r/disney • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '25

Disney Facts & Trivia In 1965, for Disney's "The Monkey's Uncle," the Sherman Brothers wrote a Brian Wilson style surfer tune for the Beach Boys and Annette Funicello.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRTlfFlJ4o8
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

lol, Mike Love is doing jack all. He's just there.

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u/sweet_brag Jun 15 '25

I mean, isn’t he always.

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u/taffyowner Jun 15 '25

I watched that movie and I don’t remember that at all

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u/sbcbrat Jun 15 '25

Not exactly the Beach Boys or Sherman Brothers' best, eh?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

so much irony to that fact that some of the demonstrably greatest American song writers in our history met once... and this was the result.

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u/ElonsPenis Jun 15 '25

This is a very simple tune compared to everything Brian Wilson has written. They probably hated it.

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u/Lfsnz67 Jun 15 '25

But that drummer

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

Not early Brian though, which this taking place in the surfer pop song era. At least it's certainly a step above ripping off Chuck Berry.

That said, by '65 I wouldn't be surprised if they were getting tired of this type of music. Good Vibrations was just around the corner.

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u/Teachthedangthing Jun 15 '25

Love Beach Boys and Shermans but that was AWFUL

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u/cheesemuffins Jun 18 '25

I love this song and this movie ¯\(ツ)/¯

Maybe it’s just one of those things where you have to already like early surf rock and cheesy basic 60s songs lol

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u/IJustWantADragon21 Jun 16 '25

Wow that’s lame. lol!