Uncle Roger,
Gerard is so correct, “The Horror of Beach Party” IS a blast from the past! No doubt, you and your fellow residents of the great state of Connecticut are as “proud” of the fact that THOBP was filmed in the Constitution State as we are “proud” of the fact that “Eddie and the Cruisers” was filmed in the Garden State!
THOBP has a neat rock and roll soundtrack, kind of like 1959’s sci-fi film, “The Giant Gila Monster,” featuring the songs of the late Don Sullivan. Incidentally, the rock and roll band in THOBP are the “immortal” Del-Aires, the “pride” of Patterson, NJ.
I didn’t know Roger Davis was in an off-Broadway play when he was discovered for a part on DS. I wonder if RD rubbed his hair vigorously in that production? I remember seeing “Moon-Children” off-Broadway in the mid-1970s. The playbill mentioned that Kenneth McMillan, one of the actors in the play, had appeared on DS. I couldn’t recall who Mr. McMillan portrayed on the show. It wasn’t until years later that I saw him as sailor Jack Long, the man who tried to help Paul Stoddard break his Leviathan bargain, on a PBS station in NJ.
Buddha Records had some really “big” names on its label, the Lemon Pipers and the 1910 Fruit Gum Company! I remember seeing the Lemon Pipers perform “My Green Tambourine” on one of those oldies concerts on PBS, which Jim Pierson produced, I think. And, did the 1910 Fruit Gum Company record “Yummy, Yummy Yummy, I’ve Got Love in My Tummy”? David Henesy and his mother identified that “classic” 1960s song on a game show during DS’ run.