My sister and I were really little when this show aired, used to lie on the floor to watch on our parents' big color set (which was encased in a piece of wooden furniture & low to the floor, back in those days). As soon as the theme song commenced, we'd jump up and get in position right in front of the screen, giggle, wait for it (the camera to do its jarring, dizzying spin up to the condo's balcony as the music crescendo-ed), & then compete to see who could do the dramatic Jack Lord spin-around the best! Fun times.
As everyone says when Jack Lord turns around has to be the coolest thing ever! The whole intro was amazingly glamorous back in the day and still is now !!
And you notice that when Jack Lord spins around, his bangs blow gently and erratically from a true Hawaiian breeze -- not the high-speed fans that TV shows later trained on models to make their hair look wind-blown!
Every second of this opening was perfect. The waves, the zoom in to the top of the high rise, that Garrat turn, the aircraft, the girl turning her head, the dancer. It blew my mind as a kid.
at the end....the solo bike with the teardrop blue light flashing rushing thru kalakaua ave......I heard long ago there was a blooper shot although I forgot what part/
I love the opening of The Rifleman, The Untouchables, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission Impossible, and Secret Agent Man. However, I must say that the opening of Hawaii Five-O is at the top of my list.
The high rise building was the 30th floor of The LLika Hotel. The girl running on the beach then turns her head to the camera is Elizabeth Logue, the hula dancer's name is Kaneohe Oahu..
Holds up backwards too - the Greeks and Romans woulda loved it !! Ahead of its time and timeless… transcendent in time and place - in fact I use it as a litmus test for intimate compatibility - love it longtime or fuhggedaboutit!
So unbelievably epic, greatest theme song EVER, end of subject. Jack Lord's hair should have won a boatload of Emmy's. Loved Five-0 as a kid, never missed it.
Lot of great theme songs for TV shows. I don't mean iconic ones, I mean musically good ones. Mission Impossible, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (the instrumental version, not the sung one), SWAT (the 70s TV show), CHiPs, and many more ... and I would even say Laverne & Shirley, and Underdog (the cartoon from the 60s or 70s). But I agree that Hawaii 5-0 is the best of them all.
@Kevin Counihan , If you know the history, do the Research, The Rock Group, Venture, made the Original idea, and CBS produced the TV 📺 hit ,Part of Song 🎵, with Orchestra, Hawaii Five 'O in 1968 , Staring ', Jack Lord , And James McArthur And I never said, 5/31 / 2020 The best TV dama , Police 🚔 Dama from, 1968 - 1981
I remember watching this as a kid....my Dad was really into it. I think it is the first TV show I can remember seeing. I agree with every single comment that this is the best intro of any TV show....editing, music, photography....just great.
@@gloriaannopperman2734 Have to disagree. Alex played McGarrett. Jack Lord WAS McGarrett. Nobody could top him and his coolness in that role. The reboot may have lasted a while but it can't touch the original. It doesn't have the flavor.
Must be one of the best TV theme tunes ever. I also love the extensive use of “sunburst”, “fast cutaways” and “fisheye” shots so typical of late Sixties and early Seventies films and TV...
Whenever I watch the reruns , I have to catch the intro or I wont watch it . I grew up in the 60's and always loved that quick camera shot up to Lord on that building and the quick editing to this powerful theme song .
I remember my first trip to Oahu. The tour bus driver showed us the Ilikai Hotel. He said that was where they filmed Jack Lord in the opening. I just melted. I just love that part of the opening. I have to come back to TH-cam from time to time to watch it.
TAKE ME BACK TO THE TIMES WHEN THIS WAS ON TV! ....The theme tune was enough to tell me it was probably bed time but I loved watching the and listening to the Intro. Ahh nice simple times.
Lots of shots of United Airlines DC-8s in the opening credits which always excited me because my father was a United DC-8 pilot. We even stayed a month at the Ilikai (the hotel Jack Lord is on the top floor of) when my dad retired. The aircraft interior and flight attendant uniform where also United.
I actually love that opening wave, which is incredibly majestic. I read where it was actually filmed like in 1962, a couple of years before thr series. Stock footage.
Best TV themes: 1. Hawaii Five-O ( best theme EVER )! 2. Mission: Impossible. 3. SWAT. 4. Baretta. 5. The Streets of San Francisco. 6. Starsky & Hutch. 7. The Rookies. That's all I got for now.
