![]() 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. Cops Tom Hanson (Depp), Doug Penhall (DeLuise), Judy Hoffs (Robinson) and Harry Truman Ioki (Dustin Nguyen) are the 'lucky' ones chosen to experience the part of their lives they hoped they'd left behind forever.Adam goes to bat for an underappreciated slice of ’80s pop culture. ![]() The series synopsis on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "Crime in school is bad, so to combat it, LAPD higher-ups decide to send four young-looking officers to high school to pose as students. The show had aired on Fox, and starred Holly Robinson, Peter DeLuise and Depp in the three leading roles. In 2008, news broke out that Sony Pictures were negotiating with Jonah Hill to develop a big screen adaptation of the hit police procedural drama series called 21 Jump Street from the late '80s and early '90s. Depp was a good sport and agreed to feature, but he had one unique condition for the producers to fulfil first. This good and cool side of Depp was evident when he was asked to make a sentimental cameo in Jonah Hill's action comedy of 2012, 21 Jump Street. Winona Ryder has called him 'a really good man' and said that she felt 'so very, very safe with him.' Depp and Ryder were engaged for a period of time, after working together in the 1990 film, Edward Scissorhands.
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