Appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars - November 14, 1964

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Event
Date	November 14, 1964
Short description	The Beatles tape an appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Location	Teddington Studio Centre, Teddington

The Beatles visited Teddington Studio Centre this afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. They came to rehearse, and then videotape, without an audience, their contribution to the following Saturday's (November 21, 5:50 to 6:35 PM) edition of Thank Your Lucky Stars. They lip-synched to four different songs: I Feel Fine, She's A Woman, I'm A Loser, and Rock And Roll Music. Having The Beatles back on the show was such a big deal that ABC executives decided to rename this edition "Lucky Stars Special," because of The Beatles. Besides performing, The Beatles also participated in an opening skit where Ringo pulled a cord to lift the covering from a nearby statue after giving a short speech. This statue turned out to be the real-life show host Brian Matthew, who the introduced the first act. The Beatles appeared again right before the program's only commercial break, to give the thumbs-up when Matthew announced they would play in Part Two of the program, after which they draped the cover back over Matthew.

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• LEWISOHN M., 1992, The Complete Beatles Chronicle, Hamlyn -- Buy it on Amazon.com