Pajama Party (film)

Infobox Film
name = Pajama Party


caption = theatrical poster
image_size = 225px
director = Don Weis
producer = Samuel Z. Arkoff James H. Nicholson
writer = Louis M. Heyward
starring = Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Elsa Lanchester Jody McCrea Harvey Lembeck Buster Keaton Jesse White
music = Score:
Les Baxter
Songs:
Jerry Styner
Guy Hemric
cinematography = Floyd Crosby
editing = Eve Newman
distributor = American International Pictures
released = November 11, fy|1964
runtime = 82 minutes
country = FilmUS
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by = "Bikini Beach"
followed_by = "Beach Blanket Bingo"
imdb_id = 0058440

"Pajama Party" is a fy|1964 beach party film starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello.

Plot

This 4th entry in the Beach Party film series is a strange one. A Martian teenager named Gogo (Tommy Kirk) is sent to Earth in an usher's uniform to prepare the way for an invasion from Mars. The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress shop catering to teenagers. She immediately decks out Gogo in a swimsuit and sends him out to the beach. Her nephew, Big Lunk, is a volleyball-loving guy with little interest in romance, which causes frustration for his girlfriend Connie (Annette Funicello). For reasons unknown Connie has lost both her DeeDee and her hairstyle, which used to cover her forehead. The new Connie, eventually begins singing to her stuffed animal, explaining to him that he's better than a human boy and it winks at her. Naturally, Gogo (who's now known as George and is very light on his feet) meets Connie and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Aunt Wendy's shady neighbor J. Sinister Hulk and his gang (including an Indian and a Swedish bombshell) concoct a scheme to part Aunt Wendy from her cash. Meanwhile, the local motorcycle gang (Eric von Zipper and his Rat Pack) wants revenge on the volleyball players for...getting footprints on their beach. Big Lunk falls in love with the Swedish bombshell because she can beat him in arm wrestling (and she's a good listener). Somehow all of these subplots come together at the pajama party.

Cast

*Tommy Kirk as Go-Go
*Annette Funicello as Connie
*Elsa Lanchester as Aunt Wendy
*Harvey Lembeck as Eric Von Zipper
*Jesse White as J. Sinister Hulk
*Jody McCrea as Big Lunk
*Ben Lessy as Fleegle
*Donna Loren as Vikki
*Susan Hart as Jilda
*Bobbi Shaw as Helga
*Cheryl Sweeten as Francine
*Luree Holmes as Perfume Girl
*Candy Johnson as Candy
*Buster Keaton as Chief Rotten Eagle
*Dorothy Lamour as Head Saleslady
*Don Rickles as "Big Bang" the Martian
*Frankie Avalon as Socum
*Dorothy Killgallen as Dorothy, Who Lands on J.D.'s Motorcycle
*Teri Garr as Pajama Girl
*Toni Basil as Pajama Girl
*Joseph Muire as "The Wiggler"

Cast notes:
*Teri Garr (billed here as "Teri Hope") and Toni Basil are uncredited as 'Pajama Girls'.
*Frankie Avalon has little more than a couple of red-tinted cameos with Don Rickles in the film in which the back of his head is seen. In the final moments of the film it is revealed who he is.
*During the entire Beach Party Series, this was the one and only time Donna Loren, opened her mouth and began to speak.

Miscellany

*"Pajama Party" is one of only two Beach Party films not directed by William Asher. "Pajama Party" and "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" were both directed by Don Weis.

External links

*imdb title|id=0058440|title=Pajama Party
*tcmdb title|id=86143|title=Pajama Party
*amg movie|id=1:37120|title=Pajama Party