People seem to think that I know everything about Five-O, and e-mail me some unusual questions and comments. Here is a sample:
In Houston they are showing the 1972 episodes of Hawaii 5 0.? It appears that Jack Lord may have Guillen Barre syndrome since his right eye is open wider than his left.? They also appear to try to cover this up by shading his eyes or he looks up quickly.? What is your take on this?? Thanks.
I'm a film editor as well as a graphic artist, usually when a films been edited, it means one or two scenes have been cut out,
One way of checking this out, is by timeing the episodes running time because back in the 70's an adeventure series ran for 50 mins including credits.
The other thing I found interesting is, is that when you played the videotapes of the released Hawaii Five-O episodes, they do play differently to the released Dvd versions.
For one thing - when it comes to a break, music played with a freeze frame and then moved directly to the next scene.
On the DvD, it brings up the wave and Hawaii Five-O caption.
We're preparing to publish an article on Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and our author ... mentions two quotes by Steve McGarrett. Would you be able to verify them for us? We appreciate any help you can give to keep us correct about the show.
1. "Book 'im, Danno."
Is it "Book 'im (him, one person)?_____
OR
is it "Book 'em (them, more than one person)?______2. "Take him to Portsmouth."
McGarrett supposedly says this to Danno whenever a man in Navy uniform is booked (because the Portsmouth Naval Prison was in Portsmouth).
Did McGarrett say this?______
Did he say it more than one time (whenever a Navy man was booked)?_____
Thank you so much for considering these questions and for any help you can give.
My questions is about the opening sequence to each episode. The sudden close up of Mcgarret on the balconey of a building. I say it was taken in Hawaii and my girl friend says it was done in California. What do you say? Thank you.
Hi, i think you might be able to help me out. My dad was in a Hawaii 5-0 episode and for some reason he hasn't seen it before. I would like to track down the episode and show it to him but i don't know which one it is. I went through your episode guide, but with the limited info he gave me, i can't say for sure which one it is. So, i'm assuming you have seen every episode so maybe you'll remember. This is the info he gave me: It was sometime after '71, and in the show, they all go out (him included) on a coast guard boat (he thinks it is) and they board a fishing boat (again, he thinks it is, but it may be some other type of boat). He is seen looking at a couple of ID's, on a clipboard i think, and then he says something to mcgarrett and he hands the ID's to him. If this rings any bells, please let me know, it would be much appreciated. And sorry for the limited info, he is old and can't remember too much since it was so long ago.
I'm looking for episodes of Hawaii Five O with surfing.. rather than buy the whole dvd set.. Do you or anyone you know able to burn me a dvd with the shows i need?
I'm not sure how many there are but the Pilot has some surfing in the beginning that was not used in later versions.
There is an episode callled TALL ON A WAVE that has a story wrapped around surfing..not sure what year it was and there is i as told an episode with Susan Day that had surfing.
I"m a big surf historian and looking for copies for my library.. i'm willing to pay for episodes... plus you have probably seen them all and would maybe know which had surfing..
anyhow, any help would be very appreciated..
