There'll be a remake... now Magnum will be Magna, a female p.i., the helicopter pilot will be a transgender woman that was discharged from the Army because sexism and the English butler will be replaced by a gay male friend who will be expert in MMA, computers, science and fashion!!!
It helped that they were all actually good friends offscreen. Selleck and Mosley had worked together before in a movie and Manetti and Mosley shared an apartment during the first season.
I was saddened to hear that John Hillerman died.He played an Englishman so well that I actually thought he was from England, but he was from Texas.Much like Daniel Davis from The Nanny who is from Texas as well.
@@georgemaster689 John would've been 89 on December 20, 2021. His full name was John Benedict Hillerman, the great-grandson of German and Dutch immigrants on his father's side, and the grandson of German and Austrian immigrants on his mother's side.
There'll be a remake... now Magnum will be Magna, a lesbian female p.i., the helicopter pilot will be a transgender woman that was discharged from the Army because sexism and the English butler will be replaced by a gay male friend who will be expert in MMA, computers, science and fashion!!!
+Antonio Armstrong= Absolutely Magnum p.i. IS & Was Presently #1 Rated Primetime Show fOR CBS-2 Chicago, IL. 60612 fOR 8 Unprecedented Seasons. Alongside Dallas, Falcon Crest, Simon & Simon Which Was Very Successful on Piggyback from Magnum p.i. Amazing TV Series. Tom Selleck Expressed Best Wishes To Leave the Show After 7 Amazing Seasons Which Fulfilled CBS TV Contract negotiations. But Tom Selleck Continued On fOR Season 8 Because his Amazing Co-Stars: John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley & Amazing Chicago's Very Own Larry Manetti as Rick (Role Play King Kamamahi Club Operations Manager & Board of Directors Alongside Jonathan Quayle Higgins) Could not Find Another Hit TV Show Pilot Series. Co-Stars Were deep In Debt With Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE Houses In Amazing Golden State of CAlifornia Malibu, CA. + Santa Monica+ Beverly Hills, CA. 90210 & Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE Medical, Dental & Vision Bills Along With Weekly Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE Grocery & FAMILY CIRCLE Clothing Bills (Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE FOOD, Shelter, Clothing bills). Tom Selleck Wished To Do Movies With Amazing Success of Three Men & A Baby, Three Men & A Little Lady, & Was Seriously Considered To Be Lead Role In Amazing+Epic Indiana Jones Movie: Raiders of The Lost Ark but Eventually Because of Magnum p.i. Amazing TV Hit Show at 8:00 PM (Blessed CST) On CBS-2 Chicago, IL. 60612 Could not complete Movie Filming Obligations & Movie Filming Responsibilities...Amazing Harrison Ford (Bka: Han Solo=Star Wars Episode VI The Return of The Jedi, Star Wars Episode VII) Was Hand Picked by Amazing Steven Spielberg fOR Lead Role Play As EARNest Teaching Professor & Amazing Thrill Seeking Archeologist: professor Indiana Jones. Prudent Always Proactive SHARING IS CARING 4 Ever. In Jesus name...amen. Te Alabamos Señor. Thanks Be to GOD. in Jesus name... amen. To GOD Be the Glory..:-) :-) ;-)
RIP John Hillerman (December 20, 1932 - November 9, 2017), aged 84 And RIP Roger E. Mosley (December 18, 1938 - August 7, 2022), aged 83 You both will always be remembered as legends.
@karayuschij - ..right !...👍..there's only one Magnum, Mr. Tom Seleck from the Golden age, the best decade of the century, the80's. Remake is originally Trash, some name this BULLSHIT🎃 Stay free, Al from W-Germany 🇺🇸❤🇩🇪
@@WillCamx On some odd level I agree with you. They were better off titling it the adventures of Dude Guy or something. I like Jay Hernandez and he's good in the role, however Naming it magnum hurt the perception of the show.
Jay is a complete charisma vacuum of an actor. And I never grew up with the original show so it's not like I'm nostalgia blind. I wish they put in the same effort that they put into the Hawaii Five-0 remake. THATS how you remake a show
except for the Apartheid hahaha 😅Our government did buy most of these shows for us. Some were dubbed. We loved Airwolf, MacGyver, Hardcastle and McCormic, Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Magnum. The parents would watch Dallas and Twin Peaks.
jee I think you are right... if I think about how many hours I spent with one of my best friend, in front of the TV, watching one series after the other until when all their tunes were etched in my brain forever... there is nothing like that nowadays I think
@@LindaStenmanSvensson-ef4jk hmm...I can't recall if it was in English but many shows were dubbed. We also had many shows from Germany, which had a better relationship with the government I think. Another quirk was watching a show with the TV on mute while listening to the Simulcast on the Radio. Spiderman was aired in Setswana for example while Radio 2000 had the English.
I actually met him (Tom) and didn't know who he was. I had never heard of him. Our unit had moved onto Halieva Beach in the middle of the night. They were filming a scene from the first episode of Magnum the next morning there. Long story short our helecopters came flying over them during a sunrise beach scene. I went to use a pay phone to tell my girlfriend i would be gone another day. Tom was on the phone. After he got off the phone we talked and he told me about the upcomming series. Ran into him again a few weeks later at a bar in Honolulu. My roommate a girl about freaked when I introduced him to her. All she could say was "You know Tom Selleck?" He's a really nice down to earth guy, who took time out of his busy day to talk to a soldier.
I never met him but my mom and I use to go to the same Cherry/fruit stand that he did (in the San Jose, Ca. area). In fact the owner of the place had a picture of him self with Tom Selleck that was taken at that same location. I think that I remember that the man said Tom & his mother would go there from time to time over the years; even after he became a big hit on Magnum P.I. he would go there on occasion to buy some of fantastic cherries and dried fruit that was sold there. I really miss those cherries, they were the best that I've ever eaten.
