Origin of tiki monkey - General Tiki

E EnchantedTikiGoth Member Calgary, Canada Joined: Dec 31, 2003 Posts: 355	E EnchantedTikiGoth Posted posted on Sat, May 18, 2019 6:36 PM On 2019-05-15 12:47, TheBigT wrote: Could it be that the problem with newer tiki bars that incorporate monkeys (fezzes, parrots, etc. etc.) is mostly about the bar not being Tiki enough in the first place? If the bars that are currently found wanting were actually perfect in every other way, but had one lone monkey (wearing a fezz on which a parrot was resting) in the corner somewhere, would we even have this thread? Considering that a LOT of people, myself included, first encountered Tiki through a quartet of parrots singing 1930's Big Band tunes... Yeah, I think the parrots are a lost cause of Tiki purists.

On 2019-05-15 12:47, TheBigT wrote:
Could it be that the problem with newer tiki bars that incorporate monkeys (fezzes, parrots, etc. etc.) is mostly about the bar not being Tiki enough in the first place? If the bars that are currently found wanting were actually perfect in every other way, but had one lone monkey (wearing a fezz on which a parrot was resting) in the corner somewhere, would we even have this thread?

Considering that a LOT of people, myself included, first encountered Tiki through a quartet of parrots singing 1930's Big Band tunes... Yeah, I think the parrots are a lost cause of Tiki purists.

Post #795236 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Sat, May 18, 2019 6:36 PM