Another factor is the fact that the guest stars were all top talent. McGarrett was also a complex character who questioned himself, mourned over victims, and led his team against all odds.
It's hard to believe that such a disturbing subject such as that banned episode actually made it to the screen. You would think that some common sense editing would have occurred which could have avoided such a tragic outcome. However, I can understand that the writers were trying to keep in touch with real issues in our world so, its tricky business when venturing into such subjects. I'm surprised that there weren't more instances of copycats however, many instances may not be known but could have happened.
Two wrongs don't make a right that doesn't give that right the person who murdered somebody and take that person's life based on the sexual orientation now we got these laws that it protects
I was a young sailor assigned to VR-21 (Barbers Point Naval Air Station, which now is Kalaeloa Airport just west of Eva Beach), which ran C-118s and C-130s. I arrived in October 1968, and "Hawaii Five-0" show was just getting underway. I heard the show's theme music on the radio over and over and over -- and the excitement on Oahu was genuine. One time, I even stumbled on some location shooting for the TV show and played a bit of hooky to watch from afar. I was fortunate to be at the Naval Station while location shooting was done for "Tora! Tora! Tora!", too. Recreations of Japanese planes shared the flight line with our transport planes -- and P-3 Orion antisubmarine planes in the next hangar on the flight line. Those two very large hangars are still there at the local airport! I watched -- and loved -- Hawaii Five-0 from season 1 to its end in 1980. I was sad to see it go, but was happy to see Magnum PI fill the gap and become successful in its own right, using some of the same talented production people, studio facilities, and gorgeous locations pioneered by Five-0. Five-0 was a game changer. I remember, even earlier, as a young kid, watching an old Warner Bros. TV show called "Hawaiian Eye." Even as a grade schooler, I knew the show wasn't "genuine," as I grew up in the Hollywood area and could see that they were filming outdoor scenes in the local area (except for some establishing shots they used repeatedly to fool viewers into thinking that it was really Hawaii). Thank you, Hawaii Five-0 for changing that! Great video! Thanks! 😎
Excellent segment. I used to watch this show each week in the 1970s. Great stories, excellent acting and awesome scenery. If I recall McGarrett was constantly frustrated that he couldn't catch the villian Wo Fat, who also seemed to get away at the last moment. This is TV at its finest. Thank you for the memories.
The original Hawaii Five-0. Almost certainly my favorite television series of all-time. I lived on Oahu twice during my youth, as my dad was in the Navy. Our second tour here was from 1959-1961, thus I was in Honolulu the day Hawaii officially became our 50th state. I was eleven years old at the time so I remember that day very well. Came back to visit a number of times over the years. In 2017 my wife and I purchased a condo on Molokai. We spent as much time as we could here, so in 2019 we purchased a house. We've been full time residents of the State of Hawaii since 2019. We travel to all the other islands two or three times a year. I love Hawaii so much, I've been researching the background to the Japanese raid on the Pacific Fleet of 7 Dec. 1941 ever since October 1983. I'm working my way through our DVD collection of all the episodes of the original series of Hawaii Five-0. What a wonderful and professionally made series Hawaii Five-0 was and will always be. You put together a nice, short summary of the series. Thank you very much! Hawaii No Ka Oi! Andy McKane, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii.
Talk about being jealous that's what I am I'm an old lady now but used to watch Hawaii Five-O all the way from the beginning of the series to me Hawaii beautiful the pound trees I love Magnum with Tom Selleck what a great series also🥰😇💜❤
@@yolandacastano4321 I lived on Oahu in 1956. My family returned in 1959 to 1961. (My dad was a Navy doctor.) Visited Oahu and Maui many times over the years since then.) My wife and I had our honeymoon at the Westin, Ka'anapali, Maui in 2011. WE purchased a timeshare on that trip. We first visited Molokai in 2014. That was the first time I ever got to Molokai. What is truly special about Molokai are the people. This is, by far, THE friendliest place I've ever lived. While Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island are all still very friendly, Molokai truly is in a class all by itself. (I've been a Pearl Harbor historian since October 1983, so a good part of me will always be centered on Oahu, but the other side of me has grown to love Molokai "no ka oi.") The weather in these islands is great. But what makes all of Hawaii so special is the Hawaiian people. Even the folks who come and visit these islands quickly fall into the Aloha spirit. Thank you for your interest and presumed love of our 50th State. Andy McKane, Maunaloa, Molokai, HI.
@@andymckane7271 when i visited the pearl harbor museum (2010) and the hangers next door, with the original windows in the hanger doors (the bullet holes still in them), my tour guide (docent) was a nine year old boy living in the area during the attack. he gave his personal recollection of that morning. he said that his friends thought it was a military exercise, but he said 'no' he saw the 'meatballs' on the planes. at this moment i cannot recall his name (eddie young?), but if you could meet him, or if he is still alive, his witness would be remarkable. also, i was moved by the visit to the Ialani Palace, and the staircase Jack Lord used to run up. Now the stair case is considered a special place because royalty would walk them, so one must take the elevator. the second story room, the Five O office, is a bedroom in which the had locked the queen during the US takeover. In some ways, a sad history.
@@yolandacastano4321 If you're so old, then you should be old enough to remember your grammar lessons from school, but apparently you don't. Among other things, you wrote "to me Hawaii beautiful." What kind of English is that? It sounds like something a preschool child would write! The right way would have been "To me, Hawaii is beautiful." Most of your post is basically one long run-on sentence that doesn't use proper punctuation or capitalization, so I couldn't tell where your sentences were beginning or ending. And another thing: I don't think there's any such thing as a "pound tree." I believe you meant to write "PALM TREE." In the future, I suggest that you proofread your comments before putting them on CZcams, or anywhere else, for that matter.
IMHO, one of the finest t/v series' ever produced, with a lot of its success resulting from Jack Lord's dedication and insistence on presenting the highest quality product to the viewers.
I couldn’t watch the reboot. Jack Lord was so cool. The actor from CSI Miami tries to be like him, but he can’t hold a candle to Jack. Even Elvis was a huge fan of Jack Lord! And then there’s the ridiculous Magnum PI reboot. No one needed that.
I'm a local Hawaiian and I wanted to thank you for pronouncing our Hawaiian names correctly. Although Hawaii Five-O was long before my time, my FIL loves watching the reruns thus, my husband and myself watch them with him when we're visiting and I've discovered I'm really enjoying them. Now every evening before bedtime my husband and I watch an episode lol. Love seeing old Hawaii nei.
the reboot which is i think a pretty solid show actually but it's nowhere near as good as the Original show as many have said about the original show if you want to see what Hawaii actually looks like and should look like what the Original not like today where it's more like a city. i've never been there but i've seen both shows and i think they are right
@@FactsVerseI'm not sure what its "best episode" is, but I know of a few stories that had rather unusual plots: Of course, one of them would have to be the episode mentioned in this video, that has been banned from TV, perhaps forever. Fortunately, the rest of the show remains intact. I recall one story in which an amateur impressionist (a comedian who imitates the voices of famous people as a part of his act) finds out that his girlfriend, a Hawaiian of Japanese ancestry, who was allegedly "cured" of her narcotic addiction, had been "rehooked" (became an addict again) and had died from a drug overdose. For revenge, he starts murdering the "pushers" who were responsible for the girl's death, and each murder is based on scenes from movies starring his favorite actor, James Cagney. The role of the impressionist was played by real-life celebrity impersonator, Rich Little. In another strange "5-0" story, a mentally disturbed young man falls in love with the pretty young title heroine of a newspaper comic strip called "Judy Moon." Eventually, the lad loses his ability to tell the difference between reality and fantasy, especially when the fictitious "Judy Moon" finds herself being persecuted by various people, which leads the kid to go on a rampage, killing people who look like "Judy's" enemies. At one point, he meets a girl who actually looks like his heroine, and comes to believe that she really is "Judy"! When McGarrett and the other members of 5-0 realize what's going on, they set up a plan to lure the killer out into the open by having the creator of the comic strip invent a story where "Judy" has a new boyfriend, a local "beat" policeman called "Officer Danny," who turns out to be a crook who's on the payroll of a notorious Organized Crime boss, and since "Judy" has accidently found out about it, "Officer Danny" now has to "shut her up." (Translation: kill her!) The man chosen to pose as the "real-life" version of "Officer Danny" is Detective Danny Williams (to whom the famous catchphrase "Book 'em, Dano" is usually directed). Spoiler alert: the plan works and the crazy kid is captured and apparently carted off to the nearest mental hospital. In another unusual plot, Danny Williams (played by James McArthur) ends up solving a difficult case (I don't remember what the case was) with the help of his elderly mother, who was portrayed by James McArthur's real-life mother, the renowned actress, Helen Hayes! James's father, Hayes's husband, was the well-known Chicago newspaper reporter, Charles McArthur, who, with fellow reporter Ben Hecht (who was a bit of a celebrity himself), wrote the famous stage play, "The Front Page" (which, naturally, was about newspaper reporters). It first premiered on Broadway in the late 1920s, and later, inspired a few movie versions. Getting back to that banned episode, which was about a woman who dies from performing autoerotic asphyxiation, I heard that the movie actor Albert Dekker (who's best known for playing the titular character of the classic horror/science fiction film, "Dr. Cyclops") had also died in the same manner. For some reason, he had written the vulgar word "c***sucker" on his leg, with lipstick, I think. (At least that's the way I heard it.) In any case, how anybody can receive pleasure (especially a sexual thrill) from choking himself or herself to the point of unconsciousness (which has nothing to do with sex), especially when it can be fatal (like what happened to the woman in that banned "Hawaii 5-0" episode), IS BEYOND ME! You have to be sick in the head to do something insane like that. Sorry, but that's my honest opinion.
