Profile of Charlie Barnett a.k.a. Noogie


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This is a long profile of comedian Charlie Barnett, who played Noogie on Miami Vice.

Cracking Up With Charlie Barnett, The Legendary Street Comic

by Ivan Solotaroff

https://thestacks.deadspin.com/cracking-up-with-charlie-barnett-the-legendary-street-1469596492

Barnett's life was a mess from beginning to end.  He was hopelessly addicted to crack cocaine.  The flophouse where he stayed in New York sounds like something straight out of Miami Vice.  The same goes for many of the characters around there.

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"Don't like him. Don Johnson? He doesn't like me either. I had a fistfight with him, right on the set, first few days. 'Cause I stole the episode. It was called Cool Runnin'. I stole it. They were talking about how this black guy's great, and the man just started f---in' with me, saying 'You been on this show for a week and you think it's yours.' And so I said, 'F--- you,' and we got into it."

 

 

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