Frodoleader,Frodoleader wrote:Question for those of you who actually have been to Hawai'i: From watching the original H5O, it seems to me that Honolulu looks pretty seedy. Rundown like a Midwest Rust Belt city. Was Honolulu like that back in the day? Is it still that way today?
BTW, in regards to MeTV taking H5O off their schedule - isn't that just for the summer? I know MeTV does special promotions during the summer months. Hope it comes back.
Let me say first off I have never been there. But my buddy Dave(a seasoned world traveler) recently spent 3 weeks on the various Hawaiian islands for his company. He really looked forward to it after seeing the islands only in Magnum, Hawaii 5-0 etc.
He was taken aback at the number of homeless and beggars in Honolulu. Twice at Burger King at lunchtime raggedly looking people came in and rooted thru the garbage containers inside, where people had just emptied their lunch trays.
The traffic congestion was terrible, the prices for everything much higher than the mainland as everything is imported, aggressive hookers and drug dealers approaching even family units plus dense hordes of tourists pushing and jostling at points of interest ruined the ambiance.
He was perplexed at how the City Fathers could so mismanage(the non beach areas) of what should be one of the great tourist magnets in the world.
He did find the the experience of the Arizona Memorial quite moving. And he liked and felt welcomed by the locals.
In fact he quite enjoyed all the other islands with all they had to offer. Honolulu, not so much.
Since Hawaii and the Arizona Memorial are on my Bucket List, I am hoping Dave just had a streak of bad luck in Honolulu and it isn't a shabby Hawaiian version of Newark. In the past when I asked on these Boards about visiting Hawaii it was almost all positive.
Sic Frat Crustulum - "That's how the cookie crumbles"...Mrs. Peel's family motto on The Avengers
is a mock up of the Queen's Surf Barefoot Bar (note: the drum face has SM on it which stands for Sterling Mossman). Helen used to dance for Sterling and the Barefoot Bar Gang.The scene was supposedly filmed at the Outrigger Canoe Club because they needed more room for the cameras. I read somewhere that she was paid $150 for that long day of filming.
As for the other trivia...I think Sterling Mossman and his Barefoot Band were also regularly featured in the late 50s/early 60s detective show “Hawaiian Eye” (starring Robert Conrad, Connie Stevens, Anthony Eisley, Troy Donahue, etc...)! Although a good portion of that show was filmed on a Hollywood soundstage, as it was well before filming on real-life locales became a thing.
I would agree with you! I bet he was thinking.... I could've used this script a month ago! 
Joking aside, I'm sure he has access to any original script he wants, but to 
