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Tikis in films
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03/20/2012
From the Charlie Chan movie "The Feathered Serpent" |
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Phillip Roberts
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03/20/2012
aloha,
Pretty rare as they go.
I think I would agree with that assessment... it's probably a Kay Good. It looks much smaller (in the shot) than the vodka decanter. She apparently did work in Hawaii while/after Adele Davis sold many of her molds to the Daga boys. Same basic period Mid-late 1960's and Early 70's. None of the ceramics professors or kiln operators (from the day) seem to know too much about her. (And no one can as yet tell me anything more about Lokena...) The Vodka decanter was presumed part of a set with other colored bottles by 'Adele Davis.' I've seen a yellow tall decanter like your green one, Sven. |
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The Quiet Village
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03/21/2012
From 1970, The Hawaiians. |
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Dustycajun
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03/21/2012
Quiet Village, Nice find on those Tikis from the Hawaiians. They look almost museum quality.
DC [ Edited by: Dustycajun 2012-03-20 18:27 ] |
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The Quiet Village
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03/21/2012
Thanks Cajun. Here is another one I didnt see mentioned: 1956, The Proud and The Profane. The movie setting is New Caledonia. I wonder if these Tiki's are correct for NC. |
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Dustycajun
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03/21/2012
The large Tiki looks like these tree fern tikis that were carved in the New Hebrides Islands, located about 250 miles northwest of New Caledonia. DC |
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creativenative
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04/08/2012
I forgot these Tikis from the 1970 Japanese movie SPACE AMOEBA AKA:YOG-MONSTER FROM SPACE [ Edited by: creativenative 2012-06-16 03:09 ] |
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creativenative
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04/08/2012
One of my favorite South Seas movie images from a lobby card of AWAY ALL BOATS. It captures so well the true spirit of classic Polynesian Pop. George Nader and his wife Julie Adams back in their safe living room, a break from hard training & fighting in the WWII Pacific theater, note the typical souvenirs & trinkets from Hawaii & the South Seas especially the Tiki mugs on the sofa. ---And a new age begins.--- |
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Dustycajun
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04/15/2012
Nice photo Bongo. That Tiki was used heavily in the film's advertising, as seen in these posters and stills: A crude knock-off Picasso's famous Tiki.
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05/16/2012
In The Adams Family when they get kicked out of their house and are staying in a motel you can see a Witco world map hanging behind them as they talk in their hotel room. sigh even they had one of those maps. not fair |
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06/11/2012
Bird of Paradise: Kino Classics Edition [Blu-ray] (1932) This movie was recently released on Blu-ray. The quality of the picture for B&W 1932 is excellent. The sound unfortunately is a bit scratchy. Its a great vintage movie of a guy meets a Polynesian girl, falls in love, girl gets thrown in the volcano and they are chased by natives. [ Edited by: MaukaHale 2012-06-11 10:53 ] |
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creativenative
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06/16/2012
Thanks for the news MaukaHale. Now if someone would release the 1951 version of "Birds of Paradise". Tiki Movies & Tiki TV @ southseascinema.org [ Edited by: creativenative 2012-06-16 03:46 ] |
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creativenative
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06/16/2012
More Tikis in new movies |
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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06/18/2012
That scene was filmed at the Waldorf Hotel in Vancouver a year ago February (while I was staying there). Without having seen the movie it's a little hard to tell from the screen capture which room it is - either the upstairs tiki bar or the basement cabaret (formerly the Polynesian Room). In either case, the neon tikis would be set dressing and not permanent features. They also shot scenes in the upstairs restaurants, which were dressed as the ship's casino. |
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creativenative
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06/21/2012
Nice info Sweet Daddy. Here are more frame captures to help you figure out the exact location. I too think any neon and wacky tikis are from the art department of the film but the beautiful mural and b.g. paintings dont seem to match the formentioned modern tropic and your comments makes sense, I bet the mural (which should be saved at all cost) and other painting are from an exsisting restaurant or bar. |
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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07/08/2012
Okay, I watched Chipwrecked last weekend, and for the dance-off sequence they combined two rooms for different angles. The top picture in the previous post is the downstairs room that used to be a restaurant at one time. The fabulous mural is original (mid 50's). These days it's mostly behind a curtain (for its own protection, I think), which can easily be pulled back if needed. The second screen grab is the main floor tiki bar (the yellow neon tiki bar sign is set dressing). You can seen one of the inset Leeteg paintings behind the head of the server. The two panels on either side of the Leeteg are set dressing, as is the tiki on the extreme right. If you're thinking of renting this movie just for the Waldorf scenes, I'd say don't bother - they're very short and don't really give any sense of the place. |
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Dustycajun
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08/12/2012
Here are a few movie posters from the 1951 remake of Bird of Paradise. Tiki, PNG shield, busty wahine and a fiery volcano! Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/5027fffb.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=99e94384534a6a3acf56951fb547ff71 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/5027fff1.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e67f6c662673cac155e442f739e347fd And a rather bizarre looking Tiki from Pagan Island. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/50280033.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=8bcd2652b42b9fe7e747b03a546890cd DC |
