Misc. MPI Newspaper Articles

[Rembrandt's Girl]

Star-Bulletin, September 7, 1986 (I'll also post this in the Kristen Carreira thread)...

[Rembrandt's Girl]

I just posted two articles, one on Kristen Carreira and another on Bellisario, but because I posted the Bellisario article first, it landed on page 2 of this thread...just a heads up...didn't want anyone to jump to the Carreira article & miss Bellisario.

[Rembrandt's Girl]

Honolulu Advertiser, March 1, 1981...

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Honolulu Advertiser, March 11, 1984...

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A couple of John Hillerman articles from 1987...

Star-Bulletin, September 21, 1987...





Honolulu Advertiser, September 28, 1987...

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Honolulu Advertiser, November 23, 1981..."Magnum Mania"?

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Star-Bulletin, June 17, 1986...

[KENJI]

Honolulu Advertiser, November 23, 1981..."Magnum Mania"?

A fun article there RG.
I noticed the reporter butchered poor Nancy's maiden name DeCarl to Dicarla.....unless DeCarl has something to do with her stage name and Dicarla is her actual maiden name (guessing here) Does anyone know for sure?
Then I noticed that Nancy didn't even make MM's Character Section ( under Other Notable Characters ).....I know she had two really small roles on MPI, but her marriage to Larry should carry some weight, giving her access to this section. I also think their marriage would make a great addition to the Trivia Section too.....maybe even noting her reporter role in there.....Nancy DeCarl used her real name as a newscaster in the episode The Legacy of Garwood Huddle. I know she is mentioned in the Episode Section for both of her roles, but I think she deserves a bit more recognition.....heck, the actor who played Kengi/Kenji made the cut and we still haven't figured out his real name...he is down as unkown. Has anyone figured out that mystery? Anyway, just throwing it out there Doc.

Here is a bit of her acting background....

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1049328/

[Rembrandt's Girl]

A fun article there RG.
I noticed the reporter butchered poor Nancy's maiden name DeCarl to Dicarla.....unless DeCarl has something to do with her stage name and Dicarla is her actual maiden name (guessing here) Does anyone know for sure?

I did some research on Nancy's last name, and as you already posted, her imdb filmography has her listed as Nancy Ann DeCarl on Death Valley Days in 1957 when she was 9. I couldn't find any information about her birth name though, sorry. Here's a little more about Nancy:

She was first runner up in the Miss Teen USA pageant when she was 15.

In 1971 she married Ron Samuels, the Hollywood personal manager/producer. He managed the careers of Jaclyn Smith, Lindsay Wagner, Lynda Carter, and others. I don't know when Nancy & Ron divorced, but he married Lynda Carter in '77 (divorced in '82).

Just for fun, here's a quick snippet of Nancy when she was 10 on Hitcock's Suspicion tv series: https://youtu.be/Czwo31mAlNg?t=43m53s

[Luther's nephew Dobie]

Honolulu Advertiser, March 11, 1984...

Hi Rembrandt's Girl,
Thanks for sharing these articles. I wonder if anyone might explain Roger Mosley's remark that "there's nothing here for me as a black person".
Is it because there is racism directed at mainlanders of any background by native Hawaiians?
If Hawaiian tourists visited my state they wouldn't be greeted with disdain and rudeness merely because they were islanders.
More than a few times when I have speculated about visiting the islands people have urged me not to and related to me ugly stories of racist behavior directed at them.
Nor does the term "Haole" when hurled at a innocent tourist sound at all friendly to me.
I would never use such a demeaning term about my fellow Americans just because they happen to hail from the other 49 states. Sounds cowardly to boot to me, if you mean to insult a man do it plainly and not hide behind the local argot.
It doesn't make sense to me for a economy based so much on tourism to insult the punters providing one with a living.
However I have never been to the islands and would appreciate being clued in as to what the situation is. Perhaps Mosley is one of those people who feel ill at ease in different cultures(I on the other hand embrace them) and the fault lies in himself, not with the Hawaiians, thus he would have cheated himself of a worthwhile experience.

[Rembrandt's Girl]

Hi Rembrandt's Girl,
Thanks for sharing these articles. I wonder if anyone might explain Roger Mosley's remark that "there's nothing here for me as a black person".
Is it because there is racism directed at mainlanders of any background by native Hawaiians?
If Hawaiian tourists visited my state they wouldn't be greeted with disdain and rudeness merely because they were islanders.
More than a few times when I have speculated about visiting the islands people have urged me not to and related to me ugly stories of racist behavior directed at them.
Nor does the term "Haole" when hurled at a innocent tourist sound at all friendly to me.
I would never use such a demeaning term about my fellow Americans just because they happen to hail from the other 49 states. Sounds cowardly to boot to me, if you mean to insult a man do it plainly and not hide behind the local argot.
It doesn't make sense to me for a economy based so much on tourism to insult the punters providing one with a living.
However I have never been to the islands and would appreciate being clued in as to what the situation is. Perhaps Mosley is one of those people who feel ill at ease in different cultures(I on the other hand embrace them) and the fault lies in himself, not with the Hawaiians, thus he would have cheated himself of a worthwhile experience.

Hi Dobie!

I didn't get the feeling that Roger was referring to his treatment in Hawaii by locals. I don't know for sure of course, but my interpretation is that he was referring more to him being black in the tv/film industry. It also sounds like he was untrusting of why people were being kind to him...that they just wanted something from him. He also preferred to be at home with his family than in Hawaii. That's my take.

