If you’ve spent any time in Hawai’i, you may have heard someone say “I like da crackah!” If you know Rap, you know it comes from his skit “Secret Taste Test,” which first popped up on Rap’s Strange Bird album. About the same time he was recording that album, Rap was also shooting the classic show, Rap’s Hawaii which first aired on KGMB TV in Honolulu in 1981.
To celebrate the character, Mr. Okada who liked da crackah better than soda, we’ve designed a new sticker, made of waterproof vinyl that you can put on your car, truck or surfboard or wherever. Something to think about as a stocking stuffer and is available in the Store on this site. We’d also be happy to send you a free sticker if you buy Rap’s bio or the CD Poi Dog With Crabs, also in the Store. Then before you go, why not watch the classic skit starring Rap and Billy Sage, as Mr. Okada and the taste test challenge guy!
By the way, you can read more about the making of the “Secret Taste Test” skit and all of the other brilliant bits in “Rap’s Hawaii” in Chapter 8 of Rap’s biography. Find out whether the table breaking at the end of the skit was part of the plan and how wardrobe genius Pattie Coons put together all the outfits, working alongside Rap. Plus, how makeup wizard Bryan Furer transformed Rap into the 17 characters he played in the classic program. If you’re looking to escape 2020’s craziness, it is a real trip to the 1980’s that will make you feel like you are back there again (or there for the first time!)