I loved Hawaii Five -O as a kid. It came on Fridays after Rockford Files. For reasons I'll never know my mother understood my interest in Rockford Files but was bewildered by my fascination with Hawaii. Watching all twelve seasons is on my wish list. The opening song was rivetting. Hearing it just now brought back a major rush of memories. Thank you.
@@fnoce5948 Hawaii Five-0 was briefly shown on CBS on Fridays. In some areas it may have been seen in the hour after Rockford was on NBC. Perhaps he neglected to mention he changed the channel?
@@erichwise9936 It could also have been cable TV thing and for the most part I was right --Thursdays for Hawaii Five O prime time! He was describing ( if primetime) a short lived era.
Always loved Hawaii Five-O as a kid. Great show for all the reasons you mentioned. Another police procedural that I really liked was "Police Story" based on Joseph Wambaugh's novels about LAPD. Maybe that would make a good episode for this channel.
I've heard of "Police Story." Unlike most other TV police programs of its time, this one was an anthology series, which means it featured a different story with a different cast and different characters, much like "The Twilight Zone" or "The Outer Limits," only without the science fiction stuff. I don't remember most of the stories, but I have a vague recollection of one episode where at one point, a woman is being arrested for drunken driving. She was played by Virginia Mayo, who was a popular character actress in the movies back in the middle of the 20th Century. The only role I truly remember her playing was that of James Cagney's wife in his classic film "White Heat" (Warner Brothers, 1949). That's the one where Cagney (as Cody Jarrett, a dangerous criminal with a mother complex) escapes from prison after hearing that his mother is dead. When Cody finds his wife and questions her about his mom's death, she tells him that a member of his gang had murdered "Ma" by shooting her in the back, so he kills this henchman as revenge. Throughout the rest of the film, Cody never learns that his wife lied to him, that she made up the story of the other hoodlum killing his mom to cover up the fact that a) she was having an affair with the henchman, and b) it was SHE who shot "Ma" Jarrett in the back because she always hated the way her mother-in-law practically controlled Cody's gang through her constant dominating and babying her son, especially when he would have one of his chronic headaches.
I was stationed in Oahu, Tripler Army hospital, back in '78. And always wanted to see Jack Lords estate, which obviously, can only be seen from a good distance and I believe at that time, Jack Lord was becoming recluse. My favorite episode, however, was the stolen Russian Stradivarius violin which nearly led to an international incident.
I remember watching the series as a child in the greek state television. Loved the music the characters the exotic settings, it was exciting. The new series, while good, haven't succeeded in capturing the style of the authentic original series.
Was Sal Mineo in that 'banned' episode? They never said! Saw Mineo in person, in 1958. at age 12, when he made a personal appearance for his movie "Dino"!
@@theoriginalsurferbob men are supposed to go with men and women are supposed to go with women...that is the natural order....men are not supposed to go with women ...women are jealous...mean and gross...trying to have all the handsome men for themselves....I will try to go with as many straight men as I can....to get back at jealous women like you...I am a male
I was a young teenager in the mid 70's and Leonard Freeman had children about the same age.... We were staying at the same resort with cottages on the beach. We immediately started having fun together. My room had a high window facing the parking lot. When Jack Lord drove down the driveway, we all stood on my bed to peek out and we started to giggle. When Leonard Freeman came out to greet him, Jack Lord looked our direction and of course, said, 'Book em Danno'!
I saw this show when it first aired September 26, 1968 and I’ll never forget it. I was only 14 years old when I fell in love with Jack Lord, who is older than my father. He was attracting all kinds of women back then thanks for the upload you guys. Thanks for the memories and God bless you all.
My all time favorite " cop" show. Able to watch all the episodes except one mentioned of course via subscription to Paramount+ without commercials. It is also available via a local channel. Well acted, beautiful scenery, great story lines. A well done show overall. Jack Lord gave an outstanding performance as the head honcho. There was Magnum P. I. in Hawaii as well, with same great scenery. Another favorite of mine.
I love the song and film montage at the beginning of the show, at the time it felt very exotic, and not many people had been to Hawaii. The song has stood the test of time I think.
This was the show that got me even interested in cop shows. As far as I'm concerned. 5-0 is what paved the way for the success of Magnum.....along with many others. Maybe even Miami Vice....
I’ve actually seen the banned episode and for the late 60s it was extremely eerie and dark in content. The episode’s beginning showed the guy actually doing the yoga exercise high up in the air with the large rope. He finished the exercise and had a conversation with his girlfriend (she was critical of why he did that particular exercise with the rope). He then left and a few minutes later a kid found her dead hanging by the rope (this was a very disturbing scene for the late 60s). Eventually they found the killer of course, but IIRC it wasn’t Don (the girl’s yoga boyfriend).
i've seen it too it's not really that a great of an episode but here's the thing, back than i get why it was taken off the air and never shown that doesn't bother me, furthermore if they never show it on tv since than that's not a big deal i get that but when it comes to dvd's however i think it should be on the season sets or the full series collection where it's not. that's what pisses me off. if shows are banned from tv for certain things depending on what it is i get that. much like one of my all time favorite shows You can't do that on Television one of the best tv show's of all time they did a lot of dark humor you can't do today sadly. here in the states there's like 5 or 6 maybe 7 episodes banned from being on the air i get that but if they were able to put those on dvd either in Canada or the states i want them on those sets. if i recall Buffy during season 3 did an episode i think it was HUSH? i want to say? where Buffy gets the Ability to hear people's thoughts and the story goes where she hearse one student say i want to kill people or something like that i forget what it is said on the episode. during 99 when that was to Air Columbine happened so they didn't air it i get that while at that time it did upset me i hadn't seen it yet but i did understand they aired it i think months later, than in the Season 3 Finale they had the entire school on Buffy get weapons to fight vampires and this was in the same season so what they'd do they didn't air it until July until May. it's on the season sets now it's on tv when the show it. there's plenty of other shows that had bad stuff in them where real life something happened much like South park in the US they offended i forget which country and than they also Offended Tom Cruise as well so they banned those from tv but you can still get those on the season sets. my point is when something happens in real life if they copy it not having on the air i get after it does happen but never to put out again after 53 years is really stupid. Stephen King took Rage out of print cause some student in the 90's killed his teacher and took the class hostage just like his book did and his book was found in the kid's locker. i don't think King was to Blame that kid if i recall had signs that nobody paid attention to and he could have had See Jane run in his locker and still done it. much like Manson claims he got the idea for the race war he wanted to start from Helter Skelter. but as Sam Kinison put out on one of his albums he could have been listening to The Monkees and still got that same message because Manson was stoned at the time. in short it's been 53 years remaster it and than put it on a season set. but keep it off the air if you want that's fine. it's kinda like if that happens or if a Celebrity is found doing this or that kinda like Cosby for example when all that went down i'd love to see his Comedy Special cause he is a comic genius even if he is scum. or the Kevin Spacey film that's in the vaults for the same reason. he may be a douche but i'm not gonna stop watching his movies. sorry for my ramble i'm just passionate about this that's all
Classic TV show watched it when I was a kid when it was originally broadcast, reruns, and currently have all 12 seasons on DVD. The reboot can't hold a candle to the original
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You can't ban or blame episodes of TV shows every time some unhinged person commits a copycat crime. I've seen countless shows with bodies hanging from a noose and way more graphic than this one. A sign of the times perhaps?
