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The series followed a [[Three Shorts|Two Shorts Format]], with each short separated by two singalong segments. The singalongs would always start with either John Lennon, Paul McCartney or George Harrison trying to introduce the song and encourage the viewers to sing along, and Ringo Starr interrupting to try and "set up the proper mood" with props.
Although the series was a colossal success when it debuted, it faded quickly as the Beatles themselves evolved their music and personalities. Eventually, the show was quietly scooted out of the way to make room for ''[[Jonny Quest]]'', as [[ABC]]'s Saturday Morning lineup was being dominated by action/adventure shows at the time, while the cartoon was getting more surreal.
Produced by Al Brodax (who would later go on to produce ''[[Cool McCool]]'' and ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'') for King Features, who produced a number of other cartoon series based on its own popular comic strips. Notable in that making the show was literally a world-wide effort, and an early example of farming out animation overseas to save money. A majority of the production was done in England, but episodes were also farmed out to studios in Australia, Canada, and Holland. This lends the show a bit of discontinuity when it comes to animation style; the Australian episodes are particularly prone to poor quality because Australia had a limited animation industry before the show arrived there and therefore fewer experienced professionals to draw from.
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* [[Evil Laugh]] - John ([[Truth in Television]], depending on whom you ask) at the end of "It Won't Be Long".
* [[Executive Meddling]] - The Bat-Woman from "Baby's In Black" originally had a lot more...[[Most Common Superpower|curves]], but the higher-ups saw the pencil test and thought that that was a bit much for a kids' show, so the animators had to redraw her.
** The knife-thrower in "She Loves You" used more conventional kitchen knives originally; the animators were asked to make the knives more fantastical so kids wouldn't be encouraged to try knife throwing at home.
* [[The Faceless]] - Brian Epstein.
* [[Facial Profiling]] - Their trips to Japan. Just...[[Values Dissonance|their trips to Japan.]]
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* [[Marie Antoinette]] - Ringo dreams he's having an affair with her in "Run For Your Life".
* [[Mirror-Cracking Ugly]] - [[Butt Monkey|Ringo]]
* [[
* [[Monumental Damage]] - The Beatles go to rehearse in the Coliseum and cause it to fall apart.
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Normal Skinned Space Babe]] - One of these tries to "save the universe from The Beatles" by stranding them on a random planet in "Day Tripper".
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* [[Off-Model]] - They're hardly ever on model. Paul is often the worst offender.
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]] - John, quite often. And George is a bizarre mix of Asian-Irish-[[General Mills|Boo Berry]].
* [[Opposite
* [[Parental Bonus]] - "I'm Down":
{{quote|'''George:''' "I'll take care of the grapes." ''[grabs three French women]''
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** Why Ringo never sued King Features is completely unknown to us. In comparison to his [[Only Sane Man|actual]] [[The Quiet One|persona]], the show's [[The Ditz|portrayal]] of him borders on libel.
* [[Trope Maker]]/[[Ur Example]] - As mentioned above.
* [[
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] - When Ringo reveals his hobby is catching "birds" (read: women) and putting them in cages in "Ticket to Ride", this is everyone's general reaction.
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