The Big Kahuna

The Big Kahuna died on Sunday. For us kids who grew up in LA in the 60s, so did another sweet part of our youth. The Big Kahuna was really Chris Varez, 69, who played a larger-than-life character that was still not as large as he was in real life.From my book about growing up in the 60s:1966 was the “Summer of the Big Kahuna” – KHJ’s most creative and ambitious promotion yet. They created

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