Post #677868 by JOHN-O on Mon, May 13, 2013 4:20 PM

Enough of this food talk. :evil: Save it for Breakfast Oasis 2014 !!

In the meantime here's an interesting Hillbilly Pop Culture factoid...

What fictional hillbillies share almost the exact same time line as Mid-century Tiki (and pre-Tiki) style ??

Li'l Abner !!

This daily comic series debuted in 1934, the same year Donn Beach opened his Beachcomber Cafe in Hollywood.

The strip was written by Al Capp and continued to be published in newspapers for an astonishing 43 years, ending in 1977. The previous year we saw the opening of Trader Vic's Atlanta, the Bahooka in Rosemead, and the Chef Shangri-La in Chicago. I think it's safe to say those were the last establishments of the original Tiki period.

So for every day you could imbibe in a Zombie cocktail, you could enjoy the daily exploits of Li'l Abner and the wacky denizens of Dogpatch. I never really paid attention to the strip during its original run, but I have discovered its satirical loopiness in reprint collections.

I understand the characters even traveled to tropical islands. I wonder if they encountered any Tikis there ?? In over 15,000 published adventures, I would have liked to think so.

And I'm looking forward to one of the T.O. room parties serving up this iconic concoction this July...

EDIT - And here's your mixer...

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2013-05-13 16:40 ]