{"id":5083,"date":"2013-08-19T14:46:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T22:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2017-03-31T04:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T09:59:25","slug":"could-tom-selleck-have-done-indiana-jones-and-magnum-p-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/08\/19\/could-tom-selleck-have-done-indiana-jones-and-magnum-p-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Tom Selleck Have Done Indiana Jones AND Magnum P.I.?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/tv-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Tom Selleck could have filmed Raiders of the Lost Ark AND done Magnum P.I.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s well known that Tom Selleck was forced to pass up the film Raiders of the Lost Ark&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/raiders.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B0014Z4OMU&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>where he had won the role of Indiana Jones (here&#8217;s Selleck as Indy)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/selleck1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>because CBS had an option for Selleck to do a new television series called Magnum P.I.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/4sog07.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B00005JMHI&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The really big problem for Selleck was how the timing worked out &#8211; CBS, naturally, would have had no problem having Selleck star in the picture under normal circumstances. Who wouldn&#8217;t want the star of their upcoming series to be the lead in a major motion picture? It&#8217;s great publicity.<\/p>\n<p>The problem was that Magnum P.I. was developed for a specific purpose &#8211; to make use of the sets and production equipment left in Hawaii from the filming of the long-running series Hawaii 5-0. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, since that series was still filming until the beginning of 1980, CBS could not film Magnum P.I. any earlier than early 1980, which directly conflicted with the March 1980 filming schedule for Raiders of the Lost Ark.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, CBS told Selleck he could not do the film.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s fairly weak, but what&#8217;s a bit less well known is that there was a turn of events that made the loss even worse than it first was for Selleck&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAs it turned out, there was a television writer&#8217;s strike in the Spring of 1980 that halted production of Magnum P.I. long enough that production was delayed for a few months, giving Selleck plenty of time to do Raiders of the Lost Ark&#8230;if it hadn&#8217;t already been given to another actor.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty sad.<\/p>\n<p>As a cute gag, in one of the very last episodes of Magnum P.I. ever made, Selleck was finally given the chance to play Indiana Jones, with &#8220;The Legend of the Lost Art.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/8_10_b_full.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B00113ALL8&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure it was a great comfort to Selleck. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future installments! My e-mail address is &#x62;c&#x72;&#111;n&#x69;n&#x40;&#x6c;e&#x67;&#101;n&#x64;s&#x72;&#101;v&#x65;&#97;l&#x65;d&#x2e;&#99;o&#x6d;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: Tom Selleck could have filmed Raiders of the Lost Ark AND done Magnum P.I. 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