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?

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@sallykohorst8803]

Great cartoons and music too and loved it in 1966.

[@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.

[@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.

[@DeannaCooney]

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

[@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! 😂

[@anthonyvaldez6892]

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

[@cynthiamclellan6745]

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

[@Cbcw76]

GLORIOUS! I want ALL of these!!

[@fromthesidelines]

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

[@jesusnodal8948]

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

[@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

[@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

[@oreally8605]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@andrealecomte7955]

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

[@KristineHrabina]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Myfootage]

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

[@mtsscully6379]

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[@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.

[@davidwood351]

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

[@8avexp]

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

[@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!

[@johnwitt583]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@joeconcepts5552]

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

[@brainplow]

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

[@AirDOGGe]

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

[@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?

[@gregorymoore2877]

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

[@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

[@WestCoastProf]

This is actually how I learned to tune guitar. The catch phrase is just the open sttrings in open position.

[@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.

[@lorrainemackey4851]

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

[@marshamariner7897]

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

[@ald318]

My earliest childhood memories are of this show

[@jfboomerang1310]

Great quality! Wow!

[@VahanNisanian]

Why are you dubbing the Beatles songs on the Internet Archive and not keeping them in the original 16mm quality? Curious why you are doing this.

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

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

[@Miles1965]

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

[@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.

[@TheIncredibleGargamel]

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

[@applecorps]

The animators were definitely all high at that point 💀

[@SuperVideoFilms]

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

[@LorenIpsum75]

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

[@LorenIpsum75]

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

[@SuperVideoFilms]

@@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.

[@markwinter4767]

Thanks a million for sharing :)

[@darylcumming7119]

Childhood memories.

[@viclizardi6152]

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

[@johnmarx3919]

that narrator sounds like the great Paul Frees!!

[@bryede]

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

[@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.

[@gordonteats298]

TAKE JUDE by APOLOGETIX a great Beatles parody

[@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...

[@ROBERTA-m7i]

Favorite 😊

[@ZOSO53]

The animated characters of the Beatles reminds of the players on NINTENDO'S ICE HOCKEY.

[@Joshua-l7g]

Nice!!

[@jltrem]

They shouldn't have had John driving. Everyone knows he was a lousy driver.

[@gregoryjclark81]

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

[@chrishoare5652]

I had forgotten this intro to the episode

[@Tacom4ster]

Cartoon Ringo really does sound like Wakko Warner

[@CheeseMiser]

Holy cow, the rabbit ate some trix

[@David-yw2lv]

I never understood the BFD about his being forbidden to eat Trix.

[@Carlsings]

George's voice sounds like a Mexican bandito. 😂

[@40stbotolph]

Actually an imitation of Peter Lorre

[@williamlangan5902]

Sí

[@MrCatcandance]

Dude I was thinking the same thing 🤣😂

[@catherineerwin8269]

Wonder how Julian liked the cartoon series?

[@tortysoft]

Apart from the music, this is terrible. I'm so glad I've never seen it before!

[@ellisclarkstudios9797]

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

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

John sounds nothing like him

[@VinnieCruz-jt7zm]

It was a very early copy of a Beatles cartoon when we were kids in the 60s Look at the Jackson 5 cartoons saying cartoonist different voices

[@ZakWolf]

That's because renowned cartoon voice actor Paul Frees voiced John Lennon. It sounds similar to the voice he used for Inspector Fenwick in "Dudley Do-Right" and Chief Double-Q in "Secret Squirrel". I can spot Paul Frees's voices pretty easily. He also voiced George Harrison, but doing a weird vaguely Peter Lorre-ish voice.

[@David-yw2lv]

I noticed that the first time I ever watched this cartoon show.The Beatles hated this and kept it off British television.

[@ZakWolf]

@@David-yw2lv Yep. The actual Beatles hated that cartoon at first because it made them look silly and was largely just the Americans cashing in on their success.

