From 1967, the Beatles dream they are back in the time of Merry Olde England, and try to pay Ringo's whopping tax bill with the aid of Robin Hood and that swingin' hepcat, Little John!
The song is a protest against the confiscatory tax rates in Britain at the time. The Beatles were literally paying 95% of their income in taxes..which is why they wanted to work in the USA so much.
I used to watch these old "Beatles" cartoons when I was in the 3rd. grade with my twin brother on TV before school. We both enjoyed them! I liked the musical numbers between the cartoons and I thought that the cartoons which related to the song titles was pretty cool! Long live the Fab Four! Even in animated form! 😎👍
They actually did do a cartoon for 'Don't Bother Me' which is another song George wrote. As for cartoons in which George sang lead, there is 'Do You Want to Know a Secret', 'Devil in Her Heart', 'Happy Just to Dance With You', 'Everybodys Trying to Be My Baby', 'Roll Over Beethoven', and 'Chains'. Those last two however the animators screwed up and made John appear to sing lead.
That even went on to Yellow Submarine. During the Sgt. Pepper number they acknowledged John as Billy Shears when we all know it was Ringo. The Producers and artists never bother to find out who sings what or who these songs are modeled after.
...to say nothing of the fact that there were also a number of times when PAUL was the actual singer that, again, the cartoon showed John singing! And one time on the other side of the coin, for John's opening "Misterrrrrrrr Moooonlight!" the cartoon shows Paul doing it!
It's that time of year again, one more week until tax day. Maybe the boys' scheme to pay Ringo's taxes might provide some inspiration for dealing with the IRS
If you're talking about cartoons, there's also Don't Bother Me, Do You Want to Know a Secret, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, Devil in Her Heart, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, Chains, and Roll Over Beethoven (the last 2 make the mistake of SHOWING John singing!), (plus my own Youngblood episode); if you mean any Beatles song, he sings a total of 28 of them in their regular releases, plus more for the BBC and Decca audition.
Who doesn't like The Beatles? That's not liking oxygen, or bread with a sandwich. But yes, if you don't like The Beatles then you probably shouldn't be watching this video, people never cease to amaze me.
You can totaly tell that he didn't want to be in this cartoon or couldn't. Throughout the show he was saying different variations of " robin hood? He never happened"
They should remaster the cartoons like Speed Racer (another fave from the 60s that got the Blu-ray treatment in 2017, for their 50th anniversary of their US debut).
Yeah, those episodes you list after "Don't Bother Me" and before "Roll Over Beethoven" don't even depict a specific singer, except "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" does narrow it to "George and John" -- as though, whenever George sang, the animators didn't know what to make of it; also, while you're mostly right about "Chains" showing John, it does have a very brief moment when it focuses on George singing. So at least when George WROTE the song, that clued them in!
