Philip Michael Thomas

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q528839: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) (1984).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Hill Street Blues (1981): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) (1984), which they acted in: Hill Street Blues ⇒ Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) (the host's read). Hill Street Blues raised TV through writing and performance; Miami Vice added the cinematic look on top of that standard.
“try to write, like, Hill Street blues level scripts and have real grounded performances and make it all look fucking awesome.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:16:28 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (1) everyone in acting

actor (Tubbs), Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Miami Vice - Pilot Episode)

Other (1) everyone in other

what-if casting (sergeant), Domestic Disturbance (The Rewatchables, ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Philip Michael Thomas → David Caruso. Offered as a legacy comparison: a TV star whose ego allegedly got too big (speaker later retracts the Don Johnson variant).
“I feel like his legacy is now one of those examples of like, oh, he was like a David Caruso where his, like, ego got too big because of the show.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:42:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Philip Michael Thomas: He coined EGOT, later was a psychic hotline spokesman replaced by Miss Cleo, and sued over it.
“He was the spokesman for the psychic readers network and was only replaced by Miss Cleo.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:45:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)