Tiki Disneyland's final chapter: The FINAL sale of Oceanic Arts

0:01 ladies and gentlemen we are standing at

0:01 ladies and gentlemen we are standing at Ground Zero for Tiki people because this

0:05 Ground Zero for Tiki people because this

0:05 Ground Zero for Tiki people because this building behind me was once the great

0:08 building behind me was once the great

0:08 building behind me was once the great Oceanic Arts the epicenter of all things

0:12 Oceanic Arts the epicenter of all things

0:12 Oceanic Arts the epicenter of all things Tiki so much Tiki Decor came through

0:15 Tiki so much Tiki Decor came through

0:15 Tiki so much Tiki Decor came through these hallowed walls and of course so

0:17 these hallowed walls and of course so

0:17 these hallowed walls and of course so many crazy iconic tikis including all

0:20 many crazy iconic tikis including all

0:20 many crazy iconic tikis including all different kinds of tikis that were at

0:21 different kinds of tikis that were at

0:21 different kinds of tikis that were at Disneyland and Walt Disney World were

0:23 Disneyland and Walt Disney World were

0:23 Disneyland and Walt Disney World were created here by the legendary artist

0:26 created here by the legendary artist

0:26 created here by the legendary artist Leroy schmalz who is now sadly no longer

0:29 Leroy schmalz who is now sadly no longer

0:29 Leroy schmalz who is now sadly no longer with us and of course Oceanic Arts has

0:31 with us and of course Oceanic Arts has

0:31 with us and of course Oceanic Arts has closed down a couple of years ago their

0:33 closed down a couple of years ago their

0:33 closed down a couple of years ago their main business Well turns out there was a

0:36 main business Well turns out there was a

0:36 main business Well turns out there was a little bit of a warehouse sale after

0:37 little bit of a warehouse sale after

0:37 little bit of a warehouse sale after that then there was a fixture sale and

0:39 that then there was a fixture sale and

0:39 that then there was a fixture sale and now finally this weekend is the final

0:43 now finally this weekend is the final

0:43 now finally this weekend is the final final sweeping out the warehouse very

0:46 final sweeping out the warehouse very

0:46 final sweeping out the warehouse very last chance for people to come down and

0:48 last chance for people to come down and

0:48 last chance for people to come down and see anything at Oceanic Arts because

0:51 see anything at Oceanic Arts because

0:51 see anything at Oceanic Arts because they are actually selling the building

0:54 they are actually selling the building

0:54 they are actually selling the building and selling off whatever's left of the

0:55 and selling off whatever's left of the

0:55 and selling off whatever's left of the fixtures whatever's left from filing

0:57 fixtures whatever's left from filing

0:57 fixtures whatever's left from filing cabinet drawers they found artwork they

0:59 cabinet drawers they found artwork they

0:59 cabinet drawers they found artwork they found weird statues they found all kinds

1:01 found weird statues they found all kinds

1:01 found weird statues they found all kinds of stuff and we are about to head inside

1:04 of stuff and we are about to head inside

1:04 of stuff and we are about to head inside one last time together to hang out with

1:07 one last time together to hang out with

1:07 one last time together to hang out with the son of Leroy schmalz Christopher

1:09 the son of Leroy schmalz Christopher

1:09 the son of Leroy schmalz Christopher schmalz and see what the heck is going

1:12 schmalz and see what the heck is going

1:12 schmalz and see what the heck is going on as we say goodbye one last time to

1:15 on as we say goodbye one last time to

1:15 on as we say goodbye one last time to Oceanic Arts all right Chris what is

1:17 Oceanic Arts all right Chris what is

1:17 Oceanic Arts all right Chris what is going on I thought Oceanic Arts was

1:20 going on I thought Oceanic Arts was

1:20 going on I thought Oceanic Arts was closed what's happening in

1:22 closed what's happening in

1:22 closed what's happening in here I'll tell you what um it's it has

1:25 here I'll tell you what um it's it has

1:25 here I'll tell you what um it's it has closed right because people can't just

1:28 closed right because people can't just

1:28 closed right because people can't just come in here um

1:35 but we had a big huge sale a giant

1:35 but we had a big huge sale a giant Warehouse sale there was 450 people here

1:37 Warehouse sale there was 450 people here

1:37 Warehouse sale there was 450 people here yeah I saw and then the next day there

1:38 yeah I saw and then the next day there

1:38 yeah I saw and then the next day there was a couple hundred more and then there

1:40 was a couple hundred more and then there

1:40 was a couple hundred more and then there was so much stuff left over that we were

1:41 was so much stuff left over that we were

1:42 was so much stuff left over that we were like let's just open on Thursdays for

1:44 like let's just open on Thursdays for

1:44 like let's just open on Thursdays for the next month Y and people came every

1:47 the next month Y and people came every

1:47 the next month Y and people came every Thursday including me I was here almost

1:49 Thursday including me I was here almost

1:49 Thursday including me I was here almost every here almost every Thursday and I

1:50 every here almost every Thursday and I

1:50 every here almost every Thursday and I thought everything was gone it was

1:52 thought everything was gone it was

1:52 thought everything was gone it was getting emptier and EMP then somebody

1:55 getting emptier and EMP then somebody

1:55 getting emptier and EMP then somebody said well actually several people were

1:57 said well actually several people were

1:57 said well actually several people were like can you do that on a Saturday

1:59 like can you do that on a Saturday

1:59 like can you do that on a Saturday because we can't get there there while

2:00 because we can't get there there while

2:00 because we can't get there there while we're at work right and so we're like

2:02 we're at work right and so we're like

2:02 we're at work right and so we're like okay let's do it on a Saturday but let's

2:04 okay let's do it on a Saturday but let's

2:04 okay let's do it on a Saturday but let's call it a

2:05 call it a

2:05 call it a halt so we can make sure we get

2:07 halt so we can make sure we get

2:07 halt so we can make sure we get everything out here because we're not

2:09 everything out here because we're not

2:09 everything out here because we're not doing it again right you because you

2:10 doing it again right you because you

2:10 doing it again right you because you were finding stuff in the rafters you're

2:12 were finding stuff in the rafters you're

2:12 were finding stuff in the rafters you're finding stuff in back offices a library

2:14 finding stuff in back offices a library

2:14 finding stuff in back offices a library back there there's all the front offices

2:17 back there there's all the front offices

2:17 back there there's all the front offices there's storage rooms so we're digging

2:19 there's storage rooms so we're digging

2:19 there's storage rooms so we're digging out all this stuff and we just want to

2:20 out all this stuff and we just want to

2:21 out all this stuff and we just want to get her done um I've set my life on hold

2:23 get her done um I've set my life on hold

2:23 get her done um I've set my life on hold right for an entire year to help Bob

2:26 right for an entire year to help Bob

2:26 right for an entire year to help Bob transition out of here and to do it well

2:29 transition out of here and to do it well

2:29 transition out of here and to do it well and this is it so this weekend um we

2:32 and this is it so this weekend um we

2:32 and this is it so this weekend um we have a lot of really cool stuff I mean

2:34 have a lot of really cool stuff I mean

2:34 have a lot of really cool stuff I mean um as I've gone through it I you know

2:35 um as I've gone through it I you know

2:35 um as I've gone through it I you know I'm walking down memory lane but a lot

2:37 I'm walking down memory lane but a lot

2:37 I'm walking down memory lane but a lot of it's from before my time so right

2:40 of it's from before my time so right

2:40 of it's from before my time so right there's menus from all kinds of Trader

2:43 there's menus from all kinds of Trader

2:43 there's menus from all kinds of Trader Vick and Dawn the beach comr stuff

2:45 Vick and Dawn the beach comr stuff

2:45 Vick and Dawn the beach comr stuff there's ephemera everywhere there's

2:47 there's ephemera everywhere there's

2:47 there's ephemera everywhere there's posters Galore there's a lot of oceanic

2:50 posters Galore there's a lot of oceanic

2:50 posters Galore there's a lot of oceanic Arts uh ephemera as well you know I I

2:53 Arts uh ephemera as well you know I I

2:53 Arts uh ephemera as well you know I I think we've got drawings of my dads of

2:56 think we've got drawings of my dads of

2:56 think we've got drawings of my dads of lamps and Tiki scenes and all kinds of

2:59 lamps and Tiki scenes and all kinds of

2:59 lamps and Tiki scenes and all kinds of uh blueprints stuff over and over again

3:01 uh blueprints stuff over and over again

3:01 uh blueprints stuff over and over again then we just got stuff we have all of

3:02 then we just got stuff we have all of

3:02 then we just got stuff we have all of his reference books over there that he

3:04 his reference books over there that he

3:04 his reference books over there that he used for his art over the years we're

3:06 used for his art over the years we're

3:06 used for his art over the years we're selling all of that things we've got um

3:08 selling all of that things we've got um

3:08 selling all of that things we've got um magazines the tiki magazines I think

3:10 magazines the tiki magazines I think

3:10 magazines the tiki magazines I think every single issue okay let's go take a

3:12 every single issue okay let's go take a

3:12 every single issue okay let's go take a look let's take a look at all this stuff

3:14 look let's take a look at all this stuff

3:14 look let's take a look at all this stuff okay what the heck is this look at this

3:16 okay what the heck is this look at this

3:16 okay what the heck is this look at this where did you find this I don't remember

3:17 where did you find this I don't remember

3:17 where did you find this I don't remember seeing a giant Oceanic Arts sign I never

3:19 seeing a giant Oceanic Arts sign I never

3:19 seeing a giant Oceanic Arts sign I never saw this either and then we were pulling

3:21 saw this either and then we were pulling

3:21 saw this either and then we were pulling out all the wood because there's more

3:23 out all the wood because there's more

3:23 out all the wood because there's more wood then you know you could build a

3:24 wood then you know you could build a

3:24 wood then you know you could build a small City and this is sitting behind

3:26 small City and this is sitting behind

3:26 small City and this is sitting behind there and Bob's like I've never seen

3:29 there and Bob's like I've never seen

3:29 there and Bob's like I've never seen that and I'm like Bob you have to have

3:30 that and I'm like Bob you have to have

3:30 that and I'm like Bob you have to have seen it yeah it must have been on one of

3:31 seen it yeah it must have been on one of

3:31 seen it yeah it must have been on one of the buildings it had to have been on one

3:33 the buildings it had to have been on one

3:33 the buildings it had to have been on one of the buildings it wasn't on this

3:34 of the buildings it wasn't on this

3:34 of the buildings it wasn't on this building but it was on the building

3:36 building but it was on the building

3:36 building but it was on the building before okay so what we're going to3 it's

3:38 before okay so what we're going to3 it's

3:38 before okay so what we're going to3 it's not that area code anymore oh hey so

3:40 not that area code anymore oh hey so

3:40 not that area code anymore oh hey so what we're going to see in here is

3:42 what we're going to see in here is

3:42 what we're going to see in here is what's left after the big auctions the

3:45 what's left after the big auctions the

3:45 what's left after the big auctions the big Warehouse sale all of the Thursday

3:47 big Warehouse sale all of the Thursday

3:47 big Warehouse sale all of the Thursday sales this was stuff that was still

3:49 sales this was stuff that was still

3:49 sales this was stuff that was still stashed away in every nuk and cranny in

3:51 stashed away in every nuk and cranny in

3:51 stashed away in every nuk and cranny in this giant crazy Warehouse okay so let's

3:54 this giant crazy Warehouse okay so let's

3:54 this giant crazy Warehouse okay so let's go see some of it so this is the

3:55 go see some of it so this is the

3:55 go see some of it so this is the reference library you're telling us

3:56 reference library you're telling us

3:56 reference library you're telling us about so this is what's left of your

3:58 about so this is what's left of your

3:58 about so this is what's left of your dad's reference libr Library maybe we

4:00 dad's reference libr Library maybe we

4:00 dad's reference libr Library maybe we this is a good time for you to tell us

4:02 this is a good time for you to tell us

4:02 this is a good time for you to tell us who your dad was for the people that

4:03 who your dad was for the people that

4:03 who your dad was for the people that don't really know who Leroy schmalz was

4:06 don't really know who Leroy schmalz was

4:06 don't really know who Leroy schmalz was well my dad is leer raltz he was a

4:10 well my dad is leer raltz he was a

4:10 well my dad is leer raltz he was a father and a husband and a tiki Carver

4:13 father and a husband and a tiki Carver

4:13 father and a husband and a tiki Carver and he had a lot of friends over the

4:15 and he had a lot of friends over the

4:16 and he had a lot of friends over the years but from doing this kind of

4:17 years but from doing this kind of

4:17 years but from doing this kind of business and um he's well- loved as you

4:20 business and um he's well- loved as you

4:20 business and um he's well- loved as you know yes I know you I loved Leroy um I

4:23 know yes I know you I loved Leroy um I

4:23 know yes I know you I loved Leroy um I renamed my garage the Leroy is maltz

4:25 renamed my garage the Leroy is maltz

4:25 renamed my garage the Leroy is maltz memorial Workshop I think about him

4:27 memorial Workshop I think about him

4:27 memorial Workshop I think about him every day that I go in there I've seen

4:29 every day that I go in there I've seen

4:29 every day that I go in there I've seen with tattoos of my dad on their own I

4:31 with tattoos of my dad on their own I

4:31 with tattoos of my dad on their own I mean it's St really someone got a Leroy

4:33 mean it's St really someone got a Leroy

4:33 mean it's St really someone got a Leroy tattoo that's so cool so um anyways uh

4:36 tattoo that's so cool so um anyways uh

4:36 tattoo that's so cool so um anyways uh 67 years of business here um supplying

4:40 67 years of business here um supplying

4:40 67 years of business here um supplying all the tropical goodness you could ever

4:42 all the tropical goodness you could ever

4:42 all the tropical goodness you could ever think of all over the world literally um

4:45 think of all over the world literally um

4:45 think of all over the world literally um all the early and late tiki bars have uh

4:50 all the early and late tiki bars have uh

4:50 all the early and late tiki bars have uh my dad's pretty much had his hand in all

4:52 my dad's pretty much had his hand in all

4:52 my dad's pretty much had his hand in all of it yeah everything from Trader Sams

4:54 of it yeah everything from Trader Sams

4:54 of it yeah everything from Trader Sams to Trader Vick you know to Trader Joe's

4:57 to Trader Vick you know to Trader Joe's

4:57 to Trader Vick you know to Trader Joe's yeah to Trader Joe literally as we're

4:59 yeah to Trader Joe literally as we're

4:59 yeah to Trader Joe literally as we're going to see um so uh he did a lot of

5:02 going to see um so uh he did a lot of

5:02 going to see um so uh he did a lot of art extraordinary amount of Art and a

5:04 art extraordinary amount of Art and a

5:04 art extraordinary amount of Art and a lot of carvings and so there's uh quite

5:06 lot of carvings and so there's uh quite

5:06 lot of carvings and so there's uh quite a few reference books that he would have

5:08 a few reference books that he would have

5:08 a few reference books that he would have been using throughout the years um also

5:11 been using throughout the years um also

5:11 been using throughout the years um also interior decorating books or just books

5:13 interior decorating books or just books

5:13 interior decorating books or just books from different countries so that they

5:15 from different countries so that they

5:15 from different countries so that they can get an idea of what things looked

5:16 can get an idea of what things looked

5:16 can get an idea of what things looked like in those countries before they made

5:18 like in those countries before they made

5:18 like in those countries before they made a carving that represented that country

5:20 a carving that represented that country

5:20 a carving that represented that country yeah this is before you could Google it

5:22 yeah this is before you could Google it

5:22 yeah this is before you could Google it before you could Google it before

5:23 before you could Google it before

5:23 before you could Google it before Wikipedia you had to go buy a book and

5:25 Wikipedia you had to go buy a book and

5:26 Wikipedia you had to go buy a book and that's the thing so some people might be

5:27 that's the thing so some people might be

5:27 that's the thing so some people might be surprised to see so many different

5:28 surprised to see so many different

5:28 surprised to see so many different things like here's a highways there's

5:30 things like here's a highways there's

5:30 things like here's a highways there's Model Railroader stuff because it wasn't

5:32 Model Railroader stuff because it wasn't

5:32 Model Railroader stuff because it wasn't just Tiki stuff at Oceanic Arts but

5:34 just Tiki stuff at Oceanic Arts but

5:34 just Tiki stuff at Oceanic Arts but especially not just Tiki stuff for your

5:36 especially not just Tiki stuff for your

5:36 especially not just Tiki stuff for your dad cuz he was an artist from how old um

5:40 dad cuz he was an artist from how old um

5:40 dad cuz he was an artist from how old um we have art back there from him when he

5:42 we have art back there from him when he

5:42 we have art back there from him when he was eight seven years old it's really

5:44 was eight seven years old it's really

5:44 was eight seven years old it's really good good stuff so he was always an

5:46 good good stuff so he was always an

5:46 good good stuff so he was always an artist he came late yes he did uh

5:49 artist he came late yes he did uh

5:49 artist he came late yes he did uh architecture in high school really

5:51 architecture in high school really

5:51 architecture in high school really really great at that and um then out of

5:54 really great at that and um then out of

5:54 really great at that and um then out of high school he was recruited to this

5:55 high school he was recruited to this

5:55 high school he was recruited to this prestigious art school and they started

5:58 prestigious art school and they started

5:58 prestigious art school and they started uh grooming him to be a mid-century

6:00 uh grooming him to be a mid-century

6:00 uh grooming him to be a mid-century modern artist and out of that he blew up

