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STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Sun, May 4, 2014 9:50 AM SNL, Season 5, Episode 20 (1979-1980). Bill Murray as lounge-singer Nick "Lava" performing at "Trader Nick's" - a tiki bar decorated with Orchids of Hawaii masks and tiki mugs. Very tiki-savvy for the time, name-dropping cocktails like the Missionary's Downfall, Mai-Tai, Navy Grog and Fogcutter. Here's a link to a youtube clip of the skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peulXm2c0Mg And here's a transcript (though they get some of the dialogue wrong where he sings about the drinks): http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79tnick.phtml Anyone have this season on DVD, so we could see a few screen-grabs? Sabu

SNL, Season 5, Episode 20 (1979-1980). Bill Murray as lounge-singer Nick "Lava" performing at "Trader Nick's" - a tiki bar decorated with Orchids of Hawaii masks and tiki mugs. Very tiki-savvy for the time, name-dropping cocktails like the Missionary's Downfall, Mai-Tai, Navy Grog and Fogcutter.

Here's a link to a youtube clip of the skit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peulXm2c0Mg

And here's a transcript (though they get some of the dialogue wrong where he sings about the drinks):
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79tnick.phtml

Anyone have this season on DVD, so we could see a few screen-grabs?

Sabu

Post #715818 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Sun, May 4, 2014 9:50 AM