Magnum Mania!

A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken

Episode ID: 106
Episode Number: 5.22
Air Date: 4/4/1985
Writers: Jay Huguely, Joe Gores
Story: Joe Gores, Anthony Pellicano
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Producer: Reuben Leder
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin)

Guest Stars

Matt Clark (Jack Damon), Asher Brauner (Darryl Jacobs), Shannon Wilcox (Diana Franklin), Linda Grovenor (Becky Damon), Garrison True (Paul Graham), Clay Wai (Frog)

Plot Outline

Magnum's behind bars when he goes undercover as a convict in order to seek clues about the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl.

Rating

7.5 (15 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 This is the fifth "Carol-centric" episode of the series, following "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (4.13), "Blind Justice" (5.7), "Compulsion" (5.14), and "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20).

2 Co-Story developer Anthony Pellicano was once known in the mass media as the "P.I. to the Stars" because of his work for many prominent Hollywood celebrities. He was also known to have extensive mafia connections. Starting in 2003, he served a 30 month prison sentence for illegal possession of explosives. In Feb. 2006, he was indicted on 110 counts of racketeering, conspiracy, wiretapping, witness tampering, identity theft and destruction of evidence!

3 Jack Damon is Carol's uncle and Becky Damon is her cousin. Jack and Becky are from Omaha, Nebraska. If you look closely at the end of the episode, you can see Becky's gunshot wound (that she received in the opening scene) just below her right shoulder.

4 Icepick only buys American products.

5 Magnum's prison number is #73762.

6 Towards the beginning of the episode, when Magnum visits the "Anagrams" office, a gorilla suit can be seen directly behind him. The camera cuts away to the manager and then quickly cuts back to Magnum. Look at the gorilla suit behind Magnum. It appears that someone stuck a rubber chicken in its mouth!

Quotes

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Magnum: This morning? Listen, look, I can barely walk, I gotta go back to bed right after I eat.
Higgins: He wakes regularly for long feedings.
Magnum: Oh, that's cute Higgins. I am sore!
Higgins: Which is hardly a sufficient excuse for rudeness.

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