6:03 modern artist and out of that he blew up

6:03 modern artist and out of that he blew up into the tiki world so that's the deal

6:05 into the tiki world so that's the deal

6:05 into the tiki world so that's the deal there that's so crazy okay so let's look

6:07 there that's so crazy okay so let's look

6:07 there that's so crazy okay so let's look at some of the stuff let's check this

6:08 at some of the stuff let's check this

6:08 at some of the stuff let's check this out I couldn't believe the stuff was in

6:10 out I couldn't believe the stuff was in

6:10 out I couldn't believe the stuff was in here when I walked in I thought I had

6:11 here when I walked in I thought I had

6:12 here when I walked in I thought I had bought every last good thing in here and

6:14 bought every last good thing in here and

6:14 bought every last good thing in here and you got all these posters in here so

6:16 you got all these posters in here so

6:16 you got all these posters in here so this is all stuff for sale so they they

6:17 this is all stuff for sale so they they

6:17 this is all stuff for sale so they they even had a whole library of Records they

6:19 even had a whole library of Records they

6:19 even had a whole library of Records they had a whole lot of Records we got

6:20 had a whole lot of Records we got

6:20 had a whole lot of Records we got records and it's pretty much all

6:22 records and it's pretty much all

6:22 records and it's pretty much all tropical if you're into that gosh what

6:25 tropical if you're into that gosh what

6:25 tropical if you're into that gosh what about the posters posters they've sold

6:27 about the posters posters they've sold

6:27 about the posters posters they've sold posters over the years they've also

6:29 posters over the years they've also

6:29 posters over the years they've also received a lot of posters that had to do

6:30 received a lot of posters that had to do

6:30 received a lot of posters that had to do with uh Airlines and Kodak and all the

6:34 with uh Airlines and Kodak and all the

6:34 with uh Airlines and Kodak and all the cool stuff from back in the 60s and the

6:37 cool stuff from back in the 60s and the

6:37 cool stuff from back in the 60s and the 70s so posters Galore we have cataloges

6:41 70s so posters Galore we have cataloges

6:41 70s so posters Galore we have cataloges Galore if you want to style your home

6:43 Galore if you want to style your home

6:43 Galore if you want to style your home with really cool stuff we have these

6:45 with really cool stuff we have these

6:45 with really cool stuff we have these catalogs that have really awesome

6:48 catalogs that have really awesome

6:48 catalogs that have really awesome pictures of what things should have

6:50 pictures of what things should have

6:50 pictures of what things should have looked like um if you want to do some

6:52 looked like um if you want to do some

6:52 looked like um if you want to do some period pieces wait a minute let me see

6:54 period pieces wait a minute let me see

6:54 period pieces wait a minute let me see this okay we'll flip this back upside

6:55 this okay we'll flip this back upside

6:55 this okay we'll flip this back upside down so this would be a catalog from one

6:57 down so this would be a catalog from one

6:57 down so this would be a catalog from one of their suppliers yes for like retan

7:00 of their suppliers yes for like retan

7:00 of their suppliers yes for like retan furniture and stuff so some of this

7:01 furniture and stuff so some of this

7:01 furniture and stuff so some of this stuff is probably really rare in like I

7:04 stuff is probably really rare in like I

7:04 stuff is probably really rare in like I would say it's pretty rare there are

7:05 would say it's pretty rare there are

7:05 would say it's pretty rare there are probably some of those mid-century

7:06 probably some of those mid-century

7:06 probably some of those mid-century modern collector people who are like a

7:09 modern collector people who are like a

7:09 modern collector people who are like a what about this no way and look I see

7:12 what about this no way and look I see

7:12 what about this no way and look I see some of the Tiki stuff here there is

7:14 some of the Tiki stuff here there is

7:14 some of the Tiki stuff here there is Tiki stuff there's a lot of catalog

7:16 Tiki stuff there's a lot of catalog

7:16 Tiki stuff there's a lot of catalog stuff a lot of things that Bob would

7:18 stuff a lot of things that Bob would

7:18 stuff a lot of things that Bob would have gotten over the years because he

7:19 have gotten over the years because he

7:19 have gotten over the years because he did a lot of importing and exporting and

7:21 did a lot of importing and exporting and

7:21 did a lot of importing and exporting and so companies would send him all kinds of

7:24 so companies would send him all kinds of

7:24 so companies would send him all kinds of brochures it's crazy it's crazy that

7:26 brochures it's crazy it's crazy that

7:26 brochures it's crazy it's crazy that there's stuff from like you can tell

7:27 there's stuff from like you can tell

7:27 there's stuff from like you can tell from the 50s and then there's stuff

7:29 from the 50s and then there's stuff

7:29 from the 50s and then there's stuff that's a lot more modern like like uh

7:31 that's a lot more modern like like uh

7:31 that's a lot more modern like like uh Tiki Cante Tropics over here and stuff

7:33 Tiki Cante Tropics over here and stuff

7:33 Tiki Cante Tropics over here and stuff out in Palm Springs but I mean it's is

7:36 out in Palm Springs but I mean it's is

7:36 out in Palm Springs but I mean it's is it weird for you that you're dad built

7:38 it weird for you that you're dad built

7:38 it weird for you that you're dad built like a little piece of everywhere

7:39 like a little piece of everywhere

7:40 like a little piece of everywhere there's people from all over the world

7:41 there's people from all over the world

7:41 there's people from all over the world like hey I've seen your dad's every time

7:42 like hey I've seen your dad's every time

7:42 like hey I've seen your dad's every time I travel I'll send you pictures of like

7:45 I travel I'll send you pictures of like

7:45 I travel I'll send you pictures of like look at your dad's carving in I don't

7:46 look at your dad's carving in I don't

7:46 look at your dad's carving in I don't know New York or wherever I'm at I

7:49 know New York or wherever I'm at I

7:49 know New York or wherever I'm at I wouldn't say it's weird I'd just say

7:50 wouldn't say it's weird I'd just say

7:50 wouldn't say it's weird I'd just say that it warms my heart and I know it

7:52 that it warms my heart and I know it

7:52 that it warms my heart and I know it warms our whole family's heart whenever

7:54 warms our whole family's heart whenever

7:54 warms our whole family's heart whenever we're out we see our dad's stuff at

7:56 we're out we see our dad's stuff at

7:56 we're out we see our dad's stuff at Disneyland at Disneyland every time you

7:58 Disneyland at Disneyland every time you

7:58 Disneyland at Disneyland every time you walk into my first land of the day every

8:01 walk into my first land of the day every

8:01 walk into my first land of the day every walking those masks and it's your dad

8:04 walking those masks and it's your dad

8:04 walking those masks and it's your dad you can't get rid of him growing up it

8:05 you can't get rid of him growing up it

8:05 you can't get rid of him growing up it was fun you know he would in carve

8:08 was fun you know he would in carve

8:08 was fun you know he would in carve things paint things install things at

8:10 things paint things install things at

8:10 things paint things install things at all the theme parks and we'd get to go

8:12 all the theme parks and we'd get to go

8:12 all the theme parks and we'd get to go and see the opening of those uh you know

8:14 and see the opening of those uh you know

8:14 and see the opening of those uh you know those items on display that's awesome I

8:16 those items on display that's awesome I

8:16 those items on display that's awesome I love this I love this because I get to

8:17 love this I love this because I get to

8:18 love this I love this because I get to go down memory lane with you and we get

8:19 go down memory lane with you and we get

8:19 go down memory lane with you and we get to show all this cool stuff so we

8:20 to show all this cool stuff so we

8:20 to show all this cool stuff so we probably better keep moving look at this

8:22 probably better keep moving look at this

8:22 probably better keep moving look at this oh Tyler come check this out by the way

8:24 oh Tyler come check this out by the way

8:24 oh Tyler come check this out by the way everybody we have Tyler behind the

8:25 everybody we have Tyler behind the

8:25 everybody we have Tyler behind the camera how you doing Tiki Tyler I'm

8:26 camera how you doing Tiki Tyler I'm

8:26 camera how you doing Tiki Tyler I'm doing well thanks Tiki Tyler is doing

8:28 doing well thanks Tiki Tyler is doing

8:28 doing well thanks Tiki Tyler is doing well look at this so what are these

8:30 well look at this so what are these

8:31 well look at this so what are these these are all actual menus these are

8:32 these are all actual menus these are

8:32 these are all actual menus these are actual menus from these fine eating

8:35 actual menus from these fine eating

8:35 actual menus from these fine eating establishments over the years um from

8:38 establishments over the years um from

8:38 establishments over the years um from 50s probably even earlier than that the

8:40 50s probably even earlier than that the

8:40 50s probably even earlier than that the B

8:42 B

8:42 B High wow look at this there's the

8:44 High wow look at this there's the

8:44 High wow look at this there's the Beverly Hills Trader vix over there oh

8:46 Beverly Hills Trader vix over there oh

8:46 Beverly Hills Trader vix over there oh my gosh so these are really rare they're

8:48 my gosh so these are really rare they're

8:48 my gosh so these are really rare they're really rare highly collectible stuff

8:50 really rare highly collectible stuff

8:50 really rare highly collectible stuff that they've and they've just filed them

8:52 that they've and they've just filed them

8:52 that they've and they've just filed them away in their library and now they're

8:54 away in their library and now they're

8:54 away in their library and now they're seeing the light of day this is amazing

8:56 seeing the light of day this is amazing

8:56 seeing the light of day this is amazing cuz they so they did business they with

8:58 cuz they so they did business they with

8:58 cuz they so they did business they with all of these

9:00 all of these

9:00 all of these the beach Trader vix all this stuff this

9:02 the beach Trader vix all this stuff this

9:02 the beach Trader vix all this stuff this is really weird because you grew up in

9:05 is really weird because you grew up in

9:05 is really weird because you grew up in not in this particular warehouse but in

9:07 not in this particular warehouse but in

9:07 not in this particular warehouse but in with the business all around you so how

9:09 with the business all around you so how

9:09 with the business all around you so how into Tiki did you get or was it like oh

9:11 into Tiki did you get or was it like oh

9:11 into Tiki did you get or was it like oh that's totally my dad's thing is it one

9:13 that's totally my dad's thing is it one

9:13 that's totally my dad's thing is it one of those things where you grow up and

9:13 of those things where you grow up and

9:14 of those things where you grow up and you're like I'm sick of hearing about

9:15 you're like I'm sick of hearing about

9:15 you're like I'm sick of hearing about Tiki no I never got sick of tiki um but

9:19 Tiki no I never got sick of tiki um but

9:19 Tiki no I never got sick of tiki um but there was most of the years that I

9:21 there was most of the years that I

9:21 there was most of the years that I worked at the shop were oh you worked

9:23 worked at the shop were oh you worked

9:23 worked at the shop were oh you worked here yes for probably 15 years of my

9:25 here yes for probably 15 years of my

9:25 here yes for probably 15 years of my life the Golden Era of tiki started to

9:28 life the Golden Era of tiki started to

9:28 life the Golden Era of tiki started to fade right oh so you were coming in

9:30 fade right oh so you were coming in

9:30 fade right oh so you were coming in right when the ti Bars were closing down

9:32 right when the ti Bars were closing down

9:32 right when the ti Bars were closing down and you know they'd bring in shipments

9:34 and you know they'd bring in shipments

9:34 and you know they'd bring in shipments of stuff from a tiki bar that had closed

9:36 of stuff from a tiki bar that had closed

9:36 of stuff from a tiki bar that had closed down and it was kind of sad they're

9:38 down and it was kind of sad they're

9:38 down and it was kind of sad they're carrying them in you know um because

9:39 carrying them in you know um because

9:39 carrying them in you know um because they'd buy a lot of stuff back and um

9:41 they'd buy a lot of stuff back and um

9:41 they'd buy a lot of stuff back and um but they pivoted you know and they did

9:43 but they pivoted you know and they did

9:43 but they pivoted you know and they did all kinds of other restaurants Mexican

9:44 all kinds of other restaurants Mexican

9:44 all kinds of other restaurants Mexican restaurants and Italian restaurants and

9:46 restaurants and Italian restaurants and

9:46 restaurants and Italian restaurants and Jolly Roger and anything that needed

9:49 Jolly Roger and anything that needed

9:49 Jolly Roger and anything that needed some great Ambiance I mean they were

9:50 some great Ambiance I mean they were

9:50 some great Ambiance I mean they were able to supply that so that's so

9:52 able to supply that so that's so

9:52 able to supply that so that's so interesting so your dad wasn't carving a

9:53 interesting so your dad wasn't carving a

9:53 interesting so your dad wasn't carving a lot of tikis when you were here working

9:55 lot of tikis when you were here working

9:55 lot of tikis when you were here working with them he's carving like weird pirate

9:57 with them he's carving like weird pirate

9:57 with them he's carving like weird pirate heads and stuff exactly so cool look at

9:59 heads and stuff exactly so cool look at

9:59 heads and stuff exactly so cool look at all this Tyler look at this right here

10:01 all this Tyler look at this right here

10:01 all this Tyler look at this right here this is actually perfect timing look at

10:02 this is actually perfect timing look at

10:02 this is actually perfect timing look at all these signs I noticed when I drive

10:04 all these signs I noticed when I drive

10:05 all these signs I noticed when I drive into Whittier there are hundreds and

10:07 into Whittier there are hundreds and

10:07 into Whittier there are hundreds and hundreds of wooden signs on different

10:09 hundreds of wooden signs on different

10:09 hundreds of wooden signs on different businesses there's the wer welcomes you

10:11 businesses there's the wer welcomes you

10:11 businesses there's the wer welcomes you sign and I can't help but think every

10:12 sign and I can't help but think every

10:12 sign and I can't help but think every time I see one I bet that's lero malz um

10:16 time I see one I bet that's lero malz um

10:16 time I see one I bet that's lero malz um welcome to Whittier certainly is and I

10:18 welcome to Whittier certainly is and I

10:18 welcome to Whittier certainly is and I know that you know there was a a lot of

10:21 know that you know there was a a lot of

10:21 know that you know there was a a lot of times that you know all the oldfashioned

10:24 times that you know all the oldfashioned

10:24 times that you know all the oldfashioned hardware stores in town and all the

10:26 hardware stores in town and all the

10:26 hardware stores in town and all the camera shops my dad would carve their

10:28 camera shops my dad would carve their

10:28 camera shops my dad would carve their signs for the front of their stores you

10:30 signs for the front of their stores you

10:30 signs for the front of their stores you know so this is look at this Tyler over

10:32 know so this is look at this Tyler over

10:32 know so this is look at this Tyler over here there's a whole table full of all

10:36 here there's a whole table full of all

10:36 here there's a whole table full of all kinds of plants are these your dad's

10:38 kinds of plants are these your dad's

10:38 kinds of plants are these your dad's original drawings some of these These

10:39 original drawings some of these These

10:39 original drawings some of these These are his drawings of

10:41 are his drawings of

10:41 are his drawings of um basically concepts for lights and

10:45 um basically concepts for lights and

10:45 um basically concepts for lights and lights that they did make and lights

10:46 lights that they did make and lights

10:46 lights that they did make and lights that they have yet to make but they

10:49 that they have yet to make but they

10:49 that they have yet to make but they won't ever get to that so is some really

10:51 won't ever get to that so is some really

10:51 won't ever get to that so is some really fun stuff and from what I understand

10:54 fun stuff and from what I understand

10:54 fun stuff and from what I understand this is just the tip of the iceberg even

10:55 this is just the tip of the iceberg even

10:55 this is just the tip of the iceberg even for what's going to be in the sale on

10:57 for what's going to be in the sale on

10:57 for what's going to be in the sale on Saturday right there's going to be a lot

10:58 Saturday right there's going to be a lot

10:58 Saturday right there's going to be a lot more stuff cuz you just told me I have

11:00 more stuff cuz you just told me I have

11:00 more stuff cuz you just told me I have hours left to go I have hour how many

11:03 hours left to go I have hour how many

11:04 hours left to go I have hour how many hours have you guys put into this cuz

11:05 hours have you guys put into this cuz

11:05 hours have you guys put into this cuz look at this Tyler the entire Warehouse

11:08 look at this Tyler the entire Warehouse

11:08 look at this Tyler the entire Warehouse I swear the last time I was here it felt

11:09 I swear the last time I was here it felt

11:09 I swear the last time I was here it felt like it was empty there was just some

11:10 like it was empty there was just some

11:10 like it was empty there was just some shelves it was I thought it was empty

11:13 shelves it was I thought it was empty

11:13 shelves it was I thought it was empty and stuff keeps coming out but that this

11:15 and stuff keeps coming out but that this

11:15 and stuff keeps coming out but that this is it this is the final blowout and it's

11:19 is it this is the final blowout and it's

11:19 is it this is the final blowout and it's stuff that people have never ever ever

11:21 stuff that people have never ever ever

11:21 stuff that people have never ever ever seen before yeah because this is I saw

11:23 seen before yeah because this is I saw

11:23 seen before yeah because this is I saw you guys never saw I never saw so well I

11:25 you guys never saw I never saw so well I

11:25 you guys never saw I never saw so well I saw Bob we as we were showing up Bob who

11:28 saw Bob we as we were showing up Bob who

11:28 saw Bob we as we were showing up Bob who was the other half of uh Bob and Leroy

11:30 was the other half of uh Bob and Leroy

11:30 was the other half of uh Bob and Leroy of oceanic ARS the other owner uh he was

