On this date in 1965, Disney’s live-action feature film The Monkey’s Uncle, starring Tommy Kirk (his last Disney film) and Annette Funicello, is generally released. College whiz-kid Merlin Jones (Kirk) concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus. The film features the motion picture debut of the Beach Boys, who back Funicello on the title song – written by the Sherman Brothers. (The Monkey’s Uncle is a sequel to the 1964 feature The Misadventures of Merlin Jones.)

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