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The best of the beach movies.
"Muscle Beach Party" is the sharpest and funniest of the "Beach Party" movies. And it's the least dumb. That's saying a lot, really!

The supporting cast is unbeatable--Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, Peter Lupus (billed as Rock Stevens), Morey Amsterdam, and a last-minute appearance by Peter Lorre (as Lupus' father!).

These were the first screen appearances of Stevie Wonder, who steals the musical portion of the flick, and Lupus, who is quite good as the ego-centered Flex Martian, chief muscleman in Rickles' stable. Why this movie works so well is a mystery, but it does. You could spend your money less wisely.

Fun in the sun
While I wouldn't consider myself a Frankie & Annette fan, I did order a copy of this movie. It has the kooky fun of a 60's beach flick complete with dancing, singing and some madcap adventures, but I wanted the movie for 2 other reasons. 1) I wanted to get a copy of the big screen debut of 'Little' Stevie Wonder which is a rockin' performance with Dick Dale & the Del Tones. It's fun to see Stevie doing his thing in front of the band, instead of crooning behind a piano. 2) Candy Johnson. You may remember her as the gal who was shaking & quaking with outfits covered in tassles. If Carol Burnett was a go-go dancer, this would be her.

This is a fun movie that makes you yearn for simpler times before the world got so jaded.

MUSCLE STUDS A GO-GO!
If you like to see Bodyuilders from years gone by then this tape is right up your alley! See a young Larry Scott (the first Mr. Olympia) flex and pose his Beautiful, Golden body along with about a dozen other hunky Muscle Men. You won't be disappointed when the Beefy Lads come out on the beach and drop the capes they were wearing, exposing their marvelous physiques. Swoon! I first saw this as a kid and it had a MAJOR impact on my young phsyche - I've had a huge crush on Bodybuilders ever since. Let this movie work it's magic on you!

Reissue Of Annette Funicello Album From The Mid Sixties
This is reissue of the original LP soundtrack from the movie of the same title. The track listing is as follows:

(1) Muscle Beach Party (2) A Girl Needs A Boy (3) Surfer's Holiday (4) I Dream About Frankie (5) Muscle Bustle (6) Merlin Jones (7) Custom City (8) Draggin' U.S.A. (9) Reble Rider (10) Waikiki (11) Shut Down Again (12) The Scrambled Egghead

All songs are in flawless true stereo suggesting they came from the master tapes. This is a Japanese Import. Unless on hand by the dealer, it could take a while to get but is still available as of September 98. ... Read more

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The continued comic misadventures of Lucy and Mr. Mooney
This second volume of episodes from "The Lucy Show" finds the redhead getting into trouble at every opportunity. First up is "Lucy Gets Trapped" (Episode #134 September 18, 1967), where Lucy pretends to be ill so she can skip work at the bank and attend a huge sale at a department store. However when she gets there she is named the store's 10 Millionth Customer, which means her picture gets into the newspapers where Mr. Mooney ends up seeing it. In "Lucy the Baby Sitter" (#126 January 16, 1967), Lucy is looking for a job where she will be better appreciated after having yet another fight with Mr. Mooney over the quality of her work. At the employment agency they end up sending her to be a babysitter for a family of chimpanzees (The Marquis Chimps). What more do you need to know? "Lucy the Bean Queen" (#113 September 26, 1966), finds Lucy wanting to get new furniture for her apartment but Mr. Mooney will not lend her the money. When Lucy sees an ad that you will get double your money back if Bailey's Baked Beans are not the best baked beans you have ever tasted, she and Mary Jane go around L.A. buying up cases of beans and returning them for double their money. There is only one problem. These ARE the best baked beans Lucy has ever tasted. Still, you have to love any episode that puts Lucy on a forklift. Finally, in "Lucy Meets the Law" (#129 February 13, 1967), a redheaded female jewel thief manages to put the jewels she stole into Lucy's purse. This means Lucy ends up behind bars having to deal with hardened criminals. An interesting quartet of episodes from the fifth season of "The Lucy Show," and while none of them are classics per se, they are all first-rate examples of Lucy's work at this point in her career. ... Read more

