When a band of mop-top American rock and roll
musicians known as The
Mosquitoes
(Bingo, Bango,
Bongo and Irving) tried to escape their crazed
fans, they had themselves dropped on a deserted
island for some rest and relaxation. Their hunt
for privacy was interrupted when they discovered
the island was the home of a group of
shipwrecked castaways desperate to return home.
To encourage the musicians to leave the island
both men and women castaways formed singing
groups. The female group called the Honeybees
(comprised of Ginger, Mary Ann and Mrs. Howell)
sang the song "You Need Us" ("like a clam needs
a shell...Like a prisoner needs a cell). The men
formed a rock group called The Gnats.
The Mosquitoes were impressed by the
Honeybees talented performance, and secretly
left the island - but not before leaving a copy of
their album "The Mosquitoes: Live at Carnegie
Hall."
You Need Us
(Sung by The Honeybees)
(All Three Sing)
You need us, you need us.
Like a clam needs a shell.
Like a prisoner needs a cell.
Like a dingdong needs a bell.
You need us.
(Ginger Sings)
You need me, you need me.
Like a picture needs a star.
Like a golfer needs a par.
Like a teenager needs a car.
You need me.
(Mary Ann Sings)
You need me, you need me.
Like a baby needs a toy.
Like Hawaiians need their poi.
Like a girl needs a boy.
You need me.
(Lovey Sings)
You need me, you need me.
Like a diamond needs a ring.
Like a harp needs a string.
Like a queen needs a king.
You need me.
(All Three Sing):
You need us, you need us.
Like a bee needs a buzz.
Like a peach needs its fuzz.
So that's why you need us.
Buzzzzz.
TRIVIA NOTE: The voice of Mary Ann (Dawn Wells)
was dubbed by singer-songwriter Carol Connor.
The Mosquitoes were played by Les Brown, Jr.
(Bingo), George Patterson (Bango), Ed Wade
(Bongo), and Kirby Johnson (Irving). Three of
the Mosquitoes (excluding Bingo) were actually
members of The Wellingtons, the folk singing
trio that performed the theme song "The Ballad
of Gilligan's Island."
A similar plot appeared on the western comedy F
TROOP/ABC/1965-67 when Corporal Randolph Agarn
(Larry Storch) quit the Cavalry to manage a
frontier rock group called the "Bedbugs." To get
Agarn to reenlist Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke
(Forrest Tucker) formed a band called the
"Termites" in hopes of discouraging Agarn in his
new career.
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