I love The A-Team. . . no, not the one with Rampage Jackson, and that guy from The Hangover — The REAL A-Team. . . (Actually the new one may be just fine, I haven’t seen it yet though). . . I don’t know why I love The A-Team, I mean when the DVD for Season 1 was released I ran out on the day it was released and bought it. . .I popped it in the DVD player and watched almost an entire episode before turning it off. I’ve never touched the DVDs again, but still — inexplicably — I love The A-Team, and I think it’s a crime that Mr. T has never signed an official autograph card.

Clearly The A-Team is popular — they got freaking Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel and Bradley Cooper (yeah, The Hangover guy) to show up for the new movie. . . But who cares about The A-Team 2010. . . 1983 is where it’s at — George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T, and of course — the most important component Stephen J. Cannell. . . ring any bells?

If you happened to pick up any of 5FINITY’s Greatest American Heroes cards you might have found a card signed by Stephen J. Cannell — he’s the dude that created Greatest American Hero, and a little show called The Freaking A-Team. He’s an important dude, and clearly a good guy since he obviously had some involvement with 5FINITY on The Greatest American Hero set. . .

So here is what I propose — 5FINTITY — please call Stephen J. Cannell immediately and secure the rights to create an A-Team trading card set. . . go ahead — call now. . . I’ll wait here.

I’m sure there are some agreements to sign and things that will take time, so while we are waiting out the paperwork here is what I propose for a 5FINITY set . . . it’s slightly different than their normal offering, but that’s cool.

First — the key to this set is autographs. . . but not sketch autographs, on card autos like Dean Yeagle’s from Mandy. It would be cool if you could get some photos from the 80s for the autos, but if you can’t have an artist that draws awesome likenesses whip some up. I figure Benedict and Schultz have signed autos for other sets, so I would imagine they’d be game to do it again. Mr. T has done 1-800-Collect commercials so I can’t imagine he’d turn it down either. Peppard, sadly has passed away, but his autographs are fairly plentiful and relatively cheap so some cut signatures (a decent number so I actually have a chance to pull one or buy one) would be good. Of course some Cannell autos. . . if you need additional autos you could do some combo autos, look to some of the show’s guest stars, or even find Melinda Culea, who played Amy A Allen. Of course there will be plenty of sketches, but the autos should be readily available. . . I’d love to see 1 auto and 1 sketch per pack, or 1 auto OR 1 sketch per pack. . . Or, if you released a set of the autographs with a Peppard cut that would be cool too. . .

I pity the fool that doesn’t want an A-Team set!

Jon