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Less creative funnies than daytime soap. Attempts at humor centered about the usual sex lives - tediously boring; same old stuff. Clichés about a wealthy TV host, Las Vegas show comedian hiring a writer for joke material, but we see very little of that skill in the series. Even her second job as the comedian's archivist is just briefly shown. We do see a lot of pretentious displays of wealth. An uncreative script given other possible priorities, e.g. The Earth burning.

January,1969. A few weeks of documentary style filming of rehearsals for live shows & a TV special. Interesting #1: Yoko's mostly silent presence next to John. Interesting #2: Ringo like Yoko is mostly a silent observer (except the often tired/sleepy look). Interesting #3: Lots of banter; choosing which key discussions; disagreements; catering & drinking a variety of beverages (oddly we never see anyone leaving to pee). Linda shows up at times for Paul. Pattie shows up once for George. Seems all members smoke including the many suits w/ties wandering about. Lots of of aimless rambling, imitating or playing with other singer's songs. Very lengthy so FF except the ending was unexpected & worth the wait. Bonus: Billy Preston on keyboards.

Note: Are lyrics really that made up? Mostly for rhyme without meaning?

Still another art stealing crime theme with the usual fake reproduction misdirections. Bonus lots of artist's techniques & symbolism explained (although some of the insights seem fancifully made-up & not verifiable).