Originally shot in an apartment's tiki bar on a low budget, the humorous and heavily ad-libbed show was a creative outlet for its creators Jeff Macpherson and Kevin Gamble.

[3] Tiki Bar TV was shown in Apple stores worldwide as part of a 6-month promotion in 2006.

It was produced by Tosca Musk and is considered by many to be one of the pioneering video podcasts credited with launching the genre.

Jeff Macpherson, who plays "Dr. Tiki," introduces himself as actor "Reginald Hornstein," and when "Lala" breaks character, she speaks as actress "Beatrice Fastwater."

On March 26, 2009 at the 1st Annual Streamy Craft Awards the show's production designer, Kim Bailey, received the first ever Streamy award for Production Design / Art Direction from the International Academy of Web Television.