The Story of Airwolf: Failed Magnum PI Spin-off Beating Blue Thunder At Its Own Game

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Join us as we explore the wild and action-packed world of Airwolf, the '80s TV series that took the skies by storm.
From its humble beginnings as a potential Magnum PI spin-off to its eventual success as a hit show on CBS, we'll trace the history of Airwolf and the talented cast and crew who brought it to life.
Follow the adventures of Stringfellow Hawke (played by Jan-Michael Vincent), his partner Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine), and their high-tech helicopter as they take on a range of dangerous missions.
We'll also delve into the cultural impact of Airwolf and how it stood out in a crowded field of military-themed action shows like Blue Thunder. Whether you're a longtime fan or just discovering the thrilling world of Airwolf, this video has something for you. So buckle up and prepare for takeoff as we recount the story of this classic series.
The show originally aired on CBS and after the original series was cancelled, a fourth season, with an entirely new cast and on a much smaller budget, was filmed in Canada for the USA Network.
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@ianbailey3924 3 жыл бұрын

In an episode of Airwolf, a man pulls a gun on Stringfellow. Hawk responds by throwing his hot coffee in the thugs face...always remembered that. Laast year when my roommate went mental and attacked me in the kitchen with a knife, I used the same coffee defence. it worked a charm. The show saved my life hahaha

@mrpancakeguy 2 жыл бұрын

He must have had a good reason I guess.

@ianbailey3924 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpancakeguy is that you, tom? Hahaha did I put enough sugar in the coffee?

@Apollocreed2076 2 жыл бұрын

And they said too much TV would rot our brains.😐

@moviemetalhead 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpancakeguy he must have had a good reason for going mental or pulling a knife?

@harveymcelroy9332 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I hope the coffee was sizzling 🔥

@JustinEmlay 2 жыл бұрын

The show didn't fail, it perfectly birthed the worlds most awesome theme song that will live on forever!

@JustinEmlay 5 ай бұрын

@@Modok.Saint424 ESAD

@isohaven758 5 ай бұрын

@@Modok.Saint424 Nah, he simply told you to ESAD. Go be a troll somewhere else.

@briancherry8088 3 жыл бұрын

My father's hangar was used for exterior shots of Santini Air. He said they would show up, put up the sign, film for an afternoon, take it down and leave. Surreal considering it was out favorite show in the 80's.

@mulhall72 3 жыл бұрын

Exterior shots were at Jetcopters.inc in Van Nuys, Calif. Jetcopters Inc flew and owned the bell 222. Pete McKernan Sr owned the business and the hangar. You definitely don't look like his son, Pete McKernon Jr., lol

@TheWriterforhire 3 жыл бұрын

@@mulhall72 I did not know that was where they shot the exteriors. Years ago, when I watched the T.V. show with my Vietnam veteran father I had no idea, none, about how Hollywood worked. Dad had flown in hueys in '68, but just as an enlisted photographer in the Army. When I started in the film industry in the early 2000s I was blown away by the gimbals and other camera mounts used for aerial filming, especially thinking of my Dad's stories of just pointing his Nikkormat FTN out of the open door of a huey.

@MichaJagiencarz 3 жыл бұрын

@@mulhall72 for which season? In think 4th season was filmed elsewhere than first three.

@TheAirwolfpilot Жыл бұрын

@@mulhall72 Barry you are 100% correct. The Jetcopters Inc hangar was used for the "Santini Air" shots.

@Reziac Ай бұрын

@@MichaJagiencarz Season 4 was shot in Vancouver, B.C. with an entirely different cast.

@letsnotplaywithelectricity9346 3 жыл бұрын

I built an Airwolf model when I was a kid in the 80's and "flew" it around the living room. Great memories. Loved that show so much.

@lwaves 3 жыл бұрын

I built one with Lego, Redwolf too. That's one of the reasons Lego was and is the greatest toy ever. Airwolf was easily my favourite of the 80's super vehicle shows. Although it's theme is tied with Street Hawk for me. They're both so great I can't pick a winner.

@XDeminox 3 жыл бұрын

I effing LOVED AirWolf. EVERY episode was 'bad guy gets in helicopter. AirWolf chases bad guy into canyon. One loop-de-loop. AirWolf disappears. Bad guy confused.. AirWolf pops up behind him and blows him up. Ernest Bergnine laughs when AirWolf lands

@Briansgate 3 жыл бұрын

I can't say you're wrong.....lol

@XDeminox 3 жыл бұрын

@PJPF as an 80s younger brother, i used to think my brother was like crazy skilled at knowing what was going to happen. My brother: check it out, AirWolf is going to vanish and then come up right behind him. Me: no way *AirWolf does the thing* Me: *jaw drops* OMG that's amazing how did you know??!! Every. Effing. Episode. 🤣😂 like Dan says in the video "kids are stupid"

@Germania9 3 жыл бұрын

I could've sworn the whole final fight in Airwolf feels like the ending of every episode of certain Japanese giant robot shows in the late 70's & early 80s.

