How did you get into Magnum?

[Donuts ensucrats]

Oh yess!!

The grain on the film, specially in the sky landscapes, makes me go back to the 80's quickly.

[Styles Bitchley]

blessings & peace to all on this fantastic board..and KUDOS to whoever dreamed it up

That'd be James - Mangum Maniac extraordinare!

[PhatCat]

I remember when Magnum was on the air but I don't recall watching it much (I was born in 1976). My older brother started getting into it maybe 85 or so. I remember he taped the last episode and we watched it.

Then a few years later Magnum went into syndication and I remember watching it everyday after school. That was junior high/high school.

When I got married and had our first little girl, Magnum was on the air again so I taped it everyday and started checking the episodes I watched off a list. I saw almost all of them.

Then the DVDs came out and I'm almost complete with those.

Best show ever, IM(not so humble)O!

[MACattack]

MAGNUM is a timeless series, nevermind that came out in the 70's! My dad turned me on to the show when I was kid. Now, I watch it on DVD with my 5 year old daughter Jasmine. Her favorite character is Lily. And she thinks I look just like Magnum. (Could it be my moustache and Tigers hat?).

The other day, Jasmine asked me "Daddy, how come you don't drive a Ferrari?". Not everybody is fortunate enough to have a rich millionaire to live off!!!!

[MACattack]

Sorry about that: I meant to say MPI aired in the 80's. Ha ha ha....
the only thing I watched in the 70's was Sesame Street!

[KC]

Much like PhatCat I was a bit too young (born in 1979) to watch Magnum during its original TV run but in JH/HS I started watching the reruns religiously. For me this show still holds up years later. I think most of the episodes are smarter, funnier and better written than some of this stuff on TV today.

[PhatCat]

Much like PhatCat I was a bit too young (born in 1979) to watch Magnum during its original TV run but in JH/HS I started watching the reruns religiously. For me this show still holds up years later. I think most of the episodes are smarter, funnier and better written than most of this stuff on TV today.

Hi KC,

I fixed your post for you.

[IKnowWhatYoureThinking]

I agree. A lot of tv today leaves much to be desired.

[Little Garwood]

I was nine in 1980 so I was a fan fairly early, though not until the second season, when my best friend (sadly no longer with us) told me about a "cool new show" and since Thursday nights--and most every other night back then--was not-so-great for TV, I gave it a shot and of course I absolutely LOVED it! My friend and I drew comic strips in our fifth grade class. We used my characters to play the cast of the show. And whereas I had rudimentary "drawing" abilities-- my friend was a pretty good artist, so we had an ongoing Magnum, P.I. comic strip throughout fifth grade. I still have those comics.

My buddy also had the Ferrari and TM action figure but oddly enough we never played MPI, instead using our "imaginations" with our own characters and having our own adventures. In fact, I still scribble out an occasional plot summary and new characters. It's kind of like how other people doodle.

Huge nostalgia rush here...

[MACattack]

I didn't start watching MPI until 1982, when I was 7. Which is just as well, because that's when the writing started turning towards a more serious approach, instead of the goofy first two seasons. In other words, I started watching the show when it was getting good. I have never seen a show with a likable cast of characters since!

[Leopard71]

Mac,

Im curious ..you're kinda young to be identifying with Vietnam ere characters and you were when you began the show at 7, unlike those of us who were in our 30's then,,and/or vets...

It obviously attarcted you for other more singular reasons..as youve explained..the likability of the characters..

At the time, most of the other TV series I watched: Dallas, Dynasty, Falconcrest..all had backstabbers and intra family sniping and avarice. Also none of those characters, not one unless I,m mistaken had a Nam vet backstory within the context of the series plot..one of the cebtral items with Magnum , Ric, TC and Higgins..Higgins, although older had also spent a creer in the service and shared the issue of combat..which in sympathy bonded him to Magnum...

I agree, all the cast were likable people, who gave a damn about each others welfare, despite the ragging they offered to each other in times of stress..


"I say Magnum..will you attend to the lads diet..I must be off toi the Anglo Hawwain Society for the Benefit of Bereaved Boys"

[Dave]

I was 16 in 1980, and was leaning toward going into the family business. My family has a large horse ranch near Midland TX. You have to remember what was going on in movies and television back in the late 70s and early 80s. I had seen "Hooper" by this time, along with the other Burt Reynolds movies, and "The Fall Guy" hadn't quite happened yet. Magnum came on, and I knew one day I wanted to work in the business. I like to think it's part of the fabric that has become my life.

[MACattack]

Leopard, in case you were wondering.... my dad was in Nam. Even though I didn't serve in the military (because of back problems) my family has had a member in almost every war. My grandfather Asa was a pilot in WWII, Korea, and Nam in '64.

Believe me, I really wanted to be in the Navy, and have a high respect for Naval officers. I have a friend who was a Marine in the current Iraq conflict who thinks Navy Seals are "wimps". I consider him a "dork" when he says such things!

[BobBlusoe]

Magnum has also opened me up to other great shows I wouldn't know about otherwise: I love Simon & Simon, which is like now my 2nd favorite show. I just saw that episode of Rockford with TS and Larry Manetti, and am now interested in that. Maybe Rockford will be my next series after I finish Magnum. (since I also watch S&S as a companion to Magnum like it was in the original run)

[MACattack]

Check out JESSE STONE movies and QUANTUM LEAP episodes!