The Tumultuous History of The A-Team: The Fights, The Firings, The Cancellation

[@ZombieFBody]

A-Team, Knight Rider and Airwolf were my holy trinity as a kid in the 80s.

[@snidelywhiplash1285]

Mine was Knight Rider, Airwolf, and Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer(the original one not that sorry Canadian remake in the late 90,'s, sorry Mr Keach)

[@at0micwerew0lf]

Yes!! Airwolf was so good!!

[@dellshonewilson6187]

True

[@forgottengrooves6073]

Can't forget Magnum P.I. and Riptide.

[@fausto412]

You and me both man!

[@Frank_D]

My favorite thing about the A-Team is that they pretty much solved every problem by building a tank.

[@richardm3023]

...and shooting guns in the most reckless and idiotic ways.

[@Arvaniz]

Wait... they were Soviets? :-P

[@DanakarEndeel]

Everything can be solved by building a tank! 😜

[@RPowell1980]

It was very thoughtful of their enemies to always lock them up with everything they needed to escape.

[@wyldelf2685]

Loved the A-Team ,,when they built stuff ,they were MacGuyvers before there was a MacGuyver ,,

[@kevinwaddle447]

I visited Universal Studios when they had the A-Team stunt show. 10 year old me thought it was the pinnacle of human achievement. Years later and I'm still not quite sure if 10 year old me was wrong.

[@MapleJames76]

10 year old you wasn't wrong.

[@johnnymonsters9717]

Better than Pirates of the Caribbean im sure

[@AMPryce]

Trust 10 year old you. He knew the truth. Childhood honesty is REAL! 😂

[@dy120481]

Your taste in human achievement is only trumped by your spelling of the word "sure".

[@sgstyle65]

I saw the same stunt show as a kid, I only wish we still had the home video recording of it. I remember there were dune buggies, and a bad guy got thrown into a dumpster that was lifted by a garbage truck. No one seems to have video of that stunt show.

[@LoganCharlesII]

Watching the tv show you'd never know that George Peppard and Mr. T didn't get along. They had good chemistry onscreen.

[@autobotstarscream765]

If Peppard was as bad as Dan says, then the reason is obvious: Mr. T and evil don't get along.

[@tomlevier3615]

I was going to say the same thing. Hannibal and B.A. looked like best buds on the show. I think Peppard's ego got in the way.

[@RemyJackson]

According to Dirk Benedict, the feud was one sided. While George Peppard didn't like Mr. T and refused to talk to him off set, Benedict claims Mr. T found the entire situation funny

[@djassassinuk]

Until that last season ....

[@djassassinuk]

Peppard just hated being upstaged by someone that to his perception was not a classically trained actor.

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

This isn't just a historical toy channel, it's a recovered memory, it's a time machine for good feelings, Toy Galaxy, we thank you. ❤️

[@rosembergarias50]

Mr T's cereal didn't pity the roof of my mouth..... Ffffooll.

[@MonkeyboysToys]

Hahahaha😂

[@wstine79]

Did you eat it off of Mr. Breakfast?

[@johnnymonsters9717]

U wasnt strong enough or didnt love ur mom enough FOOL

[@mightyfilm]

Just buy Cap'n Crunch. It's the same thing, like most of their cereals. I remember when they rebranded Mr. T cereal as Tiny Toon Adventures cereal. I think they just added an O and an N shape to spell "Toon."

[@jamesoblivion]

The 1989 Batman cereal was likewise just bat shaped Cap'n Crunch.

[@rosmundsen]

I was aboard a US Navy destroyer that made a port call to Brunei in 1990. The Sultan's son made a visit to see the American ship, he arrived in a copy of the A-Teams van.

[@Cakebattered]

Given the insane car collection the Sultan of Brunei had, no one should have been surprised.

[@barfyman-dm6zx]

@@Cakebattered The only collection that dwarfs the Sultan of Brunei's car collection is his insane porn collection. I mean that thing is good.

[@MrInvinciblewarrior]

@@Cakebattered as such, it was likely one original production car

[@sspotter1978]

@@barfyman-dm6zx Did you see his browser history? Yikes.

[@barfyman-dm6zx]

@@sspotter1978 I did! I didn't even know 'Tiger Porn' was a thing.

[@eric1800es]

The best part was how they’d always get captured. Then the bad guys would invariably say: “ lock them up in the welding and fabricating shop with all the pointy shit.. No way they could break outta there.” 5 minute montage later. Tank.

[@MWhaleK]

So true!!

[@timrankin8737]

All the pointy shit. OMG THATS FUNNY.

[@bigneon_glitter]

_The A Team_ was to Gen X '80s kids what the _Fast & Furious_ franchise is to Millennials/Gen Z today. Vin Diesel has yet to have his own cereal. Mr T wasn't simply an actor playing the character "Mr T" , he _was_ Mr T. Heck of a thing that our heroes in the '80s existed in a blurred line between fantasy & reality. What a magical time to be a kid.

