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Beatles Anthology Director's Cut ~ exactly what's in it ~ ?!?!
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May. 9th, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
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Directors Cut up on YouTube ~ hurry!
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May. 9th, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
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FLASH! Before it's deleted by the bigwigs, the entire BOOTLEG version of Anthology is up on YouTube ~
~ It's called The Beatles Anthology Director's Cut ~ occasionally you find it on the black market in the form of ten (that's right, 10) DVD's, and it keeps getting banned by eBay every time they find someone is trying to sell copies.
The difference between the regular Anthology and the Director's Cut?
Well! This bootleg has more than twice as much material that was changed and deleted, from what Apple & the Threetles-Plus-Yoko picked over and chose to sell to the public. This director's cut is a copy of the first version that was submitted for their approval, and believe you me, the for-sale version that you own is all butchered up!
All the links to the videos on YouTube have been posted on { THIS BOARD } of the forum for your convenience.
Watch 'em as soon as you can, because I'll bet they won't be up for long!!!
For further info and commentary about it ~
{ HERE } is a post I made about this bootleg set, back on February 15. Cheers!
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News Item: Was someone after Ringo now?!
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May. 5th, 2008 @ 11:45 am
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Go to the StarkeyWhores Community for details... :(
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The Beatles Story LP
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Apr. 6th, 2008 @ 07:39 pm
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Neil Aspinall is dead.
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Mar. 24th, 2008 @ 01:21 pm
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*** THIS POST EDITED, REVISED & HIGHLY ADDED-TO ***
Lung cancer, age 66
The original and only officially Eppy-assigned Beatles biographer, Hunter Davies, does an obit on Neil ~
Beatles fixer and friend takes secrets to the grave
~ here's an excerpt ~ Neil Aspinall was one of only two people of any importance in the Beatles saga who never told their story. Which is strange, when you think we've had a thousand Beatles books these last 40 years. I asked him countless times, saying he should get it all down, before it's too late, if just for his children. He always said no. [more...]
Source: The Guardian, UK [Related Articles]
~*~ ♥ ~*~
Sir George Martin actually sent a letter to the The Times UK (printed at end of this article)( (this article) )
~*~ ♥ ~*~
George Martin's letter
œ Although Brian Epstein spent an enormous amount of time trying to get a recording contract for the Beatles, he found that literally every label in England would turn them down, including EMI of which I was a small part. Neil Aspinall was overshadowed by Brian in those days, but his closeness to the Beatles made him the ideal person to take over the reins. He fitted the part as if he were born to it and he astonished the big players in the record business with his acumen. Maybe he said "No"™ too many times, but his overriding thought was always to protect the four Beatles in the frenzy that he had to deal with. No one can imagine the stress of handling the group, for everyone in the world wanted them. His business decisions were sound, and the fact that the Beatles are acknowledged to be the greatest of our stars is his legacy. He was an unassuming and loving family man, and a very good friend, loyal and faithful to the end.
We will all miss him, and so will the world.â€
George Martin, Coleshill, Wilts
~*~ ♥ ~*~
Also, a letter from another old comrade was printed there
(at which point christine thinks of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rooftopconcert allison)
Neil was an okay guy...very dedicated to his mates The Beatles. He kept their ship afloat though occasional rough seas and managed their finances and new projects brilliantly.
Sometimes his single-mindedness left him misunderstood by those who didn't appreciate his determination to take care of the Beatles legacy.
Sleep well Neil...you've well earned it!!
Sam Leach, Liverpool, Lancashire.
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After this, nothing from Heather Mills will ever surprise me again...
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Mar. 18th, 2008 @ 08:40 pm
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Eppy In The News »
PAUL McCARTNEY HAS BEEN DEAD SINCE 1966, CLAIMS HEATHER...
She added: "He's nothing more than a second rate look-a-like that Brian Epstein picked up in a Blackpool snooker hall."
> [ within a few weeks of the couple's first date, she realised he was in fact, dead. ]
Nobody caught on to the double meaning of that sentence?
