Buks Terblanche Magnum PI is without a doubt one of the best, if not the best TV - show to go on TV. Since television was invented.The main character Tommis Magnum is not your typical hero, due to the fact the show was extremely realistic.Magnum gets hurt a lot and has the occasional sprained ankle or broken bone.This makes for a very entertaining and realistic hero.He always pulls through and gets the job done.He is a first class private investigater and loves to pretend that he is stupid and lazy, Al though he is exactly the opposite.He is sharing a house with a character called Higgins.Due to Higgins abnormal amount of knowledge about art, history and wine.Higgins always things he is above everyone else.Higgins and Magnum argue a lot.This is because Higgins is very competitive and jealous of all Magnum's knowledge on gathering information on how to solve a case.Magnum is smart, cool and funny.In reality Higgins has a lot of respect for Magnum's many skills.He rarely shows this.This is due to his pride.Higgins sometimes even brings Magnum new clients and this clearly shows he knows that Magnum is the best for when you need help and the police can't help.The show is slow pace.Therefore you have to have patience and force yourself to watch all eight seasons.To realise the brilliance and excellent writing off this once in a lifetime TV show. Their is lots of humor at times and you will fall in love with many characters.Magnum keeps very, very fit through swimming and surfskiing almost every day.He practice 6 different sport regular to keep him fit.He is constantly thinking that he will not always be young.Though some research I discovered the actor who played TC.Really flew the helicopter in real life. This makes me love the show even more!!!!!

elshikh4 Sometimes I review lists of the greatest 10, 20, or 25 American TV shows in history, and when I don't find (Magnum P.I) in one, I say maybe the makers of this list are : so poor to not watch it, or so pathetically dumb and fool to forget it, or watched it and refused to include it (folks I don't want to know at all!) (Magnum P.I) is the best of its kind. Simply the action, the comedy, and the drama. It had completely what made it the standard to measure any other similar work : good characters, fresh atmosphere, touching moments, big production, great writing, sensitive cinematography, genius music, top notch acting, cinematic direction, and memorable 164 episodes that were never bad and just perfect all the way.. (Maybe one concerning Higgins's twin, and a few else but HEY, they're humans after all).(Magnum) for me means 2 eras in my life. The first when I was a kid at the 1980s and (Magnum) was the assured ride of fun. The second one was after I've studied cinema and writing scripts, that when I discovered how this show had it all, so every episode of the reruns was such a lesson about how to make a classic work and a great amount of entertainment too. The thing about it is that it embodied cleverly what I believe the ultimate formula : some fun + some seriousness. It's not wholly a show about nice detective in Hawaii who punches the bad guys, kisses the fine babies, and plays the saxophone badly in between; actually he is that yet with more.It was a lovely book of wisdom with catchy thoughtful lines, instruction about friendship, manifesto about deformed generation that could overstep its tribulation anyway (in fact the show was against the Vietnam war mostly, and with it scarcely to please all I think), a chance to be a down to earth hero, learning that life is invaluable, despite anything you must solemnize it, and how living careless and well is the best revenge out of anything ! See, whether it shows a rainy night or shinny day, it can represent the beauty of both with contemplating also.I liked the main formula of the characters : a brain (Higgins), a muscles (TC), a heart (Rick), and one got all of that temperately (Magnum). Not to mention the distinct relationship between (Higgins) and (Magnum), it develops from English gentleman vs. straight American, to severe father and rebel son, to friends, very different friends yet resemble each other and learn from each other, with keeping all the previous symptoms runs on and under the surface. That was unique and creative as nearly the whole thing.(Tom Selleck) was like the show itself : funny but can masterly be serious, for instance I'll never forget his performance at (Memories Are Forever)'s 2 parts where he assured how strong actor he is, and how deep Magnum can be as a character and as a show.Here is a show that can feed my eyes, my heart, and my brain superbly just about every time. It marked an era. And at the advertisement for it as DVD, you would hear a voice saying "it's the 1980s", I think it can define not only the era, but the best of it. That's a work wanted to present something better with every step ahead, and didn't satisfy with only being a funny pastime. In one word ..I love Magnum. As a child's memory, and as a grown-up's mania. I've always believed that heaven is that place where "Magnum" is being played continually and without commercials too ! So, when I made a list of my own for the best 10 TV shows ever, I found no competitor on the first rank but the greatest "Magnum, P.I.". It's an immortal moment of ecstasy which gets a certain mode to put you in the mood. It equals a "Magnum opus" for me. If only every show has something from it, we would have better ones that can last after watching in our sentiment as well as our brain.P.S : I wrote elaborately a review about this show's magical elements through one of its most important episodes (4 # 1 : Home From The Sea), which you can find at its own page.