IKR. If someone has got it in their mind to do something they're gonna do it. If shows are going to be blamed for stupid acts why is violence still so mainstream in shows even today? Might as well only show Sesame Street and Disney kids shows.
@@HootervilleHaney generally speaking when one refers to a "ban", it means that there's a _legal_ prohibition in place (also meaning that the government is involved, which is why I believe @mariametz592 thought it necessary to reference the government in their comment). However, I think "ban" is the incorrect word applied to what happened with this episode. There's nothing _legally_ preventing the episode in question from being aired or from being included on a DVD/Blu-ray release. The rights holder has simply chosen not to do so. And assuming that they haven't destroyed the media on which the episode was stored, then it could in theory see the light of day again.
The only mistake I can remember seeing on the show was when Danny was in a blue suit getting ready to kick down a door and comes into a room wearing a green suit. There may have been other gaffes throughout the shows run, but this is the one scene that I'll always remember.
I think this is one of the best shows ever made. I remember watching each episode and I was only 3 when the first episode came on. One thing I notice watching the show is early on they used car scenes from previous footage (much as Bonanza did with horse riding scenes). McGarret will take off in a four door car and arrive in a two door car, or vise versa. That is another thing I like is seeing the old cars when they were new back in the day.
I watched this show when I was young. Great show! My favorite character was Danno. I didn’t like the newer version of the show though. Magnum P.I. was another show filmed in Hawaii that I watched back in the day. My brother-in-law was in an episode of that show. He was in Karate Kid II as well and the movie “Blood and Orchids”.
This TV show was one of the compelling reasons I live here today, though when I was a kid I used to think, "Geez, there seems to sure be a lot of crime in Hawaii!"
I never missed the originals. Today a re-run comes on M-F @ 2:PM My fave. episode had Hume Cronyn as a Clever jewel thief who dressed as an old women to elude capture right under Steve's nose. I met Hume one night when he checked into the hotel where I was a desk clerk in Toronto. ( he was a Canadian performing locally in a play). I told him how perfect that episode was, he smiled and thanked me. He liked it also. His wife, Jessica Tandy was beside him; seemed very surprised that the topic came up there!
I know exactly which episode you're referring to. It is a favorite of mine! Hume is the perfect criminal and so likeable. The H&I network has a Hawaii 5-0 mini marathon every Fri from 12n to 5pm. I always watch and especially look forward to the Hume Cronyn episodes.
It’s amazing that it would still be banned by them with all the other perverted and outlandish stuff they put on TV these days that way outstrip that episode.
And how much of the other "perverted and outlandish stuff they put on TV" you mention has led to lawsuits and congressional hearings like this one did? There are examples of shows getting pulled without ever being aired once, because they were too close to real world events. I don't know if you remember a show called "Under Cover" (it aired in 1990/91, I think). Anyway, I remember this show in particular because it had an episode that was set in Kuwait on the eve of Gulf War I. It got pulled because the Coalition Forces invaded Iraq the same day that the episode was supposed to be aired.
My dad died recently & in a sort of grieving memory i have bought seasons of Hawaii 50 on Prime video here in Englans❤ i would have only been about 5 years old at the time when i first remember it being on the television,i must have not understood anything but always remembered the iconic theme tune 🐚🐟 my dad was called Jack like Jack Lord & from watching it myself(have watched over 100 episodes from 1968 to 1974) i can imagine my dad who would have been in his early thirties whilst watching it would have thought Steve Mcgarrett was a pretty cool customer,he certainly got his driving technique from Steve who could usually be seen,screaching & tearing round the Hawaiin riads,i used tomsay to myndad as a joke'what domyou think this is the Streets of San Francisco?'but now i come to think of it it was more likely to be a nod to Steve Mgarrett 😂😂 Paula,England x
I lived in Hawaii on Oahu and caught Hawaii 50 being filmed once in Waikiki by Fort Derussy on the beach. It was very interesting to watch it . They would setup film for maybe 5 minutes and move everything again.
It's "Hawaii 5-0," not "Hawaii 50." I know the title of the show was paying homage to the fact that Hawaii is our 50th state, but the hyphen in "5-0" is there for a reason, to give the title, and by extension, the show itself, a little class, to make the title sound more "catchy."
@@michaelpalmieri7335Yeah, and it's more likely to be pronounced 5-0 on a two-way police radio anyhow, so it subtly brings an aspect of police procedural into its very title.
just watched them the other day from my dvd's. great trilogy. love at the end of first part Elliot Guilds great phrase and expression, 'McGarrett dies'. in the 8th season the episode McGarrett on trail is a final episode with Vachon, who's in prison.
Loved "Samurai"! My favorite quote? "McGerett, if you have somewhere else to be we will understand." "Yes I do, I'm going to buy a medal.....and pin it on the next Boshido that comes to chop you down." It doesn't get any better than that!
This show also paved the way for subsequent films and TV shows to use the new (at the time) Hawaiian Film Studios that were built for the interior sets of Hawaii 50. Magnum PI was the next CBS show to use the Hawaiian Film Studios for interior scenes as CBS didn't want to lose a valuable asset.
I recall going to dance clubs in the 80's, and the DJ would play the Hawaii 5-0 theme out of nowhere; we'd have a blast go-go dancing to it (frug, pony, twist, etc.), then, we'd go back to the regular set...
I only started watching the original series about 20 years ago. When it was originally on at most I got to hear the theme song because it came on at my bedtime. Great show, I prefer it over the newer series.
It still comes on in my area every Friday they show 5 episodes straight so I decided to watch them all !! Stars I didn't know then but know now are in it like Loretta Swit. Reboot ok but can't beat the original. Jack Lord & Co. are just too good to follow !! 👍
Haven't seen this show since the 80's, but I remember loving the reruns when they aired on the Boston area TV. The episode I remember best involved two guys trying to woo a woman. She wrote crimes down on a pack of playing cards and assigned points to each. Whoever scored the most points would "win" her affections. The last card was "Murder" and the man chose a homeless guy that was just kidnapped and let go.
I remember an episode about an assassin that essentially showed it from his point of view -- a family man going out of town for business. Unique and disturbing at the time.
Rather than removing episodes from circulation and denying mentally stable people the opportunity to see an episode, unstable people should be treated. The person who took their life after seeing the episode - I'm 100% certain was unhinged and untreated long before they saw an episode of Hawaii 5-0. Nobody is healthy and then all of a sudden decides a TV episode is more than they can take and they have to commit suicide. 🙄
Two very well know American actors world wide who both passed away recently. Persoff and Silva. Both very talented and real favorites of mine. I always thought you could tell the quality of a TV shop by the calibre of guest stars involved. This was one high end show. Columba and a few others were too.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 The Goodness we have guys like you around to pick the up these obvious typos. Where would we be without you ? No idea what your " show " comment was about. Guy like you obviously wouldn't have made a mistake would you ?
@@lindaangus2307That's because success is gauged on the degenerated tastes of this idiotic generation who only love to see toxic disruptive crap; they detest sentimentality and other nuances that made the original magic.
When I look at the two Hawaii 5-0 series, the original and the 2000 version, it's almost like watching the old and new testament, of how TV series should really be like. Action, drama, suspense, but no vulgarity or Faul language, nothing but A1 Entertaiment. It's sad that the original was destined to be short lived, even if it hadn't been canceled , it would had ended with Lord's weak and frail health. I know it has the best Intro ever filmed , I like to see some touches in the new Hawaii 5-0 from the old one, like Al Harrington made several appearances on it , O'Leary drives Lord's Dodge car, Dennis Chung, son of Kam Fung Chon plays Sgt. Lukela. there is even one chapter in the new version where Steve meets what seemed to be Jack Lord's ghost in a hospital chapel while recuperating from a near death experience, this was very eerie.
That banned episode does exist and I have seen it,although the quality is poor it is watchable.I have no idea how it was saved by the public but it was and I think that is a good thing...nothing should be permanently removed that was allowed to air in the first place.I get not showing it,but it should be on the DVD sets people pay for.
