The A-team Dwight and Dirk explain why the show was cancelled

Dwight and Dirk explain in this video why the A-team was cancelled and why they had problems getting hired after the series. The tv networks and movie companies excisted mostly out of democrats.
Everybody knows Hollywood is pretty dominated by liberals. But the A-team was a conservative show and because of that fact the tv network that it was created for hated it, yes their own tvnetwork hated it and liberal organizations in the USA hated it. They didn't like the shows content although all the children loved it and it was the tvnetworks number one show!
Because of that all the actors who played parts in the series during the show and after it stopped experienced problems. It was not because they were typecasted that they couldn't find jobs, no they couldn't find jobs after the A-team because they had all been working in a series that was considered too conservative and because of that they weren't hired.

[@CDash162]

When I was 13 I was bullied in school. I remember seeing an episode of the A Team where the lads were telling Mexican workers that they could only win if they band together and form a union against their unscrupulous employers. Well I thought that's all very well but how do you band together against bullies if you're alone. It suddenly occured to me that I couldn't be the only one being bullied in my first year. Long story short I found Janet, Peter and Mary and we were friends all through high school. People no longer picked on us because we were always together . Turns out the A Team were right. You do need to band together when you're bullied. The A Team was NOT a bad influence on kids. I know that for a fact.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

MY GOD WHAT A "CONSERVATIVE" IDEA! ;)

[@GoldKingsMan]

I had two classmates we banded together in our own way at school too.We did well later,the bullies most likely failed their exams and some are probably in jail or rehab by now anyway.

[@Jbaxter85]

Nicely said & well-done

[@minstrelofMir]

i was bullied too,but playing in a band,when brick in a wall (pink floyd) came out and was number1 for 10weeeks (uk) we played it to the school when we were suppose to be doing something in welsh,all the teachers ran around headless and the 1,5k kids all joined in,,,never got bullied after,even got my first girt friend,i was 15 she was 16 ;-)

[@CDash162]

@@minstrelofMir Brick in the Wall was such a great song. Good for you. I hope you're still playing your music.

[@truthseeker3503]

The Ateam for me was always defending the underdogs and protecting the vulnerable. They never killed or maimed anyone, the show was harmless fun!

[@R3VO7UTION]

Except season 5. Lets all forget about season 5

[@jjMcCartan9686]

​@@R3VO7UTIONWas still better than the last season of airwolf .

[@davidwebster7624]

I grew up on this show. I loved it and never had the urge to be violent because of it. It was great action with comedy. All 4 actors are stars in my book...

[@vanmoody]

I learned that you stand up for what is right even if it costs you. That was the lesson I learned.

[@L1011Widebody]

The A-Team was great, just big harmless fun, almost nobody got killed, the good guys always won, all the exciting stunts and car-jumps and explosions, it's like a perfect 80's Action Movie condensed into a TV show. It really is a shame to hear that Dirk and Dwight were essentially blackballed for being the face (no pun intended) of the cowboy style Reaganism at the time. I thought they were great actors, and it was always a thrill to see Dwight Schultz show up in Star Trek and such because he played the nervous-to-a-fault kinda good guy perfectly. It's really cool to see them really open up with their real feelings about how it went down.

[@garyi8608]

It was a great show and depicted the times if it were in real life in the times. The guys are not portrayed as bad guys. So many people love and miss the old tv show episodes. I don't think any four guys could replace them in a new episode adventure tv show.

[@keithbishop7799]

@Jev Dedalus Gaming Think there were a couple more, one more in the same episode for starters

[@cupofcoffee2914]

One of the best shows friday nights

[@garyi8608]

@@cupofcoffee2914 I didn't know that Dwight Schultz played in Star Trek. Cool.

@@garyi8608 He wasn't in a large number of episodes but his character was especially important in Star Trek: Voyager.

[@utahdrumtech]

This is my all-time favorite 80's tv show. It brings back great memories every time I watch it. It's so simple and fun to watch- makes me laugh every time. A-Team Forever!!

[@oddities-whatnot]

If they were ever trapped anywhere, they always managed to find armour plating and a welding torch to make their escape !

[@myrnitasmith1489]

I miss the A-Team.

