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Original air date September 16, 1984
Children... Phone booth – Small glass room with 40-pound phone, bolted to a post, no screen, required dimes to operate.
Jul 26, 2025 3:17 AM
tolson9
19318
391
14
Original air date September 16, 1984
Children... Phone booth – Small glass room with 40-pound phone, bolted to a post, no screen, required dimes to operate.
Volimar
The Americans pays homage to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ91TC2WJnU
WhiskyBravo
I watched this as a kid but didn't understand it. Just thought the music and the cars were cool. I still do, but I did back then too.
sirkekes
oh my god you're gonna make me drum
NussKnuspermix
Its such a random scene for such a monumental song.
rinrenee
My favorite lasagna cat episode
oldguyexlurker
'84 required quarters.
IThoughtTheElectricMayhemMightBeFreeButIWasWrong
Aahhh those reflection off the bonnet... Man... Early version of Electroma before Daft Punk came along..
57rescraft9
Good clip, but I like this one better: https://youtu.be/wFOEubKzyQA?si=007_9utC57nuElyf
darthbiscuit
Fun fact: this Ferrari Daytona was a reproduction. Fiberglass body on a Corvette chassis. When Ferrari realized they were using a reproduction for their show they were pissed. They made a deal they would provide real Ferraris (the white Ferrari Testarossa) on the condition that it would not be destroyed, never be depicted as breaking down, and the fake Daytona was destroyed on screen. That’s why they had a drug dealer blow it up with a rocket launcher.
mineoc
happywalker
this should be so much higher
wfo87Stang
Epic
gumblemuntz
No edits cut to the drums? How?
RecurringNightmare
god dammit those "mood establishing" shots...back when cinematographers were allowed to "waste" budget on filming them, and producers actually allowed "wasting" airtime to show them...nowadays you gotta go watch a tarantino movie to experience something like that, back then it was television...fuck, im getting old...
Hashbrown123
https://imgur.com/YAmu9IK.gifv
OliverClothesoff70
This aired at a time when music videos were nearly 100% of MTV’s programming. It was very smart for Miami Vice to tie into that coolness.
MrHappySmiles
“Tubbs, you got your tactical neon green windbreaker? I got my tactical crème pleated business non-casual chinos, let’s roll!”
CapCap
I was 8 years old when this first aired. Almost 41 years later, I'm still nowhere near as cool as this is.
ARrocks
That shot of the tire looking back at the car …. https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlNGFjMHVoNm14ajRzdTA1ajloMG81ZGdzZ2FiM2JkN3lxODRrd2NlbyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/MPtLqPiT3whGGBaUBo/200w.mp4
jeston42
Yeah, not every episode of this show was this good, but man, the cinematography of this one was outstanding. You gotta remember how revolutionary this was for TV too. Everything else at the time was basically a soap opera or a sit-com. Then Vice comes along and blows everyone's minds
CelestialSea
It works because they took their time. It's really rare for anything high-budget to use time in that way these days, there's always some producer breathing down your neck afraid audiences will tune out over a few seconds of breathing room.
Klaumbaz
The ability to afix a FILM camera to a stable mount to get that shot. Go Pro on a stick is 2 lbs. this thing was probably 30 and rock solid.
unluckyandbored
That's a great point. Doing this today is no sweat. A GoPro, a suction mount and some gaff tape to make sure it doesn't fall off. Back then, the car had to be modified to hold the camera with special brackets attached to the vehicle.
hsalonen3000
I actually remember seeing this on TV. It was magical. And I am not that old, it aired in Finland in early 90s.. not 1984.. Everything had delay back then, so they could censor all the things they didn't like.
Woll
egoAristippos
For the kids: coming out of phone booth to go into action is the equivalent to using a burner phone and then jump into action today
HeadJamistan
KatsuVohlakari
One of the best scenes ever shown on TV imo. Fun fact: it was not a real Ferrari Daytona Spyder but a replica based on a Corvette chassis.
rivermaximus
Ferrari sued the replica company, got the producers to blow up the car on screen, and then gave them the iconic Testarossa replacement.
Fentex
It wasn't a real Testarossa they usually used on screen though - it also was a fibreglass body on a cheaper car. Real Ferrari's cost too much to risk or run (and it wasn't really a good car at all). But I loved the scene it was introduced in; "Absolutely essential for any serious police work".
circuspandabear
Probably closer to a quarter.
texscot
Yep… “dropping dimes” was a ‘70s thing. Local calls were a quarter from at least 1981 ‘til end of pay phones useful life.
idrinkcheapbeer
The last dime phone I saw was in Boston around 1997. And it was shocking even then. I was born in the mid 70s and by the time I could even use a payphone most were quarters.
mineoc
Did you HAVE to pay in cash or could you also use your iphone?
StarfallSnow
Oh sweetie. There were no iPhones. They didn't even have card readers.
texscot
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJld3RsaGV6dnplYjVwdDRjbXh6cHJncGQxa3NlNjhqNnpmcmh3NTE3YyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/s44nqrt6clFOE/giphy.mp4
DrSharkbite
whoatherebigfella
GIFs that end too soon
CapttainKillJoy
ThanksForTheThing
CapttainKillJoy
cryborg
empath
ICWYDT with Teller!
CapCap
What a roster of actors
FestusMA
I seem to recall Glenn Frey doing a cameo in one as well.
TheCarolingian
The future of Hollywood born in Miami
thesnow
And so many of them with so much more hair
ExTechOp
Miami Vice had lots of other so very cool scenes and soundtracks, like S03E02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Where_the_Buses_Don%27t_Run
used Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms to wonderful effect. https://youtu.be/qSARDlHh-Mg
docweird
This, and the music, are two of the many reasons why I consider Miami Vice as the best cop show.
thegarts
I recently binged ER. Lots of future stars in that show also.
thatwoodguy
I think they could have done more with Phil Collins's character then just a lowly two-bit hustler. He could have been somebody that was equally smart and dedicated to just being a drug dealer that Sonny was dedicated to being a law officer
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
'Old up, Frank Zappa??
RecurringNightmare
that casting department for those side-character-of-the-week roles did an insanely good job at spotting talent...a few years back i binged the whole show because i was too young to watch it in the 80s and only ever heard adults talk about it...had an absolute blast spotting all those now much older but also famour actors in those parts...also, just a damn good show...
zaxlor
In "Hancock's Half Hour", there is a TONNE of actors who at the time were no-names and also went on to become big hits. Leslie Nielsen is a main character in an episode and William Shatner stars and narrates one too.
terrasatti
I'd never noticed that they run a red light before...
Sty1erK
Just blow through it! No lights, no sirens.
imjustheretoholdyourhandwhenyoudie
I think the assumption is that they have sirens on but we can't hear them because there's no sound but the music. The ambient sound comes back in when they are running under the plane.