To me the best ones were the original pilot movie and the ones that had Zulu in them . They were still good. I think that after hearing what happen with Jack Lord and Zulu character, kinda changed my mind about Steve Margaret.
Factoids: When “Five-O” first began filming, Jack Lord and his wife Marie were living in the penthouse of the Ilikai Hotel, where the very famous helicopter zoom shot of him in the opening credits was taken. Soon after they moved to a prime apartment in the upscale Kāhala Apartments, where they lived until their respective deaths. They had separate bedrooms and Jack’s had shelves holding hundreds of professional U-matic 3/4” videocassettes of each “Five-O” episode, which he could watch in his bedroom at his whim.
Crazily, the love of this series was not displayed by the local communities. I lived in Hawaii for 4 years and although the actors were well loved especially Jack Lord, the series was not. Jack Lord not without his negative comments on the show. Lord became a huge historian on the Pacific especially Polynesian history and Hawaii. He would go on after the show serving as adjunct professor at The University of Hawaii on Polynesian history.
@@Z1QueenB Mostly because of the fact it was always showing Hawaii as a huge boiling point of crime from all over the world. Murder, drugs, assassinations, etc. Another bad touching point was that it portrayed a mythical police force. '5-0' didn't exist.
Every couple a weeks they show the Hawaii Five O classic series on Pluto. The original first 4 episodes with actors Kevin McCarthy, Ricardo Montalban, Sal Mineo, and Gavin MacLeod as Big Chicken. Also actor Simon Oakland was in one of the earlier episodes.
Buddy Ebson (Jed Clampet), Andy Griffith and John Ritter have also been on episodes I have seen recently. Pluto TV (streaming) has the original 5-0 a few hours almost every day I think.
So many great episodes, even after all these years 5-0 remains one of my all time favorites TV series. I fell in love with Jack Lord while he was on Stoney Burke, so naturally, I followed him to Hawaii 5-0. Great all-round cast. Eventually, I came to love the 5-0 reboot (followed Alex O'Loughlin from Moonlight). On a trip to the Islands just before the virus outbreak, my hubby and I were able to go on a tour to see filming locations for both versions. The highlight of the tour was a stop at the bust of Jack Lord to put leis on it. Mahalo, Steve McGarrett!
I recall a Roundtable pizza commercial for their "Big Kahuna" pizza. I have been unable to find the ad on CZcams. It included the iconic zoom to the hotel terrace with the "Big Kahuna" turning to face the camera. I wish I could find that ad again.
In the late 60’s - early 70’s, Sportscaster Al Michaels was the play-by-play radio announcer for the Hawaii Islanders baseball team. He appeared in an episode of Five-O as an attorney.
The unbridled ignorance and greed behind suing a TV network because of failure in self responsibility has always fascinated me. If you bother a source of money well enough, they will reward you by paying you to go away. I am sure there were other sources for the parents to blame, but CBS had the most money.
To me when a boy, the opening credits were so thrilling. The sex appeal of the girl dancing, the one dude rushing in with the rifle, and Danny jogging focusedly.
Great information, but what caught my eye is when "Dano" breaks through the door in the clip, is that the door is only the thickness of a 3/4 inch sheet of plywood.
Auto-erotic asphyxiation is so bizarre that I couldn’t believe anyone could ever do it to themselves but apparently it’s not that uncommon, and people do accidentally kill themselves that way - like David Carradine.
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82 baby here and well i remember nickelodeon at night showing this episode it was a "banned episodes marathon" in the 90s like early 90s ...never saw it again 😆
I'd like to mention, that up to mid 80's Jack Lord, together with Ross Martin of " Wild wild west " , were consider the most Inteligent actors at the time. Martin had been an assistant DA atty. in California and spoke 6 languages, Lord had a civil engineer's degree and was a master painter, who had traveled the world as a Merchant Marine before becoming an actor, also spoke 5 languages.
Factoid: Jack Lord often shopped at the Kāhala Mall, near his home, particularly the Star Supermarket. After his death a sculptor created a metal bust of him and searched for a location for it to be placed. Kāhala Mall accepted it and it’s still exhibited there today, if you ever want to view it or pay homage to Jack’s memory…it’s not a very accurate likeness, unfortunately.
The original Hawaii Five-O one of the greatest series of all time. Jack Lord was superb in his role. I miss those days and wish we could re-live them.
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Yup… you knew he was “THE MAN” every time he walked on the screen….
Horatio on CSI Miami seems like a clone of Mc Garrett.😊
I have been reliving them on Freevee TV. They have all 12 seasons. I'm currently halfway thru season 8.
The intro preceding each episode was probably
the greatest of all time!
And the theme song!
The University of Hawaii plays the theme at their football games.
I was accepted to UH, but the cost of living kept me from going. (I'm from Texas)
Another factor is the fact that the guest stars were all top talent. McGarrett was also a complex character who questioned himself, mourned over victims, and led his team against all odds.
Practically, every major star appeared on the show.
The guy that killed sal mineo he's a free man to this day he protests innocency did he he said he did not kill
It's hard to believe that such a disturbing subject such as that banned episode actually made it to the screen. You would think that some common sense editing would have occurred which could have avoided such a tragic outcome. However, I can understand that the writers were trying to keep in touch with real issues in our world so, its tricky business when venturing into such subjects. I'm surprised that there weren't more instances of copycats however, many instances may not be known but could have happened.
Two wrongs don't make a right that doesn't give that right the person who murdered somebody and take that person's life based on the sexual orientation now we got these laws that it protects
I was a young sailor assigned to VR-21 (Barbers Point Naval Air Station, which now is Kalaeloa Airport just west of Eva Beach), which ran C-118s and C-130s. I arrived in October 1968, and "Hawaii Five-0" show was just getting underway. I heard the show's theme music on the radio over and over and over -- and the excitement on Oahu was genuine. One time, I even stumbled on some location shooting for the TV show and played a bit of hooky to watch from afar. I was fortunate to be at the Naval Station while location shooting was done for "Tora! Tora! Tora!", too. Recreations of Japanese planes shared the flight line with our transport planes -- and P-3 Orion antisubmarine planes in the next hangar on the flight line. Those two very large hangars are still there at the local airport! I watched -- and loved -- Hawaii Five-0 from season 1 to its end in 1980. I was sad to see it go, but was happy to see Magnum PI fill the gap and become successful in its own right, using some of the same talented production people, studio facilities, and gorgeous locations pioneered by Five-0. Five-0 was a game changer. I remember, even earlier, as a young kid, watching an old Warner Bros. TV show called "Hawaiian Eye." Even as a grade schooler, I knew the show wasn't "genuine," as I grew up in the Hollywood area and could see that they were filming outdoor scenes in the local area (except for some establishing shots they used repeatedly to fool viewers into thinking that it was really Hawaii). Thank you, Hawaii Five-0 for changing that! Great video! Thanks! 😎
What a wonderful experience for you. Thank you for sharing.
I was in VP-4 at Barbers Point much later than you, from 1980 -1984. The funny thing is, I never saw the tv series until years later.
Excellent segment. I used to watch this show each week in the 1970s. Great stories, excellent acting and awesome scenery. If I recall McGarrett was constantly frustrated that he couldn't catch the villian Wo Fat, who also seemed to get away at the last moment. This is TV at its finest. Thank you for the memories.
My mom loved this show. She used to record it on vhs and we would sit and rewatch them all the time. One of my favorite shows!
The original Hawaii Five-0. Almost certainly my favorite television series of all-time. I lived on Oahu twice during my youth, as my dad was in the Navy. Our second tour here was from 1959-1961, thus I was in Honolulu the day Hawaii officially became our 50th state. I was eleven years old at the time so I remember that day very well. Came back to visit a number of times over the years. In 2017 my wife and I purchased a condo on Molokai. We spent as much time as we could here, so in 2019 we purchased a house. We've been full time residents of the State of Hawaii since 2019. We travel to all the other islands two or three times a year. I love Hawaii so much, I've been researching the background to the Japanese raid on the Pacific Fleet of 7 Dec. 1941 ever since October 1983. I'm working my way through our DVD collection of all the episodes of the original series of Hawaii Five-0. What a wonderful and professionally made series Hawaii Five-0 was and will always be. You put together a nice, short summary of the series. Thank you very much! Hawaii No Ka Oi! Andy McKane, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii.
