And tragically, the A-Team didn't reunite in order to torture, mutilate and eventually kill the abhorrent jizznozzle that is Justin Lee Collins. posted by flashboy at 6:57 AM on October 12, 2007
I'm going to go out on a limb and, based only on his picture on Wikipedia, go ahead and call Justin Lee Collins a dumbass. But I'm open to being proven wrong. posted by DU at 7:00 AM on October 12, 2007
I've always thought he was an abhorrent jizznozzle too, and that programme that he appears in on Friday nights may be the biggest stinker on the box, but I saw him in an episode of the Convention Crashers, where he becomes a Tom Jones look-alike for a convention of look-alikeys in Las Vegas, and my attitude towards him began to soften. It became really important to him to do a good job of pretending to be Tom Jones, and he wasn't half bad. It made a real change from most of the snarky stuff I see c-list celebs doing on TV.
Unfortunately, this lulled me into a false sense of security, and so I then watched Bring Back Grange Hill, which was the direst thing I've seen all year. posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:02 AM on October 12, 2007
Cue horrible Hollywood remake in 5...4...3... posted by jeblis at 7:05 AM on October 12, 2007
Cue horrible Hollywood remake in 5...4...3...
And how would you be able to tell the difference? posted by Thorzdad at 7:11 AM on October 12, 2007
An A-Team van sold for $18,032 at auction in March.
I pity the fool.... posted by Floydd at 7:49 AM on October 12, 2007
My point is nostalgia is dangerous.
*whacks four panels upside the head with a vintage 1983 Pee Wee Herman talking doll, still in box*
Yeah, you're right. I guess it is. posted by miss lynnster at 8:02 AM on October 12, 2007
almost every car crash there is a short take showing the occupants of the vehicle climbing out of the mangled/burning wreck (even in helicopter crashes)....this part of the show did become a running joke for the writing staff and they would at times test the limits of realism on purpose
This is one of the reasons I used to watch the show. How often can you watch a jeep completely explode and flip over several times, then watch the occupants climb out and walk away without even a scratch? posted by eye of newt at 8:06 AM on October 12, 2007
The whole show was a running joke wrapped around a collection of running jokes. If it wasn't the worst multi-season show in the history of television, it's hard to think of one worse. Maybe Three's Company, but we've already covered that ground here. posted by psmealey at 8:18 AM on October 12, 2007
It was deliberately campy which added to the fun. I would take an episode of A-Team over any of the so-called reality crap which passes for TV fare these days. posted by caddis at 8:43 AM on October 12, 2007
Cue horrible Hollywood remake in 5...4...3... 2...1 posted by designbot at 9:08 AM on October 12, 2007
Uh, the release date is 2002 in that link, DesignBot.
Not a bad cast line-up... except Gibson. posted by jeffamaphone at 9:13 AM on October 12, 2007
I noticed when I watched this the first time around the Face Man appeared to be wearing make-up when he was 'surprised'.
Oh and at one point Justin Lee Collins accent slips; yes, he really does put it on.
I seemed to remember BA came out with some dignity, god knows how. Oh and if you've not seen it before, his great Snickers Ad. posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:34 AM on October 12, 2007
four panels: "Airwolf, Knight Rider, Street Hawk, A Team. . .
Just because you watched it when you were young doesn't mean it's wasn't shitty television."
Well, we watched them in college but in our defense we were drunk at time. "Yay, the tires are making that sqealing noise even though they're on a dirt road, everybody drink!" posted by octothorpe at 9:41 AM on October 12, 2007
"I love it when a plan for a plan coming together comes together."
Stuffo has already done the legwork for a recreation of the A-Team, in real life, using Craigslist LA. Why bother with the original actors, who are probably all old and shit?
I cannot believe I kept watching. Both the show and this youtube fest. Why does it seem like he's channeling the croc hunter (and I mean more his relentless claptrap than the accent).
Nostalgia is dangerous. Haven't the baby boomers taught us this long ago? if you rewatch a show seen during youth expecting it to elicit the same reaction, you're nuts, or [more hopefully] still young. posted by Busithoth at 9:48 AM on October 12, 2007
I actually had to follow some of those links, since I thought Dwight Schultz's name was familiar. I would have never believed that Lt. Barclay was one of the guys from The A-Team. posted by evilangela at 10:01 AM on October 12, 2007
Oh you all can hate on the A-Team all you want, but you have to admit, that it had one of the best openings ever. The cheesy narration, the bullet holes cutting the name, Face seeing the Cylon, all of it.
Especially the music. That theme song is what plays in my head when I'm being awesome.
The show may have been crap, but it was life changing crap to the 12 me who watched it. posted by quin at 10:25 AM on October 12, 2007 [2 favorites]
that should read "the 12 year old me..." posted by quin at 10:27 AM on October 12, 2007
Especially the music. That theme song is what plays in my head when I'm being awesome.
They just don't make theme music like they used to. posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:38 AM on October 12, 2007
Because Husky & Starch has already been remade? posted by Kirth Gerson at 10:38 AM on October 12, 2007
His distinctive West Country accent and "cave man" image are amongst his trademarks.
So, he's like a British Tim Allen? posted by mrgrimm at 11:07 AM on October 12, 2007
Especially the music. That theme song is what plays in my head when I'm being awesome.
I remember a gang of us singing it out loud, back when I was student loading scaffolding on and off a lorry (for a student ball, not making anti-mafia tractor/cabbage throwing machine unfortunately)
Hey ZachsMind... I totally forgot I even HAD an hsx account until you said that! I opened it in 2000 or earlier, I mean forever ago. And I didn't even remember what stocks I could've possibly still had on there, I haven't checked it in at least 9 months. So I went to check it.
Well wouldn'tcha know, instead of the A Team I apparently invested in another tv remake... the Get Smart movie. And my friend, I seem to have your shirt. Got a net gain of $2 million on that one stock. Thanks, Steve Carell!
Alas, if only the decimal point in my hsx net worth of $31,394,135.21 wasn't like four or five digits off of my real net worth... posted by miss lynnster at 7:44 PM on October 12, 2007
MiltonRandKalman, that dutch audience looked very confused... posted by miss lynnster at 7:48 PM on October 12, 2007
I went onto the internet archive to check out people's haikus on that page. I'm kinda not wondering why that page isn't active any more. Many were written by the same three people. Stuff like...
The career for me:
Human vivisectionist
How gross can you get?
Floating out to sea
Sally Struthers' burned corpse;
food for tiny fishies.
Oh my dear sweet Lord
I seem to have killed my Mom.
Oh well, fuck the bitch.
I hate you so much
I wish there was a real hell
so you could burn there
I can't say nigger,
because my skin is not black.
That is stupid, huh?
I'm sensing some tension in these poets' souls. posted by miss lynnster at 8:01 AM on October 13, 2007
Hey Miss Lynnster! I just invested in Lucy Liu's vehicle, a remake of Charlie Chan. Maybe if I forget HSX exists for a few years I'll come back and get my shirt again! =) posted by ZachsMind at 6:45 PM on October 13, 2007
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