@abett6111 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the crapy little bubble helicopters the baddies flew. Always seemed somewhat foolish going up against Airwolf in those.

@Briansgate 3 жыл бұрын

@@Germania9 well, i can't say you're wrong either!

@tacoenvy 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf was one of my favorite shows ever as a kid. One of the best intro themes ever as well.

@CameronHuff 3 жыл бұрын

It's an epic theme for sure.

@phillipnigro7866 3 жыл бұрын

fuck yes

@DameionC 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!!!

@InvisibleLightRec 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I’m rewatching all seasons this winter. Nice comfort tv.

@phillipnigro7866 3 жыл бұрын

@@InvisibleLightRec I own 1 through 3 can't find the 4th season

@tonyjackson4078 3 жыл бұрын

When you name your kid Stringfellow Hawk, you're going all in betting he's going to fly a heavily armed and armored stealth copter when he grows up.

@johnlloyddy7016 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what kind of mindset the parents had? I mean they had two sons. They named one Stringfellow Hawke and the other Saint John. You gotta wonder what they were smoking at that time.

@tonyjackson4078 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnlloyddy7016 They were going to name their daughter Devinity Falconstorm I bet...

@sinjyn66 2 жыл бұрын

I got into a fight in grade school with a kid named Gunther. I was more afraid of his name than him.

@bernardsoh3559 2 жыл бұрын

There was a more famous one from another movie in 80s. “Maverick? Did your mother not like you or something?”

@jimmyglea 3 жыл бұрын

I used to “sing” the Airwolf theme when I would do dumb stuff on my bike.

@HydraulicDesign 3 жыл бұрын

Jan Michael Vincent was the highest-paid star on TV? And Blue Thunder won an Oscar!? The power of helicopter-based entertainment is remarkable.

@goodjohnhunting 3 жыл бұрын

Lololol

@peacexlove 3 жыл бұрын

Also! Super Thunder Blade was one of the first Sega Genesis games I owned. I just wanted to bring up Super Thunder Blade...

@HydraulicDesign 3 жыл бұрын

It makes you think...the real reason the Matrix sequels were disappointing was the lack of helicopter scenes!

@RobCamp-rmc_0 3 жыл бұрын

Fifteen years ago I wrote a short treatment for a show starring country and western supersensation Alan Jackson as Alan “Chopper Jackson” Jackson because helicopter-based entertainment needs to come back. I also wrote something called Bakker’s Dozen, a baking reality show hosted by disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, years before Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood were A Thing, though I was aiming for more of a Nailed It! kinda groove.

@RCAvhstape 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget, that Magnum PI featured a helicopter prominently, as did Miami Vice on multiple episodes (can't be a Miami cocaine lord without a boat and a Jet Ranger), the A-Team had Murdoch the mad helicopter pilot, and Riptide had the Screaming Mimi! (The Mimi today is in service as a firefighting aircraft, but still has her name painted under the cockpit window)

@brianadventures9622 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf!! Oh man, what a show, it had everything! Helicopters, Ernest Borgnine... That's about it, but as a kid it was enough. The theme song is iconic!

@theRoyalHypnoCrown 3 жыл бұрын

Ernest Borgnine was in the Simpson's show, that episode is one of my favorites.

@steevrawjers 2 жыл бұрын

That's all you need

@PatTheBatmanFan 2 жыл бұрын

Uh… Jan Michael Vincent? Hellllooooo!

@jayexonauts5587 3 жыл бұрын

True story: My wife could never remember "Stringfellow Hawke" so she just called him "Skyhawk Flabberjacket."

@jcbvortex22 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Flabberjacket is friends with the Underhills, ask Fletch, he knows .

@jemkey6930 3 жыл бұрын

Is your wife and my dad related? He gets names from shows and movies wrong a lot

@laslon78 3 жыл бұрын

that is a way better name

@benconway9010 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ColorMeConfused29 3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Sounds like something my dad would say.

@ajclements4627 3 жыл бұрын

“How many car/motorcycle/helicopter/antihero series do you want?” 80s: All of them.

@MinekEzQM 3 жыл бұрын

There was no show with a submarine. :)

@JeanLouisBourdon 3 жыл бұрын

nor with a pogo stick

@lancemartin6782 2 жыл бұрын

@@JeanLouisBourdon nor a tricycle.

@lancemartin6782 2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered who would win with air wolf vs blue thunder though air wolf may have an advantage.....

@grippygecko6843 2 жыл бұрын

@@MinekEzQM that would have been a tough pitch. Hard to go up against a corrupt sheriff or bring down a mob run corporation in a submarine. That said they could have ditched the vigilante justice angle and gone for straight up cold war shenanigans. Shows like Das Boot and Journey to the Bottom of the sea demonstrate you can set a drama on a submarine.

@hexmachine8263 3 жыл бұрын

Still one of my favorite theme songs.