Talk about being jealous that's what I am I'm an old lady now but used to watch Hawaii Five-O all the way from the beginning of the series to me Hawaii beautiful the pound trees I love Magnum with Tom Selleck what a great series also🥰😇💜❤
@@yolandacastano4321 I lived on Oahu in 1956. My family returned in 1959 to 1961. (My dad was a Navy doctor.) Visited Oahu and Maui many times over the years since then.) My wife and I had our honeymoon at the Westin, Ka'anapali, Maui in 2011. WE purchased a timeshare on that trip. We first visited Molokai in 2014. That was the first time I ever got to Molokai. What is truly special about Molokai are the people. This is, by far, THE friendliest place I've ever lived. While Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island are all still very friendly, Molokai truly is in a class all by itself. (I've been a Pearl Harbor historian since October 1983, so a good part of me will always be centered on Oahu, but the other side of me has grown to love Molokai "no ka oi.") The weather in these islands is great. But what makes all of Hawaii so special is the Hawaiian people. Even the folks who come and visit these islands quickly fall into the Aloha spirit. Thank you for your interest and presumed love of our 50th State. Andy McKane, Maunaloa, Molokai, HI.
@@andymckane7271 when i visited the pearl harbor museum (2010) and the hangers next door, with the original windows in the hanger doors (the bullet holes still in them), my tour guide (docent) was a nine year old boy living in the area during the attack. he gave his personal recollection of that morning. he said that his friends thought it was a military exercise, but he said 'no' he saw the 'meatballs' on the planes. at this moment i cannot recall his name (eddie young?), but if you could meet him, or if he is still alive, his witness would be remarkable. also, i was moved by the visit to the Ialani Palace, and the staircase Jack Lord used to run up. Now the stair case is considered a special place because royalty would walk them, so one must take the elevator. the second story room, the Five O office, is a bedroom in which the had locked the queen during the US takeover. In some ways, a sad history.
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If you're so old, then you should be old enough to remember your grammar lessons from school, but apparently you don't.
Among other things, you wrote "to me Hawaii beautiful." What kind of English is that? It sounds like something a preschool child would write! The right way would have been "To me, Hawaii is beautiful."
Most of your post is basically one long run-on sentence that doesn't use proper punctuation or capitalization, so I couldn't tell where your sentences were beginning or ending.
And another thing: I don't think there's any such thing as a "pound tree." I believe you meant to write "PALM TREE."
In the future, I suggest that you proofread your comments before putting them on CZcams, or anywhere else, for that matter.
That's how I feel about Arizona 😊
I was one of the lucky ones who got hired as an extra on 5-0, and it remains one of the highlights of my life.
What are your memories of being an extra! Do you remember which episode and part you played?
Very cool.
couple questions 1. who did you play? 2. what episode? and 3 the Original show or the reboot?
Very cool. Thanks for Sharing.
@@vrinda5303 that person was lying about being an extra because they would have answered your questions.
IMHO, one of the finest t/v series' ever produced, with a lot of its success resulting from Jack Lord's dedication and insistence on presenting the highest quality product to the viewers.
The first was the best. The reboot didn't come anywhere close. I collected this show. Jack Lord was great and stayed until the end
The reboot was a JOKE.
I tried watching the reboot and couldn't get into it.
I couldn’t watch the reboot. Jack Lord was so cool. The actor from CSI Miami tries to be like him, but he can’t hold a candle to Jack. Even Elvis was a huge fan of Jack Lord! And then there’s the ridiculous Magnum PI reboot. No one needed that.
The reboot didn't degrade as much as the original. The last couple of years were pretty bad.
Most of the networks are depending on reboots because most of the new TV shows today suck.
I'm a local Hawaiian and I wanted to thank you for pronouncing our Hawaiian names correctly. Although Hawaii Five-O was long before my time, my FIL loves watching the reruns thus, my husband and myself watch them with him when we're visiting and I've discovered I'm really enjoying them. Now every evening before bedtime my husband and I watch an episode lol. Love seeing old Hawaii nei.
the reboot which is i think a pretty solid show actually but it's nowhere near as good as the Original show as many have said about the original show if you want to see what Hawaii actually looks like and should look like what the Original not like today where it's more like a city. i've never been there but i've seen both shows and i think they are right
This is my favorite cop show of all time. I prefer it over the reboot. I like that one but the original is miles better
Once something has been done once and done right anything else is kinda a let down.
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@@FactsVerse they're SOOOO many. The three part from season 5. Hookman season 6. The finale. The two part season opener. I can go on
Loved the series. Never cared for the Wo-fat stuff as it never seemed to end. The new version was way too PC
The 3 part I believe you are referring to is V for Vashone
Hawai Five-O (1968-1980) is one of my all time favorite TV Shows, like it a lot.
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@@FactsVerseI'm not sure what its "best episode" is, but I know of a few stories that had rather unusual plots:
Of course, one of them would have to be the episode mentioned in this video, that has been banned from TV, perhaps forever. Fortunately, the rest of the show remains intact.
I recall one story in which an amateur impressionist (a comedian who imitates the voices of famous people as a part of his act) finds out that his girlfriend, a Hawaiian of Japanese ancestry, who was allegedly "cured" of her narcotic addiction, had been "rehooked" (became an addict again) and had died from a drug overdose. For revenge, he starts murdering the "pushers" who were responsible for the girl's death, and each murder is based on scenes from movies starring his favorite actor, James Cagney.
The role of the impressionist was played by real-life celebrity impersonator, Rich Little.
In another strange "5-0" story, a mentally disturbed young man falls in love with the pretty young title heroine of a newspaper comic strip called "Judy Moon."
Eventually, the lad loses his ability to tell the difference between reality and fantasy, especially when the fictitious "Judy Moon" finds herself being persecuted by various people, which leads the kid to go on a rampage, killing people who look like "Judy's" enemies.
At one point, he meets a girl who actually looks like his heroine, and comes to believe that she really is "Judy"!
When McGarrett and the other members of 5-0 realize what's going on, they set up a plan to lure the killer out into the open by having the creator of the comic strip invent a story where "Judy" has a new boyfriend, a local "beat" policeman called "Officer Danny," who turns out to be a crook who's on the payroll of a notorious Organized Crime boss, and since "Judy" has accidently found out about it, "Officer Danny" now has to "shut her up." (Translation: kill her!) The man chosen to pose as the "real-life" version of "Officer Danny" is Detective Danny Williams (to whom the famous catchphrase "Book 'em, Dano" is usually directed). Spoiler alert: the plan works and the crazy kid is captured and apparently carted off to the nearest mental hospital.
In another unusual plot, Danny Williams (played by James McArthur) ends up solving a difficult case (I don't remember what the case was) with the help of his elderly mother, who was portrayed by James McArthur's real-life mother, the renowned actress, Helen Hayes!
James's father, Hayes's husband, was the well-known Chicago newspaper reporter, Charles McArthur, who, with fellow reporter Ben Hecht (who was a bit of a celebrity himself), wrote the famous stage play, "The Front Page" (which, naturally, was about newspaper reporters). It first premiered on Broadway in the late 1920s, and later, inspired a few movie versions.
Getting back to that banned episode, which was about a woman who dies from performing autoerotic asphyxiation, I heard that the movie actor Albert Dekker (who's best known for playing the titular character of the classic horror/science fiction film, "Dr. Cyclops") had also died in the same manner. For some reason, he had written the vulgar word "c***sucker" on his leg, with lipstick, I think. (At least that's the way I heard it.)
In any case, how anybody can receive pleasure (especially a sexual thrill) from choking himself or herself to the point of unconsciousness (which has nothing to do with sex), especially when it can be fatal (like what happened to the woman in that banned "Hawaii 5-0" episode), IS BEYOND ME! You have to be sick in the head to do something insane like that.
Sorry, but that's my honest opinion.
I loved Hawaii Five -O as a kid. It came on Fridays after Rockford Files. For reasons I'll never know my mother understood my interest in Rockford Files but was bewildered by my fascination with Hawaii. Watching all twelve seasons is on my wish list. The opening song was rivetting. Hearing it just now brought back a major rush of memories. Thank you.
Not so fast. Five-O was CBS. Rockford was NBC! I thought Five O was on Thursdays.
Both shows had an opening that was among the best TV has ever seen.