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captnkirk
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08/14/2012
Pagan Island is available on DVD (if you want it). The man who carved the sea god for this movie was Lewis Van Dercar he is in the Book of Tiki there is a thread about him if you are interested: |
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Dustycajun
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09/01/2012
Came across this movie poster for Primitive Love starring Jayne Mansfield. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/5041a7be.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=fe08af5ae481ae224f62b00627285bb7 Never thought of Jayne as the exotic girl, but she can fill out a hula skirt. Some campy photos from the movie can be seen here: Leopard suit? Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/8169/5041a8a3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=0e444a44de07901e09f0652c953491f4 DC |
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atomictonytiki
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09/01/2012
Jayne Mansfield Grrrrr Hubba Hubba! |
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creativenative
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09/07/2012
Great poster DC. Thanks for sharing. Just picked up a good movie BATTLESHIP which was just released last week. Here's a couple of screen shots in a tiki bar which was filmed in SoCal somewhere. Looks like a regular bar with some South Seas tiki dressing. Modern tiki mask under beer sign |
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tikilongbeach
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09/10/2012
The 1960 Billy Wilder movie 'The Apartment' has a great scene in a NYC Chinese restaurant called the Rickshaw. There is a tiki front and center and another one by the door. The decor in the restaurant is awesome, I wish it was in color. This link takes you to a clip from the movie. http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/205778/Apartment-The-Movie-Clip-I-Saw-My-Lawyer.html This website mentions the restaurant, The Rickshaw. http://www.filmsite.org/apar2.html |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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09/10/2012
tikilongbeach, You found one of the seminal movies of "Mid Century Modern cinema" Also of note is "The Apartment" is one of two movies that is a direct influence for "Madmen" |
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tikilongbeach
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09/10/2012
I searched for 'The Apartment' because I thought it would've already been discussed, but nothing came up on TC. |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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09/10/2012
The location shooting for "The Apartment" took place here: 205 Columbus Avenue, New York City, New York, USA Interior Sets, Office, Apartment,etc. were shot here: It is believed but unconfirmed the Chinese Restaurant exterior is another restaurant in N.Y. city |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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09/10/2012
I did come across this in the N.Y. Times archive: The exterior scenes of the Chinese restaurant are listed as It is possible they used the same restaurant for interior shots also? |
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Bora Boris
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09/10/2012
It's been discussed before - http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30762&forum=1 No reason not to add to it though. |
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tikilongbeach
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09/11/2012
Cool, thank you for the link to the previous discussion. That was very helpful. |
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creativenative
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09/15/2012
THE APARTMENT great movie great tiki bar. The movie, as one can see by the following screen shots, is worth another mention. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/75931/5054fbf5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d9efa8180c1273b1d8ac1a805d363b64 |
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bigbrotiki
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09/16/2012
Nice frame captures, CN. I just watched a terrific/ terrible Hammer production from 1965 called "SHE"on U-Tube.... Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/50563a48.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=37d6f7b617115a1730709aab40867bb0 I got sucked into it by its classic Ooga Booga dance scene in the title sequence: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/50563d51.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=744e6583cd067ffc2a5f11510b1f11a8 ...and before I knew, I saw some familiar faces in the crowd: The Maori Tikis from BOTH sets depicted in this post: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=14685&forum=1&vpost=629073 This Mayfair Beachcomber "glowing eyes" mask close up tipped me of: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/50563db3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=eb98ccb724a96e04f29a89e263b92c1e Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/50563e4b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c7249ebac7a1cad515f368336aba7d3f ...and this full figure shot above, both are of the same Maori Tiki than the one used on the Avengers set. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/50563f03.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=1860419dfed9e7be3456a08ffaca9fff Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/505640d5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a572af8e67c07b7f8eb4078fa5019632 ...are definitely from the "Cracksman" Tiki Club entrance shown in my earlier post. The Hammer film was shot at Elstree Studios, also. When viewing the film it becomes obvious that the art director used a lot of props and costumes from Roman and Egyptian Cloak & Dagger films from the Elstree art department, so why go anywhere else for the "native" idols. :) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2012-09-16 15:16 ] |
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bigbrotiki
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09/17/2012
..ummm...rather make that "Sword & Sandal" films...ya know, one of those weapon/costume genres - easy to mix up! :D Here's the link for "SHE": The native dance troupe is credited as the OO-BLA-DA Dancers :) |
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09/17/2012
Aloha, That is really quite something! Mahalo Sven |