@tigerbread78 3 жыл бұрын

Got it on my phone (extended version) There's also custom versions knocking around on KZfaq and elsewhere, worth checking out

@BigD-nk6yj 3 жыл бұрын

The Best

@manganoid7426 3 жыл бұрын

I like the c64 version from the games but LOOOVE the one from the show. I'll be checking the chello version (thanks for the comment)

@wich1 3 жыл бұрын

@Cat Fox absofuckinglutely, Samara’s version is marvelous!

@shankthebat8654 3 жыл бұрын

Trivia for diehard fans: In the opening credits is a scene of Archangel playing polo, which never shows up in any episode. Alex Cord is a serious equestrian and played polo competitively at the time. While the series producers were making the opening montage, he suggested they come film him playing polo as a way to cheaply pad out the title sequence with a cool action shot.

@jasonduke3608 3 жыл бұрын

I think your wrong about the polo scene. If I remember correctly, it's the episode where the firm builds airwolf 2 and Hawk and Dom go see archangel and he's riding a horse playing polo. I am a die hard fan to the max of airwolf seasons 1-3 not season 4

@shankthebat8654 3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonduke3608 Sadly no, there is no episode in which the polo game is featured. Alex Cord talked about the origin of that scene on an interview for a podcast. If necessary I can pull it up and get you the link for it.

@jasonduke3608 3 жыл бұрын

@@shankthebat8654 The airwolf 2 episode alex is riding a horse it's been awhile since I seen it. I know no other episode showing him with a horse so I thought that was it.

@guessthewrestler5290 3 жыл бұрын

Defo from Airwolf II episode

@tigerbread78 3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonduke3608 There is no season 4

@betonarchese 3 жыл бұрын

In 1985 I was hired as a Santa Claus for a big mall in Southern California. The best part was getting flown to the mall in the Air Wolf Copter.

@jonnyphenomenon 3 жыл бұрын

There was a game called "Red Baron 2" back in 1997, where you flew around in an ally bi-plane and eventually had to dog fight the Red Baron. once you had beat the game, you could unlock a "turbo mode" which you could press the spacebar and your plane would tear off like a rocket while the theme song to Airwolf would play. it was EPIC.

@lewisjohnson4348 3 жыл бұрын

Stringfellow Hawk often played the cello on the dock of his lake house. This is where I gained an appreciation for the cello before I had ever heard of Yo Yo Ma.

@gregorlandini4328 3 жыл бұрын

that house was sweet

@SandsOfArrakis 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah serenading the Eagles that hunted in the lake. :)

@nickyblue4866 3 жыл бұрын

Yo mama?!

@scottsmith4933 3 жыл бұрын

And before Apocalyptica!!!!

@constancemiller3753 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorlandini4328 no kidding. Hawk in that white sweater in front of the fireplace....Lawd. 🔥

@mayssm 3 жыл бұрын

"I thought he was my uncle because of a signed picture on our wall" - this totally sounds like something I would have done.

@YensR 3 жыл бұрын

The personal tragedy of JMV and that of the deadly helicopter crash while serving as an ambulance put a bitter twist on this series which i loved as a kid. Great video, thank you.

@casualkitty1381 3 жыл бұрын

"He's the duke, A, Number 1." *stamps Ernest Borgnine on it* - As an adult that's the only enjoyment I would get out of it.

@amirlach 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, it was carved into a shriveled seed potato.

@matthewcaughey8898 3 жыл бұрын

Call me snake

@mjpMALIK 3 жыл бұрын

EEEEEVVVVVIIIIILLLLL

@davidmreyes77 3 жыл бұрын

The Airwolf helicopter was sexy AF.

@mattphillips1910 3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidLLambertmobile Although that statement is 100% true, you just ruined it for a ton of fans........Airwolf lives on!

@riteousrighthand6144 3 жыл бұрын

whaddaya mean WAS?

@DrNoxin 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, imagina that conversation. "You tv show about a helicopter has to cut costs." "Alright, how do we do that?" "You can't use the helicopter anymore." "Wait, what?"

@wyldemusick 3 жыл бұрын

It was partly the move to Canada and partly the original production company selling the helicopter when the show was canceled. The fourth season was produced by a different company, The Arthur Company. We did get the full-sized non-flying set, the VFX models, all the flying footage (including a lot of outtakes) and the costumes. To be fair, the Bell 222 the original show used was a pig to fly with the greeblies strapped on (they could be removed and the chopper flown normally.) We had a budget of about $3.23 an episode.

@HeadCannonPrime 3 жыл бұрын

80's tv exec: No Problem! Now get me another hooker, this one is almost out of coke!"

@Shanbo26 3 жыл бұрын

@@wyldemusick I seem to remember there was an Airwolf making a brief appearance in the pilot episode, when they're driving out to the lair and it appears overhead. Seriously though...that so-called CGI effects were hard on the eyeballs.

@carlgallo5190 3 жыл бұрын

@@wyldemusick Yeh, it was Atlantis Production. They sucked!

