04-04-2018, 06:04 AM
That’s kind of surprising since it was bought by Obama’s close friend in 2015 for $8.7 million. Seems like it would be worth more to preserve the house then to tear it down. Hawaii News Now speculated that it was the Obama’s that were actually buying it at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...ama-friend
I loved the show too and have many memories of them filming on location in Waikiki. I lived at Ala Wai Harbor in the 80’s aboard a trimaran and they were there filming Magnum all the time so I met a lot of them and watched them film over the years. It was fun to watch on TV what I saw them film live, but it takes forever to film each scene.
TC’s helicopter was often filmed at a helipad at Ala Wai Harbor next to the Hilton Rainbow where the Gilligan’s food truck is now so the helicopter was seen all the time buzzing overhead.
Whenever I go back to Waikiki it’s like traveling back in time because you still see the Magnum PI painted helicopter(s) in the air.
http://www.magnumhelicopters.com/
Tom Selleck is a very nice guy, not arrogant or unapproachable. I met him a number of times and saw him quite often in Waikiki. He and his girlfriend Jill sat right next to me once in a movie theater in Honolulu, very friendly normal people. Most people gave him space and respected his privacy so they were out in the community all the time. They’ve now been married for 30 years.
They are filming the new Magnum PI pilot, too bad they won’t be using the same estate. It’s a beautiful location in Kailua. I met the dogs once on the beach and got to pet them when their trainer was walking them on Kailua Beach, I remember one was named Joe, I don’t remember the other two, there were actually three Dobermans used for filming “Zeus” and “Apollo”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...ama-friend
I loved the show too and have many memories of them filming on location in Waikiki. I lived at Ala Wai Harbor in the 80’s aboard a trimaran and they were there filming Magnum all the time so I met a lot of them and watched them film over the years. It was fun to watch on TV what I saw them film live, but it takes forever to film each scene.
TC’s helicopter was often filmed at a helipad at Ala Wai Harbor next to the Hilton Rainbow where the Gilligan’s food truck is now so the helicopter was seen all the time buzzing overhead.
Whenever I go back to Waikiki it’s like traveling back in time because you still see the Magnum PI painted helicopter(s) in the air.
http://www.magnumhelicopters.com/
Tom Selleck is a very nice guy, not arrogant or unapproachable. I met him a number of times and saw him quite often in Waikiki. He and his girlfriend Jill sat right next to me once in a movie theater in Honolulu, very friendly normal people. Most people gave him space and respected his privacy so they were out in the community all the time. They’ve now been married for 30 years.
They are filming the new Magnum PI pilot, too bad they won’t be using the same estate. It’s a beautiful location in Kailua. I met the dogs once on the beach and got to pet them when their trainer was walking them on Kailua Beach, I remember one was named Joe, I don’t remember the other two, there were actually three Dobermans used for filming “Zeus” and “Apollo”.