11:33 of oceanic ARS the other owner uh he was

11:33 of oceanic ARS the other owner uh he was leaving and he was telling me there's

11:34 leaving and he was telling me there's

11:34 leaving and he was telling me there's stuff in there I've never seen which is

11:36 stuff in there I've never seen which is

11:36 stuff in there I've never seen which is really really crazy okay so this is what

11:39 really really crazy okay so this is what

11:39 really really crazy okay so this is what I wanted to get to this I thought this

11:40 I wanted to get to this I thought this

11:40 I wanted to get to this I thought this was earlier there's a Trader Joe's

11:43 was earlier there's a Trader Joe's

11:43 was earlier there's a Trader Joe's pattern and I can remember in the 90s

11:45 pattern and I can remember in the 90s

11:45 pattern and I can remember in the 90s coming in here and bugging your dad

11:47 coming in here and bugging your dad

11:47 coming in here and bugging your dad right because your sister is how I met

11:48 right because your sister is how I met

11:48 right because your sister is how I met him and they were like practicing in

11:50 him and they were like practicing in

11:50 him and they were like practicing in here practicing with their punk rock

11:51 here practicing with their punk rock

11:51 here practicing with their punk rock band and I came in here like forget the

11:53 band and I came in here like forget the

11:53 band and I came in here like forget the music what is all this and i' watch

11:56 music what is all this and i' watch

11:56 music what is all this and i' watch Leroy carve stuff he was never carving

11:57 Leroy carve stuff he was never carving

11:57 Leroy carve stuff he was never carving tikis he was carving like hundreds of

12:00 tikis he was carving like hundreds of

12:00 tikis he was carving like hundreds of Trader Joe's signs tons of those just

12:03 Trader Joe's signs tons of those just

12:03 Trader Joe's signs tons of those just routing them out and then chiseling them

12:05 routing them out and then chiseling them

12:05 routing them out and then chiseling them and so what did you do when you worked

12:06 and so what did you do when you worked

12:06 and so what did you do when you worked here what kind of stuff were you doing

12:08 here what kind of stuff were you doing

12:08 here what kind of stuff were you doing so the main thing that I would do is um

12:11 so the main thing that I would do is um

12:11 so the main thing that I would do is um you know all the all the shields all the

12:13 you know all the all the shields all the

12:13 you know all the all the shields all the masks all the war clubs that you would

12:16 masks all the war clubs that you would

12:16 masks all the war clubs that you would buy off the shelf or that companies or

12:18 buy off the shelf or that companies or

12:18 buy off the shelf or that companies or uh theme parks whatever would order I

12:21 uh theme parks whatever would order I

12:21 uh theme parks whatever would order I was painting them staining them painting

12:23 was painting them staining them painting

12:23 was painting them staining them painting them sing them making them making them

12:25 them sing them making them making them

12:25 them sing them making them making them look authentic that is so cool my my my

12:29 look authentic that is so cool my my my

12:29 look authentic that is so cool my my my my dad taught us all how to beat things

12:30 my dad taught us all how to beat things

12:30 my dad taught us all how to beat things up and make them look old so so you were

12:32 up and make them look old so so you were

12:32 up and make them look old so so you were aging them and all that kind of stuff oh

12:34 aging them and all that kind of stuff oh

12:34 aging them and all that kind of stuff oh because I remember aging serve me well

12:36 because I remember aging serve me well

12:36 because I remember aging serve me well in life I was trying to age that one

12:37 in life I was trying to age that one

12:37 in life I was trying to age that one Tiki ey carved and then I remember you

12:39 Tiki ey carved and then I remember you

12:39 Tiki ey carved and then I remember you sent me a text I was like hey by the way

12:40 sent me a text I was like hey by the way

12:40 sent me a text I was like hey by the way there was a little bit of there was this

12:41 there was a little bit of there was this

12:42 there was a little bit of there was this and this secret uh ingredient in some of

12:44 and this secret uh ingredient in some of

12:44 and this secret uh ingredient in some of the Aging some of the secret ingredients

12:46 the Aging some of the secret ingredients

12:46 the Aging some of the secret ingredients your way I love that you know I need to

12:48 your way I love that you know I need to

12:48 your way I love that you know I need to pick your brain more for some of them

12:49 pick your brain more for some of them

12:49 pick your brain more for some of them okay so there's all kinds of plans here

12:51 okay so there's all kinds of plans here

12:51 okay so there's all kinds of plans here there's going to be even more yes I

12:53 there's going to be even more yes I

12:53 there's going to be even more yes I can't believe how much is left so this

12:55 can't believe how much is left so this

12:55 can't believe how much is left so this is stuff Bob is like finding in drawers

12:56 is stuff Bob is like finding in drawers

12:56 is stuff Bob is like finding in drawers you guys are finding in filing cabinets

12:58 you guys are finding in filing cabinets

12:58 you guys are finding in filing cabinets and

12:59 and

12:59 and exactly but there's still

13:01 exactly but there's still

13:01 exactly but there's still signs there is this giant sign who needs

13:03 signs there is this giant sign who needs

13:03 signs there is this giant sign who needs a giant Mickey's eating establishment

13:06 a giant Mickey's eating establishment

13:06 a giant Mickey's eating establishment what Mickey's eating establishment uh

13:08 what Mickey's eating establishment uh

13:09 what Mickey's eating establishment uh well I think it was Western okay so it

13:11 well I think it was Western okay so it

13:11 well I think it was Western okay so it wasn't Disney no but that's still

13:12 wasn't Disney no but that's still

13:12 wasn't Disney no but that's still awesome there's all this stuff that your

13:14 awesome there's all this stuff that your

13:14 awesome there's all this stuff that your dad painted

13:16 dad painted

13:16 dad painted obviously all the stuff he painted so if

13:19 obviously all the stuff he painted so if

13:19 obviously all the stuff he painted so if people want a piece of oceanic Arts that

13:21 people want a piece of oceanic Arts that

13:21 people want a piece of oceanic Arts that was actually up holding the rafters

13:23 was actually up holding the rafters

13:23 was actually up holding the rafters holding his art he painted all these uh

13:27 holding his art he painted all these uh

13:27 holding his art he painted all these uh 2x4s 2X sixes I can't I can't believe

13:31 2x4s 2X sixes I can't I can't believe

13:31 2x4s 2X sixes I can't I can't believe there's a chainsaw left first of all on

13:33 there's a chainsaw left first of all on

13:33 there's a chainsaw left first of all on this table over here and I can't believe

13:35 this table over here and I can't believe

13:35 this table over here and I can't believe that these giant tables are I mean I

13:37 that these giant tables are I mean I

13:37 that these giant tables are I mean I guess it's A Hard Sell because I know

13:39 guess it's A Hard Sell because I know

13:39 guess it's A Hard Sell because I know they've been for sale for a while tell

13:40 they've been for sale for a while tell

13:40 they've been for sale for a while tell me a little bit about these uh tables so

13:43 me a little bit about these uh tables so

13:43 me a little bit about these uh tables so these amazing tables came from 20th

13:45 these amazing tables came from 20th

13:45 these amazing tables came from 20th Century Fox Studios I remember when I

13:47 Century Fox Studios I remember when I

13:47 Century Fox Studios I remember when I was uh junior high or younger they bring

13:50 was uh junior high or younger they bring

13:50 was uh junior high or younger they bring in all kinds of flat beds full of props

13:53 in all kinds of flat beds full of props

13:53 in all kinds of flat beds full of props and things from the props Department

13:55 and things from the props Department

13:55 and things from the props Department from 20th Century Fox and they would you

13:57 from 20th Century Fox and they would you

13:57 from 20th Century Fox and they would you know fix them up and resell them or use

13:58 know fix them up and resell them or use

13:58 know fix them up and resell them or use use them here at the shop so it's from

14:00 use them here at the shop so it's from

14:00 use them here at the shop so it's from 20th Century Fox look at that thing look

14:02 20th Century Fox look at that thing look

14:02 20th Century Fox look at that thing look at the size of it um Vintage Industrial

14:06 at the size of it um Vintage Industrial

14:06 at the size of it um Vintage Industrial worktable right there it's like the size

14:07 worktable right there it's like the size

14:07 worktable right there it's like the size of a railroad car it's huge let me tell

14:10 of a railroad car it's huge let me tell

14:10 of a railroad car it's huge let me tell you about this this chainsaw yeah so

14:13 you about this this chainsaw yeah so

14:13 you about this this chainsaw yeah so there's you know there's quite a few

14:15 there's you know there's quite a few

14:15 there's you know there's quite a few chainsaws around here because my dad was

14:17 chainsaws around here because my dad was

14:17 chainsaws around here because my dad was always going through them but yeah um he

14:18 always going through them but yeah um he

14:18 always going through them but yeah um he did sign his name on this one and so uh

14:21 did sign his name on this one and so uh

14:21 did sign his name on this one and so uh my family decided and Bob said it would

14:23 my family decided and Bob said it would

14:23 my family decided and Bob said it would be cool that we take this and we're

14:25 be cool that we take this and we're

14:25 be cool that we take this and we're probably going to auction it off or do a

14:27 probably going to auction it off or do a

14:27 probably going to auction it off or do a raffle ooh uh the money is going to go

14:29 raffle ooh uh the money is going to go

14:29 raffle ooh uh the money is going to go to um my daughter's medical fund because

14:33 to um my daughter's medical fund because

14:33 to um my daughter's medical fund because she's been she's been fighting lime yeah

14:37 she's been she's been fighting lime yeah

14:37 she's been she's been fighting lime yeah I got Lyme disease and it was no fun and

14:39 I got Lyme disease and it was no fun and

14:39 I got Lyme disease and it was no fun and I don't

14:40 I don't

14:40 I don't think I've been hit by The Chronic

14:43 think I've been hit by The Chronic

14:43 think I've been hit by The Chronic symptoms so but I remember just that

14:45 symptoms so but I remember just that

14:45 symptoms so but I remember just that little bit and it's like that's not an

14:46 little bit and it's like that's not an

14:46 little bit and it's like that's not an easy thing so this is going to be a

14:48 easy thing so this is going to be a

14:48 easy thing so this is going to be a raffle it's raffled off or auctioned off

14:50 raffle it's raffled off or auctioned off

14:50 raffle it's raffled off or auctioned off and then Bob came out of his office and

14:52 and then Bob came out of his office and

14:52 and then Bob came out of his office and said I've had this in my office for 50

14:54 said I've had this in my office for 50

14:54 said I've had this in my office for 50 years no kidding I want you to have a

14:56 years no kidding I want you to have a

14:56 years no kidding I want you to have a tiki for Tatty auction as well so both

14:58 tiki for Tatty auction as well so both

14:59 tiki for Tatty auction as well so both of these will be um raffled or auctioned

15:01 of these will be um raffled or auctioned

15:01 of these will be um raffled or auctioned off we'll let people know that is so

15:03 off we'll let people know that is so

15:03 off we'll let people know that is so cool okay and so that's going to be on

15:04 cool okay and so that's going to be on

15:05 cool okay and so that's going to be on Saturday it's 9 to 4 9 to 4 on Saturday

15:08 Saturday it's 9 to 4 9 to 4 on Saturday

15:08 Saturday it's 9 to 4 9 to 4 on Saturday and I'm sorry if you're watching this

15:09 and I'm sorry if you're watching this

15:09 and I'm sorry if you're watching this afterwards it's still a piece of History

15:11 afterwards it's still a piece of History

15:11 afterwards it's still a piece of History worth documenting which is why we're

15:13 worth documenting which is why we're

15:13 worth documenting which is why we're doing this but also if you're watching

15:14 doing this but also if you're watching

15:14 doing this but also if you're watching this before get down to Whittier 9 to4

15:17 this before get down to Whittier 9 to4

15:17 this before get down to Whittier 9 to4 just Google Oceanic Arts because it

15:18 just Google Oceanic Arts because it

15:18 just Google Oceanic Arts because it still comes up on the maps says it's

15:20 still comes up on the maps says it's

15:20 still comes up on the maps says it's permanently closed but there's this one

15:22 permanently closed but there's this one

15:22 permanently closed but there's this one exception and this is really it like if

15:23 exception and this is really it like if

15:23 exception and this is really it like if you don't come now and get your piece of

15:25 you don't come now and get your piece of

15:25 you don't come now and get your piece of oceanic arts history now that's it yes

15:29 oceanic arts history now that's it yes

15:29 oceanic arts history now that's it yes and I think my wife's telling me a

15:30 and I think my wife's telling me a

15:30 and I think my wife's telling me a different time what's the time 9 to2 9 9

15:34 different time what's the time 9 to2 9 9

15:34 different time what's the time 9 to2 9 9 to two you can show up at 3: but you're

15:36 to two you can show up at 3: but you're

15:36 to two you can show up at 3: but you're not getting in the door my bad okay 9

15:38 not getting in the door my bad okay 9

15:38 not getting in the door my bad okay 9 to2 but so this is really it so if if if

15:41 to2 but so this is really it so if if if

15:41 to2 but so this is really it so if if if whatever is left after this weekend is

15:43 whatever is left after this weekend is

15:43 whatever is left after this weekend is not going to be another Thursday sale

15:44 not going to be another Thursday sale

15:44 not going to be another Thursday sale there's not going to be another

15:45 there's not going to be another

15:45 there's not going to be another Wednesday night sale not going to be a

15:47 Wednesday night sale not going to be a

15:47 Wednesday night sale not going to be a yard sale it's we've already given too

15:49 yard sale it's we've already given too

15:49 yard sale it's we've already given too much of our Lives yeah and we got to go

15:51 much of our Lives yeah and we got to go

15:51 much of our Lives yeah and we got to go we got to move back home to San Diego

15:53 we got to move back home to San Diego

15:53 we got to move back home to San Diego right we're moving away from Whittier

15:55 right we're moving away from Whittier

15:55 right we're moving away from Whittier again so that's the deal here there is

15:57 again so that's the deal here there is

15:57 again so that's the deal here there is no more sales here here um Bob's got a

16:01 no more sales here here um Bob's got a

16:01 no more sales here here um Bob's got a few pieces of office furniture that we

16:03 few pieces of office furniture that we

16:03 few pieces of office furniture that we might put out on the Docks but that's

16:05 might put out on the Docks but that's

16:05 might put out on the Docks but that's about it so so this is really yeah cuz I

16:08 about it so so this is really yeah cuz I

16:08 about it so so this is really yeah cuz I saw the for sale sign on the building so

16:09 saw the for sale sign on the building so

16:09 saw the for sale sign on the building so it really is well just cuz you know I

16:12 it really is well just cuz you know I

16:12 it really is well just cuz you know I kept coming for the Thursday sales I put

16:13 kept coming for the Thursday sales I put

16:13 kept coming for the Thursday sales I put something out on Instagram you can

16:14 something out on Instagram you can

16:14 something out on Instagram you can follow me on Instagram by the way you

16:16 follow me on Instagram by the way you

16:16 follow me on Instagram by the way you can even Follow Chris on Instagram

16:17 can even Follow Chris on Instagram

16:17 can even Follow Chris on Instagram Because by the way he's not going to say

16:18 Because by the way he's not going to say

16:18 Because by the way he's not going to say this about himself Chris is a fantastic

16:20 this about himself Chris is a fantastic

16:20 this about himself Chris is a fantastic artist it's schal Creations on Instagram

16:24 artist it's schal Creations on Instagram

16:24 artist it's schal Creations on Instagram it's all all one word Mal land creations

16:27 it's all all one word Mal land creations

16:27 it's all all one word Mal land creations I follow them just look at who I'm you

16:28 I follow them just look at who I'm you

16:28 I follow them just look at who I'm you go follow Chris cuz he's a really

16:31 go follow Chris cuz he's a really

16:31 go follow Chris cuz he's a really talented painter and you do all the

16:32 talented painter and you do all the

16:32 talented painter and you do all the aging and stuff I was in here helping

16:34 aging and stuff I was in here helping

16:34 aging and stuff I was in here helping you do like Oceanic art stencils on

16:36 you do like Oceanic art stencils on

16:36 you do like Oceanic art stencils on stuff like oh you got to hit that with a

16:37 stuff like oh you got to hit that with a

16:37 stuff like oh you got to hit that with a little sand here throw a little dust on

16:38 little sand here throw a little dust on

16:38 little sand here throw a little dust on it like you're a great artist don't sell

16:41 it like you're a great artist don't sell

16:41 it like you're a great artist don't sell yourself short but you haven't even been

16:42 yourself short but you haven't even been

16:42 yourself short but you haven't even been able to work on your own art no because

16:44 able to work on your own art no because

16:44 able to work on your own art no because your whole family has actually been

16:46 your whole family has actually been

16:46 your whole family has actually been caught up in this for been caught up in

16:48 caught up in this for been caught up in

16:48 caught up in this for been caught up in it for a year helping to yes we want to

16:51 it for a year helping to yes we want to

16:51 it for a year helping to yes we want to finish well we want Bob to finish well

16:53 finish well we want Bob to finish well

16:53 finish well we want Bob to finish well um you've been filling in for your dad

16:55 um you've been filling in for your dad

16:55 um you've been filling in for your dad basically basically doing that as they

16:56 basically basically doing that as they

16:56 basically basically doing that as they Clos down the very final stuff look at

16:59 Clos down the very final stuff look at

16:59 Clos down the very final stuff look at all this I can't believe how much stuff

17:00 all this I can't believe how much stuff

17:00 all this I can't believe how much stuff is left there's so many little cool

