![]() Unlike earlier Beatles films - “A Hard Day’s Night,” and “Help!” - John, Paul, George, and Ringo had little interest in participating in the movie. “I sent back pencil drawings, the studio in London did the ink and paint, shot them, and slipped the scenes into the film,” Campbell said. The Beatles show was a ratings success, and ran for four seasons.Įventually, Broadax asked Campbell to help animate the 1968 animated comedy film, based on the music of The Beatles. Ironically, Campbell went on to play a role in The Flintstones series, too. “John was heard to have said ‘Oh, that’s Flintstones s–t,’ not realizing how good The Flintstones actually were.” “All I heard was hearsay,” said Campbell. Initially, the band didn’t like the cartoons. Lance Percival did the voices of Paul and Ringo. Paul Frees, who had been the voice of Boris Badenov in the “Rocky and Bullwinkle” series, was John and George. Two voice actors portrayed the four band members. “Apart from (the music), their involvement in the show was absolute zero,” said Campbell. The weekly 18-minutes episodes, which aired in a 30-minute time slot on ABC, generally included two Beatles songs. “I would do the storyboard, hire the necessary staff, monitor the work, and see that the production went smoothly all the way through.” “Al would send scripts, model sheets, the voice track, and the music track,” said Campbell. Eventually, Broadax asked Campbell to help animate the 1968 animated comedy film, “Yellow Submarine,” based on the music of The Beatles. Old submarine cartoon show series#Within weeks, the cartoon series was in production. “I had heard their music on the radio, but not listening very closely,” Campbell recalled. “I said ‘that’s great, Al, but beetles make terrible characters for children’s cartoons, insects are awful.”īrodax informed Campbell he was referring to the British pop sensations, who days earlier had performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, in front of an estimated 73 million Americans. “It was (producer) Al Brodax - he said ‘Ron, we’d like you to direct The Beatles TV cartoon show,'” said Campbell. Old submarine cartoon show full#WASHINGTON - Ron Campbell’s animation career was in full swing in 1964, with cartoon credits including Beetle Bailey and Krazy Kat, when the phone rang in the middle of the night. Ron Campbell helped animate The Beatles cartoons and 'Yellow Submarine'
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