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Nice! I appreciate that info! I guess it’s my choice as to what color I want the carpet in the model Testarossa now. Sand/tan/beigh it is w/ black dash & console.

Ah, it looks like they did have TWO real Testarossas for the show plus the Pantera stunt! Per Popular Mechanics: "When the new model Ferrari Testarossa came out, it was decided to update the Ferrari on "Vice" to the trick-looking new machine. Plus, the real Ferrari North American people got a little miffed that these fakos were getting so much attention. They offered to supply two real Ferrari Testarossas for the show. The Testarossa was Ferrari's latest model and one would be used regularly and one would be kept as a backup. The cars were supplied to the producers painted back, but when they didn't show up well in night scenes, they were later painted white. To create a car that would perform stunts, "Miami Vice" producers turned to the Robert Motors Co., which had specialized in safety-oriented stunt cars for the movie and TV industries. Carl Roberts' assignment was to build a Testarossa look-alike that would be able to stand up to the rigors of stunt duty. In effect, Roberts was asked to build an automotive Thespian that would breath life and action into the show just as much as human players. Unlike the front-engined Daytonas, the Testarossa was a mid-engined car, so using a Corvette chassis as a starting point wouldn't work. The proportions of the car were wrong. So Roberts took a 1972 DeTomaso Pantera—a perfect car with 12,000 miles on the clock and a collector value of about $30,000—and chopped it apart. Roberts designed Testarossa look-alike, fiberglass body panels working from pictures in a magazine, and parts he salvaged from a wrecked Testarossa. "

The Rusty Pelican was never featured on Miami Vice. Yaze was featured twice in those episodes I mentioned. Interesting about the small buildings probrably fishing shacks or part of the boat yards near RP and Yaze. The RP was seen momentarily in the Miami Vice Season 4 episode “Blood and Roses” from 1988 during the Dangerous Game montage as our hero’s rush to save Gina at the end. It’s a shot we didn’t see at all often in Vice as they head over the bridge towards Brickell - where you see the RP in the distance.(see from Jeremy’s website pic below)

"Also, anyone know how long the building for Rusty Pelican has been there? " According to this site it has been a Rusty Pelican since May of 72. https://www.specialtyrestaurants.com/our-story It is such a scenic spot I would bet the location was in use before that date.

Update 3: I have brought Tubbs into San Andreas!

Here’s another development: From the YouTube description: I’m using a summing cable to send hi-fi stereo signal to mono input of iPad video camera. Videos of single sounds like this will not require stereo imaging. This is Roland’s “Boutique Series” JP-08 synth that reproduces some old Jupiter 8 sounds (like this one) quite faithfully. Not quite as warm, but very convincing in a mix.

I'm a little late to the dance here and this is probably not news to anybody but remember the scene In "Give a Little, Take a Little" where Cinco approaches Ramirez at his home to tell him about a van that has been discovered with surveillance equipment? I don't know why it never occurred to me before, but this could have been the bug van. Since this information is what led Ramirez to suspect Gina was an informant, in could have been a bit of carelessness on the part of Stan and Larry that nearly got Gina killed. I was going to include responsibility in her rape as well but I changed my mind since he was probably going to do that anyway.

Good news for everyone who missed out on this album! After being out of print for over 5 years and commanding ridiculous prices everywhere, the album is finally available again by digital download at janhammer.com for $19.98! There are also many tracks available for individual download for .99!Merry Christmas!http://www.janhammer.com/fr_home.cfm

On it’s on Pal! Because of your trip there & the details, you make it easier for anyone who’s going to do this! Glad my wife is on board w/ my MV forthoughts and has started helping plan this whole trip. Driving from NH to Miami to the SW side of Florida on a 2 week expedition & then driving back to NH is going to be epic! Leaving Miami we will be hitting the original “Aligator Alley” Rt 41 to SW Florida.

Is this when Zabado spits his food out in “Yankee Dollar”? No matter how many times I watch, that part makes me laugh!

You’re welcome, @ZAQ 178 ! PLEASE share pics when you get back! We have the best location gurus here if you need any help finding your favorite spot(s). Keep your eyes peeled! Many of them just jump out at you!

Read this post to post, all pages & guess who’s staying at the Carlyle at the end of May? That’s right, this guy! I’ll be in Miami for my 2 day MV location check out. Thank you again Dadrian. Seeing this has me stoked pal!

