The Beatles as they appear in person at the end of the Yellow Submarine film. Comedian Dick Emery played the “Nowhere Man”, Jeremy, who the team pick up on their travels. For the rest of the movie, their voices were played by Carry On actor John Clive as John, Geoffrey Hughes, later better known as Eddie Yeats in Coronation St and Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances as Paul, Peter Batten as George and Paul Angelis as Ringo. The band did agree to appear as themselves in a short live action sequence at the end of the film. Hey Bulldog was a quickie song, knocked out when The Beatles were in the studio to shoot a video for their single Lady Madonna. One track, George’s Only A Northern Song, was recorded during the Sgt Pepper sessions, but dropped from the final album.Īnother song, recorded in February 1968, would later only appear in the UK print of the movie.
#BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE CARTOON SERIES#
Both Dunning and producer Al Brodax had been involved in the cheesy Beatles TV cartoon series that the band had hated, so the Fab Four didn’t have much enthusiasm for the new project.īecause of this, when the producers asked The Beatles for some new songs for the Yellow Submarine movie, they sent over some of the outtakes and below-par material that they’d ben working on across the Summer of 1967.
#BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE CARTOON MOVIE#
The idea of making a cartoon film about Yellow Submarine came in 1967, when the studio United Artists were chasing The Beatles for a follow-up to their film Help! The Fabs still owed them a movie as part of their deal, so it was decided to fulfil the contractual obligation with an animated film.ĭirected by Canadian animator George Dunning and designed by German artist Heinz Edelmann, the film was made in London. The Beatles come a cropper in the Sea Of Holes from the Yellow Submarine film.Ĭollection Christophel / Alamy Stock Photo Or were “yellow submarines” actually Nembutals otherwise known as pentobarbitone, a well-known tranquiliser that came in a pleasingly submarine-shaped yellow pill?Sadly not - as McCartney said at the time: “It's a fun song, a children's song.” Were The Beatles tripping when they made the record? Are they referring to smoking joints or something, like Donovan did with Mellow Yellow - which was meant to be about smoking banana skins.! Once the track had reached the general public, the interpretations started - especially once the use of the psychedelic drug LSD had become more widespread in the UK. The recording of Yellow Submarine at Abbey Road studios was remarkable for the party that was held during the session: the Beatles, together with friends, wives and even Rolling Stone Brian Jones added sound effects, vocals and roadie Mal Evans playing a big bass drum to get an authentic marching band effect. If you buy or get a chance to see this flick, watch the Lucy In THe Sky With Diamonds sequence, then tell me Im wrong.The Beatles record a promo for TV at Abbey Road studios, May 1966. of it!Īfter watching this film,with its superb animation and correography to the songs, I begin to wonder if this film might have caused THE SPARK in someones brain which led to modern Music Videos. Nuff History?Įrgo,over 30 years later, I bought and watched this film for the 1rst time.I loved every min. Even a Breakfast Food manufacture of the time(again,I recall but wont say which) p ut Beatle Rub-Ons in their product packages. I still recall the ADs for this movie being in comic books at the time.A Plastic Model Co.(remember, but wont say which)of the time offered a kit of The Sub. Dad was watching All in the Family or something. When it came to TV years later,I missed it again(2 Airings).
I bought this film because I was too young(Dad said so) to go see it when it played the theatres in 68(I was 9 yrs. Young or OLD,Yellow Submarine is a completely enjoyable piece of Cinema History.
Much of the music of that era is alive and well still.(A fact for which I am greatfull.)Where would todays music be,without the pioneers of the 60s and 70s? Born in 1959, I was a witness to rather than a member of The Psychodelic 60s.
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