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Tom Selleck Paid ‘Magnum P.I.’ Crew $1,000 Bonus Checks From His Own Salary After Studio Refused
May 10, 2024 Samantha Franco
When you think of Tom Selleck, you think of his substantial mustache; when you think of his substantial mustache, you think of the complimentary Hawaiian shirt. All this leads you to remember him in his most iconic role in the Magnum P.I. television series. In his memoir, You Never Know, Selleck explained how he made sure the crew received their well-earned bonuses despite pushback from the studio during the final season of the show.
Magnum P.I. was a major hit series
Magnum P.I. was a massively successful television series of the 1980s. The crime drama ran from 1980 to 1988, including eight seasons and 162 episodes. The face of the series was Tom Selleck, who played private investigator Thomas Magnum who lived and worked in Oahu, Hawaii, best known for his thick moustache and Hawaiian shirts. The role became the most iconic of his career, and turned him into one of the most popular stars of the decade.
During its first run being broadcast, the show consistently ranked in the top 20 US television programs and, not surprisingly, was nominated for several awards. These included 13 Golden Globe nominations with two wins and numerous Emmy nominations. Selleck himself won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1984.
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And now, with the cancellation of Blue Bloods, he just might lose his ranch.
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Oh, darn it. I hadn’t heard it was cancelled….
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The last episode is supposed to be in December. Hopefully that will give the network time to reconsider.
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That’s the kind of class-act I like to see.
It reminds me of a story from very early in John Wayne’s career (during his B-movie days), where they were almost at the end of the ‘official’ shooting day, and his leading lady noticed that Duke seemed oddly incapable of getting the take right. He blew it again and again, and in a very drawn out kind of way. Then, when they finally wrapped, she realized that he was purposefully pushing them into overtime so that the crew would get paid extra for the day.
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