[@mirandakathrein7679]

The A-Team is my favorite TV show of all time. I started watching it when I was 10 years old. I became obsessed with it. Dirk Benedict was my first celebrity crush. It's such a shame that so many people tried to take down this show. And to not want to cast the actors in other things because of their affiliation with this show is ridiculous. The entire cast was fantastic. These guys deserved so much better. I sort of wish that fans had a say in what shows should stay on the air. The fanbase of this show is huge. We could have caused a huge riot if we knew what real shit was going down with this show behind the scenes. I'm so glad that the El Rey network shows A-Team reruns. I could watch this show forever!!! 💜

[@steveschrader9250]

I am lucky to have had the A-team in my childhood. I have all seasons on disc. Long live the A-Team. It will never be duplicated.

[@gumball1764]

The A Team and Knight Rider were the best shows I watched growing up.

[@bobdigi500]

I concur. Although Street Hawk and Airwolf come in 3rd and 4th place. With Magnum coming in at 5th.

[@DWINC]

And Miami Vice

[@BluejuiceT4]

And Dukes of hazzard

[@ozzieray]

And The Fall Guy

[@1burnman]

Me to

[@TrumbullComic]

I've been a Democrat my entire life and I've always loved this show. The A-Team never had anything to do with political beliefs. It was just FUN.

[@therealmacgyver5470]

nah he meant it because all the 4 main actors where conservative. and they were for hire ^^

[@msh6865]

@Rob Simpson why? Because he told the truth about liberal Hollywood? Sounds like a guy who tells it like it is IMO.

[@blazerocker1734]

I was born into a diehard democrat family and I enjoyed the hell out of The A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf and Street Hawk and most any action show in the 80s that came on the big three networks. I hope that I'd be correct in my assumption that most kids under the age of twelve know or care little about politics. I would think that most kids in that age-range just want some entertainment capable of stimulating their imaginations, and those four shows I mentioned were certainly doing it for me and my grade-school friends at the time. Hearing all of this, about how NBC and Hollywood was back then, is both baffling and saddening. That was not how you treat talent that makes you money and brings attention to your network. The A-Team had the safest, and most unbelievable violence you could find on regular network TV. All that gunfire, explosions and car chases that resulted in so few deaths week after week. NBC really should have been proud of what the cast and producers were accomplishing. It's really confusing why NBC even put the show on the air if it wasn't what they wanted to represent their network, or why they kept it on the air if they wanted it gone. I guess their own greed wouldn't let them just cancel it. I really hope a lot of the old executives have ulcers from what that show accomplished. It would serve them right.

[@rowanirish]

I've seen a few videos now where Dirk keeps beating that "I'm a conservative" drum. I remember reading that on his wiki years ago. Us versus them. Ridiculous really.

[@azuretiger-kfpmarketingstr6018]

I was one of those kids in a conservative family and my Mom didn't want me watching the show because of the violence, fortunately I never had to write any form letter. I outgrew partisanship as an adult and wish people could just talk about issues. I still see some of the same issues in Hollywood though, and wonder if those in charge are living in a weird caviar bubble of their own.

[@intheredcold9216]

This was posted ten yrs ago.. Look at the world now.

[@jydeinden]

No one could EVER act as you did in this role mr Schultz... It was and is brilliant!

[@GoDamnWeird]

I was around 10 years old when I wrote to the Network...asking in a roundabout fashion for Dwight's autograph on a photo of Murdoch, all the way from Australia. That photograph and the envelope with Dwight's stamp on it are still two of my most prized possessions.

[@etnwhvac]

The A-Team was an International Success!! I remember watching it in Spanish back in my Home Country Of Costa Rica!!! I still miss it very much!!!

[@raheemhamilton8624]

The A-Team was the reason why Happy Days ended. The A-Team went head to head with The Fonz on Tuesdays Night at 8:00 p.m. and The A-Team destoryed Happy Days. They wanted to do a season 12 but come on The A-Team owned Tuesdays 8 pm tim slot.

[@chadk890]

I think The Fonz had run its course by then. He was cool in the 70's but times were changing. Mr. T was red hot from Rocky 3 and kids looked for a new hero. The A Team came at the right time.

[@streetguru3054]

As a kid The A Team was the best and as an adult its still cool

[@oddities-whatnot]

It had some adult humour and moments that kids wouldn't understand. Thats what made it a TV show for all ages.

[@janreznak881]

NICE avatar. HEARTILY approve.

[@jamese.morris2891]

I was a seven year old in 83 and can still remember the A team being my favorite show. Each week they would go in a barn and build some kind of war machine that would beat the bad guys...for a young kid that was the shnizz....beat the heck out of Cheers...

