Fun With the Fab Four

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Studio: Good Times Video
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Fun With Fab Four & Beatles Unautorized (2pc)

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What a Treat!
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BLACK AND WHITE GEM !!!
Never before seen video
BEATLES FOREVER!

Fun With Fab Four & Beatles Unautorized (2pc)
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ASIN: B00006G8GS
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Customer Reviews:

What a Treat!.......2007-04-03

I love this double sided DVD.For Amazon's low price you can't go wrong even though the picture quality on the Fun With the Fab Four side while not awful, isn't as good as the Beatles Unauthorized side.I'll start with Beatles Unauthorized.A standout is the Washington Coliseum concert shown almost in it's entirety with great fabulous sound and great picture.The harmonies on From Me To You are really lovely.What a great live band they were before 1966,and they weren't half bad in '66 for that matter.There is also newsreel footage of the Hollywood Bowl concert in '64 with comments from of all people Groucho Marx,Jack Benny,and Edward G. Robinson.These were the people who were sought by the media in 1964.What Beatles fan would care about their oppinions though?Don't get too excited about the concert footage.It's taken from one stationary camera(stage left)and you only get a side view of the fabs.It's still nice however.And for the best part although it's probably tied with the Washington footage,is the very last press conference in 1966,just after the Jesus nonsense had died down.You get pretty much the whole thing.Note John's barely concealed bitterness and anger as he sarcasticly answers the questions.Who could blame him after what he and the others had been through?Paul as usual is adoreable,tripping over his words and making a very, very funny comment which went over quite well.George always the gentleman,answers a rather banal question with grace and politeness and not a hint of annoyance.Loved this side of the disk.Fun With The Fab Four has interesting parts but there are a bit too many cutaways of Beatlemania scenes.This was annoying especially during a Swedish interview where the interviewer asks Paul,"What makes a girl good"? Yes he actually asks poor Paul this question. Talk about being in the hot seat!I would have liked to have seen his face as he answered it instead of a cutaway of some teenage geek screaming with outstretched arms.By the time it goes back to Paul,he's already answered with a very smooth,"Oh I don't know."We get to see John though,egging Paul on by making him even more uncomfortable."I'm just helping him!"Then,another cutaway of people speaking Swedish and showing off their stupid Beatle dresses.A lot of airport scenes and screaming people in horn rimmed glasses.Yes,I get it already. Beatlemania was quite a phenomenon but I'd rather see the people who were the cause of all this commotion.The most wonderful part of this side however,is a very long scene from the Around The Beatles TV special which aired in April 1964.You will see the boys performing a hilarious Shakespear comedy sketch complete with audience participation shouts of encouragement.Paul and George shout back too and John is a scream.Their delivery is deliberately deadpan,like a send up of a school play and it's priceless.It's worth buying this just to see that sketch but of course there's so much more to enjoy.Let's not forget newsreel footage of an angry city cop after the boys violate the curfew.Once again it's Paul in the hotseat.He's caught with a girl in his room.I guess he really did know what makes girls good. This DVD is 105 minutes of pure joy for Beatle fans.You will not be disappointed!

Great Surprise.......2007-01-02

I just recentlly moved back home and one of my parents bought this for me. I looked at the cheap dinged up case and the low budget jacket that went around this case that lookes as if it had been printed off off a cheap old bubblejet printer and I thought to myself "LAME CASH IN". I dont but unofficial items from any band or anything from anyone since I feel that it is messed up to try to make a quick buck off of someone else's work. So I just let them (I have them from seperate dvd cases not a single 2 disc set)sit there on my shelf. One night my friends bail on me and I had nothing to. Then I noticed the dvds chillin there and I figured what the heck. Well to my surprise these were great. It is not really set up into a very organized documentary kinda like this review but more like a bunch of rare beatles snippits. Mostly from the press but we have the guys at there witty best. They really meshed well together. There is a great little comedy skit of the boys doing some shakespere. Well worth the price. I love to watch John give the reporters crap. This is no Beatles Anthology but its nice to get the boys at there goofy best.

BLACK AND WHITE GEM !!!.......2006-03-21

This particular video is a pleasure to review because of it's quality.
I can show my 16 year old, "see, this is what we saw when I was your age", meaning it was black and white. The only thing we didn't have to do here was adjust the rabbit ears (I'll leave that for you to explain.) The quality is real good, better than some other documentaries, that's for sure.

Among all of the other items I've got on the Beatles, I am real happy to have this in my collection, so I do urge you to put it on your shelf as well. Is it a must have? Yes, right up there with the best of the Ed Sullivan cd's, despite the lack of original quality, which is not the fault of this cd. I think for the price, you can own a great piece of history that you'll view more than once and look forward to it as well.

Outside of the Hollywood Bowl material, you'll wonder how the Beatles were able to get that sound out, under those stoneage concert amplification conditions, with thousands of gone-beserk teenage bubblegum-chewing-pimplepickers. You'll just have to shake your head and guess. It's a good thing they hadn't heard of mosh pits. But, I digress.

Trust me, you'll dig this fab and gear disk, mate!

Never before seen video.......2005-01-08

I'm always wary of all the "rare" Beatles stuff out there, but found this DVD a great surprise. There were things on this DVD i had only seen pictures of before. Some of the interviews provided here are somewhat unintelligible and obviously incomplete, but you get to see the Beatles in many different settings just being themselves. Clips from the Hollywood Bowl, the claustrophobia of Beatlemania and a Shakespearean comedy skit are the best treasures. Quality is good... no silly narration... more a collection of clips than a structured documentary.

