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Season 2

7 Episodes

1966

E01

Eight Days A Week/I'm Looking Through You

9/10/1966

Eight Days A Week: The Beatles visit Gigantic Studios and run into a leading lover of the ""silver screen"" that has lost his ability to kiss. Paul busts a gut to step in and take his place and the leading lady of the film falls head over heels crazy about Paul. SINGALONGS: Run For Your Life & Girl I'm Looking Through You: While in Egypt the Beatles decide they need a nice place to rehearse. They look everywhere and end up in a tomb. Ringo encounters a ghost that wants his body and pushes Ringo's soul out of the body in order to get it.

E02

Help/We Can Work It Out

9/17/1966

Help!: The Beatles are visiting Paris, when Paul and Ringo spot a beautiful woman. They follow her to a fashion show, where a thief has stolen directions for the show. Paul and Ringo chase after him and end up at the Eiffel Tower. SINGALONGS: Day Tripper & The Night Before We Can Work It Out: While in Hollywood, the Beatles run into a magician that uses his magic in order to rob the Beatles.

E03

I'm Down/Run For Your Life

9/24/1966

I'm Down: While the Beatles are taking a tour of a French vineyard, Ringo knocks over a vat of wine. They have 2 hours to refill the vat with grapes or else the winery will be forced to close causing the workers to lose their jobs. SINGALONGS: Eight Days A Week & Paperback Writer Run For Your Life: While in Paris, the Beatles visit the Palace of Versailles. A statue falls and hits Ringo in the head and he thinks he's back in the time of Marie Antionette.

E04

Drive My Car/Tell Me What You See

10/1/1966

Drive My Car: The Beatles help a young race car driver fix up his car so he can win the race. SINGALONGS: We Can Work It Out & Yesterday Tell Me What You See: The Beatles visit Monster Pictures, Inc. in Hollywood CA where they run into Lon Chaney (""the man of a thousand faces""). Against Lon Chaney's warning, the Beatles mess about with his make-up and turn into various monsters.

E05

I Call Your Name/The Word

10/8/1966

I Call Your Name: The Beatles are taking a stroll out in the woods when they happen upon a little frog. Ringo "takes up" with the frog and decides to name him Barholomew and keep him as a pet. Later they visit Hollywood, and while staying at the Beverly Beverly Hotel, the other Beatles tell Ringo he can no longer keep the frog as a pet. SINGALONGS: She's A Woman & Wait The Word: A sheik invites the Beatles to the Egyptian desert to perform for his harem of daughters. While traveling, they get a flat tire and are forced to ride a camel to the shieks.

E06

All My Loving/Day Tripper

10/15/1966

All My Loving: The Beatles go on a ""goodwill"" trip to India and while there, attend a snake charming school. John and Ringo end up in a cage with a man-eating tiger who can only be soothed by light, soft music. SINGALONGS: I'm Looking Through You & Nowhere Man Day Tripper: The Beatles are abducted by aliens upon leaving a theatre where they watched the sci-fi film, The Way Out Creature From Planet Glom. The space ship's captain decides the universe would be better off without the Beatles and dumps them on the moon.

E07

Nowhere Man/Paperback Writer

10/22/1966

Nowhere Man: The Beatles are out for ""a healthy tramp in the woods"" when they encounter a hermit who ""just wants to be left alone."" The Beatles wander into his cave and look around. The hermit tries to get rid of the boys, but each time his attempts backfire until finally he destroys his own cave. SINGALONGS: And I Love Her & Michelle Paperback Writer: Dot, Blot and Clot Publishers, decides to put a papberback book out about the Beatles and make a lot of money. The Publisher asked the Beatles to each write an account of how they met the other three in hopes that one of them might have some real writing talent. They have until tommorrow morning to turn in their stories. Each Beatle comes up with an outrageous and downright lie. Ringo, a theatre star. Paul, a scientist trying to discover the cure for yellow fever. George, 008, secret agent. John, a WWI fighter pilot that battled the Red Baron. The next day, the publisher tosses them out of his office.

