When You Come to a Fork in the Road That Speaks to Your Heart, Take it.

This summer I'm flying to Lisbon to spend 30 days along the Algarve coast. I'll arrive the first of June and return home the first of July. While in Europe, make plans for several pleasure day trips throughout Portugal and Spain to the must see destinations. Next summer, I hope to fly into Manchester, England, and take the train headed for Liverpool. Visit all the hangouts Mayor Chapman thrilled over in my novel. Those favored hangouts among the Beatles before fame and fortune moved Epstein’s popular lads to London. I’ll even do my best to book three nights at the Hard Day’s Night Hotel, just like Chapman––but if I find out their Hotel’s shuttle driver is a redheaded girl named Molly, I’ll donate four copies of my book to each sacred town facility that causes me to break down with emotional tears while standing in the same spots as my musical champions. 

Speaking of A Hard Day’s Night, when asked, “what was your favorite scene?”, the four renowned Beatles each replied the field. Paul also liked Ringo’s unaccompanied bit and enjoyed the background instrumental version of my favorite song, This Boy. A reporter asked Paul if This Boy was a favorite of Ringo’s. Paul explained that Ringo liked the song, but couldn’t recall if it’s their drummer's favorite. The only reason the song gained an extra title as This Boy (Ringo’s Theme) is how it fit so nicely into the film’s segment showing Richie walk out on the group egged by McCartney’s grandfather and went parading on his own. I think another humongous reason they called it Ringo’s Theme simply accounted that Mr. Starr didn’t contribute a solo vocal number as customary, but expected, like all their previous albums, so the honorable title paid him a noticeable tribute.

In conclusion about the Beatles first film, the last final scene Richard Lester needed had George Harrison teaching Shake how to use a straight razor. Humor spilled onto the screen action by placing Lennon into a bubble bath with a toy submarine. Lennon shared that all his lines while inside the tub came out as pure adlibbed. He had no script, just comical wit. Every other passage printed on the film followed the screenplay’s strict guided prewritten dialogue. Lucky for us, we got to see John play John.