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kiara
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09/17/2012
Speaking of the Avengers. I couldn't find this photo in a search. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/3146/5057662d.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=9493057208391cb97e7ab1a9c09ace3f |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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09/17/2012
The only thing missing from that photo is "Emma Peel's" catsuit! |
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bigbrotiki
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09/18/2012
Great photo, Kiara, I don't remember seeing that in your folders. Some photos stay with us for a long time until they reveal their purpose to us. That picture of Bob Cummings with the two leopard swimsuit models I used in Tiki Modern had been in my possession for over 30 years, I brought it with me from Germany because it was a cool photo - and he was holding a light meter I used to use. :) The Avengers episode that the Elstree Maori Tiki appears in is called "The 50000 Pound Breakfast". You get to see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ0TsA10xns&feature=relmfu You see it briefly (half of it) at 4:00 minutes and at 8:14 in the background: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/5057fcc2.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=17c7e26c69e3715c3c8f3517d85b0b95 Interesting how muted the colors of the Tiki are in your photo. It is my assumption that they put the garish garish colored Tikis into that episode because they wanted to make the show more colorful for the American Market: "This series was broadcast in the U.S. from January to May 1967. The American prologue of the previous series was rejigged for the colour episodes. It opened with the caption The Avengers In Color (required by ABC for colour series at that time). This was followed by Steed unwrapping the foil from a champagne bottle and Peel shooting the cork away. (Unlike the "chessboard" opening of the previous series, this new prologue was also included in UK broadcasts of the series.)" - Wikipedia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AAJHduhHWM I liked the show better in B&W :) Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/5057fef1.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=fae16b6f58ff411e6082baef6d0a353e |
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ErkNoLikeFire
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09/24/2012
Yowza!!!! |
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JOHN-O
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09/24/2012
The image above is from The Avengers' episode "A Touch of Brimstone" where Emma Peel plays the Queen of Sin... see clip. That episode was considered too risque for American audiences, and did not air in the U.S. in 1966. The real shame was that "Honey West" was canceled after just one season in 1965 when ABC decided it would be cheaper to import the British series than to continue producing HW. :evil: Too bad, Anne Francis was way more Tiki than Diana Rigg !! OK, back to Tiki in FILMS... |
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bigbrotiki
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09/24/2012
....but Miss M. Appeal painted like Derek Yaniger :wink: Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/35/5060a002.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=6faad608fe7f13f5d306b7c944bc5def (Nice Honey West stills, John-O!) |
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nui 'umi 'umi
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10/15/2012
No tikis in the movie "Argo" but Alan Arkin does mention having had a "mai tai at Trader Vic's". Made me smile. |
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10/26/2012
Here is some news on a new movie now in production called "Deep Tiki" from Cameron Crowe "A disgraced military weapons consultant who, after being deployed to a dormant base in Hawaii to supervise the launch of a spy satellite, “starts to discover himself and the relationships he left behind against the backdrop of mythical island lore and Cold War-esque diplomacy.” The story involved visions of Hawaiian Gods and a sacrifice being thrown into a volcano. Do you want to know more?: http://collider.com/emma-stone-cameron-crowe-deep-tiki/185099/ |
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tikiskip
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11/21/2012
Don't know if this one is here or not but Honolulu is not Plot Summary for Director: Writers: Stars: |
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11/21/2012
Funny Skip, I just watched the movie on TCM this morning |
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tikiskip
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11/21/2012
Well it looks like you were doing what I did. |
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tikiskip
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11/22/2012
John O did post about this movie here on this thread. |
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Holler Waller
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01/31/2013
Adventures of Tintin had some ancient treasures lined up |
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creativenative
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01/31/2013
Good eye H.W. |
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creativenative
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02/22/2013
(Above is from page 39 of this thread) Yeah! I just got my own, obviously on left of photo. I was fascinated by the decanter and while I was looking for dark blue glass floats yesterday I found this one (I love the tapa colors). Thanks again Big Bro for the info. BTW I also picked up those brown little tiki salt & pepper shakers, sorry probably wrong thread but anybody know about them? [ Edited by: creativenative 2013-02-21 22:04 ] |
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Gunga Galunga
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02/27/2013
While not a TV show or movie, I remember going to the arcades quite a bit as a kid, and coming across a fighting game called World Heroes 2. There was a character named "Mudman" who hailed from Papua New Guinea. He was actually the first "Tiki" anything I ever stumbled across as a kid and I was instantly fascinated with what this was all about. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/77472/512d76d3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=916676a94f9168c014740cd9f373bbf5 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/77472/512d793c.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=cd358588931fab47fbd40ff708bc861b Below is a link from Youtube of a person playing as Mudman in a game, enjoy my first taste of Tiki! |