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3 | ''Hold On!'' is a 1966 musical comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Music/HermansHermits. |
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5 | When U.S. astronauts' children vote to name NASA's latest space capsule "Herman's Hermits," government officials worry that putting a British band's name on an American rocket will make America look like a colony, so NASA scientist Ed Lindquist (Herbert Anderson) is sent to follow the band around during their tour stop in Los Angeles to learn as much about them as possible. |
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7 | He encounters Cecilie Bannister (Sue Ane Langdon), a publicity-obsessed aspiring actress who pretends to be a close friend of the band, and she feeds Lindquist false information about them, which he repeats to his superiors. Meanwhile, Herman (Peter Noone) rebels against the Hermits' manager Dudley (Creator/BernardFox), who is trying to prevent them from interacting with the public, then meets -- and falls in love with -- Louisa Page (Creator/ShelleyFabares), whose mother is organizing the group's benefit concert at the Rose Bowl. |
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10 | !!''Hold On!'' contains examples of: |
11 | * {{Fainting}}: Dudley hires three women to pretend to faint at the Hermits' concert. Lindquist faints for real. He does so again later on when fans mob a private concert. |
12 | * GroupieBrigade: Dudley tries to keep the Hermits in the hotel to protect them from their huge crowds of fans. |
13 | * ImagineSpot: Herman sees a woman on television advising girls to wait for their knights in shining armor. A minute later, he hears Louisa singing on the beach. He imagines Dudley trying to drown her and two other girls, and himself as a knight rescuing them. Later, he imagines himself and Dudley in a space shuttle with his bandmates floating around it while they play a song. |
14 | * NonActorVehicle: Yet another '60s pop group take their crack at the silver screen. |
15 | * OutsideRide: Herman falls out of a roller coaster and hangs onto the outside of the front car until the ride ends. |
16 | * RunningGag: Lindquist has a drink dumped on him on four different occasions: twice because he fainted, once because Herman tripped while carrying water, and once because someone on the beach wanted to prank him. |
17 | * WavingSignsAround: The Hermits' fans wave signs that include "Herman's Hermits in Space" and "We Luv 'Erman." |
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