Bernay's Cafe

Bernay's Cafe is a digest-sized letterzine.
It has at least thirteen issues. It was a member of the National Association of Fan Clubs.
This zine won two 1990 Fan Qs, one for best Miami Vice letterzine, and one for best Miami Vice editor.
"This letterzine will be a meeting place for those Miami Vice fans eager to carry on serious, intelligent, and friendly discussions pertaining to MV and its characters. Issues will contain forum questions regularly, news, episode and music guides, an ad section, art, a UK report, and whatever Ye Eds manage to scrounge up. The format will be attractive and professional-looking to reflect the stylized program that inspired it." from an ad in Pop Stand Express #4
==Issue 1==
Bernay's Cafe 1 was published in 1986.
==Issue 2==
Bernay's Cafe 2 was published in 1986.
==Issue 3==
Bernay's Cafe 3 was published in 1986.
==Issue 4 (1986:May)==
* Editorial (1)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (1)
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* Yesterday's gone, fiction by Ron Murillo. (34)
==Issue 5 (1986:Jul)==
* Editorial (1)
The type size for letters of comment was reduced and therefore the page count went down from 38 to 30 pages.
* Ads (2)
* Vice a toons. Reprints of strips from newspapers. (2)
* Hammer's Jammers. List of music for some of the second season episodes. (4)
* The Biscayne informant. Reprints of articles on Miami Vice and it's cast. (5)
* Vicing out. Report on the 1986 MediaWest con with photos, see Con Report (8)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (10)
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* Pulling the jacket. 1985-86 season episodes with synopses. (23)
* Heated concrete, fiction by DJ Driscoll. (28)
==Issue 6 (1986:Sep)==
* Runnin' it down - guest editorial (1)
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* Ads (3)
* Pulling the jacket - Newspaper clippings. (3)
* Vice a toons - reprints of newspaper cartoons. (5)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (6)
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* Control word, fiction by Sherry Magee. (16)
* Hammer's Jammer, clippings on Don Johnson's album. (18)
* The Biscayne informant, clippings on Miami Vice and it's cast. (20)
==Issue 7 (1986:Nov)==
* Runnin' in down - editorial. (1)
* Major lust - ads. (2)
* Hammer's jammers - list of music for 3rd season episodes. (3)
* The Biscayne informant - newspaper clippings on Miami Vice and it's cast. (4)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (6)
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* MV awards - apparently questionnaire was inserted in a previous issue on a variety of topics. There were Best episode (2nd season); Best episode (either season); Favorite celebrity guest star (2nd season); Favorite femme fatale (2nd season); Worst guest celebrity guest star (2nd season); best directed episode (2nd season); Best music-video sequence; All-time favorite music-video sequence; Worst episode (2nd season); Worst episode (either season); Favorite male guest character (2nd season); Favorite female guest character (2nd season); Favorite all-time male & female guest characters ; Most visually creative episode (2nd season); Most visually creative episode (either season); Favorite Zito hairstyle; Favorite Crockett outfit; Favorite Tubbs outfit; Favorite Castillo outfit; Best line (2nd season); Best line (either season); Funniest scene (either season); and most effective dramatic scene (2nd season). (16)
* One piece of advice you would give Brandon Tartikoff, Michael Mann, Don Johnson, or Philip Michael Thomas. (20)
* Not that this will make any difference, but should Trudy and Lt. Castillo have an affair? (21)
* Your guess as to how Zito will be bumped off. (22)
* Will you miss pastels? (22)
==Issue 8 (1987:Jan or Feb)==
* Runnin' in down - editorial. (1)
* Major lust - ads. (2)
* Vice-a-toons - reprints of newspaper cartoon strips featuring Miami Vice. (3)
* Hammer's jammers - list of music from 3rd season episodes. (4)
* The Biscayne informant- Newspaper clippings on Miami Vice and it's cast. (5)
* Letters to the pink sheet. Letters. (6)
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* U.K. Connection - Transcript of Terry's Wogan's interview with Don Johnson, 11/5/86 on Wogan, BBC1. (19)
* Vice'n out - reports on two parties held the first night of th new season of Miami Vice with photos. (21)