[@rhondawilliams5859]

I LOVE THE A TEAM!!!!!I WATCHED IT YESTERDAY!!!!!😘😘I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER!!!!!!!😊😊

[@johnwestcott5612]

I am a left leaning person and I LOVED and still love The A-Team.

[@videoman1970]

Please lean a little farther while standing the left side of your roof 😀 Let's go Brandon! 🇺🇸

[@jaysmith179]

Are you happy how fast Joey is destroying America?

[@kyliesanders6013]

My brother and I loved this show..we are kids of an Vietnam veteran and it was the only show depicting our lives..living with a war my Dad went too. I am from Australia and this show was and still is my favourite show.

[@kimdkus]

I also want to add, I'm a writer and I see so much yummy stuff in the A-Team, so much stuff peeking out from the curtains regarding the characters' pasts and how the writers could have branched out into those different directions. Murdock was my favorite character for one reason: was he really insane or just really smart? A multi-faceted character that made me ask a million questions Why did he wear the same jacket each episode? A WWII bomber jacket with Da Nang 1970 on the back. in 1970, the Vietcong attacked DA Nang and killed 8 soldiers, so did the jacket represent Murdock's friends who died there? Was the jacket flipping the finger to the Vietcong, or a Stay strong, Da Nang? That in itself was a great "Easter Egg" and could have even had an episode around the Jacket. Why did Murdock work for the CIA and was he still working for the CIA? Was he actually spying on the guys for the CIA and pretending to be insane? But as Hollywood often does, it shots the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg or worse, takes the eggs and makes them into omelets. Too many times the producers of the A team made omelets out of the golden eggs. So much yummy gone to waste. I feel for the whole team. Dwight is right, the producers didn't care about the show. They just tossed stuff on the wall and hoped it stuck. Writing is a breathing living creature that must be treated with respect and love and it will return the favor. The producers just didn't care nad that was a shame. They killed the Goose.

[@daviddavidson8050]

Hello Come Flag With Me! I was reading your comments and I want to say thank you because you gave me some pause for thought in regards to the A-Team and the writing and overall production of the show, especially at the end, from Dwight Schultz and Dirk Benedict POVs. Your comments were truly remarkable and you caused me to do some critical thinking. You said or shared rather that you were a writer. Is that by trade or are you like me, a novice at best and a cynic at worst? If you are either one of those that's okay because I am! But I am also like you in that I am a lover of this classic tv show! These guys, all four of them and yes Eddie Velez who played Frankie Santana in the last years of the show as well as the ICON The Late Robert Vaughn who was a stalkwork in stage and screen of any kind and mostly a guy who just wanted to act (work steady) like all the other of his class of actors, actors NOW, as General Stockwell were looking for the exits along with everyone else at the end. And you are right to point out that the writers and producers of the show left so much out! Didn't take the time to really explore all the golden eggs as you put it or just took the golden eggs smashed a lot up against the wall and made omlets out of um! Sucks rocks. So much was left undiminished. Undone. Or altogether unsaid. Why? It's because everyone gave up! They just gave up. I mean lets face facts for a minute. Show had been on for 6 full seasons with a partial 7th and final season in the can. Everyone associated with or who had been associated with the show had moved on or at least wanted too! Stephen J. Cannel and Frank Lupo were working on other things like Hunter, RIP Tide, Hartcastle & McCormick. Etc. They moved on. Sad. Really. Why leave your baby? Your bread and butter sandwich? Burn out? Bordem? What?! Anyways I think had they had a fresh pair of eyes on it a show like that could have been on for nine or ten seasons. To my mind you just don't give up and that's what everyone did. Sad but true.

[@Gambit771]

I feel like you are overthinking things.

[@patrickcombs3567]

A-Team was one of my absolute favorite shows as a kid. It was inspiring the way they built stuff out of nothing to take on the big bads for each episode.

[@anoldfashionedcountrylife811]

They are AWESOME!!! LOVE-LOVE-LOVE THEM. I am 48, never watched it when it was on, my mom didn't like it. My husband insisted I watch it in 2015! So, we sat down with our 4 children and WE LOVED IT. The children watch it at least 3 episodes a week. We always get an A-team in..every week!! Always a fan and God bless ya'll Mrs.O

[@Indiansmoke1]

No.. The A-Team taught me good morals and right from wrong. Upright morals. Also Mr T is my favorite black idle. My childhood hero's. Thank you . My kids watch it now..

