I always felt Revolver was a truly ground-breaking album, although most critics’ minds always go to Sgt Pepper’s in that regard. Paul, in particular, always felt that Revolver was the one that saw them take the biggest steps forward in terms of composition and musical style. George shared that view, although John and Ringo less so.
What made this so great was that each scene was shown spliced throughout the episode so you'd just get these random shots between everything else culminating in the press conference.
I rewatch old episodes of Hyperdrive, pretty much solely for his psychopathic first officer character. He plays it better than Hopkins in Silence Of The Lambs
Well the thing is, the thing is, so to speak, is that rattling drain pipes cannot really be adequately compared to a dripping tap, for instance, if one were to venture forth into making such a comparison, as it were.
Good sketch. This reminds me a bit of that Ardal O'Hanlon joke, where he says he would love to have sat down and had a chat with Neil Armstrong for two hours, and not mention the moon once.
This is one of the best comedy sketches I have ever seen! Always cracks me up and Kevin Eldon's impersonation is bang on. RIP the wonderful gentleman George Martin and thank you for your immeasurable contribution to music. You'll be greatly missed.
"Mr Martin, do you think your release represents a positive shift in attitudes towards the West or is it just a publicity stunt?" "Well, I never really understood all the criticisms against Ringo's drumming"
A great tribute to Sir George this. I don't think the sketch is making fun of him at all, rather it's mocking everyone else who were never interested in anything else he ever did and couldn't believe he DID do anything except talk about the Beatles 24/7, particularly from the 1980s onwards, despite his actual track record as a producer and engineer.
The 90s was a golden age of comedy. Big Train, The Fast Show, A Bit Of Fry And Laurie, KYTV, Alan Partridge. All these shows are still bloody brilliant and haven't aged at all. All produced by the BBC too. What the hell happened to the BBC in the 21st Century!
@@donaldwebb It's genuinely sad to see what Linehan has become. Although also, in a wider sense, perhaps it's no bad thing that such a nasty bigot has become such a pariah. This isn't Hollywood where Mel Gibson keeps his friends despite being a POS; Linehan has fallen down a rabbit hole and people (friends, colleagues, family, the industry at large, the wider public) don't want anything to do with him.
@@ronb5714 Him and JKR are correct. And you don't know what you're talking about. There are problems with gender ideology convincing non-gender conforming children to use drastic medications & go on a path towards radical surgeries, such as double-mastectomies. And activist policies like the Gender Recognition act would make it easier for men to infringe on women's private spaces. The basic fact is that it's impossible for humans to literally change sex, and policies/top-down language-decrees designed to obscure this are essentially illiberal and totalitarian.
@@ronb5714 Him and JKR are correct. And you don't know what you're talking about. There are legitimate concerns about gender ideology encouraging gender-non-conforming children to use drastic medications and go down a path towards radical bodily surgeries, e.g. double-mastectomies. Radical activist policies such as the Gender Recognition Act would make it easier for men to infringe on women's private spaces, including changing rooms and rape crisis centres. It's already the case that male rapists can be sent to female prisons. And the basic fact is that it is impossible for human beings to change sex, and radical policies/ top-down language decrees designed to obscure this fact are essentially illiberal and totalitarian.
I still remember seeing this when it was first broadcast. No other comedy show attempted such a parody. Was very specific and stuck in my memory for that reason.
I was disappointed to see not a single mention of his kidnap ordeal in the press, as if it has fallen down the "memory hole". I came here to check I'm not imagining things!
Ulysses61 says "When George Martin was told about this video, he shrugged and said, "no one ever asks me about anything else." LOL. Well, that's probably true...I know I myself don't have too many questions about The Fourmost, Cilla Black, or Billy J. Kramer to put to him. :>
Well, he did record the number one hit with Gerry and the Pacemakers, "How Do You Do It" which as chance would have it, was first offered to The Beatles, but they politely declined. Their first single "Love Me Do" characterised by John's harmonica had charted quite well and they needed something worthy of a follow up. John went away and wrote "Please Please Me". It bowled him over when they played it for him. He said "Gentlemen, I think you've got your first number one record."
George Martin did seem to go on about the Beatles like in this sketch although usually it was in a program about the group so that was what the makers wanted to hear. It might have got to the stage where he figured that that is what people want to know about so whenever a camera was on him, off he would go.
Actual Norman Smith was the engineer from the beginning through Rubber Soul (6 albums). Geoff Emerick worked on Revolver and Sgt Pepper, quitting during the White Album sessions. He returned for Abbey Road (total of 3).
Wow! that was funny, I was laughing on this one too. That was well made. That's George all right. He can go on and on about the Beatles. lol that was so well made and funny. :) I agree with peacelovebeatles.
..well when paul brought it to me he played it on guitar , I said, well its a beautiful peice paul but it doesn't REALLY sound like a beatles song to me , To my ears i thought it need strings ..Perhaps a quartet .....
