![]() Cooper), and Asian pretty boy Harry Aoki (Dustin Nguyen, now a martial arts star here and in his native Vietnam). The pilot episode introduces us to the Jump Street quartet - fresh faced, naive Tom Hanson (Depp), big lug Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise, Dom’s son and now Stargate director), African-American preppy-hottie Judy Hoffs (Susan Robinson, later of Hangin’ With Mr. It was this one ep - more on this later - that prompted me to start watching the series last month, as well as maybe wanting to cure myself of any lingering ’80s nostalgia for my teen years. In fact, I had only ever seen one episode front to back, quite by accident, and it was the memory of this episode that peaked my interest, because it was a jaw-dropping hour of television, one of the best single episodes of any show I had ever seen, not to mention an acting tour de force by Depp. ![]() I myself had never watched it in its heyday I didn’t have cable then. It’s remembered vaguely for the glittery, scrubbed look of its stars: a sort of younger, prettier version of Miami Vice. Jump Street is notable for launching, from humble beginnings, two of the great media giants of the new millenium: the Fox Network and Johnny Depp. The latest one I’ve been watching, on (and, for the fourth season, youtube), is the ’80s crime drama 21 Jump Street, which is slated for a big-screen reboot in 2011 with Jonah Hill at the helm. I tend to alternate between current shows ( Bones, superb) and old shows I missed the first time around ( I Spy, Robert Culp was a fucking genius). It’s a little out of the realm of this website, but I think it’s a pretty good essay about a show that’s been largely forgotten.īeing the pop culture Luddite that I’ve been lately, and wanting out of that, I’ve gotten into the habit of finding one show on the ‘net and following it from beginning to end (or until I get bored) in the wee hours of the morning when I’m winding down with a glass of wine, yoga stretches or an ice pack. This essay about the TV show “21 Jump Street”, from the period in my life when I was spending a lot of time in my room, was originally posted on a different blog on June 29, 2010. In addition to new content, I’ll be regularly posting old writings, videos and other things that might be interesting for people to look at. Overall, being a part of "21 Jump Street" was a pretty cool rung on the ladder for Pitt and his acting career.Adam goes to bat for an underappreciated slice of ’80s pop culture. Previously, Pitt had a couple of short roles on other popular shows such as "Dallas." Not too long after "21 Jump Street," Pitt began his rise in Hollywood as a heartthrob and gifted actor, appearing in more television series in the late '80s to early '90s like "Growing Pains" and "Glory Days," and then skyrocketing to fame with many lead movie roles. ![]() It's a pretty heavy episode for Pitt to be a part of, and it was only his second year of being in the business getting official acting credits. Penhall starts to make jokes and snide comments about suicide in general, and at the end of the episode, we learn that Penhall dealt with alcoholic parents and that they are both deceased, indicating that the suicide is likely triggering for him. Pitt plays the role of Peter - the boyfriend of a girl in Hanson and Penhall's friend group - who tries to knock some sense into Penhall after he begins handling the suicide of the arrested boy very strangely.
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