Beatles Cartoons

One thing I've found an interest in recently with my fellow music buff/snob, (well, okay I'm the music snob), my 4 year old daughter, are Beatles cartoons.  These cartoons originated in 1965 and ran 'til about 1967.  The era depicted in the cartoons is the mop-top era even though some of the songs used in the cartoons are from "Revolver" (1966) and even "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" from 1967. We all know the Beatles were far removed in more ways than one from the "moptop" era by this time.  The cartoon characters are humorous caricatures of the Beatles with actors supplying the voices.  The individual cartoons are about 5 minutes in length.  The actual songs are sung by The Beatles themselves.  There's no shortage of madcap hilarity and bad puns.  Hey, nothing wrong with a good bad pun, I always say.

This cartoon is one we've taken exceptional interest in.  It's from the "Revolver" record and the song itself is 2:03 of pop bliss with And Your Bird Can Sing.

Can you recognize the voice of John Lennon from other childrens programing?  Think Bass-Rankin Christmas specials. . .Why the voice of John is none other than the Burger Meister-

Meister Burger from "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town".  I watched it this past Christmas with my daughter and it reminded me of my childhood claymation crush of Jessica Kringle (ooh la la, Go Santa Go Santa!).  The voice of Lennon (and George Harrison, for that matter) is American voice actor Paul_Frees.

Once again, since we know everything we read on the internet is true, here is a wikipedia article on The_Beatles Cartoon.  If you'd like to watch more Beatles cartoons just search YouTube.