[@alsosprachzarathustra5505]

I didn't grew up in the 80's nor I did in the US, but I feel like I did. Because as a kid in the 90's they broadcasted all these old shows and I watched a lot of TV back then. The A-Team was one of my favorites. Those shows inspired my fantasy, my creativity, and my view on the society and morale. Which was much better than watching what was going around in my neighborhood. The most important thing is, in the end the bad guys always lose. Gives kids a comfortable feeling that whatever happens there will be a hero who makes everything right in the end. And if you can't find a hero, youself can be that one.

[@Maples01]

It's mild compared to today, so much for corrupting children, and today, we have sex in near everything.

[@Maples01]

@cosmiccool8896 Mr T was part of Nancy Reagan's anti drug campaign, the show was suitable for children, not much different than the violence in the GIJoe cartoon.

[@bigwillietheb]

I love it when a plan comes together

[@vill1520boys]

My brother and I loved watching the A-TEAM growing up and I still watch it today with my 2 sons in 2019

[@germanicelt]

I like the way Dirk doesn't hold back the truth and bow his knee to the god of political correctness.

[@Ae13UPrime]

Dirk is living in a fantasy world. The show was repetitive, the acting hammy, and the last season sucked. He hasn't done a damn good thing since.

[@johnsoos6907]

@@Ae13UPrime So, I guess they were lying about the teacher's union & that other commie group trying to get them banned. It's easy to research. Get to it. As for your opinion, on this hit show, nobody cares.

[@daviddavidson8050]

@@Ae13UPrime I beg to differ. The sci-fi chandra has been awfully good to Dirk Benedict. He's made a niche their for sure.

[@sydneystroud4397]

@@johnsoos6907 I loved the show, the ratings were steadily in decline. It was one of the top rated shows on the network. The show actually was never that violent, especially compared to say Miami Vice, Wiseguy, Remington Steele, and...It was formulaic, after the first couple of seasons, then it got campy.

[@johnsoos6907]

@@sydneystroud4397 I agree. I like campy shows. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century was campy, too. The thing that sucks about TV today is that it is completely devoid of humor. Including, shows that claim to be comedy. As far as formulaic, ALL shows are formulaic. People love familiarity. A show is only groundbreaking for a short time. After which, it is copied by absolutely everyone & becomes formulaic for that very reason. I loved all of Stephen J. Cannell's shows.

[@joeyd6272]

A grew up on A-Team and I never wanted to beat up or hurt anyone. Glad this show was a part of my childhood. Great memories

[@mr.aldini6801]

I had an A Team lunchbox, and never once thought of hitting anybody with it.

[@doomer8348]

Of course not with your precious A-Team lunchbox. Just use your fist like every other kid that watched the A-Team.

[@GIMIJAH]

Here in Seitzerland/German we have a channel called Kabel 1.. they still play The A-Team in German.. my dad still watches it with all his heart with only understandin 10% of the words!!!! You brouht so much joy in our family. Thank you a lot Sor

[@joshhall1310]

My TV heroes as a child thank to all of ya'll for the years of entertainment

[@cardinal1973]

I love the A-Team, Magnum PI, and Airwolf

[@Ae13UPrime]

BY the last season, the A-Team was not even in to Top 30, and the season before that it just barely managed to land in the 30 spot. That's why the show was cancelled and for no other reason. Smoking cigars and shooting is not Conservative political thought no matter how much they try to spin it. There was nothing political conservative in the A-Team, it was just a western set in the 20th century. That's all.

[@handymanbrian8269]

i didnt watch the show too much, in the 80s...but now rediscovered it and cant stop binge watching

[@SingingTimberwolf]

Lately I have been Binge Watching the A-Team on Tubi Television App. I wondered why the show came to an abrupt end that brought me here. Anyhow it was very sad that George Peppard passed away 10 years later after the show series was cancelled. George Peppard was only 65 years old when he passed away. If George Peppard was still alive today he would be 93 years old. The other three actors now are in their 70's. I loved the show series from the 80's and a lot of the episodes I don't remember. I turned 58 years old on September 5th. I heard George Peppard was born in September. Actually I looked up George Peppard's D.O.B and his Date Of Birth was October 1st 1928. George Peppard was only two years older than my Dad and my Dad passed away in December-2017. My Dad Born November 25th 1930.

[@srs5933]

I've started watching re-runs and have only now realised just how good Dwight was in it. And I reckon a lot of it was ad-libbed as you just couldn't write some of that stuff..

