The Beatles VH1 Special Yellow Submarine Interviews Paul, George and Ringo 9/19/99

A VH1 Special on the re-released of the Yellow Submarine film, this special shows behind the scenes of the producing of the movie, who contains with new interviews with the three surviving beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, among others who produced the movie! Really great! Enjoy and Subscribe!

[@stupendous1068]

It's a shame John wasn't still alive when these interviews were done.

[@Beatleslover3]

Yeah rest in peace John

[@akadventuring]

Before I knew John died in the 80s I was thinking "Did John not want to participate in this "?

[@darthkurland]

@@akadventuringhis son Sean said in an interview that the “Yellow Submarine” movie was how he learned that his dad was a Beatle.

[@jamesdean9195]

Shame that "Hey Bulldog" got lost within the Yellow Submarine Album.. Such a great song and holds up so well over the years.

[@nigeh5326]

And as time has moved on it’s become a bigger and bigger favourite with many 👍

[@sarahq5294]

One of my favourite Beatles tracks!

[@peliche77]

I love that song! It's absolutely outstanding, another of their masterpieces. The bass lines are really superb, brilliant! And the piano riff of course, the excellent guitar solo, the lyrics...... Everything on this track tells you that we're in front of one of the best Beatles creations.... and you know....that is really a lot to say!!! 😎

[@quiricomazarin476]

Should have been b-side to a finished across the universe A-side or better yet an an EP with Lady Madonna & another song. Baby your a rich man was going to be the 4th song for the yel sub EP. Should have held over yellow submarine song & used when I'm 64 ect...& & made a 7 song lp with 7 extra instrumentals.

[@darthkurland]

Good thing that the footage of The Beatles recording the song was re-edited together and synchronized to the original recording for The Beatles 1+ Blu-Ray release in 2015.

[@jackchow8447]

"Sgt Pepper has sold 3 millions copies." "Mrs. Pepper must be very happy." haha.

[@dailyflash]

Fun Facts 1. The Beatles provided the music, but none of the voices in Yellow Submarine. It's all some other dudes, who were asked to speak with less thick accents, so they would be easier to understand. 2. Animation for music sequences began before they had figured out what exactly the plot was going to be. 3. The animators were underpaid and overworked, busting their asses to get everything completed on time. They felt that being part of a Beatles project was a big honor and they didn't want to let the band down, so they were motivated to do their best work.

[@creciastoneglow2823]

I think the voice actors did a great job. Maybe not so much with George, but his voice is probably the most difficult to impersonate

[@exessex3522]

I thought for years that Jim Carter (Carson - Downton Abbey) was a Beatles voice in his film. Turns out I was wrong.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

My favourite part is the Eleanor Rigby animation, it's very atmospheric & captures the essence of that truly brilliant song so well.

[@darthkurland]

To this day, I have no idea how they pulled that off.

[@SailorMaxie]

I’m a proud owner of the 1999 DVD release.

[@vividwatch47]

Hold on to it! The '99 D.V.D. release has an isolated score track.

[@flashanimationen]

Proud? Hey Bulldog scene was shit. The scene where they meet their clones is shit. They butchered and lucased this movie in 1999!

[@fussanchez2716]

@@flashanimationen Hey, well at least many got to experience this film for the first time, and these are, in retrospect, extremely minor scene additions--they don't change the core of the movie (unlike Lucas' CGI tomfoolery)

[@jsnterprise9nygra636]

VHS owner of that '99 reissue! Bottom line, you've never truly seen/heard this film unless you own the 2012 DVD. When played through a higher end 7.1 Harmon Kardon receiver, I had to fight back the tears many times; truly felt as though I'd never seen the movie or heard those timeless classic songs before!

[@aussiecoastie72]

I purchased it myself in 99 and took it to a party n lost 😞 it ! Lesson learned .

[@christophergerety5577]

I was wondering why Paul seems so subdued in his interview segments. Then I realized the interview was shortly after his wife Linda had passed away.

[@danielbouju1688]

"yellow subduing"?

