Show Notes Episode 490: Miami Vice Vice BabyThis week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in hot water with his boss over his constant screw ups and is told to turn in his microphone and podcaster badge   (Which is just some toy Jeremy got out of vending machine and told Dave it was “official”) On the show this week we head back to the 80’s to talk about a television show that took America from 70’s beige to 80’s neon pastels, Miami Vice!Along the way we discovered that Dave really wanted to Fish from Barney Miller growing up.  Then we dive right into a brief history of the Vice Squad in America.  (Turns out it was mostly about policing people white people didn’t like! Who Knew?) Then we meet the people who made Miami Vice, from the NBC executive who had a vision. (Literally: MTV Cops) to the actors, costume designers, music supervisors to the guy who faked the Ferrari! We see how the show changed American fashion and made the Miami Drug Wars a tourist attraction.  (Fucking Americans, man!)Our Sponsor this week is the Miami Chamber of Commerce who wants to set the record straight.  We open the USA Network announcing they are running Miami Vice and close with Marty Ray who is rollin’ in his 5.0Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common SenseThe Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.socialThe Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQThe Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrqOur Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.comPatreon:  https://www.patreon.com/WhatthehellpodcastThe Show Line: 347 687 9601Closing Music: https://youtu.be/YC3IxxYsIN8?si=upfE7XITDgKwiksfBuy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shopCitations Needed:The Racialized History of Vice Policinghttps://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4085&context=facpub#:~:text=Vice%20policing%20maintained%20the%20property,segregation%20and%20preserving%20white%20property.NBC.com Miami Vicehttps://web.archive.org/web/20080423035720/http://www.nbc.com/Vintage_Shows/Miami_Vice/about/index.shtmlMiami Vice at 40: An Oral Historyhttps://www.televisionacademy.com/features/emmy-magazine/articles/miami-vice-oral-historyBreaking the Pastel Barrier: How ‘Miami Vice’ Changed Menswear Foreverhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/miami-vice-michael-mann-costume-designers-interview-menswear-1235961920/ORLANDO VICE HOW CLOSE IS ‘MIAMI VICE’ TO REAL LIFE? CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINKhttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/12/15/orlando-vice-how-close-is-miami-vice-to-real-life-closer-than-you-may-think/Dancing With the Televisionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080726120455/http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/mill/1998/11/09mill.htmlHow Miami Vice launched the ’80s on TV, then died with its decadehttps://www.avclub.com/how-miami-vice-launched-the-80s-on-tv-then-died-with-1798232906Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices