Tur Mai Kai Kalamazoo MI. - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 5:30 PM Arrrgh... I feel for you. This even happens to seasoned Urban archaeologists. I can claim ignorance as excuse that for years in the early 1980s I used to drive by the original Don The Beachcomber on Mc Cadden via Highland Avenue, the main road to my first Hollywood pad, and never went in. I was just a wild and crazy lad from Germany then with no inkling of the grandeur of the Tiki empire. But to have passed by many times the China Trader in Burbank, even while on Tiki missions, and to only find out AFTER its closing that it was all decked out in Tiki by Oceanic Arts carver Ed Crissman, and that not only the complete Hawaiian Eye cast used to hang out there after shooting the show (Doug Mossman even became a partner in the place), but also luminairies like Lee Marvin and the husband and wife team of Jack Webb and Julie London...that still hurts.

Arrrgh... I feel for you. This even happens to seasoned Urban archaeologists. I can claim ignorance as excuse that for years in the early 1980s I used to drive by the original Don The Beachcomber on Mc Cadden via Highland Avenue, the main road to my first Hollywood pad, and never went in. I was just a wild and crazy lad from Germany then with no inkling of the grandeur of the Tiki empire.

But to have passed by many times the China Trader in Burbank, even while on Tiki missions, and to only find out AFTER its closing that it was all decked out in Tiki by Oceanic Arts carver Ed Crissman, and that not only the complete Hawaiian Eye cast used to hang out there after shooting the show (Doug Mossman even became a partner in the place), but also luminairies like Lee Marvin and the husband and wife team of Jack Webb and Julie London...that still hurts.

Post #319025 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 5:30 PM