{"id":2543,"date":"2015-11-09T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keenerpodcast.com\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2015-11-09T06:07:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T11:07:30","slug":"kickin-it-with-crockett-tubbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=2543","title":{"rendered":"Kickin’ It With Crockett & Tubbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"miamivice\"<\/a>By Bob Berry<\/p>\n

Miami Vice<\/em> changed a lot of things.<\/p>\n

Changed the perception of Miami and South Beach<\/a><\/strong>, which truth be told was a dump when the show went on the air.<\/p>\n

Changed the perception of how detectives dress, and the cars they drive. Made Don Johnson<\/a><\/strong> and Phillip Michael Thomas<\/a><\/strong> the hottest stars on TV. And it made their characters, Crockett and Tubbs, the coolest TV detectives<\/a><\/strong> ever, and a convenient costume idea<\/a><\/strong> for men of all ages<\/p>\n

Changed the lives and gave\u00a0a\u00a0number of actors their big break<\/a><\/strong>, including Chris Rock, Liam Neeson andJulia Roberts. Plus\u00a0Royal Oak’s Glenn Frey<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0whose role in Season One’s\u00a0“Smuggler’s Blues<\/a><\/strong>” (and the episode title song<\/a><\/strong> he wrote) was one of the shows that sealed the deal for the series.<\/p>\n

Miami Vic<\/em>e<\/strong><\/a> married the idea music videos as integral to TV story-telling, most notably on Phil Collin’s “In The Air Tonight<\/a><\/strong>“, and made Jan Hammer<\/a><\/strong> a household, well, if not word, a known reference. The Czechoslovakian composer was the genius behind “Crockett’s Theme<\/a><\/strong>“, and the two-time Grammy Award winning “Theme From Miami Vice<\/a><\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

It was Number One, 30 years ago today, November 9th, 1985.<\/p>\n