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Glenn Frey on Miami Vice
Today is the anniversary of the broadcast of Glenn's appearance on Miami Vice. In another thread, I mentioned how I bought the entire first season of Miami Vice just to view that one episode.
Well, guess what, guys! I found out today that you can stream the single episode for only $1.99 in high definition rather than have to buy the whole season to see it! Follow the link below to enjoy!
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Smugglers-Blues/dp/B000W4QIAK[/ame]
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Very cool! I already have it, but if I didn't, it would definitely be worth $1.99 to see it. It is very entertaining, IMHO.
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Wish I had time to watch it tonight :weep:
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I'm a Miami Vice fan. Great atmosphere, music and characters. And Glenn makes it even cooler! I love Glenn's performance in that episode.
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Whose betting it's not available here?
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Glennsallnighter
Whose betting it's not available here?
And definitely not for $1.99. :smile:
Or even £1.99.
(Or possibly even 1.99 Euros?)
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Geez, you think these guys would get with the program and make things available outside of North America. In the internet era, we are a global community now more than ever.
Along those lines... Sorry for only listing it in U.S. dollars. We are such an international board that converting it to the different monetary units of various members is a bit too time-consuming!
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sodascouts
Geez, you think these guys would get with the program and make things available outside of North America. In the internet era, we are a global community now more than ever.
Along those lines... Sorry for only listing it in U.S. dollars. We are such an international board that converting it to the different monetary units of various members is a bit too time-consuming!
I never expected you to go that far, Soda. :smile:
My comment was a reference to the fact that in the UK we are unlikely to get it for the equivalent of $1.99 (currently about £1.26) or even £1.99 (currently about $3.15). Then I suddenly realised that I couldn't remember if GA lived in Northern Ireland or Eire, so had to add Euros as well. :grin:
There is quite a difference in costs between the US and UK. e.g. download of a single song from Expando in the US - 99cents. Equivalent cost in the UK - $1.40.
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I'm in the Republic UKTF! So its Euros! To be honest though $1.99 would be quite reasonable for me to stream it however it translates!
Thanks for the conversions though!
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UK TimFan
There is quite a difference in costs between the US and UK. e.g. download of a single song from Expando in the US - 99cents. Equivalent cost in the UK - $1.40.
And in NZ that same song would cost the equivalent of US$1.99 - so double the price for virtually no additional cost to iTunes. :cuss:
And no it's not available overseas: here's the extract from Amazon Instant Video Terms of Use:
6. LIMITED TO U.S.
Due to restrictions placed on us by our content providers, we are currently only able to make the Service available to customers located in the United States. We regret that you may not use the Service if you are outside of the United States. "United States" refers to the 48 contiguous United States, the District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii.
:tonguewag::cuss:
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That stinks! I just watched it last night and he's really good in it. When I first saw it, I didn't realize he was having a crazy Vietnam flashback when he was telling Crockett to shoot the street thugs. Once I got the show in high quality and saw his face - I got it. It added a whole new level to it.
I know this is a poor substitute, but you can see a few short clips here:
http://www.glennfreyonline.com/solo/.../miamivice.htm
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Originally Posted by
sodascouts
That stinks! I just watched it last night and he's really good in it. When I first saw it, I didn't realize he was having a crazy Vietnam flashback when he was telling Crockett to shoot the street thugs. Once I got the show in high quality and saw his face - I got it. It added a whole new level to it.
I know this is a poor substitute, but you can see a few short clips here:
http://www.glennfreyonline.com/solo/.../miamivice.htm
I love his performance in that episode. My favorite scene is the one where he and Crockett are back in the room, talking about how many buddies they lost in Vietnam. You just want to give him a hug.
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I know. That whole segment is great - it's one of the two I have on the site. When they come in, Glenn's character Jimmy is so blase about Tubbs being captured that he's lighting up a cigarette when Crockett comes out of nowhere, throws him against the wall in anger and frustration, and Jimmy barely reacts. He doesn't even let his cigarette drop. He just talks Crockett down and that's when you find out that his attitude comes from seeing so many friends die in Vietnam.
You know, this is a bit off-topic, but it seems the entertainment industry today for the most part doesn't want to go there with the veterans of the wars in the Middle East. Yeah, it's discussed on the news, but you don't have characters in shows talking about it. By contrast, I remember in the 80s, every drama had a Vietnam vet in it and some were the stars (Miami Vice, Magnum PI, etc). Heck, The A-Team was built around it. I wonder if we'll get shows like that once we have more distance from the wars in the Gulf, or if the entertainment industry will continue to shy away from the issue. After all, the attitudes towards servicemen now is a lot different than the attitudes towards them in the 60s and 70s. They don't get spit on by protestors anymore.