[@lewisgraham4174]

So the Mr T is pretty much what the Rock is today lol

[@valdotorg]

@@lewisgraham4174 he’s like a cross between the attitudes of Hulk Hogan and the Rock.

[@yakuza01]

Yeah, and this is why I think that is one of the main reasons the remake with Liam Neeson never took off. The FF team had already filled the spot leaving no space.

[@bigneon_glitter]

@@lewisgraham4174 Not quite, "The Rock" is the WWE character & stage name of Dwayne Johnson, actor - and the real world difference is clear. Mr T was the character "Mr T" - a public persona/one man brand - and the world was his stage. In the 80s, no one knew Mr T's real name - no one cared - he was just "Mr T", 24/7. This was kind of the nature of celebrity itself, prior to the internet. Removed from instantaneous exposure, celebrity benefited from a space of mystery - you didn't know where the artist began & the character ended - and everything in between became the legend. Mr. T was, in essence, one of the last American folk heroes. Weirdly enough.

[@lewisgraham4174]

@@bigneon_glitter it's only in the last decade or so that the Dwayne Johnson transitioned from being "The Rock". Prior to that a lot of his first movie outings billed him as the The Rock or Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Granted everyone knew his name well wrestling fans did but he was still the Rock to most people. That's why the meme of Dwayne Johnson looks like the Rock exists.

[@henrymatos9551]

“I love it when a plan comes together!” Truly one of my favorites shows. Well presented.

[@vicman3122]

This show is HYPER POPULAR in Latin America, I know that there are a lot of countries in the region that still have re runs of the show on their tv chanels, this show is best know there as Los Magnificos

[@RoTenken]

Cucurucho!!! Brownie Points to who know this.

[@MegaRayland]

In Argentina it was called “Brigada A” (Brigade A).

[@playlandlocal7849]

Yes. Here in Argentina is know as Brigada-A

[@bufetearaujodieck9765]

So true

[@snidelywhiplash1285]

It's real popular among terrorist as a great comedy. They laugh hysterically at every firearms battle scene at how bad a shot former American soldiers are because no bad guys ever got killed.

[@markstevens9249]

One minor note, in 1993 Benedict and Schultz tried to get a reunion movie organized, they'd just about got Mr. T to say yes, and Peppard was debating it and almost said yes when his health declined a few months before his death.

[@mikemcgee5950]

Would have ben the greatest movie ever made.

[@TheLAGopher]

That could have worked as a series of television films the same way other 70s series such as the Incredible Hulk, The Six Million Dollar Man, and the Rockford Files got new lives as tv movies of the week. I just don’t see any studio wanting to make an actual film adaptation In the early to mid 1990s where the ATeam doesn’t kill any of its foes.

[@TheRealSpiderMew]

Back when i was 18 and in community college, one of the guys who was in the theatre program with me had one of the vans used on the show. It was one of the stunt vans used for jumps. It had most of the insides stripped out and was made to be extra light. This particular one had landed in water when it was sold off, it sat around a few places until the guy i knew bought it and fixed it up. It was still a wip last time he gave me a ride in it, but it was really cool to be in one of the vans that one of the A-team's stunt drivers used.

[@TitularHeroine]

Holy cow. Frikkin awesome.

[@MrMarkzilla]

When I met Dirk Benedict at a convention a few years ago he told me that he got to "borrow" Face's 'Vette every weekend he could, even sneaking it out of the Universal lot, and he missed it like a friend when they took the car off the show telling me he "had many happy times driving around in that car." Great guy to talk to, full of stories and he signed the annual I had when I was about 10 years old. He went through the entire annual with me pointing out moments in the stories and chatting about the original (and best) Battlestar Galactica.

[@favoritemustard3542]

I would SO listen to your interview (recorded with your Fisher~Price Cassette Recorder aka Magnetophone!)

[@MrMarkzilla]

It was just a chat at a convention that went on longer than anyone would expect. Dirk is a great guy to talk to but I didn't record it on anything.

[@wstine79]

"I love it when a Toy Galaxy video comes together."

[@Firebrand1967]

Ok...that was cute.

[@corkyduke8673]

Crazy FOOL! lol

[@dwiggins1]

"Always on the Jazz!"

[@dwiggins1]

I loved the ATeam Stunt Show!

[@anerrantknight8077]

When I got married, one of the aspects I would not compromise on was that when my wife and I entered the reception, it had to be to the A-Team theme. I lost the pre-wedding joust and being able to wear a suit of armor, but my wife agreed to the entrance music.

[@HisNameWasCrazy]

I remember being annoyed even as a 5 year old that the toy A-Team truck had the words "The A-Team" in big lettering on the side because it wasn't like that in the show. The 6 inch figures were pretty cool though. The 3 inch figures however sucked and were also instrumental in me finding out there was no Santa Clause as I saw my dad putting them in my stocking while I pretended to be asleep :)

[@christophersummers1939]

same with kitt toys and the "knight 2000" livery

[@akaJughead]

Yes! I hated that too, like we were too stupid not to realize what it was.

