The Beatles cartoon series

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  1. Unknown says:

    I hope Apple releases it. It will be a fun show for the whole family and since Apple owns it they may as well make money off it. They released the jackson 5 cartoon so there is a market for this type of stuff. Beatles and animation fans would enjoy it. Sure there are some unfortunate moments involving sterotypes and bits that can be seen as racist but that stuff exists on ild Disney and Warner Brother cartoons that get released and re-released all the time. Just include in the special features some talkimg head or someone involved pointing out that these weren't the views of the Beatles, just an unfortunate sign of the times.
    But anyway a deluxe package with all the episodes digitally cleaned up would be a welcome addition to my collection and I know some fans would say "THIS before let it be or shea?" to which I say we all know those will come out sooner rather than later, so why can't we have this as well?

  2. Brill Building says:

    Hello,

    Always to read this great blog!!
    By the way whe can i buy a copy on the web of this magazine "Beatlemania!" ?

    All the best from France

    Quentin

  3. wogew says:

    I have searched for this magazine for a while and not finding it, but I eventually found a magazine specialist on ebay who had it.

  4. Martin says:

    I remember the entire Beatles cartoon series being shown in the mornings on Granada Television in the late 70s/early 80s (Granada was the pioneering TV station that covered the Manchester and Liverpool regions). I remember the (cartoon) Fabs being chased down a staircase or fire escape. Great fun!

  5. J. D. says:

    "For the fourth season, which consisted of reruns, the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings."

    THANK YOU! I was 4 years old at the time, and I knew I watched this on Sundays, but I never had any evidence that one of my earliest memories was correct until today.

  6. Anonymous says:

    Thanks for this article, Roger. I found out about the Beatles through this cartoon when I was 8. "And Your Bird Can Sing" still makes me smile to this day because hearing it meant "third season episode."

  7. wogew says:

    The series didn't have its debut on British television until 1980 when they featured on early morning TV on Granada. It wasn't until 1988 that the full series was featured on British television on ITV's Night Network magazine show. It has been reported that the Beatles themselves blocked the screening of the series on British television.

  8. Classic 909 says:

    Hi Roger!, the Spanish versions were recorded in México dubbed by famous mexican actors, for example:

    Ringo and George were dubbed by: Jorge Arvizu (he also made a lot of Hanna Barbera cartoons).

    So the series were transmited in the 70s on a mexican channel.

    Greetings

  9. wogew says:

    Thank you, Winslow! I took the liberty of inserting this information into the article.

  10. Classic 909 says:

    it is a pleasure to me!, thanks!

  11. Unknown says:

    Hi Roger,
    I found a magazine stand here in NYC with several copies of the Life Beatlemania edition. When I saw it on your blog I started to look around and I found it today. If you want a copy I would be happy to purchase one for you. John

  12. wogew says:

    Hi John, that'd be swell! My address is here on the page. I can pay you through Paypal.

  13. Unknown says:

    I once 'owned' an original 1" (or was it 2") of a documentary of the making of the series – the Australian component – still in its original box from ABC-TV. You don't want to hear the story of how it got lost…:(

  14. Unknown says:

    Oh my god! This is fantastic! I didn’t even know about it. I would definitely want my kids and nephews to watch the series because all of us were big fans of their music. My brother still comes over and watch shows by Andrew Yeatman with my kids. The weekends are always fun.

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