All About Hawaii Five-O

Some of us are old enough to remember Steve McGarrett and his sidekick Danno in the long running tv series Hawaii Five-O.

For those that are old enough – and for those you may not be but are just curious – here are my top five Five-O factlets!

1. The show was based (and filmed almost exclusively) in Hawaii. Since this was the 50th U.S. state, it was given the name Hawaii Five-O. The show’s producer, Leonard Freeman, originally planned to call it “The Man”

2. The series is based around the activities of a special police agency headed by Steve McGarrett who reports directly to the state governor. In reality no such organization exists.

3. Five-O started in 1968 and finished – after 278 episodes spanning 12 series – in 1980.

Read the full Hawaii article by Vernon Stent.