[@TitularHeroine]

@@akaJughead And also that the heroes doing any sort of clandestine ops would ever realistically think of labeling their vehicles like that.

[@britishbulldogsvsthehartfo5677]

mahmahafro3000, plot twist: he wanted you to see him putting those 3 inch figures in your stockings so you would stop whining about santa claus bringing you the wrong toys

[@_savageasfck_]

Too bad the logo wasn't on the actual van... Would've made Colonel Decker's job so much easier 🤣

[@Vesperitis]

Fun fact, Sharlto Copley was such a huge fan of Mr. T as a kid he celebrated the man's birthday in South Africa, and the second movie he acted in after District 9 was in A Team.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Talk about going from strength to strength. It's a shame we never got more we should have had at least a trilogy by now if not more.

[@JimmiHoevring]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA....... Wait, that wasn't funny...

[@JonTripp115]

The A-Team theme was so good, it was two awesome theme songs in one. First was the awesome fanfare, then came the RIFF. Either one alone would have been a classic.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

That’s the unbridled genius of Mike Post.

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

Can't help but notice how you can hear a bit of the A-Team in Quantum Leap's theme. Also, the "believe it or not, I'm walking on air" part of The Greatest American Hero theme (which predates the A-Team) sounds similar if you hum it. All Mike Post's work.

[@triciac.5078]

@@behindthescenesphotos5133 thank you, I d always wondered why they all sound kinda the same.

[@markelijio6012]

@@RobCamp-rmc_0 The television theme song was nominated for an Grammy Award in 1985.

[@kildogery]

This is why I watch more KZbin than TV.

[@rayneoftera]

I'll take it a step further, this is why I watch KZbin and no TV.

[@kildogery]

@@rayneoftera KZbin is hooked up to my TV. I'm not watching shit on a 15" screen like some sort of idiot.

[@Spectre-wd9dl]

Watch youtube on a TV. Bam.

[@julioagua]

Pepsi released a set of glasses with the A-team in the 80's in Argentina, in the same way they did with Robotech, The Pink Panther, The Smurfs and Thundercats... you had to exchange a certain amount of soda caps and some money to get one.

[@MegaRayland]

There were tons of promotions like that back then. I ended up with several collections. Good times...

[@chaseman94]

Too bad they never did a crossover episode with Knight Rider. Thankfully I had the toys to make that happen.

[@retro7924]

Man, that would have been a crossover and a half. Maybe we could have got some Lee Majors and Lindsey Wagner in there too.

[@rubinx8589]

Oh! That would be awesome!😊

[@bryanelam7431]

I hear ya! Being a kid in the 80's was RAD!

[@stickiedmin6508]

Just think about the kind of incredible TV that could have been created, had some executive just found a random eight year old with a decent toy collection and an imagination, and given them a budget . . .

[@rubinx8589]

@@stickiedmin6508 Probably be the best Saturday morning show in history!🤔👍

[@paulware4701]

One of the main reasons we loved the A-Team when it first appeared was that they filmed their own action sequences. By this point, every "action" show on TV seemed to be reusing film footage from cinematic releases that the TV companies owned. The A-Team looked big and expensive and like the people making it cared about the audience.

[@markelijio6012]

The A-Team was not only been an hit TV show that ran for 5 seasons on NBC from 1983 until 1987 with 98 episodes and honored 3 Emmy Award nominations, but this also been an troubled production that caused a lot of problems including several cast members such as George Peppard and Mr. T who didn't get along neither Tim Dunigan, Melinda Culea, William Lucking, Carl Franklin and Marla Heasley as well as numerous artists and technicians. It was cancelled in the spring of 1987 and seen on syndication which became an cult classic.

[@doublep1980]

I recently re-watched the 2010 remake with Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper & Sharlto Copley and it's one of the few remakes of 80's shows that actually worked. It's a shame the movie bombed financially, I would love a sequel with the same cast.

[@AndrewLuke]

It was a lot of fun.

[@anthonybranch4712]

My wife and I just watched the movie (again) last weekend. Yes, it is more violent than the TV show, and that's because it's a FEATURE FILM intended to be a summer blockbuster. I still think the 4 main actors each got the spirit of their roles SO right, it's astounding. Still a really fun movie.

[@olivedrabwool]

Technically, it didn't bomb. It made its money back but it didn't make enough to justify a sequel. And also Joe Carnahan probably pissed off the studio.

[@AndrewLuke]

@@olivedrabwool oh? I don't know Joe or the studio to know why that would be the case. Could you elaborate?

[@olivedrabwool]

@@AndrewLuke well, he went from directing big summer blockbusters to directing straight to video movies, if I remember correctly. His ego probably got in the way or he crossed some studio exec.

[@gaulergolf]

Theme song still makes me want to run around the house pretending my hands are machine guns. Awesome job as always guys.