@2thinkcritically 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shanbo26 The computer graphics in Space Mutiny were a hundred times better than the special effects in Season 4. From what I remember the missiles were blocky yellow computer sprites scaled in a way that suggested they were hastily rendered on a Commodore Amiga. It looked really awful.

@albertvieira6635 7 ай бұрын

I love Airwolf❤ I have the whole DVD set and I will treasure it for a lifetime

@basara7 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf was one of the few shows that both my dad and I loved. He loved the military-esque action, and I loved the sci-fi helicopter with turbo boost.

@mattsquires2622 3 жыл бұрын

Dan Larson is the Frank Welker of KZfaq intros

@fritzk3627 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@asasial1977 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Airwolf back in the day

@laranaarana 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this show. My father was a former Colonel of the Air Force and he taught me flying and obtained my pilot's license when I was 15 years old. We both had a kick out of watching this show. My nephew had the game when his father gave him his first NES back in the day.

@johngersna3263 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 71 years old and I would love to see a new Airwolf series on t.v. I grew up in the same town that he grew up in. I knew him and his family and he never forgot his roots. God bless him.

@mccallosone4903 3 жыл бұрын

My aunt was the original TV Sheena of the Jungle in the 50s, and we had an autographed picture of her in our hallway when i was a kid, so not so crazy.

@john091077 3 жыл бұрын

That's nothing. My grandpa was E.T.

@kentoad8948 3 жыл бұрын

I was a fan of the show as a kid and even convinced my dad to buy the Cox gas powered Airwolf model from our local toy store. It was incredibly dangerous to get the main propeller started. I remember that the set came with a rugged plastic finger guard, so you wouldn't chop your finger off while winding up the starter.

@borinightmare 3 жыл бұрын

The start-up sequence is iconic! My favorite part of the series is when Dom tells him that The Lady's systems are ready to go. Then String flys the copter out of the cave and when he fired the turbo boost. Boom!

@avega2792 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Airwolf, I was about 5 years old and still remember watching it on a black and white TV in the kitchen.

@flounder31 3 жыл бұрын

It's funny how "corrupt and evil" we thought corporations were in the 80s. We had no idea what evil was, yet.

@zackthebongripper7274 3 жыл бұрын

It's the government.

@s.marcus3669 3 жыл бұрын

Boy, Chris, you SAID it!!

@nothingtoseaheardammit 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure we did. You see we were in the heyday of the Cold War - and could see for ourselves the piles of bodies that a sick and demented communist regime left in its wake of its attempt at world domination. To think that "we had no idea what evil was, yet" shows an astronomically astounding level of historical ignorance. Of course, if you were reading Walter Duranty's New York Times, you'd never know of such atrocities.

@s.marcus3669 3 жыл бұрын

@@nothingtoseaheardammit Tad, Before answering willy-nilly, it's always a good idea to re-read what somebody wrote. Chris was referring to how Americans viewed CORPORATIONS as being big, bad and EVIL. What he is saying is that the most evil of corporations in the 1980s was a piker compared to our modern-day Amazons, Facebooks, Twitters, and on and on and on. I agree with you, however, that Communism is an evil and if you agree with Dennis Prager, as I do, then Communism's body count was WAY bigger than Hitler's and what's worse, Communism is still alive and well today in the form of the Left, Big Environmentalism, etc. etc.

@RCAvhstape 3 жыл бұрын

@@s.marcus3669 I think the cyberpunk movie/show Max Headroom did a pretty good job of predicting media companies as future bad guys. In the Max Headroom universe they are all television network companies, because in the 80s social media was not even thought of yet, but it's kind of close in the sense that they are both types of mass communication. Main difference is that in Max Headroom the networks were all in fierce competition to the point of having armed mercenary forces where today's tech companies all seem to be in collusion with each other to reach the common goal of absolute power.

@odizm5196 3 жыл бұрын

Knight Rider,street hawk,airwolf The 80s was the era of the black vehicle As a Kid I have the NES game

@theRoyalHypnoCrown 3 жыл бұрын

Is it a good game? I don't remember AVGN covering it so...

@B-A-L 3 жыл бұрын

How dare you mention Street Hawk in the same sentence as AirWolf!

@andrewdeboer7435 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like there was also a ridiculous show about a guy who drove a stealthy, futuristic semi. Sort of like “BJ and the Bear” crashed into “Airwolf” and “Knight Rider”.

@odizm5196 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdeboer7435 you mean The HighwayMan ? that one to

@odizm5196 3 жыл бұрын

thunder in paradise just missed the era by a few years and who can forget the movie Firefox

@DeKay1980 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Germany, born 1980 and when i was a Kid, i loved that Show. The Theme is still playing in my Head. My favorite Episode was always the Airwolf vs. Redwolf. Wonderful Memories. 😊

@firebythewater4477 3 жыл бұрын

Still to this day the most beautiful helicopter ever made. The pilot even said it flew better with the fiberglass body panels on it. New design at the time, the shows premise of it being an aerodynamic lifting body was believable with the rear stabilizers on it. Hawke and Santini where a great pair for this series!

