Peter Sellers followed by The Beatles - We Can Work It Out

[miaa981]

The best musicians and actor ever.

[TCostellos]

"5 geniuses on stage" i only count 4, mccarney,lennon,harrison and sellers. love ringo,sorry, but no geniuse.

[FlakyShaky]

That was cool! Peter Sellers was a great actor, and the Beatles, were, well, the effin Beatles. Thanks for uploading this once in a lifetime show.

[kentucksoldiersson]

I saw this on TV as a teen in the UK. I have never forgotten it! I was so fortunate to have lived thru that golden period in the UK.

[MrGamerman9]

Peter Sellers Sucked and then the Beatles preformed an people loved it!

[charmander42]

@MrGamerman9 They're not actually performing, technically.

[MrGamerman9]

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Peter Sellers

[DarkquestDeathhunter]

@MrGamerman9 Boo? Screw you pal.

[Nowhereman90]

I love to see them playing with john at the keyboards

[AllOurYesterdaze]

Ha!  John seems to be sitting behind some sort of sideboard!

[biden1]

lmao i do that all the time!...but not as funny as Peter Sellers of course :D

[comanchio1976]

Aah my favourite comedy actor and my fave,doesn't get any better for me!:)

[miladydoe]

This is amazing! What a little-seen gem!

[yoochoobb]

Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this (rare clip of the brilliant Peter Sellers)

[evilpeaches7]

Hahaha love Ringo here. XD

[289Mart]

There's no time for fussing and fighting

[oasisnl]

LEGENDS!!!!!!!!!!!

[blight3000]

Why didn't they let them play for real? This looks like some Top of the Pops bullcrap. I love the song but c'mon...it's the Beatles! It's not like they can't pull it off live! I do love the way Ringo is having a go at it though! :)

[martinaxman]

Yep. you can hear John's Gibson acoustic in there too. They hated doing those lipsync gigs. Check them on the Ed Sullivan show videos here. Very funny. John was a real cut up, and got Paul and George crazy too. Ringo was perfect. Never even touched a cymbal.

[SuperLordjohn]

@blight3000 The t.v. studio probably only had one live sound stage, pop shows had to move along quickly and it would take too long to set up for various bands, so most had to mime to their record.

[group4taker]

two great tracks in one clip....magic stuff

[Larrymarx]

How about that...... After all them years, the song still sound awesome !

[tonygmilan7]

5 fuckin legends

[sbradford25]

@tonygmilan7 3 I'd say

[TROUSERFLAP]

" Can I do all this? Yet cannot get a hit!"

[arturo656b]

Bloody Brilliant x 2

[shifteng]

Peter Sellers was brilliant

[JeffZHigs1]

This is the best

[katesatriani]

Brilliant! Excellent delivery and the facial expressions! Truly a comic genius! Thank you very much to the person who posted this !

[marius478]

God, I love Peter Sellers.

[55Dixon]

Peter was our Charlie Chaplin. Whenever I need to really laugh to the point of crying, I run a clip of Peter. "I know I fell off the couch. Do you think I'm stupid or something". We lost, who knows, how many more great movies. We lost what would have been dozens of great stories and interviews on talk shows. Peter and Charlie will never be forgotten. A hundred years from now they will still be making people laugh till it hurts and then feel so good about being alive.

[Tlotoxl]

What do you means "our" Chaplin? they were both brilliant and both british...

[mayitpleasethecourt]

nah, he was chaplin of hollywood, he had an american soul (that of a mindless whore)

[dunskie]

Oh..An American "soul".

I see.

[mayitpleasethecourt]

no, you don't see, commie pinko. go watch a john wayne movie, eat some beef, fuck a woman, get male.

[villagorilla]

Different generations

[Mirlynne]

Does anyone know what year this was?

[loungelizard5000]

Some of these dopes thought this was a real live version with no lip-synching? Duuhhuurr!

[h1soka]

haha just look at ringo

[dogsdrivingcars]

Ha ha...look at him.

[petnurse2007]

Peter Sellers was a comic genius. He is missed! This is great~! Brilliant~!

[kn1ghtstemplar]

Bloody hell I`ve not seen this for years, great stuff!

[HEV29]

No one will ever forget Peter Sellers. He is a genius. Spike called him a "freak". Sellers was on a different plane to everybody else. Spike tried to mingle with us mortals - Sellers couldn't manage it. The Beatles and Sellers on one show - the 60s in a nutshell xx

[pendragonU]

Zany days when humour still prevailed in all acts and colorful outlooks.Vietnam sour days will change a lot for their generation.

[StLennyBruce]

well said.

[pendragonU]

They were sooooo cool!

Unbeateble,what a generation was there.The postwar kids.And yes,they did play but for the Live audience.The broadcast dubbed the prerecorded one.How Lucky were those in the Public,as The Beatles were professionally considerated,and to play for small audiences at that point wasn't aneffort at all for them.And heard that Paul remains so,to this day.