Ah, 80's TV shows! A rare and fast vehicle - may it be a car, truck, helicopter, motorbike or bionic implants - a maskuline character who acts from a moral high ground but somewhat independently, some friends who help him, and a rich guy or private organisation in the background that finances everything and of course a catchy intro theme. You just have to love it!
My parents mistakenly found themselves on site of a Magnum P.I. shooting location when they were holidaying in Hawaii. Tom Selleck was very gracious and agreed to a photo shoot with them. They said he was very kind and pleasant towards them. Wish I knew where that photo was now. It was nice to know that he was a good guy off camera.
He was also wicked generous. He would buy his co-stars amazing gifts every year when he was paid. Plus he also passed over numerous great films because of his commitment to the show. He turned down Indiana Jones hence the episode: The Lost “Art”
Tom has a lot of fondness for the show but joked Magnum rarely won a case, seldom got the girl & if he did she was forgotten about next week & TCs copter worked with an elastic band.!
I know a cameraman from the show and he said Selleck was a real stand up guy. Not pretentious at all. Would eat lunch with everyone else as just one of the guys.
It was always cool when the lead actor of a show would look at the camera and smile, wink or give a thumbs up during the credits as if to say "hey, thanks for watching my show"
They create TV and movie reboots and change the ethnicity and/or gender of the main character(s) to try and erase the past. It's basically an assault on history.
@@GAT818 Exactly. Plus, they only change it if the original character was white and/or male. They won't change a female main character to male in a reboot, and they'll never change a black main character to white in a reboot.
So sad to learn that Roger E. Mosley is gone. Magnum PI was part of my childhood and so was he. Roger was also good in McQ with John Wayne and Unlawful Entry with Ray Liotta. Thank you so much sir for sharing your talent with us and may you rest in heaven. Deepest thoughts and prayers to your loved ones.
Back when shows were great to watch, had you tuning in every week. Shows like Magnum PI, Knight Rider, The A Team, Hawaii Five 0, The Twilight Zone, Mission Impossible, the list goes on and on. Not only were they great shows but they had great theme songs for them. That will play in your head all day when you hear them.
Knight Rider was very popular back then but when I watch that show now in 2021 it's so cheap and simplistic. The Dukes of Hazard the same....only racing cars, dumb television. But Magnum, Cheers, The Cosby Show, Who's the Boss, Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Full House and all those lovely old stuff is really nice and most of the time very good acting, realistic and interesting
I remember running from my room to the living room when the theme song started to play. Good old days. Thank you everyone who made this series so great.
Tom Selleck is why I collected Hawaiian shirts and attempted to grow a mustache (It was nowhere near as badass, unfortunately), With all due respect to Jay Hernandez, Tom Selleck will ALWAYS be the one and only Thomas Magnum.
That bit at 0:17 when he looks straight at the camera always made my heart skip a beat. I've just watched it again and it had exactly the same effect. I'm 55 now!
The original idea for the reboot was going to center on his daughter (an established character in the last few seasons) now grown up and taking up her father's old job as PI in Hawaii. Rumor had it that Tom Selleck would make periodic cameos.
Ironically, the new one doesn't have one... Oh and he's Mexican, by blood, and his Mom's name is ISIS :O What a shit show :D Love Mexicans, and i'm not American, thank fuck for that! :) Just figured i would nail that to a wall... Oh shit, no pun intended ;)
@@T.R.R.Jolkien I barely remember the original episodes. I watched it when I was a kid. However, I don't like the new one; way different than the original and worse
Classic show,not graphic,don't need to see everybody get killed,blood everywhere,each character in this show contributed alot always interesting plot,no over the top BS,no dead weight characters,just episodes that kept you glued to your seat!!!
Well, you can pretend you live in the 80's; wear those clothes, watch that 80's televison shows, listen to that music.......comes pretty close hey :-) I do it daily and I don care for 2021!
Well i never saw this show, but we have a choppa diving overflying the sea, tom selleck loading a gun, a car exploding... All while a badass funky guitar riff plays in background, so it was probably epic.
When my husband and I went to Hawaii during the time of these shows we visited the gates outside where he lived. It's was exciting for us. We loved the show. He is good at any shows he's in.
I remember watching this with my parents when i was like 12 years old. Great fun and one of those shows i couldn't wait till the next episode came out the following week. Another one of those amazing TV shows in the 80s we took for granted at the time compared to the reality crap nowadays.
loved this show, got hooked on it after a few seasons, greatly miss John Hillerman and Roger Mosley, it was the last TV show I watched on a regular basis, can't stand what is on TV now
So glad I was an 80s kid. Awesome TV show theme songs, “playing outside,” Star Wars action figures, hair metal and hot hair metal video girls, the fall of the Soviet Union, and especially... no fucking social media. Those were some great times. So good luck kids of today. You’re gonna need it.
straight outta Toronto actually it was a 308 GTS in the intro, then later a 308 GTSi was the basic car in the series. The series never did have tthe 328, which was introduced in 1985. Both the 308 and the 328 share the same base body designs, but each a different front bumper, the 308 a black front bumper, the 328 a red front bumper with recessive front headlights.
Shadmock 1969 yes, the license plate was '56E-478' in the two-parter pilot movie, then changed to ROBIN 1 in the third and first regular season episode of 'China Doll', which thereafter will remain for the rest of the duration in the series. Though, the original license plate will remain to be seen on every intro opening of the show itself, as Magnum peels out in a controlled slide in the Ferrari. There was once an explanation what the numbers and one letter meant, but that answer could not be found.
