Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) lead their friends back to the beach. Dee Dee is still waiting for wedding bells, but Frankie is not willing. British rock star "The Potato Bug" and drag racer Peter Royce Bentley (Frankie Avalon) takes an interest in Dee Dee. While spying with his monkey Clyde, wealthy Harvey Huntington Honeywagon looks down upon the young beach goers.
Apparently, The Beatles were supposed to be the rock stars in this movie, but they got simply too big by then. So the movie replaces them with The Potato Bug. If it actually happened, the cultural significance of this movie would skyrocket. I can't imagine it. It's already crazy that Little Stevie Wonder is a part of the franchise when he was still called Little. It's the third in the series and it's more of the same. It was probably getting tired back in the day. I myself am tired of the stupider villain characters. I do like Frankie getting jealous over the male attention for Dee Dee instead of the other way around. This is nothing great. It is what it is.
Apparently, The Beatles were supposed to be the rock stars in this movie, but they got simply too big by then. So the movie replaces them with The Potato Bug. If it actually happened, the cultural significance of this movie would skyrocket. I can't imagine it. It's already crazy that Little Stevie Wonder is a part of the franchise when he was still called Little. It's the third in the series and it's more of the same. It was probably getting tired back in the day. I myself am tired of the stupider villain characters. I do like Frankie getting jealous over the male attention for Dee Dee instead of the other way around. This is nothing great. It is what it is.