That would have been fantastic!

According to this information it was opened in 1972 and burned down in 1985, which might explain why it was never featured in MV.

Tommy Shaw was singer and guitar player in the band Styx. For some reason, Miami Vice featured many such artists who had broken off from famous bands: Phil Collins, (Genesis) Peter Gabriel (Genesis), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Pete Townshend (The Who), Glenn Frey (The Eagles), Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac), John Lennon (The Beatles).

A great shot on my Facebook feed tonight of Miami at sunset from South Pointe Park/ Government Cut - much like the angle seen in the Director’s Cut of the 2006 “Miami Vice “ movie as the go faster boats come through here towards Miami Beach Marina (out of picture)

Great catch! I never noticed that he mentions a "van". This probably was a reference to Switek & Zito. This ep was very early in the series when they were still characterizing S&Z as screwups (they did less of that later in the series). Many eps contained deleted scenes. They might have originally shown S&Z in the Bug Van somewhere but it just didn't make the final edit.

This is an aerial online I found of the Rusty Pelican and is also the area just above the building where the finale of “Baseballs of Death” was filmed here (explosion)

One from each season. 1. The In The Air Tonight scene from Brother's Keeper. 2. The ending of Little Miss Dangerous. 3. The Blood and Roses montage from The Savage. 4. The ending of Deliver Us From Evil. 5. Crockett and Tubbs' confrontation with Baker towards the end of Freefall. So many more but I can't think this morning.

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Elvis and Priscilla!

I ran an electronics and Radio store at the marina for years. In all that time I only installed one radar on a 42 foot cruiser and if I remember correctly it was a black and white system. I sold more radios and Chart plotters over the years than anything else. I was an Icom dealer and also sold Standard Verizon. Radars does work good in fog up to a point, but the sales numbers say a lot to what people prefer. I know the big vessels still use radar as they must! Other systems such as "Loran" are all defunct in the Great Lakes because the frequencies they use are now derelict. The old Loran beacon sits in Lake Ontario near the Burlington Skyway 100 feet offshore and has been dormant for over 20 years! It takes a long time to change course for an 800+ foot long vessel. But.......these vessels travelling through the Great Lakes and the Welland Canal all run GPS ident signals transmitted on marine frequencies that are tied to the internet and rebroadcast on 144.390 for APRS. These technologies make everyone visible to everyone else. There still are many vessels in my marina that are over 40 feet that run radar equipment and as long as they operate that is good. When they break, it is difficult to find parts and repair facilities to get them working again. Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu do not even manufacture them anymore sadly. It is a good system though. Sadly even the commercial office for Speery Radar closed a few years ago. My buddy worked there(he's retired now) and they did all the maintenance and installs on ships from all over the world, as they travelled through the Canal.

Just a few thoughts on the subject: Lot of similarities but Arlene's nose, eye color, fullness of face looks different. I think dancer's facial structure shows she is Caucasian, skin color is affected by lighting.

When I saw "The Great McCarthy" (episode 8 S1) on TV I fell in love with the boat and made a pact with myself that someday I would own one. Took me over twenty years but I finally got one. The 260 was a lot of fun and easily towed so I could go upriver or stay below the Falls. I had a Bronco and a dual axle trailer so I could move it around a lot easier than the 390. I have a Dually now because the tri-axle trailer is too much for a 1/2 ton type vehicle. The Bronco is too short a wheel base to tow it anywhere significant or across the Peninsula to Lake Erie, so the dually does the job well.

I was 11 years old in 1984. My father and mother were divorced for about 5 years and my father would pick me up for visitation every other weekend. Unlike my mother, my Dad would let me stay up late on the Friday nights, but he picked what to watch on TV. That's where I was introduced to Miami Vice. My father would rave about how good the show was, and my young mind would agree with him. The fact I saw him every other Friday meant I only watched roughly half of Season One back in 1984. My most vivid memories were of the episodes Calderone's Demise and Evan. My father was just sooooo impressed with how Calderone died partially in the pool, and the last shot of Tubbs placing his hand on Crockett's shoulder, as Sonny cradled Evan. "Tubbs was keeping his distance but still being there for Crockett" my Dad would tell me. My father died a couple years ago. He was ill for a long time. I was happy I was able to take him to see the Miami Vice movie (I just wish it was better.) But when the movie opened, NBC re-aired the original television pilot, hosted by Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell and my father truly enjoyed seeing "Brother's Keeper" again. Rewatching anything on DVD was never stubbornly his bag, so I was really happy it aired again. Good, good memories.

