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...N-N-N-Ninteen EIGHTY One...Eighty One... eighty one...
Hello everone,
Well, we spoke of Miami Vice in the last episode, so let's talk more about Television in 1981. MTV debuted and we were glued to it. You know this is a life altering event when you see people of all walks of life regardless of race, dressing up like Michael Jackson with his zipper jacket. And great BBC shows like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with the animated "computer graphics" of Babelfish and Bugblatter Beasts of Trall and A Town Like Alice (mainly because I wasn't allowed to watch Falcon Crest and Hill Street Blues). But then we saw the sad end of Match Game where they would say things like "...and he stuffed her fish, with a blank..." and Charles Nelson Reilly would make us roll with laughter, and our family favorite, The Muppet Show. Then with Miami Vice, a show I had to sneak to the downstairs TV to watch, we heard the quick pounding of the drums that everyone remembers and mimics, with Phil Collins' song "In the Air Tonight" playing the the background, Crockett and Tubbs roamed the Miami streets.
Enjoy the music and swing your imaginary drumsticks at 3:19 and feel it coming in the air tonight....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFioYLB-eJg
Sincerely,
Neysa
Original artwork and Neysa © 2009 and courtesy of
kensingshow
Hello everone,
Well, we spoke of Miami Vice in the last episode, so let's talk more about Television in 1981. MTV debuted and we were glued to it. You know this is a life altering event when you see people of all walks of life regardless of race, dressing up like Michael Jackson with his zipper jacket. And great BBC shows like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with the animated "computer graphics" of Babelfish and Bugblatter Beasts of Trall and A Town Like Alice (mainly because I wasn't allowed to watch Falcon Crest and Hill Street Blues). But then we saw the sad end of Match Game where they would say things like "...and he stuffed her fish, with a blank..." and Charles Nelson Reilly would make us roll with laughter, and our family favorite, The Muppet Show. Then with Miami Vice, a show I had to sneak to the downstairs TV to watch, we heard the quick pounding of the drums that everyone remembers and mimics, with Phil Collins' song "In the Air Tonight" playing the the background, Crockett and Tubbs roamed the Miami streets.
Enjoy the music and swing your imaginary drumsticks at 3:19 and feel it coming in the air tonight....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFioYLB-eJg
Sincerely,
Neysa
Original artwork and Neysa © 2009 and courtesy of
kensingshow
Category All / All
Species Horse
Size 700 x 700px
File Size 132.8 kB
But when they used "Brother in Arms" by Dire Straits had to be one of my favorites. "Take Me Home" by Phil Collins was my next favorite.
After Crockett when crazy and then came back, the show was never the same. They should have ended the show when he led the raid. The other episode I'll always remember is when Olmos is at the house and takes down the bad guys with his kitana one at a time.
After Crockett when crazy and then came back, the show was never the same. They should have ended the show when he led the raid. The other episode I'll always remember is when Olmos is at the house and takes down the bad guys with his kitana one at a time.
The episode that stuck with me is the one where Crockett and Tubbs defend a convicted murderer on death row who claims that he is innocent. They go through the whole process of saving this guy and when he's aquitted, he confesses to them that he did commit those murders and they can't retry him again due to double jeopardy.... wow.. what an episode!
I remember a ton of shows from the 80's like ALF, Magnum P.I., Knight Rider, Airwolf, and the A-Team but Miami Vice really was a standout. It definitely had a style all its own, especially for a cop show of which there were a lot. While I don't remember specific episodes, I did buy all 5 seasons on DVD when they were released so I have the joy of watching everything all over again. I think the DVDs even retained all of the original music from the first run episodes unlike some DVD releases that have gone with altered synidicated broadcast versions.
Also on the BBC in '81, it was Tom Baker's last season as The Doctor on Doctor Who!
But it was a vintage year for some of my favourite films!
The Howling!
An American Werewolf in London!
(both of these films should have a special significance for furries!)
The Evil Dead!
The Beyond!
House by the Cemetery!
The Burning!
And many, many more!
And as strange as it seems now, looking back, MTV actually played music at some point in its existence!
But it was a vintage year for some of my favourite films!
The Howling!
An American Werewolf in London!
(both of these films should have a special significance for furries!)
The Evil Dead!
The Beyond!
House by the Cemetery!
The Burning!
And many, many more!
And as strange as it seems now, looking back, MTV actually played music at some point in its existence!
1981 was an interesting year for me. It was one of my favorite summers, in fact, despite working at a dull (but thankfully temporary) job for several weeks.
I went to Walt Disney World that January (where it was so cold I had to buy a wool cap -- which I still own!). I visited New York City in April, went to Worldcon in Denver in August, and in December traveled to exotic Fullerton, CA, for a visit with Topfox and Vawlkee. Topfox took me to Disneyland (so I got to see both Magic Kingdoms in the same year), where he took me "backstage" to meet one of his friends who was playing Mickey Mouse that day. We also went to the Disney studios in Burbank where we visited with Dave Smith, Topfox's former boss at the Disney Archives. While at the studios we also picked up a a 35mm print of Animalympics that was to be screened the next day in L.A. (I had seen the film for the first time a few weeks earlier on cable TV).
Other films I saw that year included Galaxy Express 999 and Disney's The Fox and the Hound (I saw a sneak preview in May of 1981). I also saw Kimba the White Lion for the first time (at Worldcon, along with several other Japanese animated TV shows; it was my official introduction to something called "anime").
Speaking of Worldcon: During the con I edited "Col. Pud's Single Shot" which may, in fact, have been the first "furry" fanzine ever published (but in those days we still called 'em "funny animals"):
http://www.bailsprojects.com/(S(i1pqig45bqytroz0xch2zg45))/whoswho.aspx?mode=AtoZsearch&id=WORLDCON+MIMEO+SERVICE
And speaking of Animalympics: At the time I visited him, Topfox was working for the film's director, Steven Lisberger, and was selling production materials rescued from a flood in Lisberger's basement. I waded literally hip-deep in artwork from the film and picked up a number of great items, including this one.
I went to Walt Disney World that January (where it was so cold I had to buy a wool cap -- which I still own!). I visited New York City in April, went to Worldcon in Denver in August, and in December traveled to exotic Fullerton, CA, for a visit with Topfox and Vawlkee. Topfox took me to Disneyland (so I got to see both Magic Kingdoms in the same year), where he took me "backstage" to meet one of his friends who was playing Mickey Mouse that day. We also went to the Disney studios in Burbank where we visited with Dave Smith, Topfox's former boss at the Disney Archives. While at the studios we also picked up a a 35mm print of Animalympics that was to be screened the next day in L.A. (I had seen the film for the first time a few weeks earlier on cable TV).
Other films I saw that year included Galaxy Express 999 and Disney's The Fox and the Hound (I saw a sneak preview in May of 1981). I also saw Kimba the White Lion for the first time (at Worldcon, along with several other Japanese animated TV shows; it was my official introduction to something called "anime").
Speaking of Worldcon: During the con I edited "Col. Pud's Single Shot" which may, in fact, have been the first "furry" fanzine ever published (but in those days we still called 'em "funny animals"):
http://www.bailsprojects.com/(S(i1pqig45bqytroz0xch2zg45))/whoswho.aspx?mode=AtoZsearch&id=WORLDCON+MIMEO+SERVICE
And speaking of Animalympics: At the time I visited him, Topfox was working for the film's director, Steven Lisberger, and was selling production materials rescued from a flood in Lisberger's basement. I waded literally hip-deep in artwork from the film and picked up a number of great items, including this one.
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