Shadmock 1969 I am born and raised in Hawaii, bradda... Grew up on watching the show as a young kid, had the good privilege to watch the production filming on location here on O'ahu... Even had a chance at casting call for a part in the final season show. Alas, my debut never made it past the cutting floor room, as another extra was favored over me because he was more 'thuggish' looking... Auwe!
Shadmock 1969 are you quizzing me? To see if I am a hardcore Magnum Pi fan? I didn't ask for this, I just have general knowledge I believe every fan has of the show... Truthfully, by the top of my head, I can guess 2 cast member stands out I can recall: first, that be Higgins, in an episode that had to do with a deaf woman who was being hunted down by killer thugs who found out she was a witness to their bank robbery. Second, the nephew of Robin Masters, who wants to be a Pi, so he somewhat dresses like Magnum, drives a green GTS QV, then taking on Thomas' 'gig' as him. As an addition, another episode that has a cast member trying to pass off as Magnum, is Rick driving the Ferrari, but as a decoy to distract the Feds to give Thomas time to rescue a ballerina and TC from an aggressive foreign agency... Ok, that's all I can remember... For now.
fus149 Hammer In an interview back then in the 80's John said he received fan mail from Great Britain, and people congratulating him saying: "Great to have a British actor on the American Telly! Good show!" John replied: "Thank you... But I have a confession to make..."
I used to watch this with my mother like 10 years ago. I think that my 80s obsession started there. Ferrari, hawaiian shirt and top gun sunglasses, I've had this image stuck in my head for years and considered it as the perfect summary of that decade
Back when gas was cheap, only sports cars had power, guy shorts were truly short, women wore string bikinis, and no one thought twice about political correctness. God I miss the 80's!
Shows like this became a part of American culture and a part of our lives. We wanted to have that car or that look, and some of us tried. Those were the days of great TV.
In France, the American series of the 80s marked a generation of which I am a part. 90% of the series were broadcast on Sunday afternoons and all French families followed the episodes.
Magnum PI was an awesome show. Tom Selleck was a beautiful man in his day. I grew up on the show and have the DVD collection. It was a campy but fun show to watch. John Hillerman was the best part of the show. Love Higgins....
My favourite Higgins moment was an episode where Higgins had a Japanese ceremonial dagger. The show ends with him taking out the dagger and Magnum says "you know that your ceremonial dagger by tradition once taken out has to draw blood?" Higgins smiles and says evilly "I know!" and runs after Magnum and Rick.
i loved this show when they aired it in my country, i was still young and it was part of my childhood. now as i get older i become more nostalgic for things i watched when i was a kid. tom selleck was awesome as magnum but i am still wondering what indiana jones movies would look like if he played the role, he was perfect because he had the looks and the mustaches, he would have crushed it and i think he would have been better than harrison ford but some things you cant get. i remember magnum would always ask his friends for favors, drive ferrari that wasnt even his property and he would always get into arguments with higgins who was hilarious
When this series, and others at that time, played, we took them for granted. We didn't realize how complex the scripts were, how well acted they were, and how much eergy the shows expressed. All gone. now it's bored "actors" who do non-acting, zero energy, and the scripts are empty, cold rehashes of cliches. And I don't think it's just a matter of "the good old days", either.
@NicholasFerrante If I remember correctly, the first episode showed Magnum PI shooting an ex-Nazi in cold blood. But after that, it was basically a comedy. I wonder if they thought it was too dark for the American audience.
As a 14 year old girl it makes me sad that there aren’t awesome shows like this anymore because of society nowadays. The reboot is nothing compared to this! I love watching episodes of the original magnum and Blue Bloods. Those shows have my beloved Tom Selleck 😏
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That guitar riff is insane. God I love the 80s.
I'm with you. Step into my space shuttle and we flash back 4-ever to the 80's; who's with me? :-)
If you like that, then listen to the original Shaft tv show intro.
Yes it is!
That's Larry Freakin' Carlton! Back when the studios cared enough to hire top-shelf talent.
I still know and havent heard it in 20 years badass.
Tom selleck is authentic Magnum P. I. No one could replace him.
There'll be a remake... now Magnum will be Magna, a female p.i., the helicopter pilot will be a transgender woman that was discharged from the Army because sexism and the English butler will be replaced by a gay male friend who will be expert in MMA, computers, science and fashion!!!
Or his Moustache of all moustaches.
@@luizeduardogomespinto5599 there is a "new" tv show with some Mexican guy playing Magnum..
@Daniel , Tom the one and only Magnum!!!!
@@bexa9011 I mean, Tom Selleck is in his 70s now, so putting him in the reboot wouldn't really make sense
The chemistry between the actors in that show was perfect.
It helped that they were all actually good friends offscreen. Selleck and Mosley had worked together before in a movie and Manetti and Mosley shared an apartment during the first season.
Same reason Starsky & Hutch worked well too. The chemistry between the two cops and Huggy was great.
I was saddened to hear that John Hillerman died.He played an Englishman so well that I actually thought he was from England, but he was from Texas.Much like Daniel Davis from The Nanny who is from Texas as well.
I liked Higgins and his rambling stories that made Magnum hang his head, wondering when he would finish!
@@georgemaster689 John would've been 89 on December 20, 2021. His full name was John Benedict Hillerman, the great-grandson of German and Dutch immigrants on his father's side, and the grandson of German and Austrian immigrants on his mother's side.
Just this intro is better than anything on television today.
You're right man!
Totalmente ...!!!
I agree!
Preach!
Agreed 👍
This show, 40 years old - is STILL better than 90% of the stuff on TV now!
You mean you don't like married at first sight?
80s in general best time
99%
Facts
There'll be a remake... now Magnum will be Magna, a lesbian female p.i., the helicopter pilot will be a transgender woman that was discharged from the Army because sexism and the English butler will be replaced by a gay male friend who will be expert in MMA, computers, science and fashion!!!
