The Leilani... Brookfield, WI - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 10:34 AM Kudos for the great research, both Tiki Tom and meega. Some of your findings aptly point at the reasons for the decline of Tiki in the late 60s: The merciless food critic aptly mirrors the evolving tastes of Americans to who faux Polynesian Chinese food had lost its exotic thrill, and the impressive string of lounge acts at the Leilani seems like the last hurrah before the changing of the guard at the dawn of the Beatles craze. In the case of the Leilani, their fading into the sunset was even cut shorter by the 1966 bankruptcy of the venue, compared to the Aku Aku in Toledo which lasted until the LATE 60s: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=22122&forum=2&start=15 On top of a new generation with different musical tastes growing up, I believe the entertainment genre of the supper club where music and meals went together was gradually killed by the growing numbers and use of color television. More people stayed home more often. With a dwindling audience the venues could not support the cost, and the entertainers who could switched to appearances on the tube themselves. The final devolution happened when TV-sets started appearing in bars....it now continues with invasion of the internet in the form of the I-phone, and Facebooking in bars. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-06-10 22:08 ]

Kudos for the great research, both Tiki Tom and meega. Some of your findings aptly point at the reasons for the decline of Tiki in the late 60s:

The merciless food critic aptly mirrors the evolving tastes of Americans to who faux Polynesian Chinese food had lost its exotic thrill, and the impressive string of lounge acts at the Leilani seems like the last hurrah before the changing of the guard at the dawn of the Beatles craze. In the case of the Leilani, their fading into the sunset was even cut shorter by the 1966 bankruptcy of the venue, compared to the Aku Aku in Toledo which lasted until the LATE 60s:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=22122&forum=2&start=15

On top of a new generation with different musical tastes growing up, I believe the entertainment genre of the supper club where music and meals went together was gradually killed by the growing numbers and use of color television. More people stayed home more often. With a dwindling audience the venues could not support the cost, and the entertainers who could switched to appearances on the tube themselves.

The final devolution happened when TV-sets started appearing in bars....it now continues with invasion of the internet in the form of the I-phone, and Facebooking in bars.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-06-10 22:08 ]

Post #601637 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 10:34 AM