@@fnoce5948 Hawaii Five-0 was briefly shown on CBS on Fridays. In some areas it may have been seen in the hour after Rockford was on NBC. Perhaps he neglected to mention he changed the channel?
@@erichwise9936 It could also have been cable TV thing and for the most part I was right --Thursdays for Hawaii Five O prime time! He was describing ( if primetime) a short lived era.
I know the sound mineo was this was in that TV show and the guy who killed them he's out on he's out of prison
I've visited Oahu several times and visited the actual building he stood on the balcony in the shows intro. Loved this show growing up....
Ah, the time when men wore suits
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Only when they went to work and much against their personal wishes. Remember, this is Hollywood and only reflects an idealized version of real life.
...they still do. THEYRE JUST TIGHT as fck.
Always loved Hawaii Five-O as a kid. Great show for all the reasons you mentioned. Another police procedural that I really liked was "Police Story" based on Joseph Wambaugh's novels about LAPD. Maybe that would make a good episode for this channel.
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I've heard of "Police Story." Unlike most other TV police programs of its time, this one was an anthology series, which means it featured a different story with a different cast and different characters, much like "The Twilight Zone" or "The Outer Limits," only without the science fiction stuff.
I don't remember most of the stories, but I have a vague recollection of one episode where at one point, a woman is being arrested for drunken driving. She was played by Virginia Mayo, who was a popular character actress in the movies back in the middle of the 20th Century. The only role I truly remember her playing was that of James Cagney's wife in his classic film "White Heat" (Warner Brothers, 1949). That's the one where Cagney (as Cody Jarrett, a dangerous criminal with a mother complex) escapes from prison after hearing that his mother is dead.
When Cody finds his wife and questions her about his mom's death, she tells him that a member of his gang had murdered "Ma" by shooting her in the back, so he kills this henchman as revenge. Throughout the rest of the film, Cody never learns that his wife lied to him, that she made up the story of the other hoodlum killing his mom to cover up the fact that a) she was having an affair with the henchman, and b) it was SHE who shot "Ma" Jarrett in the back because she always hated the way her mother-in-law practically controlled Cody's gang through her constant dominating and babying her son, especially when he would have one of his chronic headaches.
And Police Woman. Actually anything that David Gerber produced was usually groundbreaking. He often cast women and Blacks in prominent roles.
I was stationed in Oahu, Tripler Army hospital, back in '78. And always wanted to see Jack Lords estate, which obviously, can only be seen from a good distance and I believe at that time, Jack Lord was becoming recluse. My favorite episode, however, was the stolen Russian Stradivarius violin which nearly led to an international incident.
I remember watching the series as a child in the greek state television. Loved the music the characters the exotic settings, it was exciting. The new series, while good, haven't succeeded in capturing the style of the authentic original series.
Sal Mineo was a magnificent talent Superb actor
Was Sal Mineo in that 'banned' episode? They never said! Saw Mineo in person,
in 1958. at age 12, when he made a personal appearance for his movie "Dino"!
@@theoriginalsurferbob men are supposed to go with men and women are supposed to go with women...that is the natural order....men are not supposed to go with women ...women are jealous...mean and gross...trying to have all the handsome men for themselves....I will try to go with as many straight men as I can....to get back at jealous women like you...I am a male
I agree, very talented and handsome...a life that was tragically short. ❤
He was murdered by a low down negro.
Being gay doesn’t have anything to do with Sals talent. I bet you would be shocked at how many of your favorite stars are gay.
I was a young teenager in the mid 70's and Leonard Freeman had children about the same age.... We were staying at the same resort with cottages on the beach. We immediately started having fun together. My room had a high window facing the parking lot. When Jack Lord drove down the driveway, we all stood on my bed to peek out and we started to giggle. When Leonard Freeman came out to greet him, Jack Lord looked our direction and of course, said, 'Book em Danno'!
Wow. I didn't think that Jack Lord had a sense of humor!
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Just because he wasn't cracking jokes all the time, it didn't mean he didn't have a sense of humor.
@@vrinda5303 I rarely ever saw Jack Lord crack a smile 😁.
@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc That doesn't mean he never did. You just weren't watching.
I saw this show when it first aired September 26, 1968 and I’ll never forget it. I was only 14 years old when I fell in love with Jack Lord, who is older than my father. He was attracting all kinds of women back then thanks for the upload you guys. Thanks for the memories and God bless you all.
Sal Mineo was talented and oh so beautiful. He died horribly and far too soon. RIP beautiful man.x❤
My all time favorite " cop" show. Able to watch all the episodes except one mentioned of course via subscription to Paramount+ without commercials. It is also available via a local channel. Well acted, beautiful scenery, great story lines. A well done show overall. Jack Lord gave an outstanding performance as the head honcho. There was Magnum P. I. in Hawaii as well, with same great scenery. Another favorite of mine.
I might have preferred Magnum over the original Hawaii Five-O by just a little bit !!
I love the song and film montage at the beginning of the show, at the time it felt very exotic, and not many people had been to Hawaii. The song has stood the test of time I think.
The soundtrack is unforgettable.
This was the show that got me even interested in cop shows. As far as I'm concerned. 5-0 is what paved the way for the success of Magnum.....along with many others. Maybe even Miami Vice....
I’ve actually seen the banned episode and for the late 60s it was extremely eerie and dark in content. The episode’s beginning showed the guy actually doing the yoga exercise high up in the air with the large rope. He finished the exercise and had a conversation with his girlfriend (she was critical of why he did that particular exercise with the rope). He then left and a few minutes later a kid found her dead hanging by the rope (this was a very disturbing scene for the late 60s). Eventually they found the killer of course, but IIRC it wasn’t Don (the girl’s yoga boyfriend).
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i've seen it too it's not really that a great of an episode but here's the thing, back than i get why it was taken off the air and never shown that doesn't bother me, furthermore if they never show it on tv since than that's not a big deal i get that but when it comes to dvd's however i think it should be on the season sets or the full series collection where it's not. that's what pisses me off.
if shows are banned from tv for certain things depending on what it is i get that. much like one of my all time favorite shows You can't do that on Television one of the best tv show's of all time they did a lot of dark humor you can't do today sadly. here in the states there's like 5 or 6 maybe 7 episodes banned from being on the air i get that but if they were able to put those on dvd either in Canada or the states i want them on those sets. if i recall Buffy during season 3 did an episode i think it was HUSH?
i want to say? where Buffy gets the Ability to hear people's thoughts and the story goes where she hearse one student say i want to kill people or something like that i forget what it is said on the episode. during 99 when that was to Air Columbine happened so they didn't air it i get that while at that time it did upset me i hadn't seen it yet but i did understand they aired it i think months later, than in the Season 3 Finale they had the entire school on Buffy get weapons to fight vampires and this was in the same season so what they'd do they didn't air it until July until May. it's on the season sets now it's on tv when the show it.
there's plenty of other shows that had bad stuff in them where real life something happened much like South park in the US they offended i forget which country and than they also Offended Tom Cruise as well so they banned those from tv but you can still get those on the season sets. my point is when something happens in real life if they copy it not having on the air i get after it does happen but never to put out again after 53 years is really stupid.
Stephen King took Rage out of print cause some student in the 90's killed his teacher and took the class hostage just like his book did and his book was found in the kid's locker. i don't think King was to Blame that kid if i recall had signs that nobody paid attention to and he could have had See Jane run in his locker and still done it. much like Manson claims he got the idea for the race war he wanted to start from Helter Skelter. but as Sam Kinison put out on one of his albums he could have been listening to
The Monkees and still got that same message because Manson was stoned at the time. in short it's been 53 years remaster it and than put it on a season set. but keep it off the air if you want that's fine. it's kinda like if that happens or if a Celebrity is found doing this or that kinda like Cosby for example when all that went down i'd love to see his Comedy Special cause he is a comic genius even if he is scum. or the Kevin Spacey film that's in the vaults for the same reason. he may be a douche but i'm not gonna stop watching his movies. sorry for my ramble i'm just passionate about this that's all
It was the first episode broadcast in 1970.
@erichwise9936 yeah I know I said that I have seasons 1-4 on dvd I need to get the rest. I also have seasons 1 & 2 on bluray of the reboot as well
It's strange that an episode about auto-asphyxiation aired at a time when they were only then allowing the word "pregnant" to be used on TV.
Classic TV show watched it when I was a kid when it was originally broadcast, reruns, and currently have all 12 seasons on DVD. The reboot can't hold a candle to the original
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that is very true
Miami Vice owes a debt to Hawaii-Five O!
