Tom Selleck won an Emmy for his portrayal of Thomas Magnum, a charming private detective who lives in Hawaii on the estate of an absentee millionaire. Though a bit of a rascal, Magnum investigates his cases with skill, deftly moving about an island that is luxurious, exotic, and sometimes dangerous. Successfully blending doses of action, mystery, irreverent comedy, and poignant drama, this series became one of the biggest hits in television history and afforded Selleck and his characterization iconic status.
I dont get it. At the end, How did Magnum get thru the secure screening area to make the switch before anyone else if there were only 2 screening booths and TC and Rick were at #1 and #2 booth?
Such a great pilot episode. It sets the tone for the whole series. It has the right balance of funny moments but a heaviness to the mystery Magnum is solving. I loved the serious episodes vs the ones played mostly for comedy. Such a twist that the man he's hunting, who killed Dan Cook, was a member of the team. To me the only thing out of step is that Rick and TC are not also more upset about Dan being killed and his sister is not also comforted by them. In one scene she finds a photo of the team and comments that they are all so young but of course she knew Thomas longest since she was a girl in school.
I met Tom and John early 1980's right outside of the gate entrance to the right of "Robins Nest. Tom was very quiet and John was very nice. Both signed our Crew Caps. They were filming "Foiled Again". We hung out for a couple days of filming and also met some of the Film Crew, very nice people. Blaine went and got us Magnum PI Crew Caps, and Invited us to hang out with some of the crew after filming, to meet up for a couple drinks at a local spot in Honolulu. Was a fun time I won't ever forget. 😁
I lived in Waikiki back in the 80s when they had the pedi cabs ....miss those days but not the pedi cabs.....a lot of young hot shots drove them who did not want to get real jobs and they made good tips....they backed up traffic big time and some of them were scammers....i only took 1 as i remember when a gf i had back then wanted to take one to her apartment....the city did away with them by 1990 due to all the head aches the pedi cabs caused...
When I worked for HPD I went to a 3 to 4 house compound in Aiea Heights right above Pearl Harbor on some type of case...I met a elderly local Japanese woman who lived there .....this took place years ago when i spoke to her, but the harbor was right below her home.....she said she saw the whole thing take place from beginning to end as a young person....it blew my mind.....i can not imagine seeing that....
@@nhmooytis7058 I remember car phones did exist in the late seventies incredible expensive to have it fitted and the mobile operator also hefty per minute...should have been a breeze however for rich novelist Robin Masters...
