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6/28/08
 Added two new audio clips - Tijuana Tokyo (Music) & How Magnanimous (WAV).

Updates to the Robin's Nest page (cleaned up the 'Guesthouse' section).

Episode Guide updates for "Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too" (1.4), "Mr. White Death" (3.9), "The Arrow That is Not Aimed" (3.14), "Birdman of Budapest" (3.16), "I Do?" (3.17), "Legacy From a Friend" (3.19), "Distant Relative" (4.4), & "Laura" (7.18).
6/20/08
 Added two new audio clips - Rescuing Higgins (Music) & Hi (WAV).

Updates to On Location & Notable Guest Stars (added several Hawaiian locals) pages.

Episode Guide updates for "Skin_Deep" (1.6), "J. "Digger" Doyle" (1.17), "Deja Vu" (6.1 & 6.2), "The Hotel Dick" (6.5), "Round and Around" (6.6) & "Innocence... A Broad" (8.3).
6/7/08
 Added five new audio clips - Standard Theme Song (Series Finale Version) (Music), Sea Tales (Audio), Just Wait One Minute (WAV), Tom & Luther Laughing (WAV) & Data Loss (WAV).

Episode Guide updates for "The Black Orchid" (1.16), "Almost Home" (3.11), "Dream A Little Dream" (4.20), "Paniolo" (6.8) & "Blood and Honor" (6.10).
6/2/08
 Added one new audio clip - The Hell Of It (WAV).

Episode Guide updates for "Texas Lightning" (2.18), "Squeeze Play" (4.7), "The Return of Luther Gillis" (4.16), "The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u" (6.9), "Little Girl Who" (7.7), "The Aunt Who Came to Dinner" (7.20) & "The Love That Lies" (8.6).
5/24/08
 Added four new audio clips - Deja Vu (Music), Chasing Driscoll (Music), Disco Groove (WAV) & The Computer Does Not Make Mistakes (WAV).
5/17/08
 Added Kuilima Hyatt Resort Hotel info to the King Kamehameha Club page.

Episode Guide updates for "One More Summer" (2.17), "Mixed Doubles" (3.10), "Of Sound Mind" (3.13), "Smaller than Life" (4.3), "The Case of the Red Faced Thespian" (4.12), "On Face Value" (4.19), "Kiss of the Sabre" (5.11) & "Photo Play" (6.21).
5/11/08
 Added six new audio clips - Face to Face (Audio), Othello (Audio), Sir Fearing Pangborn (WAV), Gee Carol (WAV), Sabre & Friends (Audio) & Fox Shop Hop (Music).
5/6/08
 Added several entries to Higgins' Timeline in the Higgins' History page. (much thanks to Steve Huntley)

Added two new audio clips (Music) - Mau Mau Fever & Charity Ball Jam.
4/23/08
 Minor updates to several episodes in the Episode Guide.

Added a new audio clip - Enough Ghost Stories (WAV).
3/28/08
 Major updates to "Resolutions" (8.12 & 8.13).

Updates to Other Notable Characters, Classic Scenes, Notable Guest Stars & Primo Quotes.

Added a new list - Magnum's Kills.

Added two new audio clips - Baseball & The Order of the Universe (WAV).
3/21/08
 Major updates to episodes 7-11 of Season Eight in the Episode Guide.

Added a new video clip - Unfinished Business.
3/14/08
 Major updates to the first 6 episodes of Season Eight in the Episode Guide.

Added a new audio clip - He Pua Wehiwa (Music).
3/7/08
 Added a new video clip - Guesthouse Party, 80s Style.

Added a new audio clip - "Kham Lai" 1969.

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Jororo Farewell" (4.11), "Rembrandt's Girl" (4.14), "The Legacy of Garwood Huddle" (5.4), "Professor Jonathan Higgins" (5.13), "All For One (2)" (5.16), "A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken" (5.22), "Round and Around" (6.6), "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (6.14), "All Thieves on Deck" (6.15), "Missing Melody" (7.11), "Autumn Warrior" (7.13) & "On the Fly" (7.15).
2/29/08
 Lots of updates to numerous episodes in the Episode Guide.

