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RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini

RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini

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Auggie27
#1RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 9:16am

Anyone else remember Jody, the male bimbo before his time in the Frankie and Annette catalogue? It's startling to read that he was 74 when he died. It means that he was playing the rudderless party boy in his late 20s. (Which in light of Seth Rosen America, proves as an iconic portrait of the ambition free deadbeat, he really was ahead of his time).

His character was initially called "Deadhead," and then evolved into "Bonehead."

"A great thing about Jody," Frankie Avalon told The LA Times this week, "was he was just a real fine gentleman and a lot more talented than he really got out of the career of being an actor. He was very bright, and he created this character that was kind of the dummy and, of course, he was the opposite of that."

Recalling the much taller McCrea, Avalon said, "He was a well-built, real athletic-looking guy, and he really was a surfer: He'd get on that board and surf."






"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 4/19/09 at 09:16 AM

Dollypop
#2re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 10:40am

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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Elphaba
#2re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 12:25pm

just a little box with a questionmark in it Dolly...


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Dollypop
#3re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 1:11pm

It's a b&w photo and it shows up nicely on my computer screen.


"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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#4re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 1:23pm

And only yours...

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Dollypop
#5re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 1:46pm

re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini

Here's another one.


"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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Eris0303
#6re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:04pm

re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini

Does this show for everyone?


"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

ghostlight2
#7re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:23pm

Oh, yes it does, eris.

And thanks.

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JohnBoy2
#8re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:30pm

Except that's Tab Hunter!

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Eris0303
#9re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:33pm

re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini

haha...you know I was thinking "Gosh, him and Tab Hunter could be brothers. Google's so funny sometimes.


"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

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JohnBoy2
#10re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:39pm

That's better! re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini

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Auggie27
#11re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:39pm

I believe Mr. Hunter was in RIDE THE WILD SURF, a memorable "serious" take on the surfer culture. I recall all of the entries in the Beach Party franchise, and Mr. McCrea appeared in them all. (OT, but not: Remember Candy Johnson, in her flapper fringe dress, who'd jump on the tables and twirl, and knock men across the room? When I attended the Worlds Fair, she was a featured attraction in some semi-sleazy Fair cabaret space -- I was in Junior High, full disclosure -- and she leaped on our table. Still recall her unmovable cotton candy hair.)


"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

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JohnBoy2
#12re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 8:19pm

I can't say that I remember her at The World's Fair, but I do remember when she appeared on TO TELL THE TRUTH, and nobody got her.


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