Magnum P.I.
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In the pilot he didn't run the King Kamehameha Club, he owned a disco called "Rick's Place," but know to the underbelly of Honolulu as "The Ice Palace," and the implication was that it was where it was always "snowing" (ie coke was readily available).
I don't know how many chicks he would have gotten if he had stuck with his original character--they made him out to be a Bogart wannabe. He even said to his DJ in the disco club, "play it again, sam." ugh. I'm glad they wrote that out.
Was Rick's stepfather "Icepick?"
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How do Magnum's love interests measure up by today's standards?
How do Magnum's love interests measure up by today's standards?
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Pretty good. He gets to hang out with all the "stews" that Robin Masters lets crash at the house. So far there have been a couple of mostly naked swedish stews, and reference to a smoking hot french stew.
Then, in the second episode, he nails a "China Doll" (name of the ep).
That's as far as I've gotten so far.
Oh, yeah, he also bags the sister of his dead navy buddy, which I thought was sorta gross (the line he crossed, not the sister). But, that was in the pilot (airdate 12/11/80), and they had a lot of stuff in that that never appeared in the subsequent episodes.
So do you recommend people adding the early seasons to the AnQuan Boldin?
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In all honesty, I don't even know what this means.
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If you like Magnum, hell yeah. If you're so young you missed it? I dunno. It's not that I don't think it's good TV--I do. But, I think a lot of its appeal is nostalgia for me.
Shows in the early 80's didn't suck you in in the same way a show like Lost or Firefly does.
But, then on the other hand, they did work a thread of intrigue throught the show with the "who's robin masters" thing and at the end the recurring subplots about his wife and what happened in VN.
Also, the great thing about TV back then was you could count on a self-contained story to be started and finished in 45 minutes (not counting commercials).
I'd say add it to the BB Q, but I'm not promising you the same satisfaction that I get from it. (oddly enough, this is almost the exact same phrase with which I start out all of my sexual encounters)
Shows in the early 80's didn't suck you in in the same way a show like Lost or Firefly does.
But, then on the other hand, they did work a thread of intrigue throught the show with the "who's robin masters" thing and at the end the recurring subplots about his wife and what happened in VN.
Also, the great thing about TV back then was you could count on a self-contained story to be started and finished in 45 minutes (not counting commercials).
I'd say add it to the BB Q, but I'm not promising you the same satisfaction that I get from it. (oddly enough, this is almost the exact same phrase with which I start out all of my sexual encounters)
Anquan should grow a thick 'stache and make the new Magnum PI. He's already in Hawaii every year for the Pro Bowl.
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OMG...I forgot how much it sounded like Mannix!
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Yup. And I don't know if they stuck with that theme through the entire first season or not, but the first regular episode has it, too (though they dropped the cutout effect of the cross of lorraine)
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Update:
It wasn't until the 11th episode of the first season that they switched the theme song to the one we're all familiar with.
Also, in episode 13 (?) Ted Danson was a guest star, though I don't think he really qualified as a "star" at that point in his career. Boy, he sure was skinny.
It wasn't until the 11th episode of the first season that they switched the theme song to the one we're all familiar with.
Also, in episode 13 (?) Ted Danson was a guest star, though I don't think he really qualified as a "star" at that point in his career. Boy, he sure was skinny.
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I forget what netowrk it was on, but CBS sounds right.
I'm certain that some of my love for the show is nostalgia, but I really like it. It's a little campy and predictable, but I've really been enjoying it.
Oh I understand that. I still watch Saved by the Bell reruns ffs. I enjoy a lot of tv and kind of how shows fit into the landscape at the time and their effects on what we see today. Being in NYC and going to to The Museum of Television and Radio last summer was awesome.
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