I heard a rumour that there was a planned episode of Quantum Leap in which Sam Beckett leaped into Magnum PI. Now that's a movie I'd like to see.
Woah. It's actually confirmed on Wikipedia:
A crossover with Magnum, P.I. (also produced by Donald Bellisario) was planned, in which Sam would leap into Thomas Magnum himself. Plans for a Magnum, P.I. movie (later aborted) led to the crossover being cancelled, although some footage was filmed, including the initial leaping in sequence, usually put at the end of the preceding episode (the "Oh boy..." bit). This featured Scott Bakula, dressed in Magnum's classic red Aloha shirt, turning towards the camera and comically raising his eyebrows, just as Tom Selleck does at the end of the opening credits to Magnum, P.I.. Some consider that if this situation had Sam leaping into Magnum rather than Tom Selleck the actor, this would have created a continuity issue, since in an earlier episode a character (The daughter of Sam's current host, to be precise) is seen watching Magnum, P.I. on television. However, in the Pilot episode of QL, Sam mentions that a relation of his had married Jim Bonick, who was a reoccurring character from Magnum, P.I.. One possible solution could be that Magnum (the character) had his own television show in the QL universe. |