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Lucy and Jack Benny, George Burns and Milton Berle!
Lucille Ball teams up with some of the great television comedians of the Fifties in four classic episodes of "The Lucy Show" from the Sixties. (1) "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Bank Account" (Episode #138, October 16, 1967), starts with Mr. Mooney being pressured to bring new accounts to the bank. Lucy suggests they go after Jack Benny, even though the celebrated miser is known for not trusting banks. Lucy convinces Benny to give them a chance, which leads to the memorable demonstration of the bank's "foolproof vault." (2) "Little Old Lady" (#139, October 23, 1967) features Lucy trotting out her old woman bit. Lucy gets to be the date of the bank president, so she dresses up "appropriately" to go out with the 85-year-old man (played by Dennis Day, the youthful tenor of "The Jack Benny Show"), only to find out he is quite the wolf. (3) "Lucy and George Burns" (#111, September 12, 1966), finds Burns visiting Mr. Mooney at the bank to get his dividend statement. There he encounters Lucy and decides to make the wacky redhead the new girl in his act. Their opening night is a smash success and Lucy has to decide between a career in show business or staying at the bank. (4) "Lucy Meets the Berles," (#133, September 11, 1967), has Lucy receiving time off from the bank to be a temporary secretary for Milton Berle. While Mr. Mooney enjoys peace and quiet at the bank, Lucy overhears Berle discussing a love scene with Ruta Lee and assumes the two are having an affair. This one contains the priceless sight of Thousand Island dressing dripping down Berle's face. This episode is one of the few rare but choice times the King and Queen of Television Comedy appeared together. No other single tape collection of "Lucy Show" episodes is going to be able to top this one, which is probably why it is Volume 1.

So that's how it all began...
I just saw this for the first time a few months ago. It's not my favorite Lucy, but definitely is still the wonderful comedy that she is famous for. We'll give it 3 stars, just because it's Lucy! ... Read more

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You've gotta get this one!
This is one of the best I Love Lucy shows ever! In the first episode (Building a BBQ) Lucy and Ethel attempt to build a BBQ to get Ricky out of their hair...it turns into a halarious ending when Lucy loses her ring in the bbq. The second show Country Club Dance is just as funny as the first. I HIGHLY recommend that you buy this video!

Nearing the end of the fabulous run of "I Love Lucy"
This videotape offers the penultimate pair of episodes from the classic situation comedy "I Love Lucy." In "Building a Bar-B-Que" (Episode #177, April 8, 1957), Lucy wants Ricky to build a backyard brick barbeque, but he is on vacation and keeps putting it off. Finally, Lucy and Ethel pretend to start building it to inspire Ricky and Fred to take over. But then Lucy manages to lose her wedding ring and wackiness ensues. "Country Club Dance" (#178, April 22, 1957), features Barbara Eden in her sitcom debut as Diana, the sexy young houseguest of the Munsons. When Ricky, Fred and Ralph all try to impress the young lady, Lucy, Ethel and Betty get themselves all dolled up for a dance at the country club. Actually, this one is recycled from Episode #81, "The Charm School," and marks the only time "I Love Lucy" recycled a script from itself, although early on they often used scripts from Lucy's radio series, "My Favorite Husband." I am not sure why anyone felt the need to put out these final episodes from "I Love Lucy" when there are much better ones from earlier on in the series (i.e., pretty much anything before the show jumped the shark when it moved to Connecticut). This is one that you would pick up out of a sense of completeness for your collection. ... Read more

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The continued misadventures of America's favorite redhead
Another quartet of episodes from the fifth season of "The Lucy Show" are offered up on Volume 3 of this video series covering Lucille Ball's second hit television series. In "Lucy and Paul Winchell" (Episode #114 October 3, 1966), Mr. Mooney needs a star to entertain at the show put on by the bank employees. Lucy gets ventriloquist Paul Winchell to do the gig (good), but leaves his dummies in the cab (bad), which mean Lucy has to take the place of one of the dummies named Tessie (funny). "Lucy Goes to London" (#116 October 17, 1966) finds Lucy winning a free trip to London when she writes the winning limerick for a dog food campaign. That is the good news. The bad news is that Mr. Mooney is on the plane with her from L.A. to New York. This was the set up for the "Lucy in London" hour-long special shot on location. That is one they should put out on tape, just for the proto-music video of the song "Lucy in London" written by Phil Spector. "Lucy and the Monkey" (#122 December 5, 1966) has Lucy so overworked at the bank that Mary Jane predicts she is going to start hallucinating. So when a chimp gets left in Mr. Mooney's office, Lucy thinks that her boss has obviously been turned into a monkey. This episode, also known as "Mooney the Monkey" by those with a love for alliteration, is another one of those that sounds better than it plays. Since Lucy spends so much time getting out of work, you wonder how much she would have to work to actually be "overworked." There are better episodes of Lucy with monkeys, just not on this tape. "Lucy and the Rind A Ding Ding" (#115 October 10, 1966), recycles the bit where Lucy gets a ring stuck on her finger. This time it is the diamond ring Mr. Mooney bought for his wife Irma. What makes this episode funny, however, is when he gives Lucy a tranquilizer to relax her fingers and ends up having to deal with getting the ring off the finger of the sedated redhead. The first episode is the best one on this tape, while the rest are things we have seen Lucy do before and do better. ... Read more