Updates to the Magnum Gear, On Location, King Kamehameha Club, Higgins' History & Robin's Nest pages.

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Computer Date" (2.14), "Double Jeopardy" (2.19), "Heal Thyself" (3.12), "Basket Case" (3.15), "Forty Years From Sand Island" (3.18), "Two Birds of a Feather" (3.20), "By Its Cover" (3.21), "The Big Blow" (3.22), "The Legacy of Garwood Huddle" (5.4), "Deja Vu (2)" (6.2), "L.A. (2)" (7.2) & "Novel Connection" (7.9).
2/22/08
 Added two new audio clips - Scuddily Wugglies (WAV) & Sushi Delivery (WAV).

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Never Again ... Never Again" (1.7), "Thicker than Blood" (1.12), "From Moscow to Maui" (2.4), "The Taking of Dick McWilliams" (2.10), "Limited Engagement" (4.5), "Paniolo" (6.8) & "Blood and Honor" (6.10).
2/15/08
 Added a page for "The Lads" - Zeus & Apollo - in the Characters section.

Added three new audio clips - Walter Pidgeon, Work the Lock! (WAV) & You're Looking Well... (WAV).

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Ki'i's Don't Lie" (3.3), "Foiled Again" (3.8), "Compulsion" (5.14) & "The Man From Marseilles" (5.20).
2/10/08
 Reworked sections of the About the Show and King Kamehameha Club articles and added new info.

Added a section for 'Hawaiian Locals' in the Notable Guest Stars list and added seventeen entries.

Increased the font size for all list headings.

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Wave Goodbye" (2.8) & "Ghost Writer" (2.12).
2/1/08
 Added a new video clip - Luther Gillis, P.I..

Reworked large sections of the Robin's Nest article and added info about the tidal pool/turtle pond. Much thanks to rubber chicken for the additional info!

Added a new audio clip - Outasight (WAV).

Updates to the On Location list, including the addition of six new Oahu locations.

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too" (1.4), "No Need to Know" (1.5), "Lest We Forget" (1.10), "Luther Gillis: File #521" (4.2), "A Sense of Debt" (4.8), "The Return of Luther Gillis" (4.16), "Luther Gillis: File #001" (5.10), "All For One (1)" (5.15), "Torah, Torah, Torah" (5.21), "L.A. (1)" (7.1), "A.A.P.I." (7.5) & "The People vs. Orville Wright" (7.21).
1/26/08
 Added a new list - Magnum Gear.

Changed the name of the Photos section to "Pics".

Added a new pics page - Avatars (All 45 avatars created by Dan North). Also added all of these avatars to the MM forum gallery.
1/6/08
 Added two new audio clips - The Gunga Din Story (Audio) & TomyTronic Pac-Man (WAV).

Added text captions to all images in the Articles pages and the Main Characters page.

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Dead Man's Channel" (2.2), "Tropical Madness" (2.7), "The Jororo Kill" (2.13), "Past Tense" (3.5), "Birdman of Budapest" (3.16), "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (4.13), "Mac's Back" (5.3), "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18) & "Going Home" (6.7).
12/28/07
 Added a new audio clip - Scary Fragments (Music).

Updated the episode ratings/vote count (from the Episodes Forum Polls) for all episodes in the Episode Guide.

Updates to Other Notable Characters & Top 40 Episodes.
12/21/07
 Added three new audio clips - Goldie Morris (Audio), Linda's Theme (Music) & Marketplace Stakeout (Music).

Added a new video clip - America's Top Sleuth (the MPI piece from the Sleuth Channel's "America's Top Sleuths" special) - and changed the opening title sequence video clip from Season Five to Season Three.