The "radar arch" is exactly what it is for...a radar is usually mounted on top. There is a light underneath the arch to light up the daybed pads over the engine cover. I have the light but the radar was removed years ago and the three holes have been filled in. I use a chart plotter with a gps which also has dsp and vessel ident beacon capabilities so I don't need an antiquanted radar anymore. Radars are old school like Loran navigation guidance systems......................gone like the dinosours! Besides housing the night light under the arch, it also makes a great place to put your drinks! or you can hang a disco ball from it and party all night long!

Got another one from Buddies . In the scene when Sonny confronts Robbie in his office , Crockett is very clearly wearing a black button down shirt under his blazer throughout the entire conversation . Then when he chases Robbie in the Daytona , he is wearing either a white or pale yellow 3 button henley T . Then when he goes to pick up Annie at the Celebrity Burger , he's wearing the black button down again which he keeps for the remainder of the episode .

It's funny how you can watch something for decades, care about it, and yet miserably fail to notice some tiny details. If I ever knew this before yesterday (I really doubt it), It's been so long that I've totally forgot it. So, I've just notice that the opening titles change on Season 1 during Castillo eps. I'm not talking about the change from Lou eps to later eps, of course (no glow to pink glow, among other details, it was a big change!). I'm also not talking about the tiny change that occurs from "Calderone's Demise" to "One Eyed Jack" (no Lieutenant credits on the former, "and Edward James Olmos as Castillo" on the latter). I'm also leaving the bikini girls with Miami Vice jackets from NBC's first broadcast of "Made for Each Other" out of it, as it's an exceptional case. Here's what I've just noticed: First (starting on "Calderone's Demise", then with the addition of Edward James Olmos credits starting on "One Eyed Jack"), you get this order of takes: Then (starting on "Glades"), you get a slight change: I can confirm from my NBC broadcasts DVDs that the second version starts on "Glades" (ep09) and continues until the last episode of Season 1, "Lombard". It makes a lot of sense if you consider Season 2, because, even though S2 changes opening titles a bit, it's quite obvious its starting point was the version appearing on the "Glades"-to-"Lombard" segment. Yet, on Mill Creek Blu-ray, for that matter, Season 1 turned out to be really messy: the second version started later, on "Little Prince". From then on, the two versions kind of keep taking turns ("Little Prince" has the second version, "Milk Run" the first version, "Golden Triangle" the second version, "Golden Triangle part II" the first version, "Smuggler's Blues" the second version, "Rites of Passage" the second version, "The Maze" the first version, "Made for Each Other" the second version, "The Home Invaders" the second version, "Nobody Lives Forever" the second version, "Evan" the first version, and "Lombard" the first version).

Veteran Miami Vice actor Julio Oscar Mechoso passed away at 62 yesterday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article186630993.html

Dadrian, it'd be cool to hear you just unleash a long video covering a bunch of the sounds that Jan made. It doesn't have to be perfect, and you don't have to worry about us hating your voice or anything, we are family! But it would be really neat to see all of the things that Jan tried with his sounds for us that doesn't have access to equipment like this.

I'm watching Dead Bang , Don Johnson's 1989 film . I noticed in the opening credits that JodieTillen did the costume design . I also noticed Bob Ballaban is in the cast as a paraole officer . So far , I see the Jerry Beck character as what Sonny would have been without the censorship of television ... Minus the throwing up on a suspect after a foot pursuit . I like Penelope Ann Miller ( loved her in Carlito's way too ) as the love interest or as Jerry's conquest . Which ever she turns out to be . I also heard the sound of Sonny's Bren Ten in the opening murder scene . I had stayed away from this movie because people told me it was a terrible film when it first released and then I forgot it existed . I came across it a couple of days ago and decided to take the ride . Not done with it yet so the jury is still out .