Season 3

6 Episodes

1967

E01

Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields

9/16/1967·17m

The Beatles try to stop a robbery occurring in Penny Lane, after discovering that a detective named James Blond has surpassed them in popularity. / The band use music to bring color and joy to the children living at a derelict orphanage.

E02

And Your Bird Can Sing/Got to Get You Into My Life

9/23/1967

And Your Bird Can Sing: The Beatles go off on a wild hunt for a rare bird that has the ability to sing anything. SINGALONGS: Penny Lane and Eleanor Rigby Got To Get You Into My Life: The Beatles head off to India for some much needed relaxation, but too much relaxation causes their spirits to float out of their bodies and walk away.

E03

Good Day Sunshine/Ticket-to-Ride

9/30/1967

Good Day Sunshine: The Beatles go to Coney Island to try to cheer Ringo up because he thinks he has been jinxed. It rains and he thinks the rain is a direct result of the jinx. SINGALONGS: Strawberry Fields Forever and And Your Bird Can Sing Ticket To Ride: The Beatles work on their hobbies. John, Paul and George aren't very pleased when they discover that Ringo's bird collection isn't of the feathered kind.

E04

Taxman/Eleanor Rigby

10/7/1967

Taxman: The Beatles have to pay taxes. As they pass around money bags to cover what they owe the government, they accidentally hit each other on the top of the head. When they come to, they think they are in the times of Robin Hood and try to fight against the Sheriff of Nottingham. SINGALONGS: Got To Get You Into My Life and Here, There and Everywhere Eleanor Rigby: The Beatles hear a bunch of neighborhood children call old Mother Rigby a witch. They come to her defense and try to convince the children otherwise.

E05

Tomorrow Never Knows/I've Just Seen a Face

10/14/1967

Tomorrow Never Knows: The Beatles are strolling around Salisbury Plain when they all fall into a well. The well leads to the ""Inner World"" and the natives take a liking to the lads. SINGALONGS: She Said She Said and Long Tall Sally I've Just Seen A Face: While in the recording studio, Ringo loses his voice. The Beatles take him to a haunted house to try to ""scare"" his voice back.

E06

Wait/I'm Only Sleeping

10/21/1967

Wait: The Beatles try to get the Prince of Krapotkin back to the castle before his Princess can marry someone else. SINGALONGS: Penny Lane and Eleanor Rigby I'm Only Sleeping: John falls asleep while reading a story about the King Arthur legend to some children. He dreams that he helps Merlin slay a dragon.

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Season 1

26 Episodes

1965

E01

A Hard Day's Night/I Want To Hold Your Hand

9/25/1965

A Hard Days Night: The Beatles try to rehearse at the Transylvania Hilton but gets a bit crowded when all the locals decide to come over to be nosey. John decides they need to find a different place to practice so they find an empty castle, but soon learn that it isn't as empty as they thought. Their music awakens the dead and they soon find out that creatures of the night are Beatles fans, too. SINGALONGS: Not a Second Time & Devil In Her Heart I Want To Hold Your Hand: The Beatles take an ocean cruise to get some peace and relaxation. But they soon discover that this isn't possible as they chased by screaming fans, and to make matters worse, the story narrator keeps letting their hiding locations slip. They hop into a diving bell for cover which is dropped into the water. There they encounter a lovestruck octopus and reunite it with its mate.

