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It was a good idea
gone bad. By the late 70’s Robert Stigwood had been involved in
some highly successful rock movies. “Jesus Christ Superstar”,
“Tommy”, “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease”.
The latter two broke records. Where do you go from there? Well it was
the 70’s so you went bigger. What was the biggest band of all time?
The Beatles. What was their most well received album? Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band. Who were the biggest stars of that time period?
The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton. Why stop there though? Alice Cooper,
Steve Martin, Aerosmith, Earth, Wind and Fire were also brought on board
for the proposed rock musical adaptation of the Beatles successful album.
Oddly enough so was George Burns. It didn’t take long for the people
involved in the film to see how badly it was going. George Burns character
(Mr. Kite) became the narrator reportedly because the Bee Gees delivery
of the dialogue (which was probably bad too) left much to be desired.
Many people tried to get themselves off of the film to no avail. The
film was a flop, and the soundtrack became a discount bin item, although
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The Beatles cartoon series was a peculiar thing. It ran for three seasons, thirty nine episodes, from 65 to 67 and was VERY strange indeed. The plots were out of this world and made “Help” look like a realistic documentary! Still, Beatles fans and children ate it up. They are still enjoyable to watch and here for you is the whole series. I will be uploading it episode by episode so keep on checking back for the links! Episode 1 (originally
aired 9/25/65) Episode 2 (originally
aired 10/02/65) Episode 3 (originally
aired 10/09/65)
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