Talk:The Beatles (TV series)

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Cover[edit]

I think a picture from the show would make more sense. I might have one to upload, but it is not in colour. The DVD shown is an obvious bootleg which may contain the show, but does not necessarily illustrate the article. Sposato (talk) 03:35, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When its describing george in the show, it says that him and ringo were the ones fixing the car's engine in "I'll follow the sun" while actually writing a song, but if you'll look back at that episode, you'll find that it was actually pual and john under the car witing a song. Easy mistake, but it needs to be fixed and replaced with a more accuate example of the way they are treated like lesser beatles, i suggest the scene from one of them which I cannot remember the name of in which the beatles are arrive at their private cottage (i think in ireland) and george and ringo end up carrying in all the luggage from the car, and then are given a room with chickens and no beds to sleep in, while paul and john have comfortable beds. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.18.173.251 (talk) 17:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(I think that episode was 'do you want to know a secret') —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.14.125 (talk) 22:51, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Paulie[edit]

Paul was not the leader; Lennon was. He founded the group and its predecessors, and was the constant through all variations. The Paul as leader thing is a popular misconception. Paul attempted to take more and more command following Brian Epstein's death because he thought the band needed that void to be filled (that's where the misconception came from). The other band members resented this and this very thing is what helped their demise. And especially for the time period the cartoon dealt with, Lennon was clearly the leader. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.49.158 (talk) 05:28, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

John and Paul were both much more extrovert and dominant within the group than George and Ringo from the start. From the very start of media attention to Beatlemania around 1963 and 1964, John and Paul were both considered the bandleaders who were leading the "quiet one" and the "funny one" standing in the back, even if the band was never The Beatles up until Ringo joined them. But still, this article is not about them IRL, it's about their characterization as characters on the Saturday morning cartoon. --2003:71:4F4B:6397:754C:28EC:84CD:9CCD (talk) 18:35, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

The article is tagged as not citing sources. For what it's worth, this passage from the description of George's character stood out to me: "...almost always giving the impression of frowning due to his character's eyebrows becoming thicker as they reach his nose." I distinctly remember reading close to those exact words during the show's run (probably in TV Guide), so they may have originated in some sort of press release. Richard K. Carson (talk) 05:04, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Home Video[edit]

Considering the success of the show, and the continued popularity of The Beatles in general, has the series or any part of it been released on home video? --RedKnight (talk) 14:46, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There hasn't been a release, unfortunately. Probably because Apple Corps. never seems to acknowledge the series outside of the occasional collector's merch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.21.180 (talk) 22:57, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cancellation?[edit]

If the show was so popular, why was it moved twice in ABC's schedule, and why was it eventually canceled? Infamous30 (talk) 22:27, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, first off, if you knew anything about ABC specifically, or TV in general, you would know that tv shows are often moved at the discretion of the studio to score ratings, and sometimes they do this so much that viewers stop watching. What happened here was different stations picked up the show in different decades, totally different scenario, dude.

Not to mention that Brian Epstein died. And then Apple studios ran into trouble. And then the Beatles broke up. And then John Lennon died. And George too. Music changed in the 70's and kept changing. Oh yeah and little things like copyrights and licensing. Or that sometimes for no particular reason at all---shows end---and syndication ends too. Hope that helps. If not, see Pop Culture 101. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.153.249.41 (talk) 04:40, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

False info[edit]

I'm pretty sure the sections "season 4" and "album" are total BS. Google isn't coming up with anything that's for sure. Tymime (talk) 08:46, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the Wiki page divided into 9/10 1966 and 9/10 1967? This makes no sense to me. Is there any chance to get more info on which episodes were billed for which months? The first section has 1965- 3/1966, which could make sense. 50.65.97.19 (talk) 04:55, 9 April 2015 (UTC) CK[reply]

Missing Broadcast Years[edit]

This article is missing a US daytime airing of the show sometime in the early 1980's several years before the Disney Channel ever existed. I was born in the late 70's, watched this in kindergarten or pre-k and then the Disney channel happened a few years later. I came here to find out exact dates only to see them missing from the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.153.249.41 (talk) 04:32, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You probably wouldn't have understood at kindergarten age, but in the 1970s and early 80s it was possible for local stations in the U.S. to air the series; it was not anything "national". I myself saw in my hometown around 1979 a local station airing the cartoons, in customized compilations, initially on weekday afternoons, later on weekend mornings, independent of any "national" broadcast entity. 2601:545:8201:6290:69EF:9F51:54E0:290B (talk) 23:59, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Episode Songs and Titles Don't Match[edit]

The songs listed as singalongs for the episodes don't match the titles of the episodes, though they do match other episodes. I can't fix this because I don't have the data. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinpantithesis (talk • contribs) 14:58, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's because many songs were adapted twice: Once as actual performance songs within the episodes, and once as singalongs, but every episode had the performance song, not the accompanying singalong as its title. --2003:71:4F4B:6397:754C:28EC:84CD:9CCD (talk) 18:38, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Season 4?[edit]

The section Reception talks of a season 4 and that the show's production lasted up until 1969, while the list of episodes only has three seasons and ends in 1967. --2003:71:4F4B:6397:754C:28EC:84CD:9CCD (talk) 18:40, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alternating Intro Themes[edit]

This series actually had 2 intro themes; a full 1-minute animation featuring band photos and clips from the series synced to an actual Beatles song, and the shorter, more well known guitar riff that opened the animated segments. The longer theme actually changed songs every season, with season 1 being "Can't buy me love", season 2 being "Help!" and season 3 being "And Your Bird Can Sing". I thought someone might want to add this.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.21.180 (talk) 22:45, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

UK broadcast[edit]

The infobox says it was shown in the UK on ITV; IMDB does not mention that. Does anyone have any details of when - and was it all regions ? -- Beardo (talk) 18:51, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]