The Beatles Cartoon - Episode 39 - Full Episode From 16mm Film Print (With Commercials & Bumpers)

[@IMEMINE.]

How cool is it? 60 years later we can watch this in the palm of our hands,

[@laurenduvall8547]

We were lucky then and lucky now.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I hope you washed your hands after doing THAT.💦

[@guitarcomet5]

@@laurenduvall8547 ..John Lennon and George Harrison not so lucky. Is there a pool taking bets on who’s next? My money is on Ringo. Paul’s gonna be alive longer than his cognizance. (wait, have we already passed that point?)

[@olivegreenpants7153]

This is one of my first memories ever

[@dipsetforever4611]

@@olivegreenpants7153how old are you now?

[@marshamariner7897]

I'm 70 ..used 2 watch this every Saturday morning ✌️✌️😍😍

[@rozchristopherson648]

I'm 63. I watched these cartoons when they first aired. But I just now realized that only Ringo sounded English. 🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@janemacintyre9801]

the only one with a Scouse accent !

[@rozchristopherson648]

@@janemacintyre9801 🤣🤣🤣

[@joseluis-dj7ur]

Congrats, my friend. Youre just one year away from singing that iconic song

[@rozchristopherson648]

I think the producers were too cheap to hire real English actors for the voices. I think they chose some Canadian actors and then asked one to try a scouse accent for Ringo. I’m American born and bred. Cartoon John, Paul, and George almost sound American but not quite. That’s why I think they might be Canadian. But none are true British.

[@genecasciari748]

Good observation. I am 63 as well . I have all 4 action figures cartoon series in their boxes unopened 😂

[@anthonyvaldez6892]

Saturday mornings got up to watch The Beatles cartoon. Great times fun memories.

[@monicabacigaluppi6984]

I wanted to be absent from my English classes to watch this.

[@John-nz5vd]

If I recall it was on at 8:30 on Saturday morning, at least here in New York City .

[@DeannaCooney]

Can I just take a moment to thank you so much for uploading this? My favorite favorite cartoon series of all time❤

[@David-yw2lv]

I'm Only Sleeping is a surreal masterpiece.John Lennon was a master of surrealistic songs.

[@ACDZ123]

John had the best Beatles songs imo

[@rozchristopherson648]

Song incorporated the sitar as a George Harrison influence.

[@fromthesidelines]

The last first-run episode, originally telecast on October 21, 1967.

[@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

Imagining thousands of children singing, "..wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave..." in the sixties...

[@sallykohorst8803]

Great cartoons and music too and loved it in 1966.

[@AirDOGGe]

My childhood in the 1960s, which was the last time I saw these.

[@briangallagher2236]

In real life, you would hardly ever get John behind the wheel. He had a few fender benders due to his poor eyesight. His chauffeur was priceless to him.

[@Licenciadopedro]

We used to see these cartoons in Venezuela in the mid 60's but these cartoons were never shown in England. In the early 80's they were shown again and I managed to record some of them in Betamax, which I later showed my son in the the early 90's as a young little boy. He was so enthusiastic, he used to take my electric guitar and sing A hard day's night. John's voice is extremely posh and George speaks with a German accent. Nonetheless extremely happy to see Beatles cartoons again

[@jmadratz]

I miss the 1960s even though I was only 5 when they started. I never appreciated the music until I got older. Georgie Fame, CCR, …. The 1970s brought me to Vietnam in January 1973 and luckily for me, I survived 3 months of jungle search and destroy missions before Nixon ended the war and the draft to boot! Nobody today can ever understand what we had to go through

[@denabergman6543]

Thank you for your service.

[@cessnaverdi]

Thank you for your service.

[@MrGeoffHilton]

Georgia Fame comes from the next town to mine. I was in a class with one of his relatives, and I didn't know he was known in the US.

