The intro and theme tune to The A-Team still triggers something in my brain similar to that burst of brass as the Star Wars theme ignites after the Fox fanfare. Its a primal, nostalgia fueled shudder of 'here we go!'. And Mr T. aside there is nothing more iconic from that show than that Van.
It never had its own cool Acronym or name like K.I.T.T, General Lee or Airwolf, it was just known as the A-Team van. Which was enough. It continuously looked pristine despite years of machinegun fire being directed at it.
I was enraged when they made the insane decision to destroy it in the Neeson/Cooper led movie version a few years back. Sacrilege!
Heralding from the wilds of Yorkshire, 'The Los Angeles Underground' always felt like a mysterious mystical place to my childlike imagination. I remember hearing of 'The Black Market' and assuming it was a large black building where nefarious things were sold so by the same logic a literal underworld where the A-Team were content spending years in must be pretty awesome and initially I was annoyed we never got to see it.
Anyway, I digress. If you want this on your wall (and why wouldn't you?!) Prints are available here.
