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[selenak]

Idle thought of the day: The recent anniversary release of Band on the Run reminded me that one of the people on the cover is Christopher Lee. Whom Paul McCartney knew since the Beatles were shooting A Hard Day's Night while Lee was simultanously shooting one of the Dracula movies elsewhere on the set.... Methinks Brian Epstein when wondering

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[hawkmoth]

So, there wasn't vampire episode on the Beatles Cartoon series?

[selenak]

I have no idea. :) Was there?

[hawkmoth]

Oh my God,there was. A double-header:

Season 1, Episode 5 - Aired: 10/23/1965
Baby's In Black/Misery
Baby's In Black:

The Beatles are supposed to go to Pennsylvania on a trip, however Ringo booked them for Transylvania instead. It is raining and they have take shelter in a creepy looking castle. Paul is kidnapped by Professor Psycho. The professor has plans to marry Paul to a lady vampire, Vampiress. Luckily, the other three Beatles arrive in the nick of time to save Paul. They soon find out that the professor's plan for Paul to marry Vampiress is nothing more than a scheme to boost the actress' career. SINGALONGS: I'll Get You & Chains Misery: The Beatles visit Piccadilly Wax Museum to see themselves as wax statues. Unfortunately, the Count Dracula statue is really Count Dracula, who has taken up residence inside the museum.

[selenak]

ZOMG. I should have known someone would have had that idea before me. :)

[night_train_fm]

The intros vid had me at the Power Rangers - using the order from the show rather than the movie.

[selenak]

I'm just ever so slightly disappointed they used my least favourite Bond. :)

[airie_fairy]

Is Christopher Lee the one who looks weirdly like how George Harrison looked in the early 2000s or the one who looks like Anthony Quinn sans facial hair? 'Cause I always look at that cover and go I know it's not them but it looks like George Harrison, Anthony Quinn, and the one on the very left looks like Kevin Spacey.

[selenak]

:) Tch. You need to freshen up your Hammer Horror movies because Christopher Lee is pretty much unmistakable. Second highest standing one. The people on the cover other than Paul, Linda and Denny Laine are: Michael Parkinson (chat-show host and journalist)
Kenny Lynch (actor, comedian and singer), James Coburn (Paul, according to the 25th anniversary edition which is the one I have, is a Magnificent Seven fan), Clement Freud (columnist, gourmet, raconteur, Member of Parliament, Just a Minute panellist and grandson of Sigmund), Christopher Lee and John Conteh (Liverpool boxer who later became World Light-Heavyweight champion).

...George contributed the "if we ever get out of here" line as inspiration, though. :)

[airie_fairy]

Ah, so he's the one who looks like Anthony Quinn.

James Coburn is the...highest one up, yeah? I'm looking it up and he looks similar.

So is this when George stopped being mad at Paul or something?

[selenak]

Yes, highest one up is James Coburn.

George: actually the sentence is from one of the numerous Apple meetings in 1969, but given that Paul and Linda went to his concert (in disguise - if you've ever seen the photo, they look hilarious in Hippie wigs) during post-production of Band on the Run and there was a group hug afterwards he must have been okay-ish, which is to say, mad only on Sundays (I don't think he ever completely got over the little brother treatment because every five years or so, he fired off a disgruntled aside, but it wasn't of "never talk with you again" proportions). Also Paul went with him to the Eric Clapton/Pattie marriage and they got drunk together which must have counted as moral support or something.