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sodascouts
I know. That whole segment is great - it's one of the two I have on the site. When they come in, Glenn's character Jimmy is so blase about Tubbs being captured that he's lighting up a cigarette when Crockett comes out of nowhere, throws him against the wall in anger and frustration, and Jimmy barely reacts. He doesn't even let his cigarette drop. He just talks Crockett down and that's when you find out that his attitude comes from seeing so many friends die in Vietnam.
You know, this is a bit off-topic, but it seems the entertainment industry today for the most part doesn't want to go there with the veterans of the wars in the Middle East. Yeah, it's discussed on the news, but you don't have characters in shows talking about it. By contrast, I remember in the 80s, every drama had a Vietnam vet in it and some were the stars (Miami Vice, Magnum PI, etc). Heck, The A-Team was built around it. I wonder if we'll get shows like that once we have more distance from the wars in the Gulf, or if the entertainment industry will continue to shy away from the issue. After all, the attitudes towards servicemen now is a lot different than the attitudes towards them in the 60s and 70s. They don't get spit on by protestors anymore.
I think it's the 20-year cycle. M.A.S.H., about Korea, came out in the 70s. In the 80s, they started talking about Vietnam, including putting out shows like China Beach and Tour of Duty. We might have a little way to go yet timewise before they'll come around to the various Gulf wars and Afghanistan.
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That sounds like a really good episode. I wish we had Miami Vice reruns on the TV.
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I just rented Disc 5-Season 1 of Miami Vice just to see this episode with Glenn in it. Whew! The heat coming out of my TV when he came onscreen! Lord have mercy! Fan me off.
Seriously though, he was good on that show. I just wished that he could have made it to the end.
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In the UK, it's possible to rent just Disc 6 of Series 1, which is the one with Smuggler's Blues.
There's a writeup of the episode at CHUD: http://www.chud.com/51327/the-miami-vice-experience-15/
(I'm still working my way through Eagles history).
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At 4 PM today, on an obscure channel called "Esquire" The Smuggler's Blues episode is being re-aired. I'm watching while I write out my Christmas cards. :thumbsup:
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So, 4:00 your time is 3 here and I'm still at work! Dang!
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Darn!!! I'm heading home at that time.
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My favorite line -- when "Jimmy" is talking about his plane:
"She may look like a cow, but she runs like a stallion." :hilarious:
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Brooke
So, 4:00 your time is 3 here and I'm still at work! Dang!
That's one advantage of working from home!
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I got the first season on Miami Vice on DVD at a used book store for 6.00 and the episode is there very cool to see him on there
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I don't know if everybody has the Centric channel, but Smuggler's Blues is coming on again on that channel at 9:00am (this is Central time) on December 16th. I DVD'd it so I will watch it on Monday when I get home from work. That's what my guide said when I was looking up Miami Vice.
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I bought the entire Season 1 DVD set of Miami Vice for this one episode. I love it!
Back in the day I wasn't allowed to watch the show because mom thought it was too full of sex, drugs, and violence... so watching this was the first time I had seen ANY Miami Vice episode EVER. Not a bad little show.
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Its funny. My mother wouldn't let me listening to pop, rock or country music growing up. I could only listen to rap and R&B, but she was ok for me to watch the A-Team, Miami Vice, Dallas and The Dukes of Hazard. I didn't get that. Eeven though, I was like in elementary school when most of these shows were on air or about to end, I remembered watching some of those new episodes.
Even though I was way too young to even watch Miami Vice, I think it was ok.
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Isn't it funny the lines they draw? I could listen to country or Christian contemporary, but no rock, pop, nothing like that until I was 10. Then I could listen to rock on the radio but I couldn't buy it without permission. I wasn't allowed to watch MTV either.
As far as TV shows, I was allowed to watch The Dukes of Hazard and the A-Team, but only after Mom gave us a lecture about how despite what these TV shows portrayed, the police were our friends. ;) Dallas, Dynasty, those kind of shows... forget it! Basically, any shows were off-limits which showed people having sex, getting killed, or doing drugs (stunningly, on the A-Team, nobody ever died. Who knew it was so hard to hit people with a machine gun.) After 13, though, I could watch whatever I wanted on TV. Mom and Dad were on the other side of the world! lol
Actually, looking back, I think it's pretty sweet that she cared enough to be so diligent.
