Vacation Days

It's graduation now for Monogram's teenagers and their English teacher Belle Mitchell has gone and invited her favorites to a summer vacation at the dude ranch she's inherited. Her favorite faculty member Milton Kibbee is also along for chaperoning.

The first day there they're all witness to an old wild west style holdup. And it's noticed that Freddie Stewart bears a passing resemblance to a bandit who disappeared in the desert.

To the guy who made him disappear this is frightening stuff. Imagine a bandit hiding out as a high school kid. But given the ages of these teens who look their age and not like teens. why not?

That's the ludicrous basis for the really stupid story that follows. Freddie Stewart sings, but believe me that ain't enough.

OK, full disclaimer. I never watched this in the theaters, I wasn't born yet. I had never heard of this until 2022. I watched it being made fun of at the Rifftrax YouTube channel who did it with the girls providing the jokes this time (as they did before on the other teen ager ones they did). 7 of 10 for a riff viewing, Mary Jo and Bridgette do the honors. ..... Now onto my thoughts. Its a Monogram picture, point 1. The teenagers look like short adult actors (they are), point 2. This is a type of ripoff of The Bowery Boys, point 3 (except I think the same studio was ripping itself off with these more wholesome teens). Final point, I'm pretty sure they were trying to rip off/combine the Mickey Rooney Judy Garland films with the Bowery Boys. 4 out of 10, there is a funny line here at the punch bowl. Otherwise 7 out of 10 when it gets riffed on because it deserves all of it.