[@jmadratz]

⁠@@denabergman6543​​⁠​⁠Thank you. I turned 18 in 1972 and my draft lottery number was called by October of that year, winning me a ticket to the rice paddies of Vietnam. So after 8 weeks of basic training, off we went to DaNang Vietnam. In January 1973, my platoon of 25 new recruits started right away on what was called “search and destroy” missions. By the end of March 1973, all military missions were stopped. By then my platoon had lost 12, almost half of our platoon. The official death count of American soldiers on Google had only 68 US soldiers dying in 1973 while our platoon lost 12 of the 68. I question the official count of 68 that our government has continued to stand by.

[@jmadratz]

@@cessnaverdi Thank you.

[@magneto7930]

Nice to hear the original mono mix of I'm Only Sleeping. Also great to see Ringo unplug his drums at the end and watch them deflate, I never forgot that from my childhood.

[@dynjarren8355]

Cartoon Ringo is all Nose! What’s amusing is that it looks just like him! 😂He was always the Comic relief in addiction to his great drumming. He had me in stitch’s during Help! He’s such a natural physical comedian! Funny as hell! 😂

[@guitarcomet5]

For you younger people, this isn’t the show in its entirety. Some clips have been inserted and of course the music has been replaced in most cases. I watched it on KZbin nearly two decades ago…before copyright laws came down on it.

[@MyronRalph]

I agree with you. This is not the wonderful cartoon show I watched as a youngster.

[@PZBrooklyn]

KZbin used to be so great...alas...

[@MsFranzg]

Do you know where the actual shows can be seen???

[@guitarcomet5]

@ I don’t.

[@karlstuber6399]

Keep googling. They had got taken down, but every few months someone posts them. They are unauthorized so you can go to jail for watching them.

[@cynthiamclellan6745]

I remember watching these with my big brother & him explaining about the cartoon voices were not them but the music was😘

[@aerialtour]

Loved the Beatles cartoons as a kid on TV Saturdays & later shown early mornings during the week. It didn’t matter that the voices didn’t sound exactly like the real Beatles-they did their personalities pretty good w/humor. The episodes were colorful & the sing along songs were great even though the Beatles songs were edited they still sounded good. In the original broadcasts they also had filler Beatle cartoon inserts in between the episode’s. The Opening & closing credits were perfect. Thanks for the upload.

[@jaelge]

These cartoons really seem to channel Rocky and Bullwinkle. Though the producers of Bullwinkle don't seem responsible for this show, note that Paul Frees - who voiced Boris Badenov - provided the voices of John and George.

[@RobertGraziose]

Yes I noticed that also. The narrator is the guy who did all those Jay Ward cartoons. It must have been them. Even the sound effects and style is very Jay Ward.

[@RobertGraziose]

Is that June Foray doing the girl voices? It is so Jay Ward.

[@jaelge]

@@RobertGraziose: According to Mr. Google the female voices were provided by Julie Bennett and Carol Corbett.

[@saj8]

Al Brodax, who did the 60s Popeye shorts, was responsible for the production.

[@Doug-ip4up]

Produced by Al Brodax. Jay Ward had nothing to do with these cartoons.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

I loved this show as a kid!! Made Beatles toons save and family friendly... 5:04 ..Too bad copyright crap makes you insert instrumental over the real audio...

[@DocJamesH]

Human nature

[@dennismoore7935]

i heard And You Bird at the intro when I was a kid and it was from another planet of greatness

[@DouglasMoreland-qd5cz]

Great memories..no..not the Beatle voices but some if the greatest cartoon voices ever..just fun..you can’t take it seriously but when we were kids it was fun with our captain crunch😂

[@ZakWolf]

I immediately recognized Paul Frees as John and George. His John voice sounds kind of similar to Inspector Fenwick from "Dudley Do Right" and Chief Double-Q from "Secret Squirrel". And his voice for George is a strange muddled version of his Peter Lorre impression.

[@lizkrinsky8658]

Geoffrey Hughes was the voice of Ringo. He played Onslow on Keeping Up Appearances

[@johnbuggy9121]

@@lizkrinsky8658 That's not Geoffrey Hughes!

[@christopherscotellaro]

Very early version of MTV. Wow, epic post thanks.

[@jesusnodal8948]

Thank you very much for this!! It's greatly appreciated!!!