E02

Do You Want To Know A Secret/If I Fell

10/2/1965

Do You Want To Know A Secret: The Beatles take a much needed vacation to Dublin, Ireland. They stay in a quaint little cottage, and Ringo's room is full of chickens. While there, they run into a lady leprechaun named Willomena Morris. She wants to take them to her special pot of gold, she says its a ""golden opportunity"". Her pot of gold turns out to be an undiscovered band of musicians. SINGALONGS: A Hard Days Night & I Want to Hold Your Hand If I Fell: John is kidnapped by a mad scientist's assistant. The mad scientist wants to bring to life a Frankenstein type monster and make it a rock star, all she needs is the brain of a beetle (hence the kidnapping of John, the ""brain of the Beatles""). John and the monster's brains are switched, the singing monster is mobbed by a herd of female fans. He can't handle the pressure and the girls rip him apart and foil the plan.

E03

Please Mr. Postman/Devil In Her Heart

10/9/1965

Please Mr. Postman: The Beatles are in Africa and Ringo spends all the band's money when he decides to buy them all rings for souvenirs. Then before he can get back to the group, he loses all the rings when shaking hands fans. The group tries to wire Brian Epstein (via jungle telegraph) for money. They give a benefit concert to raise money for themselves and when the postman arrives with what they think is a cash package they are shocked to learn that it is a statement from Liverpool Light Company saying their light bill is overdue. SINGALONGS: If I Fell & Do You Want To Know A Secret Devil In Her Heart: George and Ringo go for a picnic in the woods of Transylvania. Ringo decides to take a stroll and meets a witch. The minute she sees him, she falls head over heels for Rings and wants him for her husband. She makes a love potion but before she can use it on Ringo, George comes rushing up to the rescue and the witch falls into the caldron filled with her potion.

E04

Not A Second Time/Slow Down

10/16/1965

Not A Second Time: The Beatles travelling in route to perform a concert and are mobbed at the Airport. A few fans follow them onto the airplane and the Beatles escape into the jungles of Africa. SINGALONGS: Baby's In Black & Misery Slow Down: The Beatles visit a Texan ghost town that has been renamed Ringo Ravine. They meet a horse named Gold Nose that is supposed to be able to sniff out the precious metal. Ringo gets stuck on Gold Nose, and the horse gallops away into the horizon.

E05

Baby's In Black/Misery

10/23/1965

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.

E06

You've Really Got A Hold On Me/Chains

10/30/1965

You've Really Got A Hold On Me: The Beatles go on safari in Africa hoping to photograph the local wildlife. Their rented jeep has a blowout in a tire. Ringo goes searching for a jack only to find a medicine man named Jack. The medicine man turns a worm into a snake that just happens to fall in love with Ringo. They use the snake a spare tire. SINGALONGS: Slow Down & Honey Don't Chains: The Beatles go to see the movie Mutiny On the Bounty at a local theater. Ringo ends up being hit upon his head and dreams that he is Captain Ringo Bligh and the other three Beatles are planning a mutiny against him. Ringo makes the other Beatles aboard the ship ""walk the plank"".

E07

I'll Get You/Honey Don't

11/6/1965

I'll Get You: The Beatles go on an African safari in search of rest and relaxation. They run into their good friend, Alan Watermain, who takes them hunting. John and Paul spot a lion and go running after it. The old lion turns out to be a gimmick to drum up tourists. SINGALONGS: You Really Got A Hold On Me & Any Time At All Honey Don't: The Beatles attend a Texas rodeo. Ringo, who is mistaken for a bull rider, ends up participating in the Rodeo by riding, Honey, a wild bull.

E08

Any Time At All/Twist And Shout

11/13/1965

Any Time At All: The Beatles visit a French museum and admire a portrait of the Three Musketeers. They pretend they are the Musketeers (plus Ringo) and come to the aid of a young woman in ""Dis Dress"", who turns out to be a villian. SINGALONGS: Slow Down & Honey Don't Twist And Shout: The Beatles attend an art show in Paris where they run into an aspiring artist who doesn't know how to paint in an happening, abstract way in order to enter an art competition. The group tries to inspire with their music.