Guess you've gotta be over 50 to really understand! Hahaa.
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In Defence of Dick Rowe?
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Mar. 12th, 2008 @ 03:55 pm
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CLICK PIC FOR LARGER IMAGE
Image courtesy the wonderful
Chazz Avery at BeatleSource.com 
In response to today's hot news flashes ~~
CityNews.ca / The Biggest Blunders In Music History
and
uk.reuters.com / War against Web tops music biz "screw-ups" list ~~ Dick Rowe.
He's the executive who refused to sign the Beatles, after Brian Epstein brought the quartet to him for a disastrous audition in 1962. His remark that "groups with guitars are on their way out" has become one of the most widely quoted stories about the Fab Four, even though the exec denied ever uttering the phrase. ~~ on that same subject, from back in August of 2006 ~~
Poor old Dick Rowe. What did that mean Eppy do to you? *snork*
[post includes a few pics]
.....by the way..... I thoroughly agree with Blender Magazine (who?) in their choice for the number one music boo-boo of all time. Which is: the clueless, paranoid, greedy record industry's hissy-fit over Napster, and its subsequent censorship/mishandling of the internet's filesharing potential.
They have hung themselves with their own rope and [in a premonitory tone not unlike Eppy's] I gleefully pronounce them a dead industry walking.
*Christine throws a handful of confetti over her head*
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The Book By Bramwell
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Mar. 5th, 2008 @ 07:08 pm
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99 cents and less than $6 shipping?
An insanely cheap price for this, if no bidding war ensues.
I'd grab it myself, but I already have it, hahaa.
Can't let anybody else miss out, though!
Magical Mystery Tours-My Life With The Beatles
by Tony Bramwell
Item number: 310029054910
Contains loads of not-to-be-missed Eppy material,
and even more Beatles stuff,
from their loyal childhood friend.
( You might like what's under the cut... )
The author in recent years ~ |  |
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| » FYI ~ Ever hear of the Director's Cut of the Beatles Anthology? |
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Hahaa, seems like every time I find this on eBay, it gets terminated/deleted by eBay before anyone is able to win it!
Anthology~1993 Director's Cut
Y'know, the final version of Anthology that YOU all are familiar with, the one for sale in general, REMOVED much of the originally-compiled story and details to include as much TV and concert footage as possible ~ so, deleted were many, many uncut and uncensored interviews!
Read the description on eBay and see if you wish to try for it ~ maybe eBay won't find it and take it off the market in time ~ or maybe you'll want to make a note of it so, someday, you may wish to try to locate this treasure again.
It's obvious that what you see in this Director's Cut is what the director and production team assembled and presented to the band ~ before numerous change requests were made.
BTW, it is NOT I who is selling this ~ in fact, I have no earthly idea who "legend_daddycool" is ~ I simply want to pass the info on to y'all in case you've never heard of this before.
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...pssssst! If indeed you do buy this, thank me by letting me know if any mentions of Eppy are included that didn't make it into the retail version! ;)
Now, just because I feel like it ~
( Latest Beatles News )
Feb. 15th, 2008 @ 03:22 pm
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| » Shabbat Shmooze ~ Beatles, Israel and... Eppy's mum? |
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There are all these big headlines now about Israel apologizing to The Beatles for cancelling their appearance in 1965.
None of them seem to quite get at the entire truth.
However, last July (2007) I had made a post on just that subject ~
SEE ~ http://eppylover.livejournal.com/286880.html
As Walter Cronkite used to close out his newscast, "and THAT's the way it is!" ...errmmm, was.
( For a more amusing slant on the Beatles/Israel blather... )
p.s. Israel denies they apologized?
Israel denies they apologized for Beatles snub
More than 40 years after it barred the Beatles from playing there, Israel said it wants the surviving members to participate in a concert celebrating the country's 60th birthday. But the Israeli embassy in London denied a report that they had apologized for its original refusal to let the Beatles perform in the country. [more...]
