Amen brotha.. I was 17 in 84.. I still watch vice ever day.. Damn those were great days.. In so many ways.. Peace.. FYI I guessed your list without looking. Only correction would've been Phil Collins for frank zappa bud . Phil the shill.. Epic episode
I lived in Miami while this show as being made. Used to pop across to south beach in hope I would get to see them filming. I managed to get myself an extra role for one scene filmed on Espanola Way. Wonderful times.
I got to be Dons Security for PAYBACK inside the State Prison and got to see Roberto Duran Kiss him right in the Mouth. The reaction from Don was Priceless.😂🤪👍
Little Richard as a street preacher, Bob Balaban as an investigative journalist looking into Iran Contra in real time, G. Gordon Liddy as a black ops dealer, Liam Neeson as an IRA bomber, Brian Dennehy as a televangelist, Bill Russell as a judge who gets into corruption, Bruce McGill as an ex-cop gone rogue, John Heard as a crooked lawyer, and, in perhaps the most brilliant casting scheme ever conceived, Phil Collins as a two-bit game show host who gets in too deep trying to become a player in Miami... Outstanding show.
Ed O’Neill is one hell of an actor. He really pulled off scary and psychotic in this episode and as much as he is hugely associated with the Al Bundy character, Al Bundy is quickly forgotten here. The character was really well written. He was scary and tragic. The perfect representation of a cop who has gone off the rails. Deep cover for too long must take a toll on a person’s psyche regardless of how much training he’s had. It’s this realism that defined this amazing series. Right up there with the sopranos as far as quality television. Without a doubt my favorite guest star in my favorite television series!
Sacha Baron Cohen was born in 1971, which would have made him 18 at the end of 'Miami Vice' in 1989. I believe you are mistaking Frank Zappa for Cohen.
Love seeing all the old school cameo's in these shows. I was watching "Riptide" from the 80's the other day and Gena Davis was a cameo on it. Young and sexy!
Glenn frey the man is music to Smuggler's Blues Any other episode unforgivably as do all the rest of the Stars Frank Zappa Phil Collins Bruce Willis in a number of Our Stars that made Miami Vice the most awesomest cop drama show ever
@@GuillermoRodriguez-gu3oq “would/should of” instead of “would/should have” or “would’ve/should've” The phrase “would of/should of” seems to be coming more and more common. I have heard it used in a number of films and have also seen it used in print when the author is depicting direct speech. However, I was amazed to see it used outside of the direct speech context in a novel I am currently reading. I appreciate that “would’ve/should've” could be heard as “would of/should of” but the increasing use of these phrases are damning testimony to the malaise that afflicts our language.
I remember that Bruce Willis episode like it was yesterday...the fallowing Thursday i was on a jet plane on rout to San Diego for basic training...fond memories 😢
What? The #1 guest star on Miami Vice is also in the #1 greatest Miami Vice episode: “Out Where The Busses Don’t Run”…Bruce McGill is the greatest Miami Vice celebrity ever. That deranged mental nut case that he played, Hank Weldon, was brilliant. I believe that episode won an Emmy. How could it not be Bruce McGill? That episode was my personal favorite…I also liked the one episode called “Bashido” in the second season. Martin Castillo, Edward James Olmos, has to choose between his friendship with his Vietnam buddy Jack Gretzky, and his duty as a Vice Lieutenant. That was a great episode, but it was missing a celebrity cast, excellent episode anyway.
I was too young when Miami Vice first aired. I remember my parents watching it with pleasure and 30 years later I watched it myself and recognized so many now famous actors and other artists. Amazing show. I love every episode but my favourite one is still the one with the mindblowing performance of Bruce McGill and the awesome shot when they followed the Ferrari through a dark and deserted Miami with the camera on another car (all shaky and that but iconic) and Brothers in Arms from Dire Straits is playing. "Out where the buses don't run". I think McGill got the role a few days before they shot the episode because the original actor Dennis Hopper pulled out and so McGill had only days to study his lines. Still one of the best scenes from Miami Vice and all series ever made. This episode was also co-written by John Mankiewicz (grandson of Herman J. Mankiewicz - Mank)
What a great show for the first few years. As with most they jump the shark and get silly. I remember all of these episodes. The Bruce Willis episode was neat because then all of a sudden he was doing commercials for wine coolers and was on Moonlighting then huge success.
