A British television personality who has dealings with a major cocaine dealer is targeted by Crockett and Tubbs.A British television personality who has dealings with a major cocaine dealer is targeted by Crockett and Tubbs.A British television personality who has dealings with a major cocaine dealer is targeted by Crockett and Tubbs.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe "Rat Race" song used in this episode was penned by Phil Collins just for this episode.
- GoofsZito's beard only appears after the broadcast of Rat Race, although it is too full to have been grown that quickly.
- Quotes
Izzy Moreno: I love this house, man. Limitless potency. Toreadors on black velvet. Very Hemingwayesque. Women love Hemingway. I can also re-sculpt this empty space up here into a rich, dynamic fully functional albondigas. Albondigas which qualifies you to work with one of the great minds of the Southern Florida refugee experience and score some cheap furniture at the same time.
Phil Mayhew: You must take me for a right wanker, son.
- ConnectionsFeatured in This Is Your Life: Phil Collins (1988)
Phil Collins' character, Phil Mayhew, is a deliberately annoying con artist who takes on who than he can handle when he tries to muscle in on the activities of a drugs dealer, played by Michael Margotta. Kyra Sedgwick plays the kooky "girlfriend", Sarah MacPhail and Emo Philips plays the contestant of "Rat Race" who makes Switek's life a misery for a while.
There's a curious blend of violence and comedy in this episode but the overall result is, in my opinion, a memorable tale.
The soundtrack to "Phil the Shill" contains Phil Collins' recorded-for-the-episode "Life Is A Rat Race", Eric Clapton's "Knock On Wood" and Stan Ridgway's "Pick It Up (And Put It In Your Pocket)".
From a trivia point of view, Crockett refers to his Ferrari's paint-job as "Tuxedo Black" in the opening sequence, a reference to the Chevrolet colour. This is a deliberate mistake - Paul Diamond who penned this tale was mildly outraged that the Daytona was a Chevy powered replica rather than the real deal! 9 out of 10.
- DVD_Connoisseur
- Aug 6, 2007