The A-Team (1983): 20 Things You Never Knew!

Get ready to jump into the action-packed world of The A-Team! In this video, we reveal 20 little-known facts about the iconic 1980s TV show. From behind-the-scenes drama to surprising casting choices, you'll learn how this legendary series came to be and how it became a pop culture phenomenon.
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[@bazzingabomb]

Ultimate Saturday was The A-team AirWolf Knight Rider The Fall Guy StreetHawk. God i miss the 80s.

[@johnchimbani8473]

Mcgyver, magnum?

[@grantross3600]

Throw in a bit of automan as well

[@Rabbit420_7I0]

Thunder in paradise too

[@bazzingabomb]

@@Rabbit420_7I0 that was in the 90s.

[@matt7965]

Don't forget big daddy and giant haystacks

[@787Speedbrakes]

A-Team, Airwolf, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, Street Hawk. Damn, there were some great to shows when I was a kid.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

Such good TV

[@BourbonISvegan]

If you ever happen to capture The A Team, don’t ever lock them in a barn filled with random vehicles, tools, machinery and assorted useful materials 👌🏻

[@chrisr9220]

Why would I want to capture the A Team in the first place

[@markfox1545]

Good tip.

[@ThePsiclone]

true, I did that once, and they built me a combine harvester that fired watermelons. I hate watermelon.

[@antfrancis9941]

They could make a nuclear submarine from the fridge, microwave & washing machine in your kitchen, just amazing.😂

[@Gixer750pilot]

BA always used the blow torch . But you forget one thing! A plan always comes together

[@TheTazz21]

one of my favourite all time tv programmes

[@ArabfromOuterSpace]

In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire: the A-Team.

[@paulhohn-b1v]

Yea crack

[@thesausagecontinuim1971]

oohh the memories!!!

[@navithefairy]

PAPARAPAAAA PAAA PAAA PAAA

[@karlepaul6632]

🎶 Dah dahdah dahhh....Dah dah dahhh

[@LadyGodiva-hi3ym]

My parents ran a company that sold Rainbow vacuum cleaners. Dwight Schultz was one of their salesmen. He came back to visit and he gave me a signed hat by the team. I wish I still had it. 😢

[@robertford9837]

The A Team will always be my most fav show in the 80's I'm 50 years old and watched it when it 1st came out in the 80's I'm now still watching it again I'm now on season 3 and will probably will still watch for the next 20-30 years it will always be a classic for 100's of years

[@kenvaughan6694]

I have a mint condition action figure of the character "Face" still in it's blister card package. I got it for 80 cents at the ARC thrift store back in 1996. Still have it😊

[@1979jon]

Keep it, there rare. I've got a merdock still sealed.

[@raychambers3646]

Peppard seems a diva with Mr T not far behind , but he seemed to redeem himself later in life .

[@mrsunshine6936]

@@raychambers3646 Boy George and Robert Vaughn both said Mr T was tiresome. Just constantly in BA’s own words ‘jibber, jabbering,’ and letting everyone know he was around. In contrast BG said Peppard was a gentleman and Vaughn was a friend of his anyway.

[@dinomonzon7493]

The A-Team remains one of my fave 1980s TV series. Its said that the series was created specifically for Mr. T and he was paid $80,000.00 per episode. Col. John Hannibal Smith, Amy Allen, B. A. Baracus & Gen. Hunt Stockwell (from Season 5). Amy was definitely easier on the eyes than Tawnia Baker. Its arguable if Ms. Culea had 'bad blood' with George Peppard, as Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo created the series and characters. Its said a reason Amy was eventually written off was that Melinda Culea wanted to be in more action oriented roles, given she's a reporter that would've been very difficult to do; a potential story might have been to have Amy kidnapped to draw out The A-Team to a showdown. Another one of Mike Post's memorable TV themes was for The Rockford Files. I still have the first A-Team novel and a the 3 issue Marvel Comics miniseries. A missed chance was to have The A-Team cross paths with G. I. Joe. As for the violence seen, it wasn't different from that seen in other shows like The Six Million Dollar Man; in that series, Lee Majors himself requested that the show be family oriented without any violence as well. Too bad The A-Team never crossed paths with MacGyver as well.

[@carl9225]

Peppard & Mr T were at odds with each other over who’s the biggest star??? HM Murdock was by far the best character 👍

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

When I was a kid watching the show, Schultz, Benedict and Tero came to Netherlands for a promotional tour. Peppard refused to come along. Schultz was the spokesperson for the group, which I found odd. The funny guy being so serious. Later, on the many reruns of the show, I started to value the character of Murdock, and found out that Schultz was actually the best actor on the show, making Murdock a very versatile character with the most qualities and charactertraits of any of the cast.

