Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
From the 50s and 60s - CD
Has the Hawaiian Eye theme song
Crime Stoppers: TV's Greatest P.I. Themes
Has the Hawaiian Eye theme
For More
Troy Donahue
See Surfside Six
For
Troy Donahue fans:
He appeared in an episode of
Wagon Train before he made it
big.
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Hawaiian Eye Tidbits
77 Sunset Strip was a hit show located in LA, so
Warner Brothers decided, hey, we'll do it again in another tropical locale. So
west to Hawaii they went.
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka (Robert Conrad) and
his partner Tracy Steele (Anthony Eisley) operate out of an office at the
Hawaiian Village Resort. Dirty little job, but hey... They do security work for
the hotel as well as hire out to others.
They are often assisted by
Kazuo Kim (Poncie Ponce) who runs a one man cab company and always wears a
pupute, which is a straw hat for you mainland types. Now Kim had about a
zillion relatives, all of whom were helpful to the two
detectives.
Cricket Blake (Connie Stevens) was a singer-photographer.
Cricket ran the Hotel's gift shop, and sang in the Shell Lounge. Due to her
immense popularity with the public, often sang a song or two on each show.
In 1960 Grant Williams joined the cast as new partner Gregg MacKenzie.
In 1962, Anthony Eisley left and Troy Donahue arrived. Donahue played Phil
Barton who was the Hotel's director of special events. The most special event
was that Eisley had gone and Surfside Six, Donahue's other Warners role, had
gone but Donahue was too popular to let go.
1962 was bad year for
Connie Stevens who collapsed due to overwork and in 1963 was suspended by the
studio. Her February 26, 1963 episode "Go Steady With Danger" was the last
until March 5 "Two Million Too Much" saw her return.
In the seven
episode hiatus they introduced Tina Cole as Sunny Day. (Look, I didn't make the
name up - they did!) and eventually, the two actresses appeared together in
"Blow Low, Blow Blue" on March 5, 1963. Whew!
Passings Grant Williams died in 1985 of peritonitis and Troy
Donahue died in 2001 of a heart attack.
Robert Conrad, Connie Stevens, Anthony
Eisley, Poncie Ponce and Grant Williams
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