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.

( Lots of superheroes, Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien and Paul McCartney await )