[@john-paulb847]

I think Liam neeson played an amazing Hannibal, perfect for the role. A-team was my favourite show growing up.

[@noelhernandez363]

I always thought B. A. Stood for "Bad Attitude"! Sorry, my bad!! 😂

[@dirktimmermann1930]

If memory serves... there was an episode where B.A.'s mom or grandma called B.A. "Scooter" because that was his nickname growing up in that universe. Just a random memory that came up when I read your post :)

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

I never heard of Bosco Albert. Any of you? Maybe when they visited his mom in New York?

[@littleblackduck3134]

I thought it was Bachelors of Arts

[@MagnumMuscle1000]

The A-Team movie was a fun romp and deserved a sequel

[@ericocampo7028]

You could always rely on BA to build something with 20 minutes left in the episode

[@cst039]

Still got all 10 of the novels.

[@Runeseer]

I'm always wary of big screen remakes of shows, with very good reason. However, I think the movie was fantastic. The casting choices were phenomenal. Neeson just seemed to channel Peppard, and Cooper was perfect as Face. Let's not forget that it gave us one of the most recognizable movie quotes; "No, they're trying to fly that tank" A fun scene, which, when later analyzed by experts, turned out to be completely plausible. ...and it was a VERY A-Team thing to do.

[@benhowellthomas]

I agree with Mr.T about the film. That scene was the only good thing about it for me. But, I don't think I laughed harder at anything that year as did for that. That bit was perfection 😂

[@Maddie-zv3gv77]

I love hearing about The A-Team.

[@darylwilliams5734]

Loved the A-TEAM!!!! reminds me of my youth, just recently started watching it again from the beginning, just as good as I remember, just a bit cheesier 😂😂

[@khlavkhalash5215]

no one ever really associated "i pity the fool" with the A-Team, it was always Mr. T.'s catchphrase, even parodied by himself

[@RiktorchyA]

That A Team Movie is CRUCIAL!!! My #12 movie

[@brianheaton5521]

Mr. T is a total legit dude. He is a national treasure

[@JibsMotoVlog]

I love those modified M14 on set ♥️

[@ESMaddock]

Those are Ruger Mini 14s, which (no surprise) is just a shrunken semi-auto M14.

[@Tiffany.1970]

I know the GMC A team van the producers toned down the shiny van so tv cameras etc won't be seen in the vans paintwork when. Filming began as before it was easy to spot cameras etc in the glossy vans shine 😁

[@BillLykken]

Very good video. BUT Mr. T did have his own Saturday Morning Cartoon.

[@iainhewitt]

A lot of the animosity between Peppard and T was because the A-Team was created *as* a vehicle for Mr T, following his breakout role in Rocky 3. Mr T's star was in the ascendency, while Peppard's was waning.

[@StoffelDilligas]

Disappointed that a second movie wasn't made. I really was against it when I heard of it. But when I saw it, it was brilliant. Three out of the four castings were spot on and two of them were stand out, the fourth was near enough. As for the original series, no one gets hurt? I remember an episode were B.A gets injured and another when Murdoch also is injured. I believe both were shot.

[@billblake9665]

Best theme music I still love it

[@Cycle.every.day.]

Letting Melinda Culea go was a mistake , all she asked was to have more to do in the show , her character was in the pilot/1st season and a 1/2/and toyline so deserved her place.

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

She was gorgeous, an absolute knockout. Hiring Marla Heasley was a big mistake, she never fit in.

[@vvanasperen]

I've rewatched The A-Team with my sons. It's true that there's only one on-screen death, but in the episode The Rabbit That Ate Las Vegas, one of the bad guys gets thrown from a high-rise window. I couldn't remember this scene, but after seeing it again, there's no way that guy could have survived. 😉

[@MSimmonsAZ]

I was 8 or so when it premiered. Dad and I would count how many cars flipped over each episode.

[@DADDYDAYCAREIRELAND]

I literally watch the first episodes last week on tv just put of bed and was on and near went back in time

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

My favorite character was Murdock. Dwight Schultz was actually the best actor on the show. Versatile, he was the only character that demonstrated more sides to his personality than just 2. He could sing, and despite his joking around he could be very serious when the situation asked for it.

[@MadCatPerson1977]

I read somewhere that Dirk Benidict got the inspiration for his surname from the dish, Eggs Benedict.

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

Correct. Dirk's real surname is Niewoehner. His agent, while having breakfast with him to discuss the part for the A-team, saw Dirk eating eggs benedict. So, he suggested Dirk change his performers name to Dirk Benedict.

[@katmac532000]

Most accurate replica van, but with the wrong mirros 😂

[@jamessharkin]

If you have a problem, if nobody can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire, the A-Team.