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A Quartet of Singing Stars guest star on "The Lucy Show"
Singer stars abound in these four episodes from "The Lucy Show." Frankie Avalon guest stars as Tommy, the nephew of Mr. Cheever in "Lucy, the Starmaker" (Episode #136, October 2, 1967). Lucy is supposed to show Tommy the ropes at the bank but when she learns he is a singer she arranges for a producer to stop by the bank and discover the boy. Avalon gets to do a couple of numbers in this one. "Lucy and Robert Goulet" (#140 October 30, 1967), finds the singer playing a truck driver who looks like, well, Robert Goulet. When Mr. Mooney turns him down for a loan, Lucy enters the lad in a Robert Goulet look-alike contest that a movie studio happens to be putting on. Lucky for him, right? A below average episode that is more noteworthy because Lucie Arnaz, then 16-years-old, plays an adult friend of Lucy Carmichael's. "Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford" (#131 February 27, 1967), features a visit from the popular country star who had been on three first-rate episodes of "I Love Lucy" over a decade earlier. Ford plays country singer Homer Higgins, who has just become a star and is now the targeted by Lucy and Mr. Mooney as a new customer for the bank. If this sounds a lot like "The Beverly Hillbillies," you are not the only one who thinks so. This one ends with the bank throwing on a big barn dance to make their financial institution seem like home to Homer. This episode was also the last one of the show's fifth season. "Lucy Gets Caught in the Draft" (#119 November 14, 1966) is included in this collection because it features a cameo by Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, but actually this is a very funny episode that stands on its own without the musical number. Lucy receives a draft notice for "Lou C. Carmichael," but the Marines are going to put her through boot camp until official orders arrive to tell them otherwise. This episode is as funny as you think it should be and is the best one on this tape, which is the second best volume in "The Lucy Show" collection. ... Read more

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A collection of musical guest stars for The Lucy Show
Singer stars abound in this set of episodes from "The Lucy Show." Frankie Avalon guest stars as Tommy, the nephew of Mr. Cheever in "Lucy, the Starmaker" (Episode #136, October 2, 1967). Lucy is supposed to show Tommy the ropes at the bank but when she learns he is a singer she arranges for a producer to stop by the bank and discover the boy. Avalon gets to do a couple of numbers in this one. "Lucy and Robert Goulet" (#140 October 30, 1967), finds the singer playing a truck driver who looks like, well, Robert Goulet. When Mr. Mooney turns him down for a loan, Lucy enters the lad in a Robert Goulet look-alike contest that a movie studio happens to be putting on. Lucky for him, right? A below average episode that is more noteworthy because Lucie Arnaz, then 16-years-old, plays an adult friend of Lucy Carmichael's. "Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford" (#131 February 27, 1967), features a visit from the popular country star who had been on three first-rate episodes of "I Love Lucy" over a decade earlier. Ford plays country singer Homer Higgins, who has just become a star and is now the targeted by Lucy and Mr. Mooney as a new customer for the bank. If this sounds a lot like "The Beverly Hillbillies," you are not the only one who thinks so. This one ends with the bank throwing on a big barn dance to make their financial institution seem like home to Homer. This episode was also the last one of the show's fifth season. "Lucy Gets Caught in the Draft" (#119 November 14, 1966) is included in this collection because it features a cameo by Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, but actually this is a very funny episode that stands on its own without the musical number. Lucy receives a draft notice for "Lou C. Carmichael," but the Marines are going to put her through boot camp until official orders arrive to tell them otherwise. This episode is as funny as you think it should be and is the best one on this tape, which is the second best tape in the series, so there. ... Read more

