Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Best of The Cinema Snob

Originally uploaded: 1/12/2014. The Cinema Snob reviews the crazy 1978 musical Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Donald Pleasence performing I Want You (She's So Heavy) is life changing.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

😃

[@lillianward2810]

I gotta say, if I'm ever falling off a building, it'd be pretty cool to be saved by Billy Preston. I'd rather be saved by him than most of the rest of the cast.

[@_helenadesousa]

i would want them to save me if o were falling off a building theyre cool

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

Kiss were originally offered the part of Future Villain, but their management turned the part down due to Kiss fearing their "Superhero" image would be tarnished if they played villains.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

oh in a different world, well to be fair at one point they were considered a Heavy Metal Beatles

[@bananamcfurgess2840]

That sounds incredible. I wanna go into an alternate reality with a dozen doobies to watch that masterpiece.

[@tomflorio3639]

Also, they had their own (tv) movie coming out the same year, "KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park", and they were probably afraid of overexposure. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Damn, I thought I could get through saying that with a straight face. Oh well . . .

[@dr.roberts4508]

Kiss , had their own flop to handle Kiss meets the Phantom of the Park.

[@cptshoots]

That’s actually not true. I was interviewing Gene Simmons recently and asked him that and he said no.

[@tmamone83]

As a HUGE Beatles fan, watching this movie was like Alex being forced to watch Nazi films with Beethoven's the Symphony in the background in "A Clockwork Orange."

[@martinboyle9163]

It's a sin! It's a sin!

[@tmamone83]

@@martinboyle9163 “You’re not cured yet, boy.”

[@koenvandamme6901]

The "Here comes the sun" joke is one of my all time Snob favourites.

[@FlutterGuy121]

I love how insane this movie is. This is one of my favorite reviews.

[@sharoncaruana6178]

Creeps in quietly and whispers, "I liked this movie when it came out and I still do." Runs away quickly.

[@teedup8995]

Haha ha!

[@nicholasjanke3476]

And while your at it watch out for any Blue Meanies!

[@mindlessgonzo]

Finally, no Russian sub copies.

[@CommaV9414]

сука

[@caplag]

It's not pure enough!

[@coreywalton710]

Im so fucking lonely

[@DCNRS90YT]

@Иов Борецкий Me neither.

[@CoderatheGreat]

@Иов Борецкий Maybe he's referring to the videos with Russian dubs.

[@ninjaturtlefan2003]

3:20 *In Comic Book Guy's voice* Actually it took place during World War I, thank you very much.

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

It didn't matter. They won BOTH World Wars this way. Plus, during the Roaring 20s, the Great Depression, and the Economic Recovery.

[@FrenchPaul1988]

The look of the soldiers and the flags made this fairly obvious, not sure why Snob thought of WWII.

[@ginnrollins211]

I think the guy from Yesterday would be glad that this movie was erased from existence.

[@modflowerr9360]

Yesterday Man saw Sgt. Peoper’s and had a crisis over whether or not this whole “Beatles” superpower was worth it after all.

[@_helenadesousa]

@@modflowerr9360 they made the movie as a joke but it fcked the bee gees up big time

[@creepyskulldini581]

24:47 - I think the songs were chosen to FIT the TONE and FEEL of the SCENES in this movie, not match up with them in every detail lyric for line and name for name.

[@sophiehanssel2017]

TRUTH

[@1971chrismiller]

This was back when PG wasn't just limited to "family" films. It was a time when Parental Guidance meant more than a fart joke. It meant Parental Guidance.

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

I miss those kinds of films.

[@mathieuleader8601]

this movie was like gone with the wind for the simple fact my dear that audiences frankly did not give a damm

[@catsofsherman1316]

This video is infinitely more entertaining than the movie itself.

[@stevencoffin328]

I like how in the Moment by Moment review he says "this isn't Saturday Night Fever Stigwood this is Sgt. Pepper's Loney Hearts Club Band Stigwood." And then in this review he (probably unintentionally) says the same joke.