17:01 is left there's so many little cool

17:01 is left there's so many little cool boxes and hat some really fun things

17:04 boxes and hat some really fun things

17:04 boxes and hat some really fun things these hats um they got little tags on

17:06 these hats um they got little tags on

17:06 these hats um they got little tags on them because they were uh basically like

17:09 them because they were uh basically like

17:09 them because they were uh basically like inventory that you would have bought

17:11 inventory that you would have bought

17:11 inventory that you would have bought this exact hat you know right right

17:14 this exact hat you know right right

17:14 this exact hat you know right right these are all just different samples of

17:16 these are all just different samples of

17:16 these are all just different samples of those hats these are real vintage lays

17:18 those hats these are real vintage lays

17:18 those hats these are real vintage lays which are pretty cool because they're

17:20 which are pretty cool because they're

17:20 which are pretty cool because they're not just plastic stuff here those feel

17:23 not just plastic stuff here those feel

17:23 not just plastic stuff here those feel like feathers I don't know what that's

17:24 like feathers I don't know what that's

17:24 like feathers I don't know what that's made out of that's really crazy but the

17:27 made out of that's really crazy but the

17:27 made out of that's really crazy but the items just go on and on how about this

17:28 items just go on and on how about this

17:28 items just go on and on how about this I'm always that's an amazing piece yeah

17:30 I'm always that's an amazing piece yeah

17:30 I'm always that's an amazing piece yeah what is that made out of that is made

17:32 what is that made out of that is made

17:32 what is that made out of that is made out of

17:33 out of

17:34 out of plaster and it's actually a famous

17:36 plaster and it's actually a famous

17:36 plaster and it's actually a famous artist um well I was just about to say

17:37 artist um well I was just about to say

17:37 artist um well I was just about to say the thing about Oceanic car is so weird

17:39 the thing about Oceanic car is so weird

17:39 the thing about Oceanic car is so weird it's not just Leroy carving Tikki on

17:42 it's not just Leroy carving Tikki on

17:42 it's not just Leroy carving Tikki on demand or whatever it's not just the

17:43 demand or whatever it's not just the

17:43 demand or whatever it's not just the prop rental side of it and not just the

17:45 prop rental side of it and not just the

17:45 prop rental side of it and not just the creating all the signs like they had a

17:47 creating all the signs like they had a

17:47 creating all the signs like they had a little bit of like a finger in

17:49 little bit of like a finger in

17:49 little bit of like a finger in everything they would cell Decor there

17:50 everything they would cell Decor there

17:50 everything they would cell Decor there was a little bit of walk-in traffic not

17:53 was a little bit of walk-in traffic not

17:53 was a little bit of walk-in traffic not always I can remember the days of coming

17:55 always I can remember the days of coming

17:55 always I can remember the days of coming in here and then Bob kind of following

17:57 in here and then Bob kind of following

17:57 in here and then Bob kind of following me around this kid doesn't own a bar or

17:59 me around this kid doesn't own a bar or

17:59 me around this kid doesn't own a bar or restaurant what's he doing in here and

18:01 restaurant what's he doing in here and

18:01 restaurant what's he doing in here and then today he was saying goodbye to me

18:03 then today he was saying goodbye to me

18:03 then today he was saying goodbye to me he was like love you guy and I was like

18:04 he was like love you guy and I was like

18:04 he was like love you guy and I was like we've come a long way Bob and I from

18:06 we've come a long way Bob and I from

18:06 we've come a long way Bob and I from thinking I'm a shoplifter to give me the

18:08 thinking I'm a shoplifter to give me the

18:08 thinking I'm a shoplifter to give me the hug goodbye you know yeah he was

18:10 hug goodbye you know yeah he was

18:10 hug goodbye you know yeah he was probably checking your pockets W yeah

18:11 probably checking your pockets W yeah

18:11 probably checking your pockets W yeah he's probably still watching yeah look

18:13 he's probably still watching yeah look

18:13 he's probably still watching yeah look at all these bells all the nautical

18:15 at all these bells all the nautical

18:15 at all these bells all the nautical stuff that what I was going to say

18:16 stuff that what I was going to say

18:16 stuff that what I was going to say there's all the nautical stuff they

18:18 there's all the nautical stuff they

18:18 there's all the nautical stuff they supplied all kinds of weird stuff for

18:19 supplied all kinds of weird stuff for

18:20 supplied all kinds of weird stuff for movies I know they did Pirates of the

18:21 movies I know they did Pirates of the

18:21 movies I know they did Pirates of the Caribbean Gilligan Island movies and um

18:25 Caribbean Gilligan Island movies and um

18:25 Caribbean Gilligan Island movies and um Disney movies uh I remember when we were

18:27 Disney movies uh I remember when we were

18:27 Disney movies uh I remember when we were young we went to the driv theater to see

18:30 young we went to the driv theater to see

18:30 young we went to the driv theater to see um Robinson Lieutenant Robinson Caruso

18:33 um Robinson Lieutenant Robinson Caruso

18:33 um Robinson Lieutenant Robinson Caruso it's a Disney movie D Dick Van djk oh my

18:36 it's a Disney movie D Dick Van djk oh my

18:36 it's a Disney movie D Dick Van djk oh my gosh my entire family went to the

18:37 gosh my entire family went to the

18:37 gosh my entire family went to the drive-in to see all of my dad's stuff in

18:39 drive-in to see all of my dad's stuff in

18:39 drive-in to see all of my dad's stuff in there and then uh after the second

18:41 there and then uh after the second

18:41 there and then uh after the second showing we fell asleep Lieutenant

18:43 showing we fell asleep Lieutenant

18:43 showing we fell asleep Lieutenant Robinson Cru we fell asleep in the back

18:45 Robinson Cru we fell asleep in the back

18:45 Robinson Cru we fell asleep in the back of our pickup truck and at 300 in the

18:47 of our pickup truck and at 300 in the

18:47 of our pickup truck and at 300 in the morning the guy cleaning the drive-in

18:49 morning the guy cleaning the drive-in

18:49 morning the guy cleaning the drive-in was like family it's time to go

18:52 was like family it's time to go

18:52 was like family it's time to go home see I really want to do a sit down

18:54 home see I really want to do a sit down

18:54 home see I really want to do a sit down with you at some point because you have

18:56 with you at some point because you have

18:56 with you at some point because you have so many just freaking cool cool stories

18:59 so many just freaking cool cool stories

18:59 so many just freaking cool cool stories and like weird times working here and of

19:01 and like weird times working here and of

19:01 and like weird times working here and of course you knew all the other Carvers

19:02 course you knew all the other Carvers

19:02 course you knew all the other Carvers which especially the book The Godfathers

19:05 which especially the book The Godfathers

19:05 which especially the book The Godfathers of tiki book people have finally gotten

19:06 of tiki book people have finally gotten

19:06 of tiki book people have finally gotten to know not just like Bob and Leroy

19:08 to know not just like Bob and Leroy

19:08 to know not just like Bob and Leroy story but Ed Chrisman and all these

19:10 story but Ed Chrisman and all these

19:10 story but Ed Chrisman and all these other guys that work here some of my

19:11 other guys that work here some of my

19:12 other guys that work here some of my favorite people in in the world so you

19:13 favorite people in in the world so you

19:13 favorite people in in the world so you grew up with some of the most famous

19:15 grew up with some of the most famous

19:15 grew up with some of the most famous Tiki Carvers I was just a little kid and

19:18 Tiki Carvers I was just a little kid and

19:18 Tiki Carvers I was just a little kid and they were just big Burly dudes that uh

19:20 they were just big Burly dudes that uh

19:20 they were just big Burly dudes that uh were a lot of fun that's what I'm saying

19:22 were a lot of fun that's what I'm saying

19:22 were a lot of fun that's what I'm saying so youve got all kinds of story so there

19:23 so youve got all kinds of story so there

19:23 so youve got all kinds of story so there so even stuff like this yeah there's

19:26 so even stuff like this yeah there's

19:26 so even stuff like this yeah there's people can buy some things that are

19:27 people can buy some things that are

19:27 people can buy some things that are unfinished Leroy pieces let finish it

19:29 unfinished Leroy pieces let finish it

19:29 unfinished Leroy pieces let finish it for my dad I mean that's insane I mean

19:33 for my dad I mean that's insane I mean

19:33 for my dad I mean that's insane I mean what other artist in the world could you

19:35 what other artist in the world could you

19:35 what other artist in the world could you go and buy an unfinish piece and maybe

19:37 go and buy an unfinish piece and maybe

19:37 go and buy an unfinish piece and maybe finish that car you asked me earlier

19:38 finish that car you asked me earlier

19:38 finish that car you asked me earlier like you want to finish that I go I

19:39 like you want to finish that I go I

19:39 like you want to finish that I go I don't know if I have that skill level

19:41 don't know if I have that skill level

19:41 don't know if I have that skill level yet but if it comes between that and a

19:43 yet but if it comes between that and a

19:43 yet but if it comes between that and a dumpster I'll I'll put it in the rafters

19:45 dumpster I'll I'll put it in the rafters

19:45 dumpster I'll I'll put it in the rafters and I'll wait till I'm good enough to

19:46 and I'll wait till I'm good enough to

19:46 and I'll wait till I'm good enough to give it a give it a whack but look at

19:48 give it a give it a whack but look at

19:48 give it a give it a whack but look at all this stuff look at all the different

19:49 all this stuff look at all the different

19:49 all this stuff look at all the different props and stuff I mean I know Bob is a

19:51 props and stuff I mean I know Bob is a

19:51 props and stuff I mean I know Bob is a big bottle big bottle guy used to be uh

19:54 big bottle big bottle guy used to be uh

19:54 big bottle big bottle guy used to be uh I think president of the bottle Club in

19:56 I think president of the bottle Club in

19:56 I think president of the bottle Club in La for quite a few years but there's so

19:57 La for quite a few years but there's so

19:58 La for quite a few years but there's so many just old uh signage posters

20:01 many just old uh signage posters

20:01 many just old uh signage posters pictures Whittier this is 75 years of of

20:05 pictures Whittier this is 75 years of of

20:05 pictures Whittier this is 75 years of of whittier's existence so that's means

20:08 whittier's existence so that's means

20:08 whittier's existence so that's means 1962 so what what were they doing maybe

20:11 1962 so what what were they doing maybe

20:11 1962 so what what were they doing maybe they made that sign for a party or

20:12 they made that sign for a party or

20:12 they made that sign for a party or something I know they did stuff with

20:13 something I know they did stuff with

20:13 something I know they did stuff with Chamber of Commerce I think that this

20:15 Chamber of Commerce I think that this

20:15 Chamber of Commerce I think that this was an actual Wittier Whittier sign and

20:17 was an actual Wittier Whittier sign and

20:17 was an actual Wittier Whittier sign and they probably took it after the big

20:18 they probably took it after the big

20:19 they probably took it after the big celebration this is so cra look at this

20:22 celebration this is so cra look at this

20:22 celebration this is so cra look at this screen

20:23 screen

20:24 screen romances oh man doesn't get any crazier

20:26 romances oh man doesn't get any crazier

20:26 romances oh man doesn't get any crazier than that get in all kinds of trouble

20:27 than that get in all kinds of trouble

20:27 than that get in all kinds of trouble here yeah look at the ice thing and you

20:29 here yeah look at the ice thing and you

20:29 here yeah look at the ice thing and you don't know what's like what they

20:31 don't know what's like what they

20:31 don't know what's like what they inherited as a prop because an old Tiki

20:33 inherited as a prop because an old Tiki

20:33 inherited as a prop because an old Tiki Bar closed down or what they got I know

20:35 Bar closed down or what they got I know

20:35 Bar closed down or what they got I know they got stuff at prop auction sometimes

20:37 they got stuff at prop auction sometimes

20:37 they got stuff at prop auction sometimes from the they always did this came from

20:38 from the they always did this came from

20:39 from the they always did this came from a movie studio right here what is that

20:41 a movie studio right here what is that

20:41 a movie studio right here what is that uh colonal peach trees mint

20:44 uh colonal peach trees mint

20:44 uh colonal peach trees mint julip so this was a movie prop and um I

20:47 julip so this was a movie prop and um I

20:47 julip so this was a movie prop and um I remember when we got these props there

20:49 remember when we got these props there

20:49 remember when we got these props there was all kinds of little drugstore

20:51 was all kinds of little drugstore

20:51 was all kinds of little drugstore bottles with candies that supposed to

20:53 bottles with candies that supposed to

20:53 bottles with candies that supposed to look real you know are the kind of

20:54 look real you know are the kind of

20:54 look real you know are the kind of bottles you can break over your head

20:56 bottles you can break over your head

20:56 bottles you can break over your head what would they use can balls well this

20:57 what would they use can balls well this

20:57 what would they use can balls well this would be lined up in a in a bar let's

20:59 would be lined up in a in a bar let's

20:59 would be lined up in a in a bar let's say you're watching Bonanza or something

21:01 say you're watching Bonanza or something

21:01 say you're watching Bonanza or something or some old western yeah cuz it wasn't

21:03 or some old western yeah cuz it wasn't

21:03 or some old western yeah cuz it wasn't just the carving it wasn't just the the

21:05 just the carving it wasn't just the the

21:05 just the carving it wasn't just the the wholesaling decor but they would also

21:07 wholesaling decor but they would also

21:07 wholesaling decor but they would also sort of do interior designing yeah I

21:09 sort of do interior designing yeah I

21:09 sort of do interior designing yeah I mean if you want to supply a restaurant

21:10 mean if you want to supply a restaurant

21:11 mean if you want to supply a restaurant you want to create the Ambiance so you

21:13 you want to create the Ambiance so you

21:13 you want to create the Ambiance so you know that you might have a Shelf with

21:14 know that you might have a Shelf with

21:14 know that you might have a Shelf with some of this on it or some of these

21:16 some of this on it or some of these

21:16 some of this on it or some of these other things just to make it look like

21:17 other things just to make it look like

21:17 other things just to make it look like it's legitimate not just a few carvings

21:20 it's legitimate not just a few carvings

21:20 it's legitimate not just a few carvings around so how much did they teach you

21:21 around so how much did they teach you

21:21 around so how much did they teach you when you came to work here versus how

21:23 when you came to work here versus how

21:23 when you came to work here versus how much did they just like throw you in the

21:25 much did they just like throw you in the

21:25 much did they just like throw you in the deep end CU I've heard some kind of

21:26 deep end CU I've heard some kind of

21:26 deep end CU I've heard some kind of legendary stories about your dad that

21:28 legendary stories about your dad that

21:28 legendary stories about your dad that like some kid would be coming by and

21:30 like some kid would be coming by and

21:30 like some kid would be coming by and what's going on in here and he'd say

21:31 what's going on in here and he'd say

21:31 what's going on in here and he'd say come bring a chisel and you can start

21:33 come bring a chisel and you can start

21:33 come bring a chisel and you can start work tomorrow kind of is that true yeah

21:35 work tomorrow kind of is that true yeah

21:35 work tomorrow kind of is that true yeah I think that my dad's teaching skills

21:37 I think that my dad's teaching skills

21:37 I think that my dad's teaching skills were pretty much just do it yeah so that

21:40 were pretty much just do it yeah so that

21:40 were pretty much just do it yeah so that was it CU all of his advice to me about

21:42 was it CU all of his advice to me about

21:42 was it CU all of his advice to me about carving was just cut away everything

21:44 carving was just cut away everything

21:44 carving was just cut away everything that's not the tiki yeah pretty helpful

21:46 that's not the tiki yeah pretty helpful

21:46 that's not the tiki yeah pretty helpful that was the whole and then every time

21:48 that was the whole and then every time

21:48 that was the whole and then every time I'd ask him a a follow-up question just

21:50 I'd ask him a a follow-up question just

21:50 I'd ask him a a follow-up question just cut away everything that's not the tiki

21:52 cut away everything that's not the tiki

21:52 cut away everything that's not the tiki yeah I just I just he just felt it

21:54 yeah I just I just he just felt it

21:54 yeah I just I just he just felt it wasn't as hard as you're making it out

21:55 wasn't as hard as you're making it out

21:55 wasn't as hard as you're making it out to be so just go for it and I think

21:57 to be so just go for it and I think

21:57 to be so just go for it and I think that's probably a good way to learn just

21:59 that's probably a good way to learn just

21:59 that's probably a good way to learn just going for it it's weird every like

22:01 going for it it's weird every like

22:01 going for it it's weird every like genius that I've ever met anyone that's

22:03 genius that I've ever met anyone that's

22:03 genius that I've ever met anyone that's really talented whether it's engineering

22:05 really talented whether it's engineering

22:05 really talented whether it's engineering or art or anything like that they all

22:07 or art or anything like that they all

22:07 or art or anything like that they all say the kind of same thing you're

22:08 say the kind of same thing you're

22:08 say the kind of same thing you're thinking about it too much it's it's

22:09 thinking about it too much it's it's

22:10 thinking about it too much it's it's easy it's like it's easy for you to say

22:11 easy it's like it's easy for you to say

22:11 easy it's like it's easy for you to say you're a you're a genius like Master

22:13 you're a you're a genius like Master

22:13 you're a you're a genius like Master carving artist okay so we got all that

22:16 carving artist okay so we got all that

22:16 carving artist okay so we got all that there's a ton of tools over here Tyler

22:18 there's a ton of tools over here Tyler

22:18 there's a ton of tools over here Tyler if you want to bring the camera around

22:20 if you want to bring the camera around

22:20 if you want to bring the camera around this way so these are all Oceanic Arts

