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A Look At Al Michaels' Cameo On Hawaii Five-O
A Look At Al Michaels' Cameo On Hawaii Five-O
I was reading through Tom Hoffarth's Farther Off the Wall blog today when I saw an item about how Al Michaels once played a lawyer on the old show "Hawaii Five-O". Apparently Al was working for the Padres' AAA team, the Hawaiian Islanders, when he was asked to make a cameo during the show. "I ...
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Al Michaels Cameo On Hawaii Five-O
FanIQ Blog — ... In the late '60s and early '70s, Michaels was broadcasting games for the Hawaiian Islanders, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, as well as football and basketball games for the University of Hawaii. And, in 1970, he appeared in an episode - entitled Run, Johnny, Run -of the hit TV show Hawaii Five-O, which is featured above (courtesy of Awful Announcing). Michaels plays a lawyer sent in to potentially defend some guy who apparently killed a man in self-defense. ...

Monday Afternoon Links
Fang's Bites — ... in which Al Michaels told the Los Angeles Daily News' Tom Hoffarth about his brief cameo appearance on Hawaii Five-O. Leave it to Awful Announcing to find Al's scene. ...

Fresh Friday LEEINKS
LEEInks — ... enough. Today’s main page is a particularly scrumptious assortment of errors, including a TNT graphics snafu at last night’s Cavs-Magic game, and a misspelled ESPN graphic at the (wait for it) Spelling Bee. And if you look really hard, you’ll find the video of Al Michaels’ “Hawaii Five-O” appearance. ...

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orlandosentinel.com 9/19/2008 — It seemed like a Mickey Mouse deal at the time: ABC/ESPN sends veteran broadcaster Al Michaels to NBC Universal for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and players to be named. But trades have a way of evening out over time. And as the final piece of the deal ...