Hi Conchmeister,ConchRepublican wrote:Game, set and match folks. This one's over.Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:SignGuy,SignGuyHPW wrote:This may be a sensitive topic, but I have often wondered about this. Throughout the series Magnum was often shown drinking or hungover. In "Mac's Back" he had kept himself in a drunken stupor for weeks on end. He was always raiding the wine cellar or putting drinks on Robin's tab at the club. When he got stood up he switched from beer to scotch. Were we to gather that Thomas Magnum had an alcohol problem or was he supposed to be a moderate drinker that would occasionally over imbibe?
All things considered, I always thought Magnum's and his buddies' drinking wasn't realistically portrayed. They should have been drinking a whole lot more.
CBS historically being the "family" oriented network that also drew a large share of older and rural viewers likely factored in to the boys not being shown boozing the way single young men did in the 1980's.
The culture has changed a lot since then, men of the 20th century adhered to a different code of ethics and mores, rightly or wrongly.
Magnum and the boys would have been bar hopping most every weekend Mad Buck Gibson style, chasing not just the local women but also female tourists from around the world flocking to Hawaii.
Of course now a days young "men" spend their time chasing Pokemon monsters instead.
Thank you for your kind words. Seeing as you are the "Chief Barkeep-Flemingo key" my Uncle Luther Gillis and me are raising our steins to you, a fellow traveler.
Unless of course you have gone on the wagon.
200 years ago when condemned prisoners were being taken to Newgate Prison to be hung, they were allowed to stop in at a pub for one last drink.
Just one mug, courtesy of the Crown.
Then they had to go back "on the wagon" to their execution, which meant not just their death but even worse no more beer.
Dobie Gillis
Don't ruin my whiskey with ice! I'm not a bloody American!
...Higgins