@PGHammer21A Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that clones of it were never built - even without the weaponry - considering two things - the shockingly true stories of how well the original flew, and the even more shocking true true story of the crash involving the original Airwolf.

@Klaaism Жыл бұрын

Never knew Airwolf was used in Japanese ads.

@FatHead1979 10 ай бұрын

@@maximillianwylde5163 Much as I love "The Lady", in reality the Bell 222 quickly became known as a 'hanger queen", the electronics were really unreliable and the elastometric bearings wore out WAY earlier than expected. Nice when it worked, far too expensive to maintain.

@ShadeDraws 3 жыл бұрын

I would've liked to see HAIRWOLF about a salon owner who gets bitten by a werewolf and has to cope with lycanthropy and split ends.

@rogermorris9696 3 жыл бұрын

Not split ends, a Mullet.

@Cooleepable 3 жыл бұрын

I'm holding out for Belair Wolf. Will Smith gets bitten by a werewolf and has to move back in with his uncle. Hijinks ensue.

@theRoyalHypnoCrown 3 жыл бұрын

That's so dumb... I love it. XD

@edrice2621 3 жыл бұрын

:: Rimshot ::

@NinjaRunningWild 3 жыл бұрын

@@rogermorris9696 Not a mullet, Aquanet.

@andrewm1309 3 жыл бұрын

Next to Miami Vice, Airwolf was one of my favorite shows

@lovelywaz 3 жыл бұрын

I have Airwolf theme as my ringtone. Many phones have come and gone but the ringtone stays the same for years!

@frederikvanderwalt9505 3 жыл бұрын

i still got the whole series and still watching it even if they are gone they were the best

@REPVILE 3 жыл бұрын

I’m fond of the Highwayman helo/tractor trailer. That was a criminally underrated show.

@chadfalardeau5396 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it broke the laws of mechanical engineering

@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy 3 жыл бұрын

@@chadfalardeau5396 but those fuckin TRUCKS ...!

@shaider1982 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hope Dan could make a video on that.

@TheStumyu 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the Highwayman helo the same type as was used to make Blue Thunder?

@Shanbo26 3 жыл бұрын

@@chadfalardeau5396 And Airwolf didn't? Never could understand how they managed to stuff all those missiles into that chopper.

@Briansgate 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, the Airwolf theme is my ringtone! i loved this show!!

@Cowley46 3 жыл бұрын

Same here, its been on my phone for the last 10 years at least.

@darkknightmentality5979 7 ай бұрын

One of the best Intros of all times!!!

@MiddleMalcolm 2 жыл бұрын

Loved Airwolf back in the day, and the original seasons still hold up as a guilty pleasure. The last season, produced in Canada... The "without the helicopter" episodes, are absolutely unwatchable! I've tried, but I JUST CAN'T!!!

@malikot63 3 жыл бұрын

And on The Simpsons they watched "Knight Boat." The 80's we're awesome.

@DataCab1e 3 жыл бұрын

"Oh, every week there's a canal." "Or an inlet." "Or a fjord."

@dogwalker666 3 жыл бұрын

Was that not thunder in paradise.

@malikot63 3 жыл бұрын

@@dogwalker666 possibly, it's said that Knightboat the crime solving boat could be a parody of Knight Rider and Thunder in Paradise, but Knightboat does sport the red roving eye light and a pilot named Michael too

@dogwalker666 3 жыл бұрын

@@malikot63 your actually saying there was a knight boat? Here we never even got to see airwolf series 4 and I am relieved as I loved Airwolf and would hate to be disappointed.

@malikot63 3 жыл бұрын

@@dogwalker666 they only mention it in "And Maggie Makes Three" (S6 Ep13) for a minute on The Simpsons with a little clip, I don't think it ever comes up again. Still worth looking up for a chuckle.

@RedDiamond089 3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie...I nearly had to pay a fine during my first helicopter lesson as I started humming the Airwolf theme 🙈😂

@Hyde_Hill 3 жыл бұрын

If I ever get a helicopter lesson I am certain I am going to do the same.

@APV878 3 жыл бұрын

worth it

@NinjaRunningWild 3 жыл бұрын

Why would that get you a fine?

@bonghunezhou5051 3 жыл бұрын

"Magnum" also had an episode intended as a "back-door" pilot for a detective drama starring Erin Gray. A later episode (in season 2 or 3) featuring a helicopter pliot served as inspiration for this initially awe-inspiring show - or maybe not 📺

@katenunyabizness9221 3 жыл бұрын

Dan, don't be hating on Ernest, we all know you're just jealous he has more action figures of himself than you do.

@sarkrex3212 3 жыл бұрын

Knight Rider and Airwolf were the shit in the day and I have the theme music for both! When their music comes on... It's go time!

@Mindcrime80 3 жыл бұрын

In Italy the show was renamed “Supercopter”. Just like “Knight Rider” became “Super Car”

@zerocool5395 3 жыл бұрын

In Chile Knight Rider became "Fantasic Car" Airwolf and Blue Thunder stayed the same.

