Miami Vice, Sonny Crockett Tribute on Location in Miami Beach, South Beach and Key Biscayne 

I lived in South Florida when they were filming the show and the Company that I worked for rented office space from what used to be Washington Storage on 10th St and Washington Ave. One of the women who worked for me talked me into signing up at Miami Talent, who hired the extras for Miami Vice. I was able to do a few episodes. They were really long days, and I had to take time off from work since most of the filming was done during the week. They filmed one of the scenes at Miami Airport where Don Johnson exits out the sliding doors. My sister and I happened to be behind him and he did make some small talk with us for a few seconds in between shooting. I was such a huge fan, I thought I was going to faint. They are fond memories that I look back on.

Miami should have erected a statue of SONNY CROCKETT like the one of ROCKY in Philadelphia.

I was born and raised on Miami Beach and brings back many memories. Ironically, my Uncle was also Philip Michael's driver for the series. Great stories. Next time you go, you must visit Espanola Way which a lot was filmed there. I was born in 1953 and graduated Beach High in 1971. Mickey Rourke and Roy Firestone were in my class and Andy Garcia was 2 years back. First lived at 15th Street and Washington Avenue and then moved to 80th Street. Glad you enjoy my hometown and the incredible Miami Vice!!

As a 23-year old man, I watched Miami Vice on Bly-Ray due to the show's influences on the game GTA: Vice City. I really appreciate you detailing the changes Miami faced due to Miami Vice's influence, and it was nice seeing another fan have so much knowledge on this influential T.V. show. So thanks for this interesting retrospective. As for people knowing the show, I was a bit disheartened to see that most of the people you met weren't aware of Sonny Crockett nor the show. I promise you, as a Gen Z guy, I will spread the existence of this show to my Gen Z friends. In fact, a few hours ago I already showed a friend of mine the episodes "Definitely Miami" and "Little Miss Dangerous" as his starter episodes. So there's progress.

This video was excellent Terry! You did an incredible job, you and Svetlanna should be up for You-Tube Grammys 👏🏼👏🏼✨

I'm a massive Miami vice fan was 15 when show started.this is a fantastic .thanks for the upload.amazing insight.one day I'll go

I was 9 yrs old when Miami Vice came out. I was upset when they blew up the original black Ferrari. lol. You did a great job on this tribute Terry. Sonny Barefoot has a much prettier and classy lady. 😀❤

OMG!! Great video!! I was born and raised in Miami and graduated HS during the era of Miami Vice. I remember when South Beach was a run downed place for old people. Miami Vice came along and everything changed. One of my new favorite channels for sure. Keep up the great work!

This video was fantastic so I’ll run it back. You should be very proud of what you’ve done. Much love Terry.

You need to have an Alligator on a leash

That was an awesome tribute to Miami Vice! Loved the history lesson on the whole thing as well. Absolutely love your content. Thank you for showing me Florida and all its great places. Cheers from Southern Oregon.

Awesome video mate! - Miami Vice was the absolute sh** when i was a teen in the 80's in the U.K. All the guys at our school started wearing white linen shirts and jackets, espadrille shoes - even though we had rainy cold british weather haha! I finally flew over to Florida last year and did all the Miami Vice sights - did a Florida road trip and topped it off by getting married in Key West! Thank you MV - If i ever win the lottery, i'm moving to Florida!❤

Another great video, well done, appreciate the effort. Funny enough i bought the Miami vice soundtrack cd last year, great stuff.

Excellent video brother. Love it ! I grew up on Miami Vice in the 80s. I really appreciate this video. Great work. Just excellent. Thank you. : )

Found your blog (vlog) through some odd google search related to Miami Vice, great effort mate, super creative stuff. Loving the rest too, especially SE Asia travels :)

What a fantastic video! Just a side note: Sonny Crocket also made it popular for men to wear their shoes with no sox. He also started a trend of bachelors living on their boats.

Hi Terry I am a huge fan of Miami Vice and grew up watching every episode and always wanting to visit Miami to see all of the cool locations. I am with my wife this week in Miami and I used your video for reference and help. Let me say I have watched a lot of RU-vid shows over the years and I do not think I have enjoyed any episode as much as I enjoyed this one. It is so well done and just like it was a crime DJ only received 30K an episode it is a crime that you only have 6.6K views on this episode, you made this episode and my visit to Miami from Vancouver Canada so much more enjoyable. Your wife is such a good sport, she is so not interested in Miami Vice (much like my wife) but loves you so much that she is humouring your passion. As I walk around South Beach this week I am thinking about Miami Vice and your episode. Thank you so much for putting out this content. Dennis

Miami Vice was definitely The Bomb 💥 back in the day. It changed television forever. When I was 17, my sister and I stayed at the Fontainebleau with my aunt, who was attending a bridge tournament there in the hotel. My entire trousseau were mainly clothes that I had made myself, on my sewing machine. This brings back some fabulous memories! Miami and Miami Beach are so beautiful 😍 I was hoping to find a nice Jewish husband 😆 but God had other plans for me.