Updates to most of the episodes from Season One in the Episode Guide.
12/14/07
 Added two new audio clips - Airwolf Theme Song & Murder, She Wrote Theme Song.

Major updates to "Magnum on Ice" in the Episode Guide (including the addition of episode screen caps).

Updates to Classic Scenes, On Location, Notable Guest Stars, Primo Quotes, Cast & Crew, DVD & Trivia pages.
12/9/07
 Added two new video clips - Warehouse Shootout & Magnum in Limbo (both from "Limbo").

Major updates to the last eight episodes of Season Seven in the Episode Guide (including the addition of episode screen caps).
11/30/07
 Added a new video clip - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (from "Laura").
11/25/07
 Added two new audio clips - Kapu Theme & Murder by Night Theme.

Major updates to episodes 9-14 of Season Seven in the Episode Guide (including the addition of episode screen caps).
11/18/07
 Added three new video clips - Magnum vs. T.C. (from "Thicker than Blood"), Mama (from "Death and Taxes") & New Delhi is Lost! (from "Paper War").

Recaptured/encoded the Magnum Smackdown Flash video clip and added 1:25 of footage to the beginning.
11/12/07
 Added two new audio clips - Since I Fell for You (Music) & The Big Lie (Audio).

Major updates to the first eight episodes of Season Seven in the Episode Guide (including the addition of episode screen caps).
11/2/07
 Added a new audio clip - It Matters.

Added new screen caps (four each) for "Adelaide" (1.14), "One More Summer" (2.17), "The Last Page" (2.20), "The Eighth Part of the Village" (3.4), "The Arrow That is Not Aimed" (3.14), "Squeeze Play" (4.7), "Under World" (5.5) & "This Island Isn't Big Enough" (6.16).

Lots of updates to many episodes in the Episode Guide.
10/26/07
 Added two new audio clips - Magnum's Laugh (WAV) & Road Signs.

Added a new list - America's Top Sleuths.
10/24/07
 Updates to the On Location list (added several Oahu locations) and the King Kamehameha Club article (added info for the Marks Estate).

Added a new forum category - Miscellaneous, "The Beach Bar" (for all non-MPI topics).

Added new screen caps (four each) for "The Black Orchid" (1.16), "Billy Joe Bob" (2.1), "Memories Are Forever (2)" (2.6), "Try to Remember" (2.15), "Black on White" (3.6), "Paradise Blues" (4.15), "Murder 101" (5.8), "Old Acquaintance" (6.3), "The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u" (6.9) & "I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway" (6.12).
10/17/07
 In order to be grammatically correct, I've changed the way episodes and song titles are referenced. Previously, they were referenced with the title in italics. They are now referenced with quotation marks.
10/12/07
 Added two new audio clips - Kacy's Song & Pirate King.
10/10/07
 Added new screen caps (four each) for "The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii" (1.8), "Missing in Action" (1.9), "All Roads Lead to Floyd" (1.13), "Mad Buck Gibson" (2.9), "The Sixth Position" (2.11), "Texas Lightning" (2.18), "Mr. White Death" (3.9), "Mixed Doubles" (3.10), "Almost Home" (3.11), "Distant Relative" (4.4), "The Case of the Red Faced Thespian" (4.12) & "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" (4.17).
9/28/07
 Added two new audio clips - Outrageous! (WAV) & the Rockford Files Theme Song.

Major updates to "Little Girl Who" (7.7), including adding twelve new episode screen caps.
9/13/07
 Lots of updates and additions to numerous episodes in the Episode Guide (mostly Notes and Flubs).
8/16/07
 Added a new section to the Pics page - Magnum P.I. UK Annual (1982). Six photos are featured, including "Snakes on a Chopper"!
8/2/07
 Added a new section to the Pics page - a complete serialized Magnum comic strip adventure from the UK magazine Look-in, which ran from Jan. 16th to Mar. 6th, 1982. Special thanks to Christopher Keating for info about the comic strip and for providing the scanned images.
7/22/07
 Cosmetic updates to all Audio and Video pages - changed background color, added MM banner.