[DrZaius75]

The lack of microphones and amps is a pretty good sign that they're lip-syncing. It was pretty common in those days.

[jandb1215]

this is the record.....they arent live here

[juffan]

beatles look very energetic

[RivaJane]

Aww, why'd they have to mime the song?

[heartless567]

I actually remember seeing this and being completely blown away by the depth of Seller's genius. Thanks for posting it!

[StLennyBruce]

I hope no one forgets him, especially his work with the Goons. I put up "she was a right bird" here ni You Tube last week to keep the torch lit.

Can't tell ya how many lost treasures can be found here on You Tube. cool.

[Lkyda]

Yes and I want to hear Peter Sellers singing "All the things you are"

[ringofstarrs]

...oh...my God.Pretty good Peter Sellers performing!!!

[cossackxxx]

Is Lennon playing piano?¿

[kelly806]

Its an early synthesizer(sp)

[jimrock63]

i thought it was a harmonica, thats what they played for the record

[Iain1962]

It's a harmonium.

[Purushadasa]

No, Lennon is pretending to play the organ.

[dhloup]

Check out my Beatles Motorcycle. Type in: Beatles Motorcycle

[buttsyrc8]

Peter Sellers was cool!.

The Beatles were cool!

Nuff said!

[guichi89]

I have much music expirience, and im sure of what im going to say here. Paul McCartneys voice is better than great, almost perfect. Yes, this version might be more classic. But whats wrong with classic? Isnt that HOW music became. So please, dont come in here and say that David Archuleta sang it better. hes not a bad singer, but hes NO WHERE NEAR Paul McCartneys unique voice. While his voice will be heared for a few more years, Paul McCartney will be heared for decades, and decades to come.

[mccrabapple]

People always want to claim that something new or different is better, but the truth is always revealed with time. Flashes in pans can be brilliant for the moment they flash, but a flash in the pan is no replacement for an eternal flame. McCartney's flame will burn long after the critics, flashes, and bashers are dust.

In high school people used to argue with me that "The Beatles sucked... the Jay Giles Band is much better." I used to laugh and say "We'll talk about this in twenty years."

[bflat00]

obviously [RichardIII-even to Americans] Peter Sellers created the style of humor perpetuated by the MPython group.

[Iain1962]

'tis true but I think you'll find that Spike Milligan is the real inspiration.

[crosspendant7]

1:12 very very funny...it's been a hard days night!

[hoskingrj]

Half the joke of the Sellers thing has been lost over time... he was sending up Laurence Olivier's performance in Shakespeare's Richard IIIl; it had been put onto disc and almost every school kid of the time, at least in The UK and places like Australia and New Zealand, was familiar with it.

[Vincek88]

He did Richard III in a brief dream scene in 'What's New, Pussycat?' the same year - wore the same hair through the movie.

[latigremusic]

THANK YOU, PETER SELLER! my class is having a cafe night, and i am going to do the same general thing as peter seller here, but i'm gonna do "I Should Have Known Better"

[crystabplayer]

so so funny i love this video!!!!

[latigremusic]

so brilliant. i like how they have peter sellers speaking a hard day's night, then says "and you still cannot get a hint," and it goes to the beatles playing we can work it out, which was written by paul about jane asher, his girlfriend at the time.

[demonsbutterfly]

This is so brilliant-must show this to my dad

[coreyoke666]

this is almost as good as jack black and miley cyrus!!

[johnofliverpool]

5 geniuses on the stage at the same time.What an event.Sadly we'll never see their like again.

[momominnosh]

. . . and I thank you, too, for putting this online!

great!

[shiloh4]

Peter Sellers and the Beatles... that's a stunning combination! :)

[ScarPred]

peter sellers followed by the beatles. i've never heard something so good. to of the best in the world at what they do lol.

[broadwaybaby05]

Ringo is soo cool.. He was just adorable then.. and now that hes really old.. hes just sooo chill.. he rocks.

[kilcardope]

genius genius genius genius genius

[twoslices]

Hear hear. What is there to compare today? Zilch!

[kilcardope]

McCartney should just take this footage into court with him, put up a big projector and say to the judge .."its me Goddamn it! macca!, not only do i want to not give Heather a cent, i want her executed!"

[musicowns69]

lol ringo is so kool

[HEV29]

The 60s encapsulated...

Musical technology was always way ahead of tv technology.

They're right. The sound would be terrible. Anyway, pop stars were just there to bob their heads about a bit and get the ratings up.

[ludocrat]

yo!

[babyinblack]

it's just so funny when he says "feeling you" and then pauses. lmaoooo.

[Reint25]

It's Ringo's head. ;)

[youlovelegos]

i don't care what anyone says, George and Ringo are my favorite. George wrote all the good songs anyway.

[DRMS7888]

OMG Ringo, that was awesome. I love how he would accidentally hit the cymbal sometimes.

[giles422]

hickey66- yer still cool

[tedward73]

Ringo is going out of his way to make it obvious that it's a fake performance.

[hermanzoon]

This is not live. They are miming to their recording. Disappointing.

