Product Details

• Actors: Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Jack Mullaney, Merry Anders
• Directors: Norman Taurog
• Writers: Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman
• Producers: Ben Schwalb, Emanuel L. Wolf
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: April 14, 1998
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304402929
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,715 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Talk about cultural curios. That's exactly how Tickle Me was regarded when it was released in 1965, the same year as the Beatles' Help! There was a musical revolution going on, but you wouldn't have known it from this would-be comedy, in which the King plays a rodeo champion forced to take a job on a combination dude ranch/fat farm. Naturally, all of the women tumble at his feet; even when he's pitching hay, he's liable to burst into hip-swiveling song. What little plot there is deals with his romance with the ranch's exercise instructor (Jocelyn Lane), who happens to hold the key to a fortune in gold hidden in a nearby ghost town. Nary a recognizable Elvis hit is to be heard in the score, and as for his acting, well, Elvis looks as though he happened to be wandering past the set and was pressed into service at the last minute. --Marshall Fine

From the Back Cover

New man in Zuni Wells. Handsome. Knows horses. Looking for part-time work until rodeo season opens. But when the so-called ranch job Lonnie Beale snaps up turns out to be a stint at a dude ranch/spa for actresses and models and when the fella playing Lonnie is none other than Elvis Presley, it's a cinch we're all in for full-time fun!

Tickle Me tickles viewers with a saddlebag of nine tunes, including "I'm Yours" and "(Such an) Easy Question." There's considerable tickling of the funnybone too, since writers Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds are veterans of the Three Stooges comedies. Frequent sitcom player Jack Mullaney is the foil of most of the gags and pratfalls. But Elvis also enjoys his share of the laughs as he meets girl (Jocelyn Lane), loses girl, and gets girl back plus a fortune in lost gold. With songs, laughs, and The King, Tickle Me is good as gold in so many ways.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hey, it's Elvis and it's in color! Were you expecting "West Side Story"?, August 28, 2005

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lonniebeale "[e-mail]" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tickle Me [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A very funny film. The soundtrack was composed of old songs from earlier Elvis LPs (to keep the film's budget at a minimum). Elvis looks great and Jocelyn Lane looks incredible. In my opinion (along with many others), Jocelyn was the prettiest costar Elvis ever had. Julie Adams is very attractive as the "older" woman. Practically all of the women in the film are hot (and there are loads of groovy gals). In fact--although not intending to be--"Tickle Me" remains one of the best children's pictures ever. I certainly couldn't get enough of it when it played at the local theater when I was in grade school. I went back to see it again five times! What can I say? Puberty calling! [filmfactsman]

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Objectively speaking, a pretty good comedy!, May 25, 2000

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plsilverman (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tickle Me [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I tended to forget the enthusiastic response of that Saturday matinee audience back in '65 and my enjoyment hearing many terrific Presley songs for the first time (little did I know then that only one was recorded specifically for the flick - and that one was a RERECORDING!) and believe many critics appraisal of the picture, which led me to dismiss it as another unworthy E.P. vehicle. Well, a few years back I gave it a second chance and found it to be a well-put together, genuine slapstick comedy for the whole family - not really: despite the middle-aged actors in ghost getups and the many silly sight gags, it remains in the "adult" category (even though my Warner Home Video does not include the shocking line I recall from earlier viewings). Anyway, the ladies-only health spa/dude ranch setting leads to some fairly salty dialogue (one scene involves an embrace with his boss Julie Adams, whose good performance also has been overlooked, leading to an unusual Elvis audience aside, or camera look, which is very interesting). The writers also give Elvis a chance to kind of poke fun at his screen character: in an early scene he relates to a bar owner that his job fell through and he's out of work. The guy reaches for a GEEtar, hands it to Elvis, who says "...I know". It's brilliant! Later in the film, in a nice dream sequence with Elvis and Jocelyn Lane in old time Western gear, he AGAIN satirizes the proceedings. These bits and pieces need to be noticed more. Yes, Elvis' comedic abilities are well projected in this formula flick - it's his best comedy acting since "Follow That Dream".

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elvis + Jocelyn Lane = perfect match, July 7, 2007

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Mr. G. Mehl (Melbourne, Vic Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tickle Me (DVD)

Finally on DVD !!! - I cannot believe that it's taken this long to release this Elvis film ( together with Girl Happy ).
Get's five stars because you get Elvis with his sexiest, most gorgeous ever co-star, plus it's funny, entertaining and has really good songs.
Brings back some great memories from my childhood Saturday matinee days, when I was fascinated with Elvis and he became my hero and idol.
Jocelyn Lane is stunningly, knockout beautiful - she definately made me Girl Happy and want Girls, Girls, Girls.