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Magnum P.I. theme song featured in a mascera commercial
8/8/2010 - That's right folks, you heard correct. The iconic Mike Post Magnum P.I. theme song is featured in a new television commercial for Maybelline's "The Falsies" Volum' Express mascera (in a slightly modified version)! While it's neat to hear the theme song again in primetime television, I don't think I'm in the minority in thinking that it just doesn't go together well with "beauty products". I mean really, of all the products that the theme song could have been used in, mascera?!

"The Case of the Missing Magnum Shirt"
7/24/2010 - A Tom Selleck-signed, iconic Magnum P.I. red hawaiian "jungle bird" shirt was recently stolen from its display case (during business hours) at the Hard Rock Cafe in Honolulu. That's the bad news. The good news is that it mysteriously wound up at a Pearl City Goodwill store (?) where it was fortuitously identified by an especially observant local (one Daniel Wilson of Honolulu)! Mr. Wilson was even kind enough to return it to the Hard Rock! How or why the stolen shirt ended up at a Goodwill store we may never know.

Magnum I.P.
6/1/2010 - It was bound to happen sooner or later... A Magnum P.I. tribute beer! Starting in June, SweetWater Brewing Company, a 49,000-barrel microbrewery in Atlanta, is producing a specialty Imperial Pilsner aptly called Magnum I.P.! SweetWater says, "At 100 IBUs and 9% ABV, this hairy chested Imperial Pilsner is guaranteed to rev up the Ferrari and take you on a mustache ride. Medium bodied like Rick and crisp like T.C., this IP's short-shorts on the sea shore fit snug on the 2 lbs. per barrel of Cascade and Sterling hops shimmied upon this sucker." SweetWater beers are found only in the US Southeast (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina), so this beer will be hard to find for many people. Still, what a great idea! Special thanks to Beernews.org for letting us know about this great new product!

Magnum P.I., the E! True Hollywood Story
5/3/2010 - The Magnum P.I. episode of E! True Hollywood Story (from 2001) is now available for viewing on Magnum Mania! (link). This episode has only aired a handful of times and is extremely hard to find. We were fortunate enough to have obtained a VHS cassette copy, which we've dubbed to Flash (commercial free) for your viewing pleasure. This is a pretty good documentary of the show, with lots of rare video footage and photos. Several cast and crew members were interviewed, including Donald P. Bellisario, Larry Manetti, Chris Abbott, J. Rickley Dumm, Kathleen Lloyd, and others. The episode was produced by Andrew Swift and narrated by Kieran Mulroney. Enjoy!

John Hillerman sighting!
4/26/2010 - After almost a decade of near seclusion, John Hillerman (Higgins) surprisingly showed up on a business blog (Mobility Plus Houston - Texas) this month after he came in to get some service work done on a mobility scooter lift for his van. The family-run business posed with him for a great photograph when he came in. This is the first new photograph we've seen of him in many years. At 78, he looks great! He appears to be in good health and enjoying his well-earned retirement in Houston, Texas. :)

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