The film was originally broadcast in the UK in 1967. The film's sense of humor is very English, and occasionally prefigures the antics of the Monty Python troupe Harrison later produced several Python-related feature films. Magical Mystery Tourconceived and directed by The Beatles themselvesis a surreal take on the British tradition of a coach trip to the seaside, featuring the band members along with an eccentric cast of characters. But the "kids" are the Beatles, and the film contains genuinely interesting moments, including the "I Am the Walrus" section, which can be lifted out of the film and played as a stand-alone music video. This quintessential 1960s artifact has the amateurish feel of a home movie made by a bunch of overgrown kids with as many goofy ideas as good ones and the money to indulge their every whim, which is pretty much what it is. We havent so far done the film because we didn't want to make a film just to make some money. Magical Mystery Tour is a 52-minute-long British television film starring the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) which originally aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day, 26 December 1967.Upon its initial showing, the film was poorly received by critics and audiences. The third one, the thing is, we can do it any time we want. It follows the Beatles as they rent a bus and take a trip in both senses of the word, though there's no onscreen drug use around the English countryside, have a variety of madcap adventures, sing (including "I Am the Walrus," "Fool on the Hill," "Blue Jay Way," "Flying," "Penny Lane" and "Your Mother Should Know") and end up at a ghastly spaghetti dinner. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (1967) GEORGE 1967 (on the new approach to the Beatles next film) GEORGE: 'The contract we signed with United Artists is for three films, two of which we've done.
Directed and produced by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, (significantly, no-one takes a writing credit) and originally aired on the BBC, this loosely structured phantasmagoria was reportedly inspired by the antics of Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.