Post #327740 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Aug 23, 2007 3:17 PM

I have mentioned this before, and now, since,( although I got to squeeze in about a hundred images more into Tiki Modern than are in the Book of Tiki,) I STILL did not have enough room to get in all THESE Tiki Trivia below....without further ado, behold the visual history of: The "Hideous Stone God"!!!:

The title, AND the subtitle of this movie are really THE classic South Seas FILM TITLE per se, I mean they are perfect Polynesian Pop poetry. Unfortunately, (for us Tiki addicts), Mr.Hideous Stone God only makes a brief appearance in the film, in the oh-so-exciting "Tangaroa's virgin sacrificed-to-the-shark-god" scene:

...not tooo quick of an appearance though to jog my photographic Tiki memory to identify the bugger as the smooth operator in the background of Martin Denny's classic "Forbidden Island" record cover:

...which then of course meant that he also was the Tiki companion to the slightly less hip Mills Brothers on this cover:

...and last not least, the lucky bystander in THIS classic piece of Polynesian Pop cheescake! (which actually DID end up in Tiki Modern, I am happy to say):

This fellow obviously was a favorite rental item from some Hollywood prop house (I have the suspicion it was ROSHU) because he was probably cheap and lightweight. Well, to us, Mr. Hideous Stone God is a heavyweight of Polynesian Pop now!

Please report any further sightings of Mr. Hideous Stone God to this thread!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-08-24 16:58 ]