Post #70884 by PolynesianPop on Mon, Jan 19, 2004 8:05 AM

On 2004-01-18 21:57, bigbrotiki wrote:
I support all efforts to shoot and document the current Tiki Scene, but ultimately the film I want to make should be like the BOT:

With as much cool original vintage footage as possible. I have a huge list of where to clip material from, but to pay for those rights of 50s and 60s footage one needs serious money these days...

Bigbro, I've emailed Huell Howser's California's Gold website many times to try to get them to cover tiki as I believe he can give it the historic attention it deserves. Unfortunately, all I've been getting back have been "canned" email responses. I gave up about a year ago.

In this scenario, we can use old photos, postcards and such. I know you have a good amount as does Bob at OA. Postcards can come from TC members. I pictured Huell visiting OA and interviewing Bob and Leroy, visiting some TC'ers at a local hangout such as Sam's Seafood, etc.

I even asked Bob at OA about this a couple years ago. He said that Huell's group contacted them once about it but then never followed up on it and it eventually was forgotten.

Being in a somewhat related industry, you wouldn't happen to have a contact at KCET would you?

**Poly-Pop ***

He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS!

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2004-01-19 08:08 ]