Source: Fox News, via WhatGoesOn.com
Feb. 2nd, 2008 @ 01:22 am
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| » The Beatles, The Grammys...and Brian Epstein? |
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Casts of LOVE and Across The Universe
to perform on Grammys
The casts of The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil and Across The Universe will perform in a special Beatles segment on the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, live on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on CBS TV from 8-11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). [more...]
Source: Business Wire
Nicked from WhatGoesOn.com
 Your eppylover would love to place a request with the Grammy people to have some sort of mention of our man Brian Epstein inserted within the context of this show's segment.
Like, how hard would that be. Not. But will they do it unless people arsk? Psshhh. They won't even THINK of it.
I do not know how to go about this, who to email, what to do ~ and I don't really have any time to figure it out.
Can anybody "HELP!"...?
Jan. 30th, 2008 @ 05:57 pm
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| » Here's the Jan 25 Ringo interview on Larry King |
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Because nobody uploaded the interview portion to YouTube...
( Transcript of Ringo on Larry King )
Jan. 29th, 2008 @ 11:12 am
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| » Sunday Sermon ~ A Famous Clergyman Who Liked Brian |
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Perhaps I'm more illiterate than I make out to be, but...
Ever hear of Thomas Merton?
( Behind this cut ~ just a bit of my usual anti-theism ~ so, religious flisters please skip this part )
Aug. 27,1967
The certified letter came today and by the time you get this you will have got back the little pink card showing the letter was not eaten by weasels.
I am terribly sorry to hear about Brian Epstein. I'll say Mass for him Sept. 5. Did I ever tell you that once on a radio program he was asked to name his favorite book and named The Seven Storey Mtn., only with its English title, Elected Silence?
[Eppylover Note: Merton's referring to his own book]
I always felt closer to him after that -- glad, of course, that he brought out the Beatles. Glad they are working on their meditation.
COPYRIGHT 1993 National Catholic Reporter
[Eppylover Note #2: Brian had nothing against meditation, but he was quite worried about their dalliance with the Maharishi ~ because he believed Maha was taking gross advantage of his Boys ~ and he was proven right, y'know. :/ ]
( I'm also tickled with the following Beatle-related quotes from the article... )
Jan. 13th, 2008 @ 03:34 pm
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| » Brian in the trunk...? 1967 UK-only Beatles pop-up book |
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HEY KIDS!
I found it necessary to disavail the daughter of her laptop for this. Behold! She seethes. She threatens. She pouts. She's a typical teenager, LOL.
*christine flinches at the sounds of many young flisters in their teens defriending the eppylover*
For anyone who is still reading this: If any of you have the facilities ($) and are compelled (want!) to buy this book, pleeeze tell me WTF they meant by "...is Brian Epstein actually in the trunk?"
Beatles- Musical Pop Up Book
Unbelievable that I've never heard of this, seeing as it's a NEMS original.
It's being sold by a fella in Florida, so none of this overseas stuff to mess around with. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
( Check out this description! )
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Hmm. Well, I dunno where Stephy found the AK-47. For those who don't already know, we do live across the street from the city cemetery. How convenient for her. LOL
That's my lame way of saying I'd better sign off now! XD
Dec. 30th, 2007 @ 10:26 pm
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Found a blog called "Earful of Noize" sharing (amongst other rarities) the greatest Beatles mashup album ever created.
I could listen to this all day.
CCC ~ Revolved (The Beatles 'Revolver' Mashed)~2005
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Like I said in the previous (friends-locked*, sorry) post ~ if I seem to disappear for an extended period of time, it's because I'll be attempting to upgrade my cpu (thanks to a friend and benefactor 2000 miles away who I am not sure would wish to be named here). Since I tend to be a hardware knob, I'm awaiting some assistance from someone quite a bit brighter in that department before I proceed.
Heh, I can just see both machines blowing up if I did it by meself!
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*Anyone wishing to have access to ALL my posts is entirely welcome to friend me. The more the merrier, when it comes to flisters!
Dec. 17th, 2007 @ 10:45 am
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| » Dec 8 and John ~ Eppy would have wanted me to be nice about it *sigh* |
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...and maybe from now on I should keep that in mind when thinking of all his Boys.
