Roll up the sleeves of your suit jacket and leave some stubble on your face (or legs or wherever you are shaving) ‘cause Episode 10 of The 80s-est is taking its talents to South Beach for an all-Miami Vice show. The propulsive 15-seed theme song by Jan Hammer goes up against the moodiest work ever produced by someone who also had a top 40 hit with “groovy” in the title, 2-seed Phil Collins with “In the Air Tonight.”

Finally, as promised in the podcast, here’s my first ever movie, Ellsworth Vice, well, the 1-minute title sequence that uses Jan Hammer’s 15-seed “Miami Vice Theme”:

For those who have 12 minutes to waste on an unfinished, low-res VHS adventure from 36 years ago, here’s the whole thing. (WARNING: stretch your face to prepare for excessive cringing.) The full feature also uses 2-seed “In the Air Tonight.”

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