To answer your question about Hawaii and racism (I'm a haole), my experience has been 99.9% positive as a visitor to the islands of Oahu, Maui and Lanai. Most of the time as tourists we had interactions with people in the service industry and you're right...tourism is by far their number one economy, and they bend over backwards for the tourist. Nothing but fantastic treatment...over and above.

But on occasion we've had interactions with actual locals and again, very positive, friendly, and kind. They call it the "Aloha Spirit" there. You may've heard that no one honks their car horn in Hawaii...it's considered rude and just not done. When renting a house on one visit to the north shore of Oahu (which is pretty rural) the neighbors brought us mangoes off their tree and we had a nice long talk about how they bought their land and built their home there. One day we were driving by Pahonu so I made a brief visit to the tidal pool...you can't just drive by and not stop! Well, the tide was almost in so I dashed down for a quick fix, and a local (he looked a lot like Charlie from "The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club" ) was sitting near the parking lot and he saw me wade down there, and when I returned he smiled a huge grin at me and said, "Did you get your picture?" We sometimes strike up conversations with locals to learn more about life there and they're always so happy to talk to us, they're kind when we've had to ask directions, they're nice in line at the grocery store, etc. etc.

Have I ever felt unwelcome? We got stink-eye only twice in many visits to the Islands...both times when we were off the beaten path in very rural Maui. So it can happen. Some native Hawaiians don't like what has happened to Hawaii. They are unhappy that the white man took their land from them, and/or they don't like how tourism has changed Hawaii of yesteryear. For more background visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_ ... y_movement. If you lived there this movement will be in the news on occasion etc., but as a visitor you won't experience any evidence that it even exists.

I don't know what happened with your friends but from my experience, I would strongly encourage you to go and please don't let this concern dissuade you from visiting Hawaii.

[thechickinthemiddle]

What I got from Roger's article was that it was racism towards African-Americans in the industry in general (although I can certainly imagine the other possibility as well), which while since improved, his remarks can easily apply today, sadly.

Hawaii is a very different place from California, though my family's been lucky to have met some great people in both places. They also have large Asian populations, so my Chinese mom and easygoing, open white dad might have something to do with that. He's always loved how calm and serene the islands are, and thankfully has never been the "Ugly American" tourist the natives understandably hate.

Hawaii's racial history and political makeup is rather unique amongst the states, so it's possible there were less opportunities for Roger to fit in that way the way he did back in California, like if a person from Delaware or Washington state went to live in South Carolina. From what I gathered, he seemed to soften towards his role on the show later on, and it's great he gave back time and work to the islands and kids like T.C. did.

Shame the Equalizer crossover never happened, it would've provided a Hands of a Murderer "preunion" between Edward Woodward and John Hillerman. Wonder why it never came to fruition, I assume the former show was cancelled?

Keep up these fantastic articles, Rembrandt's Girl! (And if you got any more on the other Rembrandt's Girl, I'd love to see 'em! )

[Rembrandt's Girl]

Well said, chickinthemiddle!

Regarding The Equalizer question, I wondered too and almost posted this when I posted that crossover article. Here's a copy/paste of what I found:

"After season one, Universal execs requested that McCall team up with Thomas Magnum, the mustachioed private investigator played by Tom Selleck on CBS’s venerable Magnum, P.I., also a Universal production. The Equalizer writer/producer Coleman Luck wrote a script for the crossover, which was eventually scrapped and re-written as Beyond Control, the thirteenth episode in season two. While we never got to see Robert McCall and Jonathan Quayle Higgins III (John Hillerman) trade barbs on the beach in Hawaii, Woodward and Hillerman would team up in Victorian Era England for the 1990 CBS TV movie Hands of a Murderer as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson."

Keep up these fantastic articles, Rembrandt's Girl! (And if you got any more on the other Rembrandt's Girl, I'd love to see 'em! )

I've seen Carol mentioned here & there but I've never done searches about her appearances on MPI, but I'd be happy to!

This leads me to a question for everyone...I've come across a gazillion little blurbs that were mentioned in the papers about the show & cast during its run. Are you guys interested in reading any little tidbit or just the main larger articles like I've been posting? I've been enjoying the small stuff because it gives glimpses into the day-to-day...but that's me.

[Rembrandt's Girl]

Keep up these fantastic articles, Rembrandt's Girl! (And if you got any more on the other Rembrandt's Girl, I'd love to see 'em! )

Here ya' go! Sorry about the poor quality in the right margin.

Honolulu Advertiser, January 12, 1984...





And here's one of the "tidbit articles" I mentioned above...to me they're a fun glimpse into the day-to-day during MPI's run.

Honolulu Advertiser, January 17, 1984, "Dave Donnelly's Hawaii" gossip column...

[308GUY]

This leads me to a question for everyone...I've come across a gazillion little blurbs that were mentioned in the papers about the show & cast during its run. Are you guys interested in reading any little tidbit or just the main larger articles like I've been posting? I've been enjoying the small stuff because it gives glimpses into the day-to-day...but that's me.

It's NOT just you.

My vote is to post anything and everything YOU find interesting and/or entertaining pertaining to the show, the people, the locations, the studio, everything related or associated to/with it.

If the pieces you run across are what you consider too "small" or insignificant to post for their own merit, maybe create a collage page of smaller mentions that all tie together? Just a suggestion.

I for one, am thoroughly enjoying each and every thing you've posted thus far.

Keep em' comin'!