{"id":4244,"date":"2007-09-14T14:51:07","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T21:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2021-01-07T21:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T04:07:33","slug":"how-to-stuff-a-wild-bikini-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4244","title":{"rendered":"How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What Frankie does is his business; I have my own principles, and I have to live with them!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/How-to-Stuff-a-Wild-Bikini-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/How-to-Stuff-a-Wild-Bikini-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/How-to-Stuff-a-Wild-Bikini-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/How-to-Stuff-a-Wild-Bikini-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/How-to-Stuff-a-Wild-Bikini-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWorried that his girlfriend (Annette Funicello) will stray while he&#8217;s stationed in the South Pacific, Frankie (Frankie Avalon) consults a witch doctor (Buster Keaton), who sends a spying pelican to watch over Annette&#8217;s every move, and a gorgeous redhead (Beverly Adams) in a leopard bikini to distract the other boys. Meanwhile, an advertising executive (Mickey Rooney) who wants Adams to pose for his new bikini spread discovers she&#8217;s hopelessly clumsy; the leader of a motorcycle gang (Harvey Lembeck) falls so hard for Adams that he cleans up his image; Annette is pursued by an insistent suitor (Dwayne Hickman) who wants her to ride behind him in a big motorcycle race; and Frankie embodies the male double standard by canoodling with a bodacious Polynesian babe (Irene Tsu).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brian Donlevy Films<\/li>\n<li>Buster Keaton Films<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>Jealousy<\/li>\n<li>Mickey Rooney Films<\/li>\n<li>Motorcyclists<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Witches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis innocuous final entry in the Annette Funicello\/Frankie Avalon &#8220;beach party&#8221; series is notorious for only giving the two leads about a minute of screen time together; due to other commitments, Avalon filmed most of his scenes on a studio set. Meanwhile, Funicello herself was pregnant, and had to wear blousy shirts to hide her belly &#8212; thus, she spends nearly the entire film sitting on the sand in full-dress outfits (no bikinis), looking decidedly bored and matronly. The supporting cast &#8212; including Mickey Rooney and Buster Keaton (!) &#8212; try their best to liven things up, but this film&#8217;s wild storyline &#8212; and its naughty title &#8212; are the campiest things about it. Only recommended for diehard &#8220;beach party flick&#8221; fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The surreal stop-motion opening credits (by Gumby-creator Art Clokey)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/htsawb-claymation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/htsawb-claymation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4505\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buster Keaton&#8217;s game turn as &#8220;Bwana&#8221;, the witch doctor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/htsawb-keaton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/htsawb-keaton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4506\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. It&#8217;s listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, but doesn&#8217;t really offer that much camp value. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0059287\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=574&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2016\/11\/23\/how-to-stuff-a-wild-bikini-1965\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/73889\/how-to-stuff-a-wild-bikini\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/20608\/how-to-stuff-a-wild-bikini#articles-reviews?articleId=159726\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What Frankie does is his business; I have my own principles, and I have to live with them!&#8221; Synopsis: Worried that his girlfriend (Annette Funicello) will stray while he&#8217;s stationed in the South Pacific, Frankie (Frankie Avalon) consults a witch doctor (Buster Keaton), who sends a spying pelican to watch over Annette&#8217;s every move, and a gorgeous redhead (Beverly Adams) in a leopard bikini to distract the other boys. Meanwhile, an advertising executive (Mickey Rooney) who wants Adams to pose&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4244\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4244"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62181,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244\/revisions\/62181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}