[@HC-cb4yp]

* princess throws bottle * "It's going to hit Ringo on the head... it's going to hit Ringo on the head... it's going to..." * hits Ringo on the head *

[@tsopmocful1958]

Yep, it was inevitable.

[@robranney-blake8731]

These were my Saturday Morning favorites. My older brothers wouldn’t let me play their records, but this was mine. I knew the voices and stories were stupid, but the songs were the real deal. By this third season, after Pepper came out, it was clear the cartoons were way behind the music releases.

[@tomripsin730]

I was a little kid then too. I still remember the lift I would feel every time one of their songs would start, and I'd hear their harmonies. I've enjoyed all kinds of music since then, but I don't think I've felt quite that same thrill as I did back then.

[@KristineHrabina]

LUV The BEATLES cartoons! Such fun in the 1960's!!!❤😊

[@joshs4594]

I remember when I was a kid I'd make sure that I was parked in front of the living room TV at 10:30 every Saturday morning to watch every episode, then again in reruns. I don't know how you got this but thanks a bunch for posting this wonderful memory., Five Gold Stars, my highest rating. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@LairdKenneth]

Yep, watched this regularly, but then it disappeared, like it never existed. So, thanks to whoever did it, for bringing it back.

[@EddyMerckx-1964-Sallanches]

I remember the day John was killed. I lived with my military father who commanded 10,000 troops. He woke me as usual with flashing room light and loud voice “get up” but that day it was different. He had an extra pep in his step , more energy. As I was yawning he asked me if I knew who died last night ?? Idk ??? He said John Lennon. I didn’t know who John Lennon was . As I ate my cereal my father was screaming at the tv , ABC’s good morning America . My father never engaged with tv , never. . He was talking back to it. Saying , “he should have been shot he was a communist” . That day in liberal 6th grade in Windsor , Connecticut my home room class was discussing John . Everyone was sad and boo hoo. And I said out loud , “he should have been shot he was a communist” and the reaction,,, hell , it makes me tear up as a 55 yr old now remembering that day ,,, the way that teacher and my classmates looked at me was ,,, I knew I was wrong when I said it. … damn. They hated me the rest of the semester. For the first time in my life , I realized my father wasn’t telling me the truth. That freaking hurt. I remember that first song I heard on the radio that morning. Strawberry fields forever ,, They played Beatles all day. Everywhere you heard Beatles music playing . Didn’t get into Beatles music until college and smoking weed. Then I realized why my USA army father hated John.

[@mikeohagan2206]

I knew someone who said John was killed in self defence. because this guy didn;t like some of his solo stuff. now there are 3 people on earth that didnt love John Lennon. How can anyone not love John Lennon? smh.

[@jaycossey850]

Wow. I've never actually seen the Beatles Cartoon before. Back in the day we only got ONE channel on our B&W TV. Closest thing to this was El Kabong! ;-) Thank you for posting this!

[@andrealecomte7955]

I divini BEATLES sono di quelle cose che NON STANCANO MAI!

[@induhhhwind]

I havent seen on old Saturday Beatle cartoon since the 60's. I can remember my brother and I running around the living room excited whenever they played a Beatle song during the show jumping in the couch,

[@htw893]

I loved sleeping over at my grandmother's because they played The Beatles cartoon on Sunday mornings before church.

[@annav3557]

Anybody else still listening to the Beatles in 2024?

[@princeeverlove]

Hahahaaaa...all my Life✌🏼👨🏼💜

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Of course! I grew up on them! They are iconic and groovy!

[@rbg9914]

You bet

[@Bagel-the-Beagle-1]

Yes me! Today’s music isn’t music it’s crap

[@sincityartie]

You nutz? Or do you just want attention...

[@LorenIpsum75]

I never missed a episode. The narrator and voice of John & George is the 'other' "Man of a Thousand Voices", Paul Frees. Actor Lance Percival did the voices of Ringo & Paul. The original musical numbers were either slightly altered, or performed by an excellent tribute band. 😎

[@C.O.G.]