At 1:38 , Prof. Erich Stoss is played by Theodore Bikel. Bikel was a master of languages, dialects, and accents, and often played ethnic roles, such as a German officer and Serbian king. Extensive stage, film, and film and television roles since 1950. Played Work’s Adoptive father, Sergey Rozhenko, in Star Trek: The Next Generation
I had the good fortune of being a pre teen and teen and living on Oahu during those years . I was a military brat but I loved, and still do, Hawaii. Something MUST be done to help local and native Hawaiian's because the real estate market is pricing them out of their homes and homesteads . This is wrong and has to be dealt with NOW !!
What a very busy and amazing opening to look at in a short period of time, coupled with the an amazing musical score, powerful, interesting, and beautiful all-in-one! They don't do them like that today!
Best theme and opening sequence bar none. My brother and I used to get so excited when this theme tune came on that we used to jump up in our PJ's and pretend to be surfing ! Jack Lord is and always will be The Man!
Amazing memories of watching HAWAII FIVE O with Mum in Ireland during the 1970s, excellent American TV drama production - Jack Lord was excellent and the theme tune intro is simply unbeatable.
Reza Badiyi created the intro --superb editing and shots--the zoom in from ground to top of the the Ilikai Hotel with chopping angles is something you don't see today--ahead of it's time then and still today.
If it ain’t broke... Today’s tv shows can’t even touch the good oldies. Jack Lord and so many other passed stars would be ashamed to even watch today’s prime time tv or dramas. These shows, like Hawaii Five-O and so many others of their time, are still classics and will never be forgotten.
Always loved this intro as a kid. The wide angled lens, the zoom ins, pauses on the dancing Hawaiian chick! All of it!! I can't remember any other intro like it!!!
Oh that look in the intro when Jack turns around................after all these years it still sends shivers down my spine..............................................
When Jack Lord turns around and the bongos come up (which wasn't in most of the other season's versions of the theme) is my favorite moment of the title music. Morton Stevens' greatest achievement!
+Steve Wilkos Agree. I wanted to be like him and do that. Evidently someone else named Nora Louise Kuzma liked him so much she took his last name as her screen name. She's better known asTraci Lords.
and the film crews then would NOT hog a whole block just to reserve for the crew trucks and staff!!! few years ago....driving in old Kalaeloa military section.....came past one of the film trucks owned by a movie production company.....was torched, as in arson.
Composer: Morton Stevens. Theme performed by The Wrecking Crew! To their credit the new show's producers brought back the same musicians to record the current theme, without ruining something so iconic like so many producers would have done.
I learned the percussion part in elementary school way back when and can stilll play it - even though I'm not a badass anymore. Damn...rhis song is one that makes me still feel alive! Mahalo!
I have all the original Hawaii Five-0 dvd, my favorite collection... also the current ones. What can I say, love Hawaii Five-0 :-). right now, we are staying for our 2 week vacation here, and guess where?_______ :-)
I love the fact that Jack Lords hair didn't move for 12 years. Plus I want to know how much did the guys doing the rowing over the closing credits get??!. Those kept rowing 12 years every week and never got anywhere. I grew up near the ocean and I can tell you that's not easy. Many times in my youth I tried it and swallowed a piece of the Atlantic instead.
That intro is so awesome. I've got me the entire series on DVD and I still enjoy it every time. It's up there with the introduction to Mission Impossible on my list. Wonder why they don't make them like that any more...
+Charles Jackson MANY of the cop/detective shows started that way. They'd show you something interesting, usually a crime/crime scene, then the opening credits, then a commercial. My dad had the maddening habit of sending me to bed as a kid during the commercial break! I finally got "caught up" on my "missing episodes" when the whole series ran at 2 AM years ago. Great stuff!
The openings were grabbers that made not only want to watch the show but want to like it. And the theme music and images at the close made you feel good- the good guys won. Now the bean counters have taken all that away.
This was one of those shows our whole family would watch we lived in a drab Midwestern town and we would watch just to see beautiful Hawai’i now decades later I’ve actually made it to Hawai’i and I’m watching this now!
Book him Danno..Murder One! Best theme tune of all time with a great brass sound. Mr Lord was so cool when he turns around dropping his left eyebrow and lifting his right at the same time. My favourite part of this however is at 0.40 when that beautiful lady makes an all too brief appearance....oh how I was in love with her!
The classic Second Season rerecording of the theme to add more percussion and the big bongos when Jack Lord makes his turn-around. THE BEST! Thank you!
Every instance of this show was iconic - the music, the cars, the suits and ties, and almost every great tv and movie actor of the time seems to have made an appearance in the show.
