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In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatles fan named Jerry Levitan managed to track down John Lennon at the hotel during his peace bed-in in Toronto. He ended up wangling an exclusive interview with John. The article of his adventure is here:

http://www.levitanlawyers.com/press/1.html

My system's too slow to play the video, but apparently you can hear the interview here:

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1935

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Wow. What a fantastic, fortunately un-professionally-filtered recount of a young interviewer's experience. Thanks for posting that!


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the text is too small. i don't want to hurt my eyes since i've got an exam tomorrow.
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Lucky kid!


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Well, he made his luck. He certainly put in the legwork to run John down!

Blackmath, don't hurt your eyes. You can play the sound link instead if you have a fast connection.

Quoted from Chris

Wow. What a fantastic, fortunately un-professionally-filtered recount of a young interviewer's experience. Thanks for posting that!

What's so amazing (among other things) is the kid was just winging it. He moved from world peace into John's work into Beatles collaborations, all without a pause. So glib; No wonder he became lawyer! Still, I'm sure this is what the Beatles craved-- real interactions from their fans, and Jerry certainly qualified.


All you've got to do is choose love.  That's how I live it now.  I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden.  I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007

For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
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Nice little interview.

The story has an "Almost Famous" feeling to it.

The animation snippets are funny and creative. I hope it wins today.
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How cool! Thanks, Paul!  


All you've got to do is choose love.  That's how I live it now.  I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden.  I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007

For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
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It lost to "Peter and the Wolf."

Too bad.
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Thanks, Ligger.

Well, I suppose interviewing a wolf is more dangerous than interviewing John, but it's great Levitan's effort was acknowledged anyway.


All you've got to do is choose love.  That's how I live it now.  I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden.  I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007

For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
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