Ghost Writer (2.12)
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Ghost Writer (2.12)
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Original Air Date: 12/24/1981
An attractive woman, who is ghost writing an autobiography of eccentric millionaire Harold Farber, hires Magnum after her research materials are stolen. Clearly, someone is trying to stop her from completing the book.
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Original Air Date: 12/24/1981
An attractive woman, who is ghost writing an autobiography of eccentric millionaire Harold Farber, hires Magnum after her research materials are stolen. Clearly, someone is trying to stop her from completing the book.
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A fun episode with some goofy "sneaking around"-type scenes involving security cameras and security guards. Screen legend Elisha Cook Jr. (in his pre-Ice Pick days) plays an eccentric millionaire. Patch Mackenzie (as Virginia Fowler) makes an amorous move on Magnum in the guesthouse ... and he turns her down!
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Hi James,
The resort is actually a house in Portlock,the same house was used in "All Roads Lead to Floyd"..It's on the ocean at the end of a Cul-de-sac.
I'm sure Rubber Chicken can find it.
Edit...The house is on Hanapepe Place just west of Hanauma Bay at the end of the peninsula.
Cap from RolieMan's...Ghost
http://rolandmans.com/Magum%20Files/Ghost17.jpg
and Floyd.
http://rolandmans.com/Magum%20Files/floyd59.jpg
If you locate it on Google Earth...You'll see the pool.
http://rolandmans.com/Magum%20Files/floyd50.jpg
The resort is actually a house in Portlock,the same house was used in "All Roads Lead to Floyd"..It's on the ocean at the end of a Cul-de-sac.
I'm sure Rubber Chicken can find it.
Edit...The house is on Hanapepe Place just west of Hanauma Bay at the end of the peninsula.
Cap from RolieMan's...Ghost
http://rolandmans.com/Magum%20Files/Ghost17.jpg
and Floyd.
http://rolandmans.com/Magum%20Files/floyd59.jpg
If you locate it on Google Earth...You'll see the pool.
http://rolandmans.com/Magum%20Files/floyd50.jpg
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Nice find Sam! I think you meant to say Poipu Place though, the Cul-de-sac directly south east of Hanapepe Place. It appears to be this house with the long driveway.
Thank you for finding that though, I didn't know where it was and I don't want to take your credit.
Thank you for finding that though, I didn't know where it was and I don't want to take your credit.
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Well I actually found the building before seeing your post Sam. It's the Honolulu Municipal Building.
And Mrs. Ballard's building (employer of Oscar, the man who's found by Magnum in the guesthouse) is the Ilikai Hotel.
And Mrs. Ballard's building (employer of Oscar, the man who's found by Magnum in the guesthouse) is the Ilikai Hotel.
Come clean RC....Do you work for Google?
I was pretty sure it was near the capitol....Here is a photo...Name change in March 06.
http://macpro-oahu.buzznet.com/user/pho ... id=4999652
I was pretty sure it was near the capitol....Here is a photo...Name change in March 06.
http://macpro-oahu.buzznet.com/user/pho ... id=4999652
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Awesome, thanks again guys!
Magnum's expressions and the look on Oscar's face as all of this is going down is just hilarious! Oh, and Patch McKenzie (in a night gown) is also observing this whole bizarre situation going down, which just adds to the greatness of the scene.
This is one of my favorite scenes of the entire show! It made me laugh so hard, my sides hurt! After nearly being sniped to death on his own couch, Magnum finds this myserious older guy (Oscar) lurking in the shadows of the guesthouse. Still half asleep, Magnum fumbles around looking for his .45 while continually telling the guy, "stay right there .... you stay right there" (while waving his finger at him). He finally finds his .45 in a duffel bag in his closet. He pulls it out, cocks it, and tells the guy, "Now, why are you here?". He soon realizes the gun isn't loaded, so he tells the older guy (who, by the way, through this entire time seems infinitely more scared and befuddled by the situation than Magnum is) again to "stay right there" as he loads his gun! LOL! After finally finding and loading his gun, he at last gets to question the old guy as to why he's in his house late at night! Oscar never moves an inch the entire time. LOL!rubber chicken wrote:(employer of Oscar, the man who's found by Magnum in the guesthouse)
Magnum's expressions and the look on Oscar's face as all of this is going down is just hilarious! Oh, and Patch McKenzie (in a night gown) is also observing this whole bizarre situation going down, which just adds to the greatness of the scene.
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Yes, that whole "stay right there while I dig out my gun and load it" scene was absolutely hilarious!
From the episode Notes:
Minor comment on the parenthetical remark following Quote #1: Rick is presumably dressed as a liquor-store (rather than bakery) delivery man, since he tells the security guard that he has "muscatel for the penthouse."
From the episode Notes:
IMDb also lists a hairdresser named Carolyn Elias -- who worked on Magnum! IMDb actually seems to have split her into three people (http://www.imdb.com/find?q=Caroline%20E ... &ex=1&nr=1), probably due to her habit of using several variations on her name.2 The script for this episode was written by Caroline Elias. This is her only credited work on the IMDB.
Minor comment on the parenthetical remark following Quote #1: Rick is presumably dressed as a liquor-store (rather than bakery) delivery man, since he tells the security guard that he has "muscatel for the penthouse."
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