[@adamwyatt9748]

💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@999hireactionvehicles9]

Great information, I built a replica on a modern day VW van which is has been copied across the world

[@j.tshark3313]

The problem with Dunigan he look a lot younger than he was. Benedict is 10 years older than him and looked old enough to have spent 7 years in the armed forces

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

The movie was awsome we need a sequel

[@xy-horror]

The A Team, Will Never have an equal.

[@Lee.k1975]

I ain't gettin on no plane.

[@RobertGregory-ix6hs]

I like 👍 the a team 😮

[@ThunderWarrior01]

Three years ago my mother in law and brother in law bought me all the figures complete with tools and weapons and the Playmobil A-Team van for Christmas oh and the A-Team annual too

[@Lucifer2.0287]

Didn’t have cigars but I lit a nice spliff

[@j.tshark3313]

With the movie. Cameos by Schutlz and Benadict were cut but put back in when released on streamers

[@aumarigan]

Except for a few episodes in the first season, there were no fatalities in this iconic tv show. 3:48

[@ThunderWarrior01]

I pity your choice for “Guest Stars” as nearly every episode had actors of serious recognition ie: John Saxon, Clifton James, William Smith and Sid Haig…and they were just a few from the first five episodes. As for Murdock’s name it’s more than likely Henry Mack Murdock, Hannibal calls Murdock Henry in episode 11 of season 3

[@tomcoty5886]

I had such a crush on Melinda Culea

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

She was a knockout, absolutely gorgeous. Heasley was the big mistake.

[@MarkBowenPiano]

Henry Mack Murdock. B.A. did used to say things such as "I'm going to kill you, fool" and other such lines which is also why people get confused.

[@Poulusma]

I always thought that H.M. Murdock stands for Howling Mad Murdock 😅 Okay, it doesnt sound like a real name.

[@amykryptonite]

You're right,it is howling mad.he should do some better research

[@bradfry5403]

I'm sure Mr T didn't own the gold neck chains, I have seen a documentary where you see them on display in the shows producer's house.

[@Dronston]

Do Hill Street Blues please.

[@Bastard_Operator_From_Hell]

I grew up in Germany during the 80s and can say for a fact, I saw most if not all episodes of The A-Team in Germany. Not sure where this only 26 episodes were allowed comes from.

[@thatred]

The ARD only aired 26 Episodes in 87. RTL bought the rights in 1990 and showed the rest of it. I think each had different intros.

[@Bastard_Operator_From_Hell]

Thanks for clarifying. I remember RTL did have a lot of episodes.

[@TessieLangford]

The A-Team van was in Twice''s Bulldozer K-Pop music video

[@RRR-is3rf]

Dirk Benedick said A-Team creator made the face man role for him after he seen Dirk play starbuck in Battlestar Galactica but NBC said he wasnt good looking enough. Creator faught NBC to give him the role after the pilot.

[@majorprofit]

The show never really did it for me. Might have to do with the explosions. I did enjoy the episodes that i watched when it was on TV. So i knew who Mr T was. My favorites are Automan, Knight Rider and last but not least Airwolf (as i wrote the word i hear the theme music in my head). Magnum was a show i watched from time to time. What looked like and probably is warmer weather and the palm trees (in Swedish palm trees is one word) made a lasting impression. Well, also Higgins of course.

[@SuperNmolnar]

I new all of that. And I might add you got 1 of your facts wrong 🙄. Either way thanks for sharing!

[@Clannluan]

I was aged between 8 and 11 when I originally watched The A-Team... and never have I noticed that the top half of the van was grey!!! WTF!!!... I feel like I've just fallen into a different reality! hahaha .... On a side note, having rewatched in recently, Im pretty sure the van in the Liam Neeson movie is all black?!

[@trip2themoon]

B A always stood for Bad Attitude.

[@RUBBER_BULLET]

I had the toy van; until my older brother convinced me to destroy it 'for a bit of fun.'

[@RaymondSingh-um4dw]

George Peppard was jealous because he didn't get his own cartoon on Saturday mornings

[@jamesbonnen]

PER PARD!!!

[@Colonel63]

I watched MR T refute the claim that him and Peppard didn't get along.

[@anonymouse7164]

Re-running the whole series on 'Legend' at the mo for those that want to revisit :D

[@voteDC]

The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas. Gianni Christian would disagree with the no death in a episode.

[@Roachie1982uk]

Steven j carnell has B'A's Gold on display at his house 😎

[@adamwyatt9748]

I’ve got the blue uk novel somewhere

[@dandangsxr]

I love the fact that The A-Team is being shown on tv again, on the legend channel. Unfortunately, generation woke got involved, and there's actually a warning before the show starts!!! 🙄🤦‍♂️

[@dolwolfianphotography]

Best ever one with Magnum P.I.

