Frankie Avalon
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Avalon has cooked his way from South Philadelphia to Hollywood and Las Vegas. Here, he shares beloved Italian recipes from four generations of his family: weeknight meals, Sunday suppers, and holiday feasts, all taste-tested ... and accompanied by tales of five decades in show business.
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Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, commands Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello to make Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives...
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Frankie and Annette are heading to California to visit their daughter, Sandi. They are appalled to learn that Sandi is "living in sin" with Michael. Frankie and Annette set about to make the beach for fun lovers everywhere by driving out Michael's unsavory pals. Along the way, Frankie nearly messes up his marriage by dallying with Connie.
7) Skidoo
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"Tough Tony Banks, a retired gangster ... reluctantly comes out of retirement to silence his old friend and squealer. ... Tony's [San Francisco] suburban haven comes crashing down as his daughter ... takes up with a hippie ... and [Tony's] wife ... gives them permission to move into their house with their hippy friends. The all-star cast includes ... Groucho Marx in his final role as the mob boss named God"--Container.
9) Grease
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It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties.
10) Fireball 500
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Fireball 500: Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race. He is assisted by Jane Harris and Sonny Leander Fox. Soon Dave and Sonny begin a friendly rivalry for Jane.
Thunder Alley: Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident and he gets thrown off the circuit. He shows Pete's daughter Francie and her...
11) Beach party
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Beach party: Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are at the beach studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.
Bikini beach: Millionaire Harvey Huntington Honeywagon III tries to prove to his colleague Vivian Clements that his chimp, Clyde,...
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Beach blanket bingo: A motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane. She is managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.
How to stuff a wild bikini: Frankie is away on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti and doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating...
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Muscle beach party: Summer is back and so are Frankie and the gang, returning to the sunny shore in search of that perfect wave. But there's choppy water ahead: a beautiful Italian countess has her romantic eyes on Frankie, and a band of bronzed bodybuilders is ready to rumble with the surfers.
Ski party: Two would-be snow studs go undercover as a couple of snow bunnies to find out what girls want from men. Will these cross-dressing cross-country...
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A collection of short segments from the 1960s ABC TV big-budget variety series, The Hollywood Palace, featuring Diller's famous, rapid-fire machine gun joke telling, along with appearances by several other big-name stars, including Dean Martin, Don Rickles, Terry-Thomas, Phil Harris, The King Family Singers, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. These monologues showcase Diller right at the peak of her comedic powers.
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Pee-wee's Playhouse volume 3
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It's the wildest holiday ever when some V.I.P.'s (Very Important Persons) stop by to wish Pee-wee a V.M.C. (Very Merry Christmas)! Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are off the beach and on Pee-wee's floor making Christmas cards, Magic Johnson joins Pee-wee for a wild sleigh ride in the Magic Screen, and Dinah Shore sings the "12 Days (or so) of Christmas!"