Tom Selleck was shocked when Frank Sinatra appeared on Magnum, P.I. for free. Ol’ Blue Eyes was a big fan of the Hawaii-based crime show, he asked to be on it and Tom personally called him to ask what type of character he wanted to play. “My co-star, Larry Manetti, he was a big, big Frank fan and he said, ‘You gotta call Frank, he wants to do the show,’ and I said, ‘OK,’ and I knew Frank, but not like Larry. So I call Frank and I say, ‘Do you want to do our show?’ And he goes, ‘Yeah,’ and I say, ‘Well we’re going to have to write it for you, what do you want to do?’ He says, ‘I don’t know, just make sure I get to beat somebody up’.”
