The Beatles

The Beatles, also referred to as The Beatles Cartoon, is a Saturday morning animated television series featuring representations of the popular English rock band of the same name. It was originally broadcast from 1965 to 1967 on ABC in the United States, with reruns airing until 1969. The series debuted on 25 September 1965, with new episodes airing until 21 October 1967. A total of 39 episodes were produced. The series was shown on Saturdays at 10:30 AM EST until the third season in 1967, when it was moved to 12:00 PM EST. For the fourth season, which aired from 1968 to 1969 and consisted of reruns, the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sundays. Each episode is named after a Beatles song, with a plot based on its lyrics, and it is also played in the episode. The original series was rebroadcast in syndication by MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on The Disney Channel beginning in 1989 on Fridays at 5 PM.Boca Raton News, July 21, 1989, page 9C. The series was a historical milestone, as it was the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people. Production overview The series consisted of short animated stories intended to set up visual illustrations of Beatles songs. In addition, there were sing-along sequences with simpler imagery complementing the full lyrics of particular songs. The songs were taken from the albums up to Revolver as well as non-album singles up to "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane", the song "Bad Boy", the German-language song "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand", and the Long Tall Sally EP.