@anthonyrousseau8050 3 жыл бұрын

Same name-change (Supercopter) happened in France and Quebec, but Knight Rider was named K2000 instead.

@tartrazine5 3 жыл бұрын

Was Thunder in Paradise called "Superboat"?

@Mindcrime80 3 жыл бұрын

@@tartrazine5 ahaha, nope. It kept its name.

@Mindcrime80 3 жыл бұрын

@@zerocool5395 Blue Thunder was literally translated as “Tuono Blu”

@Frostie3672 3 жыл бұрын

The BEST 80s tv show ever made & the theme music I still listen to to this day. This show played a huge part in my childhood & I'm glad they haven't tried to reboot it, nothing they could even dream of could match the original & the original soundtrack could never be improved on!

@pascTV 3 жыл бұрын

Toy Galaxy and Airwolf? That’s an instant like!!

@IgorRamone 3 жыл бұрын

So when do we get the story of "The Highwayman"?

@ProphetChill77 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Please! I keep trying to tell people about this show and they all look at me like I'm crazy.

@Duomaxwell02M 3 жыл бұрын

@@ProphetChill77 I thought I was the only one who remembers The Highwayman. That's where Sam Jones went after Flash Gordon. ;-)

@bryanc23 3 жыл бұрын

YASSSS!! Truck, Helicopter, motorcycle action all rolled into one. It was almost equivalent of M.A.S.K. cartoon. Used to love to draw the truck and also Airwolf.

@bubicus 3 жыл бұрын

@@Duomaxwell02M Nobody ever forgets any show featuring Jane Badler.

@SandsOfArrakis 3 жыл бұрын

That show used to scare the hell out of me. In the intro an alien sits up on a stretcher. Had nightmares from that as a kid. Fell in love later with Babylon 5, and discovered that Claudia Christian also was a part of The Highwayman. But yeah the truck with the helicopter hidden within it was totally awesome :) Real shame that only 10 episodes were filmed, and that includes the Pilot.

@BensBrickDesigns 3 жыл бұрын

You're watching this with the sound of the chopper in your head.

@rogermorris9696 3 жыл бұрын

Nope, with the kickass theme playing.

@shaider1982 3 жыл бұрын

....and the theme. Never forget the theme👍👍👍🤣

@stuartbagley2586 3 жыл бұрын

Same. Theme is blasting. . .in stereo! Weirdly, I stumbled across a random video yesterday that was an extended version of the theme song.

@danielmahoney1546 3 жыл бұрын

Loved that howl.

@drewping2002 3 жыл бұрын

False. I'm humming the theme song 🎶 Duh duddunt da da, dunnunt da da dunnunt da da...

@alesaenz 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf is one of all-time favorite tv series!!! 👍😎🎬

@terrencechilds8984 2 жыл бұрын

Now that is what I call a television show when I was a kid great show to watch man I mass that television show

@cosmicphoto05 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf was the COOLEST show on television when I was a kid. I even got a model kit of Airwolf.

@MikeKaess 3 жыл бұрын

I watched Airwolf every time I knew it was on as a kid. I LOVED Airworlf. But until today, I couldn't have told you what it was about other than "You know, that 80s show with the rad helicopter". Kids are dumb, indeed.

@JadisAmalthea 2 жыл бұрын

My dad and I caught two episodes of Airwolf on MeTv a few years ago and we both enjoyed it so much! He and Mom watched it off and on when it was new in the 80s and it was great to rewatch it with him. I love its theme song even more than Knight Rider lol! Used to have it as my wake up alarm and my husband would joke "Airwolf yourself up"! Airwolf forever!!

@sonicjackalopeproductions3342 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE that you are taking your format beyond cartoons and comics and attacking the 80's pop icons!

@B-A-L 3 жыл бұрын

AirWolf is on constant repeat here in the UK and it's so good I've watched it all 3 times in a row now! Yes, even the awful last series!

@Larry 3 жыл бұрын

The UK Airwolf video game also had a sequel released, the imaginitively titled "Airwolf 2", where you fly around in space this time... for some reason.

@nickyblue4866 3 жыл бұрын

Hello you!

@malfattio2894 3 жыл бұрын

They should've called it "Vacuumwolf"

@white-dragon4424 3 жыл бұрын

@@malfattio2894 Or Spacewolf, maybe?

@manofsan 3 жыл бұрын

I remember an Airwolf videogame on my Commodore 64. My favorite helicopter fighting games on the C64 were Fort Apocalpyse and Raid on Bungeling Bay. I also liked AH-64 Apache on the IBM PC.

@FightCollective 3 жыл бұрын

There was an 80's arcade game that used the Airwolf music theme. The game had 4 fire buttons (up/down/forward/backward) it was a shoot 'em up scroller. I can't for the life of me remember what it was called and/or find any info about it but it defo used the Airwolf theme (probable not legally)

@MrSpeed-lt8gr 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf was THE $#!T. Most amazing helicopter ever! Saturday nights with Airwolf were the best.

