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My Art. October 11, These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team. The A-Team was convicted of a crime they did not commit. They became soldiers of fortune. Hugely popular in the early s, The A-Team was an action-adventure television series that was the brainchild of Stephen Cannell and Frank Lupo.

Cannell always envisioned that the show would be a fusion of other productions like Mission Impossible, Hill Street Blues, and the Dirty Dozen. Even before filming began, George Peppard was in little doubt that the show would prove to be a popular one. Television executives were not as assured as main star Peppard, but audiences proved otherwise.

Baracus Mr. Many aspects of the show have endured in the decades since its initial broadcast and have become staples of general entertainment as a whole. Not counting the numerous catchphrases that the show spawned, perhaps the most striking feature that both fans and non-fans tend to recall is the sight of B.

Previously seen in the blockbuster film Rocky 3, the A-Team made a superstar of Mr. Many of the episodes followed a similar plot.

A person or persons would be oppressed by a corrupt or insidious group of some description. This could include racketeers, rogue military personnel, or even dirty police officers. Military are seldom far behind them. Most of the time, the chasing Military Police were under the command of Colonel Decker. No matter what measures were taken against the antagonists, seldom were these actions fatal. Within the team, each member had a particular talent or skill. The Team boasted an expert pilot that was able to control any aircraft.

Murdoch was certified to be insane by psychological studies owing to a helicopter crash during the latter stages of the Vietnam War. If tranquilizers were unavailable for any reason, then the team would usually resort to more basic methods to subdue the huge man. One thing that BA did enjoy was fresh milk.

Sky King could be considered an updated version of the cowboy in the West, but instead of a horse, he had the "Songbird". Joining King on his ranch and in many of his adventures were his teenage niece, Penny Gloria Winters and his nephew, Clipper Ron Haggerty. While assisting their "Uncle Sky", both teens occasionally managed to find themselves in trouble, and themselves having to be rescued by During the first seasons of the series, Grant flew his own personal airplane, a Cessna T twin engine Bobcat Bamboo Bomber.

During the later years of the series, a new "Songbird" was introduced, a Cessna B. The series aired 72 original episodes, and later became one of the more popular television series to broadcast syndication reruns for the next ten years.

The voice heard at the beginning of each episode was that of series co-star Larry Pennell, in the character of skydiver Ted McKeever. The full narration: "This is the most danger-packed show on television. Every jump, every aerial maneuver is real, photographed just as it happened, without tricks or illusion. All that stands between a jumper and death The duo were able to gain access [into otherwise difficult locations by skydiving into that location. Their experiences ranged from the rescue of stranded hikers to the chasing and apprehending of law breakers, hiding in secluded or otherwise accessible areas.

Both actors survived the series, and went on to various degrees successes on other television series. Larry Pennell was featured in 10 episodes from , on the hit comedy series, "The Beverly Hillbillies", playing the sometimes beau of Elly May Clampett, handsome movie star Dash Riprock. Ken Curtis went on to co-star with James Arness in the classic television version of the Western series, "Gunsmoke".

Curtis played Matt Dillon's deputy, Festus Haggen from until In the series, a graduate physics student, Quinn Mallory Jerry O'Connell , while working on an anti-gravity machine discovers quite by accident a portal that leads to a parallel universe.

Mallory, his professor Maximilian Arturo John Rhys-Davies , his work associate and romantic interest Wade Welles Sabrina Lloyd and a soul singer, Rembrandt "Crying Man" Jones Cleavant Derricks , who just happened to be driving by Mallory's house when the portal activated, entered into another dimension, a parallel world, moving or "sliding" from one situation to another.

Unfortunately, what the learned group did not know was how to get back to their own world. There were actually three versions of the opening narration heard throughout the run of the series. The first version, narrated by Jerry O'Connell went: "What if you could find a new worlds right here on Earth, where anything is possible? Same planet, different dimension. I found the gateway". The second version, also narrated by O'Connell was, "What if you could travel to parallel worlds.

The same year, the same Earth, only different dimensions. A world where Russians rule America or where your dreams of being s superstar came true, or where San Francisco was a maximum security prison. My friends and I found the gateway. Now the problem is O'Connell narrated the third version during seasons 3 and 4, with co-star Cleavant Derricks reading the narration during season 5.

What if you could slide into different worlds? Where it's the same year and you're the same person, but everything else is different. And what if you can't find your way home? For five television seasons , "The A-Team" secretly worked to help those in need of their "special" services and skills. The series starred George Peppard as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the charismatic leader of the team. Peppard was joined by Dirk Benedict, the smooth talking con man Templeton "Faceman" Peck, who had a knack for obtaining whatever the team needed, Dwight Schultz as the teams slightly irregular pilot, H.

Baracus, the teams mechanical genius, driver, and meanest looking member of the crew, who really had a soft heart. Any viewer who saw and heard the opening narration immediately knew and understood what the show was about. The opening narration was spoken by narrator John Ashley, one of the shows Producers, who informed viewers: "In , a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court.

These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as 'soldiers of fortune'. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire The A-Team". For the first season, the opening voice-over narration started with, "Ten years ago" instead of "In ". As the series continued into additional seasons, it was critical that the date of the prison escape be maintained ensure the continuity of the story line.

The "In " narration ran from season two until season four, and the narration was eliminated for the fifth and final season.