Magnum Mania!

Hello All,
Just stumbled on this website recently and registered immediately. A few days later it occurred to me that some might enjoy this: (see below--hope you don't mind my linking-it is magnum inspired)

http://www.saaradutton.com/id25.html

from SaaraDutton.com
The Curse of the Kok'A'No'Work'A
THE "LOST" EPISODE OF MAGNUM P.I.
(Written by four writers who have absolutely nothing to do with the original show, but just wanted to celebrate America's favorite mustachioed private investigator with this ridiculous homage)

That's actually quite funny!

"And I probably don’t have to tell you this, but when you put a man with my mustache in a red Ferrari, it’s pretty easy to get laid."

Thanks for posting this, Higgy Baby.

I didn't have a chance to read the entire thing, but a few things struck me...

1) Long Dong, Vietnam?

2) Donna Mills, Don Bellasario. LOL.

3) "Tanaka" is an anagram of "Katana"

4) They make Higgins look like some out of shape slob

5) I kind of read into it that Agatha had the hots for Magnum.

6) Seems like a more vulgar rip off of "Ki'is don't Lie"

I guess if there was some fan fiction portion here, it could be included. I wasn't sure to take it as an homage to the show, or more of a parody. They DID seem to have a decent grasp on the plotlines and characters of the show. Overall, not bad....

Um

OK

Finished it.

Definite parody, and am not so much of a fan of it, as it seems to be pretty mean-spirited.

(Only got through the first 2.5 sections the first time around)

I read the whole thing. It's brilliant, and hilarious!

That may be the funniest piece I've ever read in my entire life! I love it! A wonderful, well-written, humorous homage filled with great attention to detail about the show. These guys are obviously big-time Magnum fans (otherwise, how would they know all these little quirks and traits of the show). I love how they worked in the Tiki statue from The Brady Bunch! LOL!

The Bellisario-alike jumped into a pretty bland looking colorless sedan. You know the type, the kind of car that is so plain, it counter-productively sticks out?

Three cheers for "The Curse of the Kok'A'No'Work'A"!

And thanks for the link Higgy Baby!

I agree with Doc Ibold. Seems a little mean-spirited to me.

SelleckLover wrote:I agree with Doc Ibold. Seems a little mean-spirited to me.

Far be it from me to poke some fun at the show, or be deemed a "prude" (see previous posts and my rank), but the more I read this, the more I took it as a jab at the show.

Granted, there were a LOT of Magnum references that only us forumites probably would have gotten, but most of the jabs seemed to be a little bit below the belt, and frankly, unnecessary.

Well written, yes. Comical, at quite a few points, yes. But overall, I took this not as a tribute to the show, but rather a caricature of what the show was trying to represent using bawdy humor.

That being said, I'm not chastizing anyone for liking the script, as there were a few points that made me laugh out loud. But rather, the further I got into it, the more I stopped laughing and the more I questioned what I was reading.

If you see my first few posts, the first few sections I didn't mind, but once we got into sections 3 and 4, I started raising my eyebrows.

That being said, I'm glad we all got to read this because it gave us a healthy debate on the story, which is good for everyone!



Magnum-Mania forums, represent!

(wink wink, Golf!)

Okay,

I'll throw in my two cents' worth too.

First of all, I was VERY impressed with how the writers were able to create with "words only" the way Higgins, TC, and Rick spoke their lines. It sounded JUST like them, IMHO. Based on that, I don't see how anyone who really didn't like the show and watch every episode with great attention could recreate that feeling. Yes, there was a lot more of Magnum's talking to himself than the show actually presented, but I thought, all in all, it was a good representation of what the show presented, flaws and all.

Yes, it certainly got much cruder than the show ever did -- but then the show wouldn't have passed the censors and been produced, much less shown, with all those double entendres, though I thought they were entertaining, because none of them actually referred to the "real thing," but always, really, the tiki statue!

Since I'm always the one harping on how Magnum "used" his buddies, I found the blatant acknowledging that entertaining. Yes, it presented Thomas in a relatively unappealing light, but then WAS his character for eight years.

