Should Tiki Central be stripped of any hawaiiana discussions? - General Tiki

T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2723	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 3:25 PM On 2009-01-23 15:05, bigbrotiki wrote: On 2009-01-23 14:44, tikiyaki wrote: On 2009-01-23 13:56, bigbrotiki wrote: "Hawaiian Eye" shot during Tikis heyday, (1959-1963), used a Tiki as a logo, shot mainly on the mainland "Hawaii 5-0" shot AFTER the heyday of Tiki, as good as NO Tikis to be seen in over 200 episodes, shot in the Islands WHAT ? That's actually not true. Season 2 has an episode shot in the Bishop Museum, "King Kamehaha Blues" . There are tikis in that episode. Jim read the fine print: ".....shot after the heyday of Tiki, AS GOD AS no Tikis to be seen in over 200 episodes..." There also was an episode where a Tiki was the murder weapon. Do these and and a few other exceptions among 278 (!) episodes, and the absence of any Tiki imagery in its titles, make it a "Tiki style" show? No, the heyday of Tiki was over, it was deemed "in-authentic" and politically incorrect, especially on a show that claimed to portray the true, on location Hawaii. Tiki as a weapon...now that's an episode I wanna see. I only have seasons 1 and 2. Do you know what season that episode was in ? I wonder if it's on DVD yet. The Bishop museum episode had some nice tiki shots in it tho' for sure. I tried to do a screen capture and post the pics here, but couldn't do it, being that it was such a rarity with that show. I wish there were more, tho' the real fun of watching that show is some of the nightclub scenes in the early episodes....places that LOOKED so tiki, but , as you've stated,had no tikis in them. Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ? http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-23 15:26 ]

On 2009-01-23 15:05, bigbrotiki wrote:

On 2009-01-23 14:44, tikiyaki wrote:

On 2009-01-23 13:56, bigbrotiki wrote:
"Hawaiian Eye" shot during Tikis heyday, (1959-1963), used a Tiki as a logo, shot mainly on the mainland
"Hawaii 5-0" shot AFTER the heyday of Tiki, as good as NO Tikis to be seen in over 200 episodes, shot in the Islands

WHAT ? That's actually not true.
Season 2 has an episode shot in the Bishop Museum, "King Kamehaha Blues" . There are tikis in that episode.

Jim read the fine print: ".....shot after the heyday of Tiki, AS GOD AS no Tikis to be seen in over 200 episodes..."

There also was an episode where a Tiki was the murder weapon. Do these and and a few other exceptions among 278 (!) episodes, and the absence of any Tiki imagery in its titles, make it a "Tiki style" show? No, the heyday of Tiki was over, it was deemed "in-authentic" and politically incorrect, especially on a show that claimed to portray the true, on location Hawaii.

Tiki as a weapon...now that's an episode I wanna see.
I only have seasons 1 and 2. Do you know what season that episode was in ? I wonder if it's on DVD yet.

The Bishop museum episode had some nice tiki shots in it tho' for sure. I tried to do a screen capture and post the pics here, but couldn't do it, being that it was such a rarity with that show. I wish there were more, tho' the real fun of watching that show is some of the nightclub scenes in the early episodes....places that LOOKED so tiki, but , as you've stated,had no tikis in them.

Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ?
http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki
http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-23 15:26 ]

Post #430270 by tikiyaki on Fri, Jan 23, 2009 3:25 PM