Saw this flick when I was 14..was getting old enough to know it was kind of silly and did not really exploit the great talents of the great Big El. (can still hear a Dad in the packed theatre in Union City, NJ, shout out to his kid, "what a movie!" - and he was not frowning).no character development here for Elvis...but who really cares? his best soundtrack of all, yes, because good tunes were selected from pre-existing releases...although deep fans will enjoy hearing nice horn overdubs and most importantly, a new vocal for I FEEL THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER, a beautiful ballad based upon a Classical melody.Elvis' comedic talents are all over the place, he has developed great comic timing, and subtle, nuanced reactions to the craziness of his "Jerry Lewis-influenced" buddy (whose name escapes me). in fact, Dean and Jerry could have pulled this one off, in a decade long ago and far away.and girls..girls...girls...not just barely legal but just shy of middle age squeezes of rich, married guys who use the supposed health spa/ranch for women, to catch a breather.Three Stooges writers Bernds and Ullman wrote this and the zany antics abound. a few minor tweaks, or edits of some tired sight gags would have been welcome.check this one out: Elvis' funniest since FOLLOW THAT DREAM. shucks, friends, this here may be his *funniest*!

I had never seen this film before but watched it on TCM January 8, 2013. I couldn't take my eyes off Jocelyn Lane who played Pam Merrit. I have compiled a list of the most alluring beauties in film and it is led by Brigitte Bardot. Never having heard of or seen Jocelyn lane, she was not in my top ten until now. Bardot is still number one, but I have replaced number two (Hedy Lamar) with Jocelyn Lane. Reason: incredible body with cute and curvaceous buns. Face? I'll still take Brigitte and Hedy. Some of the others on my list include Vivien Leigh, Janet Leigh, Natalie Wood, Gail Russell, Cathy O'Donnell (yes, from 'The Best Years of Our Lives' - so wholesome looking), Nicole Kidman and Marisa Tomei, amongst others. Lane retired in 1971 and married a prince. They divorced and she received $1 million; she thought it was too little for a prince's ex.

Elvis Presley is a rodeo star/singer who accepts a job working for an older woman (Julie Adams of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON) on her resort ranch -- which happens to be populated by hordes of gorgeous girls getting toned up as actresses and models. One of them (drop-dead gorgeous Jocelyn Lane) is the exercise coordinator who learns that her grandfather stashed a lot of loot in a neighboring ghost town, so this allows Presley to get some "haunted house" time in for the last act.I used to get a bigger kick out of this Elvis comedy when I saw it on TV a lot as a kid, but revisiting it recently in a loose chronological order along with Presely's many other movies made me have a slight second opinion; for especially when viewed all together, it's painfully obvious precisely at this point how the King of Rock 'n' Roll was being completely sold out. And yet, this movie made a lot of money all the same and saved Allied Artists studio! "Three Stooges" script writers Elwood Ullman and Edward Bernds penned this desperately silly and not very amusing offering, so as a result there is an extra dosage of zany slapstick, like Elvis getting knocked over the head several times and playing the Stooge. He is also saddled with a really annoying sidekick in the sniveling Jack Mullaney. This contrived film has a perfunctory and slap-dash feel to it, with Elvis coming across as half-heartedly going through the usual motions. BUT ... the saving graces of TICKLE ME are the many beautiful females on display (beginning with the luscious and big-eyed Jocelyn Lane) and also the decent music soundtrack - this film was so cheaply made that no budget was allowed for new songs to be recorded, so a group of older tunes from four or five years prior were utilized instead. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because among the better ones are "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway", "Dirty Dirty Feeling," "It Feels So Right", and "(Such an) Easy Question". **1/2 out of ****

While not receiving the same fanfare as some of Elvis' more renowned movies including Viva Las Vegas or Fun in Acapulco, this film is really very underrated and underscores the essence of Elvis flicks. Perhaps because Elvis is not cavorting with a well known star, such as Ann Margaret or Ursula Andress as in the aforementioned vehicles, this picture tends to always get underplayed. Most memorable is the ravishing English star, Ms. Jocelyn Lane, who absolutely lights up the scenery whenever she is around - what a stunner!