The Beatles — Season 1, Episode 10: Long Tall Sally/I'll Cry Instead

Episode synopsis

Long Tall Sally: The Beatles are forced to spend the night in a castle because of dense fog. While there, John and Ringo stumble upon a couple suits of armor. They are warned by the caretaker of the estate that who ever puts on the armor will become mortal enemies and fight to the death. They promise not to put them on, but when the caretakers back is turned, boys will be boys and John and Ringo start fighting each other. SINGALONGS: I'll Follow The Sun & When I Get Home I'll Cry Instead: The Beatles are in Japan and stop to sign a few autographs. However a few autographs turn into more than they had expected and George develops a case of ""autographitis"". His hand swells up purple and four times its normal size. The Beatles start running around trying to find a doctor and mistakenly walk into a judo arena thinking it was a doctor's office. The Japanese think George is the Masked Master and is forced to fight against the karate champ.

About The Beatles

The Beatles is an American animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the popular English rock band of the same name. It ran from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the US. The series debuted on September 25, 1965 and ended on September 7, 1969. A total of 39 episodes were produced. The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM EST until the 1967 third season when it was moved to 12:00 PM EST. For the fourth season, which consisted of reruns, the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings. Each episode has a name of a Beatles song, so the story is based on its lyrics and it is also played at some time in the episode. The original series was rebroadcast in syndication by MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on the Disney Channel. The series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1A Hard Day's Night/I Want To Hold Your Hand
• E2Do You Want To Know A Secret/If I Fell
• E3Please Mr. Postman/Devil In Her Heart
• E4Not A Second Time/Slow Down
• E5Baby's In Black/Misery
• E6You've Really Got A Hold On Me/Chains
• E7I'll Get You/Honey Don't
• E8Any Time At All/Twist And Shout
• E9Little Child/I'll Be Back
• E11I'll Follow The Sun/When I Get Home
• E12Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby/I Should Have Known Better
• E13I Wanna Be Your Man/I'm A Loser