History Trivia / HawaiiFiveO

* FakeAmerican: A more traditional one turns up in "To Die In Paradise," with British actress Creator/PamelaFranklin as kidnapped country singer Bobbie Jo Bell. Much like Creator/JaneSeymourActress and Creator/EmilyBlunt, Pamela Franklin played American ''as'' often, if not ''more'' often than she played her own nationality.

** And then of course there were ''Series/MagnumPI'' and ''Series/MiamiVice''.

** While not the first US drama to be set in exotic climes, or even the first to be set in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, Creator/WarnerBros Television beat them to the punch with ''Hawaiian Eye'' in the UsefulNotes/TheFifties... but ''Hawaii Five-O'' was the first to be completely shot on location. (Apart from the odd episode filmed on the mainland like "Once Upon A Time".) [[Creator/QuinnMartin QM Productions]] attempted this three times: with the [[PilotMovies Pilot Movies]] ''Film/CodeNameDiamondHead'' and ''The Paradise Connection'' (with former ''Hawaii Five-O'' guest star Buddy Ebsen as a UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} lawyer looking for his son), but before all of these was the ShortRunner ''Caribe'' (a SpiritualSuccesor to ''Series/CriminalMindsBeyondBorders'') set in UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean... [[CaliforniaDoubling But filmed in Florida]] thanks to its TroubledProduction ensuring filming throughout the various individual countries wasn't feasible.

** While not the first US drama to be set in exotic climes, or even the first to be set in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, Creator/WarnerBros Television beat them to the punch with ''Hawaiian Eye'' in the UsefulNotes/TheFifties... but ''Hawaii Five-O'' was the first to be completely shot on location. (Apart from the odd episode filmed on the mainland like "Once Upon A Time".) [[Creator/QuinnMartin QM Productions]] attempted this three times: with the [[PilotMovies Pilot Movies]] ''Film/CodeNameDiamondHead'' and ''The Paradise Connection'' (with former ''Hawaii Five-O'' guest star Buddy Ebsen as a UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} lawyer looking for his son), but before all of these was the ShortRunner ''Caribe'' (a SpiritualSuccesor to ''Series/CriminalMindsBeyondBrorders'') set in UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean... [[CaliforniaDoubling But filmed in Florida]] thanks to its TroubledProduction ensuring filming throughout the various individual countries wasn't feasible.

* DirectedByCastMember: Jack Lord, of course; in addition to directing six episodes he was also more or less an uncredited executive producer (especially after creator and ''actual'' EP Leonard Freeman passed away in 1974).

* FakeBrit: In "Termination with Extreme Prejudice" the very British Lady Sybil Danby is played by ''actual'' Brit Juliet Mills, her husband Lord Charles Danby is played by Australian Murray Matheson.)[[spoiler: Jack Lord briefly in "The Forty-Second War"; his surgically-altered double is a British double agent.]]

* NamesTheSame: "The Friends of Joey Kalima" features an HPD Internal Affairs cop named Bernie Fryer. Around that time, the NBA's Portland Trailblazers had a player named Bernie Fryer, who is now an NBA referee.
** Linda Marsh is the name of an actress who appeared in the episodes "Sweet Terror", "Force of Waves" and "Image of Fear" and also the name of a character in the episode "Beautiful Screamer".

** Also "Trouble in Mind," with Nancy Wilson as a singer - not [[Music/{{Heart|Band}} that one]], the [[NamesTheSame jazz singer]].

** The then 19-year-old Linda Purl plays the title role in "The Hostage" namely a teenage (But said to be younger than 19) girl called Ruth.

** In "Clash of Shadows", George [=DiCenzo=], of Italian descent, played Jewish Nazi hunter Yuri Bloch.

** Also "Trouble in Mind," with Nancy Wilson as a singer - not [[Music/{{Heart}} that one]], the [[NamesTheSame jazz singer]].

* CaliforniaDoubling: {{Averted}} ''big time'', and one of the first American TV shows to do so. That's part of what made this show famous.
** The two-parter "Once Upon a Time" was almost entirely shot in California because it was almost entirely set there. These episodes were among the few not to carry the "Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii" credit.
** The feature-length episodes "Nine Dragons" and "The Year Of The Horse," with scenes in Hong Kong and Singapore respectively, were indeed filmed there.
** Played straight in "The Singapore File", which has scenes set in the Philippines... which were more likely shot in Hawaii. Though considering the superficial similarities and how many Filipinos were in Hawaii even during the time the series first aired, it's partially justified.

* TheDanza: Averted with the main cast, but in "Number One With A Bullet," in a crossover with CastTheExpert, genuinely Hawaiian singer Yvonne Elliman (''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'', ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'') plays aspiring singer Yvonne Kanekoa. See also Creator/SusanDey as Susan Bradshaw in "Target? - The Lady."

