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TIKI DRINK TV, PART II

You are forgiven for not recalling Part One, since that post appeared here some four years ago.  The Bum would have followed it up sooner, if he wasn’t a bum.  At any rate, here are more sightings of Tiki drinks on TV: THE APARTMENT (1960):  Fred MacMurray downs Daiquiris with Shirley Maclaine in a perfect [...]

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COCKTAIL NATION VS. CARRIE NATION

Starting this Sunday, PBS airs a new three-part documentary by Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz).  Apparently not all the Beachbum’s friends are in low places, because he was recently sent a preview copy. This time Burns co-directed with Lynn Novick, but all the usual Burns trademarks are there:  compelling archival footage, equally compelling [...]

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PAGING DOCTOR FUNK

Over at the Small Screen Network, Robert “Drinkboy” Hess (that’s him above) has been furiously posting video cocktail demos recently.  We just hope that he finds the time to drink them after he makes them. His latest post walks you through how to assemble a Suffering Bastard, a wonderful tropical drink invented at Shepheard’s Hotel [...]

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TIKI DRINK TV, PART I

The Bum not only enjoys drinking tropical cocktails; he also enjoys watching them. And if you waste as much time as he does in front of the TV, eventually you encounter a surprising amount of movies in which exotic drinks play a supporting role. Here’s what the remote recently dragged in: THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953): [...]

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