22:22 this way so these are all Oceanic Arts

22:22 this way so these are all Oceanic Arts tools oh wait we got to point this out

22:23 tools oh wait we got to point this out

22:23 tools oh wait we got to point this out really quick uh this Locker right here

22:26 really quick uh this Locker right here

22:26 really quick uh this Locker right here look at this so these where are these

22:29 look at this so these where are these

22:29 look at this so these where are these from so basically these lockers I don't

22:32 from so basically these lockers I don't

22:32 from so basically these lockers I don't know they've been here as long as I can

22:34 know they've been here as long as I can

22:34 know they've been here as long as I can remember and um some of those early

22:36 remember and um some of those early

22:36 remember and um some of those early Carvers that we were just talking about

22:37 Carvers that we were just talking about

22:37 Carvers that we were just talking about yeah one of them his nickname was Desert

22:39 yeah one of them his nickname was Desert

22:40 yeah one of them his nickname was Desert King so it says DK on there but you know

22:41 King so it says DK on there but you know

22:42 King so it says DK on there but you know the guys would come to work and they'd

22:43 the guys would come to work and they'd

22:43 the guys would come to work and they'd open that up and they'd throw their

22:44 open that up and they'd throw their

22:44 open that up and they'd throw their motorcycle helmet if they wore one and

22:46 motorcycle helmet if they wore one and

22:46 motorcycle helmet if they wore one and uh their their gear in there and maybe

22:49 uh their their gear in there and maybe

22:49 uh their their gear in there and maybe their lunch and uh that was just the the

22:52 their lunch and uh that was just the the

22:52 their lunch and uh that was just the the old shop lockers and that was hiding in

22:55 old shop lockers and that was hiding in

22:55 old shop lockers and that was hiding in the back somewhere was just stuck in the

22:57 the back somewhere was just stuck in the

22:57 the back somewhere was just stuck in the back this was at the old locations too

22:59 back this was at the old locations too

22:59 back this was at the old locations too this has been at I think every location

23:01 this has been at I think every location

23:01 this has been at I think every location right really so this is might even go

23:03 right really so this is might even go

23:03 right really so this is might even go all the way back to the old green barn

23:05 all the way back to the old green barn

23:05 all the way back to the old green barn and the 50s it definitely goes back to

23:07 and the 50s it definitely goes back to

23:07 and the 50s it definitely goes back to the one that's right next to the pet H

23:08 the one that's right next to the pet H

23:08 the one that's right next to the pet H hospital so fre back at least I I've

23:11 hospital so fre back at least I I've

23:11 hospital so fre back at least I I've been seeing it that long so and look at

23:13 been seeing it that long so and look at

23:13 been seeing it that long so and look at all this and there's just still um

23:16 all this and there's just still um

23:16 all this and there's just still um things to bags of corks over here things

23:18 things to bags of corks over here things

23:18 things to bags of corks over here things to create things you got banana that

23:22 to create things you got banana that

23:22 to create things you got banana that really is the end of everything here and

23:24 really is the end of everything here and

23:24 really is the end of everything here and so this is like things left over that

23:26 so this is like things left over that

23:26 so this is like things left over that people can come here and just create

23:27 people can come here and just create

23:27 people can come here and just create their own items their own lamps all of

23:30 their own items their own lamps all of

23:30 their own items their own lamps all of these things right here came out of uh

23:32 these things right here came out of uh

23:32 these things right here came out of uh they had some big boxes of over the

23:34 they had some big boxes of over the

23:34 they had some big boxes of over the years people that Supply this stuff

23:36 years people that Supply this stuff

23:36 years people that Supply this stuff would send them samples samples samples

23:38 would send them samples samples samples

23:38 would send them samples samples samples for like uh since the 1950s on these

23:41 for like uh since the 1950s on these

23:41 for like uh since the 1950s on these samples have been coming in here and and

23:43 samples have been coming in here and and

23:43 samples have been coming in here and and Bob loves to keep everything and so um

23:45 Bob loves to keep everything and so um

23:45 Bob loves to keep everything and so um here they are and I'm just thinking man

23:47 here they are and I'm just thinking man

23:47 here they are and I'm just thinking man if you're a person that wants to build a

23:49 if you're a person that wants to build a

23:49 if you're a person that wants to build a l some lamps or do something crafty you

23:52 l some lamps or do something crafty you

23:52 l some lamps or do something crafty you got the stuff you could probably still

23:54 got the stuff you could probably still

23:54 got the stuff you could probably still build a 100 Tiki lamps out of just what

23:56 build a 100 Tiki lamps out of just what

23:56 build a 100 Tiki lamps out of just what is here think so and then you've got

23:59 is here think so and then you've got

23:59 is here think so and then you've got what bags of tapa cloth yeah explain

24:01 what bags of tapa cloth yeah explain

24:01 what bags of tapa cloth yeah explain what these are because I think some of

24:04 what these are because I think some of

24:04 what these are because I think some of the times I'd come on Thursdays people

24:05 the times I'd come on Thursdays people

24:05 the times I'd come on Thursdays people would skip over really good stuff cuz

24:06 would skip over really good stuff cuz

24:06 would skip over really good stuff cuz they didn't know what it was you can

24:08 they didn't know what it was you can

24:08 they didn't know what it was you can make a lamp out of this pretty easy by

24:10 make a lamp out of this pretty easy by

24:10 make a lamp out of this pretty easy by putting some cross beams down there out

24:11 putting some cross beams down there out

24:11 putting some cross beams down there out of bamboo or and then there's patterns

24:14 of bamboo or and then there's patterns

24:14 of bamboo or and then there's patterns and that was the other thing I saw

24:15 and that was the other thing I saw

24:15 and that was the other thing I saw people skipping over because they didn't

24:16 people skipping over because they didn't

24:17 people skipping over because they didn't realize what they were yeah you kind you

24:18 realize what they were yeah you kind you

24:18 realize what they were yeah you kind you kind of got to know what you're looking

24:19 kind of got to know what you're looking

24:19 kind of got to know what you're looking at and if you can find somebody that

24:22 at and if you can find somebody that

24:22 at and if you can find somebody that knows what they're talking about is that

24:23 knows what they're talking about is that

24:23 knows what they're talking about is that what those are down there on the bottom

24:24 what those are down there on the bottom

24:24 what those are down there on the bottom shelf those would be patterns yeah

24:26 shelf those would be patterns yeah

24:26 shelf those would be patterns yeah cardboard those are all things you're

24:27 cardboard those are all things you're

24:27 cardboard those are all things you're dad made over the years make his job

24:30 dad made over the years make his job

24:30 dad made over the years make his job easier oh I see all the circles up here

24:32 easier oh I see all the circles up here

24:32 easier oh I see all the circles up here look on the top shelf every time I'm

24:34 look on the top shelf every time I'm

24:34 look on the top shelf every time I'm trying to cut out a circle I'm losing my

24:36 trying to cut out a circle I'm losing my

24:36 trying to cut out a circle I'm losing my mind he's got all his handwriting

24:38 mind he's got all his handwriting

24:38 mind he's got all his handwriting ony see what I love about Leroy is that

24:40 ony see what I love about Leroy is that

24:40 ony see what I love about Leroy is that he's a worldclass artist that created

24:43 he's a worldclass artist that created

24:43 he's a worldclass artist that created stuff that people literally millions of

24:45 stuff that people literally millions of

24:45 stuff that people literally millions of people have enjoyed whether they knew it

24:47 people have enjoyed whether they knew it

24:47 people have enjoyed whether they knew it was him or not he's only just now

24:49 was him or not he's only just now

24:49 was him or not he's only just now starting to be recognized thanks a lot

24:51 starting to be recognized thanks a lot

24:51 starting to be recognized thanks a lot to the peekaboo stuff in the book and

24:53 to the peekaboo stuff in the book and

24:53 to the peekaboo stuff in the book and the auction sadly he thinks a lot to

24:55 the auction sadly he thinks a lot to

24:55 the auction sadly he thinks a lot to closing weirdly it's like then of course

24:58 closing weirdly it's like then of course

24:58 closing weirdly it's like then of course we just lost him uh pretty recently but

25:03 we just lost him uh pretty recently but

25:03 we just lost him uh pretty recently but I love that this is a weird opportunity

25:05 I love that this is a weird opportunity

25:05 I love that this is a weird opportunity to pick up a piece of something from

25:07 to pick up a piece of something from

25:07 to pick up a piece of something from like this really prolific really great

25:10 like this really prolific really great

25:10 like this really prolific really great artist that not the whole world doesn't

25:13 artist that not the whole world doesn't

25:13 artist that not the whole world doesn't really know about yet and I feel like in

25:15 really know about yet and I feel like in

25:15 really know about yet and I feel like in a hundred years it'll be like you've got

25:16 a hundred years it'll be like you've got

25:16 a hundred years it'll be like you've got a Schmaltz I can't believe you have a

25:19 a Schmaltz I can't believe you have a

25:19 a Schmaltz I can't believe you have a Schmaltz which I think would tickle your

25:20 Schmaltz which I think would tickle your

25:20 Schmaltz which I think would tickle your dad to death like he would just love

25:22 dad to death like he would just love

25:22 dad to death like he would just love that yeah and speaking of art we're

25:24 that yeah and speaking of art we're

25:24 that yeah and speaking of art we're going to go now and see the other half

25:27 going to go now and see the other half

25:27 going to go now and see the other half the other sale because you got all this

25:29 the other sale because you got all this

25:29 the other sale because you got all this Oceanic art stuff and Tyler if you flip

25:31 Oceanic art stuff and Tyler if you flip

25:31 Oceanic art stuff and Tyler if you flip around one more time you can see there's

25:33 around one more time you can see there's

25:33 around one more time you can see there's a lot more there's there's way too much

25:34 a lot more there's there's way too much

25:34 a lot more there's there's way too much for us to go piece by piece there's an

25:35 for us to go piece by piece there's an

25:35 for us to go piece by piece there's an old cash register there's bamboo there

25:38 old cash register there's bamboo there

25:38 old cash register there's bamboo there are display cases there are all kinds of

25:41 are display cases there are all kinds of

25:41 are display cases there are all kinds of scraps of carving wood I don't want you

25:43 scraps of carving wood I don't want you

25:43 scraps of carving wood I don't want you guys to see because I'm hoping that I

25:44 guys to see because I'm hoping that I

25:44 guys to see because I'm hoping that I can get my dirty grubby little paws on

25:46 can get my dirty grubby little paws on

25:47 can get my dirty grubby little paws on that stuff maybe Chris and I can make a

25:48 that stuff maybe Chris and I can make a

25:48 that stuff maybe Chris and I can make a deal in the back room NOP there's no

25:50 deal in the back room NOP there's no

25:50 deal in the back room NOP there's no back room deals it's all going to be

25:51 back room deals it's all going to be

25:51 back room deals it's all going to be here on Saturday for everybody look at

25:53 here on Saturday for everybody look at

25:53 here on Saturday for everybody look at these General Store cases from Chicago

25:56 these General Store cases from Chicago

25:56 these General Store cases from Chicago but the coolest thing the best thing

25:59 but the coolest thing the best thing

25:59 but the coolest thing the best thing going on you can hear they're still

26:00 going on you can hear they're still

26:00 going on you can hear they're still doing a little bit of work back here

26:01 doing a little bit of work back here

26:01 doing a little bit of work back here getting ready the best thing is back

26:05 getting ready the best thing is back

26:05 getting ready the best thing is back here in what used to be Leroy's Workshop

26:07 here in what used to be Leroy's Workshop

26:07 here in what used to be Leroy's Workshop which used to be totally off limits the

26:10 which used to be totally off limits the

26:10 which used to be totally off limits the public would never get a chance to see

26:12 public would never get a chance to see

26:12 public would never get a chance to see this what do we got going on in here

26:14 this what do we got going on in here

26:14 this what do we got going on in here Chris so um our family decided to have

26:17 Chris so um our family decided to have

26:17 Chris so um our family decided to have kind of a just an art show and sale in

26:20 kind of a just an art show and sale in

26:20 kind of a just an art show and sale in honor of our dad Leroy and I don't think

26:23 honor of our dad Leroy and I don't think

26:23 honor of our dad Leroy and I don't think there's ever been an art show that's had

26:25 there's ever been an art show that's had

26:25 there's ever been an art show that's had all of his work at once just the

26:28 all of his work at once just the

26:28 all of his work at once just the different types of of art that Leroy has

26:31 different types of of art that Leroy has

26:31 different types of of art that Leroy has done over the years and it's just

26:33 done over the years and it's just

26:33 done over the years and it's just amazing when you walk through there

26:34 amazing when you walk through there

26:34 amazing when you walk through there right because really cool it's

26:36 right because really cool it's

26:36 right because really cool it's overwhelming the just the different

26:38 overwhelming the just the different

26:38 overwhelming the just the different genres that he loved to work in the

26:40 genres that he loved to work in the

26:40 genres that he loved to work in the different mediums that he work I mean

26:41 different mediums that he work I mean

26:41 different mediums that he work I mean it's just it's amazing and so um just to

26:45 it's just it's amazing and so um just to

26:45 it's just it's amazing and so um just to honor our dad we thought we would have

26:46 honor our dad we thought we would have

26:46 honor our dad we thought we would have an event and so Friday night this Friday

26:49 an event and so Friday night this Friday

26:49 an event and so Friday night this Friday coming up um we are going to be here

26:52 coming up um we are going to be here

26:52 coming up um we are going to be here from 4:00 to 8 and uh it's an art show

26:55 from 4:00 to 8 and uh it's an art show

26:55 from 4:00 to 8 and uh it's an art show in sale we'll also have it open during

26:57 in sale we'll also have it open during

26:57 in sale we'll also have it open during dur in the oceanic art sale as well

26:59 dur in the oceanic art sale as well

26:59 dur in the oceanic art sale as well we'll just let a limited amount of

27:00 we'll just let a limited amount of

27:00 we'll just let a limited amount of people in at a time because uh it's it's

27:03 people in at a time because uh it's it's

27:03 people in at a time because uh it's it's set up like an art gallery so we don't

27:05 set up like an art gallery so we don't

27:05 set up like an art gallery so we don't want you know things to be bumped or

27:06 want you know things to be bumped or

27:06 want you know things to be bumped or whatever this is so cool uh great deal

27:08 whatever this is so cool uh great deal

27:08 whatever this is so cool uh great deal of it for sale um there's carvings

27:11 of it for sale um there's carvings

27:11 of it for sale um there's carvings there's paintings there's assemblages on

27:13 there's paintings there's assemblages on

27:13 there's paintings there's assemblages on and on yeah Okay Tyler walk through that

27:16 and on yeah Okay Tyler walk through that

27:17 and on yeah Okay Tyler walk through that door there walk through that door there

27:19 door there walk through that door there

27:19 door there walk through that door there my friends look at this look at the sh

27:23 my friends look at this look at the sh

27:23 my friends look at this look at the sh of this exhibit this is so cool Chris

27:26 of this exhibit this is so cool Chris

27:26 of this exhibit this is so cool Chris cuz as Tyler looks around the

27:28 cuz as Tyler looks around the

27:28 cuz as Tyler looks around the art I've told you this before I would

27:31 art I've told you this before I would

27:31 art I've told you this before I would always come in here and Leroy was always

27:33 always come in here and Leroy was always

27:33 always come in here and Leroy was always the most proud to talk to me about like

27:34 the most proud to talk to me about like

27:35 the most proud to talk to me about like well you know I'm really a painter and

27:36 well you know I'm really a painter and

27:36 well you know I'm really a painter and I'm really I do sculpture I do all kinds

27:38 I'm really I do sculpture I do all kinds

27:38 I'm really I do sculpture I do all kinds of art I don't just do tiis and when the

27:40 of art I don't just do tiis and when the

27:40 of art I don't just do tiis and when the tiki people he'd always say well you

27:41 tiki people he'd always say well you

27:41 tiki people he'd always say well you know if you enjoy that thing I carve for

27:43 know if you enjoy that thing I carve for

27:43 know if you enjoy that thing I carve for your backyard it's like he didn't maybe

27:44 your backyard it's like he didn't maybe

27:44 your backyard it's like he didn't maybe know the value of his Tiki work or maybe

27:47 know the value of his Tiki work or maybe

27:47 know the value of his Tiki work or maybe it was that he thought oh dude all this

27:49 it was that he thought oh dude all this

27:49 it was that he thought oh dude all this other art I wish people could appreciate

27:51 other art I wish people could appreciate

27:51 other art I wish people could appreciate that stuff but there was never a way to

27:53 that stuff but there was never a way to

27:53 that stuff but there was never a way to see it right so I think for a lot of

27:55 see it right so I think for a lot of

27:55 see it right so I think for a lot of people coming to the sale or coming out

27:57 people coming to the sale or coming out

27:57 people coming to the sale or coming out here this weekend this might be the

27:59 here this weekend this might be the

27:59 here this weekend this might be the first time they ever have

28:01 first time they ever have

28:01 first time they ever have seen this much at least of Leroy's art

28:05 seen this much at least of Leroy's art

28:06 seen this much at least of Leroy's art for sure because this isn't Commercial

28:07 for sure because this isn't Commercial

28:07 for sure because this isn't Commercial Art this isn't stuff that he created for

28:09 Art this isn't stuff that he created for

28:09 Art this isn't stuff that he created for restaurants or bars or whatever this is

28:10 restaurants or bars or whatever this is

28:10 restaurants or bars or whatever this is stuff he created just out of just out of

