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June 24, 2005
Airwolf
The long-latent synapses that keep track of the 80's TV show Airwolf decided to fire today for reasons that they keep to themselves. That show was so cool. I was six or so when it was running, and in re-runs after that, and Airwolf was the sweetest helicopter ever. I would watch it and patiently wait out the long dry bits of acting, story, plot, and character development until the sweet juice money shots of Airwolf taking off and firing one of its missiles played. Those moments were cash money as a kid. The theme music would kick in, the baddies from Libya or whatever would roast in techno-American glory, and the world would be made right.
I don't know what to do with this, but it probably relates to the shedding of childhood innocence. Reading the wikipedia entry, it seems that the helicopter that played Airwolf later crashed in it’s post-stardom gig as an air ambulance, killing a little girl and the two pilots. That helicopter was a gift to my imagination, but the fantasies abounding in a kid’s imagination can keep it from crashing.
Geez, I don't even remember what the people in the cast looked like. But I remember that Airwolf was black, and had this sweet APF-Pod on the bottom that fired missles. It had a stealth mode where no one could see it, so it would sneak up behind a tree and then rise up over it and destroy the unwary target. Yeah. Anyways, there's a cool wikipedia entry on it, and the first season came out on DVD this year. That'll get filed under "TV shows to torture Elissa with in the future." Oh, and you can relive the glory days of deadly but with your sweet stealth CIA black helicopter by listening to that kickin' theme. Dum, dum-dum-da-dum, da-dum-dum-dum, da-dum-dum-dum...
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My heart skips a few beats listening to the theme music. Airwolf was so much better than Blue Thunder.
Posted by: andyp at June 24, 2005 07:12 PM