But I digress! The "Smuggler's Blues" episode is pretty violent, when you think about it. It's also interesting in that it makes you feel bad for the drug dealers whose families get blown up, rather than having the more straightforward drug-dealer-bad-guy (although we get a couple of those, too).
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I didn't start listening to country, rock and pop until I was 14, but I still wasn't allowed to go to a country show. And then going to an all black school growing up, you didn't want to say you like to listen to country, rock or pop. LOL
You know. I don't remember Glenn on Miami Vice, but I definitely remembered YBTTC. I also remembered him in Wise Guy, but that's another story. LOL
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shunlvswx
I don't know if everybody has the Centric channel, but Smuggler's Blues is coming on again on that channel at 9:00am (this is Central time) on December 16th. I DVD'd it so I will watch it on Monday when I get home from work. That's what my guide said when I was looking up Miami Vice.
Do you have sky? And if so what channel is it and I can record it on the box.
The only thing my Mom wasn't happy with us watching was Dallas, and even then by the age of 12 I was babysitting for neighbours most Saturday nights anyway! AND they had colour TV (We only had B&W!). At that point she gave in! As regards music there were no restrictions but our supply was limited enough as my parents were more into Classical music and at the time pop music was expensive to buy (even with Babysitting money!lol)
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shunlvswx
Its funny. My mother wouldn't let me listening to pop, rock or country music growing up. I could only listen to rap and R&B, but she was ok for me to watch the A-Team, Miami Vice, Dallas and The Dukes of Hazard. I didn't get that. Eeven though, I was like in elementary school when most of these shows were on air or about to end, I remembered watching some of those new episodes.
Even though I was way too young to even watch Miami Vice, I think it was ok.
You could listen to rap? I think that's the absolute worst music of all! If you can call it music! jmo!
I'm thinking I'll just have to buy the season dvd......
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Brooke
You could listen to rap? I think that's the absolute worst music of all! If you can call it music! jmo!
I'm thinking I'll just have to buy the season dvd......
I don't listen to rap anymore. I stopped listening to rap when it was getting very dirty and too much cursing. I like old school from the 80s to early 90s. Now today's rap, I hate.
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Glennsallnighter
Do you have sky? And if so what channel is it and I can record it on the box.
The only thing my Mom wasn't happy with us watching was Dallas, and even then by the age of 12 I was babysitting for neighbours most Saturday nights anyway! AND they had colour TV (We only had B&W!). At that point she gave in! As regards music there were no restrictions but our supply was limited enough as my parents were more into Classical music and at the time pop music was expensive to buy (even with Babysitting money!lol)
Sorry, GAN. I don't have Sky. I'm in the US.
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Thanks for reviving this thread, HH. I'm sure it's going to shock everyone, but I love Glenn in this show. I need to spend some time again soon re-watching Glenn in some of his acting roles. BTW - I love how in the HOTE doc, when Don is talking about MTV and says something like, I'm a singer and a songwriter - I didn't want to be an actor ... Then the camera immediately switches to HH's favorite scene of Glenn acting in this show. Very subtle, huh? :thumbsup:
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Brooke
I'm thinking I'll just have to buy the season dvd......
The power of suggestion. Just a mention of it being on the tv was enough for me to check out the price of a used copy and my hand slipped. (Under £5 including postage).
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Originally Posted by
shunlvswx
I don't know if everybody has the Centric channel, but Smuggler's Blues is coming on again on that channel at 9:00am (this is Central time) on December 16th. I DVD'd it so I will watch it on Monday when I get home from work. That's what my guide said when I was looking up Miami Vice.
I just looked and I do get Centric...I'm excited...I've never seen Glenn in any of his acting roles...can't wait to see it!!
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If you have the Centric channel, don't forget that Smuggler's Blues will be on this morning at 10:00am Eastern/9:00am Central. I have my DVR set to record while I'm at work.
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UndertheWire
The power of suggestion. Just a mention of it being on the tv was enough for me to check out the price of a used copy and my hand slipped. (Under £5 including postage).
:lol:
Of course I forgot to even check to see if I had the station! Too busy a weekend for me! :roll:
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We were talking about this in a couple of other threads and I just found it on NBC's official site to stream for free, if anyone would like to do so:
http://www.nbc.com/classic-tv/miami-...s-blues/n30552
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Thanks Soda! I've been wanting to see this again.
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Thanks Soda! I'll have to try to watch that too!