E09

Little Child/I'll Be Back

11/20/1965

Little Child: The Beatles visit an Indian reservation where they encounter a little Indian girl who is bent on proving to the tribe that she is as good of a hunter and trapper as the boys. She traps and captures the Beatles. SINGALONGS: Long Tall Sally & Twist and Shout I'll Be Back: The Beatles perform a concert in Texas. Since Ringo is the only Beatle that doesn't have a guitar, he is presented with a golden one by the town's mayor. Three redneck villains decide to steal the guitar so they can makes a few top ten hits in order to rule the world. The Beatles have to retrieve the guitar.

E10

Long Tall Sally/I'll Cry Instead

11/27/1965

Long Tall Sally: The Beatles are forced to spend the night in a castle because of dense fog. While there, John and Ringo stumble upon a couple suits of armor. They are warned by the caretaker of the estate that who ever puts on the armor will become mortal enemies and fight to the death. They promise not to put them on, but when the caretakers back is turned, boys will be boys and John and Ringo start fighting each other. SINGALONGS: I'll Follow The Sun & When I Get Home I'll Cry Instead: The Beatles are in Japan and stop to sign a few autographs. However a few autographs turn into more than they had expected and George develops a case of ""autographitis"". His hand swells up purple and four times its normal size. The Beatles start running around trying to find a doctor and mistakenly walk into a judo arena thinking it was a doctor's office. The Japanese think George is the Masked Master and is forced to fight against the karate champ.

E11

I'll Follow The Sun/When I Get Home

12/4/1965

I'll Follow The Sun: The Beatles are captured by a cowboy outlaw when their car breaks down. The outlaw demands ransom and the band manages to escape. They arrive back at their car to find the outlaw has gone straight and fixes their car. SINGALONGS: I'll Cry Instead & Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby When I Get Home: The Beatles meet Quasimodo when the visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame. At first the hunchback does not like the Beatles sudden visit and chases them around trying to get rid of them. Eventually the Beatles feel sorry for him and take him on tour with them as ""Quasi Moto and the Bell Ringers"".

E12

Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby/I Should Have Known Better

12/11/1965

Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby: The Beatles are in Japan when they are forced to take shelter in religious temple because of a rainstorm. There they are mistaken for the deceased spirits of Japanese ancestors and are kept captive in the temple. SINGALONGS: I'm A Loser & I Wanna Be Your Man I Should Have Known Better: The Beatles are in Rome looking for a place to rehearse for next performance. After looking around, they end up in the Coliseum where the sounds of their practicing make the walls tumble down.

E13

I Wanna Be Your Man/I'm A Loser

12/18/1965

I Wanna Be Your Man: The Beatles are in Rome when they decide to find a lovely souvenir to take back to the Royal British Museum. Meanwhile, two criminals, Hugo and Leo, have stolen a large sum of gold. They melt the gold down and re-shape it into a statute of the Goddess of Musica, which they paint white to match some other statues. The boys purchase the statue and are chased by the thieves, the statue gets away on a wheelbarrow tire and the Beatles end up taking back a wind up music box of the Beatles in Greek clothing with instruments. SINGALONGS: No Reply & I'm Happy Just To Dance With You I'm A Loser: While the Beatles are in Hollywood, a film producer hires Ringo as stuntman double for Rory Rock. Ringo gets hurt in every scene and ends up wrapped in bandages from head to toe; in a hospital bed.

E14

Don't Bother Me/No Reply

12/25/1965

Don't Bother Me: The Beatles are staying at a hotel in Rome when Ringo remembers they have a concert to do that night in Barcelona. Meanwhile two spies who want to steal the new Beatles songbook are following the lads, trying to slow the down so they get their hands on the book. The crooks have a fake announcement broadcast that the trains won't be running for the day. The other Beatles become suspicious and try to warn John, who doesn't listen to them and doesn't want to be bothered. The boys try to take a cab to the Rome airport, but are followed. SINGALONGS: It Won't Be Long & I Should Have Known Better No Reply: While the Beatles are visiting Hawaii, they are warned by a local detective about Anyface, the world's greatest master of disguise. Anyface has a weakness for girls and can make his face look like anybody's simply by looking at them. When two Pauls surface, a series of test are done by the detective and his niece who is a ""number one Beatles fan"". This still doesn't rev

