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#151 Post by Sam »

For those of you who haven't seen this,it was included as a special in season one."Emme's Island Moments: Memories of Hawaii Five-O" was posted as a three part video yesterday on YouTube.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3shEdill ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTWRy8S ... re=related

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#152 Post by Steve »

Excellent piece Sam, thanks for posting it................

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#153 Post by grundle »

Here's "Bored She Hung Herself," the banned episode that is never rerun, and was excluded from the season 2 DVD set.

Since this will probably get removed from YouTube pretty soon, you can save it (and any other YouTube video) on your computer using this: http://www.savetube.com/


It's divided into 6 parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEM5BDnvQXs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOyk5zyZnRw

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyaIhb4hCtA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3suux9QB4w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSm4n2MONG0

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#154 Post by MaiTaiMan »

grundle wrote:Here's "Bored She Hung Herself," the banned episode that is never rerun, and was excluded from the season 2 DVD set.

Since this will probably get removed from YouTube pretty soon, you can save it (and any other YouTube video) on your computer using this: http://www.savetube.com/


It's divided into 6 parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEM5BDnvQXs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOyk5zyZnRw

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyaIhb4hCtA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3suux9QB4w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSm4n2MONG0
Back in 2006 CBS originally stated they did not plan to release "5-0" to DVD anytime soon, because there were so many seasons. So, I purchased a "homemade" complete series set (of syndicated episodes) on DVD from a website.

Somehow this set includes an original broadcast version of this famous "banned", lost episode "Bored, She Hung Herself"!! :) The quality is poor, and if you have a headache at the moment, I wouldn't suggest watching it then. But, it is still watchable non-the-less! It looks as if someone got a hold of an original film reel of the episode's original (1971-?) broadcast and played it against something (wall of some kind?) while filming it to burn it onto DVD's.

I'm really greatful and happy to have this episode, as I doubt it'll ever see the light of day in a restored DVD version or something. There may not be a good enough version left to make a copy from either?? Whatever the case, even though I'm buying the official "5-0" sets as they come out, I'm still happy to have this old "bootleg" set so I can have the one lost episode! :)

NOTE: "Hawaii Five-0" Season 11 comes out on DVD Tuesday (20th)...along with Season 1 of the new show!! :D
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#155 Post by Styles Bitchley »

What's up with this banned episode? Why was/is it so controversial?
"How fiendishly deceptive of you Magnum. I could have sworn I was hearing the emasculation of a large rodent."

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#156 Post by grundle »

Styles Bitchley wrote:What's up with this banned episode? Why was/is it so controversial?

http://www.mjq.net/fiveo/5-0log2.htm

Bored She Hung Herself*1/2
Original air date: 1/7/70 -- Plot -- Opening Credits -- End Credits
Timings: Teaser: 4:42; Main Titles: 0:56; Act One: 5:35; Act Two: 14:13; Two Bumpers: 0:05 each; Act Three: 16:42; Act Four: 7:49; End Credits: 0:49; Total Time: 50:56.

This episode has never been seen on TV since the original broadcast, presumably because of an issue with some of the subject matter. One of the lead characters, Don Miles (Don Quine) engages in various hippie pursuits like yoga, natural foods, chanting "Hare Krishna" and hanging himself by the neck from the ceiling, this supposedly being yoga-related. In reality, it is more likely related to autoerotic asphyxiation. Some viewer tried this at home and died, according to Mrs. Leonard Freeman, speaking to fans at the 1996 Five-O convention in Burbank, CA. When Don's girlfriend Wanda (Pamela Murphy) is found hanging and dead, McGarrett is on the case. At first it looks like a suicide, but the coroner (played by casting director Ted Thorpe) says "It's possible she was assaulted," adding, "The victim was already dead when she was hung." Her father, psychiatrist Warren Parker (William Smithers), seems very chummy in a creepy manner to Wanda at the beginning of the show when he dries her off with a towel. He obviously has a good practice, because he is later seen driving a Jaguar XKE. Herman ("Duke") Wedemeyer appears at the crime scene as Lt. Grayson. When he shows some drugs from Don's pad to McGarrett, the Five-O boss comments "Let the good times roll!" The 13-year-old next door neighbor kid (Joel Berliner), who found Wanda hanging, is precocious, full of hip sayings like "Wanda was getting bagged all the time" and "outta sight". He describes Don as "a health freak ... he doesn't believe in dropping anything unless it's organic." The boy's father (Eugene McDunnah) was worried his son would turn into a "dope fiend" by associating with Don. When Parker gets heavy with McGarrett, McGarrett blames his problems on the "generation gap." Parker's response is to threaten to get McGarrett fired! The father of the kid next door is revealed as the real killer ... he says that Wanda "was making a big play for me ... she kept leading me on, then she turned me down." For people trying to collect a complete set of episodes, this one is the most difficult to find. There are bootleg copies of it floating around; some of them look like they were projected on a wall and filmed with a camcorder (not recommended if you are an epileptic because of the strobe-like flickering). The DVD release of season two does not contain this episode.