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Rod Serling was definitely in the Zone when he penned these two Twilight Zone classics. Attention shoppers! Available for the first time on video, The After Hours stars Anne Francis as a department store shopper who is shocked to be informed that the floor on which she bought a defective item that she wishes to return does not exist. And why does that mannequin bear an eerie resemblance to her missing saleswoman? This video also contains another must-own first-season episode, Time Enough at Last, starring Burgess Meredith in a signature series role as a bespectacled, henpecked bookworm who survives a nuclear blast and finds himself alone at last with his precious books. The ending seems unduly cruel, but it's one that all Zone aficionados rave about when they compare notes (see Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks in Twilight Zone: The Movie). This is the first of three Twilight Zone collectibles: tape 2 contains Living Doll, one of the series' scariest episodes, and the thoughtful Serling-penned gem The Eye of the Beholder. Tape 3 features the alien-in-a-diner puzzler Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up and To Serve Man, which TV Guide rightfully ranked as one of TV's top 100 episodes of all time. --Donald Liebenson ... Read more

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Life and Death Come in Many Forms
'THE AFTER HOURS' remains just as fresh and effective as when it was first aired on June 10, 1960 and its lingering haunting imagery remains engraved into one's subconscious. Who can ever forget Anne Francis as Marsha. Her impeccable performance and exquisite face are indelible. "Marsha" that very name and the way it was repeated over and over was so eerily unsettling sending chills down one's spine. This episode when compared to 'WALKING DISTANCE' demonstrates the great versatility of Rod Serling as a writer. 'WALKING DISTANCE' is probably the best prose that Serling ever penned where every bit of dialogue was so heartfelt and moving. In 'THE AFTER HOURS' Serling gives us a more visual tale where the storytelling is more dependent on the images. Serling gives us a story of two strikingly opposite worlds that co-exist within a department store. The vivid contrast and the realistic depiction of those two worlds is at the core of this story that has a strange tinge of melancholy about it. Thanks to effective lighting, production design, photography, Douglas Heyes' Direction and impeccable acting it succeeds on all levels and is one of the definitive episodes of the series. In 'TIME ENOUGH AT LAST' a bank teller brilliantly played by Burgess Meredith is a man whose nearsighted-ness is only matched by his preoccupation with reading. Becoming the only survivor of a devastating H-bomb catastrophe he is finally able to pursue his only real passion in life: reading and then more reading. Rod Serling's story interestingly juxtaposes the ultra-introverted world that Burgess Meredith has created for himself with a New World truly void of those human interruptions that would otherwise interrupt his self-imposed solitude. Due to a twist of fate however, the viewer must ponder how will he ever survive? 'TIME ENOUGH AT LAST' first aired on November 20, 1959.

Time Enough At Last
This video is excellent Iwatch it over and over again.

One more trip to the Twilight Zone...
One more collection of episodes from creator Rod Serling. erie story in "The After Hours" where a woman (Played by Anne Francis.) makes a purchase on the ninth floor of a department store, only to later learn that the store has no ninth floor and the woman who sold her the item is really a mannagan. "Time Enough At Last" features a book worm bank worker (played by Burgess Meredith) who likes to read books and newspapers. he survives a nuclear bomb explosion while inside the bank vault and emerges to find he has all the time in the world to finally read all the books he ever wanted. However fate has other plans in store for him. The ending is heartbreaking. Both episodes written by Rod Serling.

What Does it Mean to really be Alone
Loneliness in its many forms is a recurrent theme that somehow seems very special to Rod Serling and THE TWILIGHT ZONE. "The After Hours" is one of the most haunting and unforgettable episodes. Anne Francis as Marsha gives one of the best-remembered performances from the entire series. Rod Serling examines the form of the department store mannequin in this eerie tale. This is one episode that you just never get out of your head. There seems to be a parallel or analogy with the darker regions of a department store to those dark corners of the mind. "Time Enough at Last" is good notably for Burgess Meredith's performance as a bookworm who apparently works as a bank teller just to escape his nagging wife and squeeze in time for his obsessive reading passion. I found the ending to be a bit too bitter a twist of fate. However, "Time Enough at Last" is another very memorable episode from Rod Serling because in fact the ending is a very bitter and unique pill to swallow.