* Vice'n off - reprints of two letters sent to Brandon Tartikoff. (25)
==Issue 9 (1987:Feb or Mar)==
* Runnin' it down - editorial. (1)
* Major lust - ads. (2)
* Hammer's jammers - list of songs from 3rd season episodes. (3)
* Letters to the pink sheet - letters. (4)
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* Titilating the taste buds - two subscribers visit the Vice set with photos. (19)
* The Biscayne informant - reprints of newspaper clippings about Miami Vice and it's cast. (21)
==Issue 10 (1987:May)==
* Runnin' it down - editorial (1)
* Major lust - ads (2)
* Hammer's jammers - list of songs from 3rd season episodes. (3)
* The Biscayne informant - reprints of newspaper articles on Miami Vice and it's cast. (4)
* Miami Vice : a look behind and beyond. (6)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (8)
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* Definitely Miami Viced - A report on a visit to Miami and the set of the show with photographs. (24)
* Thanks to everyone who took part in the recent Bernay's/MV letter campaign to Roger Simon, TV Guide, and NBC, and the Vice producers. I think we really made an impression! TV Guide says the Simon article was one of their most controversial this year—it certainly spawned a lot of pro and con comments. (30)
==Issue 11 (1987:Jul)==
* Runnin' in down - editorial (1)
* Major lust - ads (2)
* The Biscayne informant - reprints of newspaper articles on Miami Vice and it's cast (3)
* Viced at Media - Photographs of Vice fans at MediaWest '87. (6)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (8)
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* Third season episode guide with music titles. (19)
* The network - reprint of an interview with Brandon Tartikoff (24)
==Issue 12 (1987:Sep)==
* Runnin' in down - editorial.(1)
* Major lust - ads (2)
* The Biscayne informant - reprints of newspaper articles on Miami Vice and it's cast (3)
* MV awards - Best episode (3rd season); Best episode (Of all time); Favorite guest star (3rd season); best director (3rd season); Favorite music-video sequence; All-time favorite music-video sequence; Least favorite episode (3rd season); Most visually creative episode (3rd season); Favorite Crockett outfit; Favorite Tubbs outfit; Favorite Castillo outfit; Favorite Izzy outfit(3rd season); Favorite Trudy outfit (3rd season); Favorite Gina outfit (3rd season); Best line (3rd season); Funniest scene (3rd season); and Most effective dramatic scene (3rd season). One piece of advice you would give Brandon Tartikoff,Don Johnson, or Philip Michael Thomas. Do you miss pastels? What would you like Michael Mann to do to change or improve the show? (4)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (14)
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* Vicing out in Miami - report on visit to Miami and the set of the show. (21)
==Issue 13 (1987:Dec)==
* Runnin' in down - editorial. (1)
* Major lust - ads. (2)
* Hammer's jammer - list of music for some 4th season episodes. (3)
* The Biscayne informant - reprints of newspaper clippings of Miami Vice and it's cast. (4)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (8)
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* Walking on water with Edward James Olmos - report on the Mill Valley Film Festival where this film made its debut. This film was later released as Stand and Deliver. (29)
* a trip to remember for a life time - another report on the Mill Valley Film Festival. (35)
==Issue 14 (1988:Feb)==
* Runnin' in down - editorial. (1)
* Pulling the jacket - essay reflecting on the first four seasons of Miami Vice. (2)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (4)
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* Major lust - ads. (16)
* Hammer's jammer -list of music for some 4th season episodes. (17)
==Issue 15 (1988:Apr)==
* Runnin' in down - editorial. (1)
* Major lust - ads. (2)
* Hammer's jammer - list for music for some 4th season episodes. (3)
* The Biscayne informant - reprints of some newspaper clippings about Miami Vice and it's cast. (5)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (6)
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* Vice fans go to Miami and discover the real Miami Vice. (12)
==Issue 16 (1988:Jul)==
* Runnin' it down - editorial (1)
"Also you will notice that Hammer's jammer isn't in this issue. Since I get this information from USA TODAY, they felt that the section which had that info be dropped."
