Eine Uni voller Affen (1965)

Eine Uni voller Affen: Directed by Robert Stevenson. With Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O’Connell. A student is able to save Midvale College’s football reputation using his radical invention.

“Several of the cast members of The Misadventures Of Merlin Jones made the return trip for the sequel The Monkeyu0026#39;s Uncle. The critics including me panned this one too, but it did well at the box office. But the trip back was bittersweet for Tommy Kirk.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was while that first film was being made that Walt Disney discovered that his teen star Tommy Kirk was gay and terminated him forthwith. But the film made money for the Magic Kingdom and Kirk came back to do this sequel. It must have been one strained set and Iu0026#39;m sure Kirk who wasnu0026#39;t getting job offers piling up needed the money. You have to hand it to Walt Disney for chutzpah.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis one was equally as bad as the first. First Kirk as the science genius devises a sleep study program so that the football team can pass their exams to be eligible. For the second half of the film heu0026#39;s given a challenge by Leon Ames of the board of trustees to develop a method of man made flight under manpower, no motors or airships. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s do or die for Tommy because another member of the board of trustees of Midvale College, Frank Faylen has got a check in hand for a million dollars if they ban football. Kirk has school spirit and heu0026#39;s the only one smart enough to take on the task.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHeu0026#39;s also got the help of Annette Funicello and thereu0026#39;s a rival to her in Cheryl Miller of Daktari who babysits Stanley the Chimpanzee for Kirk. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf this all sounds ridiculous that ainu0026#39;t the half of it. All this plot comes about because Kirk and Annette want to adopt Stanley because Kirk is convinced he can get a college education. The chimp that is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe best part of the film is the beginning when Annette sings the title song accompanied by The Beach Boys. Iu0026#39;m sure Disney would have kept Kirk around if a third film was in the offing. Poor Tommy Kirk one of the saddest stories about gay actors ever from Tinseltown.”