Magical Mystery Tour (1967) - full transcript

The Beatles first film since "Help" was largely Paul McCartney's project. The story follows a bus load of eccentric characters on a magic journey through the English countryside. Rather than a unified narrative, it becomes a series of psychedelic clips promoting various songs including "The Fool on the Hill," "Blue Jay Way," "Your Mother Should Know," "I Am the Walrus" and "Magical Mystery Tour." The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band are seen in a strip club playing "Death Cab for Cutie."

Roll up, roll up for
the Magical Mystery Tour!

Step right this way!

♪ Roll up… ♪

♪ Roll up for the Mystery Tour ♪

♪ That’s an invitation ♪

♪ To make a reservation ♪

♪ The Magical Mystery Tour
is waiting to take you away ♪

♪ Waiting to take you away ♪

♪ Roll up… ♪

♪ Roll up for the Mystery Tour ♪

♪ We got everything you need ♪



♪ Satisfaction guaranteed ♪

♪ The Magical Mystery Tour
is hoping to take you away ♪

♪ Hoping to take you away ♪

When a man buys a ticket
for a Magical Mystery Tour…

He knows what to expect.

We guarantee him
the trip of a lifetime.

And that’s just what he gets…

The incredible Magical Mystery Tour!

♪ The Magical Mystery Tour ♪

♪ Roll up… ♪

♪ Roll up for the Mystery Tour ♪

♪ That’s an invitation ♪

♪ To make a reservation ♪

♪ The Magical Mystery Tour ♪



♪ Is coming to take you away ♪

♪ Coming to take you away ♪

♪ The Magical Mystery Tour ♪

♪ Is dying to take you away ♪

♪ Dying to take you away ♪

♪ Take you today… ♪

Ceaseless nagging!

Come on, we’re going to be late!

I can’t go any quicker!

Stop it!

Come on!

Richard B. Starkey
and his aunt Jessica

are always arguing about
one thing or another.

– Oh, I’m going!
– Oh, go! Go on!

And what with today being Sunday,

and the weather looking up,

you’d think they’d have
given it a rest.

For godness’ sake, will you
stop that sitting down?

All right, all right.
What’s your hurry?

But no. On and on they go.

“Good morning”
said Richard.

“Good Afternoon, sir”
said the courier.

They were late.

’Allo, Flo, you all right, girl?
I’ll sit here.

Yes I’ll have the window seat.

All right, so you’ll have
the window seat!

Good Morning, ladies and
gentlemen, boys and girls!

Welcome to…

Magical Mystery Tour!

I am your courier…
Jolly Jimmy Johnson!

All my friends call me Jolly Jimmy,
and you are all my friends!

Over here is your hostess,
that lovely, delightful, delectable,

Wendy Winters!

And over here, our driver for the trip,
that wonderful driver…

– we hope –

Alf!
Off you go, Alf.

Here we go now. Splendid!

Fasten your safety belts please,
away-way-way we go!

Away we go, Alf, splendid!
Very comfy in the back there, is it? Lovely?

I say it’s lovely.

Get your popcorn out!

Right hand arm.
There we are, splendid.

And away we go.

Anyway, I’ll tell you something
You ain’t coming away with me anymore

Who bought the tickets
for this trip? I did.

Yeah, with my money.

I bought them.
I’m taking you out.

You’re not taking me anywhere.

I gave you the money, darling.

Remember that.

And you’ve done nothing but eye all
the fellas on the coach since we got here.

Shot your cake-hole!

Since Uncle Jack died,
you’ve never been the same.

Well, of course I ain’t,
‘cause I ain’t got Uncle Jack, have I?

Well, I remember him…

I gotta get somebody else, haven’t I?

I remember him…

If I ain’t got him, I’ve got to
get somebody else.

I don’t know…

You should know,
you’re old enough, at 21!

You should do a bit of knitting,
It’d do you good.

Who for? You?

Should I knit for you?

No, don’t knit for me.

Who is that man?

Oh, that’s Mr. Bloodvessel.

He’s quite harmless.
He comes on all the trips.

He thinks he’s a courier.

Last trip, he thought
he was the driver.

You know when I saw your first film,
I really thought you had something.

– But it was...
– I was only about six then...

Wasn’t it “Blue Lady”?
“Lady in Blue”, something like that?

– How old are you?
– Myself, I’m 30,

but I look a little younger
due to the Fair Isle sweater which…

Excuse me, sir…

Yes?

I’d like to take a photograph
of the young lady. Do you mind?

– I don’t mind if Miss Gabriella doesn’t.
– Well, Miss Gabriella doesn’t mind.