[@rowanaforrest9792]

I realized the first time how great Dwight was, but I must say that the older I get, I appreciate him even more! :) I'd love to know how much of what he did was ad-lib -- some of it must have been!

[@Tull1996]

It WAS a silly show....but, that was the BEAUTY of it. I was probably 13-14 when it came out...and LOVED that show.

[@tommyboy1675]

Exactly! It was a lot of fun, but it was also an un-intentional satire. The Most Wanted Fugitives in the Nation driving around LA in a van that stood out like a sore thumb. And Face just walking through the VA Hospital to get Murdock out when they needed him and nobody at the VA recognized him?

[@daviddavidson8050]

No matter how many times I watch the A-Team it never ever gets; old, stale, dead or boring. These guys were great! My childhood heroes. Guys I wanted to be like when I grew up. Minus the accusations and betrayal of course, but they were just such cool guys and no matter the odds they always managed to come out on top for the, "little guy." Bravo Dirk and Dwight! And thank you most-kindly for making my childhood so memorable. Now where's that van and Faceman's corvette? And the trash bags? Give me trash bags! I need my trash bags man! Just like I need my pizza heated to 375 degrees.

[@drewstar412]

Dirk is totally correct in that Dwight. I thought Dwight should have had a HUGE career after A Team, because of the many personalities he had to play. I never got why ppl hyped up Mr T....Without Murdoch, Mr T does not get angry and threatens him. While Peppard was the main star, each needed each other to make it a big hit. However, Murdoch's acting and Dirk's smoothness, made them very likable characters. Lastly, I wish Dirk also had a better career, since I enjoyed him on A team and before, Battlestar Galactica.

[@chubphucka]

I disagree big time - Mr. T was the BIGGEST star on the show by far and everybody knew it - Peppard played the main character but he wasn't the biggest star - Dwight did have a lot of success after the A-Team - He had a lot of guest star appearances on the hit tv show Star Trek The Next Generations where he played Lieutenant Barclay - He had many episodes where he was either the supporting cast or the show was focused on his character and he also had a cameo in the movie Star Trek First Contact and is still a big part of the star trek family - He wasn't one of the main characters but he had a nice role

[@tommypwood672]

hey they were all great and it was a great show.....Mr. T was huge at the time becoz of Rocky et al....but Peoppard was the bigger star. The Blue Max and other classics

[@janshegers7667]

For me: the magic between Mr. T and Murdock was the best! I am also sure that without this magic between them Mr.T would have been a bit less popular. Of course he was the star but still Murdock helped a lot! It was the playing around between them that made it great.

[@331Grabber]

TV was waaaay more competitive than today. Making it on more than one show as a star was a miracle when there were only 3 networks making new programming. Dirk Starred on 2 shows in that era. Even though Battlestar was only one season he did pretty well. There were just too many actors to choose from for few rolls. I do remember seeing Dirk in a few movies from back then. One of them he was the lead.

[@morwitzer34]

They don't make shows like The A Team anymore. That's why I don't have cable, but I have DVD boxed sets of the shows I watched from the 1970s and 1980s.

[@resolute123]

It's a shame. Dwight should have done more star roles in his career. When in dramatic roles, this man can play a deep and tragic role that bring you to tears. Extremely talented.

[@bradbruhn9586]

The best acted scene in The A Team was actually in season 5 where Peck confronts Murdock about not sharing with him the guy whose daughter they rescued was his father. Excellent acting by Benedict and Schultz. I was, still am and will always be a fan of The A Team....in other words "I Pitty da fool" that doesn't like The A Team

[@elvisleeboy]

I agree, very effective scene. There is another one at the end of series 4 when Murdock asks Hannibal about Vietnam and Schultz expression is brilliant and moving with no words said.

[@bradbruhn9586]

That one is excellent as well. You can't beat the A Team

[@tommytaylor4139]

Loved The A-TEAM,best show ever made,was and is the best, a great show in a great era,my childhood,still buzz as an adult watching the show,it will never be surpassed.

[@ragingbull154]

The A-Team started when I was in middle school and ended when I was in high school. I loved the show and that black van, Mr. T and crazy Murdock. Dirk Benedict I remembered from Battlestar Galactica was great. George Peppard was perfect as Hannibal Smith.

[@kevrob1784]

Best TV show ever in the history of TV period..

[@brianwms1126]

The A-Team made the 80's.....a show that requires team work and loyalty they all move as one a real unit........

[@deputyvanhalen6386]

What the 4 guys from The A-Team should have done is... Gone underground in LA and offered their services to people that had a problem and nobody could help them....

