Hawaii Five-O/Trivia
- Acting for Two:
- In "A Bullet For El Diablo", the title dictator's daughter is replaced by a double in an attempt to assassinate him (it works).
- Steve McGarrett comes face to face with his double in "The Ninety-Second War, Part 1".
- And in "Welcome to Our Branch Office", where criminals have set up a phony Five-O office with simulacra of our heroes, three of the main four are impersonated by people with similar attributes -- but the fake Danny Williams, like the real Danny Williams, is played by James MacArthur (in the end credits, "Fake Danny" is the only one of the four not listed).
- Fake Nationality:
- Wo Fat, played by Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese-American Khigh Dheigh. Yes, really.
- In "Samurai", Mexican-born actor Ricardo Montalban played a Japanese mobster.
- Spock's dad played a Japanese saboteur in "To Hell With Babe Ruth." Oh dear.
- Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics: The show's distinctive theme music is entitled "You Can Count On Me", and Sammy Davis Jr. at one point actually recorded it:
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If you get in trouble, bring it home to me |
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- Missing Episode: "Bored She Hung Herself", a 1970 episode about a deadly yoga technique that bears more than a passing resemblance to Erotic Asphyxiation, has been banned since its original broadcast, allegedly because a viewer accidentally died while imitating the technique. The episode was never syndicated, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
- The Other Darrin: Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and Leslie Nielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of six different actors.
- Playing Against Type: Andy Griffith is a con artist in "I'm a Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!"
- Trope Namer: For Book'Em Danno.