Miami Vice
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Miami Vice was a popular television series that aired from 1984 to 1989. The show was parodied on Sesame Street in a recurring sketch, "Miami Mice", as well as in a comic featured in Muppet Magazine issue 14.
Miami Vice star Don Johnson appeared on the cover of Muppet Magazine issue 16.
Baby Fozzie and Baby Rowlf parodied the show in the Muppet Babies episode The Frog Who Knew Too Much.
Fraggles Look for Jobs, a 1987 wrap video for Fraggle Rock, has a poster of the two stars in the background.
Connections
Actors who have played featured roles in Muppet/Henson productions and who have also appeared on Miami Vice include:
- Larry Block appeared in "Heroes of the Revolution" (1987)
- Chris Cooper played Jimmy Yagovitch in "Mirror Image" (1988)
- Laurence Fishburne played Prison Guard Keller in "Walk-Alone" (1986)
- Jamie Foxx played Ricardo Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation
- John Leguizamo appeared as Ivan Calderone in "Sons and Lovers" (1986), Orlando Calderone in "The Afternoon Plane" (1987), and Angelo Alvarez in "Victims of Circumstance" (1989)
- Sam McMurray played Jimmy Walters in "Calderone's Demise" (1984)
- Belinda Montgomery played Caroline Crockett (1984-1989)
- Liam Neeson played Sean Carroon in "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" (1986)
- Austin Pendleton played Max Rogo in "Yankee Dollar" (1986)
- Little Richard played Marvelle Quinn in "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" (1985)
- Chris Rock played Carson in "Missing Hours" (1987)
- Jaime Sánchez played a Grocero in "Smuggler's Blues" (1985)
- Jimmy Smits played Eddie Rivera in "Brother's Keeper" (1984)
- Ben Stiller played Fast Eddie Felcher in "Amen... Send Money" (1987)