[@goblinoidfilms7119]

Man, we ate this up like sugary cereal, and were the perfect age at the time to just think this was the coolest thing ever on TV, next to maybe Airwolf. Oh, and I think Dwight Shultz is an incredible actor, huge fan of his work.

[@Adino1]

This and Knight Rider

[@DWOMT]

I recommend checking out the KZbin channel "Lampoonery!" when you get a chance. There's some episodes on that channel where the channel creator combinbed the A-team, AirWolf, and Knight Rider into the same universe with the Fast & Furious.

[@MrClawt]

As a kid Mr. T was one of the coolest people in the world in my eyes!

[@Dargonhuman]

Agreed. As an adult, that opinion hasn't changed.

[@justinweber4977]

He was really big on the internet as a meme in the early or mid '00s. A lot of "Mr. T vs ..." Webcomics were made.

[@Firebrand1967]

He was--and still is. I recommend reading his (auto)biography.

[@MrClawt]

@@Firebrand1967 I need a good summer read, thanks!

[@juano3000]

Fun Fact. In Latinamerica, the B. A. gag was translated to M. A. Baracus. The M stands for Mario, and it tried to make the same joke, by changing the name to Mario "Mala Actitud" Baracus... So actually... Most of latinamericans grew up with Mario Baracus from Los Magníficos (Super Comando in Ecuador). Please, kill me now... 🤣

[@yakuza01]

Hace 10 años, un tribunal militar condenó a prisión a unos comandos por un crimen que no cometieron; esos hombres escaparon del presidio y se instalaron clandestinamente en Los Ángeles; hoy, aunque el gobierno los busca, si alguien tiene un problema, necesita ayuda y puede localizarlos, tal vez pueda contratar a Los Magníficos.

[@macariogutierrez9224]

Awesome!

[@juano3000]

@@yakuza01 jajaja exactamente.. Larga Vida a Mario Baracus 🤣

[@TitularHeroine]

That last line in your comment: We cannot, for we do not know how to hire..... The A-Team.

[@yakuza01]

@@juano3000 En ese entonces en la escuela, nos costaba aprender el juramento a la bandera pero eso si, el prólogo ese de los Magnificos lo teniamos bien memorizado :D

[@jdmjesus6103]

I don't think I've watched the A-team since the 80's but I still quote it almost daily, it was an excellent show, and this was a great episode of toy galaxy!

[@daverage4729]

Just finished watching them showing all five series over the last month. Really took me back to my youth. Strangely enough, still quite watchable. Doesn't seem cheesy like some of the old 80s shows. And that theme...someone was right when they said it needs to be a national anthem!

[@darthphayde508]

I just want to say that I appreciate this channels dedication to showing why the 80s was the greatest decade.

[@Trethar512]

I was today years old when I found out the A-Team van was partly grey.

[@MrInvinciblewarrior]

So crazy, i could have sworn it was always just black and red. Looked a hd scene just now and the grey is not that obvious, but visible. So i expect its just false memory by smaller tvs, less resolution and just visibility

[@jesseperry9602]

Came here to make the exact same comment. And it wasn't because I played with the toys. I only ever had the multipack of the 3.75 inch figures. Never had any of the vehicles. I blame shitty t.v. resolution. Even in the picture Dan used I needed the arrow to point out the grey area or I would've thought it was all black too! lol

[@kpllc4209]

Today was the first day I took the Mandela Effect seriously.

[@pgtmr2713]

I watched a video a couple of years ago on a replica A-Team van. They were trying to get the color right, that's when I learned it was 3 colors. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKnPgpppoN9soqs There's also other film/tv replicas and stuff on the channel. The Robocop Taurus for example. Knight Rider 2000.

[@Dargonhuman]

Even the movie reboot got it wrong as the clips used here show the van being black and red with no grey.

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

One of the best things about the theme song was hearing it remixed for "Full Metal Panic!"

[@chrisbaker8533]

Tokkou Yarou, great track.

[@Vesperitis]

Fumoffu!

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

@@Vesperitis Fumu fufu fumufu! Translation: "I agree entirely!"

[@tiedomi80]

NGL, the mental image of Sagara Sousuke as a fifth member made me chuckle.

[@crw3673]

It's amazing watching these behind scenes/documentaries of TV show and movies, you learn about the shenanigans that happens off camera. You learn why certain characters leave and why certain characters are brought in. Bravo for this!

[@seanv3997]

Flipping Jeeps! Is what that show should have been called. Every episode.

[@timboslice9905]

It was standard fare. Lol. My older brother and I always talked about that.

[@borinightmare]

I had the Corvette with FACE driving it and as a graduation present I had the entire collection.

[@BogeyTheBear]

My favorite quote about Corvettes? "There's one problem with this car: You're never late for _anything."_ (says Face as he and Murdock arrive just in time to help Hannibal and BA out in a brawl)

[@MegaRayland]

The A-Team was, in a way, McGyver before McGyver. I remember as a kid always expecting what crazy invention they were gonna build in the third act to beat the bad guys.

[@tekila00985]

I was today years old when I knew about Peppards behind the scenes problems. Wouldn't have guessed by their on screen chemistry. I loved the gag where Baracus was afraid of flying therefore they had to knock him out to get him to places. I remember that chapter he went catatonic because he got stuck in a plane.

[@Ultrazilla]

Definitely loved the A-Team, and yep remember the final season! I liked the reboot movie and thought it was a shame that a sequel was never done.

[@pious83]

Honestly surprised the A-Team hadn't been covered sooner?

[@Larry]

The A-Team Commodore 64 game is also hilarious because the guy who was asked to recreate the theme tune got it confused with Star Wars!

[@sspotter1978]

That's brilliant. 😂 Those two properties are so alike, I can see the confusion. 😳

[@macariogutierrez9224]

@@sspotter1978 🤣🤣

[@TitularHeroine]

Wow. 😂😂😂

[@Winter_337]

Will this appear in an episode of Fact Hunt, Larry?

[@culturia3555]

Do a Fact Hunt about game musics!

[@davikzoron1779]

Yes!! I was hoping to see A team on here! Thanks Toy Galaxy!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

According to the rumor I just started, the 6th season was going to see Murdok revealed as time-traveling Starfleet officer Reginald Barclay, who thought he was just stuck in a really long holodeck program.

[@andhe]

Or was the enterprise just one of Murdock's delusions?

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

@@andhe 🤯

[@JustinLeeper]

I was a huge A-Team fan as a kid. Mr. T doesn’t get enough respect for being a positive black figure in popular culture. Strangely, I don’t remember owning much merch. Maybe I was just focused on GI Joe and He-Man at the time, and didn’t even consider wanting A-Team toys.

[@22freedom33]

The A-Team remake movie is something I completely forgot existed

[@HisNameWasCrazy]

Trust me, you're better off that way.

[@mrf19741]

Continue to suppress it, it's for the best.

[@MantisRapture]

I secretly sort of like it...the cast is kind of amazing, the action is fun (sometimes stupidly so). I randomly re-watched a few weeks ago - it's a full on turn-your-brain-off, watch with a massive hangover kind of film. Saying that, I can't really remember that much about it.

[@syafiqjabar]

It was one of the best 2010s action movies, forgotten only because the F&F movies (its only equal on terms quality) were from a more popular IP.

[@badhareday7509]

I'm still amazed how they managed to move the Cologne cathedral to Frankfurt just for that one scene at the station.

[@rogermorris9696]

I was a member of The A Ream Fan club, but I tuned out of the last series. It felt to me like a whole new show and took away my favorite bits of the show, the fist fights and mad machines they made to stop the bad guys.

[@toddjones1480]

I think A Ream is a category at the AVN Awards.

[@JonDoee2343]

I watched this all of my childhood and just now realized that B.A. has Jump Wings. There is no freaking way that dude ever got into a plane let alone jumped out of one.

[@maxhocks2006]

Theme song was amazing. And any kid that watched the show wanted to go on adventures with the a-team.

[@mikemcgee5950]

Still do

[@MrBeardsley]

I’ve always loved The A-Team, in part because I literally grew up with it since it premiered on my first birthday. Some of my earliest memories are sitting in the living room watching episodes my parents had taped for me (it came on after my bed time) and playing with the Ertl die-cast cars. I had BA’s van (of course), Faceman’s Corvette, a generic military Jeep and a military police patrol car. Occasionally they’d mix it up with my Ertl Dukes of Hazzard set.

[@wizeguy26]

Amy felt like the little sister of the group. I liked her. Man oh man.

[@80srocknroller]

MacGyver The A Team Miami Vice Hunter Knight Rider Magnum P.I. T.J. Hooker Airwolf Cagney & Lacey Simon & Simon My Top 10 of 1980's TV action and adventure series

[@Wis_Dom]

Mr T is great guy with good morals, everyone says nice things about him. So i doubt it was him being a jerk. And the mere fact that he could've smashed George Peppard's face in with one hand but took the high road, is one example of this.

[@TitularHeroine]

In those days, too, doing so wouldn't necessarily have gotten him fired either. No 'net, more tolerance for bullsh*t, and he was the main draw.

[@Desslar]

I doubt Mr. T or any actor would normally consider facesmashing as a means of settling on set disputes.

[@redred4594]

@@Desslar Christian Bale has entered the Chat. People actually had to hold him back. Most actors are highly sensitive and highly volatile from a combination of high stress, tough working conditions and sometimes just plain elitism. So what you said is completely untrue. And Mr T was body guard beforehand. So it's not like he wasn't use to doing it.

[@Desslar]

@@redred4594 Sure Bale got a little heated, but there wasn't any fight. How often do you hear about major actors having fistfights on movie sets? That would be all over the news. Not saying it never happens, but it's certainly rare.

