Adventures in Paradise (60s TV series) - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 1:32 PM Ha...funny to read my old posts from 2002...one even pertaining to a recent discussion here on TC :D I am glad I got a double page on this show (and on H.E.) into "Tiki Modern", to cement their importance in Tiki culture. And now I finally "get" the "Leaky Tiki" reference....it's all Jimmy's fault, again! Here is a U-Tube clip that shows the full Marquesan Tiki figurehead of "The Tiki": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSuSMrmh1bA&feature=related Gardner McKay wore a miniature version of the figurehead Tiki around his neck: And this is a good sequence (with multiple mentions of "The Tiki") guest starring "Bewitched''s Dick York: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgNoShT_sU&feature=related Some additional info: James Michener dropped out right at the beginning of the series and has no affiliation with its scripts other than the title. The pier with the schooner (and the village) were a set on the 20th Century Fox Studio back lot, where most of the series was filmed. Can anybody here post the sound track album cover, with the set on it? The title song became a major Exotica hit covered by countless artists. Tahitian pin-up photographer SYLVAIN shot some of the stock footage of the real Tahiti for the show. Sorry ladies, handsome hunk McKay ...was gay. I really wish I could see this, his last caper, it must have my all time favorite South Sea movie TITLE: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0063117/ Incredibly bad by most standards, "I Sailed to Tahiti With An All-Girl Crew" is enormously enjoyable if you're in the right retro mood. The film was probably the main factor in Gardner McKay abandoning his acting career and turning to writing.

Ha...funny to read my old posts from 2002...one even pertaining to a recent discussion here on TC :D
I am glad I got a double page on this show (and on H.E.) into "Tiki Modern", to cement their importance in Tiki culture.
And now I finally "get" the "Leaky Tiki" reference....it's all Jimmy's fault, again!

Here is a U-Tube clip that shows the full Marquesan Tiki figurehead of "The Tiki":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSuSMrmh1bA&feature=related

Gardner McKay wore a miniature version of the figurehead Tiki around his neck:

And this is a good sequence (with multiple mentions of "The Tiki") guest starring "Bewitched''s Dick York:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgNoShT_sU&feature=related

Some additional info:
James Michener dropped out right at the beginning of the series and has no affiliation with its scripts other than the title.

The pier with the schooner (and the village) were a set on the 20th Century Fox Studio back lot, where most of the series was filmed. Can anybody here post the sound track album cover, with the set on it? The title song became a major Exotica hit covered by countless artists.

Tahitian pin-up photographer SYLVAIN shot some of the stock footage of the real Tahiti for the show.

Sorry ladies, handsome hunk McKay ...was gay.

I really wish I could see this, his last caper, it must have my all time favorite South Sea movie TITLE:

http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0063117/

Incredibly bad by most standards, "I Sailed to Tahiti With An All-Girl Crew" is enormously enjoyable if you're in the right retro mood. The film was probably the main factor in Gardner McKay abandoning his acting career and turning to writing.

Post #431625 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 1:32 PM