Amazing theme song! So well arranged and orchestrated and with cool ass visuals and editing. Man, they don't make intros or shows like this anymore. I don't care about the reboot of this show or MacGyver or the Magnum, PI one, you can't beat the classics! People will always remember these like they have for forty or thirty years.
I prefer original and classic Hawaii Five O compared to the modern one. The classic is more elegant and beautiful to me. Nobody beats Jack Lord and James MacArthur as McGarret and Danno!!!! Ahh James MacArthur--my dream man!!!!
@@b3j8, hallelujah, I am so glad that you also picked up on that. I was also thinking the exact same thing, just didn't know how to word it. I don't really like the new version, cuz it's only half as long. They don't even use the out-going theme at the end of the modern 50. Such a disappointment.
@@Lotmeister, I totally agree with you on that. And it's also a big disappointment to me that the out-going theme is not run after the episode is over.
Jack had a reputation for living up to his last name when it came to iron handedly calling the shots on anything having to do with most if not all aspects of production, direction, writing, and the cast; but all in all, Yeah:he WAS 5-O.
Arguably the best TV show intro and music of all time. Legendary and iconic. That hotel that McCarren is on was the three- winged Ilikai Hotel. We lived there from late 1979 through 1982.
I watched this show as a young kid and, aside from Jack Lord turning to face the camera, the belly dancer bit is another striking image that made an indelible impression on me. That brief glimpse of the Hawaiian belly dancer is, for me, what gave this show's intro a sexy and exotic flair, but Jack's charismatic and self-assured smile when he faces the camera also commands your attention. As far as the script, "Book 'em, Danno," was the unforgettable line. Enjoyed the show, loved the intro even more. I could never tire of listening to the exciting and dramatic theme music of Hawaii Five O. It's my all time favorite theme. No theme from today's movies or today's tv shoes can even compare with that of Hawaii Five O! I could listen to it all day.
I always liked the theme song, and the intro/ending credits scenes. I was like 7 or 8 when this was on tv back then. I remember watching the show and liking it, but don't remember any particular story. Must be "old age" crept up on me LOL One of the best and memorable theme music for a show. Book 'em, Danno....! Oh, dear! Mr. Bridger didn't have a good flight LOL
What memories... I used to stay at my grandparents' house and my grandpa would stay up watching TV (in the 1980's) and from upstairs I could hear this theme song playing at 1:00am in the morning (reruns on late night tv). great memories of staying at grandparents! Miss them both!!!!
As a kid from that era, I really enjoy how they did the songs in those days. The theme starts with the Trumpets doing the melody with the Trombones providing a strong rhythm underneath and Flutes and Piccolo for accents, then the next verse the Trombones take over, with French Horns and Trumpets doing some counterpoint, then finally the French Horns take the melody with the Trumpets doing the musical punctuation. These songs were so complex and musically interesting. The new replacement theme is much less complex and kind of boring if you ask me.
Yes ! on all counts. Funny though, i'd forgotten how prominent the use of the Vibraslap was in this first season theme here. this instrument went out of fashion by the early 70's but for about 3-4 years (68-72) it was everywhere! Speaking of the horns and woodwinds you mention, if you listen to the Season 5-7 intros of the original series, the Vibraslap instrument is long gone, and there are additional horns and flutes added. not much different, but noticeable when compared to this one from the first season. Your attention to detail rules, your observations are much appreciated. thanks for your posting.
I loved the original show. It was always good and sometimes, every once in a while, you got a really great episode. This was one of the first shows to introduce the notion of a recurring villain, Wo Fat, of course. We take the concept for granted now, but back then, it was something new.
Elizabeth Logue was the legendary woman running on the beach while brushing her hair back as well as the last girl turning to face the camera. The late Helen Kuoha-Torco was the legendary Polynesian dancer. Her full dance was shown in the pilot episode.
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Am I the only one who loves Jack Lord turning round to face the camera? Iconic.
No you're not. That and the hula girls hips, the waves crashing, Danno running, everything about this show was iconic.
My sister and I were really little when this show aired, used to lie on the floor to watch on our parents' big color set (which was encased in a piece of wooden furniture & low to the floor, back in those days). As soon as the theme song commenced, we'd jump up and get in position right in front of the screen, giggle, wait for it (the camera to do its jarring, dizzying spin up to the condo's balcony as the music crescendo-ed), & then compete to see who could do the dramatic Jack Lord spin-around the best! Fun times.
That's action Jackson.
