Magnum P.I.
 

As I mentioned here before I was often an extra on Magnum P.I. back in the day. They used real Honolulu Police Officers to play the part of Police Officers on the show. Long hours, low pay but a great spread of catered food every time!

I was not much of a WIS back then or I would have checked out Tom Selleck's GMT! Tom Selleck is an amazingly nice down to earth guy. He often ate with the cops at lunch.

Here are a few stills of one of the episodes I was on. I am the young blonde cop in the background holding the papers walking back and forth by Tom Selleck. Cheers!

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Great experience. It's pretty cool that you have these pictures to share.

WOW!



That is probably the coolest thing I have ever read on this forum.



I am a huge Magnum P.I. fan.



What a life that fictional character had.



Congrats on the experience and thank you very much for sharing.



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PS Would love to hear more about your experiences on the show . . .

Awesome...I have the Pilot TIVO'ed "Don't eat the snow....":thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I have some...Paradise Found shirts!

I have always enjoyed that show and it must have been a lot of fun working on that show!!!

That's awesome! What a great story to share.

Very cool indeed ! Thanks for sharing !

I have heard before that Tom Selleck is a nice guy. Great story.

Loved Magnum PI back in the day. :agree: Still do. :thumbsup:

Cool. :thumbsup:

Yea, it was a great experience. I was a fresh rookie cop at the time making squat. In fact if you look at my wrist I was wearing a $10 plastic watch at the time.

Tom Selleck was really well liked and thought of by all who worked on the set. Very humble, super funny and had a great energy with all. He really was just one of the guys. Obviously he was the star of the show and everything revolved around him, but he did not act that way at all.

One of my first Field Training Officers was a regular on the show and asked me if I wanted to be an extra. You had to join the Screen Extra's Guild. All in all it was a great time to be young and in Hawaii.

Tom Selleck gave Rolex I believe to several cast and crew members at the wrap party one year.

In one of the pictures you can see his watch, but I don't know what it is. Can anybody blow that up?

Hey Tom, Long time. Hope Japan is treating you well. We miss you down at the gym.

Great Tom Selleck story. You look quite effecient in the stills. Haha ! Great experience you will remember forever. Cheers, Greg

Very cool, KansaiVet, no doubt you have many excellent memories and stories. What was it like watching yourself on television? So few people in life get to have such a neat experience. I'm glad you shared this.

When I first moved to Honolulu I was driving around the island with my wife and on the windward side saw a sign for the Valley of the Temples. I thought this would be cool and stopped for a visit. The very first thing that came to mind when I saw the Byodo-in-Temple was the Magnum PI epesode where the little person (AKA midget) and some big dude where trying to take him out.

Great memory and thanks for the post.

Tom

That is pretty cool. It might make you feel old but I remember watching Magnum P.I with my family as I was growing up. I like Tom Selleck, he always comes across as a nice, likeable guy and I always make time to see any films he's in if they are on.

Hawaii, Magnum....What a claim to fame!!!!

J

Im a huge Magnum P.I. fan even down to the shirt and watch....
the only thing Im not a fan of is those Daisy Duke shorts he wears.....

OP shorts were all the rage in the 80's.

I remember them very well being in my mid 20's when Magnum "came out"
I did not like them then either. Those are definitely "coming out mens shorts":cheers:

Great pictures!
Magnum P.I. was my favorite show as a kid.

Thanks all.

I also worked on a short lived series in Hawaii called "Jake and the Fat Man." I worked on my days off as a hired Police presence at thier locations for crowd and traffic control. Believe it or not better pay and shorter hours behind the camera than in front of it. No access to the catered buffets though. :crying: Anybody remember that series? It starred William Conrad of former "Cannon" fame. He too was a really nice approachable guy.

He also had that cool voice and did the intro for Buck Rogers:thumbsup:

I remember that show, it's cool to hear that the stars were nice folks and not big headed jerks.

Thats kool stuff. Why did you move from Hawaii to Japan if you don't mind me asking? When I went on my Honeymoon to Hawaii I didn't want to come back home.:cheers:

Hey, no gun threads! :justkiddi

Very cool. Thanks for sharing with the group. How did you end up in OR then for the latter part of your LEO career?

Great photos, Tom! How cool that you got to hang with Tom Selleck! :clap: I used to LOVE watching Magnum P.I. when I was growing up in South Africa. Fantastic show! Nice to hear what a gentleman he is too :thumbsup:

I hear there is a movie in the works??? I heard something about a baseball player being cast as Magnum because he had a natural mustache???

A little off topic I know, but they had you guys in alternate uniforms, it seems? The badges and patches don't look the same to me.

That is awesome.

I used to love Magnum PI back in the day.

And I vaguely remember 'Jake and the Fat Man' but I don't remember what it was about.

Thanks for posting.

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Thanks for sharing. Pretty cool!