[@jlbaker2000]

I dont blame them. ​@@David-yw2lv

[@H-mu4bo]

Liked these cartoons before I liked the Beatles. I wish there was an AC/DC cartoon

[@nemsltd6765]

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

[@rogeriofranca6344]

Ótimos desenhos Gostei. E suas canções são eterna como dizia George Martim Daqui umas centena de anos ser ouvidas

[@gordonteats298]

SET HIM FREE by APOLOGETIX a great Beatles parody

[@neilforbes416]

I saw these cartoons as a kid in black & white as colour TV was still nearly a decade away for Australia. As I was only a kid, I didn't really think much of the cartoons, I just watched them. But now when I see this clip I realise just how condescending the Americans were toward the British, enough to ridicule one of the greatest names in popular music, by making them into characters in a shoddily-produced cartoon.

[@jeffstone2136]

Good grief, imagine the rights issues that would have to be worked out to get a Blu Ray box set of this show released. It'd make the bickering over who owned the 60s Batman series look tame.

[@Aimee2987]

why does george sound like that

[@edreid7872]

Why do they all sound like that?. Especially Paul.. a bunch of Americans with terrible English accents..😂

[@dorrianstone7264]

sounds like hes got a swedish accent or something

[@edreid7872]

@@dorrianstone7264 Kids who watched didn't care, they were there for the music.. I was..😂

[@C.O.G.]

@Aimer2987, because the Beatles never sanctioned this cartoon series, so American voice actor, Paul Frees was hired to do the voices. Paul tried giving the "Lads" proper British accents, except for Ringo, whom he tried to make sound Cockney. Obviously, he didn't know how to do a scouser (Liverpuddlian) accent. He was still the greatest voice actor ever (Boris Badanov, Inspector Fenwick, Morocco Mole, + hundreds more characters) and I'm a huge fan.

[@Nuttybott]

​@C.O.G. Ringo's accent in these cartoons definitely isn't Cockney...it's more like a Brummie (Birmingham) accent.

[@aramboodakian9554]

I read somewhere the producers specifically told Paul Frees not to go heavy on the Liverpool accents so Americans could understand what they were saying. Otherwise I believe Paul Frees could have done better impressions of the Beatles (John and George).

[@shuddupeyaface]

This is hilarious 😂

[@pena.3302]

IMAGINE IN mr R.Zinnermans..Record collection..TTHr..

[@jameskirk575]

Love this!! Love KZbin!!

[@Tacom4ster]

Peter Kropotkin is my favorite Anarchist philosopher Still a trippy toon :P

[@dalemcmillan7231]

❤❤❤❤

[@annamazzucchelli7652]

Beatles in ogni forma

[@malenacombe8739]

Wow no beatle music nah uh

[@ronallan7702]

They had an early cartoon in black and white that was really low budget.

[@vilstef6988]

Why do the Beatles have Archie Andrew's car?

[@mauricephifer6239]

APPLE CORP...... MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!

[@tonystevenson26]

Huh huh huh , yeah

[@NashvilleSkyline1969]

Georges cartoon voice sounds funny

[@David-yw2lv]

John Lennon was the one who sounded least similar to the actual man

[@fromchomleystreet]

@@David-yw2lv At least he sounded like a native speaker of English. George sounds like Peter Lorre having a stroke.

[@David-yw2lv]

@@fromchomleystreet The closest to the actual voice was Paul McCartney.The Beatles hated this cartoon show, and made sure it was never shown on British television.

[@raysghost]

ringo is so fucking cute in the karate bumper😭

[@cynthiajordan8751]

Do you have any of the Peter Max cartoons.

[@aj-tp2yh]

school days rule rockon

[@armenian_nightmare33]

George sounds German

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

George speaks like an Austrian Peter Lorre

[@MrBrutal33]

I prefer the episode where they all sat around taking LSD

[@Insensitiveisok]

7:37 people who knew this was a trixs ad the minute they saw the bunny 🙃👇 (Not begging)

[@RollaJones]

I actually like the audio you used for the intro. Why not just throw applause or crowd noise over the original and see if it stays up in Minecraft?

[@alanr4447a]

How did you determine which songs had to be replaced?

[@Beefy-Cheese]

KZbin will tell you when you upload a video.