I just wanted to tell you that the Lord Jesus Christ here I see what is the only way to have it and you can accept Jesus as your savior anytime you want
"No Exit" was the first thing I ever saw Bruce Willis in, and while I didn't like season 2's habit of casting non-actors as guest stars, "Definitely Miami" and "Payback" are two of my favorite episodes.
Omg it's all coming back to me, early 80s the first time on uk tv, that beginning at night around 11pm i think or close, it's awesome and a trip getting old 🧓 🤣 🇬🇧
The only good things about the Danny Sullivan episode were the chase at the beginning from the wheel's perspecitve and the episode ending on the windshield shattering.
Helena Bonham Carter as a very young looking (like 16) Doctor. Six years after a girl moved to town who looked just like her and I fell head over heels for her.
What Frank Zappa's character revealed (that Crockett and Burnett were one and the same person) is what always bothered me about the show. How could all of the dope dealers, pimps, and other bad guys never figure out that Sonny and Tubbs were vice cops and should be shot on sight? They never tried to disguise themselves, and kept appearing week after week as mid-level dealers. What's funny is that they never did any prison time themselves; they were always right back out on the street. Word should have quickly gotten out via the grapevine about who they really were. For Christ sakes, they also had to appear in court to testify to send the bad guys to prison. Members of that dealer's crew would have been in court and could immediately identify them as the vice cops their boss trusted. They wouldn't try to kill them then, but could pick a time of their own choosing to exact revenge a month or two later. Or hire a contract killer to do the job; someone from L.A. or N.Y, who would be unknown to them. Could nobody in Miami put two and two together?
Any list like this must begin with Dennis Farina as Al Lombard. Farina is tremendous in all of his acting, but he had multiple appearances on Vice over the years and Lombard always hit the bullseye.
Phil Collins was the best guest. His music was all over the show and to have him on was brilliant. Also he said the word 'wanker' on the show which was quite surprising.
Funny how Frank Zappa played a drug lord, yet in real life he was against drugs and an advocate for the "say no to drugs" . This was most evident in his appearance on Saturday Night Live where he refused to do "drug humour" which was popular at the time.
That show was soo hot everytime it came on people from the streets would go to somebodys house to watch Miami vice the streets were cleared out then everybody came back outside after the show and would talk about this show and the characters all night long i know I was one of them too id watch it in my girlfriends house every week and we'd go outside after like everyone else in the bronx would do I never saw a show like this one that everybody on the street was into this show big time 🙂👍❤
one of the best shows from the best years of my life.... the 80s
I definitely can agree with you on that. I thought Crockett and Tubbs were the coolest two guys on earth lol
Amen brotha.. I was 17 in 84.. I still watch vice ever day.. Damn those were great days.. In so many ways.. Peace.. FYI I guessed your list without looking. Only correction would've been Phil Collins for frank zappa bud
. Phil the shill.. Epic episode
@@execatty yeah, loved that episode... that one and the episode where first got the Ferrari Testarossa...
But your were born in 87?
@@nacrosomes7249 born in 69.... i graduated HS in 1987
The Al Bundy middle years between his 4 touchdowns and running aground as a women’s shoe salesman married to Peg, were wild.
I lived in Miami while this show as being made. Used to pop across to south beach in hope I would get to see them filming. I managed to get myself an extra role for one scene filmed on Espanola Way. Wonderful times.
I got to be Dons Security for PAYBACK inside the State Prison and got to see Roberto Duran Kiss him right in the Mouth. The reaction from Don was Priceless.😂🤪👍
Wiesel dust baby
Did you do cocaine with them?
@@likearollingstone007 Weasels Ate My Flesh...
A game of Pool was $70,of the best!!
miami vice had quite the stellar cast of guest stars...
Bruce McGill's guest performance in "Out where the buses don't run" was probably my favourite performance from a guest star.
