"Bikini Beach" is not the first Frankie and Annette Beach movie but it does kick off a trilogy (Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini) where the Beachers are beset by men in gray suits.
This time around, it's Keenan Wynn, who wants to prove surfers have the I. Q. of an ape (which they keep referring to as a monkey). No argument from me. But what is his ulterior motive?
Like Alec Guinness or Peter Sellers, Frankie Avalon essays two roles in this one. See if you can guess which.
Is this trilogy up to, say, the original "Star Wars"? Let's not be silly. But it is fun from the days when young people liked having fun. Why did fun die? If you enjoy watching half-naked twenty-somethings playing teenagers disport themselves surfing and making sport of their elders, this is for you.
No bad language, no sex (despite lots of talk) no nudity you wouldn't see at your local beach. It doesn't have 'bikini" in the title for nothing. The songs aren't great, but the plot is thin in the ground.
Then there's chunky, forty-ish Harvey Lembeck, hilariously playing biker "Eric von Zipper." This old pro steals every scene he's in.
And there's a trick ending with a very special guest star whom young people today won't know. What a shame.
This time around, it's Keenan Wynn, who wants to prove surfers have the I. Q. of an ape (which they keep referring to as a monkey). No argument from me. But what is his ulterior motive?
Like Alec Guinness or Peter Sellers, Frankie Avalon essays two roles in this one. See if you can guess which.
Is this trilogy up to, say, the original "Star Wars"? Let's not be silly. But it is fun from the days when young people liked having fun. Why did fun die? If you enjoy watching half-naked twenty-somethings playing teenagers disport themselves surfing and making sport of their elders, this is for you.
No bad language, no sex (despite lots of talk) no nudity you wouldn't see at your local beach. It doesn't have 'bikini" in the title for nothing. The songs aren't great, but the plot is thin in the ground.
Then there's chunky, forty-ish Harvey Lembeck, hilariously playing biker "Eric von Zipper." This old pro steals every scene he's in.
And there's a trick ending with a very special guest star whom young people today won't know. What a shame.