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Today we are talking about a film that just celebrated its 60th anniversary. ’Ski Party’ came out on June 30, 1965; it stars a couple major actors and singers; and when we recently learned of its existence, we immediately knew who we needed to recruit to watch and discuss this movie: Amie Engerbretson.
Is ‘Ski Party’ a great movie? In some ways, Yes. Is it also a terrible movie? Maybe. But should you watch it? Definitely! And today you’re going to hear Amie and Jonathan talk about it all, including several things from the film that we need to inject into today’s ski culture.
As always, we discuss what’s aged the best, what’s aged the worst, who needed BLISTER+ the most, and more.
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Email us here or leave a comment below with your hot take or thoughts on the film. Or tell us which movies you’d like to see us cover on Blister Cinematic.
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Why This Film? (1:59)
Most Rewatchable Scenes (19:30)
Best Lines (36:02)
What’s Aged the Best? (40:48)
What’s Aged the Worst? (48:29)
‘Hottest Take’ Award (50:49)
Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (56:44)
Gimme More (58:11)
Gimme Less (1:00:22)
Burning Questions (1:02:45)
Companion Film: Sequel, Prequel, or Spinoff? (1:12:06)
Memorabilia You Want the Most (1:16:27)
Best Life Lesson (1:18:15)
Who Won The Movie? (1:22:12)
Our Final Grades (1:22:30)
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This episode was epic! And now I need to see the movie … sorry Amie.
Yes! Greg is with me! Please everyone, join Greg & me on our tiny little bandwagon!
Ok, have watched it, glad I did, but definitely don’t ever need to see it again! A few thoughts: 1) they were definitely supposed to be in college, not prep school. a) Freddie “pins” ie. gives his fraternity pin to what’s his nose in drag with the terrible British accent. Frats are a college thing not prep school, right? b) It’s a coed school. I don’t think they had any coed prep boarding schools back then? If so, not many. 2) I agree the yoddeling bear is what makes the whole thing worthwhile. Psychedelics would improve the bear effect. 3) You didn’t mention that James Brown makes his entrance as ski patrol rescuing the lost half frozen hotel manager, and then drops his overalls to do his number! How could you neglect to mention James Brown as ski patrol?!
Ski Party was an extension of the Beach Party franchise, with some of the same actors. The random surrealism was a feature of those movies. I saw it in the theaters.
As I mentioned in our conversation, I watched Beach Party in preparation for this episode… but I don’t remember anything in Beach Party coming close to the random surrealism of Ski Party. They really dialed it up!
Do you remember what you thought of the movie back when it first came out? And do you have any sense of how it was generally received?
I don’t remember hearing of this movie, but I have definitely heard of “Winter-a-Go-Go.” I mean, how could one forget that name; but I haven’t actually seen it. As to the “cool” issue, Frankie Avalon was definitely very cool in the early 1960’s, and these teen-oriented movies were extremely popular. That said, Frankie’s “cool” aura and the popularity of these movies were already in decline by 1965/66, as issues such as Vietnam and civil rights came more to the fore.
Paul Newman and Robert Redford didn’t hit peak “coolness” until the very late 1960’s. The 60’s were an odd decade insofar as pop culture was concerned, as there was a vast difference between, say, 1960-65 and 1965 and after. Those two periods may as well have been two separate generations. Was born in 1965 myself, 4 months before this movie came out.
Good thoughts and good context, Jim. That’s easy to imagine: a major cultural divide between the 1st half and the 2nd half of the 60’s.
And … since it isn’t currently streaming anywhere, I went ahead and bought 2 copies of the DVD of Winter A-Go-Go — 1 for me, 1 for Amie. Her copy arrived today. Now I need to hope she still has – or can get her hands on a DVD player. And I’ve got to dig one up myself….
My Father in Law is in a ski scene in this movie! He was ski bumming in Sun Valley when it was filmed.
Ha, amazing.
My dad was an extra in this movie!!!
Also amazing! (I really hope he got to hang out with the bear….)
Yes, I was in this movie. In two scenes…one skiing and one on the ice rink where someone could actually recognize me. It was shot in late
1964 or early 65. When I get a chance I will dig out old Kodachrome slides I took during the filming in Sun Valley.
Yes, I was in this movie. In two scenes…one skiing and one on the ice rink where someone could actually recognize me. It was shot in late
1964 or early 65. When I get a chance I will dig out old Kodachrome slides I took during the filming in Sun Valley.