[@deputyvanhalen6386]

It worked for The 3 Amigos!

[@thundercracker3547]

One of the all time greatest series; great actors, story lines and the good guys always came out on top!

[@roypatterson7866]

Loved A-Team and its actors.

[@anerrantknight8077]

Still my favorite TV series of all time. My biggest takeaway from the series when I was a kid: even when branded criminals & pursued by law enforcement, they still went out of their way to help “the little guy”.

[@dhenderson1810]

Many Eps, the A-Team ended up not taking payment or taking less than they asked for.

[@swingforthefences7439]

I still remember when it debuted after the Super Bowl on NBC in 1983. I watched every Tuesday night the first few seasons and loved it.

[@glennzlotowski8020]

A- team , dukes of hazzard best shows ever

[@samlatifi3254]

Damn... NBC gave me great childhood memories... and then robbed me of them!

[@gandysweet4288]

Great explanations Loved this fun & family friendly show. Miss shows like this!

[@latinherqulez]

1 of the best shows of it's time watch it till this day shame the cancel it

[@shawnpa]

It was always fun watching the A Team turn the tables on very cocky bad guys. Great acting and writing made it work. Thanks A Team.

[@rjl57]

I was 20-something while the A-Team was on. I did nor watch TV then. I really was not a fan. A woman I dated. Her two young sons were fans. That’s where I got my exposure. Here it is 40 years later. I find myself watching the A-Team on METV. Some episodes are familiar. But many are new TV to me. They really should have let the A-Team run longer.

[@karenbritell4718]

Dirk is a very smart man!

[@msh6865]

@Rob Simpson then you have some problems. He told it like it is and you don't like the liberal agenda being called out. Tough.

[@GoldKingsMan]

I thought that read short at first lol.

[@lincbond442]

I absolutely loved this show growing up and now I love it even more knowing what the actors had to endure to bring it to us fans.

[@ptTeearms]

The A-Team was one of my all time favorite shows growing up. I loved the camaraderie and the fun the characters had. I was

[@tyymclarenfan]

Everyone loves the a team and exceptional acting mr murdock made me smile in childrens homes and couldn't wait for the Saturday next saga of the a team 👍👍👍

[@desitterspace2127]

Still find it amazing that Disney, the media and the rest of Hollywood can’t figure out why there’re circling the drain today.

[@darkwoods1954]

Hysterical parents did the same thing with horror comics in the 50s. Forced children to write letters saying they didn't like horror comics and they were a bad influence. When actually the kids loved the comics and they were harmless. Virtue signalling has always existed for people to use to exert control.

[@sean-xm9661]

Catchy opening too...Now, The movie was a joke...just like lost in space...both movie and new show on netflix...

[@Indiansmoke1]

No one is going to be watching TV shows from cable tv soon . They are going to be watching shows online. This means they will be watching our reruns also . I've noticed this in the comment section of music and some TV shows I had watched and the younger generations are seeing the difference and quality of the shows and music.

[@Howlinmadmurdock1947]

THE A TEAM IS STILL INCREDIBLE

[@GoldKingsMan]

I have the first season on dvd,I'll try get the others on bluray.

[@Michael1966W]

George Peppard was a liberal, Dwight was conservative. I know Dirk Benedict hated Al Gore but I don’t know his political views outside of Gore

[@georgesenda1952]

To those who think the show wasn't conservative, they're wrong. the characters supported families and kids, fought against corruption, and exposed crooks. they realized the guys chasing them were inept but they enjoyed making fools out of the inept fools who chased them. it was cartoonish. But the were finally caught by Stockwell.

[@janshegers7667]

"the characters supported families and kids, fought against corruption, and exposed crooks" is this being conservative? Because if it is, I do not see a problem with being "conservative" .

[@westholmes2001]

This is the problem with TV shows today. They are too liberalized, politically-correct, and over-sexualized and yet, people watch them. TV in the 80's was about good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, yet people complained about how violent it was despite the fact moral values were being taught. Parents, encourage your kids to watch DVD's of The A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Magnum P.I., Simon & Simon, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, "CHiPS", MacGyver so that kids will know good from bad.

[@sydneystroud4397]

More political correct with far more violence, vulgar language, and over-sexualized, what are you talking about?

[@rafiqkie]

i love murdock...he alter ego and psycho-maniac even for now, i still wearing navy blue cap same as murdock cap! all the best Mr Dwight, and good luck..

