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archersangel in ohnotheydidnt

ONTVLand: The A-Team (An ONTD original)

Oct 13, 2021 18:15

Near the end of the Vietnam war an elite commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they did not commit. Escaping from a maximum-security stockade and going underground, they operated as soldiers of fortune while running from the Army M.P. and trying to prove their innocence. The A-Team ran on NBC from 1983 to 1987 ( Read more... )

television - nbc, ontd original, 1980s

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hjalmartazar October 13 2021, 22:37:49 UTC

OP, the wikipedia source link seems to be broken, can you fix it? thanks!

archersangel October 13 2021, 22:42:50 UTC

I think I got it fixed. Hopefully I did not frell up anything else in the process.

m14mouse October 13 2021, 22:49:11 UTC

I don't think that I watch A-Team growing up. These were my pre-bedtime shows: Get Smart, Dragnet (mom loved that show), and Mork and Mindy.

marywebgirl October 13 2021, 22:51:37 UTC

I’m 45 and I watched this, but men my age worshipped this show. Like if you want to see a middle aged guy’s eyes light up talk to him about The A Team.

Also in context this came out right after Rambo (1982) when America was starting to get comfortable with talking about Vietnam vets and their treatment by the government and country (and related to my comment above were the fathers to a lot of the audience my age).

archersangel October 13 2021, 23:06:47 UTC

The original Magnum P.I. dealt with Vietnam vets too. But I think some shows/movies were doing the crazed vet living in the woods thing & Magnum integrated it into stories more as "this is what happened" thing and occasionally touched on how it affected them.

fromyourashes October 13 2021, 23:22:19 UTC

i grew up on this shit

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