Post #643444 by JOHN-O on Tue, Jul 10, 2012 6:35 AM

On 2012-07-10 00:25, TikiVato wrote:
OHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, does that mean if there is No Mr. Moto... no Surf Music... no Barbwires at Spy Oasis 2012, there would be no Mr. John-O at Spy Oasis 2012????

Actually TikiVato, if it wasn't for Mr. Moto, Tiki culture (and Tiki Oasis) may not have even existed. As pointed out by Nepheria in the clip above, Mr. Moto was one of the earliest Mixologists of the depression-era. Many have theorized that he was the inspiration to Donn Beach and Vic Bergeron for many of the classic Tropical drinks that followed. This was documented in a lost chapter of Beachbum Berry's "Sippin' Safari", omitted by the publisher. ( :D )

But not all things turned out on a good note. In the latter part of his career, Mr. Moto became more of a morally ambiguous figure. Here we see him in disguise (as usual) in the alias of Le Chiffre, James Bond's first live-action villian...

And as portrayed in the 1954 television adaption of "Casino Royale"...