Your best video yet Terry. Onward and upward!

Best TV show of all times

Where do we start!!??? I finally made it to this video! 7.3K views and 205 likes make no sense. Now, I'm changing my rankings, this might be your best one yet.... Remember the show, the styles, etc, and you and your lady definitely did it justice. This video was very informative and funny! Well done. We were there in June(didn't know your channel), and it was 90+ degrees!! I walked an hour in almost 100 degree heat index looking for a blue mailbox! Completely drenched, but at that point it was a mission. Found the post office as you included in the vid. It was 65 inside the building. Many Homeless people and myself lingered in there forever. Glad they found relief. Never felt so good! I mailed the post card and headed to the beach soon there after. Enjoyed the entire stream, your lady was very funny at times too. Out-takes were great!

That was fun. My wife and I saw Don Johnson in his prime receive the Buddy Award at the University of Kansas. As you probably know that blue T-shirt, under his white jacket in the final scene had the University of Kansas Jayhawk emblem on the front. 🌻

Great video, loved it, hope to get to see Miami soon

Those South Beach historic tours from the visitors center are awesome!

Back then. The miami movie n fil. Industry was so alive..in 2023 its like none existent

This was a nice video with positive vibes to watch. Thanks.

Awesome Video Terry!!! I need to move back to Miami! I Miss It!!!

At that time I was living the life on Key Biscayne MIA with ex husband, at one of our 5 homes , another a resort in Negril, Ja. Life in the fast lane running quickly to get nowhere fast ‼️ Admitting fun was had by ALL. 🎶💃🏼🌞🌿The stilt houses were a view and place I frequented...🏖️

Great video! A little weird at times (in a good way), but absolutely fantastic. I grew up in south Miami around the mid '70s and into to the '80s, and my uncle owned a liquor store there. Yes, the show rally changed the area later. Thanks for the video; lots of memories.

I cannot beleive anyone would admit to not knowing who Sonny Crocket was or MV!!! In 1986 Don Johnson was as close as anyone ever got to being as famous as Elvis Presley. His HEARTBEAT album/song catapulted him to the stratosphere back then. Unbeleivable.

Guy's OMG! Best Entertainment I've witnessed in a long time, as far back as the great 80's!! I def see an Academy Award 🏆 in your future!!! The out-takes had me 😭 laughing, I just love the two of you. 💕 Bravo 👏

Dude 😂😎👍you out did yourself I love it

I’ve been trying to dress like Crockett. It’s rad. I’m obsessed with 80s pop culture and Miami Vice is a huge part of that.

SONY BAREFOOOOT WHERE ARE YUUUU?

I wasnt sure if I wanted to laugh or applaud...that was great!

This is one of the most beautiful videos on RU-vid. And you two are freakin' adorable. YOU: Guess what happened next baby. BABY: How do I know.

I really liked the episode where Benicio Del Toro played in Miami Vice - he was quite young but already had established his iconic gaze.

jimmy smit's first tv gig was pilot of miami vice

Great video. 💚💚

One thing about Miami Beach.....the women have gotten much heavier !

Great stuff Terry! I live in Dade county since recently which gives me a precious opportunity to visit the filming locations as well, so I really understand your drive to re-create. FYI there is this online community miamiviceonline dot com, you'd really enjoy it, though something is telling me you're well aware of it.

Great Video

Actually, from what I read, Mickey Rourke was the first one being asked for the role. I truly believe he could pull it off as Sonny Crockett. That's why Don Johnson wanted to play in a film with Rourke. Rourke grew up in Miami & knows the area well. He's the only one who actually could play the role much better than DJ. And yes, I'm a fan of Rourke because of his acting talent.

What a gorgeous sunny ☀️ Miami day it was, and the area looked so beautiful. I think with the glasses he looks like Andy Garcia the actor. Miami Vice was definitely the show to watch back in the day.

awesome copycat redo of Sonny Crockett at all these locations 😎 Im in heaven, I have the box dvd set watch it every year, so cool to see you in action at these locales

I agree, Definitely Miami is one of BEST episodes of the series.

Beautiful video.