"Time Enough at Last," the quintessential Zone episode
The After Hours," scripted by Rod Serling, features Anne Francis in the memorable role of Marsha White who finds herself locked in a department store at night. Marsha might be insane, but it seems the manikins are talking to her. Of course, since this IS the Twilight Zone, there is a reasonable explanation for what is going on. But while "The After Hours" is a pretty good episode, "Time Enough at Last" is THE quintessential Zone episode, adapted by Serling from Lynn Venable's short story. Burgess Meredith, in what was surely his most recognizable role, plays Henry Bemis, a mild-mannered, myopic bank teller who only wants to read, but can never get away from this shrewish wife and demanding boss. But then Henry has the fortune of being in the bank vault reading a book when the world is destroyed by a nuclear war. Directed by John Brahm, no "Twilight Zone" episode ever backed a more unforgettable ending. As far as I am concerned, as long as this tape has "Time Enough at Last," it gets five stars. ... Read more

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great episodes
Contains the following episodes...

LUCY'S SUBSTITUTE SECRETARY - Lucy dresses up as some strange characters to spy on the temporary secretary who wants her job. Guest stars Ruta Lee and Barbara Morrison.

MOONEY THE MONKEY - Lucy goes to a psychiatrist when she thinks Mooney has turned into a monkey. Guest stars Lew Parker and Janos Prohaska.

With Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft and Gale Gordon.

TIMELESS HILARITY.TIMELESS FUN
I FIRST VIEWED THIS EPISODE WHENB I MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND 7 OR 8 AND I COULD NEVER GET IT OOUT OF MY MIND AND THATS PROBABLY WHY I HAVE NOT STOPPED SEEING IT SINCE. BUT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS I WAS SURE THAT THIS VIDEO WOULD BE EITHER UNAVAILABLE IN THE COUNTRY I AM CURRENTLY RESIDING IN OR THAST IT WOULD RANK AS A "LOST EPISODE".MY JOY AND SATISFACTION UPON FINDING AND BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE IT (NOT TO MENTION SEEING AND ENJOYING IT ALL OVER AGAIN )IS JUST PLAIN INDESCRIBABLE.THANK YOU AMAZON!!!!!

Love Lucy
In this video of The Lucy Show she is hilarious in the first episode she will think that Mr. Mooney is a monkey because she has to much stress at the bank even thought it is a person's animal for an account . In the other episode Lucy goes on vacation to a resort but a subsitute takes her place as secretary and tries is trying to seduce Mr. Mooney to fire Lucy so she can take her place. But that is what she think Lucy tries her best to get the sub fired without being noticed buy Mr. Mooney because she is supposed to be on vacation! I really hope that you buy this hilarious video . ... Read more

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The Right Stuff
Frankie Avalon was growing tired of the beach movies, and only agreed to appear in this film if he could get a starring vehicle of his own. In this movie, Frankie is a member of the naval reserve and stationed on a tropical island, thus limiting his screen time. Dwyane Hickman (Ricky) ably serves as a new love interest for Annette Funicello (Dee Dee). Their scenes together were reminiscent of the first beach movie, when boy meets girl, boy wants girl, but the girl is playing hard to get. Beverly Adams is the voluptuous redhead Cassandra, filling out the wild bikini very nicely, who magically appears to keep Ricky away from Dee Dee. Mickey Rooney is hilarious as Peachy Keane, the ad executive who wants to hire Cassandra to be the girl next door and to be Ricky's partner for their sponsored motorcycle race. The only problems are that Ricky wants Dee Dee to join him, and Cassandra is nervous and very clumsy around Ricky. However, there is a cyclist she feels very comfortable with.

She takes a shine to Eric Von Zipper, played to perfection by Harvey Lembeck. He is an expert cyclist from his years of being the leader of the Rat Pack. He is more than happy to keep Cassandra away from Ricky and the bad influence of "them beach bums." When Dee Dee finds out that Frankie is playing around with a native girl, she decides to join Ricky for the motorcycle race. Since Cassandra has signed a contract with the ad agency, it's decided to pair her with Eric Von Zipper. Peachy decides that an image makeover is necessary. Thus, Eric trades in his leather outfit and chains for a gray business suit! This entry in the beach movie series shows off Eric Von Zipper to best effect. Despite the Rat Pack's best efforts at sabotage, Ricky and Dee Dee end up winning the motorcycle race. However, Dee Dee doesn't want to go on a cross country promotional tour. Frankie is magically reunited with Dee Dee on the beach for a happy ending. This is the last of the classic beach movies to have Frankie and Annette together, and also features the most musical numbers. As for the movie Frankie starred in shortly afterwards, it was entitled "Sergeant Deadhead." To give you an idea of how successful that was at the box office, "Sergeant Deadhead" has yet to be commercially released on video!