How are you? I am happy. I love animals. I think people who are cruel to animals to be put to death. I think people should only test on human beings not animals. Just telling you my views. I am a fan of Hawaii Five-O. I am so sorry that I did that to you. I hope we can become friends. I am close with my family. I live with my parents. I love being with my family. I love the holiday season. I love Christmas. I am a Christian. I am so happy that my family is so protective over me. I don't understand why people are so mean to others. I don't understand why people are killing others. I am not too happy about that. I am happy to be alive. I am happy to be healthy. I am happy to be me. I am happy to be a Christian. I am so close to my family. I cannot wait until I watch today's episodes of Hawaii Five-O. I am a cashier. I am 35 years old. I was born on June 13, 1972. How about you? Do you know anyone from Hawaii Five-O? Just curious. I can watch the news 24/7. I love Headline News. I love Jon & Kate: Plus 8. I love Little People Big World. I love animals. I have 5 cats. My sisters have 1 dog and 3 cats. I am 5 foot 8. I don't want any children. I cannot stand being around children. I don't want to be married. I don't want to date. I like my life as it is. I love being with my family. I love to travel. I have been to Hawaii before many times before. I don't like to stay home. I like to pickup and go on a minute notice. I love being with my cats and I love being with animals. I love being with animals more than people. I love being with my family. I love my family so very much. I think the world of my family. I am very close to my mother. I think the best of my mother. She is the best mother in the world. I love being with her. If she dies I will die too. I don't want to live without her. I even tell her she has to live for my sake. I don't want her to die. I want her to be in my life forever. I think she is the best person alive. She is just so good. She taught me so much. She is so important to me. She and I are so very close. I think the world of her. I love to sit and talk with her. I love to go out with her. My family and I will be eating out on Christmas. Family are coming in to Houston for Christmas. I cannot wait to see them. I am so close to my family. Especially my mother. She is the best. I love her with all my heart. I am an animal lover. I worry about my pets. I don't think about nothing else but my animals. I love them to death. I would die if something happened to them. I love all the things that are close to me. I love love love love my mother. I think the world of her. I am a real talker. I am talkative. I love type too. I am a fan of Bill Bixby. I love watching the news. I love watching the weather channel. I love learning new and interesting things. I love Christmas decorations. I love to look at Christmas stuff. I love to be in the hospital waiting rooms with my family. I love with my family. I love eating with my family. I am talking no sense aren't I. I am thinking at a very high speed. So everything coming out no sense. I just know a lot about things. I get obsessive! I love to do thing in ob. What do you think about me? What do you think about my actions? What is your favorite episode of Hawaii Five-O? What are you and your family doing over the holidays? What are you'all doing over New Years? I am not sure. I want to talk about my family and traveling. I love to go on cruises. I love to travel. I love Europe. I love everything. I love everything about life. I love to be a Christian. I have nothing against any other religion though. I love all people of all faiths. I love to meet people. I don't want to be own by anyone either, that why I don't want to be married. I don't want any children. I don't like being around children. Not even other people children. Children are too loud. My niece want a lot of children. I don't want any. I don't want any children. No way! I think children are trouble. I don't understand why people want children. Do you have any children? I think people should be good parents. I think people should treat their children with kindness. I don't believe in hitting children. I don't believe in abuse either. I believe people should respect children. I don't like children being around me. I hate children making noise. I hate children talking all the time. I hate children being there. I don't want anyone to be mean to children though. Am I making any sense. What do you think about what I just said? I am just so happy that I don't have any children in my family. I don't like children. I don't like what children respresents either. I don't want any children. Can I be more clear about that issue. I don't want any children. I want nothing to do with children. I have nothing to do with politics either. I don't vote either. Do you vote? Are you from USA? What do you for a living? Are you happy? Do you live with your parents? Are you close to your parents? Are you married? I just happy to be me. I love to hear about nightmares and scary stories. I love them too death. I can tell you a ton of them. I watched them all my life. I love being alive. I will go to Sam's Club and Walmart with my mother tomorrow. I love spending time with my mother. She is a special lady. I am thinking about watching today's episode of Hawaii Five-O. I don't know what episode aired today either.
I'm wondering if you can help me find an episode that was listed in Hawaii as episode 63326. I could not find this episode # in your listings. We would like to get a copy of this episode. Do you know why we can't find this number on the listings of episodes?
It was syndicated on Channel 14 here (Oceanic Cable Channel 11). Please let me know what you think. Or if the easiest is to buy season 1 or season 2. I'm not sure what season it would be in, but probably season 2.
[I wrote back to her, explaining this is not a "normal" episode number, and that I needed more details to identify the show. She wrote back saying that it was an episode where Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi appeared.]
Is there anyway that you can help us get a copy of that show? It's for the Fasi family.
[After more discussion, she writes back]
So if we want to buy this show, do we get the season package 1 or 2? There are a lot more seasons right?
[My reply to her (I am getting annoyed)]
The show that you are interested in is in season SEVEN.
