Remember When Boy George Guest Starred on 'The A-Team'?

The 1980s were an especially fertile ground for bizarre pop-culture pairings, it seems. The Harlem Globetrotters landed on Gilligan’s Island. Sylvester Stallone starred in a musical with Dolly Parton. It was a crazy time to be alive.

But the decade’s biggest head-scratcher might have happened on February 11, 1986 — thirty years ago today — when gender-bending New Wave rocker Boy George guest starred on NBC’s high-octane testosterone fest The A-Team. You might say, “Shut up, Yahoo TV! That never happened.” But we assure you, it did… and we have the GIFs to prove it.

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The Season 4 episode, “Cowboy George,” opens with Face working on a new get-rich-quick scheme for the team: He’s booking a concert with Cowboy George and the Range Rats at an Arizona watering hole, and pocketing the profits. We would ask why a rough-and-tough squad of gun-toting mercenaries is getting into the concert promotion business, but we’re trying not to think too hard about this.

Besides, it opens the door for a totally ‘80s cameo, because when Face goes to pick up Cowboy George at the airport, it’s actually… Boy George! The singer explains that he and Culture Club are owed 60 percent of what they made at their last gig — a cool $1.2 million. And they get that no matter what:

(P.S. We are loving this whole “Goth flamingo” look George has going on here.)

Basically, Face’s friend who set up the concert deal screwed him to get out of paying Culture Club their hefty appearance fee. And now the A-Team is left holding the bag. But wait! Face thinks he can salvage this! He goes to the owner of the local honky-tonk and tries to convince him Boy George and his band of brooding fops would be a great crowd-pleaser. But the grizzled owner has no interest in being associated with, in his words, an…

Which, to be fair, is probably one of the nicest things a guy like that would call Boy George in the ‘80s. (Also, if there isn’t a band called English Glitter Prince playing in a basement in Brooklyn somewhere, there should be.)

George isn’t thrilled with the venue, either; he calls it “a certified toilet,” actually. But Face pleads with him to give it a shot as Hannibal and B.A. arrive. (And awww, Mr. T is so excited to meet Boy George!) Hannibal senses that the bar owner is working a nefarious side business, and wants to snoop around during George’s set. Face still isn’t sure Culture Club can win over the locals, but George is confident, leading to this miraculous exchange:

My God, we miss the ‘80s.

Anyway, it’s the night of the big show, and Boy George and Culture Club have to keep the local hooligans entertained while Hannibal and the boys go off to play with guns. The band takes the stage, and the redneck crowd reacts, well, exactly how you’d expect them to. What, you guys don’t like pale, androgynous British waifs?

Shame they don’t have chicken wire to protect them like the Blues Brothers did.

But then an amazing thing happens: Culture Club’s synth-heavy soft rock starts to win over the rowdy crowd! And who can blame them, with moves like these?

Even more amazingly, Culture Club’s “God Thank You Woman” plays in the background while we watch Hannibal and the A-Team foil an armored car robbery with heavy gunfire and explosions. It’s truly the most bizarre juxtaposition of audio and video we’ve ever witnessed. It should probably be in a museum.

So the A-Team saves the day, right? Well, not quite: The corrupt sheriff throws Hannibal, Face, and B.A. in jail, interrupting Culture Club’s set and forcing Murdock and Boy George to spring them out. The escape plan involves Murdock dressing up as a woman (??) and Boy George kicking down a door (!!). You go, George!

They free their buddies and head for the airport just in time to catch the bad guys before they jet off to freedom. And in typical A-Team fashion, our heroes fire off a bunch of bullets, but never actually manage to hit anyone.

But who cares? The bad guys surrender! And we celebrate with one more Culture Club performance, this time of their mega-hit “Karma Chameleon.” The rednecks love it, Mr. T loves it… even Hannibal loves it! What can we say? We love it when a plan comes together.

Well, that was fun. And weird. But mostly fun. It’s really the kind of amazing pop-culture event that only happens once every thirty years… and we’re just glad we were alive to witness it.