Don Johnson

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q309788: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Miami Vice, the subject film of Miami Vice - Pilot Episode.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Miami Vice (1984); Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) (1984); The Hot Spot (1990); Nash Bridges (1996); Tin Cup (1996); Django Unchained (2012); Knives Out (2019); Dead Bang.

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.

Django (1966): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Django Unchained (2012), which they acted in: Django ⇒ Django Unchained (the host's read). Django is a better rewatch now because Tarantino later made Django Unchained.
    “Django is a better rewatch now because he made Django unchained.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:01 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Hill Street Blues (1981): 1 line

  1. 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)

MTV: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Miami Vice (1984), which they acted in: MTV ⇒ Miami Vice (the host's read). The show began as the legendary 'MTV cops' pitch from an NBC executive.
    “he wrote a brainstorming memo that read MTV cops.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:13:46 · Griffin Newman (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.

ER (1994): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Miami Vice (1984), which they acted in: Miami Vice ⇒ ER (the host's read). Miami Vice's influence made TV look like Mann movies; ER's steadicam is where that finishes.
    “An ER, you've got steady cam shots and that's when it's really done and dusted.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:07:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (9) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Don Johnson → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Johnson's leading-man movie hopes after the show fits the Rick Dalton type.
    “He was a little bit of a Rick Dalton-esque figure.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:54:59 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Don Johnson → Nash Bridges. His durable follow-up was the cop series Nash Bridges, as the old cop who isn't cool.
    “Now I'm like the cop who isn't cool.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:55:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Don Johnson → Quentin Tarantino. Directors who grew up on him now cast him: Rian Johnson, Tarantino, McBride, Hill.
    “all these guys, like Ryan Johnson and Tarantino and McBride and Hill, are all in the age range too, have been like, Don Johnson, that's the coolest guy.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:56:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Don Johnson → Miami Vice. Don Johnson reconciled with Griffith in the Miami Vice ponytail year; his hitman amnesia arc.
    “But Don Johnson is on Miami Vice.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:21:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Beverly Hills Cop → Don Johnson. The movie has pairs of men like Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas driving and looking, only more so.
    “entire scenes of Don Johnson and Philip, Michael Thomas driving”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Don Johnson → Mark Harmon. The network allegedly considered replacing Johnson with Mark Harmon, but Harmon is too cute for the part.
    “Mark Harmon's a little too cute, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:42:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Don Johnson → Richard Gere. Don Johnson is nearly as good a fit; he and Gere were in the same corner for a while.
    “Yeah, and gear were in the same kind of corner for a while there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:09:40 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Don Johnson: The look: white blazer, pastel shirt, no socks, short sleeves, skinny tie.
    “White blazer, maybe like a pastel, like light blue or pink shirt.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:17:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Don Johnson: His Wikipedia page lists two quick annulled marriages and two marriages to Melanie Griffith, the first when she was a teenager.
    “He was married to Melanie Griffith twice and the 1st time was when she was a teenager.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:52:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Don Johnson: At his son's birthday he lets his ex-wife call him a piece of shit rather than lead with the excuse that his partner just died.
    “I love that Don Johnson doesn't defend himself at all.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:02:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)