My friend is white I'm black. In philly on south street we were walking down the street together with our Miami Vice clothes,and people would say what is this Miami Vice. We smiled.
True story.
Yup. We were called that!😂
@@shredBucketheadshred who said anything about it being bad! We loved it! and we really, really looked the part. :-D
Forever my all-time favorite show...nothing ever has or ever will come close.
I will never forget Sondra. She had the softest skin of any woman I have ever felt and she was really a Sweetheart.I worked security for the show for a few days and when I met her it was not as if she was a stranger at all.It was a pleasure sitting between her and Edward under the catering tent have lunch one of those days.Both of them were very down to earth Real People and they left me with great memories as if we were friends and not just passing in life though after those few days we have never met again since soon afterwards I moved from Miami back to North Florida where I grew up and still live today.
This show put Miami on the international destinations list.
Definitely my favourite show of the 1980s when I was in my early 20s the music the style everything about it.
This is flipping awesome !! loved Miami Vice !! loved the 80s !! Best prime time cop show EVER.. nothing will ever touch it. Accept it folks.
This was such a truly wonderful show. The Stars, Guest Stars, Music, Stories & Locations were truly perfectly matched.
There is nothing left of this time era. I loved Miami back in the days
It was the coolest show on T.V. back in the 80's! Hats off to the Producers, Directors, the Cast, and everyone else involved with the show!!
FIRST THREE SEASONS were AMAZING ... each episode could be a stand alone feature film !!
No, It will never be repeated is right!!
tootsiejoon can they show reruns I like to reruns of Miami Vice instead of Law & Order
"So much more exciting in the 80s" so true... I really miss that decade.
I started college the month Miami Vice started and this show was the epitome of what we thought was cooler than cool
Great series, still watch it.
Best show ever. Changed everything. And I love Miami!
This show opened my mind and gave me so much energy.
Miami vice was absolute class one of the best shows of it's time
It will NEVER be repeated!
Best time of my life loved the show and cast
it's official my childhood was awesome :)
I was born in 1984 so no nostalgia the reason I love Miami vice I first watched it on the men&motors Chanel in 2004 after breaking my leg and being stuck at home off work after 1 episode I was hooked I went and bought the full series for £50 on amazon few years later
what a steal
Miami Vice brings back a lot of good memories for me. It's great how the series Revitalized Miami's South Beach, Miami Beach and much more. 💕
As the lady said, Miami Vice will never be repeated it was magical and that Miami Vice movie was awful,no comparison to the TV series.
+John Smith Completely agree.
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So true!!
Yes, the movie was a joke compared to the show.
The movie brought the content to the modern day.
The gun play, seeing a level of technology that both sides were using. Jamie Fox was a convincing Rico Tubbs.....and then it went down hill.
Loved this show as a kid.
One of the best TV series ever! Great script, great music and good artists. In the 80's artists were incredibly creative. No comparision to what we found today in the media in general.
Love it-Miami Vice. One of the top 80's television shows and of all time in my opinion. Also, along with Magnum P.I., A-Team, Hunter, 21 Jump street, LA Law, Simon and Simon, Fantasy Island, Threes Company, Dukes of Hazard, What's Happening, Joanie Loves Chachie, Too Close For Comfort, Scarface, Fast time at Ridgemont High, Valley girl, Mtv(when it was good-the 80's), The Goonies, 80's cartoons/animation, Mash, Knightrider, etc., some of these shows may have started in the previous decade but continued into the 80s though. It would've been nice to be and live in Miami/Miami Beach back then, at least, in a nice , safe part of that area anyways. Love and miss the 80's and that decade/genre. 80's always and forever.
I agree with your selection. I lived in Miami back then and even tried out as an extra on Vice. Miami was a *rough* place back then. Unfortunately television sometimes glamorizes things that aren't so great but I enjoyed my time in Miami (moved to West Palm Beach in the early 90's). I used to see the production crews filming the show in and around Miami back in the day :)
Mike Hawk, agree with you tv does glamorize things but would've been nice to see Miami Vice being filmed. may have not been the best place to live back then but would have been nice to have lived somewhere close to Miami or Miami Beach back then for a little while anyways in the 80's.
And airwolf
And..... Hart to Hart
And dallas with this cliffhanger th-cam.com/video/9YPQARBgHS8/w-d-xo.html who shot jr and of course the smurfs ( and not that pos movies that was out in the early 2010's) and more.
I’m MV for life! Greatest series and selection of music in the history of television, from the “spot on” genius of Jan Hammer to Phil Collins! Nothing will ever compare!
So much memories, I was living in Miami when this show was filmed and i was on some of the filming locations around my neighborhood while they were filming on location in north West Miami-Dade county.
80's...best of everything..TV, MovIes, Music, People, Fashion..TIMES.
Great show, great cast.
Good morning to you and Thank you for posting Cannot believe it has been 30 years now since Mami vice Aired on NBC Amazing Show Amazing Cast
I´m 22 and I love the show
Watching MV was the highlight of the week for me in the UK in the 80's, so different and vibrant, we needed that splash of heat, colour, music and excitement in our sleepy little seaside town
Don Johnson in particular acted brilliantly, he acts with his eyes and expressions, no words needed which is not easy, that look when he's concentrating is so powerful.... watch out! .
I like most of the episodes ,two of my favourites are" Definitely Miami and Out where the buses don't run"..... that crazy ex cop was brilliant, very clever actor.
If you notice there was no cursing, after a while, no smoking..... of which those that make similar productions these days should take note.
We all curse when needed mostly under our breath by habit but I for one don't like it in movies nearly every other word, as in the MV movie that's not clever, its boring and dumb and smoking is really stupid and dangerous, I lost my B-I-L of lung cancer only 52 and a light smoker.
Its possible to quit ,I did. smoking in movies should be banned............ young people can be influenced by character's in movies and TV
the 80s were an amazing time, it could never be like that again. im glad to say I lived through it as a kid. :-)
This was the last television series I ever watched on an episode by episode basis. I was devastated when it ended. Will always be my favorite hands down.
It was magical. I grew up watching Miami Vice and literally would just stare at other people in my generation who were into things like "The Office" or "Parks and Rec"...poor souls don't even know what good TV is....