HERE'S HOPING THAT YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME, TO WHICH I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE ANSWER FOR MANY YEARS: WHAT KIND OF HOLSTER DOES JACK LORD WEAR? I HAVE TRIED GUN STORES & OTHER PLACES BUT NO ONE HAS THE ANSWER. I EVEN TOOK A POLAROID OF HIM, ON TV TO SHOW PEOPLE. I ASK THIS BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE KEEPS IT FROM FALLING OFF HIS SHOULDER. I SEE NOT STRAP AROUND THE BACK, OVER HIS SHOULDERS & NOW ACROSS THE FRONT. THERE IS NOTHING OVER THE TOP, LIKE A STRAP ON HIS SHIRT. IT HAS BEEN DRIVING ME NUTS. PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE HOLSTER, WHO MAKES THEM & IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE ONE. PLEASE ANSWER ME BY E BECAUSE I WILL FORGET TO CHECK YOUR SITE FOR AN ANSWER. I HAVE A BAD CASE OF ****CRS***.
My aunt came out on a few episodes on "Hawaii 5-0" as a hula dancer. She is 84 years old and is not sure of the name of the episodes. Can you track them down for me? Her artistic name back then was "Lani Lei" and unfortunately she was involved in a scandal for her affair with Jack Lord, which made the front page of the paper. She has also gone by [other] names....
[When I inquired, neither Eddie Sherman, who should know about stuff like this, or another person connected closely with the show knew anything about this supposed "scandal." - MQ]
I would really appreciate any help in tracking this down. There are other films in which she was in as either an extra for with a minor role, but I don't know how to track this down, since it was so long ago.
I am in Los Angeles and my sister is in Texas. I am reading your reviews of many of the Hawaii 5-0 episodes to her on your website.
We have two questions. One is "what is the explanation as to why Danno disappeared at the end of season 11 and just never came back? (we thought it was strange that you didn't mention that fact and comment on it as it seems very important to have overlooked.)
The second question, after reading many of your episode synopsis we have to ask "did you like ANY episode?" it seemed that as negative as you are on almost all of them that it must have been torturous to sit through something you obviously weren't enjoying. I really just don't understand.
Looking forward to your replies for as negative as you were you seemed incredibly, even painfully, knowledgeable.
Do you know where I can purchase a life size cut out of Jack Lord?
I saw someone wearing a "book em Dano" t-shirt. It was awesome but don't know where to get one. Your thoughts?
Which are the best 5-0 episodes for actually showing Hawaii - scenery, culture, etc.? Beaches, luaus, volcano eruptions, anything like that?
I am looking for an autographed picture of Jack Lord and one of his wife Marie Carolyn Lord (with her jewels that were recently auctioned off for the Hawaii Foundation Charity). Do you know where I could possibly find either of these?
I remember an episode where a teenage that someone was hurting a girl from his comic strip - Judy Moon I beleive.
I am writing to you because I am interested in banners, flags, pictures and a DVD with the words to the theme song. We are having an old TV shows convention and my booth is of Hawaiian decor. I would like to have paraphernalia from the days of the show. I could say it was one of my favorites but, at the time I had a wife and kid who wanted something else. But I did watch it when I could. You can contact me at the address above. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Hi mike i love the site its a great source of info. would be great if you could mention or link to my toy cat hawaii 50 remake on the site the direct link is http://video.aol.com/video-detail/hawaii-5-0-with-dot-animaniacs-and-persita-cat/1688550144 or on youtube www.youtube.com/jasminebeautyfairy where all my surreal toy cat videos are. The hawaii 50 has a toy cat who is in a hawaiian dance act threatened by jack lord teddy bear book em but he wants to book em for a performance not for the police station! She tries to escape in a toy canoe with coathanger oars and a funny water ski made from string and coathangers for dot the other toy. Its got a mad palm tree that dances and talks and the best jack lord teddy bear a like ever. Best
Dear Mike, Please tell me who Danno is/ was?
I have gone through roughly 1/3 of season 3...and to my surprise...I have not heard "Book him Danno, murder one". I thought that came at the end of most episodes. Can you tell me when (what season) that became a regular catch-phrase?
