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Little did I know the beach blanket movie genre had a spin-off that took place on snow instead of sandy beaches. I kick myself after watching one of these flicks because I should know better, but I'm trying to be a well rounded movie watcher for the purpose of these reviews. I kind of get the Frankie Avalon team up with Dwayne Hickman, but gee, who did Annette tick off to warrant a mere cameo here? I didn't understand that one at all.

You need a reason to tune in to this one? It would be Lesley Gore singing one of her minor hits "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows", and at the other end of the musical spectrum, James Brown belting out "I Feel Good". I'm a little surprised actually that Brown didn't screw himself into the floor with the gyrating footwork, man it was hard to keep up with. And you know something, I can't even remember him ever being backed up by The Flames. So at least I learned something today.

As for the story, don't even ask. Frankie Avalon had no qualms inquiring about the average audience age for this flick, so when his partner answered '15', that said it all. Actually, Dwayne Hickman put everything in perspective when as his female character Nora, he stated to Jane (also Avalon), "Listen, have a piece of fruit. You'll feel better." That's the best advice for this movie I can think of.

I watch old movies to see eras I never lived in, and even though I never lived during then, I think this movie gives a nice glimpse of the 1960s era.

I'm obviously not an authority on this, but this movie seems like it would've fit the definition of "teen movie" during that era.

The movie does feature guys dressing as girls, so it's a bit odd, but they didn't have CG graphics back then, so they had to have odd stories occasionally. That's kind of how we ended up with half the crazy stuff we have today anyway -- crazy stories passed down, probably told first as entertainment (monsters, ghosts, War of the Worlds, etc.).

Prime Video has a 1080p version of the movie, which is another reason I rate this pretty high (good quality old movies are just hard to come by).

To begin with, I understand that I am not sitting down to watch great cinema, such as 'Citizen Kane'. On the other hand, I am quite struck by the silliness of all of the beach movies, and you can throw this into the mix, along with all of those incredibly inane Elvis movies.

On the plus side, you have the hopelessly cute Deborah Walley, the very hot Yvonne 'Batgirl' Craig. Also an asset is seeing Lesley Gore and the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Although, I must confess, it's a bit unsettling having James Brown break into your ski home around all of those nice white boys and girls. At least the crackers seem to enjoy James' soul music.

On the negative side, we are treated to Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman in drag. And, like most teenage comedies of its time, it's not funny.

I suppose if you were raised in sunny California, this might elicit some 'memories'. But all of these teenage romps, along with just about any Elvis movie you can name, has no basis in reality for most people.

Even the Beatles went Hollywood, with the preposterous 'Help!' 'Help!' of course features a wonderful Lennon-McCartney movie score, but the preposterous plot is as silly as Elvis playing a race car driver. It doesn't 'help' that the Fab Four's first film proved that you could make a quality, amusing film about pop music stars without insulting the viewers' intelligence.

The only true joy to be derived from most of the teenage movies of this period are the musical acts that are featured in so many of them. It would have been nice to have cut Ms. Walley's and Mr. Avalon's music segues and include more James Brown and Lesley Gore.

I like a lot of bad movies. Some of them are really enjoyable. 'Ski Party' is not.

As with films about teenagers, the actors seem rather old. Dwayne Hickman is ancient even for 1965 but who really cares? The gags are silly. Confusing a Swede with a Southerner is not quite funny. Robert Q. Lewis would have been dated in 1965, let alone now.

The girls' bottoms, however, are nice as are their tops. I still have no idea who watched these movies at the time of their release. The teenagers I knew at the time were—well, not likely to have cared for these films but the movies might have been background for other activities. Who wants to make out during a Bergmann film? The soundtrack is not bad, however. It has James Brown! The scenery is okay. I think that these films might have created a space for such classic titillation feminist works as T.O.P.S. I like how the filmmakers worked in a pool scene at the ski resort. I used to go to those places and they did have pools (and bikinis).