[@HoboJoe83]

18:10 Barry Gibb...Just punched Alice Cooper.Did anyone feel a draft? Because i think hell just froze over

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

Causing Alice to fall face down into a cream pie - the best scene in the movie! The second best scene was Alice lifting his head momentarily and then plopping his face back into the pie. How come no one threw cream pies at the producers? :-D

[@rommix0]

so glad this is back up. I remember seeing this review when it first came out, and also grew up with this cheesy movie. Arguably much better than Xanadu in its camp value.

[@bradharrah3339]

Xanadu drags a bit, but some great songs and amaaazing finale! The plot is corny...but true art compared to Peppers.

[@ilovemickyandhelove1]

Compared to can’t stop the music sgt pepper is citizen kane

[@troubadour723]

@@ilovemickyandhelove1The Apple - Hold my beer.

[@MrTheBaron]

Lost my shit at Maurice photobombing his own movie there. RIP Mo & Robin

[@filmfanaticx4212]

Came to hear Alice Cooper, Earth Wind and Fire, and Aerosmith. Was not disappointed.... With the soundtrack at least.

[@TheKML777]

I'll give the movie this: Like Brad said, the soundtrack was excellent. And that's the only praise I could give to this movie.

[@TheKML777]

21:25 And nowadays, that sign is put next to the CEOs of Activision, EA, and Konami's offices.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Kemal Alis Though whoever thought "When I'm 64" needed to be a villain song (Snippet @21:16) should have been drug out to the street and bludgeoned with an N64. Oh wait, this was released in the 70's... a C64 would do.

[@Froggievilleus]

Loved this movie as a kid and have come to realize that as a kid I had not so great taste in film. Thank Snob! :)

[@Serai3]

Stigwood was the inspiration for the clueless old studio magnate in _This Is Spinal Tap._

[@CanItAlready]

This movie looks trippier than the end of Xanadu. Plus it has American Peter Frampton, Leif Garrett, in the crowd scene at the end.

[@colleen4ever]

@Richard Rykard He was calling Lief Garret the AMERICAN Peter Frampton

[@MrTheBaron]

@Richard Rykard He became an American citizen after 9/11

[@Never_heart]

So.... They got as many 70s rock bands as possible... but not a single member of the band who wrote and performed the songs this is inspired by... Ugh this will be painful won't it?

[@Never_heart]

bigevilworldwide1 then get at least 1 to do a cameo even Ringo would work

[@cybertek3188]

Even a cameo would've made the film a little better.

[@Pizzaguy975]

Well conseriding this was 2 years before johns death i highly doubt it would have mattered if this flim came out after johns death it would have left a more sour taste in my mouth

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

@@Pizzaguy975 John Lennon had to sit through this movie as in-flight entertainment on a flight from Paris to New York . . . and then a snowstorm forced the plan to circle JFK until it was clear to land, and during that time the movie was re-screened. OUCH!

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

​@cybertek3188 They tried. It did not go so well, from what I heard. They either wanted them for the opening or get Paul as the Billy Preston Weather Vane.

[@TheAirBear2000]

Should've uploaded this on August 10. Y'know, the 60th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's passing. #NeverForget

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

:-D :-D

[@Phan211]

So this movie is basically Oogie Loves but with instruments instead of balloons

[@NightmareLoveForever]

My best friend and I discovered The Beatles (we knew of them and their songs but actually started listening to their stuff and becoming fans) in middle school almost 10 years ago, and of course we became obsessed, had to consume every piece of media related to them. Yes, even the solo movies they were in, even Ringo's shitty Caveman one and the one where he's in brownface and bangs a woman on a pool table. But none of those were as hard to watch as this movie. We watched it during a sleepover, and oh my god.... listen, I love disco, I love the Bee Gees.... but my friend literally fell asleep during this long-ass, confused movie. I kept waking her up just so I wouldn't have to suffer alone, because after that Maxwell's Silver Hammer bit, I couldn't fall asleep. What the fuck, Hollywood! I'm curious what the stage play is like, I'm sure it's much better. Hopefully, lmao...

