Look for Dame Edna (Barry Humphries) in one of the many crowd scenes. ![]() Kite (George Burns) even covered "Fixin' a Hole." Critics of the movie should be so critical"when they're 64," let alone 82! Sure, the plot wasn't worthy of a Kubrick screenplay, but what could be more accurate than explaining how corporatism is anathema to the fun of music, and how profound an impact the Beatles had on later artists. The movie also depicted countless cover versions of Beatles songs, including Earth Wind & Fire's "Got to Get You Into My Life." As the narrator, Mr. Pepper played by an old Beatles protege (Billy Preston). Mustard (Frank Howerd) was "such a mean old man." Let's not forget Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Dianne Steinberg), the Sun King (Alice Cooper), and Sgt. Pepper" featured Strawberry Fields (Sandy Farina) as Billy's leading lady, and Mr. All the characters were named after Beatles songs! Starring Billy Shears (Peter Frampton) and the Hendersons (the Bee Gees) "were all there" as well, "Sgt. ![]() I thought it was one of the most fun flicks I'd seen in years. Am I the only one who liked this movie? After hearing nothing but bad press about it for years, I finally went out and saw it.
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