[@prettyshinyspaghetti8332]

@Macca-Marracas both of his parents were gone by then. But yes he has had a lot of loss in his life. I too was surprised that he barely appeared here given that he wrote Yellow Submarine (the song) and was surely enthusiastic of the film

[@MrMichaelsu]

Yeah his wife passing was bad but Yellow Submarine was the REAL tragedy

[@kaninma7237]

@@MrMichaelsu ?

[@Zholobov1]

​@@prettyshinyspaghetti8332as we've recently learned, Paul didn't compose Yellow Submarine song alone. It appears John had written the verse "In the town where I was born, no one cared, no one cared", and Paul offered the chorus about living in a, Yellow Sunbarine.

[@gabe_s_videos]

Anyone notice the significance of the date this came out? 9/19/99. Number nine, number nine, number nine....

[@mrstevehartman]

Yes, interesting. Also, I see the cartoon Beatles flashing the " devils horns " several times in this short documentary. There is a photo of The Beatles, promoting the original film. Paul is displaying the 666 symbol, and John the devils horns. George and Ringo are in the background, with a cutout Yellow Submarine. Ever see that photograph?

[@Viuomar]

Their message was exactly oposite to the allegedly satanic bands. So, these gestures really look a incongruency. Were they trying to be cult exibing some occultism knowledge?

[@captainkirk1001]

number nine... number one... number nine... number nine... number nine...

[@shaitet]

Robogabriel John didn't do the "I love you" hand gesture right, which involves your thumb sticking out instead of being inside your palm. So, basically, he accidentally created the devil horns, and the animators and artists saw the hand gesture so they Incorporated it into the movie as a motif.

[@ronwilliams357]

#9 Dream

[@smks3638]

One of the rare interviews where Ringo looks older than the other Beatles 😳

[@allanmollison6971]

Ringo is the oldest Beatle

[@darthkurland]

@@allanmollison6971it’s true that he was the first Beatle to be born, even though he was the last to join.

[@PeterMayer]

I loved this movie as a kid living living outside of Detroit. Used to draw blue meanies, the flying glove, that Turkish snapper. One time, in 1971, I was 12, they had a four picture Beatle fest at the Birmingham movie theater. Hard Day's night, help, yellow submarine, let it be. And then we went trick or treating.

[@briancrowley6413]

I can appreciate your thoughts & feelings. I was 11, packed into the Avalon movie theatre in Avalon, New Jersey and stayed to watch it twice.

[@darthkurland]

In 2001, I dressed up as John wearing some kind of hippie outfit for Halloween.

[@MacLenHarStar]

All you need is Beatles

[@knockedoutloaded279]

The Beatles were a hundred years ahead of their time, war should be illegal...

[@BassicVIC]

Jason Lee Carrying guns is what should be ilegal. ( 🇺🇸 )

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

@@BassicVIC yeah it should, I just hope there will be no more wars in the future...

[@BassicVIC]

@@michaelhasenstein7838 Yes. The object is only a means to the actions motivated by what the person thinks or feels. If a society is violent it will always be so... however that society learns from its surrounding and what is AVAILABLE to them. Guns are not a positive thing to have around since it’s a means to shoot at others.

[@xxxxyz854]

War is illegal, anyone that does not participate is locked up and is thereafter forever a felon unless pardoned by Jimmy Cater. The Normalcy Of insanity is complete.

[@marcpeterson1092]

That is more or less what the Kellogg-Briand Pact did in 1928. Look how well that did.

[@ferabra8939]

Marvellous movie. Everything they did in the 60s was amazing. The had a decade of momentum. It's great to have them for real at the end.

[@guyincognito5706]

Watching this, when you consider that they based their illustrations on the album covers and the voices on what they thought they sounded like, you have to say they did a really good job with what they had

[@valeriemercer9463]

R.I.P John and George.

[@peterliston1697]

Both of George's songs were excellent and really engaged the colour and feel of Yellow Submarine

[@crayzeyezyoshi]

30 years later they thought it was old. Now 50 plus years later. Lived the Beatles music. Now you get in the studio and you can get it all pre recorded. I love the 50 plus takes to layer a song. Wish I could hear every take the beatles did.