I love that shot of Jack Lord! Back in the day it was the Friday special for my brother and sisters; right before News at 10 😊
LOVE IT!!!
As everyone says when Jack Lord turns around has to be the coolest thing ever! The whole intro was amazingly glamorous back in the day and still is now !!
And you notice that when Jack Lord spins around, his bangs blow gently and erratically from a true Hawaiian breeze -- not the high-speed fans that TV shows later trained on models to make their hair look wind-blown!
@@girlfriday1183 Well spotted Girl Friday. You are clearly a tv connoisseur.
I was only 10 and I thought this was the life I should aspire to - minus the crime part, of course 😂
peterwilliamskelhorn I never mentioned bangs, am afraid ur comment is lost on me.
I WAS IN LOVE..AND I WAS ONLY 6!
Best “Turn to camera” in the history of television…and that spin-pan as the jumbo flies overhead is just to die for. Loved 5.O
No wonder it's called a "star turn".
It's actually a DC-8, probably United.
Iconic theme tune, gorgeous scenery and the words "book em dano, murder one".. what a show, never missed an episode.
Every second of this opening was perfect.
The waves, the zoom in to the top of the high rise, that Garrat turn, the aircraft, the girl turning her head, the dancer.
It blew my mind as a kid.
at the end....the solo bike with the teardrop blue light flashing rushing thru kalakaua ave......I heard long ago there was a blooper shot although I forgot what part/
I love the opening of The Rifleman, The Untouchables, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission Impossible, and Secret Agent Man. However, I must say that the opening of Hawaii Five-O is at the top of my list.
It’s the best Intro ever!
The high rise building was the 30th floor of The LLika Hotel. The girl running on the beach then turns her head to the camera is Elizabeth Logue, the hula dancer's name is Kaneohe Oahu..
That drum roll at the beginning gives me chills. Love too how there’s a dramatic scene that launches into the theme song.
That drum roll is epic. Gives the intro such a moment. That's the hook. The pre credits teaser leads to the drum roll. Here we go!! 5-0
That drummer was ace.
Show was ahead of it's time stylistically. Still holds up today.
Bigtime. Most shows in the 1960s took a far slower pace to introduce their shows.
Holds up backwards too - the Greeks and Romans woulda loved it !! Ahead of its time and timeless… transcendent in time and place - in fact I use it as a litmus test for intimate compatibility - love it longtime or fuhggedaboutit!
Absolutely ahead of its time!
So unbelievably epic, greatest theme song EVER, end of subject. Jack Lord's hair should have won a boatload of Emmy's. Loved Five-0 as a kid, never missed it.
Me too!
We can thank The Ventures for this one.
I know. It beats the new one.
Utterly unsurpassable- the only possible thing “better” than the opening is … the closing !! Lol
He wore a toupee!
The greatest opening credits sequence in the history of television.
You're dogs 🐕 right ✅ the very best
I agree. There are shows I like better, but this intro is my favorite.
I'm always torn between this and The Avengers as the best theme ever
Yes
FACTS!
To this day the best intro of any tv show I’ve ever seen! Jack lord is that dude!
Best theme song in the history of TV
Yes it is
Rawhide is close --but this is the best
Exactilioso.
Lot of great theme songs for TV shows. I don't mean iconic ones, I mean musically good ones. Mission Impossible, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (the instrumental version, not the sung one), SWAT (the 70s TV show), CHiPs, and many more ... and I would even say Laverne & Shirley, and Underdog (the cartoon from the 60s or 70s). But I agree that Hawaii 5-0 is the best of them all.
Can't forget Gilligan's island
Whoever created this tune is a genius; it's absolutely iconic.
The band ,name " Vinture in 1968 rock group
@Kevin Counihan , If you know the history, do the Research, The Rock Group, Venture, made the Original idea, and CBS produced the TV 📺 hit ,Part of Song 🎵, with Orchestra, Hawaii Five 'O in 1968 , Staring ', Jack Lord ,
And James McArthur
And I never said, 5/31 / 2020
The best TV dama , Police 🚔 Dama
from, 1968 - 1981
Always think of the hula girl hips shaking to the drums. lol
Morton Aaron Stevens composed this classic
Yes that and the Mission Impossible song and James Bond.
The best tv show theme ever. The original Five O was ahead of it's time.
That wave is epic
Love love love ,this was an exceptional era ,my grandparents got me hooked on this show.its a treat to revisit the past ,🙏❤️ thanks much..
“Book ‘em, Danno!” OMG, everything about this is just iconic American television.
