Post #308300 by CallDon on Tue, May 22, 2007 8:13 PM

On 2003-08-01 08:28, Kailuageoff wrote:
Did anyone see "Bachelor in Paradise" last night on TCM? It wasn't scheduled but they showed it because Bob Hope was the star. Aside for all the great mid-century houses and furniture and other stuff, there was a scene where Bob goes to this Hawaiian restaurant and has a couple drinks called the "Scorpion's Kiss" and the "Bikini".
[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2003-08-01 08:29 ]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love the era, I love the "style" of everything in it. And I especially love the long Chrysler convertable autos everyone drives.

The tiki bar scene is funny, because it was probably very authentic for 1961, the time of the movie. The bartender spent so much time arranging the vegitation on those drinks. Having been in the food-and-beverage industry for many years, I will say that a busy bartender today doesn't have time to arranged plants in a drink like that guy did. The manager would never spend the extra dough that all that vegitation costs. And, I don't think the health department would allow that in drinks!!

But Lana Turner could float my boat any time.

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