[@bonniewalker8294]

A Blue Meanie is a Fiendish Thingy!

[@louiso.4325]

Haha. Like this comment if you get the reference.

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

Bonnie Walker Is this a masturbation joke???

[@TheBrickSpot]

+Mike Fuller No it's a Beatles joke

[@bonniewalker8294]

In the movie, Help, there is a scene in the Alps where George sees a smoking curling stone and he thinks they are in danger and calls it a fiendish thingy. I used those two words to describe the blue meany character in Yellow Submarine.

[@bonniewalker8294]

In the movie, Help, there is a scene in the Alps where George sees a smoking curling stone and he thinks they are in danger and calls it a fiendish thingy. I used those two words to describe the blue meany character in Yellow Submarine.

[@fluttershy-sg7nw]

I love this movie I grew up with this movie

[@Angel-dq4cb]

"All you need is a powerfull statement and hopefully always will be". It still is in 2021!! 💞💕💝💓

[@exessex3522]

A word missing...

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

Saw this film at the cinema I was so happy sitting with beatle fans the atmosphere was lovely happy Beatles to all the fans love love love we all live in a yellow Beatles submarine 💛

[@alonenjersey]

I use to view this along w/ other fans at Beatle conventions. What a mixture or both young & old. Good times.

[@tedcantu1]

Brilliant movie... I caught 3 screenings of this over the summer.

[@knockedoutloaded279]

Needs to be on Blu ray......great film......its a trip.....

[@darthkurland]

It already is.

[@OrpheusIsThe1]

Probably my favourite film of all time.

[@christinegoetz]

omg Beatles including Paul and Ringo still alive.......

[@kaits203]

christine goetz no shit Sherlock

[@johncunningham409]

Christina! Where you been the last 19 years

[@johncunningham409]

@The SNES Man just a few? And not like the last 2 decades

[@pawnhearts8785]

This picture needs to be redone Paul-“Gosh look at all this dust” Lol

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

Lmao!!

[@darthkurland]

That was exactly the right quote to lead into the restoration process.

[@seansheppard8635]

Roger McGough. Liverpool poet and a man who knew the Rutles.

[@exessex3522]

They say McGough was with Paul McCartney's brother Michael in The Scaffold but there's no McCartney in that trio. There is a Mike, however, which must be him. This means that Paul must've changed his name from Paul McGear. Maybe he didn't like a name which sounds like an instruction to yank on his toothed wheel / general equipment / clothing / personal possessions or illegal drugs?

[@bullseyecello]

@@exessex3522 No Mike is a McCartney but changed his last name as to not “ride his brother's coattails”

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

​@@exessex3522Dear oh dear! 😂

[@kevinmcqueary7395]

I don't care if it's canceled, who canceled it, and I don't care why it's canceled. I still want to see a 3-D motion capture remake of this movie.

[@joseaquino8773]

3-D would be awesome, especially when that format works wonderfully on animations.

[@midnighthope7752]

It would also add a lot to the psychedelic imagery if done right.

[@BillyLeeGoodman]

Though that would be nearly impossible as the animation was so so so hard to do to begin with.

[@n136h]

Kevin McQueary heeèeeee man

[@shaitet]

The Blue Meanies look disturbing as fuck, Nowhere Man looks awful. I think the movie would've sucked, because the original already works well as it is.

[@emymummy1]

I wish the yellow Submarine full movie was back on youtube :(

[@spy1965]

The blue meanies took it down

[@ringohendrix9659]

Fili Buster that needs more likes LOL

[@deenlee9457]

Its being premiered. Funny right?

[@beatlefan713]

I think you can find it on dailymotion

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

I read that the length of the 'Yellow Submarine' album version of 'All You Need Is Love' is slightly longer than the single and 'Magical Mystery Tour' album version.

[@brendanmccabe8373]

Mike Fuller and oddly enough the version on the soundtrack is the shortest version

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Well done documentary. Loved it. Missed John though. Wonder what he would have said.