* FictionalCounterpart: Averted. There has never been a "Five-O"-like police agency in the history of Hawaii. Reportedly, phone books advised tourists to dial 911 instead of trying to find the number to Five-O.

** Averted in "The Big Aloha" despite Creator/EleanorParker and [[Series/DarkShadows Lara]] [[Film/RaceWithTheDevil Parker]] playing mother and daughter.

* TheDanza: Averted with the main cast, but in "Number One With A Bullet," in a crossover with CastTheExpert, genuinely Hawaiian singer Yvonne Elliman (''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'', ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'') plays aspiring singer Yvonne Kanekoa. See also Susan Dey (''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'', later ''Series/LALaw'') as Susan Bradshaw in "Target? - The Lady."

** In season 2's "Just Lucky, I Guess", Elaine Joyce played an 18-year-old prostitute; she was in her mid-20s at the time. There were other examples throughout the series... In season 9's "See How She Runs" then 27-year-old Jessica Harper plays 17-year-old Sunny Mandell.

** Steve [=McGarrett=] comes face to face with his double in "The Ninety-Second War, Part I"; and in "[[SeriesFinale Woe To Wo Fat]]" Jack Lord plays [=McGarrett=] and Prof. Raintree (see {{Narm}} in YMMV).

* ActorSharedBackground: Both Jack Lord are [=McGarrett=] are Capricorns, and have had experience as sailors.

** Creator/GregoryPeck and Creator/RobertStack were offered the lead role of [=McGarrett=].
** CBS told Creator/JackLord that if he didn't behave himself, they had Creator/LloydBridges on one of the islands, ready to take over for him.

** Bruce Boxleitner appeared three times as different characters -- and two of them were in the ''same season''!

* BannedEpisode: The 1970 episode "Bored, She Hung Herself" was banned after a viewer supposedly died from imitating a deadly yoga technique that looked a lot like AutoeroticAsphyxiation. The episode was barred from ever airing again, not even in syndication, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
** The episode used to be on [=YouTube=] (CBS can look askance on such things, so it gets pulled quickly).

* DirectedByCastMember: Jack Lord, of course; in addition to directing six episodes he was also more or less an uncredited executive producer (especially after creator and ''actual'' EP Leonard Freeman passed away in 1973).

** Similarly, Albert Paulsen played villain Charley Bombay in season two's "Just Lucky, I Guess"; when the character returned in season eight's "[=McGarrett=] Is Missing" he was played by Charles Cioffi (making him TheDanza). He also had his name slightly changed to ''Charlie''.

* DawsonCasting: In season 2's "Just Lucky, I Guess", Elaine Joyce played an 18-year-old prostitute; she was in her mid-20s at the time. There were other examples throughout the series... In season 9's "See How She Runs" then 27-year-old Jessica Harper plays 17-year-old Sunny Mandell.
The then 19-year-old Linda Purl plays the title role in "The Hostage" namely a teenage (But said to be younger than 19) girl called Ruth.
** Wisely averted with "Image of Fear", with actual (then) teenaged Katy Kurtzman playing the daughter of a woman being mentally tortured. [[spoiler: By the daughter herself, in a scheme to get her money so she can join her boyfriend on the mainland.]]

* FakeAmerican: A more traditional one turns up in "To Die In Paradise," with British actress Pamela Franklin as kidnapped country singer Bobbie Jo Bell. Much like Creator/JaneSeymourActress and Creator/EmilyBlunt, Pamela Franklin played American ''as'' often, if not ''more'' often than she played her own nationality.

** Actor Al Harrington appeared in five episodes, playing five different characters, before landing the recurring role of HPD Detective Ben Kokua.

** Elaine Joyce plays a prostitute is season 2's "Just Lucky, I Guess" and season 9's "Oldest Profession - Latest Price." [[spoiler:Her character ''doesn't'' murdered in the latter.]]

** Wo Fat, played by Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese-American Khigh Dhiegh. Yes, really.
** Mexican actor Creator/RicardoMontalban gets it twice: as the Japanese Tokura in "Samurai" and as European race car driver Alex Pareno in "Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain". At least they weren't in the same season (although seeing these episodes back-to-back in reruns can be jarring...).

** Sportscaster Al Michaels, then the voice of the baseball Hawaii Islanders, appeared in a first season episode as a defense attorney for an AWOL sailor accused of murder.

* StuntCasting: In "The Bells Tell At Noon," famed mimic Creator/RichLittle plays a movie buff gunning for the men who he blames for his daughter's fatal overdose, with a very heavy amount of Creator/JamesCagney imitation.