"The Beatles" (1965) TV series 1965-1969

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Creator:

Al Brodax

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

25 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Music | Comedy

Plot:

The musical adventures of the greatest of the Rock Bands.

Plot Keywords:

Band | Singing | Sing Along | Beatles | John Lennon

Cast

Paul Frees	...	George Harrison / ... (1 episode, 1965)
Lance Percival	...	Paul McCartney / ... (1 episode, 1965)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA | UK | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Company:

King Features Production

Trivia:

After the end of the series, Al Brodax and George Dunning would continue with Beatles animation by creating the animated feature Yellow Submarine (1968).

Goofs:

Continuity: In a few shots during the series Paul is seen playing his guitar right-handed.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Country Bears (2002)

Mildly Entertaining Despite Crummy Animation

The thing I remember most about this series was the fact that George's speaking voice sounded exactly like Frankenberry's, from the Frankenberry/Count Chocula breakfast cereal commercials that were popular at the time...In other words, nothing even remotely resembling the baritone nasal scouse of the real George Harrison. I also seem to recall a couple of occasions where the animators didn't quite get the lead vocalist correct (in one episode, Paul was singing lead on "No Reply"). In spite of all that, the series still managed to be quite entertaining, and was the first place I had ever heard the songs "From Me To You" and "Paperback Writer." I only owned Beatle albums and not singles, and neither of those songs were on any Beatle LPs at the time.