[@darthkurland]

Sean Lennon did say in an interview that this film was how he found out that his dad was a Beatle. He asked his dad, John, about it, and John said that it was true.

[@breathspray]

11:21 Paul George and Ringo approve of remixing The Beatles records..they still need to remix Please Please Me,With The Beatles ,Hard Days Night,Beatles For Sale.Help.Rubber Soul,Revolver and Magical Mystery Tour..I Hope I live long enough to hear them..

[@nicholasjanke3476]

Yellow Submarine and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band are my favourite Beatles films.

[@otisroseboro5613]

I remember watching this when it premiered on VH1 network,back when VH1 was good back then

[@jean-marieboucherit4716]

The film sums up the role of the Beatles in the world.to bring joy happiness and colour.

[@nigeh5326]

For those unaware the segment that was after this was the Yellow Submarine animation featuring ‘Hey Bulldog’. This was cut in the US cinema version, but it was in the UK version.

[@lukegreen5341]

Awesome Behind The Scenes Look About The Beatles Yellow Submarine The Movie. Thanks Mate. X

[@FijneWIET]

The 'long lost' song is: Hey Bulldog

[@darthkurland]

It’s not lost anymore. It’s been found since the 1999 restoration and renovation.

[@mallorga1965]

"... That was recorded so well." I think that Geoff Emerick never had the credit he deserved from the very Beatles.

[@darthkurland]

Even though the real genius behind those recordings was George Martin, who many people have dubbed “the Fifth Beatle.”

[@knockedoutloaded279]

This should be on blu ray with interviews...

[@darthkurland]

I agree. There’s certainly not much of a shortage of space on that format.

[@danielbouju1688]

"all you knit is glove".

[@Jesse-fk3xc]

Good for Paul to stand by his lyrics!

[@PaulRubino]

I remember watching this movie in the theater when it was first released. It was great.

[@JohnGLewis1964]

Yes, at 12:58 of this VH-1 featurette, "... a long lost song comes back to the Yellow Submarine." What it came back to was the movie, not the album. "Hey Bulldog" was always a part of the original album, as the fourth song on side 1, but the segment of the movie in which it was featured was clipped from the original release. So that, if you saw "Yellow Submarine" in the 60's, or 70's (when I in fact did), you saw it without the "Hey Bulldog" segment (of the movie).

[@nigeh5326]

@The SNES Man yes you are correct

[@darthkurland]

That’s the only thing missing from this special.

[@timquigley6197]

I had the incredible good fortune in the Summer of 1969 to happen to be in London and down at Piccadilly Circus when they had the world premier of this movie. The square was packed with probably over 50,000 people and I was only 17 years old. I managed to get within about 100 ft. of the front of the line when the Beatles pulled up in their limos and they were wearing their St. Pepper outfits. The crowd went crazy and I have never forgotten the energy. Finally saw the movie when I got home.

[@IzzyWizzy1982]

Tim Quigley wow

[@Chud37]

So amazing, I'd loved to have been there. Its times like those that really were a defining point in history.

[@Picnicl]

Except its premiere was on 17 July 1968, not 1969.

[@mcarp555]

BS - it's clear from the beginning of this video that when the Beatles appeared, they were *not* wearing their 'Pepper' uniforms. And as noted, it was in 1968, not 1969. Sorry, Tim.

[@leaholivia2275]

They definitely weren't wearing their Sgt Pepper outfits. The premier is definitely documented with many pictures...no Sgt Pepper uniforms in sight...lol

[@therealKINDLE]

Was the first DVD I ever bought. The tech was new back then.

[@TheSanityWolf]

9/19/1999.. Wow, 9 days after I was born.

[@chopper8357]

I was drinking & getting fucked up in my first flat when this was re released..

[@jaykapolka6111]

@@chopper8357 such significance

[@lancashirebomber9744]

remember watching this tripping in the 90's

[@rosemariehache8188]

thank you so much paul. i. epreciate this. you. are. my star. and so sweet i went. to see. this movie in. 1969 and. the. movie get back. on tbe. roof

[@rosemariehache8188]

and i. went. to. see you at. the forum 1989.

