LOCATION: Act I, Scene 6, p. 44 "It Takes Two"REFERENCE: Link: "Just like Frankie Avalon has his favorite Mouseketeer"
Frankie Avalon (born September 18, 1940) is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. By the time he was 12, Avalon was on U.S. television for his trumpet playing. Avalon had 31 charted Billboard U.S. singles from 1958 to late 1962 as a singer, with most hits written and/or produced by Bob Marcucci, head of Chancellor Records.
Annette Funicello (born October 22, 1942) is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club. After maturing, she moved on from Disney and became a teen idol, recording many Top 40 pop singles and starring in a series of "Beach Party" movies with Frankie Avalon for American International Pictures. These included Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party,Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and Pajama Party.
The wholesome and romantic coupling of "Frankie and Annette" in summer movies such as Beach Party and Beach Blanket Bingo became iconic figures in American films during that era.
Materializing as a character called Teen Angel, his performance of "Beauty School Dropout" in the smash-hit 1978 film of the musical Grease introduced Frankie to a new generation of viewers.
When Annette was cast in her first beach movie, Walt Disney reportedly requested that she only wear modest bathing suits and keep her navel hidden. However, Annette wore a pink two-piece in Beach Party, a white two-piece fishnet suit in the second film (Muscle Beach Party) and a blue and white bikini in the third (Bikini Beach). All three swimsuits showed her navel, particularly in Bikini Beach, where it is visible extensively during close up shots in a sequence early in the film when she meets Frankie Avalon's "Potato Bug" character outside his tent.
Frankie and Annette became so iconic as "beach picture" stars that they were re-united in 1987 for the Paramount film Back to the Beach, parodying their own surf-and-sand films of two decades earlier. They then toured the country as a singing act. Their on-screen romance never moved into real life, but they were America's Sweethearts for a whole generation of teens.
SOURCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Avalon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Funicello
http://www.biography.com/articles/Annette-Funicello-9542632
http://www.history-of-rock.com/frankie_avalon.htm
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