@LorenIpsum75, nope. Those are the original Beatles recordings from the early to mid 1960s. There were no "tribute bands" back then. Only real bands.

[@LorenIpsum75]

@@C.O.G. 💯 Absolutely correct. I should've clarified that there are several versions of the cartoon program on YT. Some retained the original songs intact, others silenced the songs only leaving the production music, etc. We can agree the show was fun to watch. 😎👍

[@ZakWolf]

I immediately recognized Paul Frees as John Lennon and George Harrison. I've seen enough Disney, MGM, Jay Ward and Hanna-Barbera cartoons to distinctly recognize his voices. His John voice sounds kind of similar to Inspector Fenwick from "Dudley Do Right" and Chief Double-Q from "Secret Squirrel". And his voice for George is a strange muddled version of his Peter Lorre impression.

[@fromchomleystreet]

It’s a pity that the thousand voices of which Paul Frees was the man didn’t include the voices of John Lennon and George Harrison. John is just generic posh Brit, and George is… what the hell is that supposed to be? Peter Lorre having a stroke?

[@fromchomleystreet]

@@C.O.G. I’m sure there were dozens of Beatles tribute bands by 1967, when this was made. Why on earth would such an obvious way to make money as a musician not occur to people in the 60s? The original cartoon used original Beatles records, but this upload has replaced a few of them due to copyright strikes. The version of Penny Lane included here, for example, isn’t the Beatles. I’m pretty sure it’s a recent live performance by Paul McCartney and his touring band.

[@alanstrong55]

Loved the Beatles cartoon show. They were adventuresome. Ringo is smarter than people think.

[@GazGuitarz]

I used to watch this religiously as a kid and I'm a huge Beatle fan, but I don't remember George sounding like a mixture between a Pakistani and an Irishman. I know that they were voice character actors (not the Beatles voices) but really, is that the closest that they could get to George's voice? Still it's great to see and hear the Beatles songs with animated video backing. Some of the video backings are quite good, like the video for Eleanor Rigby. I love the opening sequence where the Beatles unplug their guitars and drums from stage electricity sockets. Someone's idea of an electric guitar I assume. As a kid, for years I used to think that's how electric guitars worked.

[@dynjarren8355]

Great Beatles music in these Cartoons! Am I crazy or are they different versions of the songs? Sounds great but I could swear it’s different! Anyone know for sure? What a gift the Beatles were and are forever! I cherish them until the end. They are a cultural phenomenon that will last like Beethoven, Bach and Mozart have!

[@chillywillie6283]

I remember watching this cartoon as a kid growing up in the mid sixties.

[@jerrymyers870]

I remember the Beatles and Jackson 5 cartoons back in 1967 on Saturday mornings. Media Pennsylvania

[@cessnaverdi]

The intro video is one of the happiest things I've felt in a long time.

[@Cbcw76]

GLORIOUS! I want ALL of these!!

[@karlstuber6399]

Unavailable.

[@alanroberson9749]

Very good job dudes and nicely well done!!! Congratulations 998.18% yo throughout the 3rd sizzling patriotic hot week of said outstanding October y'all. Anybody else still listening to the Beatles in 2024?

[@ZakWolf]

The sing-along segment for "Eleanor Rigby" visually looks similar to the "Eleanor Rigby" sequence from "Yellow Submarine", with all those darkened moody photographs. Now all that's missing is for the titular submarine to sail across the screen at times.

[@jaelge]

Producer, Al Brodax, and director, George Dunning, were involved in the production of the animated series as well as Yellow Submarine.

[@ZakWolf]

@@jaelge Yep. This was why the real Beatles didn't want any involvement with the movie at first, thinking it'd be like the Saturday morning cartoon they initially detested (it made them look silly and was largely made to cash in on their success), until they saw some of the finished animation and were able to record a live-action segment for the movie.

[@jaelge]

@@ZakWolf: Just think, had they involved themselves they could've asserted some creative control, (or completely bog it all down in indecision and ego. Personally, I hated the cartoon when I was a kid but watched it for the music, but as an adult I loved it. Just like Rocky and Bullwinkle, I also hated that as a kid but truly appreciate it now, (its full of adult humor and double entendre).

