It’s hard to imagine who Lyndall Hobbs thought would love her parody of early sixties beach movies likeHow To Stuff A Wild Bikini(1965) and Beach Blanket Bingo(1965) – kids who were too young to have seen the originals or ancient dodo’s who remembered the old films with fondness.
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello (who were also the executive producers) are together again as Ohio parents who return to the scene – you know where it’s at; Malibu.
The oldsters’ offspring are as tamely rebellious as they themselves were in days of yore. Their daughter has moved to Malibu and shacked up with a beach bum, and their young teenage son, Bobby (Demian Slade) is a punk who wears leather, flicks his switchblade and mercilessly attacks the inane banality of his parents.
There is a confrontation between the clean-cut surfers and the punk surfers, there’s a surfing competition (Frankie comes out of retirement to win it), Annette sings a reggae song, Frankie sings a few rock songs and so does Connie Stevens.
Kookie Byrnes, Don Adams and the cast of Leave It To Beaver walk on and the audience gasps. Pee-Wee Herman does Surfing Bird, oh man.
Annette
Annette Funicello Frankie
Frankie Avalon Connie
Connie Stevens Sandi
Lori Loughlin Michael
Tommy Hinkley Bobby
Demian Slade Troy
John Calvin Zed
Joe Holland Mountain
David Bowe Robin
Laura Urstein Bridgette
Linda Carol Fleishman
Hartley Silver Webby
Todd Bryant Ernie
Floyd Foster Jr. Odie
Emil McKown Fishbones
Kendall Jones
Norwood Fisher
Walter A. Kibby II
Christopher Dowd
Phillip Fisher Rodney Bingenheimer
Himself Dick Dale
Himself Stevie Ray Vaughan
Himself Harbor Master
Don Adams Valet
Edd Byrnes Bartender
Bob Denver Bartender’s Buddy
Alan Hale Jr Pee-Wee Herman
Paul Reubens
