Thank you all for the suggestions and comments. I should have been clearer: yes I was asking suggestions for similar shows both in style and substance. Barney Miller or Burn Notice probably. Or maybe I just restart Magnum. I’ve come to really like this website over the last 150+ episodes. Barney Mi...

A few days ago a lost copy of the Declaration of Independence was auctioned off for about $4.5 M. In the early 1820s John Quincy Adams, then Secretary of State, had them commissioned to be given to the surviving signors. They were printed on vellum using the original (copper?) plate. This copy was f...

Assuming your question means "other than 'Magnum, P.I.' (1980-1988)", and knowing you already are aware of the awesomeness of 'The Rockford Files' I will suggest a police comedy drama called 'Barney Miller'. It is hilarious as the writers were extremely sharp. The show survived many major cast depar...

My ride was a 1979 rx 7 I joined the navy in 1985 and bought the rx on leave after a school and drove it to my first duty station .I had it for a few years after I left the navy and then sold it. It wasn't the ferrari from the show but was as close as I could get on a e4 salary Sort of looks like R...

The special guest star billing was once reserved for... Thanks! As I was writing my non-answer regarding star billing I was thinking, "I bet Pahonu would know all about this. He knows all about Hollywood." No joke. That is what I was thinking. That is what I like about this place. People from all s...

I can't remember if there were any other specific references to Magnum's Navy heritage (father and grandfather) prior to Home from the Sea, where his father dying in Korea is established, but there is definitely one reference that doesn't line up with that back story, which was no doubt established...

A few random questions. 1) magnum mentions his dad and that he was in the navy. How early was this established? In my head I always thought home from the sea (season 4) was the intro of his dad's story. 2) when entering the Japanese ladies house magnum removes his shoes and hat. Is this a custom/co...

The 916 never went into production so they are super rare (I think only three were made and initially they stayed with people who had the last name Porsche). They did not go into production because they feared they would hurt 911 profits. Looking into this today I found one was recently auctioned fo...

A 1986 Pontiac Fiero SE. Great little car that was all I could afford and be Magnumish. :) The Pontiac Fiero, a mid-engine light weight car with a 6 cylinder engine... That must have been a blast to take turns at silly speeds as mid-engine cars are balanced. I base this on the first car that I owne...

Season 4, episode 9, "The Look" It is the episode with the disc jockey the guys remember from Vietnam.

I do not know much about Joe Rogan other he seems to have a conservative podcast (no time for podcasts in my life) and was or is a MMA fighter. However this made me smile and groan: https://i.ibb.co/9VP9jxL/E0-VWkv-NWQAEl-HYe.jpg Exactly what I would expect. Also of note the linked video is now "pri...

They’re building a massively overbudget light rail line on Oahu now called HART. Yeah, I heard about that. One of their latest problems is they laid the wrong gauge track so they either have to replace the track or put different wheels on the cars that make them something like 800 pounds overweight...

The best I can remember is that my parent's had a '70s Chevy Malibu station wagon (which are apparently sought after now for some reason), then a series of Ford Pintos, in the mid '80s a Chevy Citation and Chevy Chevette were bought Then around 1988 or so my parents bought a Ford Tempo. My car drivi...

Thanks T.Q. That was easy enough.

Sorry, but I don’t think it works. It’s not “physical” enough so it just seems like someone comes to the door and tells him something and he goes back to what he’s doing. I think the audio is what makes the scene so good. Hate to be a Debbie Downer. ;-) My intention was to have it say, "Magnum!" in...