Bob had his chance to appear in one of the 'beach' movies that were so popular in the 60's.

Bob's Take:
This movie starred James Darren and Nancy Sinatra with yours truly playing Jimmy's sidekick.
The director wanted me to grow a full beard for this role and it wasn't long before I found out why.
During the second week of shooting I walked on stage and the assistant director told me they
were waiting for me on the scoring stage to record my song. I laughed, thinking surely this had to
be a joke, but, no, they were serious. It seemed that Jerry Fielding, who wrote all the music for the
movie, a full orchestra and back-up singers were waiting for me. All I could think was, "What the
hell is going on?" Not being a singer, I walked across the studio lot in a daze. I walked in to
find Jerry Fielding, a baton in hand, a full orchestra and, yep, back-up singers waiting for me.
I explained my problem to Mr. Fielding who told me not to worry, that we would record the song
bit by bit. That's what we did - actually, we almost recorded the song note by note. It took
all day. If there had been an Academy Award for patience, Jerry Fielding should have won.

In the movie I sang at the beach buried in sand. Well, not completely in
sand. My chin and mouth stuck out. Two eyes and a nose were drawn
upside down on my chin (see the photo). I was photographed upside down
so that my goatee became the little face's hair and my moustache became
the goatee. Sound confusing? How about lying with your head wrapped in
towels, in a hole, covered in sand, trying to lip sync a song? I kept hearing
this muffled voice telling me that I was off. How could they tell if my mouth
was off, I wondered, when my mouth was upside down? Plus, with my
head covered in towels, I couldn't hear anything. Soon they moved a
speaker close to my head, but out of camera range, so I could hear
the playback better. This was one gritty day at work, believe me.

It was also the day I found out you can't swallow UP!