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The Beatles 11/11/65
Cartoon Series, Unknown, Unknown
Set I
1. A Hard Day's Night & I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. Do You Want To Know A Secret & If I Fell
3. Please Mr. Postman & Devil In Her Heart
4. Not A Second Time & Slow Down
5. Baby's In Black & Misery
6. You've Really Got A Hold On Me & Chains
7. I'll Get You & Honey Don't
8. Any Time At All & Twist And Shout
9. Little Child & I'll Be Back
10. Long Tall Sally & I'll Cry Instead
11. I'll Follow The Sun & When I Get Home
12. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby & I Should Have Known Better
13. I Wanna Be Your Man & I'm A Loser
14. Don't Bother Me & No Reply
15. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You & Mr. Moonlight
16. Can't Buy Me Love & It Won't Be Long
17. Anna(Go To Him) & I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
18. Matchbox & Thank You Girl
19. From Me To You & Boys
20. Dizzy Miss Lizzy & I Saw Her Standing There
21. What You're Doing & Money
22. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand & She Loves You
23. Bad Boy & Tell Me Why
24. I Feel Fine & Hold Me Tight
25. Please Please Me & There's A Place
26. Roll Over Beethoven & Rock And Roll Music
27. Eight Days A Week & I'm Looking Through You
28. Help! & We Can Work It Out
29. I'm Down & Run For Your Life
30. Drive My Car & Tell Me What You See
31. I Call Your Name & The Word
32. All My Loving & Day Tripper
33. Nowhere Man & Paperback Writer
34. Penny Lane & Strawberry Fields
35. And Your Bird Can Sing & Got To Get You Into My Life
36. Good Day Sunshine & Ticket To Ride
37. Taxman & Eleanor Rigby
38. Tomorrow Never Knows & I've Just Seen A Face
39. Wait & I'm Only Sleeping

1 9 6 5 - 1 9 6 9 (USA)
39 x 30 minute episodes
Set II
 
Set III
 
Comment
The Beatles cartoons were screened in the US from September 25, 1965 to April 20, 1969 on ABC Television. They were then seen in syndication and overseas. The series was also repeated in the US in 1986 and 1987 on MTV. Al Brodax and his King Features team created the cartoon series in New York. Due to time constraints, three other studios were subcontracted to help. They were Artransa Park in Australia, Cine-Centrum in Holland, and CanaWest in Vancouver, BC.

The Beatles themselves did not provide the voices for their cartoon counterparts. The voices were provided by actors, including world-renowned voice-over artist, Paul Frees, an American, who provided the voices of John and George.

Englishman, Lance Percival, provided the voices of Paul and Ringo. Al Brodax decided to "Americanise" The Beatles Liverpudlian accents so the American kids could understand them. This led to much controversy, and the Fab Four themselves were most displeased. The voice controversy led to the series not being screened very much in the UK, and not until the 1970s.

The series performed exceptionally well in the ratings when it first appeared. The ratings started to decline though, in 1966, mainly due to the Caped Crusader! When the live action Batman show premiered in 1966, kids fell in love with superheroes. Many copycat shows appeared such as Space Ghost, Frankenstein Junior, etc, and The Beatles series was never the same in the ratings.

There were other reasons, not least of which was the growth and maturity of The Beatles' music.
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Collectors With This Show
User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
beat2010 (5/0) DVD / 1 A A View   PRO shot
Jesse Ross (5/4) DVD / 1 A A View   PRO shot
Notes: Best of the Cartoons (2 hours worth.
Mike McCann (4/5) DVD / 3 View  
Notes: I only have volumes 1 - 3 of this series. This covers episodes 1 - 18.
Rick Maxwell (3/5) DVD / 5 A A View   Broadcast > VHS > DVD
Mike Redondo (3/0) mpeg / 4 View   unknown
Private Stock (2/5) DVD / 2 View  
Notes: I have 2 DVD's with the entire cartoon series in MPEG 4 format.
jobber (2/0) vcd / 3 View  
mfsljunkie (2/5) VCD / 10 View   TV Broadcast
Notes: four episodes to each disc
Spiritdrumz (2/5) dvd / 5 View  
Michael (2/5) DVD NTSC / 4 A- A View   Volumes 1 - 4
Notes: Audio 9, Video 9+
Brian C (1/4.7) DVD / 3 A A- View  
Notes: V1 DVD681, V2 DVD682, V3 DVD683
LossLess Legs (1/0) DVD / 3 View  
Notes: 12/23/2007 - OutofIraq
Asa (1/5) VCD / 13 A View  
Notes: 3 Episodes Per Disc
Greg (1/5) NTSC DVD / 5 A A View  
Notes: What a find! A lovely piece of history with, of course, great music! This is the entire collection of The Beatles cartoon series and includes all 39 x 30 minute episodes. The Beatles cartoons were screened in the US from September 25, 1965 to April 20, 1969 on ABC Television. They were then seen in syndication and overseas. Al Brodax and his King Features team created the cartoon series in New York. Due to time constraints, three other studios were subcontracted to help. They were Artransa Park in Australia, Cine-Centrum in Holland, and CanaWest in Vancouver, BC. The Beatles themselves did not provide the voices for their cartoon counterparts. The voices were provided by actors, including world-renowned voice-over artist, Paul Frees, an American, who provided the voices of John and George. Englishman, Lance Percival, provided the voices of Paul and Ringo. Al Brodax decided to "Americanise" The Beatles Liverpudlian accents so the American kids could understand them. This led to much controversy, and the Fab Four themselves were most displeased. The voice controversy led to the series not being screened very much in the UK, and not until the 1970s. The series performed exceptionally well in the ratings when it first appeared in the US. The ratings started to decline though, in 1966, mainly due to the Caped Crusader! When the live action Batman show premiered in 1966, kids fell in love with superheroes. Many copycat shows appeared such as Space Ghost, Frankenstein Junior, etc, and The Beatles series was never the same in the ratings. There were other reasons, of course, not least of which was the growth and maturity of The Beatles' music. Despite the voice contraversy, the music is the real deal and each episode features two singles from the Fab Four and some zany, outlandish "plot" reminiscent of the original Scooby-Doo cartoons! This is freaky and wierd but a lot of fun. Roll up, roll up!
Tim Blake (0/5) DVD / 5 View  
Notes: Episodes 1-39. Some of them may be slightly cut.
Raoul Duke (0/5) DVD / 4 A A View   Broadcast > VHS > DVD
Notes: Complete series Vol.'s 1-4