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RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - missydog1 - 03-12-2009
A lot of people who work serving tourists thought it was funny and right on. When you work everyday with people having to talk on script and censor yourself, it's very satisfying to see a skit like that where the "servers" let it rip on the clueless patrons.
I haven't watched SNL for years, but I liked the skit.
Also, in spite of the news descriptions, the Rock isn't doing Hula at all, he's doing Haka moves, which is a Maori war dance that's now used by football and rugby teams to pump themselves up pre-game ...
I liked the irony of him doing a war dance rather than hula, and the tourists of course don't know the difference.
RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - mella l - 03-12-2009
Lt. Gov. James ''Duke'' Aiona said he's worried the skit might hurt the state's biggest industry by deterring people from visiting the islands.
Me thinks Mr. Aiona is taking himself a little too seriously! Truly there are some big issues that need the attention of the state officials, and no way is this skit one of those issues!!!
Where can we get some tea shirts?
mella l
RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - PaulW - 03-12-2009
I don't think people are giving Mr Aiona enough credit. He probably heard about the skit and thought making comments on it would give Hawaii even more publicity. It worked!
RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - punafish - 03-12-2009
I'll be watching for that uptick in Hawaii tourism...
RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - Guest - 03-12-2009
SNL blows. The reason people think it was better when it first started is because it is always age appropriate for 14 year olds.
As far as impact? They say any press is good press. Madoff has been all over the news lately, and look, he just scored a 150 years of free room and board.
RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - Jon - 03-12-2009
I would think most of you guys would like the bad press... that way there are fewer tourist and with that fewer people moving in... and with that, more people moving out.
win, win, win...
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RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - jdirgo - 03-13-2009
I found it funny. Especially when he almost took out the tourist that said "but isn't Barack from Illinois?" (or something like that). After all, with all our problems, shouldn't we laugh with the rest of the country? We do live in the most beautiful place I've ever seen after all...
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RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - EightFingers - 03-13-2009
OK, that settles it, I'm having a t-shirt made that says "Aloha HARD"
RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - punafish - 03-13-2009
Okay, some of us thought the skit was funny, some of us didn't. But was anyone offended by it (other than our politicians)?
At the risk of mixing threads, the SNL uproar really was...much ado about nothing.
RE: SNL Hawaii Skit - Laughing_girl - 03-13-2009
Raise your hands if you did not vote for Sarah Palin because of the Tina Fey skits.
Same difference.
What would have made it even funnier if it had been Duke in the skit as a tourist.