[@redred4594]

@@Desslar A little heated? LMAO! Way to downplay the issue. First, you said you doubt it happens, NOW you're saying it happens but it's rare...you just want to be heard and argumentative. Stop changing the topic narrative to sound correct after being wrong. That's childish. Let it go. LOL!

[@DanakarEndeel]

I really enjoyed watching the A-Team episodes as a kid and even remember that they came to the Netherlands at least once (or twice?) to answer questions and have some fun/safe stunts. Like the A-Team van (probably a replica on loan in the Netherlands) crashing through empty boxes or B.A. Baracus attempting to drive over two 'illegally parked' cars in a tracked vehicle they had hired for the event (but he didn't know how to use the levers that controlled the vehicle so the operator next to him drove over the cars while Mr.T just punched air. The thing I did notice from when they came to the Netherlands was that George Peppard was always missing. Only the actors portraying B.A., Murdock, and Face came over. I guess George declined because of the long flight or the amount of money offered to appear perhaps? To this date it is still a series I fondly remember and still something I'd like to own on blu ray someday (if the box set wasn't so darn expensive all the time).

[@greenlanternhg5141]

The A-Team has it’s own magic and it can’t be replicated, it is one of my favorite shows to this day and I would’ve to seen more in other media/franchises like a G.I. Joe crossover in comics or action figures or something 🤔...I miss that show Great video Mr Larson, Producer Greg MP 👍🏽✌🏽

[@OOdhamhorde]

Mr. T acting as Mr. T. Reminds me of that vine "water melon inside a water melon" Haha. Love this! I ❤️ Mr. T!!!!

[@jamesward6930]

The A team. The show that made me less scared of vans as a kid.

[@ricardoaguirre6126]

I was born after the eighties but was fortunate enough to watch re runs of the A team in my teens.

[@DeckyStrikesBack]

Frankie is underrated and completely forgotten.. hes not even on the season 5 dvd cover. Lol Always feel sorry for that dude.

[@AndrewLuke]

I recall googling 'dishpan' and 'dishpan man' and got nada. I'm guessing it means washing dishes, someone who washes dishes? Frankie was the Wesley Crusher I felt. The un-needed wheel. But getting sympathetic, he's the narrative symbol of A-Team 1.0, he was framed for a crime he didn't committ and he doesn't get to see his family or friends but he does get to live in Stockwell's mansion and hang out with Dirk Benedict.

[@djassassinuk]

When I recently watched season 5 and saw Franky all I could think was, "No Way!! It's one of the Rodriguez Brothers from Repo Man!!!

[@chrischandler889]

I recently watched all of the Burn Notice episodes and they introduce a new character late just like Frankie. Even kind of looks like him.

[@SJ-ty5rw]

@@scottm2828 Totally agree ! his character was not needed . The same with Robert Vaughn , even though he was a great ! actor . The first 3 seasons , were the best . After that it started to lose it's quality . Same with Knight Rider .

[@scotthardie5141]

The Peppard subtitles were amazing and hilarious (also sad if true)

[@jemkey6930]

My dad absolutely loves this show. Surprisingly he didn't have any of the action figures, he said they were not as common as Gi joe and Defense force. I loved the new movie and was disappointed that no sequel was made.

[@frannycatcher9]

Something worth noting about the A-Team is its considered the first show to use the Super Bowl as its national lead in. Before this, once the game was over, regularly scheduled programing would resume. Moreover, it's one of the few successful post big game shows, rivaled only by the Wonder Years & Homicide: Life on the Streets.

[@EngineerOfChaos]

In my office there was an abandoned A-Team Board Game that no one knew where it came from. Part of me just wished I took it home before it disappeared when we renovated the place.

[@TitularHeroine]

Oh damn. That was an awesome find and would have been so cool to have.

[@OlneyYouthMinister]

Not gonna lie, I watch the Liam Neeson movie like once a year because it hits the center of the "chill" part of my brain on a Saturday afternoon.

[@kingedwin]

My wife has an A-Team award from a local TV station, which she got by getting good grades in elementary school.

[@leyenda6149]

Your wife is in elementary school? That just gross!

[@abdulsufan3325]

Never ever leave her..

[@jasonpdsi]

The reason why I love these videos is most of the time a memory is sparked of something I haven't thought of in decades. For instance, in this video, Switch Force. I remember Switch Force as being super cool when I was a kid.

[@iIliterati]

Just a quick note: You mentioned that the 2010 film had a budget of $110m and brought in $170m making it seem like it made a profit. However, it's very unlikely it did not. Most studio films have a marketing budget that is roughly the original budget of the film. So, it's like the actual budget for the film was $200m+. Which would make the movie a likely loss leader for the studio for that year.

[@RamonPalomino85]

I love it when starts out with the Alpha team leading the way to soften up the enemy for the -"WTF" teams- Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot teams.

[@TheRogueWolf]

"Hanna-Barbera launched an animated series called 'Mr. T' with Mr. T in the role of 'Mr. T'...." Y'know how when you say or hear a word repeated often enough, it starts losing its meaning in your mind?

