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Idle thought of the day: The recent anniversary release of Band on the Run reminded me that one of the people on the cover is Christopher Lee. Whom Paul McCartney knew since the Beatles were shooting A Hard Day's Night while Lee was simultanously shooting one of the Dracula movies elsewhere on the set.... Methinks Brian Epstein when wondering about the subject for a third Beatles movie missed out on a Dracula/Beatles crossover a la Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein. Okay, not really; Brian had better taste than yours truly and wouldn't have gone for it. But still, the thought will not go away. One of the later Hammer films was an ill-advised attempt to bring Dracula into the Swinging London era anyway, only they tried to play it straight, which you really, really can't with such a combination. And come on, it's not like "Indian cult pursues Ringo because he's wearing their holy ring" is less silly a plot than "the Beatles on their latest tour, in need of overnight quarters, end up on a castle in Transsylvania".

The glower contest between George and Christopher Lee alone would have made it worth it.

Since I am in a silly crossover mood, have some silly crossover vids.

A ten 10-minute (nearly) compilation of cinematic introductions of people, places and things. I feel deeply geeky for recognizing most of them:

Never mind Dracula/Beatles, here is proof that American Comedians/Paul McCartney is a winning combination. Conan O'Brien interviewing him in 1997:

And here is Stephen Colbert interviewing him a decade later (in February 2009, to be precise). Should be of particular interest to certain people on my flist who ship Colbert/Jon Stewart (veg):

The Colbert Report : Paul McCartney from Maxwell's Silver Hammer on Vimeo.

And to round of the series of funny Paul interviews, a British one from 1997, in which the first Mr. Billie Piper (tm

kathyh), Chris Evans, does the honours. . British celebrities of the day sent in questions to be asked to Paul. Some are incredibly funny (Shaun Ryder, George Best, Bono, Frank Carson etc.). Ringo, the minx, sent in to ask Paul who his favourite Beatle was. Poor picture quality to begin with but correct at about 1 minute in.