Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello get involved with skydiving on the beach - after "Bullets" Paul Lynde uses the sport to promote "Sugar Kane" Linda Evans. Frankie and Annette get into the sport, with Don Rickles' "Big Drop"; and, they try out skydivers Deborah Walley and John Ashley, too. Harvey Lembeck's "Eric Von Zipper" falls for "Sugar". "Bonehead" Jody McCrae meets and falls in love with Mermaid Marta Kirsten. Buster Keaton chases a bikini-clad young woman around.
The music is lightly pleasant - especially when sounding like Brian Wilson's Beach Boys, as in "Cycle Set", for example. Mermaid Kirsten's was the storyline I found the most enchanting. Kirsten the Mermaid was on "Lost in Space" as Judy Robinson. Michael Nader could have had a bigger part. As far as the low points, it's difficult to pick one - there are so many weak elements of "Beach Blanket Bingo" - possibly, it's Eric Von Zipper's solo song.
** Beach Blanket Bingo (4/14/65) William Asher ~ Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Paul Lynde, Marta Kirsten
The music is lightly pleasant - especially when sounding like Brian Wilson's Beach Boys, as in "Cycle Set", for example. Mermaid Kirsten's was the storyline I found the most enchanting. Kirsten the Mermaid was on "Lost in Space" as Judy Robinson. Michael Nader could have had a bigger part. As far as the low points, it's difficult to pick one - there are so many weak elements of "Beach Blanket Bingo" - possibly, it's Eric Von Zipper's solo song.
** Beach Blanket Bingo (4/14/65) William Asher ~ Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Paul Lynde, Marta Kirsten