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Hi all,

Don't know if anyone has watched the documentary tonight on C4 (UK TV) regarding the A-TEAM characters and their current whereabouts, some 20 years on from when they all last worked together. I found it really interesting actually. Possibly because I grew up watching them. Well the low-down was..

Dwight Schultz - AKA - Howling mad murdoch.

Nice guy. Still in showbiz, a victim of typecasting, but quite the opposite. Getting work as and where he can. Fair play

Dirk Benedict - AKA - Face Man

Another decent bloke. Lost his looks, hardly surprising. Still nice of him to get involved. Prefered him in Battlestar Galatica

BA Baracus - AKA - Mr T

Still incredibly extrovert. Loud & full of nonsense. I love it!! A great sport, lost a heck of a lot of weight now. Quite understandably. Still works it for the cameras though. Did'nt know he & George Peppard had a run in. Seems they did'nt get on for years!

George Peppard - AKA - Hannibal Smith

Dead. Not much mention of him sadly. Still a decent actor in WW2 films.

Even Col Decker made an appearance. He still wears the cap!!

Not sure how popular the show was in the states? Seemed very popular here though :roll:

what you talking about you crazy fooo ,I ain't flying in no plane.

FOOO


I love it when a plan comes together


I watched the show frequently
growing up too, and saw the douc awhile ago

ps thanks for making me feel so old
:crying:

I Pitty the Fool!

VEGAS wrote:Dwight Schultz - AKA - Howling mad murdoch.

Nice guy. Still in showbiz, a victim of typecasting, but quite the opposite. Getting work as and where he can. Fair play

I've never really seen him as a victim of typecasting. I mean being able to say that you spent 5 years (nearly continuously) employed working on 3 different Star Trek series is something. Yes in both he played a socially-challenged near-savant, but to get 2 gigs nearly back-to-back that lasted more than a season is something of a feat in TV.

Dirk Benedict - AKA - Face Man

Another decent bloke. Lost his looks, hardly surprising. Still nice of him to get involved. Prefered him in Battlestar Galatica

Although A-Team did last longer than BSG, I do agree that he was probably better in BSG. I think that Dirk ended up more of a typecasting victim than Dwight as Dirk was unable to get any leading roles in any major TV or Movie projects for quite a few years after A-Team and BSG. He then went off to Broadway and other things, but still had a harder time than otherwise.

The A Team was the best program on TV ! :dance:

It was on every Saturday just before Blockbusters.

Charlie Bravo wrote:The A Team was the best program on TV ! :dance:

Indeed it was. Very talented chaps, who, when locked up inside a barn, with a welders torch and tools, could turn an old 1940's Chevvy Pick-up into a Challenger tank that fired turnips and soap.

No-one ever got killed though. They were absolutely dreadful marksmen!!

I quite enjoyed the documentary, but I think that Justin guy's a right prat.

britishtourer wrote:I quite enjoyed the documentary, but I think that Justin guy's a right prat.

I thought the same. However it was probably his attitude and behaviour that made the documentary worth watching as he got the result he wanted in the end. The Americans did'nt know how to handle him really...

True, but if he came up to me acting in the same way I'd punch him!

Just finished watching the doc on video. For some reason it was a shock to see how they had aged, for some reason, and possibly because I still see it on UK Gold, I assume they still look the same as they did back in the 80's.