Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group.
Production
Diana Ross and The Supremes randomly performing full numbers.
Costume
Beachwear that defies physics and good taste simultaneously.
Acting
Dick Miller as Cop #1 stealing his single scene.
Director
Lennie Weinrib
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of five beach movies Edd Byrnes made in two years while trying to escape his 'Kookie' TV persona. It didn't work.
The 'ethnic music studies' plot is a naked excuse for white rockers to cosplay world music—peak 1965 obliviousness.
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