In article <ANIM8Rfsk-15C5B3.14053010052007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <f1vttt$2cc$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(William December Starr) wrote:
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>> In article
<ANIM8Rfsk-626120.07123510052007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
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>> > They've been threatening to for years. At once point Tom Clancy
>> > wanted to write the adventures of Magnum in the Navy. At another
>> > they wanted a reunion movie with the cast, but a TV movie, and
>> > Selleck wanted theatrical. At another they were going to recast
>> > George Clooney in the role. At another they were going to the the
>> > adventures of Magnum's BROTHER, in LA -- no Hawai'i, no characters
>> > from the show, and a brother we know Magnum didn't have.
>>
>> Unless he was mistakenly re****ted killed in Vietnam. And has, um,
>> er, had amnesia ever since! Yeah, amnesia, that's the ticket...
>>
>> (Seriously, was that his full brother, half-brother or step-brother
>> that was referenced in "Going Home"?)
>
>I was never entirely clear on the Magnum/Sullivan family tree, and as I
>recall, those considerably more expert in the field than I aren't
>either. David Ramas would be the only one I'd trust on this, and as to
>whether the referenced relative was a Magnum or not. Since I
>cross-referenced this thread to alt.tv.magnum-pi, hopefully he'll chime
>in.
>
>Ah, here we go:
>
>http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season6/Going_Home.html
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>"2 Wow, Magnum had a half brother named "Joey" who was killed in 'Nam!
>Based on the home movies shown, Thomas appeared to be about eight or
>nine years older than Joey. Joey was the son of his mother Katherine and
>his stepfather Frank Peterson."
>
>So Joey would have had NO claim to the Magnum family name. He'd have
>been a Sullivan Peterson.
Hmm, maybe it was Springfellow Hawk.
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