The year was 1961. Fallout shelters dot suburban backyards.

Ken joins Barbie.

Roger Maris slugs 61 home runs.

And Elvis Presley is in paradise, playing an ex-G. I who comes home to Blue Hawaii.

His mother (Angela Lansbury) expects him to climb the corporate ladder.

But Elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar, so he goes to work as a tour guide.

Lucky Elvis: his first customers are a careful of cuties.

Elvis, lovely scenery, lovelier girls and rock-a-hula songs - now thats paradise!