FAT SPY, THE(1966)

A spoof of bikini/beach/spy movies everywhere!
The main story(if you can call it that), is that
there are several people interested in an island
that has been overtaken by a bunch of younguns!
What the kids want is the treasure that's supposedly
there! What the others are after is the fountain
of youth!! The best part of the movie is Johnny
Tillotson when he sings: "Where Is The Girl For
Me" & "If I See You Again"! The first scene with
Phillis and Jack is really great too! C+

From a reviewer at IMDb.com:

I first saw this movie on television in the 1980s,
and I immediately loved it and enthusiastically set
out to get a copy of it. Yes, objectively it's a
terrible movie with ridiculous humor, but those facts
are obvious enough that they doesn't need to be
belabored. Now let's look at what the film has
going for it:

1. set in Florida

2. '60s culture

3. '60s music

I truly love some of the songs in this film, especially
"Come On Down" (?), "Wild Way of Living," and "The
Turtle" (?), especially when set to scenes of teenagers
dancing in swimsuits, rushing around in cars, and cruising
on boats, all with a '60s Florida backdrop and a party
feeling.

4. '60s architecture

5. Jayne Mansfield

6. ladies in swimsuits

7. captures a party feeling

8. humor

Although much of the humor is marginal, some of it is
good, and some of it is quite original. For example,
I thought the part where Junior (Jayne Mansfield) is
tied up to an air conditioner that is supposed to
destroy the building when it's left on too long was
delightfully offbeat. And while tied up Jayne can't
help but get carried away making kissing motions at
the camera, which "forces" them to do multiple takes,
whereupon she keeps doing exactly the same thing,
and they leave all those takes in the movie.

9. offbeat touches

The air conditioning threat, the acoustic guitar
duo that starts the film without warning, the film
cards left in the final footage, Irving's "B-I-K-E"
emphasis are all totally unexpected, original,
and wacky, which adds to the humor.

10. film obscurity

11. scientific touches

12. escapism

This film came so close to being great. If only
they had put some fast footage-with-music scenes,
like at the motorboat scene in the part where
"Wild Way of Living" is playing, in the style
of the aerial scene in "Where the Boys Are" (1984)
where the fast song "Hot Nights" is playing, or
in the style of some of the better episodes
of The Monkees or Laugh-In, this would have
become a very appealing film that would have
perfectly captured the beach party feeling.
And some better Florida scenery thrown in,
even if unrelated--better beaches, more theme
parks, interesting buildings, parrots, iguanas,
coral reefs, and so on--would have added
attractiveness, interest, and ambiance. And
a sexier scene of Jayne, a more straightforward
plot, a clear-cut ending, and fewer old-fashioned
songs all would have helped to streamline the
film, and all that would have been so easy to do.

They had the right models, the right music, and
the right locale, but they simply didn't put them
together correctly. The essence of a great beach
party film is here, but as it is you have to sort
of read between the lines to enjoy it. - simnia-1

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