Sunday, October 4, 2026

My first great crush...

 
This is from the 1963 musical-comedy film Beach Party with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. Going all the way back to the Mickey Mouse Club in the 50's, I was madly in love with Annette. Then, as she 'blossomed' as she did, I was even more infatuated...

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3 comments:

  1. I think most of us then thought the same. What a shame she got m.s. We never know what our fate will be.

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  2. Annette, Natalie Wood, Suzanne Pleshette...Now I know where my preference for Brunettes came from...

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  3. She did sprout a bodacious set of home-growns, didn't she?

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