From: 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca (John LaRocque)
Subject: Re: QL: References to Magnum, PI
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:34:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.102140.1815@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>, oneil@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
> In article <1992Nov19.195804.291@cs.tulane.edu>, ps70awg@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu (mel rupinski) writes:
>> 
>> I was just watching "Permanent Wave" on USA last night, and I noticed
>> that in the scene where Sam, Laura, Kyle and Chloe were in Frank's 
>> apartment (right before the sniper shot at them), Magnum, PI was
>> playing on the tv.  I know of two other Magnum references offhand:
>> 
>> 	"Play it again, Seymour" -- In the cab scene with Seymour, Sam
>> 	  	mentioned Magnum with a group of other PI's
>> 		(Sam Spade, Phillip Marlowe, etc.)
>> 
>> 	"Genesis" (?) -- When Sam is trying to remember his family,
>> 		he mentions that his sister is married to Jim Bonneck,
>> 		a naval officer in Hawaii.  In Magnum, Bonneck was
>> 		a naval "con-man" that Magnum thought was Mac 
>> 		(after Mac died in a car-bomb explosion), who became
>> 		a recurring character on the show.


The actor who played both Mac and Bonneck, I believe, is Jeff Mackay. I
always loved that one episode in Magnum's last season where Mac appears as
a ghost eating a s**tload of food and really bugging him (this is the episode
where Magnum starts listening to classical music, reads National Review and
acts like Higgins and where Higgins starts wearing Hawaiian shirts and acting
like Magnum.

Anyways... this same Jeff Mackay starred in an episode of Battlestar Galactica
as one of the fireman in "Fire In Space". Also, Larry Manetti ("Rick" Orville
Wright on Magnum PI) starred in "Lost Planet of the Gods". Both QL, Magnum PI
and Battlestar Galactica are TV series from Universal with HEAVY involvement
from Don Bellisario.

>> Does anyone know of any other references to Magnum, PI (or any other of
>> Don B's shows, for that matter)?  I think this is pretty interesting. . .


Not really. I was a HUGE fan of Magnum PI and missed out on QL until about a
few weeks ago. This is a GREAT series, folks (I am on board Ziggy, yes I am).

>> Thanks ----


While we're at it... there are a few other shows from the Don. Tequila and 
Bonetti appeared on CBS last year. I think it died (a rip off of Turner and
Hooch except this puppy talked dirty). Another is a "Blue Thunder" rip off
called Airwolf which appeared in the mid eighties. And finally.....
Tales of the Golden Monkey.

I watched this EVERY week. Just as Galactica was a spin off of the Star Wars
craze, this show followed the Indiana Jones craze and starred Stephen Collins
of ST:TMP. He never really did find the infamous Golden Monkey, but like
QL and Magnum his character did voice-overs. (Magnum speaks into the mike and
says "Now I know what you're thinking, Higgins is really acting strange,
but....."). While on the subject of Indy ripoffs, Tom Selleck was originally
asked to be Indy but apparantly turned it down. In one episode of Magnum PI
he became Indy, leather jacket and all in search of a treasure in a cave. This
episode was really fun.

> Supposedly there is going to be a HUGE reference to Magnum P.I. this 
> season. Sam is actually going to leap INTO Magnum. They got Tom 
> Selleck for a brief cameo appearance (I assume the "mirrror shot"), 
> but I don't know what other actors from the original show they got for 
> the QL episode. This should be an EXCELLENT episode, folks...
> 
> 
> 				Tom O'Neil


Oh my God... I can't wait. Magnum was the BEST and this should be really 
great. PS there is a Magnum movie coming out... hope Don is on board for this
one also.
-- 

John P. LaRocque
vader@uwo.ca
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario


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