Kahuna!
Yeah, he was a stud. :)
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Yeah, he was a stud. :)
Live, live, live! Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!share
I agree!! He was hot!
shareWas he going to rape gidget?
shareI always thought that he was just trying to scare her, so she would know how silly she was being...
i dunno though...
~"Open a new window, open a new door..."
He definitely wasn't planning on actually doing anything...it was all just a big ploy since he knew she was into Moondoggie. The Kahuna was a beach bum not a dirtbag.
I'm no cruddy sponger
Well, she pretty much went there on purpose to get seduced, then had second thoughts. He knew better, but he got a little drunk. Fortunately she ran away before anything really happened.
And yeah... Kahuna = major hunk!
For some reason I loved the part where he and Moondoggie were punching each other.
Kahuna had no intentions of doing anything with Gidget. As noted above, he was just toying with her to make her realize she really wanted to be with Moondoggie. If you notice, Kahuna also tries to dissuade the guys from trying to emulate him -- he was a good guy all around, looking out for the best interests of the kids.
Yeah, I agree...I would do the Big Kahuna any day. ;) Too bad he wasn't in any other Gidget movies...although the 2 sequels kinda sucked. Lol.
shareHe was a complete stud. And then I saw him in, "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken," and it took me YEARS to realize that's who it was. He played Dr. Carver. When I did realize, I thought, "EEEWWWW - he didn't age well AT ALL!"
shareyeah kahuna was hot...i think moondoggie was too though
btw, kahuna was uncle ben in spiderman, had no idea...doesnt look like him at all
Moondoggie was a cute boy...but Kahuna...what a man! By the way, did you notice that Kahuna plays Uncle Ben Parker in Spider-man!? He's a legend and his popularity is reaching a new audience. It's amazing.
shareMoondoggie was sooo the hottest!
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Both men in my opinion were really sexy.
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oh my God! i could not LOOK at the big kahuna without wincing, particularly in those cheap surfing process shots in which he sported the big straw hat and the little cigar against painfully swinging background music. i love gidget, moondoggy, the movie, the beach, the parents, but the big kahuna embarrasses me every time.
OK, the pants and the hat was very silly but overall, he was a hottie.
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I love that the "Who was hotter, Moondoggie or Kahuna?" argument rages on 50 years after the movie came out. God bless the internet. I say Kahuna. Moondoggie was cute, Kahuna was sexy. I wanted Gidget to go for Kahuna in that beach hut, despite the age difference. I was terribly disappointed when he sent her home. So close! Oh well.
shareThe Gidge had better luck with the big Kahuna in the book. ;)
shareHave you ever read "Cher Papa", to me the "true" second Gidget novel? Frederick Kohner wrote it before "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" was made.
In this book - written from Gidget's father's POV - Franzie (having dropped the nickname "Gidget") and Cass are a couple.
Moondoggie is mentioned as being the first in a rather long list of love interests. But the first grown up love story is Franzie & Cass. It's a pity they stuck with Moondoggie in the movies. Thus "Cher Papa" fell into oblivion, while Frederick Kohner also continued with Gidget & Moondoggie in his novels.
kikiteka 7 years ago
I love that the "Who was hotter, Moondoggie or Kahuna?" argument rages on 50 years after the movie came out. God bless the internet. I say Kahuna. Moondoggie was cute, Kahuna was sexy. I wanted Gidget to go for Kahuna in that beach hut, despite the age difference. I was terribly disappointed when he sent her home. So close! Oh well.
I loved the Kahuna.
My choice after him was Loverboy.