Did You See the Sunrise? (1) (3.1)

[J.J. Walters]

rubber chicken, you astound me! Unbelievable!

So the house really isn't near the Kolekole Pass, between the Schofield Barracks and the west coast town of Waianae, like T.C. says. It's farther north, close to the North Shore!

[rubber chicken]

Thanks guys, I think I'm starting to hit my stride, and becoming one with the Magnum P.I. location scout.

Maybe some day I'll make my own web site. "Have Rubber Chicken - Will Travel."

Sam - I try not to think of the time used up in doing this! But probably a couple of hours, not all at once, just when I had some spare time. I'm getting faster though I think.

James - shesh, I didn't even remember he said that. I usually just skip through a show looking for helpful location shots. Good thing too, or it might have predjudiced me. When did he say that?

I edited the post to say that Chinaman's Hat is also known as Mokolii, I found a short wiki page. Apparently you can even walk out to it at low tide.

[J.J. Walters]

James - shesh, I didn't even remember he said that. I usually just skip through a show looking for helpful location shots. Good thing too, or it might have predjudiced me. When did he say that?

Just after that horrible stock cover of "Satisfaction". "Nuzo" asks T.C. about the "Slick" that he saw coming across the valley. T.C. replies, "They do it all the time. Army Cobras crossing Kolekole Pass, coming up through Wheeler*. The same pass the Japanese took in '41 when they bombed Pearl". To me, this strongly implies T.C.'s house is near the Kolekole Pass.

* Wheeler Army AirField, adjacent to the Schofield Barracks.

[rubber chicken]

Ah yes, I remember now. Not really close, but both are in the same north west area of the island seldom used for Magnum P.I. filming.

[Tralfaz]

Ha!

I was just watching the beginning of this episode on Sleuth. When the chopper lands on the estate at the beginning of Part 1 there is a shot of Mosley sitting in the back seat of the chopper pretending to fly with the main house visible out the window.

T





Never mind..... Just looked in the Episode Guide...been noted before.

[Carol the Dabbler]

What if the goal of killing the japanese ambassador was to strain relations between the US and Japan?

Either that, or the Soviets had some specific reason for wanting the Japanese prince out of the way (he was anti-Soviet, perhaps), and making it look like an American was responsible for his death was just icing on the cake.

We just watched this episode last night, and I'm all but certain that the intended victim was the Japanese prince, not the Japanese ambassador. After all, ambassadors can be replaced -- just appoint a new one -- but it may take a while to grow a new prince.

By the way, does anyone know who played the prince? He had no lines, so was presumably not credited (and is not listed in IMDb). Every time I see this episode, I think how non-Japapese he looks, reminiscent of how they used to just put a lot of make-up on a caucasian actor.

[Little Garwood]

"Did You See the Sunrise" is quite simply my all-time favorite MPI episode. It was when I first saw it as an elevn-year old back in 1982, and it remains so today. I've since recognized the "Manchurian Candidate" aspect of this one, something I didn't know about 26(!) years ago. Bo Svenson is chillingly brilliant as Ivan and the extensive Vietnam flashbacks in the story were fascinating. I believe this was the first time I realized just how close a band our heroes really had with one another. I loved it, and it moved me. Mac's fate was shocking, but the end of part two left my friends and I slackjawed. I have yet to see anything in episodic television that tops it for an ending...(Of course, I watch virtually no new TV, so that's not surprising.)

[Carol the Dabbler]

I think it was "Way of the Stalking Horse" ... when my spouse pointed out that TM was batting left-handed. Maybe he's right-handed for everything but batting.

Could well be. There are all sorts of reasons why a person might do a particular thing with "the other hand." My father was a natural leftie, but he batted right-handed because that's how the other kids had showed him. It occurs to me that as a kid, Magnum might have idolized a big-league player who was either a southpaw or a switch-hitter, and so made a point of learning to bat left-handed. (Apparently someone before Al Kaline -- according to Wikipedia, he's a rightie.)

[Carol the Dabbler]

It's very rewarding that he took Ivan out, but ... [w]hat did they do with the body?

I've often wondered the same thing. Did they shoot the limo driver too? And, don't you think that the State Department would be more than a little peeved....

I was also surprised that Magnum used his own gun....

Hubby and I were just discussing this question, and we both figure that Buck had given Magnum the (unofficial) impression that -- although his hands were tied -- he sure wouldn't mind if someone else took care of Ivan. And so Magnum deduced (apparently correctly) that the military and the State Department would be more than willing/able to sweep things under the rug afterwards.

The Soviets couldn't very well raise a stink, since Ivan was officially -- what? a Bulgarian? -- and the Bulgarians wouldn't much care, since he wasn't really one of theirs.

[IslandHopper76]

I always wondered about the car -explosion in which Mac dies.
Have you ever noticed that he car which explodes is not a Ferrari 308GTS, but a Lotus Excel / Elite?


If you take a closer look, you wil find out, that the burning car is no convertible but has a nearly identical front-bumper.

I think it was cheaper to burn a Lotus than a Ferrari


Greets, Morten

[golfmobile]

IH76,

Welcome to the forum! You have some catching up to do!! But I hope you enjoy reading EVERYTHING. It will just take a while!

But I'm glad to see another "detail" observer! (since I'm so poor at that skill)

golf

[IslandHopper76]

I will do my very best, I promise. How can I upload a pic of that car ?

[Doc Ibold]

I will do my very best, I promise. How can I upload a pic of that car ?

3 words (sorta)
James. J. Walters.




(He'll be able to tell you)

[N1095A]

Just watched TM's favorite movie tonight. I thought it was pretty good although maybe some of the scenes seemed far fetched. Not a bad movie at all. I was suprised to see how much it resembled one of my other favorite shows Hogan's Heroes. Until tonight I didn't know just how much that show was based on the movie. It even has a Sgt. Shultz. The difference is that the Stalag 17 Shultz pretended to be friendly with the POWs but was way more sinister. At one point he even had one of the POWs hold his rifle just like the TV Shultz. On Hogan's Heroes Shultz was actually friendly with the POWs, and knew what they were really up to from the first episode. He wanted to avoid getting into trouble at all costs so he kept his mouth shut.

[N1095A]

I always wondered about the car -explosion in which Mac dies.
Have you ever noticed that he car which explodes is not a Ferrari 308GTS, but a Lotus Excel / Elite?


If you take a closer look, you wil find out, that the burning car is no convertible but has a nearly identical front-bumper.

I think it was cheaper to burn a Lotus than a Ferrari


Greets, Morten

I always thought it looked like a Pontiac Fiero, but according to Jeff MacKay it was a Camaro.