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Coog97 said:

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RIP

Magnum was literally like a life changing event in the late 1970s for young kids growing up in Texas

it's always so strange that none of that cast actually had a acting career other than big Tom

fast fact:

Magnum PI was the first television show in US history to show an unarmed man being murdered

when Magnum found his old Russian captor and blew him away at the end of the episode

that episode where Magnum was washed out to sea, I still think about that nearly 40 years later!!

LMCane said:

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Coog97 said:

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RIP

Magnum was literally like a life changing event in the late 1970s for young kids growing up in Texas

it's always so strange that none of that cast actually had a acting career other than big Tom

fast fact:

Magnum PI was the first television show in US history to show an unarmed man being murdered

when Magnum found his old Russian captor and blew him away at the end of the episode

that episode where Magnum was washed out to sea, I still think about that nearly 40 years later!!

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Such a great show

Magnum was an awesome show.

Didn't know it at the time, but Higgins retired in Houston and lived less than 5 miles from me before he died.

LMCane said:

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Coog97 said:

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RIP

Magnum was literally like a life changing event in the late 1970s for young kids growing up in Texas

it's always so strange that none of that cast actually had a acting career other than big Tom

fast fact:

Magnum PI was the first television show in US history to show an unarmed man being murdered

when Magnum found his old Russian captor and blew him away at the end of the episode

that episode where Magnum was washed out to sea, I still think about that nearly 40 years later!!

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John Hillerman would like a word.

LMCane said:

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Coog97 said:

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roger-e-mosley-dead-magnum-1235194403/

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RIP

Magnum was literally like a life changing event in the late 1970s for young kids growing up in Texas

it's always so strange that none of that cast actually had a acting career other than big Tom

fast fact:

Magnum PI was the first television show in US history to show an unarmed man being murdered

when Magnum found his old Russian captor and blew him away at the end of the episode

that episode where Magnum was washed out to sea, I still think about that nearly 40 years later!!

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Magnum PI followed by Simon and Simon was my original Thursday nigh Must See TV (until Cosby and others crushed them later). Maybe Remington Steele was after Simon & Simon, but I wasn't old enough to stay up that late, but I loved Magnum PI.

Any time, and I mean anytime, I am now in a pool with a deep end, and I start treading water, I think of that same "washed out to sea" episode where he treads water for like 12 or 24 hours or whatever it is in the shark filled waters.

I also think about the episode when he sees the boy underwater and no one believes him.



And poor TC never got paid for Magnum always using the guy's chopper.

This. He was in Blazing Saddles, for God's sake!

Iowaggie said:

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LMCane said:

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Coog97 said:

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roger-e-mosley-dead-magnum-1235194403/

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RIP

Magnum was literally like a life changing event in the late 1970s for young kids growing up in Texas

it's always so strange that none of that cast actually had a acting career other than big Tom

fast fact:

Magnum PI was the first television show in US history to show an unarmed man being murdered

when Magnum found his old Russian captor and blew him away at the end of the episode

that episode where Magnum was washed out to sea, I still think about that nearly 40 years later!!

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Magnum PI followed by Simon and Simon was my original Thursday nigh Must See TV (until Cosby and others crushed them later). Maybe Remington Steele was after Simon & Simon, but I wasn't old enough to stay up that late, but I loved Magnum PI.

Any time, and I mean anytime, I am now in a pool with a deep end, and I start treading water, I think of that same "washed out to sea" episode where he treads water for like 12 or 24 hours or whatever it is in the shark filled waters.

I also think about the episode when he sees the boy underwater and no one believes him.



And poor TC never got paid for Magnum always using the guy's chopper.

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I ALSO think of that episode when I tread water in open water. I also think of the girls bikini bottom in the opening trailer when treading water

I think of the episode where they all have different recollections of Rick's club getting robbed and how the bad guy mastermind was named Icepick.

Airwolf, Magnum, A Team, Family Ties, Love Boat,

the 80s was so much superior to TV today!!

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This. He was in Blazing Saddles, for God's sake!

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LMCane said:

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Airwolf, Magnum, A Team, Family Ties, Love Boat,

the 80s was so much superior to TV today!!

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Of those, only Magnum PI remains uncheesy, IMO.

aTmAg said:

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LMCane said:

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Airwolf, Magnum, A Team, Family Ties, Love Boat,

the 80s was so much superior to TV today!!

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Of those, only Magnum PI remains uncheesy, IMO.

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Magnum having nun of it

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LMCane said:

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Magnum PI was the first television show in US history to show an unarmed man being murdered

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There was an earlier episode that came close. Some karate stud kicked the crap out of TC. While in the hospital, TC told Magnum that the guy closed his eyes before he strikes. At the end of the episode, Magnum found himself laying on his back with thus guy over him and Magnum had a gun to the guys head. As soon as he blinked, Magnum shot. Didn't wait for him to strike first or anything. Just a blink.

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Yes! Dude got distracted my TC flying over. Looked down and Magnum had a gun in his face. Told him "nobody is that fast, don't think about trying".

Karate dude blinks. Screen goes black and you hear the gunshot.

Roll credits.

Bird Poo said:

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LMCane said:

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Airwolf, Magnum, A Team, Family Ties, Love Boat,

the 80s was so much superior to TV today!!

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Don't forget The Fall Guy, Greatest American Hero, that space show with the character "Hawk", Million Dollar Man (I think), Hulk, Gun Smoke, CHIPS, and many more.

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Buck Rogers?

Another thing I loved about this show is that they didn't spoon feed everything to the audience. You had to think.

I've describe this before, but there is an episode late in the series where Magnum was at a crime scene at night. Suddenly he turns around, goes into a building behind him, goes up the stairs (if I remember correctly), and finds some sort of clue in a room. I thought to myself, "how in the hell did he know to go in there?" Since I was watching on a VCR tape, I rewound and watched again. The 2nd time, I noticed that while he was looking at the crime scene, a camera flash went off behind him. He saw the flash, turned around and saw the building behind him, realized that it had to come from there. I can't remember exactly, but think the case was a serial killer who had sent pictures of crime scenes prior. So when he saw the flash he assumed it was the killer. None of this was explained. Today network TV shows would be sure to have him explain to somebody, "I saw flash so I went in there." But back then, they just let you figure it out.

My details may be off. It's been decades since I saw it.

That episode is called "Death and Taxes".
It's the one where the guy gives nursery rhymes to magnum with clues on where to find victims.