@JohnFourtyTwo 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a news story about Jan Michael Vincent during Airwolf and his drug and alcohol problem. They talked about how most of his scenes were of him sitting down or leaning against a wall because he was so drunk and hung over most of the time he couldn't stand without stumbling around trying to catch his balance. He was always screwing up his lines which frustrated everybody and Ernest Borgnine tried helping him with his problem by being a real father figure to him on the show.

@PhantomLover007 2 жыл бұрын

One of my top most favorite TV shows. To this day I can still hear every bit of her moans and screams as she flies around and hitting Mach 1. Jan Michael Vincent as string fellow hawk and Ernest Borgnine as Dominique Santini was a great pairing. Both were great actors and had great charisma. It was sad that Vincent spiraled out of control. I find it funny and ironic at the same time that the commercial placed in this video was about a Pontiac Lemans. I actually owned the two-door hatchback in that same black and gray coloring. It was my first car and I loved it. It was a cheaper version of the Honda CRX. I had that car for 10 years

@derdes4475 3 жыл бұрын

This brings back memories of endless schoolyard discussions of who would win in a fight, Airwolf or Blue Thunder. And no, Switchblade doesn't count becaus that one's not a real helicopter.

@goonerlee 2 жыл бұрын

Blue Thunder has a single machine gun. Airwolf has twin machine guns and missiles. It also excedes mach 1. It would beat the shit out of Blue Thunder. That's what I always said in the schoolyard and I'm standing by it. :)

@moviemetalhead 2 жыл бұрын

What about Cop-tur? Haha

@picardtseng 3 жыл бұрын

Both Airwolf and Knight Rider are my childhood!

@tec5x5 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf is my 80s Super Vehicle of choice those three seasons are pure magic

@zemuzzy 3 жыл бұрын

"Águia de Fogo" means "FIre Eagle", "Airwolf" translated is "Lobo do Ar" wich sounds strange, but could be called something similar like "Lobo Alado", that means "Winged Wolf". If you find this information unnecessary, I don't blame you, but I don't care... And the way portuguese speaking people say águia is "ah-ghee-uh"

@riteousrighthand6144 3 жыл бұрын

Lobo Alado, sounds good.

@earlygail 2 жыл бұрын

“If you find this information unnecessary, I don’t blame you, but I don’t care.” Ok, this is in the public domain, and I’m stealing it.

@zemuzzy 2 жыл бұрын

@@earlygail go ahead

@flankspeed 3 жыл бұрын

The 1980s has all the best TV themes. CHANGE MY MIND

@audreyseddon9749 3 жыл бұрын

I actually made a mixtape of all the TV themes that I liked back then. Those were the days of awesome TV theme music.

@kludd28 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you! You continue to explore the non-animated 80’s TV history that I enjoyed so much as a child. Love this channel. Always the best.

@gavinclayton9356 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't even born until 20 years after this show and my dad showed it to me and I always loved it

@Bits_N_Pixels 3 жыл бұрын

The Theme song is a staple of my childhood....

@Mark_Knight 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf holds up well. Watched it on Bluray in December....just fantastic plot and action and acting. I no longer watch TV. I always wonder, if I have changed or TV did. Watching Airwolf, it was not me.

@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy 3 жыл бұрын

Its never you. Tv went downhill

@digitalmagicAR 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf was my favorite show. Outstanding music too!

@gabrielgiovanni69 Жыл бұрын

My dad and I watched this when I was a kid. Good memories

@hang10wannabe 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Airwolf, but getting a good/cool Airwolf toy as a kid was impossible. I never liked the toys available and the one helicopter toy I liked that I imagined was Airwolf and colored it black had both of the top propellers snap off when I dropped it. Hard times as a kid who loved Airwolf! (Best theme ever, shame you guys can't play part of it) If I were on the team, I would be the flight engineer... always pictured myself as Goose from Top Gun as well... just don't want to die... T_T

@jayexonauts5587 3 жыл бұрын

THIS. I didn't even KNOW Airwolf toys existed back then. And believe me, I LOOKED.

@ramshackleshack751 3 жыл бұрын

I have an air wolf toy. I should go in the shed and find it. It was pretty cool

@workingshlub8861 3 жыл бұрын

yea!! could never find a airwolf toy that you could really play with....it was cheap plastic models that i had no patientce to build...

@Cowley46 3 жыл бұрын

Couldnt agree more. I was desperate for a decent Airwolf model as a kid but the only ones available were pretty crap.

@leroyjenkins4811 3 жыл бұрын

Damn that sucks. But I feel you. You couldn’t find an actual Airwolf toy helicopter, so you found a toy that looked like it and painted it. Then the fucking thing promptly broke. At least you had a toy. I used to see the toys in Lionel Playworld (remember that toy store?) but my cheap assed dad wouldn’t spend the dough. I was reduced to making paper airplanes and writing Airwolf on them. I’d draw the turbo boosters, missile launchers, and machine guns on with magic markers. Yeah. I got laughed at quite a bit and got into a lot of fights because everybody knew we were fucking broke! My dad could have spent the money too. He bought weed and got high instead of toys for his kids. My mom and dad constantly got into fights about it.

