Post #37036 by Monkeyman on Mon, Jun 2, 2003 11:39 PM

My mom has been looking out for me for anything Tiki or Hawaiian. A couple of weeks ago she was watching our local PBS station and recorded a special rebroadcast of a Lawrence Welk show that was entirely Hawaiian tunes, 60's print aloha wear, and a great stage set with Thatched huts, and fake volcanos. Unfortunately, my mother recorded it from her back room tv which happens to be the only tv not hooked up to the Satellite system I installed. I can make out some really cool stuff and the audio sounds ok but on the whole the quality is dismal.

This is definitely vintage tiki in all of its mainstream glory. If anyone has recorded this episode and would be willing to share, let me know. To be sure, I just joined the Lawrence Welk Chat group on yahoo in hopes I could mooch it from someone there. I found the episode details on a fansite and attached them below.

This would be a great addition to all of our tiki video libraries.

Thanks,

Da Monkeyman

Hawaiian Memory Show
Host: Lawrence Welk
Sept. 9, 1972

Episode Song List

1 - On the Beach at Waikiki
2 - Pearly Shells
3 - Unidentified
4 - Song of the Islands
5 - Beyond the Reef
7 - Oh We’re Going to the Hukilau
8 - Tiny Bubbles
9 - Paradise
10 - The Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai
11 - Hawaiian Wedding Song
12 - Blue Hawaii
13 - Drifting and Dreaming
14 - Sweet Leilani
15 - In Hawaii
16 - Hawaiian War Chant
17 - Now Is the Hour
18 - Lovely Hula Hands
19 - Pagan Love Song
20 - Aloha, Farewell to Thee