Added four new video clips - Goodbye Ivan (from "Did You See the Sunrise?"), The Lemon Brawl (from "The Love-For-Sale Boat"), Magnum's Jump (from "The Hotel Dick") & the Opening Title Sequence (from Season Five). The "Chopper Chase" video was removed. Also re-captured all video clips & re-encoded all .flv files, which dramatically reduced the size of the files and improved performance.
7/21/07
 Major updates to the About the Website page.
7/15/07
 Added golfmobile's excellent, detailed synopsis for the unfilmed episode "Gypsy's Curse" (1983). Thanks golf!
7/14/07
 Added a new list - Shocking Flubs!.
7/10/07
 Decided that my attempt to avoid "over-linking" has failed miserably! Removed "tons" of unnecessary links (mostly generic terms) from all pages.
7/4/07
 Added pages for three of the known unfilmed Magnum screenplays, "Forbidden Island<" (1982), "Gypsy's Curse" (1983) & "Cheapshot" (1984). Excellent synopsis' were gratefully written by MM forum members Doc Ibold ("Forbidden Island") and SelleckLover ("Cheapshot"). Thanks! The episodes can be accessed via the Episode Guide ('Unfilmed Episodes' section).
7/1/07
 Added a Favicon to the site - the VMO-2 Da Nang baseball cap.

Moved the 'Forum' navigational element from the horizontal bar (hnav) to the left column for all pages.
6/23/07
 To thwart the ever-growing army of spambots proliferating the net, I've added the RAC Mod to the MM phpBB forum. Essentially, this adds a second authorization code to the forum's registration form. Spambots, be gone!

Added a new audio clip - Hawaii Five-0 Theme Song.

Improved the layout of the Weekly Spotlight Photos page.
6/16/07
 Added a new section to the Pics page - the MAD Magazine Magnum P.I. Parody ("Magnumb, P.U."). The section features all six full-size images, scanned from the original issue (MAD #227, Dec. 1981). Special thanks to MM forum member Tralfaz for providing the scanned images!
6/9/07
 Added new Magnum Mania! logo to the main page. Much thanks to MM forum member Dan for generously creating this great new logo!
6/2/07
 Added a new audio clip - Illegitimate Paddy.
5/26/07
 Added a "Magnum-themed" avatar gallery (85 screen cap avatars) to the MM Public Forum and disabled remote avatar linking.

Major updates to the T.C.'s Chopper article.

Updates to Main Characters and Higgins History.
5/12/07
 Added a new list category - Title Sequences - and added content/pages for Seasons 1-7.

Added five products (images & descriptions) to the Tie-in Products page.

Added several acknowledgements to the About Website page.

Added four new screen caps for "Memories Are Forever (1)" (2.5).
5/5/07
 Updates to King Kamehameha Club, Ferrari & Why Magnum P.I.?.
4/29/07
 Updates to the Classic Scenes, Hawaiian Peaches and Primo Quotes pages.

Added eight new screen caps for the "Pilot Movie".
4/29/07
 Major updates to the last eight episodes of Season Six in the Episode Guide. Screen Caps were also added for all eight episodes.

Added a new audio clip - Magnum's Spin the Cat speech.
4/28/07
 Added three new audio clips - Don't Mess With Magnum!, I Got Him! (WAV) & the Simon & Simon theme song.
4/15/07
 Major updates to Season Six episodes 113-119 in the Episode Guide. Screen Caps pages were also added for all episodes.

Reworked parts of the King Kamehameha Club and Robin's Nest articles (and added new pics).