I recently found out that my grandfather, who passed in 2006, was in an episode and even received royalties from it for awhile. He was a pilot for Royal Hawaiian and so I assume he was a pilot in the episode as well. How can I find out which episode he was in? His name is Arthur E Phillips.
In the opening credits, a street level shot zooms up to Mcgarrett, if you could please provide me with to information on the building and floor Jack Lord was on during filming of that sequence I would deeply appreciate it.
We emailed before about the Elvis belt and the curious letter you had about Jack Lord having a daughter.
I've been in touch with many other of the web site owners over the years. I am writing Jack Lord's biography and was hoping that you could give me some information you may have learned over the years about him?
Of course I wont be writing everything I know since Jack had many affairs and I can't name names of people still alive. That would be tacky.
Still knowing it all helps me put his life together in a time-line. And his decision making.
I bought thousands of dollars of his belongings from the auction to learn more about him that way. I discovered some very interesting things about him from his belongings.
I emailed James MacArthur asking for information about Jack, but he never responded.
If you could help me out in any way I'd greatly appreciate it.
I replied, and got the following. My comments that are being responded to are in red.
Hi, there is nothing about Jack Lord that I know that is not on my WWW site. I am not particularly interested in Lord, other than as a star of Five-O.
From all the many travels and people you have met over the years I'd say you have more than a passing interest in Jack Lord.
In addition to the letter from Jack to Elvis about the belt, which is still a mystery. As I uncover the true facts, I've found Jack and Marie were very prolific liars.
Quite frankly, I find you even mentioning this [Jack Lord having affairs] to be "tacky," considering the lack of evidence [meaning what was told to me in the e-mail above].
How do you know I don't have evidence?
I purchased many of Jack's most private items. And there are people who have verified what I have found written in his personal Bible and books that were given to him with dedications written in them by his lovers.
Frankly, I think you are one of the rudest men I've ever had contact with.
my question to you is about an episode in which i think Wo fat has Mcgarrett as a captive and is being lifted out of a swimming pool dressed in think was a red diving suit with cotton balls in his nostrils, i think it was at the beginning of the show, it would have to be one of the earlier seasons this image has stayed with me for the last 38 plus years since i last seen it when i was a kid! i tried the search and the episode index to no avail, could you please help me with this answer? thank you very much.
Mike, while I was on R&R from Viet Nam, my wife and I were riding around on Oahu and we passesd by what appeared to be a gate residence and there was a large sign across the gtaes the had a large sign the had " HAWAII 5-0 " printed on it. The property was right along the highway that ran along the coast, high up on a bluff. Do you know anything about the property currently?
James MacArthur: What happened to him and other cast in last season of show? Thank you.
After the shot of the memorial for veterans in Honolulu, there is a shot of two women and a boy. Any idea of who the women are? Thanks.(last question promise)
I have been trying so hard to find this one episode of Hawaii Five-0 and I just can't seem to find the name of it. My guess is that you've probably seen all the episodes so you might remember this one.
The way I remember it someone was planning to put a bomb on a fault line to create a tsunami. Does that ring a bell with you?
Thanks a million!
I was a walk through in 4 scenes during this episode...had seen the scenes on TV throughout the years
was hoping to get a copy of this when the DVD came out.....got a copy from Netflix only to discover that these segments had been cut out!
Any idea of how much was edited out? Do unedited copies exist somewhere?
Can you tell me where I can get a Hawaii Five O T-shirt?
there is a hawaii five-0 episode that i have never understood. The season 3 episode "second shot". i understand that the character that eric braedon played was to be shot by the "assasin", and live, therefor earning the doctor's trust. As I understood it, braedon called his assasin, telling him where he would be at the hospital, so he could leave him a gun to kill the doctor. He did so, and then stood outside the hospital as braedon, the doctor's neice, and McGarrett walked in, presumably to let braedon know that he was there, and the gun had been planted. So why did braedon have him shot by McGarrett? I can't see any reason for this? The assasin never did anything to him! In fact, he should have been very greatful to him for being such a good shot and not killing him. I never understood this, can you help me?
