Heh. Yea, TV in those days wasn't good at continuity. Not much was serialized.


RIP to Hillerman

Y'all are showing your age. Old bastards.

RIP

"1943, I was out on Patrol..."

RIP

It was. I was impressed with how well it holds up other than the styles. Rockford Files is another great one that holds up well

Magnum is my favorite show from the 80s, and Hillerman is a big reason why.


RIP Higgy Baby

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"Oh my God ....Magnum!" RIP....

Oh, and fwiw, the "Higgins is Robin Masters" stuff didn't start until season 7. There are early episodes that contradict this though. Robin makes an appearance in season one, though his face is never shown.

A bit of trivia: Robin Masters was voiced by none other than Orson Welles.

LMAO

I can totally hear that.

I was always a fan of Higgins outward disdain for Thomas’ friends. And his ongoing questioning of the use of the Ferrari by Magnum.

Dude straight up despised TC and Rick. Particularly the early seasons. Lol

Absolutely. Love Rockford Files.


More trivia: one of Tom Selleck's big breaks was appearing as a private eye on Rockford Files in an episode called "White on White and Nearly Perfect." Rick (Larry Manetti) was in an episode, too.

Angel from RF was in a Magnum episode called "By Its Cover." He played a very Angel like character.

Gretchen Corbett aka Beth Davenport on RF was in two episodes of Magnum, "The Look" and "The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club"

The guy who played Rockford's buddy Dennis Becker was in a couple of great season 7 Magnum episodes called "Laura" and "Death and Taxes."

And Rocky was in a fairly crappy MPI called "All Roads Lead to Floyd"


Allegedly James Garner was supposed to appear in a MPI episode called "A.A.P.I." It didn't happen but one of the producers of Rockford Files, Stephen J. Cannell, did make an appearance.

Selleck chose MPI over Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I need to check out RF again. Have t seem it in years. Vaguely remember watching it with my dad, but was too young to really know what was going on in the show etc.

He didn't actually turn it down, but the filming schedule of Magnum wasn't going to allow him to do it so he had to say no. Ironically, there was a writers strike that year so he actually would have had time to do both had he known.


They poke fun at this in a mediocre season 8 episode called "Raiders of the Lost Art."

It's available on Bluray now. You can also get the complete dvd set dirt cheap at Walmart now; it's like 35 bucks for 6 seasons.

My favorite episodes in no particular order:


Backlash of the Hunter
Counter Gambit
Chicken Little is a Little Chicken
The Hammer of C Block
The Real Easy Red Dog
A Portrait of Elizabeth
Rattlers' Class of '63
There's One in Every Port
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
The Trouble with Warren
Piece Work
Feeding Frenzy
Quickie Nirvana
Trouble in Chapter 17

Yeah, that’s how I picked up 5 of the I think 8 seasons (?) of Magnum PI,...something dirt cheap like that. I almost want to say like $35. About once a year the wife and I will break it out and binge watch a bunch.