Peter Jackson's documentary series "The Beatles: Return" premiered on Disney+ on Thanksgiving weekend. This 470-minute three-episode special is selected from more than 60 hours of original studio footage and 150 hours of recording.
In order to maintain continuity, simplify the theme, and make the final running time less than 8 hours, the following moments have been deleted:
Day 1: Paul appeared at the Twickenham studio with 11 new songs, plus the formula for the unknown pandemic vaccine he wrote down on the road.
Day 2: Peter Sellers passes by Twickenham to greet his co-star Ringo in the upcoming movie "The Magic Christian" . When Yoko Ono asked if Sellers would call her separated husband's divorce lawyer and threaten him with Clauso's voice, the interview was interrupted.
Day 3: Paul, George and Ringo arrived and found that John and Yoko had covered the entire Twickenham Studios with sheets. Before fainting on the scaffolding, John declared that the Beatles were "bigger than Christo."
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Day 4: After Paul gently criticized the way he tapped a pack of cigarettes with his palm, George briefly quit the band.
Day 5: Pete Best stopped and unplugged the toilet.
Day 6: After lunch, Hare Krishna, who was invited by George to Twickenham, rolled up the carpet and announced that he would return to school to become a substance abuse consultant. Recording engineer Glyn Johns persuaded him to leave the carpet, otherwise it would take another 9 hours to readjust the sound level.
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Day 7: The band rejected more suggestions from director Michael Lindsey-Hogg about outdoor concert venues. Among them: the burning orphanage, Queen Elizabeth's big wallet, Tom Jones's pants, Wakanda, Terry Thomas's teeth gap, Brian Epstein Apothecary's roof, and Stonehenge.
Day 7: (Audio only) It is said that there was a 30-minute screaming match between Paul and John. The audio was determined to be unavailable because the microphone was hidden in a flower pot two doors away from the Twickenham flower shop studio.
Day 8: After John explained why he called Glyn Johns the stage actress and singer "Glynis Johns", George briefly quit the band. George claimed that he had come up with this nickname, but no one had heard of it because he was the quiet Beatles. During the 7-minute heated argument, Paul wrote the complete lyrics of "Send to the Joker" on the back of the napkin, stuffed it into his vest pocket, and stored it there for three and a half years until Stephen Sondheim (Stephen Sondheim) ) Mysteriously found a dry cleaner in Manhattan.
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Day 9: When Yoko tucked her hair behind her ears loudly, the 28th shot of "The Long Road" was ruined.
Days 9-10: After the Beatles moved from Twickenham to Apple Studios, Gerry and Pacemaker, Dave Clark's Quintessence, Freddie and the Dreamer, and Cliff Richard at An eight-hour all-night safety video of rumbling lyrics in the trash.
Day 10: Mal Evans, a long-time road manager, was temporarily fired for staying at the loading dock for too long, unable to write the 112 lyrics changes to "Let it Be" and two dozen ingredients added to Paul's Shepherd's Pie recipe .
Day 11: Following the advice of future Beatles manager Alan Klein, John and Lindsey-Hogg signed an exemption allowing any future colonoscopy footage to be used in documentaries.
Day 12: When Ringo dressed up as a mystic (general drum tea towel over his head) and predicted that one day he would be sued by Chiffon for plagiarism, George briefly quit the band.
Day 13: EMI executives appeared and presented platinum ashtrays to each member of the band, representing the 1 million cigarettes that were extinguished during the recording.
Day 14: Yoko only smiled during the 60 hours of footage, when she announced that she would change her name to Michael Lindsay-Hoko.
Day 15: George received a brand new, state-of-the-art Leslie cabinet speaker, a gift from his friend Eric Clapton. Clapton includes the note: "Please use the box and return address to ship your wife."
Day 15: During the lunch break, Paul drew up a blueprint for converting Billy Preston's electric piano into an electric piano/car. Later, on the way home after the rehearsal, Paul cut into the cricket match between England and Pakistan, grabbed Hoffner's violin bass with his neck, and won the test match with six strokes.
Day 16: Producer George Martin calls Prime Minister Harold Wilson and persuades him to release the British Strategic Tea Reserve, which will last until the end of the rehearsal.
Day 17: After the Beatles electronic music master "Magic Alex" Mardas tried to connect to George's Redwood Telecaster through the Leslie cabinet and the late Leslie Howard, the rehearsal was cancelled. George was furious and the rehearsal was cancelled before he could quit the band.
Day 18: After 98 shots, the band abandoned the German version of "Dig a Pony", Grabe Ein Pony.
Day 19: Lindsey-Hogg needed 17 shots of Ringo to give Yoko a piece of gum before declaring that the lighting was "satisfactorily improvised."
Day 20: 13-year-old London native Hilary Farr (nee Labow) has been hosting "Love it Or List It" for 40 years and persuaded the Apple receptionist to give her £5,000 with petty cash for upgrades and stage roofs.
Day 21: The London police were denied access to the roof and spent 45 minutes dusting Linda Eastman and her daughter to obtain fingerprints.
Day 21: As the band listened to the mix of the rooftop concert, George finally got some attention, winning the daily "Leniest Beetle" competition and breaking John's record for 20 consecutive days. The prize was a half-eaten biscuit, presented by Peter Sellers dressed as Twiggy.
Day 386: Even though John and Allen Klein were combined into the Apple mastering library, Phil Spector still unlocked.
Day 18271: Peter Jackson's personal assistant kept talking with Disney+ customer service for 22 minutes before disconnecting.
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Bill Scheft is the author of four novels. He wrote for David Letterman from 1991 to 2015.
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