First posted in 2005
What I was doing on Dec 8, 1980 ~ when I heard the news
...Then, this one was posted the following year, 2006
(Dig the pic and description of "modern" software in the comments of this second post)
Huffington Post
 Salute to John Lennon
Eppylover Note: Those with very little reading patience may think it a bit wordy ~ but believe me, it's marvelously insightful.
(The part about Julian got me)
Read it on HuffPo at the above link, or ( behind this cut )
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Personally, when Martin was talking about the impact of the death of Julia on the life of Lennon, I also expected some mention of John's learning from, love for and dependence upon Brian as being almost as important and devastating ~
~ as was hinted at by Arthur Janov and his wife ~
~ but the facts on that, I fear, are locked away in the Janov files.
Trini's amazing picspam for John 2007
CLICK PIC FOR LARGER IMAGE, THEN
CLICK IT AGAIN FOR EVEN LARGER
The webmaster unfortunately shrinks down almost all of the photos for this "gallery" ~ so if you wish to save any of these pics for your own collection, the work-around for getting to the original large sizes is: Right-click on pic, click "Properties," highlight and copy the Address URL, then paste the URL into the address space on your browser and go. Voilá, you should get the original size to save in the usual way. If you go back to the AppleScruff gallery page, there's also the same spam done for George ~ and a lot of other galleries.
Dec. 8th, 2007 @ 11:11 pm
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| » Another of the Eppylover's brilliant brainstorms. |
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The story on James McCartney in my previous post (the last story on the page) was quite surprising, enlightening and inspirational. To me, anyway. Hmmm ~~ John, Paul, George & Ringo
could very well be reborn in
Julian, James, Dhani & Zak.
Aw hell, why MUST we limit this to four?
Julian, Sean, James, Dhani & Zak!
THE AFTERBEATLES!
( Read more... )
Dec. 5th, 2007 @ 05:39 pm
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| » In case you don't keep daily track of AbbeyRd.Net News ~~ |
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****************************************
HOT NEWS from www.abbeyrd.net
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( Update (12/4/07) )
Dec. 5th, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
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| » Today's Brianage |
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Unusual for me to sit and read non-Eppy Beatles stuff, especially matter covering the periods BB and AB (Before Brian and After Brian). Very unusual.
My Google Blogs Alert email gave me two short lines for an entry "By Allyn" called On the Lennon Listen — Before the Break-Up ~~ "...But he also had a bad year — his drug intake increased, and long-time manager Brian Epstein died. 1968 was the year where Lennon began to separate himself from the Beatles..."
I clicked in and started reading. And reading. And reading...
As Mr Spock would say, "Fascinating."
If you Beatlemaniacs have heard it all before, though, I'm sorry... as I said, I am comparatively ignorant of the Boys in their BB and AB periods.
BTW, Allyn Gibson had also posted a most lovely August 27 entry on our Brian. ♥
HELP! CAN ANYONE OUT THERE TRANSLATE SPANISH?
I have a request for anyone in my flist ~ or anybody reading this, actually ~ who knows how to read and write in Spanish.
( Teh Challenge, a MySpace surprise, and just pondering... )
Nov. 27th, 2007 @ 10:18 am
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| » It's Pete's Birthday |
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Hope Pete Best had a Happy 66th Birthday Today!
( videos of Pete )
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1962, November 24 - Brian sends a birthday greetings telegram to Pete Best:
"Congratulations, many happy returns, all the best, John, Paul, George, Ringo and Brian."
Nov. 24th, 2007 @ 06:26 pm
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Nov. 18th, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
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| » Selling Out :( |
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 Rare Lennon Recording In Ad
November 14, 2007
SOURCE: courant.com Yoko Ono sold John Lennon's rare home recording of "Real Love" to JC Penney for a commercial.
The spot began showing Sunday night during ABC's "Brothers & Sisters," before JC Penney could even make the announcement.
