The Beatles
The Beatles
| 25 September 1965 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Reviews
    NipPierce

    Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!

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    Cebalord

    Very best movie i ever watch

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    ChanBot

    i must have seen a different film!!

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    Roman Sampson

    One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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    Johnny H.

    The Beatles cartoon has become beloved and notorious for its production values: wonderful songs used as a backdrop for cookie-cutter stories and shoddy yet funkylicious animation that fits the time period these shorts were made. I've only ever seen this cartoon through bootlegs; and that's another thing, this cartoon has NEVER seen an official release on home video formats. There aren't even official VHS tapes of the show. You can only get bootlegs on eBay or YouTube if you're lucky. This show is like The Star Wars Holiday Special of hard-to-get television 'gems' that we're still waiting to be released on DVD.This show has The Beatles, and the real stars of the show are really the songs themselves; it doesn't matter what context they're played in, they're always good tunes to listen to. Now Apple Corps, King Features Syndicate and company, can we PLEASE get an official DVD release of this nugget of television animation history?

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    Tommy Nelson

    The Beatles were huge in the 60s with just about everyone. Why not turn little kids onto their great music right? Well, this was a nice try, but this cartoon series was really lacking in something. It wasn't very funny or clever, and every plot was created to wrap around a Beatles song, making each episode like a poor animated music video. This wasn't a horrible show, it just wasn't very good.John, Paul, George and Ringo go on lots of exciting adventures, and tucked away in each of their journey's is a special song they share with the audience. The plots may be nonsensical and stupid, and the animation may pale in comparison to already poorly animated shows, like the Flintstones, but the music in each short is what made this not a complete flop.One of the major problems with this show was the voices. It's as though the casting directors just picked random people to do the Beatles speaking voices, because they sound nothing like their real life counterparts. When they are talking the entire episode, and then go into song, with music from the actual Beatles it sounds weird that their voices do an 180 degree flip. Anyone who doesn't pay attention or isn't a fan of the Beatles may not notice this.The animation is really bland. When the Beatles are playing instruments, they like to reuse animation a lot, and it's just not very good looking, except for the interesting caricatures of the Beatles used as the characters. The writing is poor, but occasionally an interesting plot came about. Really, this was just kiddie fair with music that could be enjoyed by anyone.My rating: ** out of ****. 30 mins.

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    jeffgx100

    I recall only bits and pieces of the show and would love to see it again on TV. It probably is dated but would bring back a lot of memories. I remember the scene where the Beatles were performing in the Roman Coliseum and the beat was causing it to fall apart.

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    FabErica86

    I first saw the cartoon when I was 14 at Beatlefest 2000 of Chicago, IL. My first cartoon was "Got To Get You Into My Life", and it's really funny. I got the cartoon on the video I got from ebay.com called "Best of The Beatles Cartoon Show". There were 11 cartoons and 10 sing-alongs on the tape. My dad saw the cartoon when he was 11-years-old. My favoritest Beatle of all is Ringo. He's VERY funny from the way he laughs, the way he walks like Groucho Marx, and the way he talks. I've been Ringo's fan since I was 8. I also like the REAL Ringo besides the CARTOON Ringo. I've seen 43 cartoons so far. There were 78 cartoons. 2 cartoons in each episode, which is 39 episodes. I'm still gonna love the cartoon forever.

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