When you have a helicopter dive at the outset of the intro music, the show is automatically going to kick ass.
👍
+Antonio Armstrong= Absolutely Magnum p.i. IS & Was Presently #1 Rated Primetime Show fOR CBS-2 Chicago, IL. 60612 fOR 8 Unprecedented Seasons. Alongside Dallas, Falcon Crest, Simon & Simon Which Was Very Successful on Piggyback from Magnum p.i. Amazing TV Series. Tom Selleck Expressed Best Wishes To Leave the Show After 7 Amazing Seasons Which Fulfilled CBS TV Contract negotiations. But Tom Selleck Continued On fOR Season 8 Because his Amazing Co-Stars: John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley & Amazing Chicago's Very Own Larry Manetti as Rick (Role Play King Kamamahi Club Operations Manager & Board of Directors Alongside Jonathan Quayle Higgins) Could not Find Another Hit TV Show Pilot Series. Co-Stars Were deep In Debt With Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE Houses In Amazing Golden State of CAlifornia Malibu, CA. + Santa Monica+ Beverly Hills, CA. 90210 & Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE Medical, Dental & Vision Bills Along With Weekly Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE Grocery & FAMILY CIRCLE Clothing Bills (Amazing FAMILY CIRCLE FOOD, Shelter, Clothing bills). Tom Selleck Wished To Do Movies With Amazing Success of Three Men & A Baby, Three Men & A Little Lady, & Was Seriously Considered To Be Lead Role In Amazing+Epic Indiana Jones Movie: Raiders of The Lost Ark but Eventually Because of Magnum p.i. Amazing TV Hit Show at 8:00 PM (Blessed CST) On CBS-2 Chicago, IL. 60612 Could not complete Movie Filming Obligations & Movie Filming Responsibilities...Amazing Harrison Ford (Bka: Han Solo=Star Wars Episode VI The Return of The Jedi, Star Wars Episode VII) Was Hand Picked by Amazing Steven Spielberg fOR Lead Role Play As EARNest Teaching Professor & Amazing Thrill Seeking Archeologist: professor Indiana Jones. Prudent Always Proactive SHARING IS CARING 4 Ever. In Jesus name...amen. Te Alabamos Señor. Thanks Be to GOD. in Jesus name... amen. To GOD Be the Glory..:-) :-) ;-)
Show was never nearly as good as the intro, in fact none of the 80's tv shows with kick ass intros were near as good as them
Especially a chopper with those colors
You must have been born in the 90s
RIP John Hillerman (December 20, 1932 - November 9, 2017), aged 84
And
RIP Roger E. Mosley (December 18, 1938 - August 7, 2022), aged 83
You both will always be remembered as legends.
It would have been so cool to have gotten their autographs. Both amazing actors in my book.
. . . but not in your autograph book, huh?
@@jimmythemadostrich8947 I would have sent them an autographed copy of my book free of charge.
Damn straight 👍🏻
Generation X-er here just reliving my awesome youth before I die.
70's and 80's,... I miss you.
I don't understand why they make new series when 100% of the people would be happy to see the old one…
@karayuschij -
..right !...👍..there's only one Magnum,
Mr. Tom Seleck from the Golden age, the best decade of the century, the80's.
Remake is originally Trash, some name this BULLSHIT🎃
Stay free,
Al from W-Germany
🇺🇸❤🇩🇪
You can call any joe shmoe magnum, but it will never stick. Selleck made the character
I totally agree
The new version isn't Magnum but to be honest it's not too bad.
@@WillCamx On some odd level I agree with you. They were better off titling it the adventures of Dude Guy or something. I like Jay Hernandez and he's good in the role, however Naming it magnum hurt the perception of the show.
The Original and still the best, man I miss the 80's so much.
My favorite TV show back in the Day.
Mine too.
HighSpeedNoDrag my dad LOVED this show. He used to watch it a lot
Me too!!!
Compared to 2020, I'd miss any time I've been alive.
Sorry Jay, but Tom Selleck is the only Magnum P.I..... He even turned down the role of Indiana Jones for it
Holy words, bro...
Yes. The other dude is not even a cheap copy. Selleck as Magnum was like coolest, tallest, funniest, toughest, smartest guy ever.
@@FrameFreezer Higgins is all pissed off and pacing while Magnum snacks calmly on Fig Newtons and a glass of milk. LOL!
Yesss
Jay is a complete charisma vacuum of an actor. And I never grew up with the original show so it's not like I'm nostalgia blind. I wish they put in the same effort that they put into the Hawaii Five-0 remake. THATS how you remake a show
Being a kid in the 80's was sooo much fun!!!
except for the Apartheid hahaha 😅Our government did buy most of these shows for us. Some were dubbed. We loved Airwolf, MacGyver, Hardcastle and McCormic, Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Magnum. The parents would watch Dallas and Twin Peaks.
jee I think you are right... if I think about how many hours I spent with one of my best friend, in front of the TV, watching one series after the other until when all their tunes were etched in my brain forever... there is nothing like that nowadays I think
@@JWentu no "skip intro" and "next episode"
@@cocobunitacobuni8738McGyver was dubbed in South Africa?? Omg
@@LindaStenmanSvensson-ef4jk hmm...I can't recall if it was in English but many shows were dubbed. We also had many shows from Germany, which had a better relationship with the government I think. Another quirk was watching a show with the TV on mute while listening to the Simulcast on the Radio. Spiderman was aired in Setswana for example while Radio 2000 had the English.
