Which Cartoon had...


I used to watch a Beatles cartoon on Saturday mornings. For the closing theme, they played 'A Hard Day's Night' and I remember John, Paul and George would unplug their guitars and Ringo would unplug his drums and they would deflate. I always thought that was funny. I bought a couple of seasons of this off ebay and they do not include this as the ending theme. Does anyone know, was it this show or another animated version of the Beatles that included that footage? I thought I heard someone comment that Hanna-Barbera did a Beatles animated cartoon. I remember the Jackson Five and Harlem Globetrotters had animated series based on them too.

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I bought a complete set of the cartoons and mine doesn't have the 'drum deflation' closing, either. I think most bootlegs are sourced from home-taped VHSs of the MTV repeats from 1986/87, and many of the opening/closing segments and commercial bumpers were trimmed prior to airing. There was only one Beatle cartoon; no one else had the rights to produce them.

You can see the drum deflation closing at about 5:07 of this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsLAGKp03Rk

(It was taped off local Chicago television).

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Thanks. I enjoyed seeing it again.

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