NEAT...AW-REET!!
I admit I was dubious about getting this DVD because of all the negative vibes from various 'squares' but I gotta tell ya...this is one of the most enjoyable 'beach party' flicks I have seen. It's a little different from the rest in that, instead of a number of misplaced pop bands doing lame tunes, most of the music here is ensemble numbers by the cast and they are GREAT FUN. F'rinstance: Mickey Rooney and Brian Donlevy do a musical turn in the boardroom, the always welcome Eric Von Zipper and his biker gang do TWO numbers, the boys on the beach do a tune...as do all the girls. The two numbers by Annette are catchy and better than any she's done in previous beach flicks. Frankie's song is O.K. too! The only band here is The Kingsmen who are pretty cool and having a great time. Buster Keaton has a speaking role, exotic swingin' '60s chick Irene Tsu is on board, and there seems to be more cleavage provided by some of the babes than in any previous beach party film. O.K., there are a couple of flat spots but overall...it's FUN,FUN,FUN! Look for Brian Wilson and surfing legend Mickey Dora in the crowd. There is nothing "Oh-how-the-mighty-have-fallen" about this movie. Everybody is clearly having a blast....and I am too! I'm glad I got this disc.

Frankie And Annette And Samantha from Bewitched
The Best scenes are Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello singing a song together and there is a good scene with Elizabeth Montgomery in her role of Samantha from Bewitched sending Frankie home to Annette who plays Dee Dee and also Annette singing songs.Although Frankie isn't in many scenes with Annette since his character is away he is in the story and Frankie does come home to Annette.If you like Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello and Elizabeth Montgomery and Bewitched then you would enjoy this.The scene with Elizabeth Montgomery in her role of Samantha from Bewitched makes this film more fun.Frankie and Annette are always good together and though they don't have many scenes together in the film it is a good film and they do have scenes together later in the film.

Like a Disney film directed by Andy Sidaris.
Too silly. Too leering.

Even more hackneyed than others. Bad songs. Little cleverness.

A supporting cast of lesser interest, to me anyway. (No Susan Hart, no Don Rickles, no Donna Loren, darn little Buster Keaton and Bobbi Shaw- and she's a brunette here).

Watchable at best.

Like a Walt Disney film directed by Andy Sidaris.
All very silly and naive, but as leering *in tone* as just about anything you'll find. The movie opens on a close-up of a girl's navel, and soon a group of boys are singing a song about girls' measurements. It continues downward (?) from there. There are much better Beach Party movies than this recycled patchwork of earlier and superior songs, characters, situations and chases.

IMHO, "How to Stuff..." needed more Buster Keaton and Bobbi Shaw. An appearance by Susan Hart wouldn't exactly have felt like a sharp stick in the eye, either. ... Read more

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A pair of World War II stories in the Zone from Rod Serling
Both of the stories in this "Twilight Zone" volume offer writer Rod Serling's take on World War II and the brutality of war. "The Purple Testament" is set on the Philippine Islands during World War II. William Reynolds plays Lt. Fitzgerald, who sees a strange light on the faces of those men in his platoon who are about to be killed in battle. The better episode of the two is "A Quality of Mercy." Dean Stockwell plays Lt. Katell, who has recently arrived in the Philippines in August of 1945 and wants to prove himself in battle before the war ends. When he orders an attack on a group of starved Japanese soldiers trapped in a cave, Sgt. Causarano (Albert Salmi) tries to talk him out of it. Katell refuses and suddenly finds himself as Japanese Lt. Yamuri, ordered by his captain (Jerry Fujikawa) to attack a cave where wounded American soldiers are holed up. Now the shoe is on the other foot. Neither of these is a classic Zone episode, but they are still worthy of your consideration.

I've seen better
Not the best two episodes. Includes "The Purple testament" which is powerful, but could be better, and the not-too-good episode "A Quality of Mercy" It's probably better not to bother with this one. ... Read more

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Bikini Beach Party Tonight--That's Right!
Another fun-in-the-sun beach movie with everyone's favorite boy & girl next door doing the well-known "boy meets girl" plot line. -- Annette Funicello is called Dee Dee this time, and Frankie Avalon plays two roles, Frankie and the British Invasion star "Potato Bug", a rather nerdish geek. Add the infamous Eric van Zipper and his "Rats" motorcycle gang, and you have another fun formula movie about nothing. The soundtrack is quite catchy, filled with fun 60s surf sound. Of the 5 Annette & Frankie Beach movies, this film may be one of the best! (My personal favorite is still "Pajama Party"). Get your beach ball and a blanket and enjoy this light meal of a fun film!

great "Beach Party" film
Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are back for a second dose of beach frivolity in this sequel to the smash-hit BEACH PARTY, the aptly-titled BIKINI BEACH.

Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon) are about to settle into a romantic summer when the beach that they occupy comes under the scrutiny of a stuffy retirement-villa owner (Keenan Wynn). There is also the arrival of the new British pop-superstar Potato Bug (played as a cameo by Frankie Avalon), and the ever-annoying Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) to contend with!

Soon, Dee Dee finds herself being romanced by both Frankie AND Potato Bug, while Von Zipper challenges Potato Bug to the drag race to end all drag races!

Featuring great guest appearances by Martha Hyer, Don Rickles and Boris Karloff in his walk-on bit as the art collector. There are also great musical numbers performed by Stevie Wonder (under his original name of "Little Stevie Wonder") and Donna Loren.

With Candy Johnson, John Ashley and Jody McCrea.

The DVD includes both full-frame and widescreen versions of the film, as well as the trailer. (Double-sided, single-layer disc).

Frankie Avalon a Great Actor in this movie
Frankie Avalon plays more than one role in this movie.He plays Frankie and he plays an English singer so good that it is hard for some people to know that he plays both roles.Frankie is a Great actor and singer and this movie gives him a chance to show his acting talents with playing more than one role.The best scene is Frankie singing the romantic song "Because You're You" with Annette in the movie.

Bikini Beach Is The Best!
Almost all reviewers list "Beach Blanket Bingo" as their favorite movie in the beach movie series. I have to give a slight edge to "Bikini Beach" for my personal favorite. Frankie Avalon does double duty very well, playing the English rock star known as Potato Bug, as well as his familiar Frankie character. Potato Bug is a very British caricature, and his maniacal laugh is infectious. Keenan Wynn makes for a formidable villain, decrying the surfers' lack of moral values in the local newspaper he publishes. Clyde, his pet ape, drives his car, surfs, and even drag races like a champion! He gives Candy Johnson a run for her money as a dance partner. I swear, at one point it looks like the ape is break dancing! Don Rickles is very funny playing Big Drag, the owner of the local drag strip. To win the affections of Dee Dee, Potato Bug challenges Frankie to a drag race. The night before the big race, Eric Von Zipper and his Rat Pack decide to sabotage Potato Bug's dragster, so everyone will think that Frankie cheated. The only problem is that they end up sabotaging Frankie's car instead! The big race is a dead heat until Frankie crashes his dragster. Amazingly, he emerges from the wreck unhurt. When they discover that Eric Von Zipper is the cause of the crash, a comical chase ensues. They all end up engaging in a pie fight at the local nightclub. Even Keenan Wynn is won over by the surfers and decides to join their side! This is the silliest and funniest beach movie in the whole series, in my humble opinion!

SEE FRANKIE & ANNETTE'S BEACH TRILOGY
"Bikini Beach," "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Beach Party." Most people when asked to name a beach movie, immediately refer to this Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello '60s trilogy ( I don't include the affshoot "Muscle Beach" flick as part of this authentic ouvre).

In 1963's "Beach Party" Annette went by the name Doris (an homage to Doris Day?). The plots, I use the term loosely, were almost interchangeable -- mostly surf, sand, rock 'n roll and sex -- well, mostly innocent tease really. But what's most remembered is the hope -- false as it turned out -- that the voluptuous Annette would reveal a tad more skin. And then there's Bob Cummings in a patently false beard, Harvey Lembeck as the hyper and astonishingly old juvenile delinquent Eric Von Zipper. And of course the tassled Candy Johnson shaking her bikini'd booty over, or is it under, the credits.

In "Bikini Beach" Annette is now Dee Dee (must be an homage to Sandra Dee) and Frankie stretches his chops by playing two roles. He is his standard sex-crazed surfer guy and also the gap toothed (a nod toward Terry Thomas?) Brit singer potato Bug -- apparently a spoof on the Beatles (remember, this is 1964). A drag race is part of the action and there's an ape that surfs.

"Beach Blanket Bingo" what a great title) is probably the best of the bunch. The dialogue is almost witty. And of course there's the great stone faced silent clown Buster keaton doing his timeless bits of busines. (A burned out alcoholic's sad, haunting and poignant farewell to the genius of his youth.) Don Rickles gets a major break with a part that sealed his antagonistic comic persona. Annette show a little more flesh and Frankie has a tan. The rear projection surf shots are still laughable but the over-all photography is much better. Les Baxter's score is full of energy and the title tune is actually memorable and fun. ... Read more

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great episodes
Contains the following episodes...