Me too. "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" was named one of the top 100 TV episodes (survey in the early 90's)
A good series where a lot of talented people passed through. A lot of good writing.
Miami Vice was a cool show with a cool mix of Music and guest stars before they got famous !
Little Richard as a street preacher, Bob Balaban as an investigative journalist looking into Iran Contra in real time, G. Gordon Liddy as a black ops dealer, Liam Neeson as an IRA bomber, Brian Dennehy as a televangelist, Bill Russell as a judge who gets into corruption, Bruce McGill as an ex-cop gone rogue, John Heard as a crooked lawyer, and, in perhaps the most brilliant casting scheme ever conceived, Phil Collins as a two-bit game show host who gets in too deep trying to become a player in Miami...
Outstanding show.
Don Johnson has such gorgeous eyes! So does Phillip Michael Thomas! Both really good looking guys!
Canny observation
The Bruce Willis was one of my favorites 👍🏼
This is a bad list and you should feel bad about it😂
I thought she shot him while the Phil Collins "I Don't Care Anymore" song was playing.
Pre or past Die Hard?
@@Lexx1976 Miami Vice, the series, was pre Moonlighting and Die Hard 1.
Ed O’Neill is one hell of an actor. He really pulled off scary and psychotic in this episode and as much as he is hugely associated with the Al Bundy character, Al Bundy is quickly forgotten here. The character was really well written. He was scary and tragic. The perfect representation of a cop who has gone off the rails. Deep cover for too long must take a toll on a person’s psyche regardless of how much training he’s had. It’s this realism that defined this amazing series. Right up there with the sopranos as far as quality television. Without a doubt my favorite guest star in my favorite television series!
Casting Director: So how many epic guest stars do you want on the show?
Michael Mann: Yes.
Bonnie Timmerman
Glenn Frey totally nailed his role as a smuggler.
LewyLewy2008 yep, the ”Nudge” however would have done well with a few acting classes.
Rip glenn.
Glen Fry was great musician, but sucked as a actor. Watch Lets Get Harry, you'll see what I mean.
Definitely, and Smuggler's Blues was the jam
So many great actors/actresses in this show! Even with the small parts they played. Julia Roberts, Ben stiller, Gene Simmons, Penn Jillette
Boy those were days the early 80's 1983 was the best for me.
so many great stars were on this show..and other shows in the 80s, one of the many viewing pleasures
Had no idea Borat was in any Miami Vice episode. 0:31. Good for him. Make benefit glorious town Miami.
Sacha Baron Cohen was born in 1971, which would have made him 18 at the end of 'Miami Vice' in 1989. I believe you are mistaking Frank Zappa for Cohen.
Love seeing all the old school cameo's in these shows. I was watching "Riptide" from the 80's the other day and Gena Davis was a cameo on it. Young and sexy!
Geena Davis was also in Family Ties as a clumsy nanny. Still, young, TALL, and hot!
"...3 million of my favorite dollars". Lol
Bill Paxton and Wesley Snipes in the same episode...
I didnt realize Bruce Willis was "Moonlighting" as a bad guy in the 80s.
He’s moonlighted as a bad guy on every set he’s ever worked on if you listen to the people that have had to work with him
Cybil Shepard starred in adult films in the 70s, and man she was a good looking young woman
Weasel Dust!!! Timeless
Dweezil Dust.
It ripped his flesh!
Now I have to watch Miami vice all over again 😂 thanks for the video
Can't believe they left out Phil Collins. Besides In The Air Tonight, he was a good actor.
Yeah I also missed Phil. But who else could be on 1? Bruce with Hair :p
I hAve Phil’s episode on VHS somewhere. Phil played the Artful Dodger as a child actor. That was his mother’s ambition for him.
Phil Collins is NOT a good actor. Damn.
Gordon Liddy was best.
Wasn't Adam Ant, in an episode?
Look at Bruce's outfit lmao, sheer 80s
Now I know, how much Al Bundys life changed because of his marriage....
😃🤣😁🕺✌😎
Such a stylish show still holds up
Glenn frey the man is music to Smuggler's Blues Any other episode unforgivably as do all the rest of the Stars Frank Zappa Phil Collins Bruce Willis in a number of Our Stars that made Miami Vice the most awesomest cop drama show ever
Willie Nelson was the best!
