This week join Jonathan and Steve as they discuss early 1980s television protagonists who each have a Vietnam background. We talk about when representations of Vietnam vets began; some differences between ’70s and ’80s depictions; and have a little fun with the TV tropes associated with representing the Vietnam experience.
- Cast of Magnum PI during their tour of duty in Vietnam
- Rick, TC, and Thomas Magnum in Vietnam
- leads from Simon & Simon
- still from the intro to Simon & Simon
- Michael Long renamed Michael Knight whose metal plate acquired in Vietnam saved his life
- cast of the short-lived Riptide
- The A-Team in Vietnam
- The known A-Team on trial for robbing the Bank of Hanoi
- title card for Miami Vice episode: Back In the World
- Miami Vice’s Sonny Crockett in Vietnam
- Airwolf title card from show’s intro
- Cast of Airwolf including at right: Jan Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke
- TV’s MacGyver – season 1
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