[@rosemariehache8188]

in. Montréal

[@rosemariehache8188]

when you play on the roof with george John and RIngo i. love when you dance togheter. it makes. me. so. happy.

[@rosemariehache8188]

good night

[@knockedoutloaded279]

The orchestral version is lovely too.....

[@user-vi8is9lq9g]

Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937 - January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist. He was best known for writing the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and the hit motion picture of the same name. Segal, who suffered from Parkinson's disease,[12] died of a heart attack on January 17, 2010,[13] and was buried in London. In a eulogy delivered at his funeral, his daughter Francesca said "That he fought to breathe, fought to live, every second of the last 30 years of illness with such mind-blowing obduracy, is a testament to the core of who he was - a blind obsessionality that saw him pursue his teaching, his writing, his running and my mother, with just the same tenacity. He was the most dogged man any of us will ever know."[14]

[@darthkurland]

I didn’t realize that he had passed away.

[@davidpotvin4983]

Sorry if it's related to something else than the Beatles, but now I FINALLY GET THE REFERENCE from the beginning of Avengers Endgame when Stark refers to Nebula as the "Blue Meanie"! Knowing both but having forgotten it, the realization of it came as a slap in the face!!! 😉😂

[@patricklee4316]

This had to be one of George’s last interview.

[@designerlarry]

And I've got a hole in me pocket!

[@HCShannon]

It was either make this or voice the Vultures in the Jungle Book!

[@prettyshinyspaghetti8332]

XD possible! As George says, they didn't really have to do anything for YS. Though I believe the Jungle Book thing was a bit earlier than when YS was conceived

[@gammaltkonto8066]

Trippy film, but its soundtrack was my favorite.

[@danielbouju1688]

"it was "day trippy"!

[@julianhopps9152]

i remember the original and could never figure out why the album had "HEY BULLDOG" but the movie did not. I was glad to see it included rest peacfully , JOHN AND GEORGE

[@vitorbastos123]

Well ,the rest of the program, is just about the Hey Bulldog video, so, I just posted the part about the movie, because has more interview with the Threetles

[@sarahq5294]

Omg @2:15 "Help! Won't you please, please help meeeee" in that feeble old man voice. I've been imitating that for like, 25 years ever since I saw the movie as a kid, not remembering where it was from. I thought maybe it was Grampa Simpson. Mystery solved! (Yes I realise they're the song lyrics but it was that specific delivery that I couldn't place)

[@vitorbastos123]

Is the Hey Bulldog video, you can see it here on youtube

[@adroharv5140]

past all the silliness of the Yellow Submarine is a very convincing experience like no other. One of my favourite things to watch thanks also of course because of the splendid music but it's also a very well crafted film on it's own. I'd advise everyone watch it if they haven't

[@jonathanwebb3024]

This used to be on tv on Saturday mornings or Sunday afternoons in the 70s. I know because I'm old.

[@BlinkyGoggles]

And this is one of my most fave videos, all i need to be bothered! to do, is by a VHS, or ask that the VHS is exactly copied, without editing, onto the same film grains, so i can watch in peace, with peas of minds x And im an 80's bird, and still love the same as back in the days!

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Mrs. Pepper must be very happy. LOL!

[@ThePoker45]

SAW IT IN 75 @ THE MOVIE THEATRE

[@hammer44head]

I was going to watch it then Ringo had to go and give up the whole movie and ending!

[@MediaWest]

The blue ray version is amazing...

[@PaulGreen11]

Re-release, HD4D, Remastered HQHi-Fi, 3D! Blow Everybody's fucking mind!

[@Y-two-K]

This film is mind blowing on psychedelics

[@Hidden_Seeker_]

Can you tell me about your experience a bit? Anything you remember or that stuck out to you? I’m doing a report on the film, in particular as it relates to psychedelia, and any additional info would be great

[@HLOFloZ]

It seems hard for that to happen. Who has been successful at sharing the experience of LSD? Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Beatles…….🔆🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😱👁️🍭

[@beckymaggie4606]

One of my favourite films :)

[@oliverbailey810]

Its time for TIME!