dataconflossmoor I think everyone wanted to be Magnum!! Tom Selleck was hilarious as Magnum PI!! He drove around the coolest car, all the women loved him, and he was a master of dodging in and out of precarious criminal situations in an effortless and likable way! Picturesque Hawaii was another positive aspect to this series!! I visited Hawaii when I was a senior in high school!! In my opinion, it is the most beautiful state in the union!!! Tom Selleck is a fabulously famous movie star now, but I always associated him with being "Magnum" the totally cool detective!! "Magnum" is one of my favorite shows in all of television!! Tom Selleck is a friendly type of actor who has a huge following!! "Magnum P.I." was so popular because your average guy had a definite identifiability with Magnum!! The helicopter scenes were classic, and the athletic interludes of Magnum being the ultimate man, left a very favorable impression on the television audience!! Let's face it, Tom Selleck was the best part of "Magnum P.I." without question... beyond a shadow of a doubt!! I give this show an extremely high rating!! 10 out of 10 is the least of it!

FloatingOpera7 Magnum P.I. (1980-1988): Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti, Director/Writer Donald P. Bellisario.This eight-year series was, along with The A-Team and Miami Vice, possibly the most highly rated, successful 80's TV series. As with A-Team and Miami Vice, Magnum P.I. was a thriller/crime/adventure drama which aired during prime time evenings. The premise: Tom Magnum (Selleck) is a private detective working the state of Hawaii. His best friend and boss was Jonathan Higgins (Hillerman) an uptight, cultured and snobbish Englishman. His partner was TC Calvin (Mosley) and African-American cop Rick (Manetti). Against the Hawaiian paradise background full of beaches, hotels, beautiful women and green jungle, he encountered thrilling adventures, righting wrongs, extracting justice, doing detective work, risking his life many times to protect the innocent. It made a celebrity out of Tom Selleck. Despite subsequent successes, it is his role as Tom Magnum that he'll always be remembered for. He was even sexy to me when I was a little girl watching him as I skipped channels! He had a hairy chest which he revealed quite often in his loose Hawaiian shirts, bushy eyebrows and equally bushy mustache. He was also wearing those short-shorts which were popular in the 80's. Selleck played the role quite well, living the role so that each time he narrates the plot to the episodes in voice-over it sounds like Selleck's own memoirs. The show was well-written, benefiting from creator/writer Donald P. Belisario who was doing other 80's hit series at the time. The good thing about Magnum was he always took the cases with a healthy attitude and although he was often in danger, he possessed a great sense of humor. His friend T.C. was very laidback while Rick was tough and no-nonsense. Some of my favorite episodes include: Tom travels back in time momentarily during a dream in which he solves the murder of a wealthy heir by his wife to get back at the mistress and the child during the 1920's, Magnum is lost in an isolated region of the Hawaiian islands and is unable to get help, starts hallucinating and nearly dies, Magnum helps a touring ballerina diva whom he engages in a brief fling with (tough Rick loves ballet!) and Magnum and Hillerman's eternal clashes. This was never a very violent show either. When Magnum didn't have to resort to using his fists, he favored using his analytical brain and often outsmarted everyone. That's what I love about 80's thriller shows. They were not only cool from a visual perspective because they were filmed outdoors (unlike today's studio-filmed sitcom or series) but there was never any graphic violence or shock appeal. Of course, keep in mind, this was before cable got racy and the producers of the series kept in mind that some school-age kids were watching.