RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 10:40am
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#2re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 12:25pmjust a little box with a questionmark in it Dolly...
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#3re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 1:11pmIt's a b&w photo and it shows up nicely on my computer screen.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 1:46pm
Here's another one.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#6re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:04pm
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#7re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:23pm
Oh, yes it does, eris.
And thanks.
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#8re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:30pmExcept that's Tab Hunter!
#9re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:33pm
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".
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#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
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#12re: RIP, Jody McCrea -- once stuffed in a wild bikini
Posted: 4/19/09 at 8:19pmI 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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