....Murder One
I remember watching this as a kid....my Dad was really into it. I think it is the first TV show I can remember seeing. I agree with every single comment that this is the best intro of any TV show....editing, music, photography....just great.
I remember watching this as a kid and enjoying it. It takes talent to make shows that the whole family can watch and enjoy together.
There's only one Steve McGarrett and that's Jack Lord. R.I.P. Jack.
Amen. Jack Lord will always be Steve McGarrett in my eyes. Mahalo Loa, Jack Lord, & Aloha.
Big chicken degrees
@@gloriaannopperman2734 Have to disagree. Alex played McGarrett. Jack Lord WAS McGarrett. Nobody could top him and his coolness in that role. The reboot may have lasted a while but it can't touch the original. It doesn't have the flavor.
Alex o'loughlin
@@Grupo-aurora You must be on the wrong Hawaii Five O video lol.
Not only the best opening ever for a show. .....but they way they always set up for a commercial was amazing.
Must be one of the best TV theme tunes ever. I also love the extensive use of “sunburst”, “fast cutaways” and “fisheye” shots so typical of late Sixties and early Seventies films and TV...
The original Hawaii Five-O is the classic hands down.
Whenever I watch the reruns , I have to catch the intro or I wont watch it . I grew up in the 60's and always loved that quick camera shot up to Lord on that building and the quick editing to this powerful theme song .
I remember my first trip to Oahu. The tour bus driver showed us the Ilikai Hotel. He said that was where they filmed Jack Lord in the opening. I just melted. I just love that part of the opening. I have to come back to TH-cam from time to time to watch it.
A classic TV show with a timeless theme song.
TAKE ME BACK TO THE TIMES WHEN THIS WAS ON TV! ....The theme tune was enough to tell me it was probably bed time but I loved watching the and listening to the Intro. Ahh nice simple times.
My sister and I danced to every intro and ending of every single episode. What a series.
Lots of shots of United Airlines DC-8s in the opening credits which always excited me because my father was a United DC-8 pilot. We even stayed a month at the Ilikai (the hotel Jack Lord is on the top floor of) when my dad retired. The aircraft interior and flight attendant uniform where also United.
Everything Hawaii is captured perfectly in the opening theme. Intro is bar none, the best ever.........
I actually love that opening wave, which is incredibly majestic. I read where it was actually filmed like in 1962, a couple of years before thr series. Stock footage.
57- ''that means it is 60 years old film
One of the best TV themes ever
+mosesmosestv "One of?" :-/
mosesmosestv. Mission impossible is a very close second....
@@jameshar9592 Other way around. SWAT is third.
Best TV themes:
1. Hawaii Five-O ( best theme EVER )!
2. Mission: Impossible.
3. SWAT.
4. Baretta.
5. The Streets of San Francisco.
6. Starsky & Hutch.
7. The Rookies. That's all I got for now.
@@jameshar9592 I just listened to the MI theme before watching this video. There's no way I could choose between them. Both are wonderful!
Born and raised on Oahu................53 now..............words cant describe how much I miss those days and that Oahu.....priceless.
Jack Lord just pure epic. American legend RIP 🇺🇸🇺🇸
At 1:38 , Prof. Erich Stoss is played by Theodore Bikel.
Bikel was a master of languages, dialects, and accents,
and often played ethnic roles, such as a German officer and Serbian king.
Extensive stage, film, and film and television roles since 1950.
Played Work’s Adoptive father, Sergey Rozhenko, in Star Trek: The Next Generation
a classic..... the moment Jack Lord turns around is priceless.....
tienes razon
and 00:43
00:30
Edward Austin Jack Lord,and Jet Intakes in your face. Oh, and Booty shaking fast,and Kick Ass Waves
The modern version of this turn is wimpy.
Have a safe holiday.
I had the good fortune of being a pre teen and teen and living on Oahu during those years . I was a military brat but I loved, and still do, Hawaii. Something MUST be done to help local and native Hawaiian's because the real estate market is pricing them out of their homes and homesteads . This is wrong and has to be dealt with NOW !!
What a very busy and amazing opening to look at in a short period of time, coupled with the an amazing musical score, powerful, interesting, and beautiful all-in-one! They don't do them like that today!
Brilliant editing.
One of the all-time great opening themes for a TV show that featured one of the all-time great bad-ass good guys. Great memories!
Ditto. Opening theme is best of all time. Just rockin’!
The whole opening credits are GREAT!-the music,visuals,camera zooming in Jack Lord TURNING ROUND! unforgettable Danno!
