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GatorRob
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From: 3 hrs 33 mins to paradise
|  Posted: 2008-04-19 3:25 pm Permalink
You know what? I need a gong. I said a GONG. Not a bong.
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2008-04-24 5:36 pm Permalink
Here is another Mai Kai shot of our Mystery Girl pouring the the always impressive Kona Coffee Grog. That sure looks like Puanani again.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-04-24 6:07 pm Permalink
Nice. What ever happened to that fabulous glass roof?
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Swanky
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From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2008-04-24 6:24 pm Permalink
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On 2008-04-24 18:07, bigbrotiki wrote:
Nice. What ever happened to that fabulous glass roof?
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The roof is still there. It was covered in thatch for a while and then that got blown away. It's just not a "clear" as it used to be.
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Swanky
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From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2008-04-25 06:09 am Permalink
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On 2008-04-11 17:46, GatorRob wrote:
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On 2008-04-11 15:13, Swanky wrote:
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Ah, thanks for posting that one. That's the newspaper clipping that I mentioned earlier. She's obviously the same mystery girl from the iconic shot below that we all know and love.
Sorry for going all Mai-Kai on you Dustycajun.  And thanks for the closeups of the Samoa. I might have to do a little digging on that place seeing that it was located only about 45 minutes from my house!
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I asked Annie about this again, and she gave me some accidentally interesting information. The only Pualani she knew at the Mai Kai was the daughter of the Avon family that ran the gift shop. Ding ding ding! Pualani Avon Mossman performed at Hukilau 2004. She is the lady for whom "Lovely Hula Hands" was written. Her family created the Lalani Village in Hawaii which was the first to bring back the luau and hula and Hawaiian culture to the tourists. Is that Pualani Avon? I doubt it. She would have been in her 40-50s at that time and the Mai Kai girls were all young.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-04-25 06:49 am Permalink
Pua-NANI, not LANI, Swankman. Interesting info, though. Probably related to Sterling Mossman and Doug Mossman who played Moke the guard and also was the "Hawaiian advisor" on Hawaiian Eye.
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54 house of bamboo
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From: Cambridge UK
| Posted: 2008-04-25 09:06 am Permalink
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On 2008-04-11 14:29, TabooDan wrote:
The one above is from the Beachcomber Bar that was at the Butlins holiday camps. This location is the Ayr Beachcomber Bar which I believe was located in Scotland, U.K. Great shot of the server shakin' it up and pouring right at the table. There is also a server with a tray of drinks in the center.
TabooDan
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Never seen this one before - and it's not on Butlin's own web site of memorabilia. Thanks for posting.
Here's the exterior of Ayr's Beachcomber Bar c. 1964:
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TabooDan
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From: BC, Canada
| Posted: 2008-04-25 09:29 am Permalink
Hey 54, Now that is a cool shot! You do not see too many of the exteriors of the Butlin Beachcombers. Sure had that Disney look to their decor dont you think?
Thanks for the picture!
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2008-04-26 6:44 pm Permalink
Taboo Dan,
Love that Beachcomber card, I just picked one up a few days ago, cool.
54,
Thanks also for the exterior picture of Butlins, very rare indeed.
I thought that this thread just wouldn't be complete without the in-famous lingerie luncheon show girls from Tiki Bobs in San Francisco!
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GatorRob
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From: 3 hrs 33 mins to paradise
| Posted: 2008-04-28 08:47 am Permalink
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On 2008-04-24 17:36, Dustycajun wrote:
Here is another Mai Kai shot of our Mystery Girl pouring the the always impressive Kona Coffee Grog.
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Yes, especially impressive because they always faked the fire in these pictures and made it look like a roaring inferno! 
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GatorRob
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| Posted: 2008-04-28 08:53 am Permalink
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On 2008-04-24 18:07, bigbrotiki wrote:
Nice. What ever happened to that fabulous glass roof?
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The roof is still there. It was covered in thatch for a while and then that got blown away. It's just not a "clear" as it used to be.
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I think there must be about 30 years of nicotine up on those glass panels. Would love to see the glass restored to its original clarity now that the roof over the gardens is free of thatch. Hard to believe in the humid Florida heat that the roof was originally screened in, so there must have been no A/C originally. I bet the place cleared out in summer. But, we're digressing from the purpose of this thread, which is GIRLS!
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Swanky
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From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2008-04-28 10:07 am Permalink
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On 2008-04-24 18:07, bigbrotiki wrote:
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The roof is still there. It was covered in thatch for a while and then that got blown away. It's just not a "clear" as it used to be.
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I think there must be about 30 years of nicotine up on those glass panels. Would love to see the glass restored to its original clarity now that the roof over the gardens is free of thatch. Hard to believe in the humid Florida heat that the roof was originally screened in, so there must have been no A/C originally. I bet the place cleared out in summer. But, we're digressing from the purpose of this thread, which is GIRLS!
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It was actually probably closed in summer. The Mai Kai, and much of Florida was seasonal. The dancers would head to New York and Chicago for work in the simmers, and then back to FL for the season. The Mystery Girls had to make their money during the season pretty much for the whole year.
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Dustycajun
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From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2008-05-04 07:49 am Permalink
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On 2008-04-10 20:44, naugatiki wrote:
And while we're on the subject, does anyone have any footage, descriptions, or pictures of these wahines doing drink rituals that go with the libations? I sort of have a Kahiki fantasy of the lights going dim and smoke billowing threw the air while the drink is held up to the fire place and it’s red eyes flashing and an exotic soundtrack.
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Naugatiki,
Were you thinking of something maybe like this? From a Kahiki brochure.
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-05-04 1:30 pm Permalink
I know someone who has the original rendering to that brochure cover.
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SufferinSimon
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Joined: Jun 15, 2003
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From: The Enchanted Isle of Dayton, Ohio
| Posted: 2008-05-04 9:34 pm Permalink
And I know someone who would enjoy seeing it ... me.
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