[@t.m.hackley1720]

The A Team. I loved it in the 80's as a kid growing up and I even love it more now in my adult years an absolute iconic series from one of the best decades ever in my opinion. I always loved the fact that these 4 awesome guys always stood up for the truth & what was right to anyone no matter who they were or how dangerous they were definitely my fantastic 4 Heroes. Especially my fan favorite & one of my first tv crush' s the FACE MAN . I absolutely loved Face because of the fact that Hanabail always sent him in on almost all of the dangerous missions to always get whatever the team needed which pretty much always got him captured & Face's life put In danger & even though he complained quit offten to Haniabail about sending him in & putting him in those life threatening situations no matter what Face still always did it usually for the team & to me as a kid growing up that always seemed really coreragous & Heroic & even now as an adult it still does. So even though I like the whole team I absolutely love Face & That's why he was always my favorite team member . And now I can enjoy it anytime I want thanks to the whole complete series DVD set .

[@julesjezman1]

The A-Team was awesome! Dwight was so incredible in what he did with Murdock! I was 12 years old, and watched the show with my mom! Cartoon violence! Nobody ever got killed! I used to laugh watching the bad guys fly through the air! :) Sad that the network hated the show. That's dreadful. No wonder it ended poorly. Well, us fans loved it! :)

[@abeedbasheer6680]

It was not the network but the military top brass and the CIA who hated the show. This show was about a groupof renegade soldiers taking on the military top brass. There is one episode in which the house of one of the General's is destroyed by the crossfore between the military and the A team. On the whole it stayed true to the rebellious attitude till th very end. A great show

[@deanarupe73]

Murdoch was my favorite character. I loved Mr. T. But Murdoch was definitely the funniest character. The interaction between Mr. T and Dwight was great.

[@pennywhistle9060]

I had to spend the night with my father in the emergency room. I turned on the television in his little curtained cubicle and found the A-Team. Someone walked by, then backed up. "That's Mr T! What channel is that!" By time my father had been admitted, most of the emergency department had the A-Team on. Thankfully they were showing episodes back-to-back. This was in 2001, so I will not accept that this show was not enjoyed!

[@James-hh1lq]

All the great shows didn't last long starsky and hutch, a team , knight rider , aireolf , so on . Now the crap today goes on for years and years

[@dinalombos2606]

No matter what anyone says about the A-Team actors, I like them all. They portrayed what their roles called for. I like watching the A-Team every night. I don't think it is right not to offer them work because of the "series being conservative". They are actors and it is their profession; nothing to do with conservativeness. Quoting "It was created for the TV network that hated it ... because it was considered too conservative." That's not a reason not to hire them. That's foolishness. Oftentimes, some forget the word Karma. Karma always happens.

[@acesobrian]

Where is the rest of this? I want to see it!

[@beatleman69]

I loved the A-Team and Riptide back then when was a teenager. They used guns but nobody was killed or shot.

[@iacoponefurio1915]

Riptide with the robot

[@evangelistbrianbaker]

Dwight should have been right up there with and had a career like Robin Williams and Jim Carey

[@Tigadee00]

Dirk appeared in a scene where Face was going o his tanning salon and met Dirk on the way and asked Dirk "This lotion is great for the body, but what about the face?" and Dirk answered "Why mess with it?". In another scene, Dirk receives electric shock therapy and two doctors stand by watching. One of the doctors is Dwight Schulz. Unfortunately, both scenes sadly didn't make it into the movie or the DVD.

[@latinherqulez]

Amazing how the A team was one of the best shows always teaching lessons really of life but then you had Miami vice with more drugs etc involved smh

[@mrmactknife]

The A-Team was/is the best TV show ever made. I'd love to see the full version of this event, Dirk and Dwight are sharing some interesting stories.

[@robertthomas5736]

Incredible Cast and Crew of The A-Team

[@alexbaker2615]

A Team reruns are better than anything on tv today!!!

[@no15minutecities]

Dwight has more hair now than he did in the show!

[@sarahchauvin3189]

I grew up watching this show and love it to this day. I wonder why I never had to the urge to blow stuff up?!

[@R3VO7UTION]

The A Team was awesome. The scams they pulled, the outrageous scams and far out characters were hilarious. I always watch the entire series (except season 5 which was awful) at least once a year. As a child I loved this show and watched it every week and the reruns every day after school. Murdock and Faceman were the best

[@jasonwarrick825]

Just got done watching all the A-Team full episodes...

