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The Beatles had *never* appeared on American Bandstand -- not performing live, that is... though, they were shown on [the program's] video screen. This show was aired, on March 11, 1967 (season 10/episode 26) WFIL-TV (ABC) in Philadelphia PA Source: IMDb -- American Bandstand Episode List

All these teens are likely grandparents now and their children and grandchildren are watching their reactions now

Sending love to George....beautiful humble compassionate Talented Man... fair 🦊 to you BP Fallon.. great interview🖖💜

He still was adorable and looked cuddly and was a big ol' teddy bear even when he was older❤️❤️

"They have the right to look any way they want." - my favourite comment

This is the thing that confuses me about the criticism about the Beatles' musical direction from the then young crowd. What did they think when they heard Revolver? There were many songs on that album that were way more trippy than Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane and it was released about half a year before those two singles. Examples include She Said, She Said, Love You To, and Tomorrow Never Knows, the latter probably their most psychedelic song. Also, another thing I found interesting was their responses to Dick Clark's question. He asked what they though about the songs and some of them answered "I don't like their hair" or "They look like Grandpas" which completely disregards the intent of his question. Also, good for the few who saw the beauty in both songs, which are now considered some of the greatest not just by the Beatles but of all time. You can tell they knew what music was going to be like in the next few years after that taping.

It's almost comforting to see that teenagers were as inarticulate in 1967 as they are today.

Wait, that's jagoff Bruce Simon at 2:37. Schmuck. The lovely Pat Moriarty @ 2:42. She looked exactly like my Mom... though Mom had brains behind the beauty. Still luv ya, Pat!

It was great to see Dick Clark again!

Regarding AB and the teen girls who dissed the 1967 Beatles, it's only because they were blindsided by their evolution because they knew them as the I Want To Hold Your Hand teen girl idols It was mainly the boys who were more accepting of their hippie ,acid dropping change

Awaiting On You All @13:05 Far East Man @25:06 I Don't Care Anymore @33:02

Beautiful @ 3:20

For anyone that criticizes Gen Z's and Gen Alphas' intelligence, they need to listen to these Boomers halfwit grunts and do some soul (if they have one) searching.

That’s called progression. I bet these audience members became their biggest fans.

Teenagers 🙄

The Beatles definitely grew in fame over the years and continue to grow even today. However, I’ve said it before, at about this time, not all of the teens were on board with the Beatles (yes, I know that many today cringe at that thought.). We forget that the Motown sound coexisted alongside the British. I know in my neck of the woods acts like the Supremes, the Four Tops, the Temptations and James Brown were HUGE among young listeners.

Guess what The Beatles out lasted the monkees

Love George

Harrison says "Even with the money Governments will spend it on building bombs and military, not end wars or help the homeless, unemployed" Jeez, 36 years later he wasn't wrong

✨✨“… The only reason we’re actually in these bodies is to learn and develop love of God and liberate our souls from all this round and round the Memphis Blues.” Hare Krishna George ✨✨

Hard to imagine that at one time people actually mentioned The Monkeys in the same sentence as The Beatles, and that they did it with a straight face.

They just couldn't comment on the music because they didn't understand what they were listening to. It was wildly different. This is what "mind-blowing" means when we talk about The Beatles impact on the 60s.

Thank you George

Both the Monkees and Beatles broke up in 70, but Monkees I believe reunited in 80s.

Creo que aun no estan listos para esto, pero a sus nietos Les encantará

What an amazing man. So inspirational. ❤️

Not one of these dorks mention the music.

"We hope you'll be here one week from today, for the Beatles debut on American Bandstand. Their first visit to us direct from England." 1967's version of click-bait. The Beatles never appeared on American Bandstand, and never were supposed to.

They look so much older then the age their giving

Segregation right there...

i liked that the beatles changed their look because it was like they wanted the girls to like them for their music not their looks. so i can understand why they changed their look.

the beatles were always ahead of the public, and the public weren't ready for anything new they would make.

The "Jesus" remark may have caused some stir, but if anything killed Beatlemania it was the video for "Strawberry Fields Forever". As far as those screaming girls were concerned, the Beatles were now old, weird and ugly. In England the pop audience replaced them with Engelbert Humperdinck; in America they turned to the Monkees. And with that, the Beatles were now free of being the popstars confined to their image. They were now young adults, making art for other young adults.

Where'd you find these clips? I found the music video for Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Usenet, but I couldn't find the full reactions.

This was a couple months after they stopped touring and still had their mop top haircuts.

george watched spinal tap 😂

BP Fallon, legend. Loved his DJ:ing ahead of U2 in 1992

HELL by APOLOGETIX a great parody of HELP

☮️💟

Snipe after snipe about McCartney over the years, and yet he never sniped back. Not that 'spiritual,' of you, George, really.

One of greatest mistakes in rock history..was NOT including Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane on SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 💐 It was ALREADY a groundbreaking album but can you imagine how epic it would of been had those TWO singles been on it ⁉️

I think it’s hilarious that the general reaction was “wtf was that shyt?” Oh boy if they only knew that summer what cia had planned for them and that they’d all be tripping balls 😂

Jesus these kids look way older then what they say lol. Insane they were comparing the Monkees with them

It was all a Psyop.

Lucky enough to see the Beatles when they came to Adelaide, Australia in 1964. They still had their "clean cut" look. Couldn't hear a thing at their concert: 3,000 screaming teenage girls in a very small venue, & the lads had very tiny, hopelessly inadequate amps. I personally much preferred The Stones, a scruffy anti-establishment foil to the then clean cut Beatles. My ears are still ringing from the last time I saw The Stones (RIP Charlie Watts) in Sydney 16 years ago. Fun (?) fact: a 9 year old Keith Richards was in the Westminster Abbey choir at Queen Elizabeth's coronation 70 years ago...

its so unbelievable to me to fathom that all they seemed to care about was their hair and moustaches. Like not just because they heard some of the greatest songs of all time, but because I would have never judged a band like that when growing up. I like its just a completely absurd concept to me

Wish we could get the names of the people who attacked them, weirdly enough, seems like the only people who defended them were men.

"Karen White, 15"?! Lady, you are a 52 year-old divorcee.

Certainly not that bad, not that bad at all. The Best!

When a teenager called them weird, it was a clear sign the Beatles were waaaaayyy ahead of their time!