TV Guide: Annette Funicello

Video: Back to the Beach

iTunes — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:55:30 -0500

"Veteran beach-movie favorites Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello return to the screen in this hip, hilarious update of their surf-and-sand adventures. Break Dancing may have replaced The Twist in the intervening years, but Frankie and Annette still know how to have a good time as well as teach their own 80s new-wave children a thing or two in the process. A host of familiar faces Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, Don Adams, Edd Kookie Byrnes, Pee-Wee Herman and more join the fun in the California sun!

Video: Troop Beverly Hills

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:19:51 -0500

Shelley Long discovers that when the going gets tough, the tough go camping in Troop Beverly Hills,a comedy about lifestyles of the rich and outrageous. Flamboyantly wealthy Phyllis Nefler (Long) has everything money can buy - a drop-dead Beverly Hills mansion, a classic Rolls, furs, jewelry and designer gowns. The one thing she doesn't have is her husband Freddy (Craig T. Nelson), who's leavingher for good. Maybe. Determined to prove she's still the creative, energetic woman Freddy once loved, Phyllis throws luxury to the wind and becomes leader of her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop. But how much can this chic cookie take before she crumbles? Is saving her marriage really worth trading Gucci bags for sleeping bags - not to mention actually touching bugs? Featuring cameos by Robin Leach, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pia Zadora, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Dr. Joyce Brothers and Cheech Marin. Shelley Long blazes new comic trails in this hilarious trial-by-campfire that leaves the wilderness wilder than ever.

Video: Bikini Beach - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:57:19 -0500

[Widescreen] The original theatrical trailer for Bikini Beach (1964) starring Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello.

Video: Beach Party - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:57:16 -0500

In the first of the series, Beach Party (1963), anthropologist Bob Cummings studies surfers Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

Video: Beach Blanket Bingo - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:57:16 -0500

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello play Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) with guest appearances by Paul Lynde, Don Rickles and Buster Keaton.

Video: The Business of Love/Crash Diet Crisis/Iâ€™ll Never Fall in Love Again

CBS — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:36:39 -0500

Guest stars include Michael Callan, Annette Funicello, Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, Jayne Meadows, Jack Carter, Christopher George, Patti Clifton

Video: Franklyn Ajaye

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:39:12 -0500

If you had to write a funny wish list, this would be it: the Unknown Comic, Franklyn Ajaye, Kenny Davis, Phil Foster, Fred Travelena, Stan M. Handelman, Annette Funicello and Bobby Kelton. Or maybe it would involve bologna, underwear and a small Shih Tzu.

Video: Jackie Vernon

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:48:17 -0500

Once upon a time there was a place where nobody laughed it certainly wasn t Norm Crosby s Comedy Shop the night Jackie Vernon, Fred Smoot, Jackie Kahane, Annette Funicello, Billy Fellows, Rip Taylor, Jill St. John and Bobby Kosser were here.

Video: Head

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:56:31 -0500

The Monkees -- Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones and Peter Tork -- didn't really enjoy being labelled the Prefab Four back when their TV series was all the rage in 1966. With the help and support of Bob Rafaelson (co-producer, co-writer and director) and Jack Nicholson (co-producer, co-writer, and, if you look closely, bit player), the Monkees expressed their displeasure over being packaged for popular consumption in the non sequitur masterpiece Head. At least, it seems that the film is an indictment of the merchandising of pop stars. It's hard to tell at times, because Head literally has no plot; it is instead a patchwork of loopy sight gags, instant parodies, camp cutups, musical numbers and wry inside jokes. Clips of such old movies as the 1934 Karloff-Lugosi epic The Black Cat pop up every so often, as does an impressive lineup of pop-culture icons: Victor Mature, Annette Funicello, Sonny Liston, Frank Zappa (he's the one leading a cow) and Ray Nitschke, as well as such movie-trivia answers as Timoth

Video: Beach Blanket Bingo

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:19:25 -0500

Part of American-International's Beach Party series, Beach Blanket Bingo was directed by William Asher. Frankie (Frankie Avalon) briefly deserts Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) in favor of pop star Sugar Kane (Linda Evans). Also around and about is a mermaid, appropriately named Lorelei (Marta Kristen). Scurrilous cycle gang leader Eric Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck) finds time to sing a tune, while Paul Lynde sneers a lot, Don Rickles insults a lot, Buster Keaton mimes a lot, and columnist Earl Wilson lets everybody know who he is by exclaiming That's Earl, brother. The whole cast rushes to the rescue when South Dakota Slim (Timothy Carey) binds the lovely Sugar Kane to a buzzsaw. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Back To The Beach