[@elizabethtew2332]

i love interviews

[@tabascocat5102]

Only had photographs from the record sleeves? They were photographed and filmed more than the Queen was for 5 years.

[@pommedeterre2563]

3:13 that's why i like john, he appear only 1 second and you try to catch it like 10 time XD

[@robbhahn8897]

First time John screwed up with Yoke in public was at the premiere. Roll up! Roll up! Step right this way!

[@exessex3522]

I saw this film in London's West End shortly after its premiere. I was 16½. Vivian Stanshall from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band sat next to me. He had a top-opening briefcase in which he had a sandwich and a Thermos flask. I would've asked for his autograph but I couldn't remember his name.

[@tubewacha]

I didn't know Gilligan worked on that film. Truly a versatile artist. ;)

[@lannykaster1]

why couldn't this have been included on the blu-ray of "Yellow Submarine" as a bonus?!?! argh. :(

[@darthkurland]

They would have had to get permission from VH1 to include it.

[@zuschauerinpi]

its not just a inspiring psychedelic artwork, its a prophecy for today...... it should be opensource for everyone

[@vitorbastos123]

I thought the same thing!

[@darthkurland]

One thing that I would like to see released at some point is George Martin’s complete orchestral score to the film. I definitely think it’s just as important to the film as The Beatles’ songs.

[@debradonato7363]

COOL♥️💗💕💙💚💜💜🧡💛

[@lannykaster1]

this feature should've been added on to the blu-ray issue :(

[@louiso.4325]

It's on blu ray?! I didn't know! I'm being dead serious! Thanks! I'm gonna go and get it.

[@darthkurland]

They would have had to get permission from VH1 to include it.

[@roman14032]

ITS INTERESTING THAT THE OLD SAILORS NAME IS FRED AIN IT?

[@jaysharpESQ]

I'm a proud Owner of the 99 DVD too. It was one of the first... and few DVDs I ever bought. Think I had 15 at most?

[@smithsoniansmith2433]

Awesome and cool!

[@PaulGreen11]

This could be made again with different songs and a different plot.

[@Krrrimmi]

Our Dad told us that he watched this on the big screen. It is indeed a psychedelic cartoon. ☮✌🤓

[@alonenjersey]

My beloved HATED this film. But then again he HATED everything on The Beatles.

[@acnhtunemusicvids]

George Harison

[@Xcorgi]

At the end of this they said they'd be back to show/let us a long lost song returns to The Yellow Submarine. Anyone know what that might have been? Also, where is the rest of this or the "end" of this documentary?

[@emptyspotlight]

people say its hey bulldog, which was originally deleted from some versions of the film.

[@darthkurland]

⁠@@emptyspotlightand you would be correct. I’m guessing it’s not featured in this KZbin video due to rights issues.

[@jonathanowen4075]

Excellent little documentary, but why no mention of director George Dunning?

[@darthkurland]

I have no idea why they didn’t mention him.

[@OrpheusIsThe1]

Ah right, thanks. The Threetles LOL

[@MSwolfdog158]

I Hear that Ringo Starr was Voiced Ringo, he was the voice actor From the British children Programes TV show Thomas and friends, Alians from the North American cartoon Network: TV show Courage the Coward dog.

[@KeizerHedorah]

yellow submarines este loco vato

[@tonifelise6297]

It was like a movie you went to see on acid

[@nvm9040]

Honestly Yellow Submarine the album is great little psychedelic and enjoyable album which in fact the actual recording sessions is the most interesting part of the story Also I haven’t heard the song track yet but I heard very mixed opinions still it’s a remixed album and the sound is a good upgrade if you want the songs from the film

[@JudasPriest82]

I never realized it as kid but damn they really put alot of subliminal messages in this movie.

[@melvinch]

This was banned in Singapore for some strange reason.

[@akink9620]

Geoffrey Hughes ( Eddie Yates in Coronation Street/ Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances/ Twiggy in The Royal Family / voiced Paul McCartney

[@broken1394]

Saw it a pictures - didn't know if i was coming or going.