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Near the beginning of the show, Wanda's body is taken away in a Physicians Ambulance. Her corpse is not covered with a sheet, which means that when McGarrett looks in the ambulance window, he can identify her (leaving the dead body uncovered in this manner is not standard procedure -- as the ambulance drives down the street, people could see Wanda's exposed body).
Although Weatherly's alibi about the time he left his office falls apart when McGarrett and Danno point out inconsistencies between it and what the security guard at Weatherly's company said, the other big "clue" that Weatherly murdered Wanda is fragments of cashmere found under Wanda's fingernails, from when she struggled with her killer. Weatherly owns several cashmere sweaters, but how does anyone know this? Despite the mediocre quality of the bootleg prints, it does not look like Weatherly is wearing a cashmere sweater when he is being interviewed by Five-O early on in the show. He certainly doesn't bring up the fact that he owns several cashmere sweaters prior to the end.
When Weatherly makes his big confession to Five-O, his wife is nowhere to be seen.
Don and Wanda are hardly "hippies," but the usual Five-O version of what a "hippie" was like.
Don's writer friend Boswell seems to be hardly the "freak" as described by Parker or the "way-out guy" as described by Hank. He acts in a very "swish" manner, however. Boswell is uncredited and is played by director John Newland, who was allegedly gay in real life.
The title of this episode does not make any sense. Wanda is hardly "bored"!
Here are some screen captures from the episode: #1; #2; #3.
In 2010, a new bootleg copy of Bored surfaced. Interestingly, there are two cards for Viacom at the end as follows: #1 and #2. According to Wikipedia, Viacom was founded May 3, 1971. But Bored was originally aired on January 7, 1970, over a year before. So you have to wonder when did this controversy over the show which resulted in it being banned arise ... assuming that these end cards (which suggest the print was going to be used for syndication) are really supposed to be there and weren't just edited on from another print.

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#157 Post by Styles Bitchley »

...so I guess they're worried about being liable if someone hangs themselves after watching it? Funny, it seems pretty tame compared to today's shows - I'm thinking episodes of Law and Order or CSI.
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#158 Post by MaiTaiMan »

I don't know much about Viacom end-cards or logos...but supposedly the episode only aired once in 1970...then never again. However, possibly it could have been within the next couple years that they decided to "ban" or pull the episode. I guess it would depend on what year, and/or when the person actually killed themself...supposedly trying the method portrayed in the episode.

As Styles stated above, this is very tame compared to shows today...which practically show everything. I still see no reason why they did not include "Bored, She Hung Herself" in the 2nd season DVD set? But, the network may not have a copy anymore...at least a copy useable.

The "bootleg" copies were floating around much earlier than 2010. I got mine in 2006. They're not in very good condition...but if you're as big of fan as I am and still like having the supposed "lost" episode...it is still watchable, none-the-less. :wink:
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#159 Post by Sam »

Ed Asner returns to HFO to reprise his role as August March.

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#160 Post by Little Garwood »

With the release of the twelfth season, the five-year "journey" of the original Hawaii Five-O comes to a close ("Bored, She Hung Herself" notwithstanding).

With all the attention paid to the reboot version, it's easy to forget that the classic show exists in the same universe as Magnum, P.I. and that many of the same sets and locations are used in both programs. Any self respecting MPI fan should be grabbing up Five-O 1.0, especially since Amazon routinely sells the first several seasons for as low as $11.99!
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Sam wrote:Ed Asner returns to HFO to reprise his role as August March.

http://www.honolulupulse.com/movies-tv/ ... nd-present
Had not heard this before...cool! I love the original "5-0" as much as the new one, and know the "Model of a Wooden Rat" episode well!

However, it will be somewhat strange having an old character (along with original episode footage) that dealt with the original McGarrett, try and now deal with the new team, with McGarrett being young and played by a new actor. :shock:

But, it'll still be cool...does anyone know when this episode airs? No airdate was mentioned in that article.
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#162 Post by StarchedUndershirts »

I couldn't find an air date, but Asner will reprise his role "sometime in the spring." Also, it's a RECURRING role. :wink:

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StarchedUndershirts wrote:I couldn't find an air date, but Asner will reprise his role "sometime in the spring." Also, it's a RECURRING role. :wink:
Cool! I couldn't find an air date either...it's not even listed under Ed Asner on IMDB yet. It will be interesting how they'll re-integrate the 'August March' character into the new show. I would think that whatever original episode flashback footage they use...they couldn't use any with Jack Lord as McGarrett--as now there's a new McGarrett and supposedly Lord's original character never existed.

It'll also be interesting if they make the March character a recurring one. Then McGarrett will have to regularly deal with two criminals...WoFat and August March. :lol:
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#164 Post by Little Garwood »

Today is S12's (official) release date! Nearly five years since these DVD sets started, and now we're done, minus "Bored, She Hung Herself", of course.

I'm glad they didn't split Five-O releases into half seasons like CBS/Paramount have done with their other shows.
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#165 Post by MaiTaiMan »

Little Garwood wrote:Today is S12's (official) release date! Nearly five years since these DVD sets started, and now we're done, minus "Bored, She Hung Herself", of course.

I'm glad they didn't split Five-O releases into half seasons like CBS/Paramount have done with their other shows.
Yes...it's finally done! Six years ago CBS/Paramount originally had said once that they did not plan to release "5-0" to DVD because there were too many seasons. Within the next year season 1 was finally released. Thank God, they changed their minds! :)

I have yet to go down town and get Season 12...but I will in the next day or so. Then I will have the total complete series...minus "Bored, She Hung Herself" as you stated.

But, back in 2006 (when CBS originally said they weren't releasing "5-0" officially to DVD) I purchased one of those complete series homemade DVD sets--which included an original broadcast of "Bored, She Hung Herself"!! It's not in very good condition...but if you're as big of fan as I am it is still watchable and awesome to have the one "lost" episode! :D

It's hard to believe that almost all the original cast is no longer living! Wish they could've lived long enough to see the show released to DVD...all new interviews with them as special features would have been awesome!

Also, I agree that it's nice CBS/Paramount did not split the "5-0" DVD sets into volumes. Another classic show that's a favorite of mine is "Perry Mason"...and every season is split into two different volumes. It gets old after a while. :? But, I can't totally complain...I'm still glad and greatful CBS is continuing to release the shows, regardless of the format. :)
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