[@AllofJudea]

​@@jaelgewhy are children's cartoons filled with adult humor? It goes back before this obviously. Nefarious nevertheless.

[@jaelge]

@@AllofJudea: Nefarious? (Don´t clutch those pearls too tightly, Ma´am). The term ¨adult humor¨ doesn´t necessarily denote something sexual, and it was scripted to go over the kids´ heads. The reason was to hold the adults´ attention to expose them to the commercials. They hold the purse strings, and the entertainment industry is, after all, a business, first and foremost.

[@Bagel-the-Beagle-1]

Old mtv ran those back in the late 80’s recorded most of them on vhs

[@RobertGraziose]

And your bird can sing. Great song and bass line. The narrator is the same guy who narrated the Jay Ward cartoons, like Rocky And Bullwinkle. Also many of the voices, animation, and gages are very reminiscent of Jay Wards style. Who did these cartoons?

[@AllofJudea]

Way Jard. Of Wue Blay Jane

[@SnowE-o4s]

Thank you I've loved you guys for 46 years it's been fun and love is all you need really it blows your mind with goodness. ✌️😃

[@clg0003]

So there was no episode with 'Revolution' ?

[@kevinhendryx665]

Good ol' Paul Frees! The Man of a Thousand Voices!

[@tomripsin730]

During this period, him and Elvis Presley were the two highest paid entertainers in the US.

[@Miles1965]

3:31 How did I know the bottle was going to fall on Ringo… lol

[@Equint77]

I was a kid in the 80’s and i remember this cartoon. Credit goes to my mom for raising me on the beatles but how did i find this cartoon in nyc. 😂😂

[@galaxy7317]

Paul's design is actually perfect

[@oreally8605]

Grew up on these with my Sister in the 70's. Best reruns ever. 😊

[@jenniferburchill3658]

I first learned about the Beatles through this cartoon series.

[@josephpanzarella1417]

I was five when this was made. Amazingly, I remember.

[@daytimeemmyaward9102]

Reminds me of my childhood. I've loved the Beatles all my life. Thank you so much for posting this!!!

[@8avexp]

I remember when these cartoons first aired on Saturday mornings back in 1966.

[@Your_fellow_Unknown_Artist]

7:52 technically the only ad and the only time where he actually had trixs but like half a bowl I guess

[@mikebottiaux5850]

It’s a though we’ve gone back in a Time Machine ⏰

[@brainplow]

Of note the "fish and finger pies" lyric from Penny Lane was conspicuously absent, lol.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

What the hell accent has George got? It's hilarious, vaguely Scandinavian if anything. Either way is fun to rewatch this after many years.

[@lorrainemackey4851]

Wait? You mean this actually exists outside of 144p out of context compilations?

[@Carlsings]

I'm liking these slightly different versions of the songs. Where are these gotten from? Are they Beatles orher studio takes, made for THIS show, or are they some kind of edits of the originals? Or what?

[@No_More_Wrath]

“George” sounds like Peter Lorre.

[@David-yw2lv]

You're right

[@markwardel6751]

Peter Lorre doing a German accent. 🤣The voices are really terrible in this.

[@David-yw2lv]

@@markwardel6751 The only one who came close was the voice of Paul McCartney.

[@armenian_nightmare33]

@@markwardel6751 I LITERALLY JUST SAID THAT GEORGE SOUNDS GERMAN!😂

[@armenian_nightmare33]

@@David-yw2lv YES!

[@davidwood351]

I have these on DVD. Nice to visit them now and then.

[@bernicelopez7877]

I used to watch that as a kid when I was growing up I also watched The Jackson 5 and the Osmonds that had their cartoon shows

[@CliffStJohn]

I always listen to them. I watched these cartoons too.

[@petervitti9]

We loved the Beatles cartoon when we were kids !

[@gregorymoore2877]

Love the part where Her Majesty replies Help. She could have just given No Reply.

[@Myfootage]

AMAZING, so well done. Many Thanks from the bottom of my heart.

