Adventures in Paradise (60s TV series) - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, May 17, 2002 2:39 AM Because just like Hawaiian Eye, it never went into rerun syndication, so nobody remembers those series, unlike Hawaii 5-0, which is a POST-Tiki series (sorry, kids...but yes, it is still cool). I had a chapter on Tiki-TV (and one on Exotica) at the end of the Book of Tiki, but they got lopped of for lack of space. Here's an excerpt: "...But “Hawaiian Eye” was not the only Tiki show on the air: James A. Michener's "Adventures in Paradise" (1959-'62) featured Gardner McKay as Captain Adam Troy, who in his schooner the "TIKI" traveled the South Seas, having a different adventure on a different island, meeting a different woman in each episode. The "TIKI" had a cool grinning Tiki as it's figurehead, and Adam Troy was the first T.V. hero to wear a Tiki necklace, which undoubtedly had an influence on many impressionable teenagers..."

Because just like Hawaiian Eye, it never went into rerun syndication, so nobody remembers those series, unlike Hawaii 5-0, which is a POST-Tiki series (sorry, kids...but yes, it is still cool).
I had a chapter on Tiki-TV (and one on Exotica) at the end of the Book of Tiki, but they got lopped of for lack of space. Here's an excerpt:
"...But “Hawaiian Eye” was not the only Tiki show on the air: James A. Michener's "Adventures in Paradise" (1959-'62) featured Gardner McKay as Captain Adam Troy, who in his schooner the "TIKI" traveled the South Seas, having a different adventure on a different island, meeting a different woman in each episode. The "TIKI" had a cool grinning Tiki as it's figurehead, and Adam Troy was the first T.V. hero to wear a Tiki necklace, which undoubtedly had an influence on many impressionable teenagers..."

Post #1552 by bigbrotiki on Fri, May 17, 2002 2:39 AM