Show Notes for Episode #2
Episode# 2 of “Hawaii In Vermont” covers the two newest installments of the New Hawaii Five -0: Episode 14 “He Kane Hewa Ole” (An Innocent Man) and Episode 15 “Kai e’e” (Tsunami)
Trivia:
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The actor in “He Kane Hewa Ole” playing Nicole’s father was Greg Germann who is best known from the groundbreaking tv show, “Ally McBeal”
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CHIPS originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to June 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons.
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Erik Estrada, best known for playing Officer “Ponch” Ponchinello on CHIPS appeared as ‘Rono’ in Hawaii-Five-0 (TV-1973) entitled “Engaged to Be Buried”
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“Kai e’ e’” (Tsunami) was broadcast at a very special time- Sunday, Jan 23rd instead of Monday after the AFC football championship. In the east it ran right after the Pittsburg Steelers played and won against the New York Jets.
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There was a similiar episode on the original Hawaii Five-O where a fake tsunami is also engineered as a distraction for a crime.
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The actress/singer JOJO, or Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque, was actually born in Brattleboro, Vermont, the home state of this Podcast!
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KAM FONG’s played the orig Chin Ho Kelly. His son, Dennis Chun, who also appeared on the original Five-0, plays recurring role as Sgt Duke Lukela and was in this ep. Referred to as “Little Chin”
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Danny refers to “…sleeping with the fishes” which may be a shout out to the movie “Godfather. In the film the famous line “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes” is said to Sonny, played by Scott Caan’s father, James Caan.
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Danno says “Oy Vey” in Kai e’e, his second yiddish word in two episodes.. He starts to call Steve a “Schmuck” for buying parts online in “He Kane Hewa Ole.” Are the writers trying to tell us something? The actor’s father, James Caan is in fact, Jewish.
