Magnum Mania!

The "Someting, something, something, dark side" parody of Star Wars "The Empire Strikes Back" is very cute with a Tom Selleck link.

Once again the Griffin family suffers a power failure and are entertained by Peter telling the tale. As in the first parody Chris is cast in the role of Luke Skywalker. After the fight with Darth Vader (Stewie) on Bespin, Luke falls out of the trash chute and is hanging upside down on the antenna.

In a panic he calls out for "Ben, Ben Kenobi!" No response. Then he calls out "Leia, Leia, help me!" No response either. Finally he calls out for "Tom Selleck!" The scene cuts to a clip of TS as Magnum, probably from season 8 based on the short hair, with Magnum on a couch reading. He reacts to something, stares ahead, then goes back to reading.

Finally Leia answers the call and the Millenium Falcon flies to his rescue.

There are a few references to Magnum pi in Family Guy.. here's one quickie, hope the link lasts/works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqKmXVlvI3o

Some More, this one includes the Theme song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPbvm42B6Q

I think this one is in Spanish, nice shot of the estate!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EPbvm42B6Q

OK.. this is the opening of the "Moustache Channel:

http://vimeo.com/4185859

Robot Chicken's version of Magnum as a kid?

http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicke ... um-pi.html


Hope these aren't offending anyone!

Robot Chicken is one of my guilty pleasures, but man that Magnum P.I. skit is pushing the boundaries of comedy a little too far! What the hell?!

The kid spinning around pretending to be T.C. in the chopper did make me laugh however!

Yeah, I'm not too big on the child abduction and vehicle manslaughter but the bad guys were captured in the end!

Here's a working link on the Magnum clip from the FG ep "Stuck Together, Torn Apart".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9xnTioov0

And the "Here, Tom Selleck" clip from "Da Boom"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt55S85k2z0