Since I will be in Miami for New Year’s, I thought I would post a classic clip of Miami Vice. I quickly changed my mind however, when I found this: the opening montage of the Days of Our Lives Miami storyline. (This is so much better!)
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I love how Days unapologetically “stole” from it’s fellow NBC show, Miami Vice. For God’s sake they used “In the Air Tonight” (because as we all know, Phil Collins was like the house band for Crockett and Tubbs). I half expect Chris to show up with an alligator named Elvis (as opposed to a Dimera named Elvis).
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Shannon Tweed-wtf? Who did they think was watching this show? I was little when this first aired but do you think women actually went to their husbands and boyfriends and were like “If you’re a fan of Miami Vice, you’ll really like Days of Our Lives” like it’s some kind of Designer Imposter’s Body Spray?
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Josh Taylor. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I like Josh Taylor. It’s just that Josh Taylor is not Roman Brady. Now, I don’t remember him as Chris, but I definitely was a fan of his on 90210, so it’s a little bit easier to imagine him on the beach, romancing Shannon Tweed as Jack McKay. Come on, you know that Jack was always cheating on Iris anyway.
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Kimberly! I loved her! I don’t care how sad this is, but I used to play Days of Our Lives with my Barbie dolls. One time I reenacted the “Bo kidnaps Hope from her wedding to Larry Welch” with Barbie’s friend, Theresa, Ken (minus the beard) and Barbie’s pink motorcycle. Anyway, Barbie’s friend, Midge was Kimberly since she had red hair. I would later go on to turn my Skipper with the longest, straightest hair into Eve complete with a facial scar I made with my mom’s cosmetics.
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Victor in his Scarface-esque mansion. Why isn’t Victor on the show anymore? I find him way less cartoony and way scarier than Stefano. Plus, I love how he always calls people out to their faces.
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The scene where Shane is stuck on the bridge–did anyone besides me think of Christine Baranski in The Birdcage?
For my thoughts on the resolution of this storyline, please go here.
LOL! Days of Our Lives Barbie!!!
This was when I first started watching Days. It was fun — and at times ridiculously funny. I forgot about Shannon Tweed, she was good for a laugh.
Hee! DOOL Barbie is a classic! And yes, Shannon Tweed was something, wasn’t she?
I missed out on the Shannon Tweed years but when I started purusing through the clips of S/K going back further than I initially began watching, I totally went WTF, SHANNON TWEED?
I used to love Josh Taylor on Hogan Family and 90210. Now I find him painful to watch.
Happy New Year! You know it’s both a blessing and a curse to watch old clips of Days of our Lives. Yes, it’s great so re-watch classic storylines that you loved or may have missed but when you compare soaps in the Eighties to soaps in the present it’s such a letdown. I mean how fun would it be to see Nick and Chelsea running around South Florida trying to take down Phillip?