A question: Did Kimo Carew officially have the Five-O "second in command" title?
Did the teaser every come up before the titles for some episodes during this season because these ones listed when they were rerun on rtn 11 the teaser came up first . Im just going to name a few they are nightmare in blue, one born every minute, and anybody can build a bomb to name a few. The rest of the episodes did have the titles come up before the teaser . Is this the way it happened back then or did the station do it.
In McGarrett’s office there is a picture on the wall that is seen in a lot of shots but we cannot figure out what it is of. To me it appears to be a sea creature of some sort. It is in pencil or just black and white. Do you know what this is of?
I have noticed at least two different versions of the opening music in the TV series. In one version the high-pitched organ(?) notes are not present or are very subdued.
What can you tell me about the different opening theme versions which are part of the show? Are they separate recordings or just different mixes of the same recording?
Hi, love to know if I can see the episodes with Hume cronyn as the monopoly man. Thought they were the best of the bunch.
I was hoping you could tell me the title and season of a particular episode of Hawaii Five-O that I remember as a kid. The plot involved a guy who was impersonating a policeman. He would pick-up women he pulled over, have his way with them, then throw them off a cliff. At the end of this episode, Jack Lord was in a power struggle with this guy, threw him over a balcony and then it showed the guy in a pool of blood below. I remember watching this episode when I was 7 back in 1975 and I never forgot it. I remember crying to my brothers because it upset me so much. My parents weren’t home and I was scared. Separation anxiety I guess. Anyway, if you could tell me which show that was, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!
Do you know if there are any H5-0 shows or even scenes that relate to the postal service, or related topics?
What's the famous disco song in part 1 of Number One With A Bullet from season eleven?
Was there a reason given on air why Danno left? Thanks
My mother was a minor bit actor in one or two episodes, and her name does not pop up on the main Five-O site's search feature. Is there another location that I can try in order to find the episode(s) that she was in?
My mother is a huge fan of 5-0, how much is the fan club membership? On the web site it mentioned a fan club-my mother wants to join a h50 fan club, I told her I didn't know if there was one since most of the cast is deceased. I would appreciate it if you could let me know if there is one she could join.
I am doing some research on a very obscure actress, Mary O'Brien. She did some episodic TV before landing her most notable role, "Heather Webber", on ABC's soap General Hospital. She had a bit on Cannon in December of '75 and also did Hawaii Five-O. It was probably a very small role, as she was just starting out around this period. I cannot for the life of me find her credit on HFO. Her appearance would definitely be between, say, 1974 to 1977. I did go through your cast lists, but cast listings are not available for every episode. Do you have any other suggestions on how I might find the episode Mary O'Brien was in? imdb does not list it. Any suggestions are welcome. Your site is terrific, by the way.
Hi, i was lookin around on google and i found your site. I thought it would be worth a shot to ask you if you know which surf break the opening wave in the intro scene was filmed that. Im doing a project on the series and wanted to use it for a trivia question. Thanks!
Hi! I saw some ads for all 12 seasons. As these haven't been officially released yet, are they any good? Have you ever seen the TVDVD Mania versions for example? I have seasons 1 and 2 and would like more..or should I wait for Amazon?
Hoping you can shed some light on this.
I was watching Episode 5 - Season 1. When Jack Lord drives up to the dock to talk to the folks unloading the fish. (13m 16sec if you watch it on hulu.com) He identifies himself and pull out his credentials. I immediately noticed that the badge that he showed was not the classic teardrop shape that was the "official" Hawaii Five-O badge.
It appears to be an LAPD style badge (aka dragnet) with the top portion of the badge blacked out. Just wanted to know if anyone knows or caught this.
Aloha Mr. Mike Quigley, Here on the North shore, there is much speculation as to where the "Wave," was shot, its the only thing Surfers want to know. The locations man for "Lost," said he knew who shot it. We can find nothing on your web-site except a reference to Jeff Hackman's movie Surfari. Do you know where that "Wave," was shot?