Chapter 4

Getting Started with the A-Team

One of the most popular shows on American television in the mid-1980s was The A-Team. The show—which made Mr. T a superstar and was, in retrospect, awful—was about a group of Vietnam-war veterans on the run from the law for a crime they didn’t commit. Each episode introduced a mission featuring a person in desperate need of the A-Team’s assistance. The team, four former members of the U.S. Army Special Forces, would find their way to the person in need and develop a creative way to help (usually involving booby traps and makeshift explosives), all while evading capture from the long arm of the law. Got a problem with an unruly biker gang harassing your customers, or a crooked small-town sheriff who unjustly ...

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