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:23:51 -0500

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello not only starred in the delightfully retro Back to the Beach, but also served as executive producers. Appropriately set 25 years after such drive-in faves as Beach Blanket Bingo, the film finds Frankie and Annette as husband and wife, living far from the surf 'n' sand in Ohio. Heading to California to visit their daughter Lori Loughlin, Frankie and Annette are appalled to learn that she has been keeping time with punker Tommy Hinkley. In time-honored fashion, our hero and heroine set about to make the beach safe for funlovers everywhere by driving out Hinkley's unsavory pals. Along the way, Frankie nearly bollixes up his marriage by dallying with Connie Stevens-one of several pop-culture icons appearing in Back to the Beach, including Don Adams, Bob Denver, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Dick Dale & the Del-Tones , Stevie Ray Vaughan, and even Pee-wee Herman! Back to the Beach is fun for a while, but its six-person writing team can't figure out a logical way to wind it all up. ~

Video: Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:43:57 -0500

The secret word is Happy New Year as Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) and the Playhouse gang hold a Christmas party. Things threaten to get out of hand fairly early as the increasingly disappointed Pee-Wee receives one fruitcake after another. When he complains that he didn't get anything he really wanted, our hero learns an important lesson about sharing from none other than Santa Claus. Among Pee-wee's special guests are singers k.d. lang, Grace Jones, Dinah Shore, and the Del Rubio Triplets, Beach Party perennials Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon (who'd recently costarred with Pee-wee in the theatrical film Back at the Beach), the outrageous Little Richard (on ice-skates!) and such pop-culture giants as Oprah Winfrey, Charo, Cher, Joan Rivers, Magic Johnson, and even Zsa Zsa Gabor. Pee-wee Herman's Christmas Special first aired December 21, 1988 on CBS. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: How To Stuff A Wild Bikini

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:39:24 -0500

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini is considered to be the strangest of the Beach Party movies. Frankie (Frankie Avalon) is off in the navy, serving in the South Pacific, and nervous about all of the guys that will be hitting on Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) back at the beach. He makes a deal with an eccentric white witch doctor (Buster Keaton), who conjures up a woman named Cassandra (Beverly Adam) who is irresistible to all men, and she attracts all of the guys on the beach. But complications ensue when lunatic advertising man Mickey Rooney decides to try and make Cassandra a new national sex symbol, and she gets noticed by nutsy bike gang leader Erik Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck), who vows to have her. With enough plot complications to rival {+A Midsummer Night's Dream}, Wild Bikini is laced with satire and some surprisingly good music. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide.

Video: Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine

Video Detective — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:29:44 -0500

The great Vincent Price obviously had fun with his characterization of Dr. Goldfoot in this campy spy spoof directed by Norman Taurog. With his henchman Igor (Jack Mullaney), the demented doctor builds a machine that mass-produces an army bikini-clad babes. Goldfoot programs his vixens to seduce the wealthiest men alive and convince them to sign their fortunes over to him - thus enabling the fiendish doctor to amass tremendous wealth and take over the world. Frankie Avalon co-stars as Secret Agent Craig Gamble, who sets out to destroy the women and bring Goldfoot's plan to a screeching halt. Annette Funicello and Harvey Lembeck provide cameo appearances. Strictly for fans who loved those 1960s drive-in quickies. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide.

Video: Fireball 500

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:19:06 -0500

Melodrama about stock car racing has driver Frankie Avalon getting mixed up with moonshiners when he pauses in a southern town to do some racing. Fabian is the local playboy who provides competition for Avalon on and off the track while Annette Funicello is the love interest.

Video: Fireball 500

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:58:02 -0500

Video: Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

iTunes — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:29:57 -0500

Vincent Price is a mad doctor who plans on taking over the world by having beautiful female robots seduce rich, powerful men. Frankie Avalon plays a secret agent who tries to stop the plot but ends up in Price's torture chamber. Picture includes bit parts by Annette Funicello and Harvey Lembeck. Title song sung by the Supremes.

Video: Fireball 500

iTunes — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:20:04 -0500