[@DeViLzzz2006]

TV these days need to get a little less serious, rude and so on and while the A-Team sent a message and could be serious it was done in a way that was entertaining and also funny. TV these days ..... Why so serious? Why so immoral? Why so in your face? Why so much reality garbage? TV is going to die because the content is terrible.

[@sidefx996]

It's true, even with people shooting assault rifles you didn't take it too seriously. I remember BA got shot once but don't remember anyone else ever actually getting shot, bad guys included. And it was FUN and the good guys won. It's amazing with the crap on TV today how "violent" the A-Team was...

[@CC-Tron]

sidefx996 I think Murdock got shot too.

[@cartoonfan959]

Street Hawk , Hardcastle and McCormik, Riptide , Stingray , The Fall Guy, TJ Hooker , HUNTER if you want some more 80s geatness

[@marshalldannon5593]

Sean DeMarco I concur fully. Case and point, Jersey Shore.

[@Spooky_515]

Face & Murdoch made a great duo on screen and seemingly off screen as well!

[@granny13ad33]

The A Team is one of the best shows ever done. It's my favorite today. Schultz was brilliant! The choice of characters was brilliant! It's hysterical that Captain Kangaroo thought it aided drug usage. He was an idiot. It's such a shame and ridiculous how it was treated. Glad to know the truth. Stupid people couldn't let it be what it was, wonderful!

[@granny13ad33]

@Richard Johnson He was the star of a children's story in the 50s. He was actually young when it was on TV but dressed as a plump, heavily moustache captain. I thought it was a dumb show then. Knowing his attitude towards the A Team proves how stupid he was.

[@DoppelgangerShockwave]

I'm a far left individual and I loved 'The A-Team.' It's a great show that knew how to entertain its audience. In fact, I'm re-watching it on the Roku Channel streaming app right now, and it still holds up. And no doubt about it, some self-proclaimed liberals with power back then despised the show for its soft violence. And yes, it was very soft. No one ever bled on that show. That's how soft it was. And while typecasting does happen in Hollywood, Dirk Benedict's ultra conservative politics have zero to do with that. If that were the case, Clint Eastwood, Chuck Norris, Tim Allen, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Selleck, Steven Seagal, and many others would've never gotten any work or had any success. Let's be honest here. Benedict was the weakest link in the show. Tim Dunigan, the guy Benedict replaced because he was allegedly too young looking to be believable as a Vietnam vet, was honestly a better actor, and far more believable as the smooth baby-faced con-man than Benedict was. But Benedict's acting chops weren't bad necessarily. Much like John Wayne, Benedict played himself with zero range. Benedict does a serviceable job, and that's about it. The man is nothing to write home about. Schultz on the other hand has a wide range and can truly sell a performance. That's why he was on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and 'Star Trek: Voyager' for several seasons each, was in countless popular television shows, cartoons, and video games, and had a lot more mainstream presence than Benedict overall because of his acting range. Benedict often felt like he was just phoning it in on 'The A-Team,' and never truly felt like he gelled with anyone on screen in the show. So no, I'm sorry Benedict, but your politics didn't reduce your acting gigs, you did because you just weren't that good.

[@tracyleesmith5340]

i was a little kid in the 80s ,i loved the A team still love them

[@felicity4711]

I never felt _The A-Team_ was a right-wing show. They generally drove around helping the little guy against big business. They weren’t concerned too much with making a profit. They just wanted life to be fair. I know a few of the cast members were Republicans but that doesn’t make the whole show right-wing.

[@tracyshipman33]

I loved the A TEAM as a kid .. still love it now 😍😍..shame it ended 😢😢

[@tlsnana9539]

hey Dwight I grew up watching it an I watch it when I can on weekends

[@kendallrivers1119]

For anyone who doubts that what Dwight and Dirk are saying is true just go read what happened to Ed Asner and Lou Grant. They cancelled that show because they didn't like Asner's strong environmental political views. In other words people who hate or tear down someone with different philosophical or political viewpoints are the scum of the earth. The A Team and Lou Grant were classic shows that deserved better!

[@lynnstewart2326]

I'm still watching this show today. I love it. It was so good. Such great memories.

[@Chris05161967]

While I know, in the general context. That the A-Team was not real. In the backdrop of the Vietnam War. I feel it made the show, more than worth watching. Instead of the basic formula of rooting for the good guy(s). It had plenty of adversity, to bolster the story lines. Cancellation was a stupid move on NBC's part.