MAIN STREET USA - Lucy stages a protest against a freeway that threatens to destroy a small town. Guest stars Mel Thorne, John Bubbles and Paul Winchell.

LUCY GETS JACK BENNY'S ACCOUNT - Lucy tries to get Jack Benny's account for the bank, so she creates a burgular-proof vault for him. Guest stars Jack Benny and George Barrows.

With Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft and Gale Gordon. ... Read more

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comedy gold with the red-haired Queen!
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LUCY AND BOB HOPE - A historic meeting of two masters of mirth! Lucy spots Bob Hope at a baseball game and dons a dubious disguise to convince him to appear at Ricky's club. Features Hope and Ball singing a special version of "Thanks for the Memory" at the gala opening of the Club Babalu!

LUCY AND SUPERMAN - Super comedy! Lucy tells everyone that Superman will be at Little Ricky's birhday party. When she learns that he won't appear, she decides to impersonate him herself, and gets into so much trouble that only the Man of Steel can come to the rescue! ... Read more

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good ol boys
this is a great movie and it has one of the best dukes plots ever written but it doesnt show the general as much as some other episodes it does show some bueatiful women

One of the greatest and most historic episodes of The Dukes!
This second season episode has the Duke Boys not going aftertheir normal fare of dimwitted villians but DRUG SMUGGLERS! Risque in 1980, though not so much today, this topic allows Boss Hogg and Rosco to establish morals in their reoccuring roles as the Duke Boys' comedic opposition by taking a firm anti-drug stance.

Dawson's Creek fans will no doubt recognize, as the devestatingly attractive, bikini clad, brunette bombshell Tinker, the precense of Mary Margaret Humes! Take note if you buy this episode, though. You'll never look at Michelle Williams as the sexpot of Dawson's again! In one memorable scene, Bo (John Schneider) and Tinker argue over who is going to drive the General Lee. Predictably, but most enjoyably, Tinker kisses the keys from Bo. The only question we the viewer has is if Tinker asked for too little. She could have gotten the title to the General and Duke Farm with that kiss and her looks! She also charms directions to the Duke Farm from the Hazzard County Sheriff's Dept. by showing off her "cute little dimples".

Historically, this episode was an attempt at a spin-off series, with travelling PI Mason Dixon (Dennis Rucker) travelling around in an RV and Pontiac Firebird with his two lovely vixen assistants, Robin Eisenmann and Humes. But writer Bruce Howard didn't have the talent to pull it off (he would later, as is his style, make a backhanded comment that the episode should have been a two-parter). Still the episode holds up very well.

This episode also features the permanent return of Rosco Pervis Coltrane to the office of Sheriff of Hazzard County, after James Best's much-too-long six episode sabattical on a dispute over poor working conditions. Also appearing is veteran actor Morgan Woodward as the head of the drug cartel on Razorback Mountain.

Hangliders, inspired by the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, also make an appearance for the first, but not last, time on Dukes. Certainly worth buying, this may have been writer Howard's best effort, and the sexiness of the guest starring ladies cannot be denied!

Another good Dukes Tape for fans
This tape has a delightful show on it. This one about a group of private detectives (who happen to be beautiful woman). They team up with the Dukes to solve a case and of course the boys show interest in the ladies. It a good tape for any Dukes Fan to have. ... Read more

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Not as funny as "I Love Lucy"
It was okay, and I'm pretty sure this is the episode where Lucy get's drafted into the marines.

Lucy was working late with her boss, and she gets this notice from the military that she's been drafted, but it wasn't really her, it was supposed to be a man named "Lou C." As it turns out, she has to stay in the military until they can find a way to get her discharged from the army.

If you know about that one show called "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C." You'll understand the ending, and why it's so funny. ... Read more

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exellent episodes
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LUCY'S BARBERSHOP QUARTET - Lucy will become a member of the women's volunteer fire department singing quartet, provided she takes some singing lessons. Guest starring Hans Conreid.

LUCY & VIV PUT IN A SHOWER - Lucy and Viv decide to finish the job that neighbour Harry started when he put in a small stall-shower for the children. Guest starring Stafford Repp and Don Briggs.

With Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. ... Read more