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

I saw Caveman, although that movie is a masterpiece if you compare it to other bad movies, but yea I too am curious about the stage play too.

[@garyhall7867]

Holy hell, Caveman was funny as hell. Plus, young Dennis Quaid is always a bonus

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

I hear the stage play was an Off-Broadway success and has a bit of what would be in the movie. According to Wikipedia, "The plot tells of a Candide-like rock music singer, Billy Shears, who marries Strawberry Fields. Billy loses her to death, and his own integrity to Maxwell's Silver Hammermen, Jack, Sledge and Claw, dressed in chain mail and representing the Hells Angels of the commercial music business. Billy's bête noire is a temptress named Lucy." The play was apparently so good, John Lennon himself attended several rehearsals as well as the Opening Night with his personal assistant May Pang.

[@MKLettis]

I agree with Brad. The covers in this movie are great, everything else is weird. Speaking of weird, I hope he puts up his review of The Apple next.

[@MKLettis]

OMG i forgot he mentioned Across the Universe at the end! I love that movie but it's so fucking weird. Very WTF Hollywood. He should def review it one day.

[@pouletsept5099]

OMG so nice to see this back up. i LOVE this review. now if he would get "Guyana: Cult of the Damned" on here, I'll be golden.

[@ryanriebel7711]

Thank you for re-uploading this, another classic episode.

[@brianoconnell6459]

One random vinyl record I picked up a decade ago from an estate giveaway was Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, meant to tie in with the movie, but had the caveat "Not the actual soundtrack" on the cover. This was pretty much typical of 1970s record collections of cover songs. Pretty sure the original buyer was feeling pretty gypped.

[@kooks9999]

I can't really hate on this movie, it's too much of my childhood.

[@denniseudela411]

I've seen this review about 5x and I can't stop cracking up on Mr. S.G.'s hilarious remarks! " It's like We Are The World...with bad intentions!"!🤣 Thank you sir.

[@jon_the_guanlong]

I ordered the soundtrack. Have it on vinyl but somehow mine came with two of the same LPS... I do love the Bee Gees so I think I will like the album!

[@devincreislerstudios]

Just watched this movie. You are so on point.

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I saw it at the drive in when it first came out, and I loved it ever since.

[@monroeriddell5822]

4:27 I hate to rip on a death scene, but it just looked like Sgt. pepper powered off. lol

[@doriangraye1971]

I saw this in the theater when it came out when I was seven. My parents and their friends took me an their kids to see it. They were all stoned for sure. The two things that stuck with me about the movie was how cool the Lucy In The Sky sequence was and how ugly I thought Aerosmith were. I did have the soundtrack.

[@sethstrattan7380]

How would you do the Aerosmith

[@Ryan78336]

I watched this movie once when my brief obsession with the bee gees was at its height and I remember virtually none of it. Thanks man. This was delightfully camp and oh so stupid.

[@TazTheYorkie]

Nowadays Sgt Peppers just sits around bragging about how one of his kids is a doctor.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

oh I just got it

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

​@@iHeartsNostalgiaPitNow I just did. Ironic, Dr. Pepper did some advertising, and the original name for the album was "Dr. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

[@garyhall7867]

Nobody in the comments caught that God joke, Brad, but I caught it and thought it was pretty damn funny

[@bradharrah3339]

I did...but smiles and laughs don't show on the internet. George Burns...what an odd career.

[@taurusfroggy]

I caught it

[@GlobalsoftPirka]

When the weather vane came to life and just became a Deus Ex Machina and freaking beamed Strawberry back to life I DIED. How could I have possibly expected that??

[@jb888888888]

_The Great Skycopter Rescue_ also has a hot air balloon in it - maybe the scriptwriter was going for a recurring theme.

