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Jerry Lundstrƶm 
That Old Guy with the Beard
The Turtle@IanAMartin @catsalad they wanted to put him in a Pontiac Trans Am, and he said naw, it wouldn't fit the character, so he got a plain Firebird. The clock on the dash was probably not in alphabetic order.
@the_turtle @catsalad It seems odd that a Firebird and a Trans Am would be seen as different personality types, but being alive at that point I can reassure myself (and anyone else who might care) that they really were.
@IanAMartin @catsalad i think it was mostly that James Garner saw the character as more of a working stiff and the Trans Am upgrade would cost the character a lot more than the character would spend, particularly if they went whole hog and got the 455 High Output engine and all. Kinda like if they gave Columbo a Lancia instead of that gray old Peugeot 403 that looked like it leaked.
@the_turtle Excellent explanation. He might drive a Dodge of some sort, for instance, but it wouldnāt be a Charger for the reason as the Firebird / Trans Am you explained. Makes perfect sense.
Eljorgeabides@the_turtle @IanAMartin @catsalad
Like they did with sunny crocket in Miami Vice
@the_turtle @IanAMartin @catsalad
I'm kidding, no way a cop can afford a Ferrari
@eljorgeabides @the_turtle @catsalad They explained the cars and the cigarette boats by claiming they were all āseized assetsā that the cops were using as cover.
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@IanAMartin @eljorgeabides @catsalad miami vice was to actual cop activity what Disney World is to actual Europe.
@the_turtle @eljorgeabides @catsalad The best thing was waiting for Edward James Almos to stare stoically out a window, raise a walkie-talkie to his mouth, and say āā¦go!ā Excellent stuff, and guaranteed to happen no less frequently than in every other episode.
@IanAMartin @eljorgeabides @catsalad somebody should make a supercut of that, like they did for "Mad Men" .
Mad Men: Don Draper Says "What?"
@the_turtle @eljorgeabides @catsalad Somewhere just past the Ā½-way point, I thought āis this a loop, orā¦ā and then what were clearly fresh moments appeared.
Genius.
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