Magnum Mania!

Billy Joe Bob

Episode ID: 19
Episode Number: 2.1
Air Date: 10/8/1981
Writer: Jeff Wilhelm
Director: Ray Austin
Producers: Rick Weaver, Andrew Schneider
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Patrick Bishop (Keoki)

Guest Stars

James Whitmore Jr. (Billy Joe Bob Little), Marla Pennington (Carol Ann Little), Seth Sakai (Ito), Danny Kamekona (Sgt. Akama), Robert Apisa (Harland)

Plot Outline

Billy Joe Bob, a hotheaded Texan, engages Magnum's services when his sister, Carol Ann, goes missing. Magnum has his hands full trying to keep Billy Joe from beating up every local who gets in their way and trying to find Carol Ann, who has gotten in over her head with the wrong crowd.

Rating

7.5 (15 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 The King Kamehameha Club (non-"Beach Bar" setting) has a new location for its exterior shots - the Marks Estate in the Nuuanu Valley [pic]! A streetside sign for the King Kamehameha Club reads "Private Club 3860 Old Pali Road". 3860 Old Pali Road is the real address for the Marks Estate. During the 80s, the Marks Estate was used as the headquarters for HIMAG (Hawaii Institute for Management and Analysis of Government), a local government "think tank". Outside of stock footage and closeups of the back entrance, this location will rarely be used for filming, with the notable exceptions "Murder 101" (5.8) and "Summer School" (6.13).

2 James Whitmore Jr. (Billy Joe Bob) will later guest star in the Season Three opener "Did You See the Sunrise?" (3.1 & 3.2). He and Tom Selleck made three unsold television pilots together prior to Magnum P.I., Gypsy Warriors (1978), Boston and Kilbride (1979) and The Chinese Typewriter (1979). They also appeared together with Larry Manetti in the Rockford Files Season Six episode "Nice Guys Finish Dead" (1979). James Whitmore Jr. also appeared with Larry Manetti in several Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-1978) episodes.

3 Keoki (Patrick Bishop), a worker at the King Kamehameha Club, is seen for the first time. He will appear in 8 credited episodes (and several uncredited), his last being the Season Four finale, "I Witness" (4.21). Patrick Bishop previously played a very similiar character (Pat) at the club. Pat is gone, Keoki is in.

4 This episode features a subtle, highly amusing, scene which references the old "You need a bigger hammer" joke. When Magnum is trying to talk T.C. into flying Billy Joe to check out a lead, T.C. is working on the chopper by banging in the open engine bay with a hammer. As the conversation continues, T.C. casually walks over to his tool box and gets a bigger hammer, then returns to the engine bay and hammers away again. (Noted by N1095A)

5 Magnum's dubious parking habits return. He pulls up to the front of an apartment building and parks the Ferrari three feet away from the curb, in a loading-only zone, and pretty much blocks the entire road!

Quotes

1
T.C.: Yeah, ok. Hey, but this ain't no charitable run! You gonna have to pay for this!
Magnum: Of course I will.
(Magnum leaves)
T.C.: I told him that time.

2
Magnum (rings doorbell of main house):
Higgins (opens door): Magnum, what is it? It's 6:37 in the morning.
Magnum: I know that Higgins, but this is important. I need a big favor.
Higgins (smiles):
Magnum: Why do I all of a sudden feel like the fly who walked into the spiders web?
Higgins: What is it you need?
Magnum: Well, I need you to keep Joe in the guest house, all day if you have to, until I get back.
Higgins: Consider it done.
Magnum: Just like that?
Higgins (shakes head yes, shakes head no):
Magnum: No?
Higgins: As you may have noticed, I've fired the groundskeeper. Until I can find a successor, I'd like you to assume some of the responsibilities.
Magnum: But Higgins, I don't know the first thing about gardening!
Higgins: I assure you, the kind of work I had in mind requires no intelligence what so ever.
Magnum: Like what?
Higgins: Like distributing 1500 lbs. of recycled vegetation that was delivered this morning.
Magnum: Recycled vegetation!? What do you mean 'recycled vegetation'? Recycled how?
Higgins: Through a cow.

Flubs

1 As he is stealing T.C.'s chopper, Billy Joe looks to his left showing the right side of the pilot's headset. Written in large letters is the name "JONES" on the right earmuff. Being that it is supposed to be T.C.'s headset, are we to assume T.C. stole it, or borrowed it (why?), from some guy named Jones? In reality, it was likely a headset belonging to helicopter pilot and aerial coordinator J. David Jones. (Noted by N1095A)

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