The Beatles (TV series)

The Beatles, also called the The Beatles Cartoon, is an animated television series. It was about The Beatles band. The series started on 25 September 1965 in the United States on ABC. The series ended on 21 October 1967. The series had reruns until September 7, 1969.The Beatles Cartoon. Retrieved 17 June 2025.  39 episodes were made. The series was shown on Saturdays at 10:30 AM EST from 1965 until 1967. Then, it was shown at 12:00 PM EST. The show had reruns from 1968 to 1969 at 9:30 AM EST on Sundays.Reference Library: Beatles Cartoons. Retrieved 19 June 2025. Every episode is named after songs made by the Beatles. All of the episodes had plots based on its lyrics. The song is also played in the episode.The series was rerun on MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on The Disney Channel beginning in 1989.

The show was the first television series to have animated versions of living people.Whitaker, Sterling. "How The Beatles Became Sunday Morning Cartoon Characters". September 25, 2015. Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 17 June 2025.Tady, Scott. "'Yellow Submarine' Artist Headed to Pittsburgh to Share His Work at Show". The Times (Beaver County, PA), August 31, 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2025.

 List of episodes 

 Season 1 (1965–66) 

 Season 2 (1966) 

 Season 3 (1967) 

 References 

 Sources 
 Axelrod, Mitchell. Beatletoons: The Real Story Behind The Cartoon Beatles. Wynn, 1999.
 Lenburg, Jeff. Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books, 1999.
 Lehman, Christopher P. American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961–1973. McFarland, 2007.
 The 39 episodes of The Beatles ABC TV cartoon series (1965-1969). archive.org. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
 The Beatles Episode Guide - King Features Syndicate. The Big Cartoon Database. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

 Other websites 

 The Beatles cartoon series three season episode guide (1965-1967). Garn's Guides.
 The background of The Beatles cartoon television series.
 Reference Library: Beatles Cartoons.
 Cartoon Beatles artwork.

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