Yes!
Willie as a Texas Ranger was my favorite.
Willie Nelson, Glen Frey, Phil Collins, Ted Nugent and Frank Zappa!
Yeah, that Willie Nelson episode was really powerful.
Willie was awesome
I totally agree i was were is he. he was best as U S Marshal.
I never knew Al Bundy guest stared on Miami Vice.
So Cosmo kramer
It was just the second episode, I guess wasnt seen by many people
Before He was really famous or a household name
Maybe he was there working undercover with Jefferson Darcy.
Gotta get Willie Nelson in there as the old Texas Ranger
Bruce Willis rockin the International Male catalog look🤙🤙🤙
Oh man, ed O'Neil. How many people want him to look in the camera and say, "LET'S ROCK!"
Yupppppp..... I still watch Married With Children reruns just to see Al Bundy deliver a proper AZZ Whipping !!!!
Theme song from Married With Children should of been played
@@GuillermoRodriguez-gu3oq “would/should of” instead of “would/should have” or “would’ve/should've”
The phrase “would of/should of” seems to be coming more and more common. I have heard it used in a number of films and have also seen it used in print when the author is depicting direct speech. However, I was amazed to see it used outside of the direct speech context in a novel I am currently reading. I appreciate that “would’ve/should've” could be heard as “would of/should of” but the increasing use of these phrases are damning testimony to the malaise that afflicts our language.
@@hesch-tag I'll bet you're a hoot to hang out with at parties...
@@kwb377 Oh yeah like totally dude.
I remember that Bruce Willis episode like it was yesterday...the fallowing Thursday i was on a jet plane on rout to San Diego for basic training...fond memories 😢
Ed O'Neill should have played dramatic roles more often
What? The #1 guest star on Miami Vice is also in the #1 greatest Miami Vice episode: “Out Where The Busses Don’t Run”…Bruce McGill is the greatest Miami Vice celebrity ever. That deranged mental nut case that he played, Hank Weldon, was brilliant. I believe that episode won an Emmy. How could it not be Bruce McGill? That episode was my personal favorite…I also liked the one episode called “Bashido” in the second season. Martin Castillo, Edward James Olmos, has to choose between his friendship with his Vietnam buddy Jack Gretzky, and his duty as a Vice Lieutenant. That was a great episode, but it was missing a celebrity cast, excellent episode anyway.
I think the last 6 minutes of "Out Where The Busses Don't Run" may be the best TV I've ever seen.
I was too young when Miami Vice first aired. I remember my parents watching it with pleasure and 30 years later I watched it myself and recognized so many now famous actors and other artists. Amazing show. I love every episode but my favourite one is still the one with the mindblowing performance of Bruce McGill and the awesome shot when they followed the Ferrari through a dark and deserted Miami with the camera on another car (all shaky and that but iconic) and Brothers in Arms from Dire Straits is playing. "Out where the buses don't run". I think McGill got the role a few days before they shot the episode because the original actor Dennis Hopper pulled out and so McGill had only days to study his lines. Still one of the best scenes from Miami Vice and all series ever made. This episode was also co-written by John Mankiewicz (grandson of Herman J. Mankiewicz - Mank)
One of the best hours in all of television.
Bruce McGill is maybe most underrated actor ever. Mann and McGill should have both won Oscars in 1997 for The Insider.
Miles Davis, Dennis Farina? Sheena Easton?
Glenn Fry and Bruce Willis my favs....nothing better than 😎 Vice
Moonlighting Bruce . Hair!
I love the scene when tubs took off with his boat they met up under a low bridge when Crockett jumped into the boat and they introduced themselves
What a great show for the first few years. As with most they jump the shark and get silly. I remember all of these episodes. The Bruce Willis episode was neat because then all of a sudden he was doing commercials for wine coolers and was on Moonlighting then huge success.
I just wanted to tell you that the Lord Jesus Christ here I see what is the only way to have it and you can accept Jesus as your savior anytime you want
Loved miami vice always taped the episode and watched it again.....brilliant !!!!