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

17:44 "So THAT was Alice Cooper." "You should see his sister: James Fenimore!"

[@bludragon7770]

NO! Don’t scroll down the... wait wrong video.

[@YourFriendlyOnlineStranger]

Even after seven years, those robots are still fucking terrifying.

[@aadams1006]

Now I'm wanting the soundtrack to this.

[@cybertek3188]

As soon as I knew this was posted I knew there would be a reference to Across the Universe LOL

[@Rob1976x]

It's taken me a few years to decide but I think between this and Sunday School Musical, this is better. You're jokes and timing are spot on

[@Tareltonlives]

The epitome of "just buy the soundtrack unless you're high as fuck"

[@robertmiller7721]

At least Lennon and McCartney got a few bucks in royalties. Plus it gave Brad a chance to make fun of it. How did America ever get out of the 1970's alive.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

Steely Dan got us through it.

[@catsofsherman1316]

Cocaine

[@troubadour723]

Who says we did? Have they made the 37th Star Wars film yet?

[@liquidsnake8338]

To be honest. If the Beatles were actually involved it might have had a chance. Kind of a live action yellow submarine. Then again magical mystery tour kinda sucked so who knows

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

A Hard's Day Night and Help! were good specially the former.

[@cybertek3188]

Hell a cameo by one of the beatles would've made the film a little better.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

hey why not George showed up in The Rutles All You Need is Cash

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

@@cybertek3188 Stigwood wanted Paul McCartney to play Sgt. Pepper. He had to settle for Billy Preston. Preston had actually made his screen debut twenty years earlier, playing W.C. Handy as a child in 'St. Louis Blues."

[@53subscribersnovideos35]

Magical Mystery Tour sucked because the Beatles tried to make it themselves.

[@JVM485]

Idk if I ever saw this review back in the day. I don't think I ever knew this existed! I have this movie and loved how goofy it is! I'm glad you uploaded this!

[@Scatscar1985]

KISS were supposed to play the Evil Band from the future but Gene Simmons refused to be beaten in a fight by Peter Frampton.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

Before Kiss, Mick Jagger was under consideration to play the Future Villain.

[@vsGoliath96]

You know, Brad was right. Disco DOESN'T sound so bad in hindsight...

[@IoEstasCedonta]

This episode comes from 2014, so the year after Get Lucky.

[@Frank-dv4zu]

disco still sucks and always will!

[@psycher7]

No, it really does.

[@bb-pq4do]

@@Frank-dv4zu disco is still better than one direction, Miley the hack, Megan Trainor, any demi or Bieber anything. Do you really want a list of the worst music over disco,it's long

[@kenthuang436]

Disco actually evolved into modern dance music. Later disco songs would often use synths and drum machines which is now common for techno and electronica. And freestyle and house music were the result of disco evolving in the early 80s.

[@524sbth]

I adore this film, from the previous 4 yr old.

[@chasformer3091]

This is what bad musical movies used to look like. Now they look like Cats

[@beeharbour]

Never seen this channel before; this was hysterical.

[@sharona1981]

First of all, yes, this was a terrible movie. The performances made me cringe, and the fact that The Beatles were not involved at all was a recipe for disaster. But jesus, Peter Frampton was a truly beautiful man.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

Check out Jimmy Guterman's and Owen O'Donnell's 1991 book "The Worst Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time." They explained the Sgt. Pepper movie and soundtrack as a recipe for disaster ("Bring together Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees . . . Base the movie's music on 'Sgt. Pepper . . . Ask Frampton and the Brothers Gibb to act . . . Expect them to act . . . ) The soundtrack album was number 43 on their list of the 50 worst rock and roll albums ever, thought they ranked it too low. (They ranked Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung' one of my favorite albums - at number 11. WTF?)

[@Ninjamohawk]

I know it's bad but I unironically love this movie.

[@drlarrymitchell]

This soundtrack is my favorite album of all time.

