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Hawaii Dave Donnelly |
1968: 35 years ought
to be enough to make
Dad proud
(It was during this week, 35 years ago, that Dave Donnelly's daily column began, on Dec. 16, 1968, to be exact. Herewith is a portion of that first column.)'WHY write a column? Aren't there any honest jobs around?" That, I'm sure, would be my father's reaction to my current means of employment were he alive today. But after a checkered career in television and a hyperactive one in radio, I think we can settle down to chronicling all manner of items that might not otherwise find their way into a newspaper. So without further etc., let's begin ...
Our least favorite euphemism of the season: No Host Cocktails ... Overheard at holiday party -- He: "Why is my drink blue?" She: "You asked for a cup of Cheer, didn't you?" Say goodnight to the folks, Gracie ... We're just back from a Maui relaxer prior to leaping into this new racket. While there, we discovered 1) a great little place called the Maui Sands, just up the road from Kaanapali with an apartment not 10 steps from the beach, 2) a fine new Lahaina restaurant called Ye Olde MacDonalds (no kin to the hamburger king) and 3) Sam Sanford, lounge-lizarding in the Pioneer Inn and preparing to sail back to Honolulu. Sam mentioned that he's through in Lahaina where he ran the Chart House restaurant under such monikers as Trader Irving and Bonnie Prince Shapiro. If the deal that is in the works to put KHAI back on the air goes through, Sam may have a new home in radio ...
SPEAKING of hippies (and somebody always is), a fascinating new book called "Quotations from Charlie Chan" gives indication Charlie was perhaps ahead of his time. Sample: "Fresh weed better than wilted rose." Calling all cars -- be on the lookout for one overweight Chinese male ...
ATTENTION Frank Fasi: There are some very interesting blueprints for a movie or TV soundstage with complete facilities for all phases of production on a young executive's desk in the city. Since you're one of us who would like to see more films made in Hawaii, maybe you should be aware of them ...
TRY! Just try during lunch hour to walk through Nick's Fishmarket (the new "in" restaurant in the Marine Surf Hotel) without running into someone you know. Especially on Tuesdays when Nick parades models' fashions. Drop by and take a gander (but leave it at that). ... The Battle of the Cash Registers is under way across Kalakaua Avenue, with Don Ho on the mauka side at Duke's once again and Tommy Sands makai at the Outrigger. The cash flowing on either side would make a Scotsman blush ...
PUNS and Judy: Dr. Amos Leib, UH prof and foremost local punster, calls his cat Caboodle 'cause he's had her ever since she was a kitten -- at which time he called her Kitten Caboodle. In the professor's back yard, he has brazenly designated Caboodle's residence with a sign stating, "Hale Meow Meow." Ouch! ...
MORE power to him: Adman Patt Patterson was asked to stand and be acknowledged at the Ad Club's Christmas luncheon the other day. Pat stood, lowered his head and gave the Black Power salute, breaking up everybody ... A New York outfit called the Serviceman's Link to Peace plans to set up its first "information center" in Hawaii where there's a large concentration of R&R servicemen. They hope to build up communications between GIs and peace groups and will staff their Hawaii center with Vietnam vets and that sure-fire audience grabber: girls ...
A LOOK at the new phone book: If Olympic Roach married L.G. Beer, she'd be Olympic Beer ... If Nyna Abreau married Richard Clock, she'd be Nyna Clock ... If F.D. Urlacher were to marry Edward Ah Sing, their child may be called the F.D. Ah Sing Baby ... And if I.M. McCue married George Pau, the end result would be I.M. Pau. Next???
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Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968. The Week That Was runs Sundays and recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns. Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com