Picking on Higgins' "figure" wasn't totally out of line, to my way of thinking. He was a chubby little fellow and he certainly didn't wear clothes to camouflage (no pun intended) his body type, which could have been done, as he looked better in a suit than he did in his cammies. And, I know I will engender all sorts of wrath for this one, but his tales of all his successful adventures in the past always annoyed me a little bit -- he was hardly the physical specimen that a SEAL/Delta Force/Green Beret/MI6 soldier would have been. From what I've read of the training for those, he wouldn't have passed muster. Intellectually maybe, but there were physical demands also, and, I'm sorry, Higgins couldn't have done that, even when he was younger (or he wouldn't have ended up in the shape he was and made fun of Magnum's physical strength, agility, training, etc.).

I may not be saying this right, but I didn't find the write-up offensive because it simply brought to the forefront all the peccadillos and weak points that were there all along. We don't like to acknowledge them "out loud," but they were there.

In short, I don't see that anyone who disliked the show would have watched it enough to get that good a feel for it to duplicate such a scenario. These writers were just honest in taking the foibles and using them in a parody that actually touched a lot of bases -- CERTAINLY more accurate than that article by the jerk who didn't "get" it at all.

And could any of us write an episode that caught so much of what was there? I'm still impressed with how the "lines" for Higgins, TC, and Rick were JUST what they would have said and done. Anyone want to give it a shot? Start a thread and let's see if WE can write an episode?

Again, JMO.

golf

Well, I'd certainly be up for it, but it can be a touchy thing to do.

On another fan group some of us started to write something, and the rules were that each person could only write one sentence at a time, and then someone else had to write the next one. The whole thing worked for about two paragraphs, when someone wrote something rather out of place for one of the characters, and although no one ever said anything, it ended up deflating the entire group, and not another line was ever written again. No one wanted to get into an argument over that ridiculous last sentence, but it was just so wrong that no one could think of a way to save the story, either.

Still, one would like to think that we here in this forum could put together a decent Magnum short story.

Anyone read the Magnum stories over on Fanfiction?

I have read a few decent works.

T

grapeshot wrote:Well, I'd certainly be up for it, but it can be a touchy thing to do.

On another fan group some of us started to write something, and the rules were that each person could only write one sentence at a time, and then someone else had to write the next one. The whole thing worked for about two paragraphs, when someone wrote something rather out of place for one of the characters, and although no one ever said anything, it ended up deflating the entire group, and not another line was ever written again. No one wanted to get into an argument over that ridiculous last sentence, but it was just so wrong that no one could think of a way to save the story, either.

Still, one would like to think that we here in this forum could put together a decent Magnum short story.

Oh, it could happen!

And I'd be up to volunteer to undertake this!

However, we would need to do a bit more than 1 sentence.

I would say at LEAST two paragraphs, and we would also need to determine how long the story would be. My thought, 25 paragraphs, excluding dialogue.

It would be a pretty big undertaking, plus, for continuity's sake, we'd have to agree on a theme beforehand, otherwise it would be chaos.

I have to agree that the writters know alot about the show and the characters.

Yes, it pokes fun at the show, but its written well.

I am not thrilled with the last portion of the script, its a cheap shot at TS.

Miss Q

Just wanted to say thanks to all who've taken the time and read the script. I also appreciate all the feedback. Full disclosure: in addition to posting the link here, I also wrote the second part of the script. We read the script at a show in New York called Mama D's Arts Bordello. The show promotes writers, musicians, burlesque, etc. This particular show featured writers only. There were supposed to be Hula dancers and a multi-media display behind the writers (Magnum open, footage, photos, etc.), but that didn't quite work out (projector meltdown and Hula no-show). Anyway, the audience still loved it, and we had a blast creating, writing, and performing. The nature of the Bordello is that it gets a little boozy and irreverent, so once Saara set the tone with...

"And I probably don’t have to tell you this, but when you put a man with my mustache in a red Ferrari, it’s pretty easy to get laid."

...I pretty much knew what the tone for this "episode" would be. We worked as a relay-race, in which one writer hands off to the next, with no end-goal in mind. It's a lot of fun to see where the next writer takes the script.

Anyway, thanks again for reading it, and thanks for the feedback, and thanks for this forum. Can't wait for season 8 release. I've never seen those episodes.