Post #139187 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Feb 3, 2005 2:07 PM

I would prefer not to blow this out of proportion, 'cause the one that might get into trouble is my publisher, since they forgot to put the Disney-mandatory copyright on the image in the first batch of BOTs.

But I have no quarrels about that either, because since then Disney is and will be benefitting bigtime from the Enchanted Tiki Room revival, despite their ignorance initially. They needed Shag-mania to finally "get" that they had something good there, and only since then did they get into gear and luckily are not belittling their own talented artists that were touting Tiki's horn all along. Horrible faux-pas' like the Mary Osmond's Tiki Room doll aside, Disneyland's 50th will bring us a bunch of fine Tiki room collectables designed by the people who love them. And Disney will make money partially because of the BOT exposure and should be happy.

If we really would want to get to the bottom of this, we should find the descendants of the New Guinea tribesman who designed the carving(s) that inspired Marc Davis' Tiki column sketches after which the animatronics Tikis were sculpted, which THEN were used for the ad, which I used in the BOT, which...

How about it, a Tiki Central expedition into the Melanesian jungle, maybe we'll find Michael Rockefeller on the way!?

Thank you Kono for that bargain store survival story, I do know about Big Lots, ever since what I like to refer to "The Big Bastard Bean Bottle Bonanza" that was started after a TC post by a stock room clerk in some remote state and fanned across the U.S. in no time, prompting a TC member rush on Big Lots and Marshall's stores everywhere.

Anybody know that ol' thread's link?