@CrapKwonDo 3 жыл бұрын

"But this is a good time to remind everyone that kids are DUMB." LMAO

@danieljackowitz2343 3 жыл бұрын

I literally laughed out loud in my office.

@flantc 3 жыл бұрын

As soon as I heard that I wanted to post it as a comment. I'm so glad it's already the top comment. (side note... I'm posting this while my dumb kids fight in the background about something dumb)

@theRoyalHypnoCrown 3 жыл бұрын

I would have loved telling everyone Ernest Borgnine was my uncle if my mom had his autographed picture. XD lol

@jayexonauts5587 3 жыл бұрын

This was literally my father's motto. He ... wasn't wrong!

@dongeonmaster8547 3 жыл бұрын

Laughed out loud. Best line in this video, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

@Cogzed 3 жыл бұрын

Airwolf was the best! 🎥🍿

@aldusxenon 3 жыл бұрын

Once again a great bit of nostalgia. Love these deep cuts into our 80's and 90's childhoods. Thanks, Dan!

@lazy_gamer_dad 3 жыл бұрын

Ernest Borgnine was my Uncle too! He’s in my top 5 wingmen list!

@Gappasaurus 3 жыл бұрын

10:08 Aw man, if i had that as a kid, every single letter, card, note, or whatever i wrote would have been adorned with the face of Ernest Borgnine 😆

@jmartindale24 11 ай бұрын

Airwolf is 80s TV at its best!

@anthonygutierrez7243 3 жыл бұрын

Air Wolf was 1 of those shows on i waited for on Friday nights

@jemkey6930 3 жыл бұрын

My dad has the dvd set of this along with other 80s shows you mentioned. I love the flight sequences knowing they aren't cgi and are really cool camera shots. Great video

@johnedward5656 2 жыл бұрын

No cgi, but they did speed up most action scenes 1.5x to make it look like it was flying faster.

@marthatjarks6047 3 жыл бұрын

I always imagined if air wolf and knightrider teamed up and had air and ground covered in the best ways.

@mroctober3657 6 ай бұрын

And then Thunder In Paradise for any maritime based missions.

@Cameront9 3 жыл бұрын

This was the first TV show theme song to get permanently logged in my brain. Heard it when I was around 6 years old and it has been there ever since.

@shoua7 3 жыл бұрын

Also one of my favorite shows as a kid! This show made me fall in love with helicopters.

@preslove 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are laser focused on my nostalgia lol Loved that show. My sister and I would fight over watching this or family ties

@AdmiralBison 3 жыл бұрын

A technologically advanced sleek black helicopter vs a show *about some sketches of a family? *This honestly is all I remember of the show and I found out later it had Michael J Fox from Back to the Future.

@IngoFilmfreak 3 жыл бұрын

I have to wonder: The guys of TOP GALAXY were all born between 1978 and 1982, I take it....? Grew up watching all this stuff. Only episode I could wish for would be "Misfits of Science", but there was hardly any toys to go along with that. :)

@SecretGalaxyTV 3 жыл бұрын

There's only 2 of us. We were both born in 1975 and we already did an episode on Misfits of Science

@IngoFilmfreak 3 жыл бұрын

@@SecretGalaxyTV Gonna watch that in a minute!!!!!! :)

@tech10k14 3 жыл бұрын

Singularly the most beautiful helicopter ever designed... the Bell 222.

@michaelshelton6025 3 жыл бұрын

By far the best name for a hero of the 80s

@Briansgate 3 жыл бұрын

Could also leave the atmosphere for a short time, freezing out the computer system. Dude, I loved Arcangel!

@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy 3 жыл бұрын

I kinda remember that episode

@TheStumyu 3 жыл бұрын

Moffett's Ghost. They depressurised the cockpit at high altitude freezing everything inside to cut out the computer and regain control

@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheStumyu that was the last episode i ever watched.

@Briansgate 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheStumyu yes sir. The Wolf has come down from the North, and your fat, little town, is safe no longer.

@TheStumyu 3 жыл бұрын

@@Briansgate That's all folks...

@ndiaz7829 3 жыл бұрын

My friends and I used to play AirWolf on a tree pretending it was a helicopter.

@allovett6246 3 жыл бұрын

One of my good friends in jr high was an Air Force brat. We would play on the swing imagining we were an SR71crew. It wasn't until I was in high school taking AFJROTC I finally realized what the Blackbird was and what it looked like.

@nitt3rz 3 жыл бұрын

This brought back a shed load of cool memories of watching it when I was a lot younger.

@jethroblings 3 жыл бұрын

Continue bring back memories of all the shows the rest of my friends never remember!

@andrewsmithphoto 3 жыл бұрын

1880's TV: Ernest Borgnine and Jan-Michael Vincent in a super helicopter. 2010's TV: 3 guys no one has heard of pretending to be nerds. And they wonder why TV is dying.