How have I not left a comment on this video ? I guess we deep-dived on the topic so many times, especially during the livestream of this video, lol. Got news for ya Terry, the Macy's in the Boynton Beach Mall *pretty much* still has a "Miami Vice" section in the men's suit area. Lots of whites and pastel colored suits. It's not year-round, but most of the year. I almost got a sky/powder blue suit jacket but they didn't have my size. INC has some other suit jacket patterns they try out sometimes that are kinda Miami Vice-ish but the patterns are usually too "loud" for my tastes. Which says a lot given that I like to wear the solid whites alone, lol.

Cant wait to visit Miami very soon. Im unfortunately stuck in the Poconos in PA. Sucks here.

Brilliant!

As a student of the series, and most likely the biggest Miami Vice collector in the world, I really enjoyed your video. I'm so glad that you took your time to make it. Will you be going to the Miami Vice cast and crew 40th anniversary reunion Sept 12-15 2024 in Miami? - COOP (Cooper&Burnett)

Wow Sonny is a RU-vidr now...awesome :)

Molto bello grazie

Lots of Central and South American tourists there.

I'm thinking of that area in Pacino's "Scarface."

Incredible job man, may I ask where were you able to get the clothing from ?

I believe art deco started around the 1920-30.

One of my great uncles was one of many black architects who helped to design some of the buildings back in the 40s and part of the 50s. I love Miami

Get the Miami Babylon book from Books and Books on Lincoln Road. What a storied past South Beach has!

I'm posting this from Japan, but 25 years ago I traveled to Miami to explore the filming locations for Vice. I couldn't even dress like you. Your wife is beautiful!

Just watched the episode "bought and paid for" last night, an episode before bed.

Don Johnson wore a lot of Armani in the shows , one out fit was that White suit I know fans remember

Good effort

Ok I read all the comments and not even one noticed, that your partner looks similar to Lt.Castillo long lost wife from Golden triangle 2. And that's a damn big thing. Not even one noticed! Secondly, as some already mentioned MV was huge in Europe too. You are forgiven though as you are from America lmao. At the end I'd like to say video is very, very nice and dress fits you perfectly. Almost as good as D. Johnson. Liked and subscribed. 🖐

Absolutely IN-freakin'-CREDIBLE video Terry!! Alex Daoud would be proud. If that's your chick your luckier than the recent billion dollar lottery winner.

This was really good! Thanks! Crockett’s wardrobe was heavily influenced by Simon LeBon but of course you know that. Love Miami….but 4 cocktails at south beach set me back a whopping 160 usd…. 2 of those bowls you had and 2 large glasses. The mayo on the French fries is European. We all do that! ;) And hey…. MV was HUGE in Europe so your wife is most definitely (Miami) not excused. 😂

Ahh the famous Clevelander, location of Jon Secada's Just Another Day video. 1205 meridian ave Miami beach is another Miami Vice scene location from the Lambo & Ferrari chase scene

Where did you ever find the clothing ? Incredibly authentic looking!

btw, I applauded AND laughed.

I started watching Miami Vice when I was in elementary all the way up to 11th grade. The show influenced the way I use to dress and groom myself

Cool 😎

Mayo on French fries is awesome so good

Wonder what the contrast of 1984 prices compared with 2023

Thanks to Barbara Capitman the buildings on Ocean Drive were preserved

what the name of the song on 20:29?

Asking 30-35 YO's about Sonny Crocket.....epic !!!!!!!!!!

Ben Stiller, Ed O'neill, liam Nesson, a bunch of people made appearances

Cool

You two make a sharp couple!

🌴🌴🌴🌴

Terry should just walk around with a speaker playing Crocketts theme....to educate all the simpeltons

Women w/ an (extra special dress) like Men that look like that.

where can i find this outfit 😫😂

Watching Miami Vice on Tubi- I just saw the part where Sunny lost his memory and went bad:

OH KRIKY; Just realized it's not Don!!!

I can't believe all the hair on his chest! I always thought he had no hair so he must have shaved it for years

ZO GOOD

25:33. I confess I started smoking them then quit at 27 in 1995: People do copy the stars until they find that’s it’s stupid:

CALDERON!!!! 💪😡

39:50 smoky where that bandit

Oh and....you belong to the city

How much did that lunch cost you? I'll bet around $75.

You walk like a New Yorker not Sonny Crockett lol

Are you complete ? You think you're a DJ? 🤣🤣🤣 ohhhh man 🤭

You should have worn a baby blue jacket instead of white & teal tshirt. Too much white was not style.

Why are they wearing masks ?

Don't put on someone else's suit! It looks ridiculous to say the least 😏 😖 It will burn out like someone else's clothes. And then - the original is always better than the copy.

Hey body wear , 100% linen jacket I am wearing all the time!

Cool!