"Would you convey to all --
and there are so many -- who still are fans of the show that I am so very appreciative of their comments. It's truly amazing to me
that so many years have passed since Len produced the first show and fans still remember."-- Mrs. Rose Freeman, whose husband Leonard created Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O aired from September 1968 to April 1980, one of the longest continuous-running police series in U.S. television history. With few exceptions, it was filmed entirely on location in Hawaii. Its fans list the authenticity and beauty of the scenery
as its number one draw; second come the actors and the characters they portrayed.
Another attraction is the series' intelligent writing and intriguing plots, and its title
sequence and musical theme (regarded by one critic as "the greatest TV theme of all time"). Its authenticity was further enhanced by the use of many local Island residents in
guest roles, which for some led to further roles in other series.
Jack Lord played Steve McGarrett, head of an elite state police unit investigating "organized crime, murder, assassination attempts, foreign agents, felonies of every type." James MacArthur played his second-in-command Danny ("Danno") Williams, with local actors Kam Fong,
Zulu, Al Harrington, and Herman Wedemeyer, among others, playing members of the Five-O team. The series was
famous for the stellar guest actors who appeared in episodes, including Helen Hayes, Ricardo Montalban, Leslie Nielsen, Herbert Lom, Hume Cronyn, and many more. McGarrett's nemesis, the evil Wo Fat — "a Red Chinese agent in charge of the entire Pacific
Asiatic theatre" — was played by Khigh Diegh.
A "reboot" of Hawaii Five-O will begin showing in the fall of 2010 (on CBS in the USA). It will star Alex O'Loughlin (Steve McGarrett), Scott Caan (Danny Williams), Daniel Dae Kim (Chin Ho Kelly) and Grace Park (Kono Kalakua).
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JULY 23, 2010: FLASH NEWS! Original Capitol soundtrack to be released on Itunes/Amazon on August 24th!!
JULY 23, 2010: Preview of the season nine DVD box set, to be released August 3rd.
JULY 15, 2010: Filming begins in Honolulu for new Five-O; production gets traditional Hawaiian blessing.
JUNE 22, 2010: Plot of the new Five-O pilot (with commentary).
MAY, 2010: CBS likes pilot episode, picks up new Hawaii Five-O for the fall 2010 schedule.
What do you think about the revival of the classic show?
Give us your opinion in our Guestbook.
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PRE-ORDER SEASON NINE FROM AMAZON.COM (to be released August 3, 2010)
= One of the very best episodes, a must-see.
= Better than average, worthy of attention.
= Average, perhaps with a few moments of interest.
= One of the very worst, a show to avoid.
Listings formerly at the Viacom (Paramount TV) WWW site for Five-O, now at http://www.archive.org. NOTE: These pages may take a VERY long time to load in; most of the links on the pages should still work.
Bill Murray as Nick the Lounge Singer sings the Five-O theme on Saturday Night Live (WAV format, 458K).
The Post-Industrial-Acoustic-Counterpunk band Hookahman from Edmonton, Canada is proud to have recorded the worst version of the classic Five-O theme song. It's on one of their albums (WAV format, about 600K).
The Quebec group Les Baronics has recorded a version of the Five-O main theme (requires Real Player).
A song called This is McGarrett, created by Craig A. Little, using samples from the show.
Two examples of music for "the wave" composed by Don Ray (MP3 format): #1, #2.
Theme from the CBS Special Presentation banner, that opened all of the CBS special programming during the 1970s and 1980s, composed by Morton Stevens, from the music he did for "Hawaii Five-O" (it's on the Capitol Records soundtrack LP) -- requires MP3 player.
Home page of Don Ray, who scored or was music supervisor for numerous episodes of the show.
Click here to see the SCTV parody (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
Click here to see the Paul Hogan/Benny Hill parody (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible). NOTE: Revised - video lifted from YouTube (better quality and more complete than the one I had before).
Jay Leno comments on the 1996 Five-O Convention in Burbank (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
The MAD Magazine Five-O parody — pages one, two,
three,
four,
five,
six (each around 250K)
The Cracked Magazine Five-O parody — pages one, two,
three,
four,
five,
six(each around 250K)
The 13th Season (Some "lost" episodes I have uncovered)
BEN, I WANT THE POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER OVER HERE ON THE DOUBLE!
Our site was the winner in the Vancouver Province Super Site contest (November 6, 1997).
They wrote: "Talking about sheer work, takes us to the next winning site — The Hawaii
Five-O Home Page ... created by Mike
Quigley of Vancouver. As he said in his description of the site, it's 'more than you ever wanted
to know about the TV show' but it's still a lot of fun. Quigley has to be a
fanatic on this. Who else would put up the lyrics to the song 'It Ain't No
Big Thing,' which he says was heard numerous times during the series?"
Honolulu TV news coverage of the 1996 Five-O convention (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
Jack Lord statue is dedicated on June 19, 2004 at Kahala Mall in this clip from Hawaii TV news broadcast. (requires QuickTime -- iPod compatible).
Nice things people have said to me about the Five-O Home Page in e-mail.
The Hawaii Five-O Guestbook (where visitors have left comments).
Five-O actors and the Oscars — who's been nominated, who won.
Covers of two Signet paperback novels by Michael Avallone, Hawaii Five-O and Terror in the Sun, published in 1968 and 1969
Covers of two hardcover Whitman books (intended for kids!), Top Secret by Robert Sidney Bowen, published 1969 and The Octopus Caper by Leo R. Ellis, published 1971.
Covers of two Five-O novels published in England, The Angry Battallion, depicting a macho McGarrett and Serpents in Paradise.
Covers of German editions of two of the above Five-O books: #1 and #2.
Psst! Send some e-mail to me, Mike Quigley.
But first, see if your question is answered in our Quick FAQ.
NOTE: Since I have been on the Internet for almost 20 years, my e-mail is very heavily filtered because of all the spam I get. Make sure your e-mail has the words "Hawaii Five-O" in the subject line. If you don't get a reply, try posting in the Guestbook (link is up above on this page).
Be warned -- your question might end up on a special page!
"I'm pleased to say that no Internet site has ever frightened me more than
yours. Congratulations. When I found yours, especially the
episode by episode breakdown, allowing me to look up my particular favorite
— the bubonic plague hits Five-O — I knew the Internet had gone out of
control." — a visitor
"The fact that you have managed to not only capture every moment of 5-0 for 12 years, but catalog it to near perfection leaves me with no hope for civilization. Every bad plot line, including my favorite which consisted of evil 5-0 imposters, who even managed to construct a fake 5-0 office in an abandoned office to try an infiltrate McGarrett and his bunch, is covered."
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