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A fun "Beach Party" outing, but showing some fatigue, 9 April 2001
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moonspinner55 from redlands, ca
"Beach Blanket Bingo" is full of quirky touches(like Annette's face
turning green after she jumps out of a plane for her first sky-dive, or
a kidnapped Linda Evans about to be buzzed in half a la 'The Perils of
Pauline'). It's a colorful entry in the "Beach Party" serial, but it's
missing an exciting musical group(The Hondells in favor of Stevie
Wonder or Dick Dale), dancing-wonder Candy Johnson is missing, and
Annette doesn't sing her usual plaintive solo number(although she does
she two duets with Frankie Avalon). The comedy routine by Don Rickles
is agonizing and falls flat, but Paul Lynde has some funny one-liners.
This series was starting to show it's age by now, and the teens are
looking a bit long in the tooth(John Ashley no longer plays Frankie's
friend, here he's a sky-diving instructor). The mermaid sub-plot
featuring a ravishingly sweet Marta Kristen wowing Jody McCrea is the
best part of the picture(it tops anything in "Splash")and there's just
enough slapstick and visual gags to keep it rolling. However, the
pacing sometimes flags and the music is sub-par. *** from ****
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