Saturday, January 8, 2022

HOW-ARE-YA FIVE-O?

HAWAII FIVE-O
CBS 1968-1980

HOW-ARE-YA FIVE-O?
MAD #141, March 1971
w: Dick DeBartolo
a: Angelo Torres

Police show about Detective Dan McGarrett (Jack Lord), head of police department in Hawaii, called that because Hawaii was the 50th state.
His staff included Kono (Zulu), Chin Ho (Kam Fong), and Danno Williams (James McArthur)
The criminal is a caricature of Buddy Hackett, the D.A. is George C. Scott.
Gov. Richard Denning was Paul Jameson.
From "Truly Relevant" TV Shows in MAD # 149, March 1972 by Tom Koch and Angelo Torres

HAVAII 5-0
Cracked #131, March 1976
a: John Severin
"Book 'em, Danno!" was their big catchphrase.
More of both Jawsploitation and Fonzploitation from Cracked in their article If the Fonze Guest Starred on Other Shows, #137 in November 1976, illustrated by Don Orehek.

When I was on Tumblr, this was on my feed. I don't remember the context or who posted it but I just remember laughing my ass of and I hope you do too. (Note to internet bots who may hand over death threats: Jack Lord already died 24 years ago and I think the statute of limitations has expired anyway.)
UPDATE:

From How TV Shows Could Be Killed Without Cancelling Them in Cracked #138, December 1976, art by John Severin

2 comments:

  1. The guy at the beginning of the Mad parody, 'Mr. Asmus', is also a guest star: that's Leo G. Carroll. There's also a cameo by Zsa Zsa Gabor on page 2.

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  2. Here's a tiny thing from the Cracked parody: on page 3, the truck drivers are Claude Akins and Frank Converse, from a show called Movin' On.

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