[@favoritemustard3542]

Swamp.... swamp.... swamp... swamp.. Swamp.

[@lesliebell4189]

It was Ruby-Spears that did the cartoon. I remember watching it years ago on the old USA Cartoon Express.

[@JLvatron]

The Galoob toy commercial had a cool spoken song, but it used the word “Face” twice, once for the character and again generally at the end; but this literally made the whole song about Face!

[@JLvatron]

Which probably made George Peppard jealous!

[@perdomot]

Loved this show. Murdock was my fave character.

[@DaBuddhaHMz]

I was just a small child, but I loved the show. As an adult, I still do, and I love the movie reboot even more.

[@willmistretta]

Gotta respect T for telling it like it was vis-a-vis the movie rather than just collecting a paycheck.

[@kingsturtevant7578]

I believe it was Melinda Culea who said that Peppard introduced himself with 'hi, I'm George... and I'm not a nice man'

[@y0uTubeUser138]

The fifth season is fantastic. A great idea to expand the origin story.

[@kiwidiesel]

The A Team will forever be a part of me watching it while growing up and of course B.A's classic like "you crazy fool" In New Zealand we had a commercial screened many years back for Snickers Bars which featured Mr T doing some of his best one lines ever.

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

Not only do I love the old show, but I even loved the 2010 film. I feel Joe Carnahan captured the spirit of the show while updating it at the same time. I wish that they had made a sequel.

[@artzreal]

"Esquadrão Classe A" in Brazilian means "Class A Squadron". In Portugal they called it "The Soldiers of Fortune", but they didn't double the voices like in Brazil, Spain, France, Italy and other countries, it was all translated with subtitles, hence our English is commonly better, as a kid I knew how to speak before High School Language lessons.

[@am234523]

THIS is literally my childhood!!

[@vincentfranklin17]

After Rocky 3, the main reason I watched The A-Team was Mr. T. A correction: The animation company that produces Mr. T.'s cartoon was Ruby-Spears, not Hanna-Barbera. The late Joe Ruby, and the late Ken Spears, worked at H-B as writers. They created Scooby-Doo, Where Are You, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder,and some others, while at H-B. In 1977, they formed their own animation company. They created shows like Fangface, Thundarr, The Barbarian,and the aforementioned Mr. T. cartoon.

[@Cygnus888]

I must be a weirdo. For me the best team member was Murdoch...

[@okasathemasterninja5528]

He was so funny. I used to like it when he would get Mr. T Mad. 😄

[@BogeyTheBear]

There were episodes when Murdoch had to pull the weight of the team by rescuing the others or, in those cases Hannibal was the one separated from the group, it was Murdoch who came up with the plan.

[@chrisw6164]

They were all great. Perfect casting.

[@jamessteinberg77]

One of my favorite 80s shows - it still holds up today! I remember my dad buying me a Mr T action figure when I was 7 to try to cheer me up (I had chicken pox). All 5 seasons are currently streaming for free on Roku.

[@Undrave]

The corvette was actually a rental car. They would rent it the day of shooting and bring it back in the evening without telling the rental place what they were using it for :p

[@Lastwhitelf]

Face pointing at the cylons in the opening sequence is one of the best quotes ever.

[@lennymutt]

One of my favorite shows of all time! I'm still kind of surprised that they never did an A-Team/Knight Rider crossover of any kind. They were Vietnam vets and Michael Knight was also a Vietnam vet and I think it would have been cool to see all of those characters play off of each other. I mean Murdock interacting with KITT would be great to see.

[@evandavid2816]

And BA insisting right until the end of the episode that 'Cars don't talk, you crazy fool...!!!'

[@svenm4740]

During that time it would have been quicker to count the stuff on TV that did not have a Vietnam veteran in it. Airwolf, Magnum, that detective stuff with the robot are others there being a vet played a big role.

[@75aces97]

@@svenm4740 Riptide, you mean? Also Sonny Crockett, Simon & Simon. Wasn't MacGyver also a Vietnam vet? Yeah pretty much any action show of the time starring lean, square-jawed "manly men" in their late 30s had at least one VV.

[@svenm4740]

@@75aces97 That's the one, thank you. As far as I remember MacGyver was not a veteran, but seeing your other examples he may have been the only one^^

[@seszw6159]

You mentioned Greatest American Hero, now you need to do a history of for it. I grew up on that show.

[@JustPlayTheGame76]

I mean, once the "A Team" was captured that was the end of the series. Say what you want afterwards but the show ended when they were captured.

[@HisNameWasCrazy]

I thought it ended with the Boy George episode :)

[@TJ52359]

Season 5 Definitely felt like a 'post-script' season, watching as a kid I could feel that, even if I didn't know the terminology...

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@TJ52359 Basically it was over and they were just "going through the motions" at that point. And from the sound of the tension going on behind the scenes no surprise there.

[@MrInvinciblewarrior]

I only realized that the show went on after the court case years later. Such a blast to have a full more season - such a disappointment, especially frankie

[@AndrewLuke]

It's impossible tough not to read it as, 'The A-Team sold out to The Man'.