E15

I'm Happy Just To Dance With You/Mr. Moonlight

1/1/1966

I'm Happy Just To Dance With You: The Beatles are flying over Europe, having snacks and enjoying themselves, when their plane starts to crash. They jump for saftey and end up at an Italian street fair where Paul enters a contest and wins a dancing bear that has goo-goo eyes for the Beatle. SINGALONGS: Don't Bother Me & Can't Buy Me Love Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles take a cruise to Hawaii but are chased by a flock of frenzied female fans and take refuge in a escape dingy. There they encounter Ludwig Von Brilliant, who wants to witness the total eclipse of the moon. He drops the boat from the ship and three days later the Beatles discover they are at sea. Ludwig suggests that they head to the island of Moonie which is not only the best location to view the eclipse but also a secret island with few inhabitans. There they encounter restless natives who try to toss the Beatles into a volcano.

E16

Can't Buy Me Love/It Won't Be Long

1/8/1966

Can't Buy Me Love: John is given a friendship ring by a Polynesian girl. After he takes the ring, he finds out that it is the custom that who ever is given the ring and takes it has to marry the tribe chief's daughter. John refuses the marriage and runs and hides in a pineapple factory. When he discovers the chief hates the smell of pineapples, he has himself canned. SINGALONGS: Anna & Mr. Moonlight It Won't Be Long: The Beatles are having a leisurely picnic in Japan when they run into Dr. Ah So. The doctor tell the lads about his new creation, a potion that causes things to shrink, and he pours some into a nearby lake. John, later then decides to go for a swim and shrinks. When the other Beatles see him, they think he is a new-fangled Beatle doll and chase after him until they fall into the same lake. George, Paul and Ringo shrink just as the potion wears off John and he goes back to normal size.

E17

Anna/I Don't Want To Spoil The Party

1/15/1966

Anna: The Beatles are aboard a sightseeing ship, when Paul is lured from that ship onto a ghost ship, called Ah Na by a beautiful Japanese woman. John, Ringo and George try to save Paul before he is taken to the Enchanted Lagoon, where no man has ever came back from. SINGALONGS: Thank You Girl & Matchbox I Don't Want To Spoil The Party: John is taking the Beatles sight-seeing at a New York museum. John attempts to teach Paul, George and Ringo some culture but they get bored and run away in search of a swinging and wild party. They end up at a beatnik party in Greenwich village and when they notice John at the same party they disguise themselves as beatnik musicians from him to keep from going back to the museum.

E18

Matchbox/Thank You Girl

1/22/1966

Matchbox: Tired of hotel rooms, the Beatles purchase a RV trailor with all the comforts at the touch of a button. They hit the road where they help save a village that is being threatened by a volcano. SINGALONGS: I Don't Want To Spoil The Party & Help! Thank You Girl: Brian Epstein tells the Beatles that they are putting on entirely too much weight. He ""grounds"" them to their rooms, puts them on a diet and takes away all their money so they can't eat any of the local French pastries and candies. Hungry and upset, the Beatles escape from their hotel room, and end up a French cooking school in hopes of free food.

E19

With Love From Me To You/Boys

1/29/1966

With Love From Me To You: Vacationing in Hawaii, George is bullied by the very jealous Surf Wolf, who is king of the beach. Surf Wolf challenges George to a surfing competition. George reluctantly accepts, and having never surfed before, takes a few surfing lessons. During the contest Surf Wolf cheats to win, but George ends up winning. SINGALONGS: Please Mr. Postman & I Saw Her Standing There Boys: The Beatles are in Hollywood, when they notice a contest by President Films. The winner is to be crowned ""Mr. Hollywood"" and will become a film star. They boys enter the contest. After failing many competitions and on the verge of being thrown out, the Beatles decide to use their true talent, singing.

