{"id":5365,"date":"2008-03-17T10:35:50","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T17:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2020-12-20T18:56:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:56:14","slug":"beach-blanket-bingo-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5365","title":{"rendered":"Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s a wiggy beach!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Poster.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTeen lovers Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) find their relationship strained by the sudden arrival of a quibbling sky-diving duo (Deborah Walley and John Ashley) and a beautiful pop singer (Linda Evans). Meanwhile, their friend Bonehead (Jody McCrea) falls for a mermaid (Marta Kristen), while Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) &#8212; leader of a local motorcycle gang &#8212; falls for Sugar Kane (Evans).\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>Jealousy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis late entry in the &#8220;Beach Party&#8221; franchise is considered by many to be the best &#8212; and most entertaining &#8212; of the bunch. As usual, Frankie and Dee Dee find their relationship (temporarily) threatened by the presence of a buxom blonde who catches Frankie&#8217;s straying eye, while other stock characters &#8212; including surfer Bonehead (Joel McCrea&#8217;s son, Jody) and fascist motorcyclist Eric Von Zipper (the humorously over-age Harvey Lembeck) &#8212; get involved in a variety of innocuous romances or minor scrapes. This time around, skydiving offers the primary &#8220;alternative thrill&#8221; for these beach-loving teens &#8212; but the sport doesn&#8217;t serve much purpose other than to introduce Deborah Walley and John Ashley as the requisite rivals for Frankie and Dee Dee&#8217;s attention. <em>Beach Blanket Bingo<\/em>&#8216;s main redeeming quality is the presence of Paul Lynde as Linda Evans&#8217; snide talent agent; his delivery of one-liners (ten times smarter than the teens themselves) is priceless. Ultimately, however, this innocuous comedy will only be of real interest to die-hard fans of the series; all-purpose film fanatics would be best served simply watching the 1963 original (<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29089\"><em>Beach Party<\/em><\/a>) to get a sense of what was to come. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Lynde as Evans&#8217; talent agent<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde-1024x497.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde-1536x746.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Lynde.png 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Funicello and Avalon singing &#8220;I Think You Think&#8221; while strolling along the beach<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach-1024x504.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach-1536x756.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Beach-Blanket-Bingo-Beach.png 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a die-hard fan of the series. Listed as Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0058953\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/20605\/beach-blanket-bingo#articles-reviews?articleId=151933\">TCM Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a wiggy beach!&#8221; Synopsis: Teen lovers Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) find their relationship strained by the sudden arrival of a quibbling sky-diving duo (Deborah Walley and John Ashley) and a beautiful pop singer (Linda Evans). Meanwhile, their friend Bonehead (Jody McCrea) falls for a mermaid (Marta Kristen), while Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) &#8212; leader of a local motorcycle gang &#8212; falls for Sugar Kane (Evans). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Jealousy Love Triangle Musicals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5365\"> 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-5365","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\/5365","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=5365"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58668,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5365\/revisions\/58668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}