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A lot of those really just had to be streamlined.

And I couldn't tell the whole story of...

Trader Vic versus Don the Beachcomber and their fierce, bitter rivalry.

I think Dom the Beachcomber did zombie first.

Yes, 1933 by Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood was where the zombie came from.

So yeah, yeah.

Uh, it's a very, very good one.

And if you're not careful, these equal parts drinks, like these turn into a lot of the, you know, like the big Mai Tais and the Long Island iced teas and like the ones that are, these are, these will drop you to the floor.

Well, like the zombie, the original zombie at, I think it was at Don the Beachcomber's bar in Los Angeles.

You were only allowed to order two of them because they were made with equal parts of about 10 different kinds of rum and that sort of thing.

And you were only allowed to order two of them and then you were escorted out.