For those who don't know Weasel Dust is Colorado Snow which is Peruvian Bam Bam which is Clam Clams which is Cocaine.
Bruce Willis in the Moonlighting... Die Hard... Mode...
That's the first thing I saw him in. So different from Moonlighting characters
What, no G Gordon Liddy?!
See my Above Comment.
He was the best. And, Phil Collins too.
Damn, I miss the 80s....
Bruce Willis, Glen Frey and
Phil Collins (sadly missing from this list) were the BEST.
Oh my God...Frank Zappa, it's unbelievable, I want that episode so badly
"Wiesel Dust", ha ha ha ha ha!
Supposedly Walmart has all the episodes on DVDs for $35.
Frank Zappa was one of the greatest musicians/composers in musical history. But as an actor? Oh Frank! What were you thinking?
"No Exit" was the first thing I ever saw Bruce Willis in, and while I didn't like season 2's habit of casting non-actors as guest stars, "Definitely Miami" and "Payback" are two of my favorite episodes.
There were many great guest stars, but only one of them was King, Don King. "If respect is not given freely, it must be exacted." - Don King
Timeless action series 👍.
Omg it's all coming back to me, early 80s the first time on uk tv, that beginning at night around 11pm i think or close, it's awesome and a trip getting old 🧓 🤣 🇬🇧
Good list but Dennis Farina (Al Lombard), William Russ (Evan Freed) & Bruce McGill (Hank Weldon) should all be in the top 3
Hank Weldon! That was my favorite episode!
Sky Flyer No, it was a later show called Crime Story. Yes some of the same actors worked it. Julia, Jon Polito, William Russ.
I couldn't think of William Russ' name, but Evan was a fantastic character, and episode.
And Ben Stiller.
You could never go wrong with Dennis Farina. Miss that guy.
Mmmm Phil Collins.
That was the episode I was thinking of.
Phil The Shill......
Yeah, I was looking for the one, I am surprised that it was not shown.
cara Sedgwick in same episode, totally fine then and fine in the closer!
Miles Davis
Frank Zappa had screen presence.
I still remember the way he said weasel dust....
@@rickbangkok what is weasel dust? where can a hypothetical person get some?
Is that Dean Stockton standing next to him?
6:06 - "A fat woman dives into the shoe store today..." XD
lol
2/5 of the Top Guest stars are now deceased and Bruce Willis still had hair. This was a long time ago.
Randall"Tex"Cobb,G.Gordon Liddy,Bill Russell,Joe Dellasandro,Clarence Williams lll
I think the Ted Nugent episode was my favorite but I remember the Danny Sullivan episode also
The only good things about the Danny Sullivan episode were the chase at the beginning from the wheel's perspecitve and the episode ending on the windshield shattering.
True story, Ted Nugent brought his own props and Bruce Willis wasn't acting.
The idea that Ted Nugent would lose in a gunfight is hard to accept.
7:13 Beretta M12. One of the coolest looking sub guns ever. First sold in 1962 and still looks great.
Liam Neeson was good too.
"Not your war, Gina!"
The last unbroken Heart! Great song for that ending scene
Should have done a top 10 instead. G. Gordon Liddy as Captain Realestate was pretty good, Phil Collins was good as well
2:23 RIP Glenn Fry
Helena Bonham Carter as a very young looking (like 16) Doctor. Six years after a girl moved to town who looked just like her and I fell head over heels for her.
What Frank Zappa's character revealed (that Crockett and Burnett were one and the same person) is what always bothered me about the show. How could all of the dope dealers, pimps, and other bad guys never figure out that Sonny and Tubbs were vice cops and should be shot on sight? They never tried to disguise themselves, and kept appearing week after week as mid-level dealers. What's funny is that they never did any prison time themselves; they were always right back out on the street. Word should have quickly gotten out via the grapevine about who they really were. For Christ sakes, they also had to appear in court to testify to send the bad guys to prison. Members of that dealer's crew would have been in court and could immediately identify them as the vice cops their boss trusted. They wouldn't try to kill them then, but could pick a time of their own choosing to exact revenge a month or two later. Or hire a contract killer to do the job; someone from L.A. or N.Y, who would be unknown to them. Could nobody in Miami put two and two together?