Okay so I found another one, made and offer, and THEY ACCEPTED. Cool side note: the seller is a music recording studio in Miami.

sounds a little dodgy, like the guy who didn't want to let me have his factory sat nav for 200 bucks less than the usual eBay price (not my fault he misspelled it and had it ending at 4pm on a Tuesday). Kept making excuses, said the DVD drive wasn't working and the front panel had scratches (none of which turned out to be true)... until I threatened to clear my desk of all my other eBay auctions and... well, you know... So these flangers are really rare, are they?

UPDATE: So, I’ve mentioned a needed item that’s holding me up from being back in business with the covers/YouTube channel. I just won an auction for it on eBay today! As Izzy said: “Something I been looking to take down for a long tine”. It’s literally the last piece of my puzzle to reverse engineer nearly any cue from the first 2 seasons. As soon as it arrives, it’s totally GAME-ON with the covers! (for musicians interested, the missing piece was the very rare blue face MXR M126 rack flanger/doubler he famously used on virtually all of his lead guitar sounds—clean or overdriven. Jan once told me he has 5 of them!)

guys i t hink i found the hot stripper in brothers keeper her name is arlene mazerolle

You also hear this cue briefly as Tubbs’ wire is malfunctioning at the end of “Heart of Darkness”.

The 1990 episode entitled ‘Columbo Cries Wolf’ in season nine of the highly rated TV detective series Columbo has neon decorations clearly copied from Vice: a smaller non-blinking version of the lips in Little Miss Dangerous, a palm tree, flamingo, and six other neon decorations that look like Mr. Neon’s creations. Obvious examples of Vice's impact on TV.

I was there front and center! I remember the promos leading up to it using Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight" The show got me instantly hooked and a few episodes later when they killed Rodriguez I thought "wow, this is some serious s**t! They never kill off major characters, this is one to watch!" After that I never left the house on Friday nights except 1 time. Longtime members will remember this story. My wife, at the time had planned a surprise 30th birthday party for me at a favorite restaurant. I refused to go out until she finally had to spoil the surprise to get me out of the house! The episode that night was 'Give A Little, Take A Little" (December 7th, 1984)

I watched the show as a teen and grew to love the water lifestyle. Anybody else have a boat like Sonny? Here's mine. She's a Columbia 28 sloop built in 1968. I've had her since 2003 and next year she's 50.

RIP. Very convincing actor. He had the best line in Viking Bikers. When Reb was talking about going to Valhalla Toad said, " I've always wanted to go to Europe." I've always thought this was designed to be a funny line, and I'm sure it was, but I was surprised to learn from a German friend that there really is a Valhalla Germany. http://www.khq.com/story/36169655/predator-actor-sonny-landham-dead-at-76

Yep you're right...I remember now. SC -"Do you know what you did to me?" .." KC -Do you know what this job did to me?" Crockett did get that in the end.

I know that but he seemed so nice on the inside like he didn't want to do It, and what with his little speech at the end, Crockett gets it.

Original, sealed and never been played!

New unopenened and payed just under $30.00. Not the $100+ I usually see. I've been listening to this a lot from YouTube lately and really like it! Would love to have it on vinyl!!!!

The lead is the Memorymoog thru the Rockman X100 distortion and MXR 126 Flanger/Doubler. There is also some kind of manual envelope filtering happening. Probably just a wah pedal, or the Memorymoog had expression pedals you could hook up for stuff like that. Jan is a HUGE Hendrix fan, so probably the wah. The DX7 guitar sounds were the cleaner, more laid back sounds like in "Night Talk" (also thru the MXR Flanger).

Just found this on FB however it is dated 2014? Some of you might find it interesting? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article2260634.html

Phil Thompson, eh?

Great topic. Excellent song! I play this all the time. I love the entire album (their song "Eye Talk" was a small radio hot here in Southern California when it was released. As used in Vice, is perfect. I love how the camera is set up for the establishing shot of Rico with his date for the moment. And the way he pokes the champagne...wtf?! All while this song is playing in a full on '80s club scene. Perfect.

So we made this obvious, right? Just wanna be sure Click: 7B0E397B-68D0-487E-AB90- D29BB5128849.bmp

This looks very cool and fun, but why is the "Tubbs Burger" a meat burger? Several times it was mentioned that he was a vegetarian, and in one episode Sonny says to Rico that he'll buy him anything except a veggie burger... Something like that.