The Story of The Beatles Cartoon Series

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  @harold5337 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Initially the Beatles hated the cartoon, but it grew on them. George Harrison stated that he always liked the cartoon, due to its “so bad it’s good” quality.

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  @dstonestudios · 1 year ago

  As a kid growing up in Australia, I used to watch these every morning before primary school in the late 70s. It helped cement my love of the Beatles. Great memories.

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  @MarcBarkyMarta · 1 year ago

  Cartoon Beatles being airlifted with colored balloons in psychedelic limo while the outro to Strawberry Fields plays out of context... this is something hilariously amazing I never knew I needed to see.

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• KI

  @kiddster2112 · 1 year ago

  Watching this video brought back a long-forgotten memory of one Beatles episode where cartoon Ringo briefly quipped "Pennsylvania ... where all the pencils come from!"

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  @michaelhughes8057 · 1 year ago

  I grew up in the 1960's. I was born in 1957, and I was 7 years old when The Beatles first came to the USA in 1064. It was an exciting time! I also remember watching these Beatles Cartoons on Saturday mornings. What great memories! Thank you for uploading this!❤😂

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  @dukeviking · 1 year ago (edited)

  Apple Corp. loves to market the images of this show but snubs the restoration and release of this commercially.  While this isn't on the art level of Yellow Submarine this still deserves an official release.  Luckily I have a copy of this series for my personal enjoyment.

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• MI

  @misterdubity · 1 year ago

  I remember an ad for the show, where they show an excerpt:  fab four jump into a small car, you hear a crunch, and one of them (probably Ringo) says "Remember our last gold record?", [he holds up fragments of a record he just sat on] "... now we've got four of them."

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  @mipstick · 1 year ago

  I'm a 19 year old artist and I love the character designs in this show, I've been studying the art style and the characters for weeks. I had no idea they were designed by someone my age!! That's so cool :)

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• MR

  @MrFrankqu58 · 1 year ago

  If you noticed on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS9Yn09NbO0&amp;t=10">0:10</a>, a banner comes up says &quot;The Rolling Stones&quot;!

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  @767driver4 · 1 year ago

  I so remember this animation of a band we so loved as kids. I vividly remember at the end of the cartoon episode when they unplugged their guitars, then Ringo unplugged his drum set and it deflated like a balloon.

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  @williamschneider3355 · 1 year ago

  In 1987, when The Beatles were being released on compact disc, MTV here in the United States aired repeats of these cartoon shorts.

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• RA

  @RainManX0 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I have the Beatles cartoons on DVD! I still watch them every so often. A great series.

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