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ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW:
In this very brief discussion at London Airport, John Lennon and Paul McCartney look ahead to their upcoming Royal Variety Show performance-- only five days away. Recently making the news was a comment from Edward Heath, the Lord Privy Seal, stating that he had difficulty distinguishing the Beatles' Liverpudlian accents as "The Queen's English."
- Jay Spangler, www.beatlesinterviews.org
Q: "Paul, have you thought about your act for this show yet? Any changes in the act, or is it going to be, you know, the usual routine?"
PAUL: "No, we'll have to change it I'm sure. We can't do the same thing all the time. We haven't thought about what we're gonna do yet."
Q: "Suits with collars on? Brush part in hair? Anything like that?"
PAUL: (jokingly) "You never know. We might not wear suits! You never know! No idea."
Q: "John, in this Royal Variety Show when you're appearing before royalty, you're language has got to be pretty good obviously-- this thing about Teddy saying that he couldn't distinguish your... The Queen's English."
JOHN: (mock upperclass dialect) "I can't understand Teddy! I can't understand Teddy saying that at all, really." (smiles)
(laughter)
JOHN: (serious look into camera) "I'm not going to vote for Ted."
PAUL: (quietly) "Oooo."
Q: "But you're not going to change your act for the Lord Privy Seal?"
JOHN: (exaggerated lowerclass dialect) "Ah no, like, we'll keep, like, the same kinda thing, like. Won't we?"
PAUL: "Oh! Aye, yes!"
JOHN: "That's right."
PAUL: (laughs)
Source: Transcribed by www.beatlesinterviews.org from video copy of archive film footage
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