Sgt.McCartney
Jun 18, 2002, 08:34 AM
I thought people might like this...
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ABOUT THIS PRESS CONFERENCE:
Before touching down on American soil, the Beatles were the nation's number one group. Unprecedented hysteria filled JFK Airport, the streets and the Plaza Hotel-- surrounding their every move. This first American press conference was held at the airport. Disc jockey Murray the K, who would soon befriend the Beatles, was also in attendance.
Q: "What do you think of Beethoven?"
RINGO: "Great. Especially his poems."
(laughter)
M.C: "There's a question here."
Q: (yelling over the crowd noise) "Would you tell Murray the K to cut that crap out?"
BEATLES: (yelling, jokingly) "CUT THAT CRAP OUT!"
PAUL: "Hey, Murray!"
(laughter)
REPORTER: "Is that a question?"
M.C: (attempting to calm the chaos) "Will you be quiet, please."
FEMALE FAN: "Would you please sing something?"
BEATLES: "NO!"
(laughter)
RINGO: "Sorry."
M.C: "Next question."
Q: "There's some doubt that you CAN sing."
JOHN: "No, we need money first."
(laughter)
Q: "What do you think of the comment that you're nothing but a bunch of British Elvis Presleys?"
JOHN: "He must be blind."
RINGO: (shaking like Elvis) "It's not true!! It's not true!!"
JOHN: (dances like Elvis)
(laughter)
Q: "Does all that hair help you sing?"
PAUL: "What?"
Q: "Does all that hair help you sing?"
JOHN: "Definitely. Yeah."
Q: "You feel like Sampson? If you lost your hair, you'd lose what you have? 'It'?"
JOHN: "Don't know. I don't know."
PAUL: "Don't know."
M.C: "There's a question here."
Q: "How many of you are bald, that you have to wear those wigs?"
RINGO: "All of us."
PAUL: "I'm bald."
Q: "You're bald?"
JOHN: "Oh, we're all bald, yeah."
PAUL: "Don't tell anyone, please."
JOHN: "And deaf and dumb, too."
(laughter)
M.C: "Quiet, please."
Q: "Are you for real?"
PAUL: "For real."
JOHN: "Come and have a feel."
RINGO: (laughs)
Q: "Listen, I got a question here. Are you going to get a haircut at all while you're here?"
BEATLES: "NO!"
RINGO: "Nope."
PAUL: "No, thanks."
GEORGE: "I had one yesterday."
(laughter)
RINGO: "And that's no lie, that's the truth."
PAUL: "It's the truth."
Q: "You know, I think he missed some."
JOHN: "Nope."
GEORGE: "No, he didn't. No."
RINGO: "You should have seen him the day before."
Q: "What do you think your music does for these people?"
PAUL: "Uhh..."
JOHN: "Hmmm, well..."
RINGO: "I don't know. It pleases them, I think. Well, it must do, 'cuz they're buying it."
Q: "Why does it excite them so much?"
PAUL: "We don't know. Really."
JOHN: "If we knew, we'd form another group and be managers."
(laughter)
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Reporter: Will you please sing something?
The Beatles: NO!
John: We need money first
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Frontrow/4853/jfk.jpg
ABOUT THIS PRESS CONFERENCE:
Before touching down on American soil, the Beatles were the nation's number one group. Unprecedented hysteria filled JFK Airport, the streets and the Plaza Hotel-- surrounding their every move. This first American press conference was held at the airport. Disc jockey Murray the K, who would soon befriend the Beatles, was also in attendance.
Q: "What do you think of Beethoven?"
RINGO: "Great. Especially his poems."
(laughter)
M.C: "There's a question here."
Q: (yelling over the crowd noise) "Would you tell Murray the K to cut that crap out?"
BEATLES: (yelling, jokingly) "CUT THAT CRAP OUT!"
PAUL: "Hey, Murray!"
(laughter)
REPORTER: "Is that a question?"
M.C: (attempting to calm the chaos) "Will you be quiet, please."
FEMALE FAN: "Would you please sing something?"
BEATLES: "NO!"
(laughter)
RINGO: "Sorry."
M.C: "Next question."
Q: "There's some doubt that you CAN sing."
JOHN: "No, we need money first."
(laughter)
Q: "What do you think of the comment that you're nothing but a bunch of British Elvis Presleys?"
JOHN: "He must be blind."
RINGO: (shaking like Elvis) "It's not true!! It's not true!!"
JOHN: (dances like Elvis)
(laughter)
Q: "Does all that hair help you sing?"
PAUL: "What?"
Q: "Does all that hair help you sing?"
JOHN: "Definitely. Yeah."
Q: "You feel like Sampson? If you lost your hair, you'd lose what you have? 'It'?"
JOHN: "Don't know. I don't know."
PAUL: "Don't know."
M.C: "There's a question here."
Q: "How many of you are bald, that you have to wear those wigs?"
RINGO: "All of us."
PAUL: "I'm bald."
Q: "You're bald?"
JOHN: "Oh, we're all bald, yeah."
PAUL: "Don't tell anyone, please."
JOHN: "And deaf and dumb, too."
(laughter)
M.C: "Quiet, please."
Q: "Are you for real?"
PAUL: "For real."
JOHN: "Come and have a feel."
RINGO: (laughs)
Q: "Listen, I got a question here. Are you going to get a haircut at all while you're here?"
BEATLES: "NO!"
RINGO: "Nope."
PAUL: "No, thanks."
GEORGE: "I had one yesterday."
(laughter)
RINGO: "And that's no lie, that's the truth."
PAUL: "It's the truth."
Q: "You know, I think he missed some."
JOHN: "Nope."
GEORGE: "No, he didn't. No."
RINGO: "You should have seen him the day before."
Q: "What do you think your music does for these people?"
PAUL: "Uhh..."
JOHN: "Hmmm, well..."
RINGO: "I don't know. It pleases them, I think. Well, it must do, 'cuz they're buying it."
Q: "Why does it excite them so much?"
PAUL: "We don't know. Really."
JOHN: "If we knew, we'd form another group and be managers."
(laughter)
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Reporter: Will you please sing something?
The Beatles: NO!
John: We need money first