I was in O'ahu for my 50th birthday, and we had my birthday dinner at the top of Ilikai hotel - still refer to it as my Hawaii 5-0 birthday.
You look younger than 50!
I remember watching that episode. Hawaii Five-O was one of my favorite TV shows back in the 70s.
One of the best themes ever!😊
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@@FactsVerse I enjoy pretty much everything on history and on classic films!
You can't ban or blame episodes of TV shows every time some unhinged person commits a copycat crime. I've seen countless shows with bodies hanging from a noose and way more graphic than this one. A sign of the times perhaps?
The decision to ban the episode was made 53 years ago. 53, and by CBS, not the government.
@@mariametz592 who said anything about the government?
IKR. If someone has got it in their mind to do something they're gonna do it. If shows are going to be blamed for stupid acts why is violence still so mainstream in shows even today? Might as well only show Sesame Street and Disney kids shows.
The episode is not banned because of its content. It's banned because lawyers were involved and if it's shown again a lawsuit would result.
@@HootervilleHaney generally speaking when one refers to a "ban", it means that there's a _legal_ prohibition in place (also meaning that the government is involved, which is why I believe @mariametz592 thought it necessary to reference the government in their comment). However, I think "ban" is the incorrect word applied to what happened with this episode. There's nothing _legally_ preventing the episode in question from being aired or from being included on a DVD/Blu-ray release. The rights holder has simply chosen not to do so. And assuming that they haven't destroyed the media on which the episode was stored, then it could in theory see the light of day again.
He was at Elvis Presley concert in Hawaii. Aloha from Hawaii. Jack Lord January 14,1973 . That was pretty cool.😊
...and that theme song that opened every episode was and is rockn' !!
I actually have an old copy of this “banned” episode...it’s rough, but still watchable nonetheless!
The only mistake I can remember seeing on the show was when Danny was in a blue suit getting ready to kick down a door and comes into a room wearing a green suit. There may have been other gaffes throughout the shows run, but this is the one scene that I'll always remember.
I think this is one of the best shows ever made. I remember watching each episode and I was only 3 when the first episode came on. One thing I notice watching the show is early on they used car scenes from previous footage (much as Bonanza did with horse riding scenes). McGarret will take off in a four door car and arrive in a two door car, or vise versa. That is another thing I like is seeing the old cars when they were new back in the day.
Loved both versions! Totally awesome that the reboot “resurrected” Jack Lord via CGI!
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Really?? I need to watch that episode
I don't care for the remake . Scott Caan can't act .
@@FactsVerse What you're doing is great!
I watched this show when I was young. Great show! My favorite character was Danno. I didn’t like the newer version of the show though. Magnum P.I. was another show filmed in Hawaii that I watched back in the day. My brother-in-law was in an episode of that show. He was in Karate Kid II as well and the movie “Blood and Orchids”.
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@@FactsVerse … I don’t remember. It’s been a long long time since I last saw the show.
This TV show was one of the compelling reasons I live here today, though when I was a kid I used to think, "Geez, there seems to sure be a lot of crime in Hawaii!"
I never missed the originals. Today a re-run comes on M-F @ 2:PM My fave. episode had Hume Cronyn as a Clever jewel thief who dressed as an old women to elude capture right under Steve's nose. I met Hume one night when he checked into the hotel where I was a desk clerk in Toronto. ( he was a Canadian performing locally in a play). I told him how perfect that episode was, he smiled and thanked me. He liked it also. His wife, Jessica Tandy was beside him; seemed very surprised that the topic came up there!
I know exactly which episode you're referring to. It is a favorite of mine! Hume is the perfect criminal and so likeable. The H&I network has a Hawaii 5-0 mini marathon every Fri from 12n to 5pm. I always watch and especially look forward to the Hume Cronyn episodes.
It’s amazing that it would still be banned by them with all the other perverted and outlandish stuff they put on TV these days that way outstrip that episode.
And how much of the other "perverted and outlandish stuff they put on TV" you mention has led to lawsuits and congressional hearings like this one did? There are examples of shows getting pulled without ever being aired once, because they were too close to real world events. I don't know if you remember a show called "Under Cover" (it aired in 1990/91, I think). Anyway, I remember this show in particular because it had an episode that was set in Kuwait on the eve of Gulf War I. It got pulled because the Coalition Forces invaded Iraq the same day that the episode was supposed to be aired.
I think they actually destroyed all the recordings of this episode so it literally does not exist anymore
It was an excellent show with great storylines. Thank you for sharing this. God Bless You and stay safe
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This show had some of the best writers in tv history hands down. Every episode was fantastic.
My dad died recently & in a sort of grieving memory i have bought seasons of Hawaii 50 on Prime video here in Englans❤ i would have only been about 5 years old at the time when i first remember it being on the television,i must have not understood anything but always remembered the iconic theme tune 🐚🐟 my dad was called Jack like Jack Lord & from watching it myself(have watched over 100 episodes from 1968 to 1974) i can imagine my dad who would have been in his early thirties whilst watching it would have thought Steve Mcgarrett was a pretty cool customer,he certainly got his driving technique from Steve who could usually be seen,screaching & tearing round the Hawaiin riads,i used tomsay to myndad as a joke'what domyou think this is the Streets of San Francisco?'but now i come to think of it it was more likely to be a nod to Steve Mgarrett 😂😂 Paula,England x
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This report is very good but leaves out what is one of the most iconic legacies of Hawaii Five’O - its theme music composed by Morton Stevens.
And turned into a hit by The Ventures.
I lived in Hawaii on Oahu and caught Hawaii 50 being filmed once in Waikiki by Fort Derussy on the beach. It was very interesting to watch it . They would setup film for maybe 5 minutes and move everything again.
It's "Hawaii 5-0," not "Hawaii 50."
I know the title of the show was paying homage to the fact that Hawaii is our 50th state, but the hyphen in "5-0" is there for a reason, to give the title, and by extension, the show itself, a little class, to make the title sound more "catchy."
@@michaelpalmieri7335Yeah, and it's more likely to be pronounced 5-0 on a two-way police radio anyhow, so it subtly brings an aspect of police procedural into its very title.
I remember the three part episode, V for Vashawn. That was good.
just watched them the other day from my dvd's. great trilogy. love at the end of first part Elliot Guilds great phrase and expression, 'McGarrett dies'. in the 8th season the episode McGarrett on trail is a final episode with Vachon, who's in prison.
When the camera panned in on Steve on that building's porch at the beginning of the shows. Unforgettable!!
Top 5 show of all time!!
This show was awesome and reason I wanna go to Hawaii
Going to Hawaii is on my bucket list.
Loved "Samurai"! My favorite quote? "McGerett, if you have somewhere else to be we will understand."
"Yes I do, I'm going to buy a medal.....and pin it on the next Boshido that comes to chop you down."
It doesn't get any better than that!
This show also paved the way for subsequent films and TV shows to use the new (at the time) Hawaiian Film Studios that were built for the interior sets of Hawaii 50. Magnum PI was the next CBS show to use the Hawaiian Film Studios for interior scenes as CBS didn't want to lose a valuable asset.
I recall going to dance clubs in the 80's, and the DJ would play the Hawaii 5-0 theme out of nowhere; we'd have a blast go-go dancing to it (frug, pony, twist, etc.), then, we'd go back to the regular set...
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I only started watching the original series about 20 years ago. When it was originally on at most I got to hear the theme song because it came on at my bedtime. Great show, I prefer it over the newer series.
It still comes on in my area every Friday they show 5 episodes straight so I decided to watch them all !! Stars I didn't know then but know now are in it like Loretta Swit. Reboot ok but can't beat the original. Jack Lord & Co. are just too good to follow !! 👍
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Also an episode witha young Christopher Walken.
That's not "your" area, that's the Heroes & Icons network seen nationwide.
Haven't seen this show since the 80's, but I remember loving the reruns when they aired on the Boston area TV.
The episode I remember best involved two guys trying to woo a woman. She wrote crimes down on a pack of playing cards and assigned points to each. Whoever scored the most points would "win" her affections. The last card was "Murder" and the man chose a homeless guy that was just kidnapped and let go.
I remember an episode about an assassin that essentially showed it from his point of view -- a family man going out of town for business. Unique and disturbing at the time.