Best theme and opening sequence bar none. My brother and I used to get so excited when this theme tune came on that we used to jump up in our PJ's and pretend to be surfing ! Jack Lord is and always will be The Man!
I also ❤ Peter Gunn by Mancini!
Amazing memories of watching HAWAII FIVE O with Mum in Ireland during the 1970s, excellent American TV drama production - Jack Lord was excellent and the theme tune intro is simply unbeatable.
As a child in Missouri in the '70s, I couldn't believe Hawaii was a state..it looked so 'foreign'..:)
Best opening to any crime show ever! Always loved that zooming in to McGarrett at 00:30.
McGarrett/Lord was man's man not like the pimp daddies we see on tv today.
I also like to watch the ending with the guys in the outrigger.
Probably the best opening sequence and theme of any TV series in history
Such a great beat! One of the best TV drama theme no doubt.
Now I live in Hawaii and when I first came someone played this on the bus, I was stoked!
Reza Badiyi created the intro --superb editing and shots--the zoom in from ground to top of the the Ilikai Hotel with chopping angles is something you don't see today--ahead of it's time then and still today.
Like 50 years ahead!That man is a genius!!
Never knew there was a long version to this song, very cool 😎. Remember watching his show when I was younger, one of my favorites.
Best TV intro ever made....video editing, music, etc!
Barney Fife gbcgxhdgdhdh
Absolutely. There is not even a close 2nd.
Absolutely!
If you don’t wanna go to Hawaii and / or travel the world after this intro there’s no helping you. Perfection!!!
Not video editing...FILM editing...Waay tougher !
If it ain’t broke...
Today’s tv shows can’t even touch the good oldies. Jack Lord and so many other passed stars would be ashamed to even watch today’s prime time tv or dramas. These shows, like Hawaii Five-O and so many others of their time, are still classics and will never be forgotten.
BRILLIANT !!!! SERIES ☺👍my Favorite episode Was The BIG BOUNTY HUNTER ZULU MAN AGAINST LITTLE WILLIE 👊👊👊👊👊👏PROPER TV PROGRAM Like the UNTOUCHABLES ☺g
Great ACTORS and ICONIC melody
This theme brings to me such a nice memories. I love it!!
Jack Lord. The only other man who could possibly have played Captain Kirk. Soooo cool!
Omg you are right now can not unsee that he would have been great 🥰
I really don't think Jack Lord would have been right for that role, nor would Shatner have been right for the role of McGarret.
Always loved this intro as a kid. The wide angled lens, the zoom ins, pauses on the dancing Hawaiian chick! All of it!! I can't remember any other intro like it!!!
Oh that look in the intro when Jack turns around................after all these years it still sends shivers down my spine..............................................
00:32
Yes he had the titanium hair! It did not move!
Yesssss!!!!!
You and me both!! Loved him!
He was a handsome man alright :)
Perhaps my favorite crime series of all time. At least right up there with the best!!
When Jack Lord turns around and the bongos come up (which wasn't in most of the other season's versions of the theme) is my favorite moment of the title music. Morton Stevens' greatest achievement!
K Turney I second that.
+K Turney it looks pretty badass
One of THE most sickest, swag-filled poses ever, cued to the music. Quality.
Di Nero stole that "you talking' to me?" look from McGarrett!
Yeah, Jack Lord was the man. I love that sudden turn around look being frozen to.
I love the zoom-in on the Ilikai tower. My girlfriend and I will be staying there when we travel to Hawaii in October.
has anyone ever looked cooler in a TV show intro than Jack Lord?
+Steve Wilkos Agree. I wanted to be like him and do that. Evidently someone else named Nora Louise Kuzma liked him so much she took his last name as her screen name. She's better known asTraci Lords.
+bbigjohnson069 Ha! No way!
Yes, only a screen name.
He is definitely Mr. Cool
one good looking dude!
Love that drum roll with the wave coming in 😊
Without doubt, THE BEST OPENING FOR ANY T.V. SERIES......EVER!!!!!
My father was in the Navy stationed in Hawaii. We would always see the filming of this wonderful series.. there's no better theme song ever written.
and the film crews then would NOT hog a whole block just to reserve for the crew trucks and staff!!! few years ago....driving in old Kalaeloa military section.....came past one of the film trucks owned by a movie production company.....was torched, as in arson.
Composer: Morton Stevens. Theme performed by The Wrecking Crew! To their credit the new show's producers brought back the same musicians to record the current theme, without ruining something so iconic like so many producers would have done.