[@wespapes2054]

I guess we'll have to wait until Hilary comes back.

[@jamiefernekees5041]

Wes Papes It'll be back once Brad can get it up. And that isn't an innuendo.

[@carybeweary7209]

So, I didn't imagine there was a cinema snob hilarys America episode earlier. I thought it got Mandela effected.

[@ZekeStaright]

Those Berenstain Bears at it again

[@carybeweary7209]

ZekeStaright I thought it was the flash or trunks fault😆

[@jeffcook6446]

this was a staple on the early HBO......i must have seen it 100 times.....a Xanadu-esq guilty pleasure.

[@tristaperez1079]

This is one of my favorite musicals 😂

[@bijanthegr91]

Ah, truly one of my favorite reviews, and thanks to you, I now relived my nightmare with Alice Cooper on a freaking screen. Well, like everyone else has been asking (or just me) More of the best of the Cinema Snob episodes! Like Robot Jox, which reminds me, will you ever do a Crash and Burn review? Seriously I have been eager to see more weird 80's sci-fi films.

[@Mr4thDoctor]

That would be cool to see. I'm still holding out on a review for Rats: Night of Terror (since Brad's mentioned it a lot of times on the show).

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

Bijan: But how about that pie, huh? :-D

[@creepyskulldini581]

24:47 - I think the songs were chosen to FIT the TONE and FEEL of the SCENES in this movie, not match up with them in every detail lyric for line and name for name.

[@GojiKaichou]

Would it have made the film make sense if they went with the original idea: The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton having actual lines, and George Burns was nowhere to be seen?

[@Tareltonlives]

Glad to see it again!

[@Tareltonlives]

This movie is better than Across the Universe.

[@SkolneyVikings]

This makes Spice World look like Casablanca.

[@vintagevhstreasures4058]

Skolney No, this is definitely more watchable than Spice World.

[@mrsuns10]

It’s the modern Gone With The Wind

[@brett66]

My theory on this movie is that (like Howard the Duck) there was no actual human intelligence behind it. It was simply the result of the universe balancing out all the good energy that the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's put out into the world.

[@BWMagus]

...so...this doesn't really seem THAT bad. It's filmed fine, looks nice, has great music, and it's goofiness is intentional. If you think about it, those are many of the qualities of cheesy 80's film we all love, it's just lacking shoot-outs and one-liners. It looks like a goofy, fun movie.

[@georgeprice4212]

Watch it in its entirety…..

[@Aiijuin]

My favorite review! Thank you for the reupload unto your channel, Snob!

[@aza4444]

The first review I saw of the Cinema Snob!!

[@carrieorsel1340]

Wow, thank you for bringing this insanity to my attention!

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Wouldn't it had have more sense if "Strawberry Fields" was called Loretta to beging with?

[@janebyrne6463]

While the soundtrack was a hit, this was truly a turkey of epidemic proportions. This film was indisputable proof that The Beatles didn't make it on haircuts alone.

[@celstacker22]

I pored through Steven Tyler's memoir, "Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?", for mention of this movie. Yes, there's a brief focus that I thought you might find diverting. *To be involved in ANYTHING that was slightly related to the Beatles was a dream come true. But with us, dreams were never quite what they seemed--they were either wet or a nightmare. "We'll do it!" I said. Then, I read the script. And here it comes: I get killed in the end? And by Frampton? I talked with the film's producer, Robert Stigwood, in his office, and had to put on my skis just to get to his desk. After three hours of me telling him, "I'm not gonna be Framptonized," they blew smoke up my ass by telling me I wouldn't die in the movie. They would set my clothes on fire and I'd melt like the Wicked Witch of the West. That was how it was supposed to be. The most fun I had doing the movie was when I was strangling Strawberry Fields (played by Sandy Farina) with my microphone scarves and she kicked me off the stage and watched me plummet thirty feet into an airbag. Of course I had to do it twenty times...just for shits and giggles, 'cause I loved it. Not to mention, as I fell, I could see up Strawberry's shortcake.* Even in the villain role, we KNEW Tyler would get some. Plus, the Future Villain Band made out great by meeting George Martin, who co-engineered that version of "Come Together", and anticipated doing an entire album with them.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

Is it just me, or does Steven Tyler sing "Here come old flat top, he come grooving up slowly" as "Yeah, come on, flat jaw, he come oozing out soda?" 😄

[@slashingkatie7872]

Man I didn’t get to see all The Hiliary’s America review but this is a nice consolation.

