MAGNUM PI

This was one of my first episodes on Magnum, awesome! That is real not a set behind me! This is a series of waterfalls and pools just off the "Pali" highway. Bill Witthans (Dolly grip / me!) Pat McGinnis (1st AC) Greg Navvee (Boom man) and operator Phil Kaplan behind him.

Our AD staff (?) Bobby Williams (2nd 2nd AD) and Skip Burnham (2nd AD at the time) this was taken during the Circus episode that we did outside during a Hurricane! It shut us down for several days!

The Beautiful women in the middle is MY wife and she gets in just because! Magnum was a lot of fun on set and in the off times! Here Me, Genie, Andy Agular (BB Grip) Sylvia (my wife) Skip Burnham (1st AD) and his wife (?) our out in Waikiki sampling local beverages!

DP John Flynn III now Directing this episode laughs with Guest DP Lloyd Ahern. 1300 feet up on a cliff caused us all to find our seldom used jackets!

Herbie (local electrician) Pat McGinnis, and me behind Dolly. This shot shows you how close we were to the 1200 foot cliff that went virtually straight down to the pacific ocean. You are looking towards Kaneohe area. This right next to the spot the hang gliders jump off!

Out near Paradise cove Denny Hall (AC) and Pat McGinnis are in the center right of Camera. Rob McCarthy (BB electric) to the left of camera sorta hidden, and Mark Kuromoto (grip) on the shiny board. I think this was one of first time mark was with us. There are few places better to work than this!

Tom Selleck goofs around with me on the Camera. I really liked working with him and he was always great to the crew.

Phil Kaplan (Camera Op) takes a spin in the Ferrari with I think Tom Lupo a Stunt double for Tom. We had 3 Ferraris a Close up picture car, one to drive fast in long shots, and a VW with a fiberglass "Ferrari" body to do "stunt" work!

Another early episode that had scenes done in Sealife park. That's Phil Kaplan (op) and the first years Key Grip Tommy Thompson up with a hand held camera in the rigging. Rabbit Island is the big mountain in background.

My lovely wife learned to dive and bring home the lobster!

Ronny Nip, Mel Kuromoto, David Ahuna, (Grips) Rob McCarthy (BB electric) Pat MacGinnis (op bent over camera) Denny Hall kneeling (1st AC) John Flynn III ( DP) and a impish looking Mark Kuromoto! (grip) This was the day we landed a helicopter on this street and needed to move a truck for the shot only to find that all the "Teamsters" had left the show to go back to town for a special meeting!!! Strange stuff on the Island sometimes.....

While this one is actually from the "Jake and the Fatman" show I put it in here since outside of John Lubin (BB Grip) in the blue shirt the crew was the same as Magnum. That's Denny Hall with his back to us and John Flynn III looking at mount. Magnums sound mixer Stan Gordon is in white short just behind car... possibly wondering where I hid his donut today!