Such great memories. Everything about it. I lived in Pearl City in the late 70s. So fun to look back at all the landmarks. What a theme song!
Still sounds tight and fresh in 2021 😎
Now 2023.
Just love those big gorgeous black Mercury sedans that Steve used.
Best Intro ever for a TV show.I remember as a kid that those first 2 minutes had me paralyzed.Jack Lord was the Man!
I learned the percussion part in elementary school way back when and can stilll play it - even though I'm not a badass anymore. Damn...rhis song is one that makes me still feel alive! Mahalo!
Best tv show intro EVER...nothing else comes close.
So true. Great music, big ass wave, big zoom to Jack Lord turning to face camera; what a cool cat. Whoever came up with this montage was a wizard.
100 percent agree.It’s the best ever!
I have all the original Hawaii Five-0 dvd, my favorite collection... also the current ones. What can I say, love Hawaii Five-0 :-). right now, we are staying for our 2 week vacation here, and guess where?_______ :-)
Ah, but which one do you prefer? ;) for me a classic can't be topped.
The intro to this great series was a show in itself! 🌊
I love the fact that Jack Lords hair didn't move for 12 years. Plus I want to know how much did the guys doing the rowing over the closing credits get??!. Those kept rowing 12 years every week and never got anywhere. I grew up near the ocean and I can tell you that's not easy. Many times in my youth I tried it and swallowed a piece of the Atlantic instead.
Cutting edge show. Intro and outro true art. Never been bested.
Best ever!Even the blue lights racing thru the streets at the end is originally shot.Incedible.
That intro is so awesome. I've got me the entire series on DVD and I still enjoy it every time. It's up there with the introduction to Mission Impossible on my list. Wonder why they don't make them like that any more...
The show was and still is one of my favorites. The theme song was perfect.
As dad used to say, Jack Lord was the coolest cat on television. Enough said.
Best TV intro ever...how could you not get excited about each episode after the intro...Todays TV blows
+Charles Jackson MANY of the cop/detective shows started that way. They'd show you something interesting, usually a crime/crime scene, then the opening credits, then a commercial. My dad had the maddening habit of sending me to bed as a kid during the commercial break! I finally got "caught up" on my "missing episodes" when the whole series ran at 2 AM years ago. Great stuff!
The openings were grabbers that made not only want to watch the show but want to like it. And the theme music and images at the close made you feel good- the good guys won. Now the bean counters have taken all that away.
Game of Thrones? Breaking Bad? Black Mirror? There are plenty of good shows today.
My mom never ever missed an episode
We heard the theme song we knew at that moment for the next 60 min we were nothing to her we ceased to exist
Exoplanet CJ I love the wholooer girl
This was one of those shows our whole family would watch we lived in a drab Midwestern town and we would watch just to see beautiful Hawai’i now decades later I’ve actually made it to Hawai’i and I’m watching this now!
The perfect "storm" of actors, setting, plotting and theme!
Jack Lord's turn, then Kam Fong's turn with the freeze-frame. Classic stuff right there.
Book him Danno..Murder One! Best theme tune of all time with a great brass sound. Mr Lord was so cool when he turns around dropping his left eyebrow and lifting his right at the same time. My favourite part of this however is at 0.40 when that beautiful lady makes an all too brief appearance....oh how I was in love with her!
The classic Second Season rerecording of the theme to add more percussion and the big bongos when Jack Lord makes his turn-around. THE BEST! Thank you!
TV today is really shit. This clip is awesome
Hahaha...perfectly state.
One of most iconic TV show themes, ever... Thanx, Ventures!
I just can't get enough of this TV theme - it's the best!
Listen to The Ventures cover version of the shows theme! Great cover!
Every instance of this show was iconic - the music, the cars, the suits and ties, and almost every great tv and movie actor of the time seems to have made an appearance in the show.
Amazing theme song! So well arranged and orchestrated and with cool ass visuals and editing. Man, they don't make intros or shows like this anymore. I don't care about the reboot of this show or MacGyver or the Magnum, PI one, you can't beat the classics! People will always remember these like they have for forty or thirty years.
One of the first fast cut edits. People are used to this today but back then it was too cool
I prefer original and classic Hawaii Five O compared to the modern one. The classic is more elegant and beautiful to me. Nobody beats Jack Lord and James MacArthur as McGarret and Danno!!!! Ahh James MacArthur--my dream man!!!!
The new one has some nice touches, but the original is classic. It was done with more style. The new one is more flashy and overdone.