BEATLES FOREVER!.......2004-04-27

This is a masterpiece. This is something that all will treasure, from inveterate Beatles' fans to people just becoming familiar with their work.

Product Description

Rare footage of the sensational Beatles: hysterical crowds, press conferences, interviews, TV clips, newsreels and more.

Customer Reviews:

Fun With the Fab Four.......2007-02-10

It was good but not exceptional. I also purchased another DVD, First Tour of U.S. and would recommend it.

Only for hardcore Beatles fans.......2005-02-01

I absolutely loved this DVD. I was a little skeptical at first because it was so cheap, but it was such a bargain. I wouldn't recommend this DVD to the casual Beatles fan, however. It is filled with rare interviews with the boys, from various cities on various tours. There's no music in it, just an hour of talking, but it is well worth it. The interviews are treaures, to see the interaction between the four members. They were very close and it shows. The Pyramus and Thisbe skit is so hilarious, I would have bought it just for that one scene. There are many numerous hilarious moments withing this DVD. Like John saying that The Beatles is just a name "you know, like shoe. We could have been called the Shoes for all you know." Things like that. There are some things on this that are also in Anthology, but it is still well worth it.

A must buy!.......2005-01-10

When my friend brought her copy of "Fun with the Fab Four" over to my house today, I thought it looked stupid. The name does make it sound as though it will be, but when she told me it was not, I agreed to watch it. Especially when I found out the Midsummer Nights Dream sketch was in it, something I had been dyeing to see ever since I first saw a picture of John in those pigtails. Anyway, as the other reviewers have said, if you'r not much of a beatles fan, stear clear. This is really only for those leaning toward obsessive. If you are like me, (I bought Ringo a sixty-fourth birthday present) this dvd is a wonder beyond your wildest dreams. The interviews are interesting and almost constantly hilareous, and the Midsummer Nights Dream sketch is worth it all on its own. That sketch is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen. ("I'm the man on the moon, this is my thorn branch, and this doggie woggie here is my dog!" ...priceless) The part from Japanese television in which the picture didn't match the sound was confusing (Ringo's mouth is moving, but John's voice is coming out!), but apart from that, I think it is one of my favorite Beatles DVDs, and I own a good amount (anthology, unauthorized, A hard days night, help, magical mystery tour, and soon Let it Be, hopefully), all of which I hold in very high regard. I plan to buy Fun with the Fab Four as soon as possible, and at the price it has, there is no reason to pass it up! Its going for a penny in the used section! oh, and if anyone knows where to get George Harrison's pirate song sketch from Eric Idle's television program, Id be much obliged. thanks!

For Obsessive Fans Only!.......2004-12-31

If like the Beatles, but aren't too crazy for them, do not buy this movie. You'll find it boring, hard to follow, and won't be able to make out most of what they're saying.
But if you're a truly obsessed Beatles fan, THIS MOVIE IS A NECESITY! You may think you've seen everything there is to see, what with the Beatles Anthology, the First US Visit, AHDN, and etc., but your knowlege of the Beatles is incomplete without seeing this movie. In the Anthology, for example, you only see the first minute or so of John's apology for his Jesus statement at a Chicago press conference in August of 1966. It ends with "I said what I said, and it was wrong, or was taken wrong, and now it's all this!" In this movie, however, you can hear the rest of his statement. Also, in the First US Visit DVD, you see only part of their first press conference at JFK airport. Did you know they swore in it? I didn't! It's an incredibly mild swear, but I was still very surprised to hear the Beatles say it in public that early on. Sure, they swore a lot (and I mean A LOT) even back in the Hamburg/Cavern days, but here, they were supposed to be clean cut boys!
You'll find it interesting, hilarious, and even though it is incomprehensible at moments, (if you're a truly obsessive Beatlemaniac) you'll rewind and rewatch/relisten to the scenes until you're able to know everything they said. John is his usual hilarious self, and you'll crack up at almost everything he has to say.
I just finished watching it for the first time, and am incredibly pleased. I haven't previously seen much of anything that was shown here. My sister and father, casual Beatles fans, started watching it with me, but left in the middle of it, saying it was too boring. I couldn't disagree more! I completely into it, smiling like an idiot through the whole thing (as I always do with anything that has anything to do with the Fab Four).
Great movie!

For Hardcore fans only.......2004-02-23

Casual Beatles fans may wanna skip this one. It's basically a bunch of clips of them going from place to place facing screaming fans and the like, along with a handful of interviews. Nothing earth shattering.

Album Description

Australia exclusive DVD (NTSC/Region 0) features rare & unusual news films, TV appearances & interviews, including a Shakespearean comedy sketch, outrageously funny press conferences, as well as clips from both original drummers Pete Best & Ringo's temporary replacement Jimmy Nicol, plus on-location footage of the Beatles shooting 'A Hard Day's Night' at London's Paddington Square. Approx. 55 mins. RBC Entertainment. 2004.

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The Beatles: Fun With The Fab Four
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The Beatles Unauthorized/Fun With The Fab Four 2-pk

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Two disc pack including "The Beatles Unauthorized" and Fun with the Fab Four. Includes live rare and unusual footage as well as historic live performances and interviews. Many fun sketches and interviews thought to be lost. Also includes performances by Pete Best and Jimmy Nichol.

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