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MrBaliHai
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Posts: 775 |  Posted: 2006-05-04 07:09 am Permalink
In perhaps the clearest sign yet that I've become totally obsessive in my dotage, I recently began scouring my home DVD and video collection for any and all traces of Polynesian Pop. So far, I've turned up the following 2 clips which I've uploaded to YouTube for your viewing pleasure.
Here's part of the Luau For Two episode of Pee Wee's Playhouse, a show that was always on the cutting edge of retrofetishism. Pee Wee wins dinner for 2 at a Hawaiian restaurant, but when ALL the Playhouse gang wants to go, he turns to Jambi the Genie, who grants his wish by converting the entire Playhouse into a giant Luau. Long Live Jambi!
Polynesiantown, an intentionally lame parody of the film Chinatown, appeared as a 1981 Movie of the Week on SCTV, and stars perennial celebrity loser, Johnny LaRue (John Candy), as the proprietor of Johnny LaRue's Luau Room, a Polynesian restaurant/nightclub that serves up bad entertainment and poisonous food. Dr. John appears as himself. Don't eat the Molokai Ribs!
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ted tiki
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From: minneapolis
| Posted: 2006-05-04 08:29 am Permalink
I love SCTV-greatest comedy show ever. I have always planed on naming my home bar (once it is done)after that great episode. The show hasn't aged as well as I hoped but it does bring back great memories.
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cynfulcynner
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| Posted: 2006-05-04 10:47 am Permalink
If you listen carefully to the background music on that "Pee-wee" episode, you can jear Jambi repeatedly chanting "mekka-lekka-hi, mekka-hiney-ho." 
Where was Lawrence Fishburne (aka Cowboy Curtis)?
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MrBaliHai
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On 2006-05-04 10:47, cynfulcynner wrote:
If you listen carefully to the background music on that "Pee-wee" episode, you can jear Jambi repeatedly chanting "mekka-lekka-hi, mekka-hiney-ho."
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The ants playing the ukulele and hula-ing around the volcano are singing that as well.
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Where was Lawrence Fishburne (aka Cowboy Curtis)?
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He'd been liberated from the Playhouse Matrix in an earlier episode...
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Tangaroa
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Posts: 1550 | Posted: 2006-05-05 07:22 am Permalink
 "That's an expensive CRANE SHOT!!!!!"
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hodadhank
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| Posted: 2006-05-05 5:08 pm Permalink
Polynesiantown!!!!! So great Thank you! I just watched Chinatown this morning... I wish I could see it all the way to the end.
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Basement Kahuna
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| Posted: 2006-05-06 12:04 pm Permalink
I was digging "Happy Talk" way more than Dr. John...does that make me a freak?
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MrBaliHai
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Posts: 775 | Posted: 2006-05-06 1:15 pm Permalink
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On 2006-05-06 12:04, Basement Kahuna wrote:
I was digging "Happy Talk" way more than Dr. John...does that make me a freak?
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I thought Andrea Martin looked really hot in that muu-muu.
We both need help.
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marika
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From: montreal
| Posted: 2006-05-06 2:09 pm Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1HgDUrQ5us
in this episode with Dolly Parton you see a big tiki pole in Pee Wee's house I don't know if it was always in the show.
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cynfulcynner
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| Posted: 2006-05-06 5:28 pm Permalink
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On 2006-05-06 14:09, marika wrote:
in this episode with Dolly Parton you see a big tiki pole in Pee Wee's house I don't know if it was always in the show.
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It was always there, if I recall. I watched the show just about every single week.
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Johnny Dollar
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| Posted: 2013-03-07 12:41 pm Permalink
the SCTV Polynesiantown episode has been reuploaded on YouTube - starting at 20:42 and resuming at 43:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDhEJ-dgmc0&feature=youtu.be&t=20m42s
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Phillip Roberts
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| Posted: 2013-03-07 8:24 pm Permalink
Aloha Johnny Dollar,
Thnx fer da tip...
is that u?
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Captainwhoopass
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From: Edmonton AB
| Posted: 2013-03-08 1:54 pm Permalink
The playhouse was redone at the beginning of season 2 when the show moved to a new studio. I don't believe the tiki pole by the door of the playhouse was in season 1.
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ErkNoLikeFire
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From: Michigan
| Posted: 2013-03-13 09:12 am Permalink
Don't eat the ribs! I love SCTV!
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