E20

Dizzy Miss Lizzy / I Saw Her Standing There

Dizzy Miss Lizzy: While the Beatles are visiting Bavaria, George goofs up by bragging that he is the Liverpool Champion ice skater. John and Paul secretly enter him in a Swiss ice boat contest to show him a thing or two. SINGALONGS: Ticket To Ride & From Me To You I Saw Her Standing There: After much walking and sight-seeing in Madrid, John and Paul stop at Joses Jideaway for a rest. John takes his shoes off for comfort and red hot ashes end up in them. When he puts them on, he starts to jump around, the club thinks he is dancing and flamenco dancer's girl friend falls for him. Jealous, the dancer challenges John to a duel.

E21

What You're Doing / Money

What You're Doing: After returning from a fishing trip, Ringo wanders into a camp of gypsies. One of the women takes a fancy to Ringo and he ends up the her choice for marriage. George dons drag and pretends to be Ringo's fiancee in order to get him out of his terrible situation. SINGALONGS: Dizzy Miss Lizzie & All My Loving Money: After being paid for a NY concert, the Beatles take a leisure trip to Coney Island. The boys try to keep their eye on him (he has all the money they just received sewed up in his coat) but he eludes them only to be chased by a mysterious stranger.

E22

Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand / She Loves You

Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand: The Beatles (along with a guide dog named Gunthar) climb a mountain in the Swiss Alps in order to plant a flag with their likeness a top the highest peak. SINGALONGS: Bad Boy & Tell Me Why She Loves You: While the Beatles are on a cruise they discover a woman being held captive in cabin 13. When they try to rescue her they are attacked by her captor, who throws knives at them.

E23

Bad Boy / Tell Me Why

Bad Boy: The Beatles are vacationing in the Swiss Alps. They meet a young boy who would rather be one of the Beatles than to stay home with his family. SINGALONGS: Please Please Me & Hold Me Tight Tell Me Why: While in Spain, the Beatles come across a donkey that upon hearing their music, runs away at breakneck speed. They enter the donkey into a horse derby and the donkey wins by a nose.

E24

I Feel Fine / Hold Me Tight

I Feel Fine: The Beatles go to Hollywood. While visiting a studio, Paul calls a leading hero (Dick Dashing) of the "silver screen" a fake. The hero's ego is severely bruised and he demands that Paul prove his point or take it back. SINGALONGS: What You're Doing & There's A Place Hold Me Tight: While the Beatles are in New York, Ringo and George take a tour of the Statue of Liberty. They spot a mysterious man with a package and set out to save the day.

E25

Please Please Me / There's A Place

Please Please Me: While in Spain, the Beatles decide to go out and have a picnic. A bull mistakes Ringo for a matador; Ringo mistakes the bull for John and Paul in a cheesy costume. The bull chases Ringo, hits a tree and gets knocked out... leaving no bull for the upcoming bull fight. The Beatles end up in the ring- ole! SINGALONGS: Roll Over Beethoven & Rock and Roll Music There's A Place: The Beatles are rehearsing for a television appearance but are having difficulty due to an ape in a cage. John sets the ape free, only to find out that it the ape is a super genius, and as always mayhem and mischief ensues.

E26

Roll Over Beethoven / Rock and Roll Music

Roll Over Beethoven: Before returning to England, the Beatles decide to have a quick look around (for old times sake). They happen upon an elephant (boxed and ready for transport on the high seas) that fancies Paul and decides to "hug" Paul with its trunk and not let go. Only the musical stylings of the Beatles can save Paul. SINGALONGS: I Feel Fine & She Loves You Rock and Roll Music: Mistaken for a string quartet, the Beatles are invited to give a performance at a party for a royal Duke. After attempting to make a sound with the string instruments, the Beatles decide to rattle the rafters and get the party hopping their own way.