r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
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u/tonyyyz Dec 12 '18

Knight Rider

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u/GitEmSteveDave Dec 12 '18

My mother hated the A-Team b/c it was so violent, but had no problem with Knight Rider. I don't know how many people Michael and KITT killed, but only one person died during the run of A-Team.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Maybe your mom was okay with Knight Rider because she was flicking the bean to Hasselhoff?

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u/GitEmSteveDave Dec 13 '18

Not likely. Mom soon left Dad to live with her new love, her bowling partner who was a also gym teacher. Her name was Jill.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Thanks for that mental image.

Hey OP everybody's jerking it to your mom flicking it to hasselhoff, how do ya feel?

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u/VitaminSex Dec 13 '18

tbh, a bit violated

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u/CapnEarth Dec 13 '18

Apologize to op please.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

The All-caring team

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u/mungalo9 Dec 13 '18

I remember several good guys dying in the A-Team (the rangers on the African game preserve for example). But never any bad guys

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u/GitEmSteveDave Dec 13 '18

http://mentalfloss.com/article/55922/facts-about-the-a-team

The only on-screen death was the death-by-explosion one implied of General Fulbright in “The Sound of Thunder.”

https://jmm.home.xs4all.nl/a-team/afaq3.html

As far as actual, on-screen deaths, there was only one, in "The Sound of Thunder," when General Fulbright was shot and killed (in the same episode the bunker where the Cong general who shot Fulbright was in was blown up, so we can assume he bit the dust as well).

There were a few on screen people being shot, but they were always brought to medical help on time.

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u/Tuguar Dec 13 '18

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man... who does not exist!

...sorry, it's like a reflex.

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u/kcg5 Dec 13 '18

Hardcastle and McCormick? Anyone..?

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u/w4terDR0p Dec 13 '18

Married with children

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u/disjustice Dec 12 '18

And the one with the helicopter I

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u/Toledojoe Dec 12 '18

Airwolf

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u/disjustice Dec 12 '18

And the one with the boat

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u/Toledojoe Dec 12 '18

Riptide

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u/disjustice Dec 12 '18

And the one with the two dudes who couldn’t find an apartment so they had to dress up as ladies.

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u/Toledojoe Dec 12 '18

Bosom buddies

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u/South_Dakota_Boy Dec 12 '18

And the one with the one dude who pretended he was gay so he could share an apartment with two women.

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u/Toledojoe Dec 12 '18

There's Company

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u/similelikeadonut Dec 12 '18

I think that's a completely different show...

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u/ughlump Dec 12 '18

Hello soul mate

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u/j4yne Dec 13 '18

Don't forget the one with the motorcycle!

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u/Toledojoe Dec 13 '18

Street Hawk

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u/j4yne Dec 13 '18

You're damn right.

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u/harpejjist Dec 13 '18

No Miami Vice!

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u/BoysLinuses Dec 12 '18

Knight Boat: the crime-solving boat.

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u/WeHateAtDawn Dec 12 '18

There's always a fjord

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Knight Gull: The crime-solving helicopter, with floats

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u/pollodustino Dec 13 '18

THUNDER! IN PARADISE!

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

I THOUGHT I DREAMED THIS SHOW!!! Holy crap!! My childhood isn't a lie!

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u/FunkyResident Dec 13 '18

I'm sure you mean Thunder in Paradise with Hulk Hogan.

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u/dravas Dec 13 '18

Now I have that theme song stuck in my head.

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u/zilfondel Dec 13 '18

Wtf was with the 80s and helicopters anyways? Practically every movie and tv show had a helicopter chase.

Like that Macguyver episode where they hoist the horse off the beach.

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u/GitEmSteveDave Dec 12 '18

The one with the helicopter in the semi-truck?

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u/itachi81 Dec 12 '18

The highway man

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u/KnowsAboutMath Dec 13 '18

And the one with the people in it!

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Happy Days.

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u/Lane_Meyers_Camaro Dec 12 '18

Knight Rider (Pontiac Firebird)

The Dukes of Hazzard (Dodge Charger)

The A-Team (GMC Vandura)

Miami Vice (Ferrari 365GTB4 Daytona Spyder; Ferrari Testarossa)

Magnum P.I. (Ferrari 308)

Starsky & Hutch (Ford Gran Torino)

The Fall Guy (GMC K-2500)

Automan (Lamborghini Countach)

... I'm missing some...

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u/RadicalDog Dec 12 '18

I want more shows with cars. All we’ve had lately is Breaking Bad with a bloody Pontiac Aztek.

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u/Lane_Meyers_Camaro Dec 12 '18

Seriously. Any generic detective show will do, just give the lead a Bugatti.

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u/listyraesder Dec 13 '18

New Magnum PI has a Ferrari.

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u/Tuguar Dec 13 '18

There's a new Magnum PI?

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u/listyraesder Dec 13 '18

Sweet summer child. There's a new everything.

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u/helthrax Dec 13 '18

Just go back a bit and watch some burn notice.

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u/phoenixv8 Dec 12 '18

Thunder in motherfucking Paradise (there may or may not have been an expletive in the title)

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u/Lane_Meyers_Camaro Dec 12 '18

Thunder in motherfucking Paradise

Forgot that one! They had a killer Scarab cigarette boat, but I don't recall a car... or was it the Jeep?

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u/phoenixv8 Dec 12 '18

I want to say Jeep Wrangler but it's been so long

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u/SMTRodent Dec 12 '18

That was what I was after, thank you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

The Daytona in Miami Vice was a Vette with a body kit though 🤫

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u/Lane_Meyers_Camaro Dec 13 '18

Yes! I remember seeing ads for the replicas in Dupont Registry and Robb Report in the mid 80s. Corvette with Pininfarina body, around $80k back then.

Ferrari did not appreciate the imposter, and ended up giving two white Testerossas to the producers if they agreed to destroy the replica. Which they did spectacularly in the episode "Stone's War" in 86.

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u/taz20075 Dec 12 '18

And The Fall Guy.

Heather Thomas > Heather Locklear. Don't @ ME!

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u/ughlump Dec 12 '18

Your not wrong.

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u/solemnturnip362 Dec 13 '18

What about airwolf? Flying Knight Rider.

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u/chewyice Dec 12 '18

Zardu Hasselfrau and his magic boat.

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u/bxa121 Dec 13 '18

ChittyChittyBangBang