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A Lovely, Usual Day On The Set of A Hard Day’s Night!
By JPamLennon@aol.com
First of all, do we all remember the scene in AHDN where John runs into the room full of girls on the train proclaiming he’s innocent? Well, before that scene could be rehearsed, a lot of Beatle chaos went behind it... It was a typical day on the set of AHDN, four young, tired Beatles take a rest from filming all day. Richard Lester says they can take a 2 hour lunch break. But the Liverpool lads were so bloody tired from working their Beatle behinds all day, so they can’t eat. Then, Paul decides they should go take a walk and explore the set......but as they find the Prop room and start looking around....the excitement begins when Paul finds a pair of handcuffs......

P: Fellas! Look what I found!

G: Hey Paul, it’s a pair of handcuffs! But whatever for?

J: Perhaps it’s for my scene where I run into the room full of girls on the train proclaiming I’m innocent. Narrator says so.

P: Perhaps, hey, you do that scene with me! Why don’t we rehearse it now?

R: But I thought Dick cut the cuffs out of the scene and had John just fake it.

P: Yeah, but if the handcuff thing works, we could show him and it’ll be more fun! John, give me your hands so we can practice...

J: Are you sure what your doing?

G, R: Yeah, what if John gets stuck? Yeah, what if something goes wrong?

P: Look guys! I know what I’m doing!

J: Oh, okay....sheesh, calm down.....here, put them on.

[Paul snaps the handcuffs on John’s hands(a loud ouch from John) on the front of him and they rehearse, but when it’s over.....]

J: Oww, Ouch! Get me out of these things! You put them on too tight!

P: Uh, slight problem John....

J: What is it now, Paulie?!

P: I don’t think these things came with a key....

J, G, R: WHAT?!!!!!!

J: You bugger! How could you do this to me?! You’d better start running McCartney, or I’ll...

[But before John could finish, Paulie ran off as fast as lightning and John is chasing him all over the room....]

G: Look at them quarreling again!!! Now I’ll have to be the one who breaks it up, and they’ll jump the blame on me!

R: I’ll help, George.

G: No, it’s ok, it takes a lot of height to face those two.

R: What? Are you sayin’ I’m little?!

G: No! No! Not to you, I didn’t mean it that way Ritchie....

R: Yeah, well, take that!

[Before George can get out of the way, Ringo throws his drumsticks at him(!)]

G: Oww!! You hit me in the head!

[Here, John and Paul have already run their 7th round around the room and...]

J: Oooh! If I ever get my hands on you McCartney!

P: Ahhh!! John, stop! Help!!

[John then takes a giant leap and lands on Paul]

J: Now what are you going to do?! You have to get me out of these things! George, my little mate, I’ll get you a band-aid for that cut when Paulie here, helps me out of these bloody cuffs!

P: Sorry man! Here, I got an idea, let me up John. [John gets off of Paul] Ringo, go get the nail filer to get him out of these things.

R: Right on sir! [He runs to get one from somewhere...]

P: George, help me get them off while he’s gone.

G: Ok.

P: Get over here John. We’lll try and pull them off. George, on three, pull....one, two , three, Pull!!

J: Owww! Guys! Be careful! I’m a delicate Beatle here!

P: Well, if you quit squirming, then they’d be off by now!

G: You two, quiet down, here comes Ringo! [sings] Here he comes to save the day!

R: Here, I’ll get him out.

[Ringo sticks the filer into the key hole, but to no avail]

J: Now I’m stuck here forever! Thanks a lot McCartney!

G: Ahhh! Fellas! Break's over! Now what?!

P: Uh....hide!

J, G, R: Hide?!

G: Seems his brain has fried.

P: Ha ha, very funny....uh oh, here comes Dick...

DL: What on earth is going on here!?!?!?

P: Well, we were going to rehearse a scene with handcuffs with John and...

J: Now, I’m stuck!!!! Thanks to the brilliant genius of Paulie here!

DL: Now now, settle down guys, the handcuffs are for what scene?

P: Uh, the one where...

J: ...I run into the room of girls on the train proclaiming I’m innocent....

DL: Oh! I cut the handcuffs out of that scene! Apparently, they’re defected in some sort and have no key....

P: Yikes!!!!!!! Bye!!

[John does not say a word but storms after a fleeing Paul...]

G: Well Ringo, you know you’re cue:

R: [singing] "It’s been a hard day’s night!... and I’ve been working like a dog..."

[George joins in the singing while Dick looks on, and John and Paul hear it and come over to join as well...]

P: Hey, everyone! [everyone stops singing] I have another idea!

[groans from John, George, and Ringo]

P: It's ok mates, it'll work, I swear! Now, what’s the only one way to get out of anything?!

All: Singing!!!!!

So all four of them sing and John’s cuffs come off magically and mysteriously, and they all had a good laugh. John gladly forgave Paul saying that he never had so much fun chasing him all over the place, Paul swore never to try anything without using his Beatle intuition first, George got his band-aid and Ringo is also gladly forgiven by George for throwing his drumsticks at him and Ringo never hurt their little mate ever again......but the only thing Dick can’t cure them of is their college puddin’ giggling! It’s been A Hard Day’s Night!



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