Magnum Mania!

SelleckLover wrote: and the occasional reference to Magnum by one of the show's characters named Tony. In one episode, he is being questioned because he is a suspect in a crime, and they ask him where he was on a particular nite at 11 pm. He answers that he was watching a Magnum PI rerun and goes on to describe the plot of the episode he was watching.

Ah, DiNozzo.

Was that episode the one where he said something about Home From The Sea? I was out of the room when he said that (telling my dad about DiNozzo).

Sorry MagnumPI_Cat....I can't remember which Magnum episode DiNozzo was watching....guess we'll just have to wait until NCIS comes out on DVD!

To be honest with you all, I simply hate NCIS, and all because of the DiNozo character.

What are everyone's favorite Bellisario shows (other than MPI, which is No.#1 on everyones list by default)?
One of my favs was Airwolf. Remember that one? Also liked Quantum Leap and JAG, at first, then got tired of the romantics couplings etc (on JAG, not QL).
But I really enjoyed the first seasons of Baa Baa Black Sheep (or Black Sheep Squadron). This show was actually a Stephen Cannell production but I believe Bellasario was a lead producer on it. Most of that cast wound up on MPI in one form or another.

Lets not leave out James Whitmore Jr who stared in a few failed pilots pre-MPI, stared in a few MPI espsodes and directed a few NCIS and Las Vegas episodes...

TS and JWjr have been working together since the late 70's....

Miss Q

I just got the Quantum Leap Season 1 DVD set and the last episode (there were only 8 in the first season, because it was a mid-year replacement) contained an out-of-the-blue reference to our favorite PI.

The Episode is "Play It Again, Seymour -- April 14, 1953" and Sam leaps into a PI who looks a lot like Humphrey Bogart. At about 30 minutes into the episode, he's sitting in a taxi with his girlfriend and a nerdy, annoying other guy and says to the girl "He's gonna find out sometime that he's not going to be like Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, or Thomas Magnum" She says "Magnum?" And the scene just goes on from there, no explanation or anything.

It was so unexpected that it was absolutely great!

Now I've got to get the Season 2 set -- The 13th episode of that season takes place in 1981 and contains the footage of Magnum, playing on the TV in the family's living room!

Kahunagirl

I discovered Magnum, P.I. through watching Quantum Leap. Never watched JAG or NCIS. I loved Quantum Leap, though. Another one of my favorite shows. As I got older, though, I realized the show could get a little too preachy with it's liberal agenda. I recently bought the entire Quantum Leap series on DVD.

Everything Bellisario has done is gold! MPI is number one, though.
Only exception is JAG. I watched one episode and was bored to tears.

To tell you the truth, I have to agree with MACattack regarding JAG...Zzzzzz...oops! I just fell asleep writing about it!

fyi.....for those who are interested, Tales Of Gold Monkey is available on DVD now....a quick one click at amazon.

Tales of the Gold Monkey was fun and they have episodes on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCBNLE3e ... Lal0ptRnCS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGiUd_8BEtM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74WPr65CCpo

Don's ancestral home, Gamberale in Italy, paid homage to him earlier this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B_OrFJh-hg

Interview with Bellisario on the relationship between the military and Hollywood. Magnum PI is mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJ69sYPIBo

Nice find CdL, I enjoyed that interview very much. Thanks for posting.

Donald Bellisario discusses working with Tom Selleck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-A5n-hTQRY

Here are all the interviews Don did he talks about all his shows here

https://interviews.televisionacademy.co ... view-clips