* Letters to the pink sheet. (2)
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* Vice fourth season guide. (20)
* Viced at Media, a report by Noel Silva of the Miami Vice party at MediaWest*Con, see Convention Reports (23)
* Major lust - ads. (26)
==Issue 17 (1988:Nov)==
* Runnin' it down - editorial. (1)
* MV awards - Best episode; Favorite guest star; Best director; Favorite music video sequence; All-time favorite music video sequence; Least favorite episode; Most visually creative episode; Favorite Crockett outfit; Favorite Tubbs outfit; Favorite Castillo outfit; Best line; Funniest scene; Most effective dramatic scene; Which look of Sonny's do you like best; Does Rico look better with or without his beard; One piece of advice you'd give either Brandon Tartikoff, Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, or Edward James Olmos; If you could give Michael Mann your idead for Sonny Crockett getting back from over the edge, what would you tell him? (2)
* Letters to the pink sheet. (10)
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* Off to the offshore races - a report on Don Johnson's participation in the Bay City Offshore Boat Races in Michigan. (13)
==1989 (Win/Spr)==
* Jump city - editorial. (2)
"Welcome the first issue of the new Bernay's Cafe: a special welcome to all of our new members who have joined in response to the recent national publicity about Vice Viewers International in USA Today and other newspapers."
* Dealers (classified ads). (5)
* Dead Bang - excerpts from reviews. (6)
* Runnin' it down - VVI news. (8)
"We experienced a slight delay in getting this issue out to you -- and you may notice a few changes! first of all, the readership of Bernay's Cafe has joined with the membership of Vice Viewers International, to form the largest group of Miami Vice fans yet organized! Former Bernay's Cafe's editor Noel Silva is working with me to get it all together. Noel will continue to publish the Miami Vice fiction compendium, Sanity Maintenance, and is continuing active participation in Vice fandom."
* The VVI insider - news of Miami Vice and it's cast. (13)
* We go to Miami Vice's 100th episode party by Mary Platt. (18)
* A person of integrity: what Martin Castillo has meant to Miami Vice; an analysis by Sherry Magee. (27)
* At the Sweethearts Dance premiere by Bonnie Skaggs. (31)
* The Star Trek/Miami Vice connection or: Why are there so many Star Trek fans in Miami Vice fandom by Elaine Batterby. (34)
* Viewer viewpoints - letters (38)
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* Close encounters of the mall kind - a fan relates of a chance meeting with Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. (62)
==1989 (Sum/Aut)==
* "Welcome back to another issue of Bernay's. Hope the little wait was worth it.Because of the large number of feature articles in this issue, and the threat of it becoming another monster 70 or 80 pager, we may notice we don't have quite as many reader's letters in this one. Fear not--we're saving a bunch for next issue, so if you don't see yours in here, it's a pretty safe bet it'll show up next time." (3)
* Runnin' it down - news of Don Johnson and his activities. (4)
* Good reads - Centrifuge by J.C. Pollock; The guide to high performance powerboating by Joanne Fishman. (8)
* Special preview - Don Johnson' new album, Let it roll, by Mary Platt. (9)
* Let it roll - our fan panel reviews Don Johnson's new album. (14)
* Hot Spot. Don's new movie begins filming in Texas. (22)
* Capitalizing on quaintness - reprint of news article on Taylor, Texas where Don Johnson's movie was being filmed. (24)
* On the hot seat - Taylor transforms under the spotlight of film crew. Reprint of news article on filming of Don Johnson's latest movie. (26)
* The last hurrah - a farewell to 'Vice' as we visit the set for the final two episodes by Mary Platt. With photographs. (28)
* Bye, Pal! - reprint of articles by critics on the series finale of Miami Vice. (46)
* VVI goes to the Make-a-Wish Foundation celebrity tournament by Andrea Soper. Don Johnson gave out awards to the golfers. (51)
* Letters. (54)
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==1990 (Spr)==
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==References==
Category:Miami Vice Zines
Category:1986 Zines
Category:1980s Zines
Category:1990s Zines