Post #268093 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Nov 21, 2006 11:25 AM

Now now...I love Forest Lawn, I call it the Disneyland of the Dead. Hubert Eaton was the Walt Disney of the cemetery world. It's right across the freeway from me, and I like to go there with out of towners and show them the kitsch. Nobody ever bothered us there. We even shot some video with King KuKu there. They have prerecorded stories by some of their reproductions of European statuary, and the "show" they make around their giant last supper stained glass window is spectacular:

When walking through their hall of urns, all of a sudden the lights dim, a curtain opens, and this corny story about the making of this window is being related, by this booming voice from hidden speakers! Cool!

So the story of Henry having been used a weight on an Easter Islander's fishing boat (who then sold it to Hubert Eaton) is not true? Or did the Rapa Nui people sell him a fake? So what, the islanders sold tons of fake carvings to Thor Heyerdahl, too. Since when is a fake Tiki a bad Tiki? :)

Because of Forest Lawn, there supposedly are more dead people in Glendale than alive!