Friday, August 17, 2012
The Beatles-Vultures in the Jungle Book
I haven't seen the Jungle Book in years and definitely before my obsession with the Beatles started. So, I had absolutely no idea who or what these vultures in the movie were supposed to be. Recently, my dad told me they were supposed to be the Beatles. Then I basically freaked out. So I looked up the history of it and thought I'd share it.
The Jungle Book, which came out in 1967, was the last movie Walt Disney worked on before he passed away in 1966. The period in which the animators were working on this was at the very end of the Beatles touring period, their last concert taking place at San Francisco's Candlestick Park in 1966. Thus, Beatlemania was still in full swing. Disney asked the Beatles and their manager, Brian Epstein, if they would volunteer their voices to a group of four vultures that happened to have Liverpool accents and mop-tops. I'm not entirely sure if it was the boys who said no or Epstein, but either way, some random British guys were used for their voices instead. I was instantly infuriated. The Jungle Book, had they said yes, would have instantly become the most legendary of Disney classics!! WHY did someone say no?! Man, I'm getting worked up. This is the clip in which John, Paul, George, and Ringo would have been in had they been a part of the movie.
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