I actually met him (Tom) and didn't know who he was. I had never heard of him. Our unit had moved onto Halieva Beach in the middle of the night. They were filming a scene from the first episode of Magnum the next morning there. Long story short our helecopters came flying over them during a sunrise beach scene. I went to use a pay phone to tell my girlfriend i would be gone another day. Tom was on the phone. After he got off the phone we talked and he told me about the upcomming series. Ran into him again a few weeks later at a bar in Honolulu. My roommate a girl about freaked when I introduced him to her. All she could say was "You know Tom Selleck?" He's a really nice down to earth guy, who took time out of his busy day to talk to a soldier.
Great Story!
Awesome
wow great story!
Great story
I never met him but my mom and I use to go to the same Cherry/fruit stand that he did (in the San Jose, Ca. area). In fact the owner of the place had a picture of him self with Tom Selleck that was taken at that same location. I think that I remember that the man said Tom & his mother would go there from time to time over the years; even after he became a big hit on Magnum P.I. he would go there on occasion to buy some of fantastic cherries and dried fruit that was sold there. I really miss those cherries, they were the best that I've ever eaten.
The 80s Were Full Of Awesome Theme Songs
Knight rider the a team macgyver Dallas
And shows!
Le connemara
Calvin Jacks airwolf thème better
YES THEY WERE! Even in the 70's. Today? I don't think so. I think Hollywood is void of any new ideas for good TV shows and good theme songs.
That smirk on his face as he peels out in the Ferrari is priceless. God I miss the 80’s...
nice car
Prayers and condolences to the family and all who knew and loved this talented actor. RIP Mr. Roger E. Mosley. ✝️🙏🏽🕊
Yes, He is now a super beautiful angel !But I'm so sad.....
Je suis sûr que tous les fans français de la série dont je suis s’associent à leur peine. Paix à ton âme Roger ! 🙏
@@alexandre210613 Vous avez tout dis ! Bravo !
😔🙏🏾🤲🏾 God Bless Him
RIP
Ah, 80's TV shows! A rare and fast vehicle - may it be a car, truck, helicopter, motorbike or bionic implants - a maskuline character who acts from a moral high ground but somewhat independently, some friends who help him, and a rich guy or private organisation in the background that finances everything and of course a catchy intro theme. You just have to love it!
😂😂😂😂😂
Same plot as Knight Rider...
Plus an iconic 2 minute intro theme song!
Lol good stuff
Thats THE formula.
Men, whenever you lose your way, just listen to this tune. You'll find it.
Quoise well said man .... best comment here
Holy Words
This is now my family motto.
♡
Amén to that bro
My parents mistakenly found themselves on site of a Magnum P.I. shooting location when they were holidaying in Hawaii. Tom Selleck was very gracious and agreed to a photo shoot with them. They said he was very kind and pleasant towards them. Wish I knew where that photo was now. It was nice to know that he was a good guy off camera.
A lady I work with went to college in Hawaii back then said same thing, he was very nice man.
He was also wicked generous. He would buy his co-stars amazing gifts every year when he was paid. Plus he also passed over numerous great films because of his commitment to the show. He turned down Indiana Jones hence the episode: The Lost “Art”
Tom has a lot of fondness for the show but joked Magnum rarely won a case, seldom got the girl & if he did she was forgotten about next week & TCs copter worked with an elastic band.!
I know a cameraman from the show and he said Selleck was a real stand up guy. Not pretentious at all. Would eat lunch with everyone else as just one of the guys.
@@dr.winstonsmith funnily enough I met him once on holiday and he told me to fuck off
The 80s had such amazing themes to all their shows. Magnum, Knight Rider, Six Million Dollar Man, Airwolf....just wow.
MacGyver, A-Team, Star Trek: TNG
Um, the Six Million Dollar Man ran 1974-1978.
You forgot the best.... fall guy
dukes of hazzard
The fall guy
This intro is all testosterone
Not much left in the world.........
+Slayers Gaming - Completely agree... Feminist will have a tit fest if a similar show were on TV now!
The theme is quite catchy, too.
rick santos A tit fest? lol
Slayers Gaming All testosterone. So....?! 😂🤗😉
It was always cool when the lead actor of a show would look at the camera and smile, wink or give a thumbs up during the credits as if to say "hey, thanks for watching my show"
It’s called breaking the 4th wall, Tom Selleck did this a lot in Magnum PI, so brilliant 🤩
My masculinity increased 1000% after watching this :)
Leonardo x so it’s like at a 10 now?
For reals
Hahaha 😂
Yea we need the fix with all the bs we being force fed by the film industry nowadays.
This was normal in the 80s. Men have been dumbed down now by the media and eating too much processed soy 😂
This theme song is amazing. And that guitar riff…ooh. Miss the 80’s!!
🥝
Classic Selleck signature at the end with the double brow raise. He really was one cool dude. Love this theme and music. Fun show.
I also loved Magnum's head-drop when he realized that things had gotten out of his control.
My moustache just grew a moustache after watching this..
And here's men that can't even grow a moustache...
@@Elias-xh8xm Either because they're kids, or Trumps victims...
Twoustache
Impossible
@@sicariusperemo3789 Sad. You can't just enjoy the ridiculousness of the Magnum theme? You're compelled to grit your teeth
and gripe about Trump?
The reboot is just a joke compared to this. Tom Selleck is the man. The whole cast was good.
They create TV and movie reboots and change the ethnicity and/or gender of the main character(s) to try and erase the past. It's basically an assault on history.
@@taekwondotime extremely thought provoking!!!.....ya nailed it.
@@GAT818 Exactly. Plus, they only change it if the original character was white and/or male. They won't change a female main character to male in a reboot, and they'll never change a black main character to white in a reboot.
I know the lead actor is TERRIBLE. so gentle and soft looking.
Same when they tried to do a new Knight Rider
So sad to learn that Roger E. Mosley is gone. Magnum PI was part of my childhood and so was he. Roger was also good in McQ with John Wayne and Unlawful Entry with Ray Liotta.