[Lestratosphere]

Nobody was more dissapointed than the Beatles themselves, they hated that they were made to lip-synch. That's why in most videos John would go out of his way to make it clear that they weren't really performing the song.

[moorlock2003]

Nobody seemed to be bothered by all the music videos of the 80s and beyond that were all mimed. But any old clips from the 60s or 70s that are mimed are constantly criticized.

[popitinpete]

In those days the engineers wouldn't stand a chance of getting a good sound on such a show. The record company wouldn't allow it either. A bad performance could sink the release.

[alltaken678]

Virtually all television performances have been and still are mimed. Watch the hip-hop artists on today's Soul Train--you don't see any mics, instruments, or back-up singers most of the time. The main exception is the talks shows and SNL. But all those variety shows and dance party shows (including Dick Clark) were almost always mimed.

[danyspecial]

this is history...Peter Sellers is sooo funny!And the fab 4...they are the best. Have you ever listened to Stevie Wonder's version of this song? Weel, if u don't you should.

[beatlesfan331]

heck yea... I love this video clip.

Peter Sellers is funny. lol.

[Hickey66]

The Beatles singing We Can Work It Out. I had a scooter then and so did my mate Paul Hedges. We were Mods. In London - Woolwich. Whatever happened to him? Whatever happened to me?

[poly1232]

I love him!!! He is so funny!

[Voxac100b]

The Organ used was used by Granada in Coronation Street played by the character Ena Sharples

[TheOneCalledMe]

Lmao,He's saying it perfectly too!He's from the Goons isn't he?

[poly12389]

HE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!

[dens85]

best times and great people it never comes back

[me12c2]

Can't be live, Ringo's not even hitting his drums.

[homonculus9]

Wrong. shatner tried to do sellers and milligan he just didnt know it

[nazztube]

That Sellers version of A Hard Days Night was a a Top 10 hit here back in the 60s.

[bubathemurderer]

a very great, beautiful, light song.

[Elnonopololo]

Wow, Sellers doing a William Shatner avant-la-lettre. Who´d have thought

[Uvulittle]

best thing ever.

[whotles]

Never have seen this before.

[Hickey66]

Woolwich, London. 1963. I'm a mod. A vesper. Saw the Bealtles on Thank Your Lcky Stars. Changed everyones world.

[Huckleberryj]

obviously one of their last real collaborations.

[shela2]

My father played Piano for Peter Sellers ,when he first started at Bridlington ..seaside town in Yorkshire , England..........

[RonnieOfTheEarth]

Cool, John on piano.

[jack62]

its an organ, not a piano :)

[fitzbaby2003]

no, your dick is an organ. a piano is an instrument.

[edncda]

Actually, it's a harmonium.

[edncda]

Actually, he's playing a harmonium.

[RonnieOfTheEarth]

cool, thx.

[joeshowallme]

They may have been singing, but it was definatly to a recording. Just the way it is kiddies. And I am one of the biggest Beatle Freaks on earth.

[razzairpina]

Peter the best, like the beatles

[coren1]

the beatles rock... I'm learning this song to perform with friends and i only like it more...

[fg67hhkd9]

Classic Sellers! I was in stitches.

[ironbeatles]

this song is so optimistic

love it!

[caracol100]

one of their greatest!!john's voice is magnificent!!!!

[vibeatles]

Thanks for the video. One of my favorites songs. Also a big fan of Peter Sellers.

[nicmeddy]

Filmed by Granada TV (England) during 1965, suprised they kept the footage, the BBC (London) would of definately destroyed it.

[inwoodliver]

thanks for sharing Paul at his cutest!

[olhobbs48]

This is a very rare video, and I don't care that its not live! I thought I had seen all Beatles footage, not so. very cool!

[DMWI]

dah i was looking for a live version, but you can hear the doubled voices for one, and two there's the tambourine in the back but no one playing it.

[rocket470]

I'm not contesting the fact of whether or not they are in fact dubbed voices, but how can you tell?

[DMWI]

There are certain parts where it sounds like the voices are doubled (a studio technique), the tambourine you hear but no one seen playing it suggests a backing track. And I have no idea where there microphones are. when live, there's always a very "human" sense to the song, there will be mistakes and notable differences from the studio. either that or the beatles are just perfect here.

[superflisi]

Because when Ringo hits the cymbols they dont move you berk.

[magnumus]

They do when I watch it. He hits inwards on the edge most of the time.

[edncda]

Because it's EXACTLY identical to the version released on Rubber Soul (NA version at least).

[jthofner]

They did "We Can Work It Out" Live on their final English Tour in November/December 1965. No footage of these shows exist to my knowledge except for a few photos.

[mattmanmoo]

They did do it live during a few shows in the 1966 tour! such as the phillipenes! (sp?) but I don't think footage remains! great video!

[johnlennon006]

Good video but during We Can Work It Out the volume keeps changing a lot.

[mslaerik]

great clip ! shame they didnt do the song live