The writers could have made up any name for Stiller’s character, but they chose to name him Fast Eddie Felcher
And Ted Nugent! (Although not an unknown.) (And then I’m watching the clip for the episode with Helena Bonham Carter, and the opening credits finish with “and Brad Dourif”. Holy cow.)
Yes, but did any of them get a chance to say, “What do you say we guys go down to the beach, and shoot some clams?”
Miles Davis, Leonard Cohen, and James Brown also showed their faces in MV.
Came for Cohen.
Frank Zappa too.
Not to forget Frank (weasel dust) Zappa
I’ve been watching the first seasons of Law and Order, and aside from realizing that I really really need a Lt Van Buren in my day-to-day life, to help me know what leads to follow up on when, I’ve been enjoying the hell out of seeing virtually every one of my favorite characters from The Wire (and other HBO shows) when they were moonlighting as young perps or shady defence council.
A fairly comprehensive list of interesting folks who appeared in Miami Vice:
John Turturro
Pam Grier
Chris Rock
Ving Rhames
Gene Simmons
Penn Jillette
Eartha Kitt
Little Richard
Frankie Valli
Miles Davis
G. Gordon Liddy
Iman
Dean Stockwell
Jimmy Smits
Ed O’Neill
Bruce Willis
Michael Madsen
Terry O’Quinn
Glenn Frey
Leonard Cohen
Haing S. Ngor (from “The Killing Fields”)
Mark Linn-Baker (Larry from “Perfect Strangers”)
Phil Collins
Emo Phillips
Kyra Sedgwick
Ted Nugent
John Heard
Harvey Fierstein
Michael Richards
Frank Zappa
Bianca Jagger
Roberto Duran
Tommy Chong (of Cheech & Chong fame)
Gary Cole
Richard Belzer
John Leguizamo
Liam Neeson
Paul Gleason
Laurence Fishburne
Ron Perlman
Charles S. Dutton
Willie Nelson
Steve Buscemi
Stanley Tucci
Bill Paxton
Wesley Snipes
Don King
Willie Colon
Helena Bonham Carter
Brad Dourif
Vincent D’Onofrio
Viggo Mortensen
Annette Bening
Lou Diamond Phillips
Melanie Griffith
George Takei
Benicio Del Toro
Ben Stiller
Brian Dennehy
Isaac Hayes
James Brown
Sheena Easton
R. Lee Ermey
Harry Shearer
Chris Cooper
Julia Roberts
Amanda Plummer
Michael Chiklis
Karen Black
Dennis Farina
Edward James Olmos
I’ve just started watching The Wire myself, and frankly, every other cop show I’ve ever seen pales in comparison.
“The Shield” is also quite good and should not be missed.
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