Thank you so much sir for sharing your talent with us and may you rest in heaven.
Deepest thoughts and prayers to your loved ones.
⤴
Ray’s gone now too 😢
This is the most 80’s intro i have ever seen
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Obviously you didn't grow up in the eighties. Have you seen the A Team intro??
WarriorPhilosopher1 Or Airwolf
Miami Vice intro!
Or Duke's of Hazard intro
Back when shows were great to watch, had you tuning in every week. Shows like Magnum PI, Knight Rider, The A Team, Hawaii Five 0, The Twilight Zone, Mission Impossible, the list goes on and on. Not only were they great shows but they had great theme songs for them. That will play in your head all day when you hear them.
dont forget mash and allo allo
MacGyver,Airwolf,Knight Rider,Starman
get off my lawn, you kids!
oh hell yeah, I so miss every show like this and A-team and knight rider it was the best shows ever
@@sainte3443 Get a life you sad little thing.
Miami vice,magnum pi ,knight rider ...great shows of the 80s
You lost me at Knight Rider
A-Team
Hunter (detective shows) and goddamn "Dynasty" the soap opera.
Plus vietnam war tv movies.
Knight Rider was very popular back then but when I watch that show now in 2021 it's so cheap and simplistic. The Dukes of Hazard the same....only racing cars, dumb television. But Magnum, Cheers, The Cosby Show, Who's the Boss, Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Full House and all those lovely old stuff is really nice and most of the time very good acting, realistic and interesting
Don't forget the A-team and Macgiver
I remember running from my room to the living room when the theme song started to play. Good old days. Thank you everyone who made this series so great.
I swear tom selleck was born with that stache. 😂
Bruh look up his scene in Myra Breckenridge. My whole class was uncomfortable because he didn't have the signature stash. It's so weird. XD
BadWolfAndTimelords i saw a vw ad on tv back in the early 80,s i think. Tom did not have his moustache. he looked really diff. without it.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 he really does. Like a whole other person.
The stache was born first and Tom grew from it.👨
Not many men could rock it but he sure could!!
I miss this show... This tune was bad ass back in the day.
TIMELESS. I hear this every time I see Tom Selleck on TV even to this day :D
+Cyrus Draegur Buy the complet serie
It still is badass :)
King Snowman
The tune still jams.
As a young boy in the north of England this and Starsky & Hutch was my escape from everything. Wonderful !!
Ye mine too
Starsky and Hutch them is my ringtone.
NOW what do boys have to watch?! :/ Can't even find reruns of this
@@yvonnemariane2265 I found it on Veevo 🙂
@@yvonnemariane2265 on itv4 I think about 4.00pm was on be Ron newcastle uk
i suddenly realized how much i loved times when men were Men, friends were Friends and cars were Cars
And the uptight English butler was actually a badass.
Now men uses dresses and women are whamen
@@pipoargenti6912 and angry incels whine on the internet
@@billfarlo3366 haha nice
@@billfarlo3366 by making idiotic comments like yours.
I used to get over excited when the magnum theme came on i jumped up and down on the sofa until I broke it...I was 52 years old too
LOL
Attaboy :)
I feel that
@michael lee lol!
I don't blame u. Its a very catchy theme
Bring back the 80's damn it!
You just have to wait until 2080 and you're there.
@@speckledjim9895😭
Amén, hermano!!!
Purée mais comment a-t-on fait pour régresser autant.. la simplicité de l'époque faisait tout son charme
Tom Selleck is why I collected Hawaiian shirts and attempted to grow a mustache (It was nowhere near as badass, unfortunately),
With all due respect to Jay Hernandez, Tom Selleck will ALWAYS be the one and only Thomas Magnum.
Tom Selleck is why i chose a .45 ACP as my first gun :)
I loved this show. Couldn't miss a episode. The 80's was good. My son was born! I love the end when he raises his eyebrows!!
That bit at 0:17 when he looks straight at the camera always made my heart skip a beat. I've just watched it again and it had exactly the same effect. I'm 55 now!
Honey the look he gives to the camera before driving off is the sexiest thing ever! Tom Selleck was SO handsome.
But that look he gives after seeing the bikini girls butt is priceless.
Still is
@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Agreed. It's the first time I've seen this intro and that made me laugh. 🤣
@@deerlord2363 it still makes me laugh
Spot on - the sly little glance at the ass then the Ferrari pull off is possibly the greatest piece of tv ever.
One of the best opening tunes to a tv show!❤
Yeah perhaps but what about "The Fall Guy" Intro though Bro? That was a TOP show!
Apologies I must go before before I start to rhyme 😂❤ love to all
Peter Gunn, Hawaii Five-0, Airwolf. It’s hard to pick a favorite.
Profesión danger
A timeless TV series and theme song! Tom Selleck IS Magnum P.I.! This show is awesome!
😍
Still a great show. Let’s pretend that the awful reboot never happened.
The original idea for the reboot was going to center on his daughter (an established character in the last few seasons) now grown up and taking up her father's old job as PI in Hawaii. Rumor had it that Tom Selleck would make periodic cameos.
@@leperwolf7287 Now that's a show I would have taken the time to watch.
There is a reboot?
@@hugoming5086 Yep, unfortunately.
What reboot ?
The new version will never be able to live up to Tom Selleck’s excellence and moustache ❤️
Modern Magnum PI mustache is like a puberty mustache...1980s Magnum PI is a MANLY mustache
Ironically, the new one doesn't have one... Oh and he's Mexican, by blood, and his Mom's name is ISIS :O What a shit show :D Love Mexicans, and i'm not American, thank fuck for that! :) Just figured i would nail that to a wall... Oh shit, no pun intended ;)
@@Sryzo how would you know? You didn’t grow up with the old...
