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This show was almost canceled in its first season, but the ratings drastically increased after it was rescheduled to follow "Magnum, P.I." (1980).
The show was filmed in San Diego. During the run of the show, CBS tried to get the locale of the show switched because they felt San Diego wasn't "sexy" enough. The effort failed.
The pilot was originally shot in South Florida and the show was called "Pirates Key" it was moved to California (San Diego setting mainly filmed in Los Angeles) after the pilot was filmed.
On the show, Rick is a few years older then A.J., but in reality Gerald McRaney (Rick) is only four months older then Jameson Parker (I) (A.J.).
The hang gliding scenes came from an episode of Magnum P.I. "Mad Buck Gibson (2.2- 1981)".
Mrs. Mitchell makes a reference to the TV series "Barnaby Jones" (1973) which ran from 1973-80. It starred Buddy Ebsen as a private investigator who was assisted by his daughter-in-law and cousin portrayed by Lee Meriwether and Mark Shera.
Cecilia asks Janet how she got roped into The Time Tunnel. This is a reference to the short lived TV series _"The Time Tunnel" (1966)_. It starred James Darren and Robert Colbert as two scientists who become trapped in time while working on a government project that would allow people to visit any place in the past or future.
Built around a fictitious TV Western show, this episode guest stars several actors from TV Westerns of the 1950s and 60s. Stuart Whitman (The Cimmeron Strip), Alan Hale (Casey Jones), Pat Buttram (The Gene Autry Show), Jock Mahoney (The Range Rider), John Russell (The Lawman) and Hal Needham (Have Gun, Will Travel).
Episode director Burt Kennedy made his name by writing and directing Western themed features as well as directing several TV Westerns as well.
When Rick and A.J. are walking along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the camera settles on James Garner's star. Garner starred in Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), both also directed by Burt Kennedy.
Dick York (I) makes his first screen appearance since health problems forced him to quit the TV series "Bewitched" (1964) some 15 years earlier.
Bebe Neuwirth's TV acting debut.

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