@@Lotmeister and not enough spins in the intro, something I like about this one, the camera sorta sneaks up on the actors
like a nice surprise
As far as the theme itself, the new version softened the percussion. I prefer the original. Big drums. Big brass.
@@b3j8, hallelujah, I am so glad that you also picked up on that. I was also thinking the exact same thing, just didn't know how to word it. I don't really like the new version, cuz it's only half as long. They don't even use the out-going theme at the end of the modern 50. Such a disappointment.
@@Lotmeister, I totally agree with you on that. And it's also a big disappointment to me that the out-going theme is not run after the episode is over.
By golly never knew the actor of the show was so old! How rare for an actor to still e in a leading role, and for so long as well.
Jack Lord was Hawaii 5 O and Hawaii 5 O was, Jack Lord......
yes, the last one not yet dont like me
Jack had a reputation for living up to his last name when it came to iron handedly calling the shots on anything having to do with most if not all aspects of production, direction, writing, and the cast; but all in all, Yeah:he WAS 5-O.
Arguably the best TV show intro and music of all time. Legendary and iconic. That hotel that McCarren is on was the three- winged Ilikai Hotel. We lived there from late 1979 through 1982.
Perfect intro, Jack Lord was so classy.
I watched this show as a young kid and, aside from Jack Lord turning to face the camera, the belly dancer bit is another striking image that made an indelible impression on me. That brief glimpse of the Hawaiian belly dancer is, for me, what gave this show's intro a sexy and exotic flair, but Jack's charismatic and self-assured smile when he faces the camera also commands your attention. As far as the script, "Book 'em, Danno," was the unforgettable line. Enjoyed the show, loved the intro even more. I could never tire of listening to the exciting and dramatic theme music of Hawaii Five O. It's my all time favorite theme. No theme from today's movies or today's tv shoes can even compare with that of Hawaii Five O! I could listen to it all day.
The intro is terrific. The babe at 0:43 is stunning! What a fox!
I always liked the theme song, and the intro/ending credits scenes. I was like 7 or 8 when this was on tv back then. I remember watching the show and liking it, but don't remember any particular story. Must be "old age" crept up on me LOL
One of the best and memorable theme music for a show. Book 'em, Danno....!
Oh, dear! Mr. Bridger didn't have a good flight LOL
Love the 60's and 70's shows!!!
What memories... I used to stay at my grandparents' house and my grandpa would stay up watching TV (in the 1980's) and from upstairs I could hear this theme song playing at 1:00am in the morning (reruns on late night tv). great memories of staying at grandparents! Miss them both!!!!
As a kid from that era, I really enjoy how they did the songs in those days. The theme starts with the Trumpets doing the melody with the Trombones providing a strong rhythm underneath and Flutes and Piccolo for accents, then the next verse the Trombones take over, with French Horns and Trumpets doing some counterpoint, then finally the French Horns take the melody with the Trumpets doing the musical punctuation. These songs were so complex and musically interesting. The new replacement theme is much less complex and kind of boring if you ask me.
Pianoman 70s style You are really good with music.
Pianoman 70s style this dude knows his instruments
Max Harter I agree.
Yes ! on all counts. Funny though, i'd forgotten how prominent the use of the Vibraslap was in this first season theme here. this instrument went out of fashion by the early 70's but for about 3-4 years (68-72) it was everywhere! Speaking of the horns and woodwinds you mention, if you listen to the Season 5-7 intros of the original series, the Vibraslap instrument is long gone, and there are additional horns and flutes added. not much different, but noticeable when compared to this one from the first season. Your attention to detail rules, your observations are much appreciated. thanks for your posting.
Wow, I'd never heard the Vibra-slap until you mentioned it - I guess my old 3" TV speaker just wasn't Hi-Def enough!
I loved the original show. It was always good and sometimes, every once in a while, you got a really great episode. This was one of the first shows to introduce the notion of a recurring villain, Wo Fat, of course. We take the concept for granted now, but back then, it was something new.
One of the best for sure.
Great show! Watched it every week!👍🤣👍
Elizabeth Logue was the legendary woman running on the beach while brushing her hair back as well as the last girl turning to face the camera.
The late Helen Kuoha-Torco was the legendary Polynesian dancer. Her full dance was shown in the pilot episode.
Elizabeth Logue, wow, we know her name! Since I was like 5 she has haunted my dreams.
This makes me nostalgic for something I never experienced... but Honolulu in the 60's and 70's must have been fantastic.