Most importantly, how do you feel about facial/body hair?
Were you a big fan of the Tom Selleck vehicle Magnum P.I.? With the Hawaiian shirt and the moustache and the red Ferrari? I’ll tell you the truth here. I wasn’t but not because I didn’t want to be but only because it first aired in 1980 and I was simply too young.
I was certainly a fan of Tom Selleck, as pinned to my 4th grade teacher’s wall all hirsute tugging on his panties I think. This was pre-#MeToo remember when women teachers could pin hirsute men on their walls with no blowback.
Ahhh.
Anyhow, back to Magnum P.I. Wikipedia describes the plot as:
Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV is a private investigator played by Tom Selleck. He resides in the guest house of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin’s Nest, in Hawaii, at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters, the celebrated, but never-seen, author of several dozen lurid novels.Ostensibly this is quid pro quo for Magnum’s services based upon his expertise in security; the pilot and several early episodes suggest Magnum had done Masters a favor of some kind, possibly when Masters hired him for a case. The voice of Robin Masters, heard only a few times per season, was provided by Orson Welles (one last “appearance” was provided by a different actor, Reid Crandell).[citation needed]
Magnum lives a luxurious life on the estate and operates as a P.I. on cases that suit him. The only thorn in the side of his near-perfect lifestyle is Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, played by John Hillerman. An ex–British Army Sergeant Major, he is on the surface a stern, “by-the-book” caretaker of Robin’s Nest, whose strict ways often conflict with Magnum’s more easy-going methods. He patrols Robin’s Nest with his two highly trained “lads”, Doberman Pinschers named Zeus and Apollo. Magnum has free use of the guest house and the car, a Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole, but as a humorous aside in various episodes, often has to bargain with Higgins for use of estate amenities such as the tennis courts, wine cellar and expensive cameras.
Etc.
Which is why Wikipedia is shit because is that a plot? But whatever. Hawaii, surfing and television. We’ve seen this dance before more recently with the hit show Hawaii 5-0 which is amazing because Scott Caan shreds (learn why here!) but Magnum P.I. It is getting rebooted tonight and the new star says:
One thing that is different is that it’s more action-oriented. How much of that do you get to do? And did you have to learn how to scuba dive and paddle?
I did. For the surf ski, I took one lesson. It’s pretty hard. And the day we shot it, it was rainy and windy, so non-ideal conditions but we got through it. The scuba diving scene in the original draft of the pilot was much more involved. It was like this whole fight scene that took place underwater. It was super-amazing, but it was just too crazy to shoot in the amount of time that we had, so it got cut.
What the hell is a surf ski?
Nick Carroll? Is this what you were telling me about?
More importantly, will you watch? The new Magnum P.I. is refusing to wear a moustache which I find abhorrent.
Which brings me to the real point of the post. How do you feel about facial/body hair? Tell me true.
Relax and enjoy your problem!
Is it hard being around all those great people as nothing more than a voyeur taking notes? It sounds like you’ve amassed some great stories albeit none of them really belonging to you. I suppose good story tellers have always been well regarded throughout history though so at least you have that. It would have done you well as a young man to get away from all these friends of yours and create your own stories instead of being the whorish pilot fish you clearly are.
Oh and having your friend finish your fight for you is a really shameful story, congratulations on having the courage to share it.
Ok, so your Ziff’s bitch getting paid by the word count, just control past the whole encyclopedia and go away!
So Ben,
This whole thing about criticism:
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“Surfing is about the randomness of the ocean: chance, luck, wave knowledge, ocean knowledge,” says Ben Marcus, former editor of Surfer magazine and author of Surfing USA! and The Surfing Handbook among others. “It’s not all just mechanics.”
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Another common concern the WSL will have to address is will its events become boring? “A contest at the wave machine – if it’s the same wave every time – will be like floor exercises in Olympic gymnastics: interesting, but repetitious and missing the point in some ways,” says Marcus.”
https://amp.theguardian.com…
Change of tune eh Benny-boy?
Longtom is not alone in feeling what he has voiced in his articles. He has merely publicly distilled much of our concern about the ultimate functional aesthetics of the facility.
So a couple of things:
1. Why do you feel these insanely rich people need to be defended? They couldn’t (shouldn’t) really care less about the Gripings of the poor huddled masses. If they do, they are obviously feeling defensive about something; further outrageous profit? It wouldn’t be for the good of the many to make it work. Don’t spin me ‘trickle down economics’, that’s discredited.
2. If the pool thing is so wonderful, why does it not translate into what the WSL want to sell us? Surely it should stand unaided in glory if so? Doesn’t it seem ultimately flawed if unable to weather the criticism without minions like you to stand before it waving your arms?
We aren’t denying its technical brilliance, but saying it’s really not all we imagined it should be, after all.
We pinipeds may bark, but I find it fascinating that the upper eschelon find it threatening.
I hope that others come across this gem buried in this thread. Good work CB!
It’s was a $100 worth of cucumbers…you and your boys musta well, had a great time as you stange types do.
That bio serves you not mankind. You are a parasite.
Mankind is personally insulted that people like you are breathing.
To be fair, he ain’t a Trumper, so I’m happy to give him credit for that.
Sigmund Freud was related to whom? The Queen of England..with the wise indivials ….known as Sigmund Fraud….all lies!
Alas, there are not many of us left.
Well you are almost right so that must count for something.
Hate to weigh in here but the language is typically called Arabic, along with the coffee, as opposed the the people.
Wait, Magnum didn’t actually own the Ferrari??? Now he just seems like a good-for-nothing freeloader skating by on his mustache and chest hair. I guess nothing wrong with that?
Ben if you had spent a minute at the harbor you’d have alot more going on. I’m a harbor regular and Molcoy and I would never have stood for your type.
That’s a walk in the park for you… don’t try it comes natural to boring knee boarders like yourself.
Which is why your here…to MAGA
$100 placed into what I would imagine your beautifully soft pan hand from a industry friend to me is more of an indication of success than comparing numbers with mind numblingly dull sites like the inertia.
Higgins absolutely ruled. No way can the original Rick, TC, Magnum, and Higgins be replaced. I don’t watch Magnum on Blue Bloods.
You’re lucky, on that show he’s a cast iron cunt.
Chortled! You’re terrible! Nah, there’s a dude at home who actually shreds and is very ocean wise, when he has his annual beating in the impact zone it’s cause for celebration. His name is Bummer for obvious reasons but once took a piercing fin to the rectum and didn’t miss any good days, a friend spotted him emptying his colostomy bag on the rocks on the point.
Ben, I’m sure you won’t tell us who rewarded you with such a princely sum, but may we know what particular thing you wrote which they found so laudable?
100 bucks? in Lemoore?
holy shit, the price of meth has really got out of control, is that standard or did they just push prices up for that weekend?
Ha wrong it’s called Flight Of The Navigator!
Nice try though.