A friendly ‘Five-0′ takeover
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This has been the Summer of “Hawaii Five-0” in the Burbridge household. I feel like McGarrett rappelled into my life and sent Danno in for backup. It’s basically seeped into everything I’ve done this summer. I’ve incorporated ‘Five-0’ into all of my travels and I’ve shown a few fans the ‘Oahu shooting spots previously only seen from the comfort of their living room television sets. I have made many friends who I connected with via Twitter and Facebook for Tweetups and informal dinners. I never would have met these great and very fun (read sane) folk, if it were not for my work researching and writing for “The Five-0 Redux.”
So I’ve been thinking about all the people I have met, the experiences I have had, the places I’ve been to and seen, all in the last three months. These last two weeks have been a blur, as I met a fan from New York and we visited a few “Hawaii Five-0” sites, held a fun Tweetup at Big City Diner to watch last week’s episode, interviewed an extra who appeared in Monday night’s rebroadcast of “Kai‘e‘e”— and I got a chance to be involved in an online interview with executive producer Peter Lenkov. But that will be for next week’s blog entry. Stay tuned.
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Great post plus the photos are fantastic. You have spent a wonderful summer “on vacation” doing all things Five0. Thank you from NE Ohio. Your aspect about the life of an extra adds a lot to our understanding of the show.
On a side note there are a couple of movies filming in my part of Ohio this summer and fall. I have noticed the call for extras to show up at a certail hotel or outdoor location. One drew thousands.
Paul
Thanks for being a faithful reader Paul:) Aloha! ~WJ
Great article, thanks for the mention!
Great blogs!! Thanks for the history lesson on Hawaii :), I didn’t know about it. … I am planning on coming out a visiting Hawaii sometime next year and Can’t wait, I am very fortunate to have friends who have invited me to come stay with them and we have talked about going to see Hawaii 5-0 filming spots and of course the beautiful state itself . I hope you go to the Pearl Harbor memorial also… Thanks for always writing such great blogs 🙂
Thanks for reading Krista:) Hope we can meet up when you come:) ~WJ
Thanks.
Dang girl you HAVE been busy 😉 Sounds like so much fun,thanks for sharing! I definately have Iolani Palace on my LONG list of things to do when I`m there…can`t wait 🙂
Can’t wait til you get here Bri so we can do some H50 scouting of our own! ~WJ
Great article! Has Iolani Palace gotten any more artifacts back in the past 14 years? Last time I was there a lot the rooms were empty! Would love to come back to Hawaii & revisit everything! Sounds like you’ve been busy! Thank’s for keeping us up to date with all thing H5O! Love it!
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Hey Sharon:) ‘Iolani Palace actually have gotten back some artifacts- i did see Lili’u’s silver service as well as Kalakaua’s. But not much else. There was a lot more furniture than what i remembered, and when I asked a docent if the furniture was original, she said they were copies… 🙁 you can check out this link about their search for more pieces: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/15145733/iolani-palace-targets-most-wanted
Another great article, Wendie. Really glad that you are continuing to cover the show during the summer. Thanks for all the inside information.
Thanks Gregg:) It’s been a fun and busy summer! I’m lucky people want to talk to me and that fans like Robyn are interested in Hawaii:) Thanks for reading! ~WJ
Another great article, Wendie. Really glad that you are continuing to cover the show during the summer. Thanks for all the inside information.