Magnum Mania!
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A.A.P.I.
Episode ID: 132
Episode Number: 7.5
Air Date: 10/22/1986
Writer: Reuben Leder
Director: Russ Mayberry
Producer: Rick Weaver
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario
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2 At the start of this story, and again later on, Magnum has a film noir-ish, black-and-white dream that he is a Private Eye in San Francisco, circa 1941. Elisha Cook Jr. (who normally appears as Icepick) plays Wilmer, a criminal who Magnum has tracked down. Wilmer is a famous character from the classic 1941 movie The Maltese Falcon, a character that was played by a young Elisha Cook! This whole setup is a forerunner to the upcoming "fantasy" episode "Murder by Night" (7.14) which is set in San Francisco in the early 1940s.
3 Four major recurring characters from previous episodes appear - For the fourth time, Luther H. Gillis (Eugene Roche), Det. Jean Claude Fornier (Paul Verdier) from "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20), Det. Gordon Katsumoto (Clyde Kusatsu) from "This Island Isn't Big Enough" (6.16) and Tracy Spenser (Annie Potts) from "Legacy From a Friend" (3.19).
4 Another Rockford Files connection - Stephen J. Cannell (Producer/Writer) makes a rare acting appearance in this episode as security chief Ray Lemon.
5 Look-alikes of Mike Stone (The Streets of San Francisco), Frank Columbo and Theo Kojak can be spotted at the A.A.P.I convention.
6 The hotel where the awards banquet is held (and where the subsequent investigation is supposed to take place in) was filmed at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel. This is the same hotel where Jack Lord is seen turning and looking into the camera while standing on top of the hotel during the intro to Hawaii Five-O. (Noted by IslandHopper)
7 Krash Kealoha, longtime Hawaiian deejay/program director (KCCN-AM Radio) and creator of the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, has a small role as a security guard. He will later appear as a bartender in Season Eight's "Innocence, A Broad" (8.3).
8 A scene takes place at Carol's rarely-seen house. It looks completely different from the last time we saw it in "Compulsion" (5.14), including a wall and door that are covered in faux bamboo! We also find out that she writes left-handed.
9 Magnum mentions the "Dubray Case" from "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20) and the song he was "forced" to sing (badly) in a karaoke bar, "Misty".
10 Higgins uses hypnosis again to gain information. He's used it several times in the past.
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(Luther's speech at the A.A.P.I. convention)
Luther Gillis: Like any of us, Thomas Magnum has his ups and downs, kind of goes with the territory. I mean, hey, none of us are perfect, not even me, but you be sure of one thing. Every time I came to "Bananna Land" on a case, he was always there to back me up, to do the little things that don't always show up in the box score. Providing me with the backup and the leg work enbabled me to crack three major cases. Speaking of the word "cracked", it reminds me of a time when my brother thought he was a chicken. We should have taken him to the doctor for a cure, but we needed the eggs. (laughs) So in conclusion, I just want to say I'm very proud to be here to today, to be one of the "Joe's" taking part in honoring our pal Tom Magnum as 'Local Private Investigator of the Year'. But, I hope to say maybe next year he'll get lucky and win the real award. The National one. But thanks again, let's turn the festivities to that superflash of the P.I., Richard Lindley.
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