28:13 stuff he created just out of just out of

28:13 stuff he created just out of just out of passion for art so and it goes through

28:16 passion for art so and it goes through

28:16 passion for art so and it goes through different eras I mean we have the

28:17 different eras I mean we have the

28:17 different eras I mean we have the mid-century section in the middle here

28:19 mid-century section in the middle here

28:19 mid-century section in the middle here is that where we're standing right now

28:20 is that where we're standing right now

28:20 is that where we're standing right now we're standing in mid century look at

28:22 we're standing in mid century look at

28:22 we're standing in mid century look at this Tyler look at this look at all

28:25 this Tyler look at this look at all

28:25 this Tyler look at this look at all these paintings it's well there you go

28:26 these paintings it's well there you go

28:26 these paintings it's well there you go that's very mid so yeah these are all

28:28 that's very mid so yeah these are all

28:28 that's very mid so yeah these are all things he would have painted in the 50s

28:29 things he would have painted in the 50s

28:29 things he would have painted in the 50s and 60s and um so he just kept this all

28:33 and 60s and um so he just kept this all

28:33 and 60s and um so he just kept this all yeah we've had it in in storage forever

28:36 yeah we've had it in in storage forever

28:36 yeah we've had it in in storage forever and F it's time for people to see it

28:38 and F it's time for people to see it

28:38 and F it's time for people to see it because it's more than just tikis it's

28:40 because it's more than just tikis it's

28:40 because it's more than just tikis it's look at this wall right here amazing art

28:42 look at this wall right here amazing art

28:42 look at this wall right here amazing art that would look great in people's homes

28:44 that would look great in people's homes

28:44 that would look great in people's homes so now this is incredible because it's

28:47 so now this is incredible because it's

28:47 so now this is incredible because it's like he had such a great career with

28:49 like he had such a great career with

28:49 like he had such a great career with Oceanic Arts

28:51 Oceanic Arts

28:51 Oceanic Arts obviously it's like he never got his

28:54 obviously it's like he never got his

28:54 obviously it's like he never got his other Fine Art career off the ground but

28:56 other Fine Art career off the ground but

28:56 other Fine Art career off the ground but he kept creating it anyways that is so

28:59 he kept creating it anyways that is so

28:59 he kept creating it anyways that is so cool so all this stuff is for sale it is

29:03 cool so all this stuff is for sale it is

29:03 cool so all this stuff is for sale it is all for sale if it's in here it's going

29:04 all for sale if it's in here it's going

29:04 all for sale if it's in here it's going to be for sale this is what I was

29:06 to be for sale this is what I was

29:06 to be for sale this is what I was talking about like it's not just that

29:07 talking about like it's not just that

29:07 talking about like it's not just that your last chance to get a piece of

29:09 your last chance to get a piece of

29:09 your last chance to get a piece of oceanic Arts a lot of people grab little

29:11 oceanic Arts a lot of people grab little

29:11 oceanic Arts a lot of people grab little pieces of that it's a really weird rare

29:14 pieces of that it's a really weird rare

29:14 pieces of that it's a really weird rare opportunity to get a legitimate art

29:17 opportunity to get a legitimate art

29:17 opportunity to get a legitimate art piece from an artist who like I almost

29:18 piece from an artist who like I almost

29:18 piece from an artist who like I almost feel like hasn't been discovered yet

29:20 feel like hasn't been discovered yet

29:20 feel like hasn't been discovered yet right cuz this stuff is insane it is so

29:23 right cuz this stuff is insane it is so

29:23 right cuz this stuff is insane it is so creative and so weird and I thought I

29:26 creative and so weird and I thought I

29:26 creative and so weird and I thought I knew about Leroy's art until I started

29:29 knew about Leroy's art until I started

29:29 knew about Leroy's art until I started seeing some of the little art shows he

29:30 seeing some of the little art shows he

29:30 seeing some of the little art shows he do like at that seeds art gallery and

29:32 do like at that seeds art gallery and

29:32 do like at that seeds art gallery and stuff and you're like this is some

29:33 stuff and you're like this is some

29:33 stuff and you're like this is some really bizarre like recycled art some of

29:36 really bizarre like recycled art some of

29:36 really bizarre like recycled art some of it he carved like look at this demented

29:38 it he carved like look at this demented

29:39 it he carved like look at this demented Pinocchio puppet thing and your dad was

29:41 Pinocchio puppet thing and your dad was

29:41 Pinocchio puppet thing and your dad was so funny cuz he he'd carve like a

29:43 so funny cuz he he'd carve like a

29:43 so funny cuz he he'd carve like a Frankenstein and he'd make like look at

29:45 Frankenstein and he'd make like look at

29:45 Frankenstein and he'd make like look at what is what is this is like a weird

29:47 what is what is this is like a weird

29:47 what is what is this is like a weird torture device seems like a torture

29:50 torture device seems like a torture

29:50 torture device seems like a torture device to me for sure I me what in the

29:52 device to me for sure I me what in the

29:52 device to me for sure I me what in the world just commentary on life the

29:54 world just commentary on life the

29:54 world just commentary on life the tortures of Life the snakes right that's

29:57 tortures of Life the snakes right that's

29:57 tortures of Life the snakes right that's called the I think the seven deadly sins

29:59 called the I think the seven deadly sins

29:59 called the I think the seven deadly sins or something right there devise wicked

30:02 or something right there devise wicked

30:02 or something right there devise wicked schemes okay yeah there's a bunch of

30:03 schemes okay yeah there's a bunch of

30:03 schemes okay yeah there's a bunch of different writings on there Snake each

30:05 different writings on there Snake each

30:05 different writings on there Snake each snake represents a deadly sin so that's

30:08 snake represents a deadly sin so that's

30:08 snake represents a deadly sin so that's the deal there that's something else but

30:09 the deal there that's something else but

30:09 the deal there that's something else but a lot of people didn't know about Leroy

30:11 a lot of people didn't know about Leroy

30:11 a lot of people didn't know about Leroy is Leroy was a big time family man at

30:14 is Leroy was a big time family man at

30:14 is Leroy was a big time family man at least I I think of him as a family man

30:16 least I I think of him as a family man

30:16 least I I think of him as a family man because he was always talking about you

30:17 because he was always talking about you

30:17 because he was always talking about you guys and then I know some of your

30:18 guys and then I know some of your

30:18 guys and then I know some of your family's like he was what he was talking

30:21 family's like he was what he was talking

30:21 family's like he was what he was talking about us like yeah he'd always go oh my

30:23 about us like yeah he'd always go oh my

30:23 about us like yeah he'd always go oh my grandkids doing this and doing that

30:24 grandkids doing this and doing that

30:24 grandkids doing this and doing that doing that so he may have grunted at the

30:26 doing that so he may have grunted at the

30:26 doing that so he may have grunted at the dinner table but he was always talking

30:27 dinner table but he was always talking

30:27 dinner table but he was always talking about you guys to me but he is also a

30:30 about you guys to me but he is also a

30:30 about you guys to me but he is also a big man of Faith right and that that has

30:32 big man of Faith right and that that has

30:32 big man of Faith right and that that has obviously I mean I don't know how that

30:34 obviously I mean I don't know how that

30:34 obviously I mean I don't know how that would bleed into Tiki artwork but it's

30:35 would bleed into Tiki artwork but it's

30:35 would bleed into Tiki artwork but it's obviously bled into a lot of this

30:37 obviously bled into a lot of this

30:37 obviously bled into a lot of this artwork look at those like crosses up

30:39 artwork look at those like crosses up

30:39 artwork look at those like crosses up there are really crazy yeah we kind of

30:41 there are really crazy yeah we kind of

30:41 there are really crazy yeah we kind of put a little of the religious item

30:42 put a little of the religious item

30:42 put a little of the religious item sections together there so but I love

30:45 sections together there so but I love

30:45 sections together there so but I love that he he Incorporated a lot of like uh

30:49 that he he Incorporated a lot of like uh

30:49 that he he Incorporated a lot of like uh there's a lot in the artwork it's like

30:51 there's a lot in the artwork it's like

30:51 there's a lot in the artwork it's like there's a lot of depth to it because he

30:52 there's a lot of depth to it because he

30:52 there's a lot of depth to it because he could always talk about like well it's

30:54 could always talk about like well it's

30:54 could always talk about like well it's this and this and it's inspired by this

30:55 this and this and it's inspired by this

30:55 this and this and it's inspired by this and this but then there's other stuff

30:57 and this but then there's other stuff

30:57 and this but then there's other stuff that's just crazy looking right it's

31:00 that's just crazy looking right it's

31:00 that's just crazy looking right it's just out of control it's like really

31:02 just out of control it's like really

31:02 just out of control it's like really surrealistic and like really modern and

31:05 surrealistic and like really modern and

31:05 surrealistic and like really modern and when were you saying your dad graduated

31:07 when were you saying your dad graduated

31:07 when were you saying your dad graduated high school so when he graduated high

31:09 high school so when he graduated high

31:09 high school so when he graduated high school they they kind of uh gave him a

31:13 school they they kind of uh gave him a

31:13 school they they kind of uh gave him a scholarship full ride to go to an art

31:15 scholarship full ride to go to an art

31:15 scholarship full ride to go to an art school in La just so that he could um

31:18 school in La just so that he could um

31:18 school in La just so that he could um they saw him as an upand cominging

31:20 they saw him as an upand cominging

31:20 they saw him as an upand cominging mid-century modern artist you know and

31:21 mid-century modern artist you know and

31:21 mid-century modern artist you know and he was really good and this is like what

31:24 he was really good and this is like what

31:24 he was really good and this is like what years gosh mid 50s I'm not even sure

31:26 years gosh mid 50s I'm not even sure

31:26 years gosh mid 50s I'm not even sure when he graduated School 53 or so but

31:29 when he graduated School 53 or so but

31:29 when he graduated School 53 or so but but the crazy thing is that nobody knows

31:32 but the crazy thing is that nobody knows

31:32 but the crazy thing is that nobody knows your mom Leroy's wife Vivian was also a

31:35 your mom Leroy's wife Vivian was also a

31:35 your mom Leroy's wife Vivian was also a crazy good artist like a painter right

31:38 crazy good artist like a painter right

31:38 crazy good artist like a painter right in fact we have one of her pieces of Art

31:40 in fact we have one of her pieces of Art

31:40 in fact we have one of her pieces of Art in here you stay here and I'll go grab

31:41 in here you stay here and I'll go grab

31:41 in here you stay here and I'll go grab is it hidden oh you're going to go see

31:42 is it hidden oh you're going to go see

31:42 is it hidden oh you're going to go see it okay well I'm going to guide people

31:44 it okay well I'm going to guide people

31:44 it okay well I'm going to guide people around okay look at this guys this is

31:46 around okay look at this guys this is

31:46 around okay look at this guys this is the craziest thing ever look at all the

31:48 the craziest thing ever look at all the

31:48 the craziest thing ever look at all the different wood block prints you got oh

31:50 different wood block prints you got oh

31:50 different wood block prints you got oh that looks like uh John M up there

31:53 that looks like uh John M up there

31:53 that looks like uh John M up there doesn't it it does like a John M drawing

31:56 doesn't it it does like a John M drawing

31:56 doesn't it it does like a John M drawing it does I've never never seen I knew he

31:58 it does I've never never seen I knew he

31:58 it does I've never never seen I knew he loved like stuff from the southwest yeah

32:00 loved like stuff from the southwest yeah

32:00 loved like stuff from the southwest yeah he really loved Southwest art cuz he was

32:02 he really loved Southwest art cuz he was

32:02 he really loved Southwest art cuz he was telling me you got the last time I

32:04 telling me you got the last time I

32:04 telling me you got the last time I talked to him and I was in the backyard

32:06 talked to him and I was in the backyard

32:06 talked to him and I was in the backyard with him he suned himself he was telling

32:08 with him he suned himself he was telling

32:08 with him he suned himself he was telling me I was going on that cross country

32:10 me I was going on that cross country

32:10 me I was going on that cross country road trip I didn't know which way to go

32:11 road trip I didn't know which way to go

32:11 road trip I didn't know which way to go he's like you got to go to the Rockies

32:13 he's like you got to go to the Rockies

32:13 he's like you got to go to the Rockies you got to see go down in New Mexico

32:15 you got to see go down in New Mexico

32:15 you got to see go down in New Mexico they got the plays down there yes he

32:17 they got the plays down there yes he

32:17 they got the plays down there yes he love he he would always if we went

32:19 love he he would always if we went

32:19 love he he would always if we went camping or just went anywhere he'd have

32:21 camping or just went anywhere he'd have

32:21 camping or just went anywhere he'd have his sketchbooks and he'd be drawing he'

32:24 his sketchbooks and he'd be drawing he'

32:24 his sketchbooks and he'd be drawing he' a lot of these things are um he he would

32:27 a lot of these things are um he he would

32:27 a lot of these things are um he he would draw these houses and then he would

32:29 draw these houses and then he would

32:29 draw these houses and then he would paint them into a different scene than

32:31 paint them into a different scene than

32:31 paint them into a different scene than where they originally were found you

32:33 where they originally were found you

32:33 where they originally were found you know one of these old cars uh one of

32:35 know one of these old cars uh one of

32:35 know one of these old cars uh one of these cars he was drawing when you know

32:37 these cars he was drawing when you know

32:38 these cars he was drawing when you know years ago we went on a missions trip to

32:39 years ago we went on a missions trip to

32:39 years ago we went on a missions trip to the Kumi Indian Indians in Mexico and he

32:42 the Kumi Indian Indians in Mexico and he

32:42 the Kumi Indian Indians in Mexico and he was drawing a car that was out there oh

32:44 was drawing a car that was out there oh

32:44 was drawing a car that was out there oh my gosh all this stuff I mean there's

32:45 my gosh all this stuff I mean there's

32:45 my gosh all this stuff I mean there's stuff this is the old Whittier theater

32:47 stuff this is the old Whittier theater

32:48 stuff this is the old Whittier theater right here really yeah and this right

32:50 right here really yeah and this right

32:50 right here really yeah and this right here is uh it's called the tin Hulk it's

32:53 here is uh it's called the tin Hulk it's

32:53 here is uh it's called the tin Hulk it's in Whittier it's right around the corner

32:54 in Whittier it's right around the corner

32:54 in Whittier it's right around the corner this looks like Bodie to me that's

32:56 this looks like Bodie to me that's

32:56 this looks like Bodie to me that's probably bod you're right and I think

32:58 probably bod you're right and I think

32:59 probably bod you're right and I think this is my brother and my mom no kidding

33:01 this is my brother and my mom no kidding

33:01 this is my brother and my mom no kidding walk in there oh yeah and speaking of

33:02 walk in there oh yeah and speaking of

33:02 walk in there oh yeah and speaking of your mom you got you found the painting

33:04 your mom you got you found the painting

33:04 your mom you got you found the painting I did I found the painting see

33:06 I did I found the painting see

33:06 I did I found the painting see mid-century I mean it's just so funky

33:09 mid-century I mean it's just so funky

33:09 mid-century I mean it's just so funky they were doing this stuff in the ' 50s

33:11 they were doing this stuff in the ' 50s

33:11 they were doing this stuff in the ' 50s yes I mean that means they were like all

33:12 yes I mean that means they were like all

33:12 yes I mean that means they were like all The Cutting Edge of like the art styles

33:15 The Cutting Edge of like the art styles

33:15 The Cutting Edge of like the art styles in the modernism the colors so yeah they

33:18 in the modernism the colors so yeah they

33:18 in the modernism the colors so yeah they got all all the right colors going on

33:20 got all all the right colors going on

33:20 got all all the right colors going on there for sure see I met your mom as

33:22 there for sure see I met your mom as

33:22 there for sure see I met your mom as like Grandma she's everybody's grandma

33:25 like Grandma she's everybody's grandma

33:25 like Grandma she's everybody's grandma and she's like oh you got to eat

33:26 and she's like oh you got to eat

33:26 and she's like oh you got to eat something and whatever and I never knew

33:28 something and whatever and I never knew

33:28 something and whatever and I never knew she was like this crazy Bohemian artist

33:30 she was like this crazy Bohemian artist

33:30 she was like this crazy Bohemian artist back in the day who knows they were in

33:32 back in the day who knows they were in

33:32 back in the day who knows they were in that green barn together all those years

33:35 that green barn together all those years

33:35 that green barn together all those years being Bohemian artist so that's so cool

33:38 being Bohemian artist so that's so cool

33:38 being Bohemian artist so that's so cool so anyways and then you know we're not

33:39 so anyways and then you know we're not

33:39 so anyways and then you know we're not done setting up but we're going to have

33:41 done setting up but we're going to have

33:41 done setting up but we're going to have a lot of art from his earlier years oh

33:43 a lot of art from his earlier years oh

33:43 a lot of art from his earlier years oh yeah six gr six years old on up this is

33:46 yeah six gr six years old on up this is

33:46 yeah six gr six years old on up this is some of his high school architecture

33:48 some of his high school architecture

33:48 some of his high school architecture that he was doing right here and we'll

33:50 that he was doing right here and we'll

33:50 that he was doing right here and we'll have a lot more of it up for the show so

33:52 have a lot more of it up for the show so

33:52 have a lot more of it up for the show so again you're in high school in the early

33:54 again you're in high school in the early

33:54 again you're in high school in the early 1950s and then look at this over here

33:56 1950s and then look at this over here

33:56 1950s and then look at this over here Tyler look at this guys that is so ahead

