FORMAT: DVD
Things kick off with a song introducing the dancing girls by assigning each of them a letter of the alphabet. The first strip solo is by an energetic jiggly blonde. Some lucky projectionist must’ve taken scissors to the reel and added it to his personal collection since a good chunk of the number is missing. After that is a comedy skit about a businesswoman trying to get rid of pushy salesmen. Then Bebe, a bubbly brunette, does a lively striptease number. That leads into a comedy song about a maid, and a sketch about a drunk trying to sell some hats. Then, a blonde named Jill does a tapdancing routine and a duo does a bit about a bet gone awry. That’s followed by a comedy dance routine of a woman impersonating a flapper and a sketch about an arguing married couple. Next is a striptease performed by the wonderfully named “Blaza Glory”. After that we get a comedy routine about how to kill your wife with kindness and a brief can-can number. Finally, the headliner Gilda performs a briskly paced striptease.
After sitting through a bunch of Burlesque movies this week, I have to say that this one is frankly kind of ho-hum. The comedy sketches in between the strip routines are longwinded and get pretty tiresome after a while, and the non-strip scenes don’t really add much to the overall experience. At least the strippers have a lot of energy. Bebe is really animated and takes to her routine with gusto. Blaza Glory is aptly named as she is quite hot and is gloriously jiggly. Despite an occasional bright spot here and there, there’s ultimately too much filler that gets in the way of the good stuff.
The A-B-C’s of Love is at least notable for having former Little Rascals star Shirley Jean Rickert (using her stage name “Gilda”) appearing at the end. Fortunately for the audience, she really knows how to shake her Little Rascals. Ultimately, that’s not quite enough to make it all worthwhile.
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