Hawaii Five-O (1968)
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| Name: | Hawaii Five-O |
| Abbreviation(s): | H5O |
| Creator: | Leonard Freeman |
| Date(s): | 1968 – 1980 |
| Medium: | television |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | at Wikipedia |
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Hawaii Five-O was a police procedural drama series that ran for twelve seasons from 1968-1980 on CBS. A new, rebooted/re-imaginated version started to air on CBS as part of the 2010 fall season ending 10 years later in 2020.
At the airing of its last episode, it was the longest-running police drama in American television history and the last fictional primetime show that debuted in the 1960s to leave the air.
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Popular Culture
The opening theme Hawaii Five-O Theme composed by Morton Stevens has become popular in fannish culture and beyond serving as themes for martial bands, parodies, soundtracks for television shows and more.[1]
In Shrek 2 (2004), Reggie a fanfare trumpeter, played the opening section of the theme shortly before getting smacked. The scene became an meme on internet, almost a viral.
Radio Birdman a Australian band borrowed heavily from the program and its theme for their 1977 single "Aloha, Steve & Danno". The song was written after the band members realized they were spending a lot of evenings watching the program; Stevens received a writing credit as a result.
In Brazil, the investigative criminal news show "Balanço Geral" used excerpts from the song as a motto vignette "Balança Minas Gerais" said by the presenter Mauro Tramonte as a way to leverage the spirit of the viewer public in allusion to the show. Due to the song's popularity, for years it was also widely used as a cell phone ringtone by many fans.
Fanworks
Fanfics
- The Telephone Rang series by LadyOscar (m/m, slash)
- Interludes Between Calls by LadyOscar (short ones)
- McGarrett's Boy by calicokat Dragonverse AU (m/m, slash)
- Nowhere To Turn by Traw angst, hurt/comfort fic (m/m, slash)
Fanzines
Gen:
- Force of Waves
- Pau Hana
- Return to Paradise
- Anything Goes (multimedia)
- Remote Control (multimedia)
Het:
Archives, Communities & Resources
Archives
- E Komi Mai
- The Fan Fiction Page
- Stories by Jean Graham
- Hawaii Five-O category at FanFiction.Net
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) tag at Archive of Our Own
Cons
Fan Clubs
Mailing Lists
Newsletters
- Central Dispatch (2004-2009)
- Patch Me Through To... (1991-97)