[@rem2267]

I died when he called the "horse" Secretariat!

[@darksideofthemoon488]

3:20 That was World War I being ended. Not 2.

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

To be fair, they ended BOTH World Wars this way.

[@MikeSmith74653]

You ought to check out Shout! Factory's Blu-Ray release!!!

[@LabMatt]

I miss Snobby...

[@saltymisfit6566]

It's no Yellow Submarine but its definitely insanely funny

[@muziktrkr]

This was Casablanca compared to Give My Regards to Broad Street, and that had 2 Beatles, a Bond Girl and Tracey Ullman. When I saw who the director was, I did a double take and did a "wait - WHAT"? The director of Cooley High, Car Wash, Which Way Is Up..made Sgt Pepper??

[@michaelsimpson1224]

Glad I watched the new episode as soon as it came out AND (Insert complaint about them ending WW1 not WW2) Get your Wars right in a 4 year old video next time Snob!

[@IoEstasCedonta]

Cocaine in whiskey sounds like it'd taste awful. Also, I knew I knew who that was, but it wasn't until he said so that I realized that was George Burns.

[@purpletomatocinema]

I remember my first time watching this movie and thought it was the original Across The Universe

[@Rob_Thorsman]

The Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts?!

[@matthintz9468]

I hate to be that guy, but I think the opening war scene was WWI, because of the costumes, and because they show that clip later in the opening narration of soldiers sitting around a tank with women who look like the Andrews' Sisters, marking the passage of time from the teens to the 40s.

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Steve Martin covering Maxwell’s Silver Hammer is the greatest thing ever!

[@georgeprice4212]

Holy shyt! I just noticed that Johnny Winter was in the closing moments!

[@raiserofchickens]

I want to see more of the version that has Apu in it.

[@Seantendo]

Waste Of Talent: The Movie!

[@clone1eighty7]

Bobby Peru now dont get it twisted

[@ginnrollins211]

I thought that was Movie 43?

[@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677]

To Boldy Flee?

[@kennethwoody5897]

@@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677 Yeah, there's no two ways about that.

[@ianfindly3257]

Well, I think this reviewer sounds like kinda a tool himself when he says things like "I don't think that's what happens when a plane crashes into a balloon!" . I mean, it sounds like THIS guy was just a bit too much of a REALIST with THIS flick! It IS, after all, supposed to be a FANTASY! . .. understand THAT at least before critiquing it! Oh, and THAT's World War ONE - that's why it showed the 1920's and Great Depression afterward), .. . genius!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eddihurta7173]

Early Squad! Cinema Snob is great!!!

[@jeffreysund7614]

That tv spot tho xD

[@WilliamsEtcPro]

I'm sorry you had to sit thru this movie. I saw it when it was new and even as a little kid I knew, deep in my soul, how terrible it was. Why are those wine glasses so huge? WHY?!

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Looking at the thumbnail makes me wonder why Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees never got their own animated movies...and this movie is why

[@liamearly4883]

One film I want to see Brad review would have to be The Devils.

[@nealmcbealthenavysealicall794]

Liam Early we're still waiting for him to review Meet The Feebles.

[@MartianManHunter2258]

This is the strangest Dinesh D'Souza documentary ever made.

[@jonbotonetheredshirtreview902]

Now I want to see a review of across the universe

[@LauraSquirrel]

Goddamn. This movie is excruciating.