[@mtsscully6379]

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[@fromchomleystreet]

1:08 What’s with the lead and backing vocals being out of sync with each other. Weird.

[@fromchomleystreet]

4:10 And then no vocals at all on “Wait”? What is going on? It’s like it’s been split into stereo and one channel is missing.

[@ARONHALLAM]

I don't think they have the rights to use the music so they have to alter it

[@michaelgillespie502]

I remember watching this cartoon!! Saturday after my chores ❤

[@paulgovan3507]

Love the mock-lunatic 'malarkey' attitude and script - it especially matches the Liverpudlian Beatles' irreverant wit, teasing attitude and responses/ripostes to most reporters and TV/radio interviewers in their early years..

[@kennethshaw9966]

Love then......😅

[@o.b.v.i.u.s]

🤣 I forgot the sounds of the voices they used. George sounds like Peter Lorre! 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@ald318]

My earliest childhood memories are of this show

[@davidviton1065]

I would give my right lung to go back to those days😂😂

[@geneobrien8907]

The princess' abundant decolletage is not something you'd usually see in children's cartoons from the 60's!

[@ellisclarkstudios9797]

Weird, they’re using a live solo McCartney performance of Penny Lane instead of The Beatle version. What’s up with that?

[@Sweetearth1958]

I used to watch this when I was a kid.

[@joeconcepts5552]

Seems like they only listened to Ringo’s voice when preparing.

[@tomripsin730]

I like a lot of the photo montages, and watercolor backgrounds. I almost wish I could just look at them without the crappy illustrations and limited animation in front of them.

[@martinavila6821]

1966 ,I watched this.Im 70 as of Jan 30 2024. WOW !😊

[@EdHarries]

Believe it or not I am 64 and I watched these cartoons when they first aired. I'm

[@kashigata]

Thank you!! 😊😊😊 ❤❤❤

[@paddymeboy]

I believe that we in Granadaland were the only ones in the UK to see some of these shows. But even then, all the ones I saw started with 'Help' - not the amazing 'And Your Bird Can Sing', or featuring Penny Lane. Obviously this was a later edition. Actually, looking at it now, the dialogue and accents are pretty hokey. George sounds like Peter Lorre...

[@bryede]

Boy, the intro is really concerned that you won't catch on to the premise.

[@nemsltd6765]

You are a sincere credit to beatledom. Have you episode 1?

[@alejandrovarelagandara7874]

Those 16mm collection are the best version till today, Magnific image & magnific sound! There are only 14 chapters and The Bumper Collection available... are the other ones in another place?

[@TheIncredibleGargamel]

This show tried so hard to be hippie in the last season 😭

[@applecorps]

The animators were definitely all high at that point 💀

[@SuperVideoStudios]

Yeah. It wouldn't surprise me if the writers saw the success of the Monkees' show and tried to copy that.

[@LorenIpsum75]

​@@SuperVideoStudiosI was there. These were produced before the Monkees. 🥸

[@LorenIpsum75]

​@@applecorpsHad to be. The same team of animators & among others created "Yellow Submarine" 😆

[@SuperVideoStudios]

@@LorenIpsum75 Season 3 of the Beatles cartoon (episodes 34-39) was released after the Monkees aired. It is basically impossible for no one at the ABC to have looked at the Monkees and take some inspiration for Season 3 of the Beatles show. It's just how the entertainment industry works. It's not a bad thing either. Although, "copy" isn't the word I would use now.

[@robertpolityka8464]

Thank you for sharing

[@johnmarx3919]

that narrator sounds like the great Paul Frees!!

[@rafaa151]

Great restorating!

[@viclizardi6152]

Cartoons and good music Fun fun fun Watch them when you can

[@Tacom4ster]

Cartoon Ringo really does sound like Wakko Warner

[@gregoryjclark81]

"Aren't you sure you wouldn't rather do 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'?"

[@chrishoare5652]

I had forgotten this intro to the episode

[@MsTimothyswan]

I already have the entire series on DVD

[@jfboomerang1310]

Great quality! Wow!

[@johnwitt583]

Absolutely love this growing up ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