Added four scenes to the Classic Scenes page.
4/14/07
 Major updates to the MM Public Forums. Changed the phpBB "style" from the default "subSilver" style to a "classic" style. Added a custom designed logo banner to the top header of the forums. The fantastic logo was graciously designed by MM forum member Dan from Sydney, Australia. Thanks Dan!
4/8/07
 Major updates to the first six episodes of Season Six in the Episode Guide. Screen Caps were also added for all six episodes.
4/7/07
 Added 66 notes to the Episode Guide for Seasons 1-5 from Mike Barnes' Magnum P.I. episode guide (1995), which is available in print only. The notes are accompanied with a "source credit" and were used with the author's permission. Seasons 6-8 will be added at a later time.
3/25/07
 Added a new audio clip - Magnum's New Roommates (from the Simon & Simon crossover episode).

Added five products (images & descriptions) to the Tie-in Products page.
3/24/07
 Added the two crossover episodes, Simon & Simon - "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend" and Murder, She Wrote - "Magnum on Ice", to the Episode Guide. Added a Screen Caps - The Crossover Episodes page (with twelve images for "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend").
3/18/07
 Changed the layout for the 'Rating' section of each episode in the Episode Guide. Added borders around the rating number and added a link to the corresponding MM forum & poll thread. The rating for each episode was changed to reflect the current average (rounded to nearest .5 increment) of the poll results.

Updated the Top 40 Episodes page with the new 'community ratings'.
3/17/07
 Added five products (images & descriptions) to the Tie-in Products page.

Added Region 2 DVD cover images to the DVD Covers page.
3/10/07
 Lots of changes to the MM Public Forums - Added an 'Episodes' category with a forum for each 'Season'. Each season contains a thread for each episode for rating, reviewing, and discussions. The episode rating is done via a pinned poll. The poll results will be used as the official 'Magnum Community Rating', which will be reflected in the Episode Guide for each episode. Each episode in the guide will also have a link-back to the corresponding episode thread in the MM Forum. A 'Cast & Crew' forum was also added to the 'Show' category.
3/3/07
 Added lots of identifier images to the Cast & Crew page, mostly for Producers, Directors, Writers and Cinematographers.
2/25/07
 Created a new left column navigation block for all pages called Info, which includes the following links: Contact, Search, Site Map, Stats (new) and Update Log. Moved 'Font Size' javascript (and icons) from the right column to the left column for all pages.
2/24/07
 Added a new list - On Location.
2/18/07
 Added three entries to the Trivia page and edited numerous others.
2/17/07
 Added five products (images & descriptions) to the Tie-in Products page.
2/11/07
 Added a new list - Car Damage (Ferrari & Audi).

Added four entries to the Trivia page.

Numerous Episode Guide updates.
2/10/07
 Created seperate pages for each of the main sections of the 'Characters' page - Main Characters, Major Recurring Characters (w/ new layout) and Other Notable Characters. Merged the 'Cool Characters' list (page removed) into the 'Other Notable Characters' page and added new text.
2/4/07
 Increased the image border width from 1px to 2px (for all images).

Re-worked large chunks of the Why Magnum P.I.? and About the Website pages.
2/3/07
 Added image-based navigation arrows to all episode and screen cap pages.

Added three new trivia entries to the Trivia page and updated/cleaned up several existing entries.
1/28/07
 Major updates to "Dream A Little Dream" (4.20).

Added three products to the Tie-in Products page and tweaked several product descriptions.
1/28/07
 Re-worked the T.C.'s Chopper article and added new information.
1/27/07
 Added a new audio clip - Robin's Message.
1/21/07
 Completely re-designed the Cast & Crew page. Changed layout from list-based to table-based, with headings, for Main Cast, Major Recurring Cast, Minor Recurring Cast and Main Producers. Also added cast identifier images (tiny).
1/20/07
 Completely re-designed the Episode Guide. Changed layout from list-based to table-based (nested) with headings. Also added episode identifier images (tiny).
1/7/07
 Added a new article - The Team Ring.

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