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Post #716855 by MrFab on Tue, May 13, 2014 4:02 PM

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MrFab posted on Tue, May 13, 2014 4:02 PM

Ooh, I got one for ya. He actually played a small but memorable part in my honeymoon (get your minds out of the gutter!) Like so many newlyweds in Honolulu we caught his show (Feb of '99), and the experience was just as TikiTomD described. He asked if there were any honeymooners in the audience. When I raised my hand, his man with a mic came up to me and Don asked when we we had been married. I said a month-and-a-half ago (we didn't even plan our honeymoon til after the wedding). Of course Ho's from the era where couples were virgins 'til their wedding day, and then immediately proceed to do it like crazed monkeys on their honeymoon, so he said, "Wow, a month and a half later and still on the honeymoon - this guy's Superman!" And when we met him after the show to get our picture taken with him, he recognized me and signed it "To Superman."

On the flight home, an older Hawaiian man couldn't get his bag into the overhead compartment. I helped him and he said, "Wow, how'd you do that? You're Superman!" So there ya go - old Hawaiian guys think I'm Superman. Apparently they worship me - must be some kinda cargo cult.

I was given a cassette version of his 1990 album "All My Love" for participating in the show, and amidst the love ballads was a swell novelty about Hawaii's biggest cash crop: "Who Was That Lolo Who Stole My Pacalolo?"

Gotta find that signed pic...