Rather than removing episodes from circulation and denying mentally stable people the opportunity to see an episode, unstable people should be treated. The person who took their life after seeing the episode - I'm 100% certain was unhinged and untreated long before they saw an episode of Hawaii 5-0. Nobody is healthy and then all of a sudden decides a TV episode is more than they can take and they have to commit suicide. 🙄
Two very well know American actors world wide who both passed away recently. Persoff and Silva. Both very talented and real favorites of mine. I always thought you could tell the quality of a TV shop by the calibre of guest stars involved. This was one high end show. Columba and a few others were too.
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Michael Hutchence would agree with you if he could.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 The Goodness we have guys like you around to pick the up these obvious typos. Where would we be without you ? No idea what your " show " comment was about. Guy like you obviously wouldn't have made a mistake would you ?
@@chasermalloy7406 *Thank
The reboot could never to compare to its original. NEVER!
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As a teen in the 70's coming from era of 3 perhaps 4 TV channels. I wholeheartedly agree...
I guess nobody can improve on the original.
@@lindaangus2307That's because success is gauged on the degenerated tastes of this idiotic generation who only love to see toxic disruptive crap; they detest sentimentality and other nuances that made the original magic.
Nice try though.
When I look at the two Hawaii 5-0 series, the original and the 2000 version, it's almost like watching the old and new testament, of how TV series should really be like. Action, drama, suspense, but no vulgarity or Faul language, nothing but A1 Entertaiment. It's sad that the original was destined to be short lived, even if it hadn't been canceled , it would had ended with Lord's weak and frail health. I know it has the best Intro ever filmed , I like to see some touches in the new Hawaii 5-0 from the old one, like Al Harrington made several appearances on it , O'Leary drives Lord's Dodge car, Dennis Chung, son of Kam Fung Chon plays Sgt. Lukela. there is even one chapter in the new version where Steve meets what seemed to be Jack Lord's ghost in a hospital chapel while recuperating from a near death experience, this was very eerie.
Episode with Slim Pickens and his family was my favorite.
That banned episode does exist and I have seen it,although the quality is poor it is watchable.I have no idea how it was saved by the public but it was and I think that is a good thing...nothing should be permanently removed that was allowed to air in the first place.I get not showing it,but it should be on the DVD sets people pay for.
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The one episode I have a hard time watching is when ChinHo gets murdered.
It's Hawaii Five-0 with a zero.
To me the best ones were the original pilot movie and the ones that had Zulu in them . They were still good. I think that after hearing what happen with Jack Lord and Zulu character, kinda changed my mind about Steve Margaret.
Steve Margaret? 😂😂
Zulu made anti-Semitic comments to a publicist. Jack found out and told Leonard Freeman, who fired Zulu. So Jack should have kept quiet?
Factoids: When “Five-O” first began filming, Jack Lord and his wife Marie were living in the penthouse of the Ilikai Hotel, where the very famous helicopter zoom shot of him in the opening credits was taken. Soon after they moved to a prime apartment in the upscale Kāhala Apartments, where they lived until their respective deaths. They had separate bedrooms and Jack’s had shelves holding hundreds of professional U-matic 3/4” videocassettes of each “Five-O” episode, which he could watch in his bedroom at his whim.
Crazily, the love of this series was not displayed by the local communities. I lived in Hawaii for 4 years and although the actors were well loved especially Jack Lord, the series was not. Jack Lord not without his negative comments on the show. Lord became a huge historian on the Pacific especially Polynesian history and Hawaii. He would go on after the show serving as adjunct professor at The University of Hawaii on Polynesian history.
Was there a reason why the show wasn’t received well?
@@Z1QueenB Mostly because of the fact it was always showing Hawaii as a huge boiling point of crime from all over the world. Murder, drugs, assassinations, etc. Another bad touching point was that it portrayed a mythical police force. '5-0' didn't exist.
@@donaldholderdoc2910 oh, I get it. Didn’t even think of that point.
Every couple a weeks they show the Hawaii Five O classic series on Pluto. The original first 4 episodes with actors Kevin McCarthy, Ricardo Montalban, Sal Mineo, and Gavin MacLeod as Big Chicken. Also actor Simon Oakland was in one of the earlier episodes.
Buddy Ebson (Jed Clampet), Andy Griffith and John Ritter have also been on episodes I have seen recently. Pluto TV (streaming) has the original 5-0 a few hours almost every day I think.
Victoria Principal, who starred on Dallas, appeared on the show.
My uncle always said McGarritt was a " smart cookie" . A friend who is Hawaiian told me getting hired as extras kept locals in spending money.
So many great episodes, even after all these years 5-0 remains one of my all time favorites TV series. I fell in love with Jack Lord while he was on Stoney Burke, so naturally, I followed him to Hawaii 5-0. Great all-round cast. Eventually, I came to love the 5-0 reboot (followed Alex O'Loughlin from Moonlight). On a trip to the Islands just before the virus outbreak, my hubby and I were able to go on a tour to see filming locations for both versions. The highlight of the tour was a stop at the bust of Jack Lord to put leis on it. Mahalo, Steve McGarrett!
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I recall a Roundtable pizza commercial for their "Big Kahuna" pizza. I have been unable to find the ad on CZcams. It included the iconic zoom to the hotel terrace with the "Big Kahuna" turning to face the camera. I wish I could find that ad again.
In the late 60’s - early 70’s, Sportscaster Al Michaels was the play-by-play radio announcer for the Hawaii Islanders baseball team. He appeared in an episode of Five-O as an attorney.
The unbridled ignorance and greed behind suing a TV network because of failure in self responsibility has always fascinated me. If you bother a source of money well enough, they will reward you by paying you to go away. I am sure there were other sources for the parents to blame, but CBS had the most money.
V for Vashon trilogy was my favorite HFO🤗
To me when a boy, the opening credits were so thrilling. The sex appeal of the girl dancing, the one dude rushing in with the rifle, and Danny jogging focusedly.
Best TV theme song ever !!!
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Loved this series and watched it every time I got a chance.
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Wo Fat was one of the best super villians ever.
Great information, but what caught my eye is when "Dano" breaks through the door in the clip, is that the door is only the thickness of a 3/4 inch sheet of plywood.
Sadly, that is how David Carradine died.
I enjoyed David Carradine in the TV show, Kung Fu.
Auto-erotic asphyxiation is so bizarre that I couldn’t believe anyone could ever do it to themselves but apparently it’s not that uncommon, and people do accidentally kill themselves that way - like David Carradine.
The chemistry of personalities is missing in the new.
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You are so right.
I love this show Hawaii Five-O is one of my favorite shows I watched every time it cam on
The Sal Mineo episode where he faked his kidnapping was aired on TV in one those weekend marathons.
Although it is not on the DVD set it can be found from collectors. Apparently it was aired in Canada in later years and frequently taped off the air.
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The Vashon episodes are my favorite.
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Remember watching the series in 1969 here in uk, it was on a Friday night on a itv from 9pm till 10pm followed by the 10 o’clock news.
The reboot was OK especially Daniel Dae Kim but i still prefer the original! I never thought I’d live in HI!
The reboot would have much more violence than that one ever would!
The trilogy of shows entitled V for Vashon,
82 baby here and well i remember nickelodeon at night showing this episode it was a "banned episodes marathon" in the 90s like early 90s ...never saw it again 😆
The most realistic portrayed cop was Frank Cannon. He was fit and always ran after cops
I love this show. Thanks for the interesting story
I'd like to mention, that up to mid 80's Jack Lord, together with Ross Martin of " Wild wild west " , were consider the most Inteligent actors at the time. Martin had been an assistant DA atty. in California and spoke 6 languages, Lord had a civil engineer's degree and was a master painter, who had traveled the world as a Merchant Marine before becoming an actor, also spoke 5 languages.
The theme music was also so fantastic.
Gentle Ben filmed in Florida, before Hawaii Five-O, I believe.
i love that time period
“ Book him Danno “😂
Before James MacArthur starred on the show, he appeared in a few Disney movies.
Factoid: Jack Lord often shopped at the Kāhala Mall, near his home, particularly the Star Supermarket. After his death a sculptor created a metal bust of him and searched for a location for it to be placed. Kāhala Mall accepted it and it’s still exhibited there today, if you ever want to view it or pay homage to Jack’s memory…it’s not a very accurate likeness, unfortunately.
I loved watching this TV series....and including the reboot