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Tiki Imagineer Rolly Crump in Los Angeles Magazine

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Between the anniversary Adventureland glasses and Shag’s cruise art, I seem to be on a tiki-related Disney kick lately. (Even more so on Twitter.) And that’s all about to continue with this post.

I was flipping through my copy of the March 2011 Los Angeles magazine and stumbled on a tiki—and not just any old tiki, but a war shield carved for the Enchanted Tiki Room.

The article, “The Architect of Delight,” compiled by Marcel Bonner and Stephen Daly, tells the story of how Disney animator Rolly Crump’s cartoon marijuana poster got him noticed by Walt Disney. He was brought on to the “imagineering” side of things and worked on the Enchanted Tiki Room and It’s A Small World attractions at Disneyland. There’s some great anecdotes from behind the scenes, not to mention this awesome illustration by Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily. (You can see some of Crump’s sketches and sculpts on their blog.)

Edited to add: You can now read the whole article on LA mag’s website. Also in that issue was a neat round-up of retro diners, including the 1950s Googie gem Pann’s in Westchester.

In other news, my buddy Sree posted about our Indian Food + Tiki mashup night on her blog SaagAHH. They were good sports and brave souls that spun the wheel at the Tiki-Ti! Go on over there and see what fortune brought them…

Shag’s Disney Cruise Line Art & Merchandise

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So last weekend I was at Disneyland (again) and discovered to my dismay that the Adventureland glasses were out of stock (hopefully that’s just temporary). However I was delighted to find that Shag’s merch for the Disney Cruise line had made their debut at the Disney Gallery. Above is ‘Island Intermission,’ a limited edition giclee priced at $395.

I’m a bit more frugal than that, so I opted for the postcard set ($18) that included two cards of each of the four designs. There are those pirate kids again—I remembered them from Shag’s Pirates of the Caribbean stuff and from this diptych from his macabre show Autumn’s Come Undone.

Also on display were a coaster set, decanter, four different glasses, and two shirts (girls’ printed tee and an aloha shirt, seen below). I was kind of surprised to find all this there because the Disney blog said it would only be available on the ship.

The selection of items was pretty similar to what Disney and Shag rolled out for the Haunted Mansion’s 40th Anniversary a year and a half ago.

Since there wasn’t anything overtly tiki about all that I’ll also include Shag’s map of Disney World, with a tiki for the Polynesian Resort. This print and more will be released this summer as part of the park’s 40th anniversary celebration.

55th Anniversary Adventureland Tiki Glasses at Disneyland

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A few months back, I mentioned the four giclées that Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily designed in honor of Disneyland’s 55th anniversary. When I was back there in December, I discovered that they had spun off those images onto glasses, like this one with the tiki from Adventureland.

They look neat, though alas not very photogenic (at least not with my camera skills)—and for $7 they’re practically a steal. (You couldn’t even buy two churros for that.) Don’t count on getting a full set, though, the Fantasyland ones seem to have been sold out since Day One.