@@T.R.R.Jolkien I barely remember the original episodes. I watched it when I was a kid. However, I don't like the new one; way different than the original and worse
I will forever be grateful that my dad introduced me to this show
Tom Selleck is the man!.
Classic show,not graphic,don't need to see everybody get killed,blood everywhere,each character in this show contributed alot always interesting plot,no over the top BS,no dead weight characters,just episodes that kept you glued to your seat!!!
I just waited for the occasional, "I know what you're thinking...and you're right.....!"
Great show, excellent cast, and Tom Selleck & John Hillerman had such terrific chemistry together.
🦧
34 years old. Kind of sad but I've watched the entire series, 8 seasons, 162 episodes, 6 times now. Best show ever. A different time.
What a guy.
I grew up wishing I could hang out with Magnum and live his lifestyle. I still do.
Well, you can pretend you live in the 80's; wear those clothes, watch that 80's televison shows, listen to that music.......comes pretty close hey :-) I do it daily and I don care for 2021!
Holy shit, I suddenly have a full grown moustache after watching this.
gutz1981 and my nan!
gutz1981 try growing up as well
my detroit tigers cap fused to my scalp permanently after I listened to this while wearing it
gutz1981 cool
gutz1981 I grew one out of protest to the nee Mgnum not having one. Balony
Well i never saw this show, but we have a choppa diving overflying the sea, tom selleck loading a gun, a car exploding... All while a badass funky guitar riff plays in background, so it was probably epic.
It was. Dunno how well it holds up today, but if you were male and grew up through the 80's, this series is iconic.
My first crush! I love the look he gives the camera when he's in the Ferrari! Oh my word! 😸❤❤❤
When my husband and I went to Hawaii during the time of these shows we visited the gates outside where he lived. It's was exciting for us. We loved the show. He is good at any shows he's in.
This should be the intro to every television show and movie made, regardless of whether or not they are about Magnum.
Well said , 100% agree
I remember watching this with my parents when i was like 12 years old. Great fun and one of those shows i couldn't wait till the next episode came out the following week. Another one of those amazing TV shows in the 80s we took for granted at the time compared to the reality crap nowadays.
and amazingly un raciest
loved this show, got hooked on it after a few seasons, greatly miss John Hillerman and Roger Mosley, it was the last TV show I watched on a regular basis, can't stand what is on TV now
Theme songs from the 80s and 90s are unforgettable. I use to love watching these shows as a kid. I'm 44 now. Such great memories
So glad I was an 80s kid. Awesome TV show theme songs, “playing outside,” Star Wars action figures, hair metal and hot hair metal video girls, the fall of the Soviet Union, and especially... no fucking social media. Those were some great times. So good luck kids of today. You’re gonna need it.
Well said!
As a kid my favorite part of this intro was when magnum peels out in that red ferrari 328 gt..and it still is.
straight outta Toronto actually it was a 308 GTS in the intro, then later a 308 GTSi was the basic car in the series. The series never did have tthe 328, which was introduced in 1985. Both the 308 and the 328 share the same base body designs, but each a different front bumper, the 308 a black front bumper, the 328 a red front bumper with recessive front headlights.
Shadmock 1969 yes, the license plate was '56E-478' in the two-parter pilot movie, then changed to ROBIN 1 in the third and first regular season episode of 'China Doll', which thereafter will remain for the rest of the duration in the series. Though, the original license plate will remain to be seen on every intro opening of the show itself, as Magnum peels out in a controlled slide in the Ferrari. There was once an explanation what the numbers and one letter meant, but that answer could not be found.
Shadmock 1969 I am born and raised in Hawaii, bradda... Grew up on watching the show as a young kid, had the good privilege to watch the production filming on location here on O'ahu... Even had a chance at casting call for a part in the final season show. Alas, my debut never made it past the cutting floor room, as another extra was favored over me because he was more 'thuggish' looking... Auwe!
Shadmock 1969 are you quizzing me? To see if I am a hardcore Magnum Pi fan? I didn't ask for this, I just have general knowledge I believe every fan has of the show... Truthfully, by the top of my head, I can guess 2 cast member stands out I can recall: first, that be Higgins, in an episode that had to do with a deaf woman who was being hunted down by killer thugs who found out she was a witness to their bank robbery. Second, the nephew of Robin Masters, who wants to be a Pi, so he somewhat dresses like Magnum, drives a green GTS QV, then taking on Thomas' 'gig' as him. As an addition, another episode that has a cast member trying to pass off as Magnum, is Rick driving the Ferrari, but as a decoy to distract the Feds to give Thomas time to rescue a ballerina and TC from an aggressive foreign agency... Ok, that's all I can remember... For now.
We used to call a Magnum.
1980s was the best decade for TV, movies, and music.
Magnum: the women wanted to be with him, and the guys wanted to be him.
Now women want to be him and men want to be with him, ahhhhhhhhhhh………
I still want to be him 40 years later.
@@andrewhogan6533 - LMAO, spot on buddy ! Sad times.
@@andrewhogan6533 i was about to write that LOL
but first said for Cary Grant!
tom Selleck will always be the magnum pi.
As a kid I idolised Magnum, the whole Ferrari scene and his moustache ha ha. Long live the 80s shows.
Used to love this show. Always got the impression that the actors had a lot of fun making it too.
@@AJNoon Said a Marx Brother impersonator.
@@AJNoon Dude, you're reading text, that Russian accent is in your head only. lol
Without a doubt among my all-time favorite TV-themes!
Original Magnum PI was way better than the remake.
I agree.
No Question about that
The man from Uncle was a pretty good remake, but usually remakes are lousy.
The remake is not too bad but the Original was better.
No shit sherlock
RIP John Hillerman (aka Higgins)
Hillerman had a strong Texan accent. He learnt to speak like Higgins from watching Laurence Oliver videos!
