The Love-For-Sale Boat (5.17)

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#1 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:54 pm

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Original Air Date: 2/14/1985
Jim "Mac" Bonnick is back, and he takes Rick for a ride by "selling" him a luxury boat and four beautiful geishas. But some angry yakuza businessmen and the boat's actual owners aren't exactly pleased with the deal.

#2 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:56 pm

I know many people despise this episode, but I rather fancy it myself. Jim "Mac" Bonnick gets major screen time. The three beautiful Japanese ladies. The amusing side story of Magnum and his attempts to go fishing. And of course, the legendary "Lemon Brawl" scene at the end! Magnum launches a Lemon Attack on a guy wielding a meat cleavor! LOL! That scene just kills me every time! A classic Magnum brawl if there ever was one.

I added a Flash video clip of the "Lemon Brawl" on the Video page: http://magnum-mania.com/Video/Lemon_Brawl.html

IslandHopper · #3 Post by **IslandHopper** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:24 pm

I like this episode too. You gotta love the 3 women in bikinis. Not just supernumeraries in bikinis, but key players. My favorite scene is when the 3 bikini clad ladies are running on to the helicopter to escape from the bad guys.

AJL · #4 Post by **AJL** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:32 am

I rated this one a 9, just fun and exciting from beginning to the end. Sure the story didn't completely make sense, you could argue it was very prejudice against japanese, etc., but in the end, I was entertainet form start to finish.

Magnums Little Voice · Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:10 am

Not a bad one, but The Mac Character so so so gets on my nerves!!!
I mean Thomas, Rik and TC are all clever guys yet they keep getting had by MAC, I mean this is getting silly now!!!

Still some good bits in this episode, Love when Higgins talks Japanese!! Does anyone know what he said???

#6 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:22 pm

In Rick's office there is a picture of a lady that can be seen in several episodes....

I'm assuming it's supposed to be his deceased sister Wendy, but, it doesn't really look like her. Instead, it looks a lot like his future fling Jeannie from Season Six's "A Little Bit of Luck, A Little Bit of Grief"!

This is also odd, because at this point he hasn't met her yet!

Could it be somebody else?

Sam · #7 Post by **Sam** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:38 pm

James...She looks like Ms. Kane,from "The Case of the Red Faced Thespian"

http://magnum-mania.com/images/4_12_d_full.jpg

#8 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:05 am

I can tell you unequivocally that is NOT Collen Camp.

Sam · #9 Post by **Sam** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:48 pm

I still think it's a pic of Ms.Kane but I would need to see her legs to be sure.

Carmen · #10 Post by **Carmen** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:12 pm

Men

Ts ts ts ts ts ...

#11 Post by **Doc Ibold** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:32 pm

James J. Walters wrote:In Rick's office there is a picture of a lady that can be seen in several episodes....

I'm assuming it's supposed to be his deceased sister Wendy, but, it doesn't really look like her. Instead, it looks a lot like his future fling Jeannie from Season Six's "A Little Bit of Luck, A Little Bit of Grief"!

This is also odd, because at this point he hasn't met her yet!

Could it be somebody else?

I think it IS Wendy. It does look like her (just with teased hair)

Steve · #12 Post by **Steve** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:27 pm

I'll bet you dollars to donuts that the picture is a photograph of Larry Manetti's wife. I'm sorry I couldn't capture the following picture of Larry and his wife at the "Monte Walsh" premier I found on IMDB, but just click on the link and try to imagine her twenty years ago.....

http://us.imdb.com/media/rm3283589120/nm0542027

golfmobile · #13 Post by **golfmobile** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:39 am

Steve,

Looks like a good guess there!

We need to ask Rick Romer (if he decorated the set) or email Larry Manetti via his website and ask him if he remembers a picture of Nancy (isn't that his wife's name?) on a bookcase in that episode? Or a picture of Nancy used ever as a set decoration item?

golf

#14 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:36 pm

Hmm, I don't know. I don't think it's her. Here is a screen cap of her from "Computer Date" (1982)...

golfmobile · #15 Post by **golfmobile** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:29 am

James,

I may be entirely off base here, but the screen cap you posted looks MORE like her in that framed picture -- to me! Sorry!

On another note, for the gun experts here, on the picture of Rick with the framed picture we're discussing on the bookshelf -- isn't his thumb WAY too high on that gun???? Looks like it would pinch the skin at the base of his thumb (or burn it) if he fired the gun holding it in that grip.

I know NOTHING about automatics, so I may be totally off the radar here, but that just looks at least awkward and at most just plain wrong -- to me.

golf

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