Don Ho and one of his ten kids.
The Sneeds are really a branch of the Bundy family. Everything we try to do will turn trashy due to our overpowering Bundyness.
A couple of years ago, we took a vacation in Hawaii. The lovely Mrs. Sneed and I were joined by Sneedlet One's mom and dad. Two weeks in Maui, what could be better? A lot as it turns out.
First, we booked it through some travel agent that specializes in Hawaiian vacations. Since we had never been to Hawaii as adults, (I was there twice when I was a child) we figured we could use the help.
The travel agent suggested that rather than spending the entire two weeks on Maui, we should take a few days at another island. We decided to spend the first three days on Oahu, which turns out to be a mixed experience. It afforded us the opportunity to visit the Arizona Memorial and take a tour of the island, which were both great. It was Don Ho where things got rough.
Somehow we were forced into seeing the Do Ho show at the Don Ho Theater. Theater is a generous description. The show was in a hotel ballroom, that Don Ho had taken over. It came with a dinner that was largely unconsumable, served by a giant, menacing Polynesian guy, who looked like he doubled as a hired killer. His demeanor was unpleasant. I think since repeat business wasn't an issue for Don Ho, customer service wasn't either.
By the time we saw the Don Ho show, his marginal talent had faded. He sat in a chair like your crazy uncle, mumbling about God knows what. It was the night to forget, but we can't.
An interesting thing about Don was that he was a college graduate, BS in sociology and former Air force officer. He lived up the folksy old knucklehead image for years.
Maui was a wonderful experience for the Sneeds and more than compensated for the horrors of the Don Ho Show.
Anyway Don died yesterday and legions of Hawaiians are in mourning.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky
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7 comments:
Gee I thought Don Ho was already dead. Musta been some other Ho.
What a Terrible Loss. Sad, very sad that you lost a Hibiscus. Glad you went right out and got a new one.
You know, being a habitual watcher of late '60s-early '70s television as a child, I would very much like to have seen Don Ho. Even if he was terrible.
Steve didn't miss anything! Every single time I saw Don Ho on TeeVee he was lookin really bored and singing a lackluster "tiny bubbles" He made the Ray Coniff Singers seem totally hot and wild by comparison.
some fab Conniff! great clown art too!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgPrt0mVTv8
wait, this is better. the girl singers are wearing totally hot sexy outfits--and the singing--superb!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI_X-USFcRk&mode=related&search=
I take a different lesson from your inspiring story: college graduates with BSes in sociology and Air Force experience can be folksy knuckleheads.
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