[@richardreynolds13]

I remember seeing A Team action figures in a Sears catalog

[@zenbrown9692]

I'm surprised Dan left out Mr.T's match against Roddy Piper at WrestleMania and his recent figure in the Masters of the WWE Universe toyline

[@favoritemustard3542]

It's a good fig, too! Heroic Pitier Of Fools

[@sstrykert]

I thought that's the Beast Man mold?

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@sstrykert Armor & left gauntlet is Jitsu based, right gauntlet, o'course, Fisto. If you're looking @ his legs, they're just his red WrestleMania pants. He is a bit of a beast, though!

[@MiiDev69]

I remember waiting for a crossover of the A-Team and Knight Rider.

[@OctoberFifteen]

Guys, I really love the solid blast of nostalgia I get from these excellent videos, but it really should've been "Marla Heasley in the role of Tawnia Baker"...

[@duh2886]

I have to mention that here in Latin America (Colombia) we always had achuckle when Melinda Culea's name came up. The word Culea (culear -v.-) actually means "butt action*" in Spanish. Being a kid in the 80s was awesome.

[@TheRealVolk]

I bought the A-Team soundtrack on CD at Media Play, when I was in high school. Sadly, none of these are still around anymore. Fun soundtrack tho. It made the show.

[@gcooper642]

I only found out this week that the guy who played Barclay in Star Trek TNG was in the A Team. I was too young to watch it when it was on TV, but I remember older boys at school dressing up as the A Team for Halloween. I think that was the year my turnip lantern went on fire. Yes in 80s UK we used turnips as lanterns.

[@pennygadget7328]

I so get you. I have only one Dwight Schultz action figure, and it ain't from The A-Team!

[@retro7924]

That's how Jack O Lanterns were originally made by the Celts.

[@pjlusk7774]

He also, um, went off the deep end a while back and is now a right-wing radio guy

[@gcooper642]

@@pjlusk7774 No way! He seemed so nice in interviews is seen.

[@harrisonosirrah]

@@gcooper642 you can be right wing and nice. Make up your own mind instead of judging people off labels.

[@graefx]

Feel like a new A-Team movie would have the same kind of energy as F&F movies. Casting was great but how do you even remotely cast Mr T

[@Dargonhuman]

You can't - it's like trying to replace Robin Williams in Aladdin, you either completely redo the character or don't even bother. That said, though, Quinton Jackson did a fantastic job I feel. It's clear that he tried to stay true to the core of what made Mr. T so iconic while still making the role of B.A. his own.

[@mightyfilm]

You haven't lived until you've seen the Sesame Street A-Team parody with Ryan Reynolds as the letter A and Telly Monster as B. A. Baracus. Even managed to make a "I ain't getting on no plane" joke. Other than that, I'm disappointed they didn't make the Mr. T cartoon a kiddy version of The A-Team. The closest we'd get to that was G.I. Joe Renegades.

[@Erok9]

The movie was alot of fun, You can't fly a tank, unless your the A-Team.

[@Dragonrider1227]

I agree. It has issues but it was legit trying and everyone felt in character which is a lot more than I can say about most movies based on old tv shows

[@Vesperitis]

I honestly don't know what was wrong with the movie. The action was crazy, the characters were hilarious, the acting was stellar, and the direction was solid. I daresay it was better than the Fast and Furious movies, maybe even some of the MCU ones too.

[@LtCaveman]

@@Vesperitis Oh it was most def better than the F&F movies. I think it was too early. If it dropped now, it'd be a hit.

[@syafiqjabar]

Sharlto Copley going in and out of his South African accent also added an extra dimension to Murdock's instability.

[@joseanlugo.official]

Alpha. Mike. Foxtrot.😎🎆🎆🎆

[@RemyJackson]

I always figured the reason the team was never shown to kill anyone was due to them being fugitives, any killing they committed would be treated as capitol murder if they were captured

[@Desslar]

It was very rare for heroes to kill anyone on TV on those days. I’m sure Airwolf chalked up some kills, and Miami Vice surely did, but the A-Team was a more family friendly show.

[@robuck35]

You have to wonder how and why the A team became the A Team with such displays of horrendously in accurate close range small arms fire.

[@pious83]

They were objectively worse shots than Storm Troopers.

[@Jbugx]

I like to think they were never trying to hit the bad guys only make them duck for cover. It takes more skill to fire at and intentionally miss. Confusion was the main way to get the job done. Also dead bodies can't go to jail for the crimes they commit.

[@benjaminolson7206]

Any old team can save the day by actually hitting things with bullets. It takes the A-team to do it with stormtrooper accuracy.

[@5roundsrapid263]

@@Jbugx Exactly. It’s called cover fire. That’s what soldiers are taught to do in combat with machine guns.

[@Scrumtralecent]

That Billy Joel reference was insidious. I'm going to have that song in my head for days!