Musical Neptunian love this anecdote.
tohitsumohinafan aka Robin Masters
th-cam.com/video/-4pDt3mBd3U/w-d-xo.html
fus149 Hammer In an interview back then in the 80's John said he received fan mail from Great Britain, and people congratulating him saying: "Great to have a British actor on the American Telly! Good show!" John replied: "Thank you... But I have a confession to make..."
I used to watch this with my mother like 10 years ago. I think that my 80s obsession started there. Ferrari, hawaiian shirt and top gun sunglasses, I've had this image stuck in my head for years and considered it as the perfect summary of that decade
Classic. Total classic. I love this show. I even looked around for a bit and found the perfect Cross of Lorraine ring on Amazon Prime!
Justin McAleece
I wonder if Selleck still has his?
Back when gas was cheap, only sports cars had power, guy shorts were truly short, women wore string bikinis, and no one thought twice about political correctness. God I miss the 80's!
Thank god i was born in 77
Matt LW exactly the same buddy
The only thing I don't like is the too short shorts for guys. Otherwise it was good.
I'm an Aussie and I love my short shorts :)
Ah......I see you know of our ways ;)
Fan since my youth , the characters and the scenarios are excellent. Best TV series from the 80s
Shows like this became a part of American culture and a part of our lives. We wanted to have that car or that look, and some of us tried. Those were the days of great TV.
Great theme song and a fantastic show, Tom Selleck and that mustache are one of a kind!!
In France, the American series of the 80s marked a generation of which I am a part. 90% of the series were broadcast on Sunday afternoons and all French families followed the episodes.
Oui c’est vrai! Pendant Dimanche Martin.
Toute une époque ! Que de nostalgie !
The tv shows signatures theme songs of the 70’s and 80’s are something else ...
So true 💯
Even the lead guitar in this intro has a moustache!
there has never been and there will never be a greater theme song, its flawless
Magnum PI was an awesome show. Tom Selleck was a beautiful man in his day. I grew up on the show and have the DVD collection. It was a campy but fun show to watch. John Hillerman was the best part of the show. Love Higgins....
My favourite Higgins moment was an episode where Higgins had a Japanese ceremonial dagger. The show ends with him taking out the dagger and Magnum says "you know that your ceremonial dagger by tradition once taken out has to draw blood?" Higgins smiles and says evilly "I know!" and runs after Magnum and Rick.
He was absolutely gorgeous!
Grew up on Oahu......was in college when this was on all the time.....damn the good ole days!
Rated M for Manly.
Rated M for Mustaches!
+Aaron Amos It's true. Glorious facial hair was on full display here.
Rated L for Liveman
Rated F for ferrari
Ooo la la :)
Just the best show of all time. Wanted to live in Hawaii since a kid due to this show. It was genius making Magnum a flawed hero.
Teacher: today students we are going to hawaii!
Girls: OMG its so romantic!!
Boys:
I'm a girl and I'd only think of magum pi and the beauty of that place.
Men: "Book 'em Dano."
I watched every episode when I was young. All of the cast worked well with each other. Mmm , how a theme song brings back such fond memories.
There is only one Magnum ! The entire cast were great and seemed to just work.
esiagent1
Show had chemistry.
How many memories. I have never forgotten the intro of this series. RIP Roger E. Mosley.
I remember watching this as a kid with my mom in 1982 or 1983 in Holland, I loved it :-))
Give me goose bumps when i hear the intro song. Bring back memories magnum p.i
Loved this show back in the 80's as a school boy, great times and memeories!
I need a time machine to go back to the glory days. I miss the 80s so much. One of the best themes ever.
Awesome era ...the 80’s were so fabulously awesome
Best intro! The ‘80s ruled!!!
No comparing to the current Days
I can't believe they're remaking this show. What a kick in the face of all that's TV.
Man i couldn't wait for this to be on each week along with knight rider A-team Miami Vice and so many other cool shows man i miss the 80s.
i loved this show when they aired it in my country, i was still young and it was part of my childhood. now as i get older i become more nostalgic for things i watched when i was a kid. tom selleck was awesome as magnum but i am still wondering what indiana jones movies would look like if he played the role, he was perfect because he had the looks and the mustaches, he would have crushed it and i think he would have been better than harrison ford but some things you cant get.
i remember magnum would always ask his friends for favors, drive ferrari that wasnt even his property and he would always get into arguments with higgins who was hilarious
When this series, and others at that time, played, we took them for granted. We didn't realize how complex the scripts were, how well acted they were, and how much eergy the shows expressed. All gone. now it's bored "actors" who do non-acting, zero energy, and the scripts are empty, cold rehashes of cliches. And I don't think it's just a matter of "the good old days", either.
Even He-Man with was expertly written so kids of the day could be taught good morals. That was a cartoon lol
@NicholasFerrante If I remember correctly, the first episode showed Magnum PI shooting an ex-Nazi in cold blood. But after that, it was basically a comedy. I wonder if they thought it was too dark for the American audience.
As a 14 year old girl it makes me sad that there aren’t awesome shows like this anymore because of society nowadays. The reboot is nothing compared to this! I love watching episodes of the original magnum and Blue Bloods. Those shows have my beloved Tom Selleck 😏
I've been watching Magnum and Blue Bloods for the past year or so and they're amazing! X^D
Look up "Jessie Stone"
Tom was born to play Chief Stone.
Only 9 movies but they're great!
I’m not even born yet and I think today’s stuff is not as good as ye olden days.
@@oobenoob
*Don't* get born.
It's just *not* worth it.
Stay where you are.
You're better off. 😢
Lord hope they dont do a remake of Quigley Down Under !!!
i am 51 and i wish i could go back to the time of this magnificent show...so much better than the rubbish of nowadays.