tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post6739727235178881762..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: The Best Beatlemania EpisodeJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-26440141009168650992009-01-16T05:46:00.000-05:002009-01-16T05:46:00.000-05:00Great work! thanks maaaan..Great work! thanks maaaan..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-62207672584481725092008-12-18T16:47:00.000-05:002008-12-18T16:47:00.000-05:00I love all those Beatlesque sitcoms...and imagined...I love all those Beatlesque sitcoms...and imagined one that doesn't, as far as I know, exist:<BR/><BR/>http://mog.com/emscee/blog/145041Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-77438833354903316062008-12-17T14:58:00.000-05:002008-12-17T14:58:00.000-05:00That same 'get the word out' lack of foresight is ...That same 'get the word out' lack of foresight is what resulted in B movie producer Walter Shenson owning the negative to "A Hard Day's Night": UA had him handle this quickie movie by what everyone then figured to be a flash-in-the-pan pop group, and the rest is history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-55819594657453125042008-12-17T07:37:00.000-05:002008-12-17T07:37:00.000-05:00According to the DVD set, "The Munsters" aired an ...According to the DVD set, "The Munsters" aired an episode on March 18, 1965 that featured the Standells. Not only did they play The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" as their feature, but they open the scene with something apparently called "Do The Ringo." The Standells were virtually unknown at the time, unless you lived in Boston. Their biggest hit and only chart topper "Dirty Water" was still a year in the future.<BR/><BR/>The Man behind this cross pollination is the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, who also represented Chad and Jeremy among others. His goal in the early days was to spread the word. I'm sure "The Munsters" couldn't afford The Beatles, so they had to settle for a Standell stand in.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-50135871746090510462008-12-15T13:24:00.000-05:002008-12-15T13:24:00.000-05:00The Garry Moore Show did a lacklustre Beatles paro...The Garry Moore Show did a lacklustre Beatles parody bit with a fake band called "The Bedbugs", also in 1964. The Beatles became more of a concrete generational divide than Elvis had been in 1956.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-32522797042004718602008-12-15T11:28:00.000-05:002008-12-15T11:28:00.000-05:00So far as "Beatlemania" fad episodes go,...So far as "Beatlemania" fad episodes go, The Dick Van Dyke Show did a very funny episode about a Beatles-type band (played by real-life British Invasion stars Chad & Jeremy) that was very funny and featured a screaming horde of teenage girls to rival any manifestion of that subculture in 1964.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-42277161204310586532008-12-15T02:37:00.000-05:002008-12-15T02:37:00.000-05:00Due to the timing, would the inclusion of the Beat...Due to the timing, would the inclusion of the Beatles' song be possible because their agent/rights holder didn't totally foresee the whole global Beatlemania thing and didn't protect the property in the language? I'm still a little confused about the whole timing of this episode -- if it appeared five-six weeks after Sullivan, how close to the Sullivan show debut was it actually filmed? That seems to be quite a quick turnaround, since most episodes were likely written by or near the start of the season (or at least a more than a few months in advance)...burlivespipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048415779214466831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-6429552124439366932008-12-14T23:57:00.000-05:002008-12-14T23:57:00.000-05:00This episode was been previously released on VHS a...This episode was been previously released on VHS as part of Columbia House's short-lived <B><I>Petticoat Junction</I></B> series of releases, and it is pretty entertaining. I bought it on DVD from someone in the "Grey Market" business and was surprised to find the episode so watchable (in terms of quality).Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-10169103159653550372008-12-14T16:42:00.000-05:002008-12-14T16:42:00.000-05:00Considering that Beatles music is probably the mos...Considering that Beatles music is probably the most expensive to license for DVDs, and that Paramount is notorious for music-subsitutions on its TV shows on DVD, it's pretty surprising this scene is intact. Though, since it sounds like the whole episode sort of built towards a final music scene like this, it probably would have been impossible to include the episode without this scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-80422215936026093332008-12-14T15:52:00.000-05:002008-12-14T15:52:00.000-05:00Any show that has Charles Lane as a recurring char...Any show that has Charles Lane as a recurring character can't be all bad.<BR/><BR/>And if it weren't for the stupid believe local TV stations and syndicators had back in the 1970s that nobody would watch black and white reruns if color episodes were available, "Petticoat Junction" would have a far better reputation that it's ended up with, due to the absence of the B&W seasons (it's not quite the day-and-night difference between the B&W episodes of "Bewitched" and how that show ended up, but close).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-35958785543232598032008-12-14T10:27:00.000-05:002008-12-14T10:27:00.000-05:00With that hair, Shiela looks like Kurt Russell.With that hair, Shiela looks like Kurt Russell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-13600537515879799202008-12-14T02:43:00.000-05:002008-12-14T02:43:00.000-05:00What I remember most about Petticoat Junction is h...What I remember most about Petticoat Junction is how the two older daughters regenerated more often than Doctor Who.Larry Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796712092304761340noreply@blogger.com