33:59 Tyler look at this guys that is so ahead

33:59 Tyler look at this guys that is so ahead of its time then if that's from

34:01 of its time then if that's from

34:01 of its time then if that's from architecture class I mean he was really

34:05 architecture class I mean he was really

34:05 architecture class I mean he was really like a I don't know it's like so Cutting

34:07 like a I don't know it's like so Cutting

34:07 like a I don't know it's like so Cutting Edge for that time and then he he stayed

34:09 Edge for that time and then he he stayed

34:10 Edge for that time and then he he stayed that way all the way through the 70s

34:11 that way all the way through the 70s

34:11 that way all the way through the 70s because I've seen all the weird artwork

34:13 because I've seen all the weird artwork

34:13 because I've seen all the weird artwork he was doing in the 70s for different

34:14 he was doing in the 70s for different

34:14 he was doing in the 70s for different restaurants and stuff I love the little

34:16 restaurants and stuff I love the little

34:16 restaurants and stuff I love the little details on here the little fish you know

34:19 details on here the little fish you know

34:19 details on here the little fish you know those fun little mid-century designs and

34:22 those fun little mid-century designs and

34:22 those fun little mid-century designs and then you became an artist I know uh Edie

34:26 then you became an artist I know uh Edie

34:26 then you became an artist I know uh Edie is an artist he's amazing and so like

34:28 is an artist he's amazing and so like

34:28 is an artist he's amazing and so like it's the Apple didn't fall far from the

34:30 it's the Apple didn't fall far from the

34:30 it's the Apple didn't fall far from the tree then with all you guys no it's just

34:33 tree then with all you guys no it's just

34:33 tree then with all you guys no it's just uh it's in the blood I love this stuff

34:36 uh it's in the blood I love this stuff

34:36 uh it's in the blood I love this stuff okay let's see then our folks just gave

34:37 okay let's see then our folks just gave

34:37 okay let's see then our folks just gave us permission to do whatever with with

34:40 us permission to do whatever with with

34:40 us permission to do whatever with with whatever medium we wanted so it's kind

34:42 whatever medium we wanted so it's kind

34:42 whatever medium we wanted so it's kind of that's that was a lot of it they were

34:43 of that's that was a lot of it they were

34:43 of that's that was a lot of it they were kind of like we'll just just do it do it

34:46 kind of like we'll just just do it do it

34:46 kind of like we'll just just do it do it and we'd have a lot of times where we

34:47 and we'd have a lot of times where we

34:48 and we'd have a lot of times where we were making crafts together or

34:49 were making crafts together or

34:49 were making crafts together or decorating together or painting together

34:51 decorating together or painting together

34:51 decorating together or painting together throwing parties and doing all the

34:53 throwing parties and doing all the

34:53 throwing parties and doing all the decorations so we learned a lot I'm

34:55 decorations so we learned a lot I'm

34:55 decorations so we learned a lot I'm having trouble with our dad I'm having

34:56 having trouble with our dad I'm having

34:56 having trouble with our dad I'm having in trouble talking or even thinking CU

34:58 in trouble talking or even thinking CU

34:58 in trouble talking or even thinking CU there's so there's so much stuff here

34:59 there's so there's so much stuff here

34:59 there's so there's so much stuff here there's like pen and ink sketches

35:01 there's like pen and ink sketches

35:01 there's like pen and ink sketches there's paintings there are models there

35:03 there's paintings there are models there

35:03 there's paintings there are models there are there are carvings there's just like

35:06 are there are carvings there's just like

35:07 are there are carvings there's just like it's so many different mediums like he

35:10 it's so many different mediums like he

35:10 it's so many different mediums like he was definitely a mixed media artist I

35:11 was definitely a mixed media artist I

35:11 was definitely a mixed media artist I guess you could say look at this and

35:13 guess you could say look at this and

35:13 guess you could say look at this and then the wood block prints we didn't

35:15 then the wood block prints we didn't

35:15 then the wood block prints we didn't even see the paintings over here there

35:17 even see the paintings over here there

35:17 even see the paintings over here there sketches there's so much in here already

35:19 sketches there's so much in here already

35:19 sketches there's so much in here already and this isn't even all of it we've

35:22 and this isn't even all of it we've

35:22 and this isn't even all of it we've still got some more to bring out oh my

35:23 still got some more to bring out oh my

35:24 still got some more to bring out oh my God I mean we can't really fit anything

35:25 God I mean we can't really fit anything

35:25 God I mean we can't really fit anything else in so we're we're we're winding up

35:28 else in so we're we're we're winding up

35:28 else in so we're we're we're winding up for sure but I mean I would love to be

35:29 for sure but I mean I would love to be

35:29 for sure but I mean I would love to be able to put everything out but we can't

35:31 able to put everything out but we can't

35:31 able to put everything out but we can't but look at that stuff it's just amazing

35:33 but look at that stuff it's just amazing

35:33 but look at that stuff it's just amazing I feel like this from his younger days

35:34 I feel like this from his younger days

35:34 I feel like this from his younger days look at this look at this right here

35:36 look at this look at this right here

35:36 look at this look at this right here Tyler check that out and this is age

35:39 Tyler check that out and this is age

35:39 Tyler check that out and this is age nine you're kidding me it's pretty

35:43 nine you're kidding me it's pretty

35:43 nine you're kidding me it's pretty pretty

35:44 pretty

35:44 pretty sweet oh my gosh so of course and I know

35:47 sweet oh my gosh so of course and I know

35:47 sweet oh my gosh so of course and I know people are going to ask this question so

35:49 people are going to ask this question so

35:49 people are going to ask this question so I got to ask you even though I know the

35:50 I got to ask you even though I know the

35:50 I got to ask you even though I know the answer and of course he's got a ton of

35:52 answer and of course he's got a ton of

35:52 answer and of course he's got a ton of kids and grandkids and you guys already

35:55 kids and grandkids and you guys already

35:55 kids and grandkids and you guys already went through and got stuff out for

35:57 went through and got stuff out for

35:57 went through and got stuff out for yourselves and for the family right so

35:58 yourselves and for the family right so

35:58 yourselves and for the family right so we don't have to feel guilty when we're

35:59 we don't have to feel guilty when we're

35:59 we don't have to feel guilty when we're like it's Leroy age9 drawing yeah in

36:02 like it's Leroy age9 drawing yeah in

36:02 like it's Leroy age9 drawing yeah in fact that's a great question cuz we

36:04 fact that's a great question cuz we

36:04 fact that's a great question cuz we already decided we weren't going to sell

36:05 already decided we weren't going to sell

36:05 already decided we weren't going to sell his younger art so that's kind of a

36:07 his younger art so that's kind of a

36:07 his younger art so that's kind of a display back there with his high school

36:09 display back there with his high school

36:09 display back there with his high school and all that kind of stuff some of that

36:10 and all that kind of stuff some of that

36:10 and all that kind of stuff some of that stuff might be like maybe not this one

36:13 stuff might be like maybe not this one

36:13 stuff might be like maybe not this one it it's mostly just the things when he

36:14 it it's mostly just the things when he

36:14 it it's mostly just the things when he was a 9-year-old you know like his young

36:17 was a 9-year-old you know like his young

36:17 was a 9-year-old you know like his young art so look at this look at all the wood

36:19 art so look at this look at all the wood

36:19 art so look at this look at all the wood all this other stuff is definitely for

36:21 all this other stuff is definitely for

36:21 all this other stuff is definitely for sale um some of some of these are signed

36:24 sale um some of some of these are signed

36:24 sale um some of some of these are signed and numbered and some of them aren't so

36:26 and numbered and some of them aren't so

36:26 and numbered and some of them aren't so this is the stuff where I feel like

36:27 this is the stuff where I feel like

36:27 this is the stuff where I feel like we're really lucky to get to come to it

36:29 we're really lucky to get to come to it

36:29 we're really lucky to get to come to it because it's the kind of thing where you

36:30 because it's the kind of thing where you

36:30 because it's the kind of thing where you think like this should be in some crazy

36:32 think like this should be in some crazy

36:32 think like this should be in some crazy like the Guggenheim or I don't know I

36:34 like the Guggenheim or I don't know I

36:34 like the Guggenheim or I don't know I don't know what's in the gugenheim I've

36:35 don't know what's in the gugenheim I've

36:35 don't know what's in the gugenheim I've never been in the Guggenheim it should

36:36 never been in the Guggenheim it should

36:36 never been in the Guggenheim it should be in LMA or something I've been to LMA

36:39 be in LMA or something I've been to LMA

36:39 be in LMA or something I've been to LMA yeah Guggenheim is fun to say that's all

36:41 yeah Guggenheim is fun to say that's all

36:41 yeah Guggenheim is fun to say that's all I know look at this this is so weird

36:43 I know look at this this is so weird

36:43 I know look at this this is so weird there's like an old Dupont can lid and

36:46 there's like an old Dupont can lid and

36:46 there's like an old Dupont can lid and this guy on there this is this is what I

36:48 this guy on there this is this is what I

36:48 this guy on there this is this is what I think of when I think of Leroy's like

36:50 think of when I think of Leroy's like

36:50 think of when I think of Leroy's like personal art that face that that face is

36:53 personal art that face that that face is

36:53 personal art that face that that face is really

36:54 really

36:54 really familiar wow he loves to just find

36:57 familiar wow he loves to just find

36:57 familiar wow he loves to just find things and use them uh in his art so a

37:00 things and use them uh in his art so a

37:00 things and use them uh in his art so a lot of found objects a lot of his art um

37:02 lot of found objects a lot of his art um

37:02 lot of found objects a lot of his art um you'll see a lot of these those are

37:04 you'll see a lot of these those are

37:04 you'll see a lot of these those are paint can lids and they would have been

37:07 paint can lids and they would have been

37:07 paint can lids and they would have been uh in in a lot of these pieces they just

37:09 uh in in a lot of these pieces they just

37:09 uh in in a lot of these pieces they just feature paint can Lids because he never

37:11 feature paint can Lids because he never

37:11 feature paint can Lids because he never wanted to throw something away he just

37:12 wanted to throw something away he just

37:12 wanted to throw something away he just wanted to use it and he saw something

37:14 wanted to use it and he saw something

37:14 wanted to use it and he saw something beautiful in it so I remember seeing

37:16 beautiful in it so I remember seeing

37:16 beautiful in it so I remember seeing jars of pencils that were like sharpened

37:19 jars of pencils that were like sharpened

37:19 jars of pencils that were like sharpened all the way down he just had jars of

37:20 all the way down he just had jars of

37:20 all the way down he just had jars of pencils yeah why not I I can't believe

37:23 pencils yeah why not I I can't believe

37:23 pencils yeah why not I I can't believe this was the workshop that I've been in

37:25 this was the workshop that I've been in

37:25 this was the workshop that I've been in so many times I've never seen it from

37:27 so many times I've never seen it from

37:27 so many times I've never seen it from wall to wall I never knew it was this

37:29 wall to wall I never knew it was this

37:29 wall to wall I never knew it was this huge yeah have you ever seen this place

37:32 huge yeah have you ever seen this place

37:32 huge yeah have you ever seen this place like this maybe when they moved in I've

37:35 like this maybe when they moved in I've

37:35 like this maybe when they moved in I've been cleaning it for months so this is

37:38 been cleaning it for months so this is

37:38 been cleaning it for months so this is insane this is so crazy oh and then here

37:40 insane this is so crazy oh and then here

37:40 insane this is so crazy oh and then here he is right here it's the man himself

37:44 he is right here it's the man himself

37:44 he is right here it's the man himself Leroy schz all the way down to theend

37:46 Leroy schz all the way down to theend

37:46 Leroy schz all the way down to theend there are carvings in here too though oh

37:48 there are carvings in here too though oh

37:48 there are carvings in here too though oh yeah so it's not it's not like all the

37:50 yeah so it's not it's not like all the

37:50 yeah so it's not it's not like all the tiki gone there's a little there's a

37:51 tiki gone there's a little there's a

37:51 tiki gone there's a little there's a little bit of that stuff of people like

37:52 little bit of that stuff of people like

37:52 little bit of that stuff of people like it I love the

37:54 it I love the

37:54 it I love the seabirds like there's so much stuff in

37:56 seabirds like there's so much stuff in

37:56 seabirds like there's so much stuff in here Chris I don't even know what to say

37:58 here Chris I don't even know what to say

37:58 here Chris I don't even know what to say sweet bird I feel like even you're a

38:00 sweet bird I feel like even you're a

38:00 sweet bird I feel like even you're a little bit of at a loss for words I am

38:01 little bit of at a loss for words I am

38:01 little bit of at a loss for words I am at a loss for words how this is one of

38:03 at a loss for words how this is one of

38:03 at a loss for words how this is one of my favorite pieces I'd never seen it

38:05 my favorite pieces I'd never seen it

38:05 my favorite pieces I'd never seen it before and it was up at the house and I

38:08 before and it was up at the house and I

38:08 before and it was up at the house and I think he painted it for a Halloween that

38:10 think he painted it for a Halloween that

38:10 think he painted it for a Halloween that they did up there and it was one of

38:12 they did up there and it was one of

38:12 they did up there and it was one of those uh landscape um prints and he just

38:16 those uh landscape um prints and he just

38:16 those uh landscape um prints and he just painted over the whole thing completely

38:19 painted over the whole thing completely

38:19 painted over the whole thing completely and so I think it originally had a a

38:20 and so I think it originally had a a

38:20 and so I think it originally had a a stream but he turned it into a zombie

38:23 stream but he turned it into a zombie

38:23 stream but he turned it into a zombie stream and a little uh

38:27 stream and a little uh

38:27 stream and a little uh Gothic type City back

38:29 Gothic type City back

38:29 Gothic type City back there vultures in the trees a creepy

38:32 there vultures in the trees a creepy

38:32 there vultures in the trees a creepy Emerald City yeah it just oh look at

38:34 Emerald City yeah it just oh look at

38:35 Emerald City yeah it just oh look at thater there's a couple Leroy Borneo

38:37 thater there's a couple Leroy Borneo

38:37 thater there's a couple Leroy Borneo Wildman left I know what those are

38:39 Wildman left I know what those are

38:39 Wildman left I know what those are because he had one for sale as a CD case

38:41 because he had one for sale as a CD case

38:41 because he had one for sale as a CD case years ago and I remember the CDs were

38:43 years ago and I remember the CDs were

38:43 years ago and I remember the CDs were already on their way out and thinking no

38:44 already on their way out and thinking no

38:44 already on their way out and thinking no one's ever no one going to buy that but

38:46 one's ever no one going to buy that but

38:46 one's ever no one going to buy that but you know those were actually on stage at

38:47 you know those were actually on stage at

38:47 you know those were actually on stage at a big Disney um function were they yeah

38:50 a big Disney um function were they yeah

38:50 a big Disney um function were they yeah I think were they honored my Dad how

38:52 I think were they honored my Dad how

38:52 I think were they honored my Dad how about this have you ever seen what in

38:53 about this have you ever seen what in

38:53 about this have you ever seen what in the world is this cuz we didn't even see

38:55 the world is this cuz we didn't even see

38:55 the world is this cuz we didn't even see this coming in it's above our heads what

38:57 this coming in it's above our heads what

38:57 this coming in it's above our heads what is that um something from the mind of

39:00 is that um something from the mind of

39:00 is that um something from the mind of Leroy schaltz it basically was hanging

39:03 Leroy schaltz it basically was hanging

39:03 Leroy schaltz it basically was hanging in our backyard next to a stagghorn fern

39:06 in our backyard next to a stagghorn fern

39:06 in our backyard next to a stagghorn fern that weighed about as much as a

39:07 that weighed about as much as a

39:07 that weighed about as much as a Volkswagen it's just Giant and it's a

39:09 Volkswagen it's just Giant and it's a

39:09 Volkswagen it's just Giant and it's a piece of art that he put up there to

39:10 piece of art that he put up there to

39:10 piece of art that he put up there to highlight that plant so some of the

39:13 highlight that plant so some of the

39:13 highlight that plant so some of the stuff came out of our

39:14 stuff came out of our

39:14 stuff came out of our yard oh man were those from your house

39:16 yard oh man were those from your house

39:16 yard oh man were those from your house too back here those are off of our house

39:18 too back here those are off of our house

39:18 too back here those are off of our house okay cuz I was I've been trying to

39:20 okay cuz I was I've been trying to

39:20 okay cuz I was I've been trying to describe your house to people for years

39:23 describe your house to people for years

39:23 describe your house to people for years that like if you went to Leroy's house

39:25 that like if you went to Leroy's house

39:25 that like if you went to Leroy's house it was not a beam or a piece of wood

39:27 it was not a beam or a piece of wood

39:27 it was not a beam or a piece of wood anywhere on that property that was

39:28 anywhere on that property that was

39:28 anywhere on that property that was carved carved and painted and made

39:30 carved carved and painted and made

39:30 carved carved and painted and made everything look beautiful so um this is

39:33 everything look beautiful so um this is

39:33 everything look beautiful so um this is so cool when we have to uh tear

39:36 so cool when we have to uh tear

39:36 so cool when we have to uh tear something apart because it's

39:37 something apart because it's

39:37 something apart because it's dilapidating there's always some cool

39:39 dilapidating there's always some cool

39:39 dilapidating there's always some cool carvings on it a plus and we got to keep

39:41 carvings on it a plus and we got to keep

39:41 carvings on it a plus and we got to keep those so that's the deal so are you glad