The Beatles have had their songs licensed for commercials in the past, but with the rare exception of perhaps "Revolution" years ago, they never have allowed master recordings out. The songs are always re-recorded.
( Read more... )
Nope.
Would never have happened had Eppy been in charge.
Or Neil, for that matter.
Nov. 14th, 2007 @ 09:03 am
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| » Would you leave YOUR hubby for Paul McCartney? LOL |
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Click pic for the most tabloid-y story I could find on it.
Although Paulie's fun has by no means been limited to the tabloids.
According to that Mills person's U.S. spokeswoman Michele Elyzabeth, ( Heather blew it off with... )
...Errmmm, no. I have NO idea why I'm on such a Lady Mucca trip right now.
I guess just because the news has been so amusing over in that direction lately.
~*~ ♥ ~*~
Speaking of Paulie girls:
A lovely article on Jane Asher! Eppylover-recommended reading
Jane and I have a lot in common when it comes to tanning, hahaa.
Nov. 7th, 2007 @ 12:35 pm
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| » The Beatles are DANGEROUS ~ like Rudolph Valentino! |
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 Parents! Watch your children!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vicAOQ6QDGsa
Today's concert-goers do not seem to realize that, before Brian's Boys, nobody used to scream and carry on like they do now. Even when Elvis performed it was not nearly that bad. A lot of parents were truly worried ~ this outlandish behavior just seemed wrong!
The above vid might make it a little clearer how very much things changed due to Beatlemania. XD
It was either Debbie Geller or Ray Coleman speaking with Queenie when she recalled how Brian kept asking her to describe the same kind of  behavior, the hysteria that went on around Rudolph Valentino in the 1920's.
No doubt the Valentino Effect came to mind the first time Bri visited the Cavern with Alistair Taylor! :D
Example of Valentino onscreen ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OAlbfZRCvY
Rudolph Valentino died the same week (41 years earlier) as Brian.
Brian Epstein ~ August 27, 1967, age 32.
Rudolph Valentino ~ August 23, 1926, age 31.
Nov. 6th, 2007 @ 11:08 am
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| » A Cleverly Perverse Backhanded Compliment to That Mills Person |
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From The Sunday Times
November 4, 2007
Your Debt to Heather
Read below, or at its original site here.
by Rachel Johnson
Hats off to Heather McCartney. Yes, I know that she is chillingly, pointlessly mad, but I can’t help feeling that she is doing our nation some service.
So when I rang to cadge some pro-Heather quote off a friend who knows her, explaining that I was experiencing some mild but not unduly alarming feelings of warmth towards the woman and was considering writing something nice – or at any rate not too horrible – about her, it didn’t go well.
( Read more... )
rachel.johnson@sunday-times.co.uk
Nov. 3rd, 2007 @ 09:44 pm
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| » We've been given another shot at this! |
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If you missed seeing it in this post ~~
Hurry before they take it down again!!!
It's basically a compilation of promos for upcoming NBC shows ~ from 1966 through 1968 ~ when NBC was THE network boasting the first and most in color programs!
Beginning with a brand new one called Star Trek ~
bragging that it's "the first adult space adventure!"
 ~click for medium-size image
...then click medium-size image for huge image!
***The above photo comes from a really great page full of Star Trek pics at TREKCORE.COM***
Also cute is the very last clip (the "Lively Black & White" introduction starting with the funny penguin), which was used for a special "NBC TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES" presentation of A Hard Day's Night [on 10/24/67].
So here's the whole NBC PROMO MONTAGE
As fast as they took the other one down, I give Viacom till overnight this time!!!
Nov. 2nd, 2007 @ 06:40 pm
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| » Eppy Beatleween Everybody! |
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(SORRY, I FORGOT WHO MADE THE ZOMBIE BRIAN FOR ME!)
 
( Read more... )
...Since Og is refusing so far to buy us some candy to pass out to kids, I suppose my Halloween
will be the same as last year ~ watching TV or using the laptop in the bedroom with all the rest
of the house lights out to make it look like nobody's home.
Oct. 31st, 2007 @ 02:51 pm
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