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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
|  Posted: 2012-02-05 10:52 am Permalink
Wow, thank you so much for those great images, Michelle! I can't play PAL on my DVD player in the U.S. And those statues are indeed all African, not Oceanic art. But this finding does support my general "Tiki Modern" theory. 
That Sponge Bob Tiki Land episode is most unfortunate. Why would a show that was the first to incorporate some really cool Tiki elements, like Squidward's house, and an A-frame movie theater with Tiki bathroom sinks, stoop so low in its Tiki designs with badly-rendered, 2-dimensional Party Store-colored Tikis !!?
This should have been an ode to mod-cartoony Tiki art, and it's not. It might be OK for kids, but where were the adult designers that bought the Book of Tiki multiple times when it came out, at 8-Ball right down the street from Nickelodeon? I can only fathom that, like back ground designs often are, it was farmed out to China. These Tikis bear the hallmark symptoms of non-Amercian, internet-sourced Tiki.
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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
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From: Southern Cailifornia
| Posted: 2012-02-05 1:52 pm Permalink
How come no mention of the Mrs being on last weeks "The Layover" Sven?
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Wildsville man
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From: PALM SPRINGSVILLE
| Posted: 2012-02-05 2:53 pm Permalink
Do's this count?
a good plug for "Lost in Paradise" for our fellow TC'er Chris
go to youtube and check out his channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/chrisandsarahb
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-02-05 5:27 pm Permalink
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On 2012-02-05 13:52, Chuck Tatum is Tiki wrote:
How come no mention of the Mrs being on last weeks "The Layover" Sven?
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It wasn't really Tiki..except for two seconds: Exactly as long as it takes a person to say "Tiki Ti"
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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
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Joined: May 12, 2011
Posts: 1674
From: Southern Cailifornia
| Posted: 2012-02-05 6:53 pm Permalink
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On 2012-02-05 17:27, bigbrotiki wrote:
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On 2012-02-05 13:52, Chuck Tatum is Tiki wrote:
How come no mention of the Mrs being on last weeks "The Layover" Sven?
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It wasn't really Tiki..except for two seconds: Exactly as long as it takes a person to say "Tiki Ti"
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And the two seconds of Tiki mugs at Wacko, I wish they went to the Tiki Ti.......
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HOUSE OF KU
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Joined: Apr 15, 2005
Posts: 537
From: TIKILAND, USA
| Posted: 2012-02-10 01:57 am Permalink
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On 2012-01-25 20:35, naugatiki wrote:
Tiki Gods office
The store front
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Sure looks like some of Paul Fujimoto's carvings...I wonder if thats from Blairs showroom??
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Johnny Dollar
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Posts: 2916
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2012-02-10 05:55 am Permalink
plus, al harrington in that episode.
this was probably mentioned elsewhere, but all seasons of Hawaii Five-O are on Netflix Instant Streaming. it's a great resource imho.
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martian-tiki
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Joined: Sep 19, 2009
Posts: 309 | Posted: 2012-02-11 4:05 pm Permalink
http://youtu.be/wlcXA_iokPc
Superman disguised as Batman beats up Bane and throws an Easter Island statue around with another tiki as decor for the Riddler and Mad Hatter's hideout.
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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
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Joined: May 12, 2011
Posts: 1674
From: Southern Cailifornia
| Posted: 2012-02-16 3:04 pm Permalink
I thought this would best go in this thread:
Found these old TV themes from the early 1960s
First one is from a rare show called "Follow the Sun" it is "full frontal Exotica"
Other shows of note is Jack Lord's pre H50 western "Stoney Burke"
and be sure to check out "The New Breed" also, towards the end!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOil6PhSAzs&feature=related
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Michelle66
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Joined: Mar 05, 2011
Posts: 41 | Posted: 2012-02-18 9:03 pm Permalink
Here in Japan, the old Mission: Impossible series is now being shown on a cable station called "Super Drama TV".
Last night, a sixth-season episode called "Double Dead" was shown.
The episode is set in Hawaii (but filmed on the Paramount lot in LA). There is a scene inside a restaurant, complete with hula dancers and cocktails being served in pineapples.
The best thing about the episode is the main villain's house is actually the Brady Bunch living room - all dressed up Polynesian style. (Both Paramount series were sill in production when the show was filmed.)
The whole episode is up at YouTube: http://youtu.be/X7cCZWuB0C0
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ErkNoLikeFire
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Joined: Aug 07, 2010
Posts: 423
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2012-02-18 10:10 pm Permalink
wow that is pretty funny.
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Swanky
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From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2012-02-20 09:04 am Permalink
I just got a tape from about 1962 of the Tonight Show with the Mai-Kai Mystery Girl on it. It is incredible stuff! Come to Hukilau and see my presentation and you can see it all, hear the back story of Johnny and how this happened, and meet the man who made it possible. No, not Mr. Carson, but his good friend Jack.
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Trad'r Bill
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Joined: Oct 14, 2008
Posts: 451
From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2012-02-20 11:27 am Permalink
Sounds great Swanky - I don't think I can make it to Hukilau this year, but that presentation sounds really interesting. I saw your presentation at Tiki Oasis, and it was very informative/entertaining... the mystery bowl presentation was a sight to see.
Michelle66 - thanks for those screenshots... that is amazing! The Brady Bunch house all done-up Tiki-style. It's got everything - witco bar stools, rattan bar, carved Tikis, yellow Chinese tiles... sweet!
-Trad'r Bill
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Trad'r Bill
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Posts: 451
From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2012-02-20 12:39 pm Permalink
I saw this cool Milan Guanko tiki lamp on the M:I episode around 44:48:
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-02-20 4:34 pm Permalink
Putting 2 + 2 together on TC, we can easily arrive at the source of this episode's decor :
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On 2011-02-09 07:42, Dustycajun wrote:
Sven,
1986, that was at the very end of the Sea and Jungle. Here is an LA Times article on the closing and history of the store from June of 1986:
"....Sea and Jungle also provided the movie industry with technical information, such as how to rig a sail on a tall ship's mizzenmast, he said. Just recently, Congiardo said, he found a small cannon that he needed at the Glendale store.
Sea and Jungle props decorated Rick's Cafe Americaine in "Casablanca," Achtien said. They carried natives over the waves in "Mutiny on the Bounty." And they adorned countless TV movies..."
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We already know that that mini Milan Guanko came from them, the green lamp base one looks like a plaster cast of it.
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