Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Beatles
Has any band ever sold out and retained their credibility as well as The Beatles? Maybe it's because they broke up without riding out their legacy too long; perhaps it's because the music was just that damn good. Either way, one interesting artifact of the "Beatles mania" four decades ago was a syndicated cartoon featuring the band.
Airing from 1965-1969, the cartoon featured many performances of Beatles' classics by their cartoon counterparts interspersed among ridiculous storylines. A few of my favorites are presented below. Saturday mornings are for cartoons, right?
"Tomorrow Never Knows":
"Run for Your Life":
"Strawberry Fields Forever":
For more, see YouTube.
posted by Rich at 10:16 AM
2 Comments:
i think, rich, that they were just that damn good. they could have sold out and let the tory party use 'revolution' as a campaign song and it wouldn't have mattered.
10:40 AM
I can't believe they actually used Tomorrow Never Knows on the cartoon show...that's hilarious. They really ought to release these on DVD.
6:57 PM
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