It's a television show and Michael Mann is not known for being logical. He's all about looks and style coupled with pop music.
Ok but do you really want to know what's really "dumb"? In comics, movies or series nobody realizes Clark Kent & Superman are the same person.
Steve R If so the show would've been over pretty quick. Lol Still, Good times though!
Phil "The Shill" Collins
Gene Simmons of KISS
Lou Diamond Philips
I don’t care what anybody says, I think that’s how Bruce Willis is in real life 😂😂😂
Any list like this must begin with Dennis Farina as Al Lombard. Farina is tremendous in all of his acting, but he had multiple appearances on Vice over the years and Lombard always hit the bullseye.
The best the best cop show ever
I remember the Ted Nugent episode was my 'jump the shark' for me.
I didn't see this episode but I think Ted overall makes a good bad guy
G. Gordon Liddy was the best recurring bad guy on the show. They never caught him.
Bob Balaban
if Borat was made during the 80's, Frank Zappa would be casted.
Anybody here remember watching 'moonlighting"
Of course. Bruce & Cybil
Don't forget Vigo Mortensen a real double of sonny crocket
I didn't know that! Very interesting!
What about Phil Collins, Sheena Easton and Michael Chiklis who alll played great parts.
Peter Dobson was the baddie in the Chiklis episode, met him at a party in NJ. Good Clapton tune too.
Julia Roberts and Sheena Easton were also guests...
@Ernie Tetrault She was in the three part episode where Sonny Crockett loses his memory and become his undercover persona Sonny Burnett.
My favorite GTA: Vice City.
For those who don't know, you look back to headlines in Miami in the 80s, you will see they wrote episodes about current events
I remember that episode with Willis, though my favourite one was "heart Of darkness".
Phil Collins was the best guest. His music was all over the show and to have him on was brilliant.
Also he said the word 'wanker' on the show which was quite surprising.
Phil the shill lol
Great show.
Miles Davis was also a great guest star.
Stanley Tucci had a good performance on the show
Liam Neeson was in an episode.
How could you not include Julia Roberts in that list.
Well,she is pretty forgettable.Even Melanie Griffith made more of an impression.
I would have included Willie Nelson
Funny how Frank Zappa played a drug lord, yet in real life he was against drugs and an advocate for the "say no to drugs" . This was most evident in his appearance on Saturday Night Live where he refused to do "drug humour" which was popular at the time.
What about Duran Duran?? I remember them singing at some club then Crockett walked in.
That was The Power Station, which had a couple of the Taylors as original members
ruclips.net/video/F_O2Lw0wuSA/видео.html I am assuming you are referring to this episode. Sonny talks to "JT" - John Taylor, the bassist for Duran^2
That was definitely Power Station. For one, they talk to Michael Des Barres, not Simon Le Bon. And they sang Get It On in the episode.
Early episodes are Gold!
Because you knew part of Crockett's empathy for Rita was that he'd just divorced Caroline even they still loved each other.
It are absent:
For example also: James Brown, Pam Grier, Melanie Griffith, Wesley Snipes, Julia Roberts and some more....
@Bruce S I like the Ted Nugent episode, "Definitely Miami".
Miami Vice: The Absolute Best of the '80's!
I also remember Phil Collins, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Ving Rhames, Richard Chavez and Suicidal Tendencies.
Tubbs.. And crocket... Two of the coolest cats in miami
Me too I see this movie again and again
Bruce McGill as Hank Weldon, retired Vice detective, in "Out Where the Buses Don't Run"
Miami Vice: Season 2, Episode 4
That show was soo hot everytime it came on people from the streets would go to somebodys house to watch Miami vice the streets were cleared out then everybody came back outside after the show and would talk about this show and the characters all night long i know I was one of them too id watch it in my girlfriends house every week and we'd go outside after like everyone else in the bronx would do I never saw a show like this one that everybody on the street was into this show big time 🙂👍❤
Legendary series
Best 80s show