[@Cta2006]

H.M Murdock stands for Howlin Mad Murdock

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Big w need to reissued the figurines and kmart would be awsome

[@gordoeinstein]

Whistle the intro once and enjoy your brain for the rest of the day.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Better than anything trailer swift has done.

[@machupikachu1085]

Dammit! There goes my day. Thanks for that.

[@garyburnett1638]

At work in the van when the driver would go round a corner a little fast passenger would always sing ,Der da da Der ,

[@IMAnonymous-yr7mz]

Where did he get his info???

[@ThunderWarrior01]

My problem with the movie was Face gets the arse because he couldn’t plan a mission and Hannibal gives in and lets him plan the big one and as fans of the show remember Face never planned anything apart from getting the girl.. that small point honestly ruined the movie for me

[@BeardLAD]

I’ve got the ammo crate

[@Rob_1776]

Loved the A-Team still do! Watch it all the time! But it isn't graphic enough for me! Hannibal and Murdock are my favorites!

[@rockywatchesmovies]

It was my favourite as a kid. I watched the 1st season last week, still a great show.

[@Rob_1776]

​@rockywatchesmovies Yes, I agree! Shows like this are better than the crap on TV etc. today! 60s 70s and 80s and some 90s TV and movies over and over is all I watch!

[@proudvirginian]

FIN!

[@miriamgreen3973]

So, the devil walks into a bar 😅

[@farendor4780]

HM IS Howling Mad Murdock

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

I had the HotWheels toy of the van, and yes, it was all black. Also, the red stripe came off very easily.

[@BeardLAD]

HM = Howlin’ Mad

[@rmeav8er677]

Not sure number 10 is correct. We were never told when the mission was. They were sent to prison in 1972. Crime could have been before that.

[@mrsunshine6936]

I’m sure a character dies in the series 1 episode in Las Vegas. And David McCallum’s character and Face’s father in Series 5. Unless it’s meant that they had to be seen dying like Fulbright.

[@NemesisRTCW]

You actually see the guy falling from his highrise condo, and him floating face down in the pool. That to me counts as an on screen death. (Though he was killed by his henchman, not the team)

[@mrsunshine6936]

@@NemesisRTCW Fulbright wasn’t killed by the team, either. Wasn’t there also a death in the episode with Boy George? A sheriff was seen with blood on his head?

[@NemesisRTCW]

@@mrsunshine6936 Yup, the real sheriff was killed by the fake one and his accomplices who ran the bar.

[@Strange_Armour]

I have many happy memories of The A Team. When I saw the movie, I couldn't help shedding a tear when they killed the van. Why did you kill the van? WHY ? 😭😭😭😭😭

[@djdeemz7651]

How cool would a spin off film about the A-team bump into Rambo and we find out they were part of the same squad and they go on a rampage and take out an entire city full of thugs .. this needs to be an AI made movie it would be nuts

[@Brett_is_Veng]

the death fact is incorrect, in one episode a charachter is killed trying to stop poachers, their sister then hires the A team to bring the poachers to justice

[@xTerminatorAndy]

is that "on-screen"? the quote was no "on-screen deaths, except for ..."?

[@StGeorgeofuk]

Watched an episode that lasted three days once… teens and shrooms eh

[@johnfnoone3164]

What about the game warden in Africa

[@thebaron9059]

You're right, but his death was deliberately off screen. 'Bull' Fulbright hammed up his great death scene on screen, and it's great.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

In the movie they destroyed the van

[@michael1968-m9b]

we know all this

[@DeutschlandGuy]

Wow... I didn't think it could be possible for me to care any less about the A-Team. Thanks for proving me wrong. 🤣

[@rockywatchesmovies]

My pleasure, I aim to please 😉

[@Terry-Fire]

Swamp thing

[@jameswright...]

All that is well known common knowledge 😂

[@apb3251]

3:50 there is an episode where Face gets shot and looses lots of blood and is close to death. How can you have missed that kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaSxo6SPaMeWiLcsi=f0US5jIjKG4qZ7lA

[@sirBrouwer]

The joke is that the A team was in a way more known outside of the US then inside. Like the first time they came to the Netherlands they could just not understand how much people came to just see them walking of the aircraft. That must have been in the 90s as that was when they started to be aired here and they are quite often rerun with stil people enjoying them.

[@MarkJohnson-ro1ed]

The A-Team is a show for teenagers.

[@thomascefalo938]

Have to say it, but I preferred the show without the female cast

[@Jwjmcc]

Murdock was always my favourite not mr t

[@trevormorby]

Thumbs down as the title says 20 things I never knew. You not want to change it to, 20 things about the ateam everyone knows?

[@rockywatchesmovies]

I believed I was psychic, maybe I was wrong?

[@MrComradebuttons]

Fire Mr.t ...that would of ended the show lol you do what he says. We don't care if you're lactose intolerant, drink that milk if Mr t asks you too