39:44 those so that's the deal so are you glad

39:44 those so that's the deal so are you glad sad a

39:46 sad a

39:46 sad a mix um you know I'm of course I'm sad we

39:51 mix um you know I'm of course I'm sad we

39:51 mix um you know I'm of course I'm sad we all miss our dad I mean every day we

39:53 all miss our dad I mean every day we

39:53 all miss our dad I mean every day we miss our dad and um but super glad that

39:56 miss our dad and um but super glad that

39:56 miss our dad and um but super glad that that one that uh Jordan did such a great

39:59 that one that uh Jordan did such a great

39:59 that one that uh Jordan did such a great job on that book and as you were talking

40:01 job on that book and as you were talking

40:01 job on that book and as you were talking about so many people got to know who

40:04 about so many people got to know who

40:04 about so many people got to know who Oceanic Arts was in a just a deeper uh

40:08 Oceanic Arts was in a just a deeper uh

40:08 Oceanic Arts was in a just a deeper uh level and see my dad's work and we're

40:10 level and see my dad's work and we're

40:10 level and see my dad's work and we're totally stoked and um yeah I mean this

40:13 totally stoked and um yeah I mean this

40:13 totally stoked and um yeah I mean this will be a piece of our life completely

40:16 will be a piece of our life completely

40:16 will be a piece of our life completely gone you know yeah but it'll be in here

40:18 gone you know yeah but it'll be in here

40:18 gone you know yeah but it'll be in here but it's weird CU you kind of filled in

40:19 but it's weird CU you kind of filled in

40:19 but it's weird CU you kind of filled in these shoes really well like taking care

40:21 these shoes really well like taking care

40:21 these shoes really well like taking care of all this stuff and stepping in for I

40:23 of all this stuff and stepping in for I

40:23 of all this stuff and stepping in for I know for your family and stuff and I've

40:25 know for your family and stuff and I've

40:25 know for your family and stuff and I've been watching you like

40:27 been watching you like

40:27 been watching you like working hard and doing all this stuff

40:28 working hard and doing all this stuff

40:28 working hard and doing all this stuff and I just I've got to know you which

40:30 and I just I've got to know you which

40:30 and I just I've got to know you which has been like a super triat I knew Leroy

40:32 has been like a super triat I knew Leroy

40:32 has been like a super triat I knew Leroy for 20 years and it's funny is if you

40:33 for 20 years and it's funny is if you

40:33 for 20 years and it's funny is if you knew Leroy for 20 years you maybe got

40:35 knew Leroy for 20 years you maybe got

40:35 knew Leroy for 20 years you maybe got like couple of pages worth of dialogue

40:38 like couple of pages worth of dialogue

40:38 like couple of pages worth of dialogue out of them so reading that book was

40:40 out of them so reading that book was

40:40 out of them so reading that book was fantastic I like getting to know them

40:42 fantastic I like getting to know them

40:42 fantastic I like getting to know them all over I learn so much in that book

40:44 all over I learn so much in that book

40:44 all over I learn so much in that book and it must be weird for you stepping

40:45 and it must be weird for you stepping

40:45 and it must be weird for you stepping into this you're learning a lot about

40:46 into this you're learning a lot about

40:46 into this you're learning a lot about your dad yeah but I think the coolest

40:48 your dad yeah but I think the coolest

40:48 your dad yeah but I think the coolest part for me coming to all those

40:50 part for me coming to all those

40:50 part for me coming to all those different sales and watching people go

40:51 different sales and watching people go

40:51 different sales and watching people go up to you and go you know your dad I saw

40:53 up to you and go you know your dad I saw

40:53 up to you and go you know your dad I saw him do this thing or he built this thing

40:55 him do this thing or he built this thing

40:55 him do this thing or he built this thing or I bought this thing from from him so

40:56 or I bought this thing from from him so

40:56 or I bought this thing from from him so that must be really cool so it's the end

40:58 that must be really cool so it's the end

40:58 that must be really cool so it's the end of an era it is the end of an era it's a

41:00 of an era it is the end of an era it's a

41:00 of an era it is the end of an era it's a bitter a Bittersweet thing I really

41:02 bitter a Bittersweet thing I really

41:02 bitter a Bittersweet thing I really appreciate you giving us the time to

41:04 appreciate you giving us the time to

41:04 appreciate you giving us the time to walk around and check things out and

41:06 walk around and check things out and

41:06 walk around and check things out and come in here before the sale and we're

41:07 come in here before the sale and we're

41:07 come in here before the sale and we're try and get this video out as soon as we

41:09 try and get this video out as soon as we

41:09 try and get this video out as soon as we can so as many people know as possible

41:11 can so as many people know as possible

41:11 can so as many people know as possible because people kept asking are they are

41:13 because people kept asking are they are

41:13 because people kept asking are they are they done done I just wanted to go in

41:14 they done done I just wanted to go in

41:14 they done done I just wanted to go in and get one more piece so this is it one

41:17 and get one more piece so this is it one

41:17 and get one more piece so this is it one last piece save it from the dumpster

41:19 last piece save it from the dumpster

41:19 last piece save it from the dumpster come get yourself a schaltz come get a

41:21 come get yourself a schaltz come get a

41:21 come get yourself a schaltz come get a schaltz all right thank you so much love

41:24 schaltz all right thank you so much love

41:24 schaltz all right thank you so much love you man I love you guys all right okay

41:27 you man I love you guys all right okay

41:27 you man I love you guys all right okay well we had to let Chris get back to

41:28 well we had to let Chris get back to

41:29 well we had to let Chris get back to work he's back there with his whole

41:30 work he's back there with his whole

41:30 work he's back there with his whole family and they are still finding things

41:33 family and they are still finding things

41:33 family and they are still finding things that were in boxes from home from the

41:35 that were in boxes from home from the

41:35 that were in boxes from home from the Leroy art sale they're still finding

41:37 Leroy art sale they're still finding

41:37 Leroy art sale they're still finding stuff that was back in the library or

41:38 stuff that was back in the library or

41:38 stuff that was back in the library or back in these weird nooks and crannies

41:40 back in these weird nooks and crannies

41:41 back in these weird nooks and crannies at Oceanic Arts I've been coming to

41:42 at Oceanic Arts I've been coming to

41:42 at Oceanic Arts I've been coming to Oceanic Arts at this location for years

41:44 Oceanic Arts at this location for years

41:44 Oceanic Arts at this location for years and years and I literally got let into a

41:47 and years and I literally got let into a

41:47 and years and I literally got let into a room I didn't know existed it was

41:49 room I didn't know existed it was

41:49 room I didn't know existed it was boarded up for years and years so

41:51 boarded up for years and years so

41:51 boarded up for years and years so they've been finding everything from all

41:53 they've been finding everything from all

41:53 they've been finding everything from all these little nooks and crannies and

41:55 these little nooks and crannies and

41:55 these little nooks and crannies and every single thing that that they found

41:57 every single thing that that they found

41:57 every single thing that that they found has been chucked out here for these

42:00 has been chucked out here for these

42:00 has been chucked out here for these final sales and I know I know I've been

42:03 final sales and I know I know I've been

42:03 final sales and I know I know I've been down here at Oceanic CS many times we

42:05 down here at Oceanic CS many times we

42:05 down here at Oceanic CS many times we had many video adventures here both when

42:07 had many video adventures here both when

42:07 had many video adventures here both when Bob and lero were still running the

42:08 Bob and lero were still running the

42:08 Bob and lero were still running the business actively and of course as it

42:11 business actively and of course as it

42:11 business actively and of course as it closed down and I know you're thinking

42:13 closed down and I know you're thinking

42:13 closed down and I know you're thinking another Oceanic Arts video but this

42:16 another Oceanic Arts video but this

42:16 another Oceanic Arts video but this really is the end of an era even Tiki

42:18 really is the end of an era even Tiki

42:18 really is the end of an era even Tiki Tyler our Tiki cameraman today was

42:21 Tyler our Tiki cameraman today was

42:21 Tyler our Tiki cameraman today was saying he had never come down here in

42:22 saying he had never come down here in

42:22 saying he had never come down here in his Heyday but he's like it's one of

42:24 his Heyday but he's like it's one of

42:24 his Heyday but he's like it's one of those places you thought would last

42:25 those places you thought would last

42:25 those places you thought would last forever didn't you say that Tyler I did

42:27 forever didn't you say that Tyler I did

42:27 forever didn't you say that Tyler I did that was almost uh verbatim yes and it

42:29 that was almost uh verbatim yes and it

42:29 that was almost uh verbatim yes and it was like I'm sad to see a place like

42:31 was like I'm sad to see a place like

42:31 was like I'm sad to see a place like this go um but you know all the great

42:33 this go um but you know all the great

42:33 this go um but you know all the great things all good things must come to an

42:34 things all good things must come to an

42:34 things all good things must come to an end look just look at some of this stuff

42:37 end look just look at some of this stuff

42:37 end look just look at some of this stuff I can you believe stuff like that exists

42:39 I can you believe stuff like that exists

42:39 I can you believe stuff like that exists no it's that paper stuff like this is

42:41 no it's that paper stuff like this is

42:41 no it's that paper stuff like this is just you you know it's hard it's hard to

42:43 just you you know it's hard it's hard to

42:43 just you you know it's hard it's hard to keep that stuff around you think it just

42:44 keep that stuff around you think it just

42:44 keep that stuff around you think it just gets thrown away or whatever and it's

42:46 gets thrown away or whatever and it's

42:46 gets thrown away or whatever and it's all here it's amazing they have like the

42:48 all here it's amazing they have like the

42:48 all here it's amazing they have like the contracts they've got diagrams and

42:51 contracts they've got diagrams and

42:51 contracts they've got diagrams and blueprints for like some of this stuff

42:53 blueprints for like some of this stuff

42:53 blueprints for like some of this stuff like these boats here I mean the oceanic

42:55 like these boats here I mean the oceanic

42:55 like these boats here I mean the oceanic Arts sold

42:56 Arts sold

42:56 Arts sold various handcarved Leroy schs boats all

42:59 various handcarved Leroy schs boats all

42:59 various handcarved Leroy schs boats all over the world and in fact there are

43:00 over the world and in fact there are

43:00 over the world and in fact there are still Tiki artists and people at Tiki

43:02 still Tiki artists and people at Tiki

43:02 still Tiki artists and people at Tiki marketplaces copying Leroy

43:05 marketplaces copying Leroy

43:05 marketplaces copying Leroy ideas you know to this very day some of

43:07 ideas you know to this very day some of

43:07 ideas you know to this very day some of the great Leroy masks and carvings and

43:10 the great Leroy masks and carvings and

43:10 the great Leroy masks and carvings and stuff and some of the lamps and lights

43:12 stuff and some of the lamps and lights

43:12 stuff and some of the lamps and lights that they designed here and the crazy

43:13 that they designed here and the crazy

43:13 that they designed here and the crazy thing is Bob and Leroy went out to the

43:16 thing is Bob and Leroy went out to the

43:16 thing is Bob and Leroy went out to the South Pacific and they did a whole big

43:18 South Pacific and they did a whole big

43:18 South Pacific and they did a whole big trip back in the days where uh some of

43:21 trip back in the days where uh some of

43:21 trip back in the days where uh some of the Native Islanders weren't creating

43:22 the Native Islanders weren't creating

43:22 the Native Islanders weren't creating this stuff anymore because missionar

43:24 this stuff anymore because missionar

43:24 this stuff anymore because missionar still had kind of control and they could

43:26 still had kind of control and they could

43:26 still had kind of control and they could make stuff like this they would learn

43:27 make stuff like this they would learn

43:27 make stuff like this they would learn all these authentic things in sort of in

43:29 all these authentic things in sort of in

43:29 all these authentic things in sort of in a weird roundabout way helped to

43:31 a weird roundabout way helped to

43:31 a weird roundabout way helped to popularize cultures that would then take

43:34 popularize cultures that would then take

43:34 popularize cultures that would then take it and run with it and bring the culture

43:36 it and run with it and bring the culture

43:36 it and run with it and bring the culture back to their own native Island but then

43:38 back to their own native Island but then

43:38 back to their own native Island but then they also do cartoony stuff like Disney

43:40 they also do cartoony stuff like Disney

43:40 they also do cartoony stuff like Disney stuff and totally fictional and total

43:41 stuff and totally fictional and total

43:41 stuff and totally fictional and total fantasy stuff and things like Trader vix

43:44 fantasy stuff and things like Trader vix

43:44 fantasy stuff and things like Trader vix and so it's a whole weird wild piece of

43:47 and so it's a whole weird wild piece of

43:47 and so it's a whole weird wild piece of history and it's just been an honor and

43:48 history and it's just been an honor and

43:49 history and it's just been an honor and a privilege to be a very small part of

43:50 a privilege to be a very small part of

43:51 a privilege to be a very small part of oceanic arts history get to come be a

43:52 oceanic arts history get to come be a

43:52 oceanic arts history get to come be a fly on the wall here a lot and get to

43:54 fly on the wall here a lot and get to

43:54 fly on the wall here a lot and get to get invited in by Bob and Leroy and now

43:57 get invited in by Bob and Leroy and now

43:57 get invited in by Bob and Leroy and now of course Leroy's family are doing their

43:59 of course Leroy's family are doing their

43:59 of course Leroy's family are doing their best to close things up and say their

44:02 best to close things up and say their

44:02 best to close things up and say their final farewell and they've been putting

44:03 final farewell and they've been putting

44:03 final farewell and they've been putting up with all this stuff and trying to get

44:05 up with all this stuff and trying to get

44:05 up with all this stuff and trying to get ready for the sale for a long time so I

44:06 ready for the sale for a long time so I

44:06 ready for the sale for a long time so I know they they probably in one way can't

44:08 know they they probably in one way can't

44:08 know they they probably in one way can't wait to get out the door but I'm really

44:10 wait to get out the door but I'm really

44:10 wait to get out the door but I'm really grateful that we got to come in here and

44:12 grateful that we got to come in here and

44:12 grateful that we got to come in here and take a last look around see some of

44:13 take a last look around see some of

44:13 take a last look around see some of these crazy artifacts things you'll

44:15 these crazy artifacts things you'll

44:15 these crazy artifacts things you'll never see again here at Oceanic Arts so

44:20 never see again here at Oceanic Arts so

44:20 never see again here at Oceanic Arts so we're going to say our final Aloha now

44:22 we're going to say our final Aloha now

44:22 we're going to say our final Aloha now thank you guys for watching make it out

44:24 thank you guys for watching make it out

44:24 thank you guys for watching make it out to the sales if you can if you're seeing

44:26 to the sales if you can if you're seeing

44:26 to the sales if you can if you're seeing this afterwards I'm sorry that you

44:28 this afterwards I'm sorry that you

44:28 this afterwards I'm sorry that you missed out on the Wonder and Majesty

44:29 missed out on the Wonder and Majesty

44:29 missed out on the Wonder and Majesty that was Oceanic Arts but you can go

44:31 that was Oceanic Arts but you can go

44:31 that was Oceanic Arts but you can go backwards we have videos of it in its

44:33 backwards we have videos of it in its

44:33 backwards we have videos of it in its prime in the

44:35 prime in the

44:35 prime in the Heyday and of course you can pick up the

44:37 Heyday and of course you can pick up the

44:37 Heyday and of course you can pick up the book The Godfathers of tiki all about

44:39 book The Godfathers of tiki all about

44:39 book The Godfathers of tiki all about Oceanic Arts that peekaboo Gallery did

44:42 Oceanic Arts that peekaboo Gallery did

44:42 Oceanic Arts that peekaboo Gallery did but that's it that's all from me and

44:43 but that's it that's all from me and

44:43 but that's it that's all from me and Tiki Tyler say goodbye Tyler goodbye

44:45 Tiki Tyler say goodbye Tyler goodbye

44:45 Tiki Tyler say goodbye Tyler goodbye Tyler and uh you have done your duty

44:48 Tyler and uh you have done your duty

44:48 Tyler and uh you have done your duty check out the links down below go home

44:50 check out the links down below go home

44:50 check out the links down below go home sleep

44:57 well

44:57 well [Music]

45:46 [Music]

45:46 [Music] [Applause]

45:48 [Applause]

45:48 [Applause] [Music]

46:01 years or so was Ground Zero for Tiki

46:01 years or so was Ground Zero for Tiki almost every Tiki restaurant in the

46:03 almost every Tiki restaurant in the

46:03 almost every Tiki restaurant in the world has got something supplied by this

46:06 world has got something supplied by this

46:06 world has got something supplied by this company this is where they made all the

46:08 company this is where they made all the

46:08 company this is where they made all the tiki stuff this is where they did all

46:09 tiki stuff this is where they did all

46:09 tiki stuff this is where they did all the tiki everything I don't know what

46:10 the tiki everything I don't know what

46:10 the tiki everything I don't know what I'm talking about why am I saying this

46:12 I'm talking about why am I saying this

46:12 I'm talking about why am I saying this once upon a time hu Hower went on a

46:14 once upon a time hu Hower went on a

46:14 once upon a time hu Hower went on a quest in La for a hot hot hot hot pepper

46:19 quest in La for a hot hot hot hot pepper

46:19 quest in La for a hot hot hot hot pepper no this is dumb I love you guys all

46:21 no this is dumb I love you guys all

46:21 no this is dumb I love you guys all right that's

46:27 it

46:27 it oh

Tiki Disneyland's final chapter: The FINAL sale of Oceanic Arts

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