Can I have you up there?

My lucky day!

♪ Day after day ♪

♪ Alone on a hill ♪

♪ The man with the foolish grin
is keeping perfectly still ♪

♪ But nobody wants to know him ♪

♪ They can see that he’s just a fool ♪

♪ And he never gives an answer ♪

♪ But the fool on the hill ♪

♪ Sees the sun going down ♪

♪ And the eyes in his head ♪

♪ See the world spinning ’round ♪

♪ Well on the way ♪

♪ Head in a cloud ♪

♪ The man with a thousand voices ♪

♪ Talking perfectly loud ♪

♪ But nobody ever hears him ♪

♪ Or the sound he appears to make ♪

♪ And he never seems to notice ♪

♪ But the fool on the hill ♪

♪ Sees the sun going down ♪

♪ And the eyes in his head ♪

♪ See the world spinning ’round ♪

♪ And nobody seems to like him ♪

♪ They can tell what he wants to do ♪

♪ And he never shows his feeling ♪

♪ But the fool on the hill ♪

♪ Sees the sun going down ♪

♪ And the eyes in his head ♪

♪ See the world spinning ’round ♪

♪ And he never listens to them ♪

♪ He knows that they’re the fools ♪

♪ They don’t like him ♪

♪ The fool on the hill ♪

♪ Sees the sun going down ♪

♪ And the eyes in his head ♪

♪ See the world spinning ’round ♪

Good morning,
lads and lasses,

my name is Miss Winters.

Good morning, Miss Winters
Miss Winters, Miss Winters!

Yes, but I just wanted to say,

if there’s anything
I can do for you,

you know what to do.

We, at the Magical Mysteries,

only have your best interest at heart,

and your every wish
is our command.

Thank you.

As the bus leaves the town behind

and heads for the country,

everything begins to change.

Well, almost everything.

And already, the magic
is beginning to work.

Jolly good.

Why?

Why?

Why?

Jolly good, Sarge, carry on.

On your marks…

Get set…

Go!

Second gear!
Come on!

Who’s getting in that car?

Who is it?

Come on, come on!
We’ve gotta win those with the bikes!

Stop it! Out of the road, you stupid…
He’s picking the vicars up!

Hold on, we’ve got ’em now, folks!

If you look to your left,
ladies and gentlemen,

the view is not very inspiring.

But if you look to the right…

Beyond the blue horizon,

far above the clouds…

in a land that no one knows…

Live four or five magicians,

who spend their days
casting wonderful spells.

Come with me now
into that secret place,

where the eyes of man
have never set foot.

Where’s the bus?

Where’s the bus?

Where’s the bus?

It’s coming.

Where’s the bus?

The bus…

The bus is ten miles north
on the Jewsbury Road.

It’s only ten miles away.

Bus!

Ten miles!

Soon be here…

Oh, ladies and gentlemen,
quickly, look to your left.

Now, there you see
the ancient Roman ruins.

Now they really have been
there an awful long time.

They are, in fact,
a little difficult to see,

because they’re almost
flattened to the ground.

Meanwhile, back on the bus,
things are happening,

and life lobbles on.

Indeed, the magic
is so powerful

that even Mr. Bloodvessel
emerges from his shell.

He turns to speak…

If I may the liberty, Mister…

Be my guest.

Give over!

My dear lady…

My dear lady, doesn’t intuition
tell you what I feel?

Don’t interrupt.

You bring out my…

I…

… love you!!

I am the courier…

Good morning… men…
and… women…

Welcome…

I am your friendly courier…

Mr Bloodvessel is my name.

Buster Bloodvessel.

I am concerned for you

to enjoy yourselves…

Within the limits
of British decency.

You know what I mean,

don’t you?

Well, don’t you?

Yes, Mr. Bloodvessel!

♪ I am he as you are he
as you are me ♪

♪ And we are all together ♪

♪ See how they run
like pigs from a gun ♪

♪ See how they fly ♪

♪ I’m crying ♪

♪ Sitting on a cornflake ♪

♪ Waiting for the van to come ♪

♪ Corporation tee-shirt,
stupid bloody Tuesday ♪

♪ Man, you’ve been a naughty boy,
you let your face grow long ♪

♪ I am the eggman ♪

♪ They are the eggmen ♪

♪ I am the walrus ♪

♪ Goo goo gajoob. ♪

♪ Mister City Policeman sitting ♪

♪ Pretty little policemen in a row ♪

♪ See how they fly
like Lucy in the Sky ♪

♪ See how they run ♪

♪ I’m crying ♪

♪ I’m cry… ♪

♪ I’m crying ♪

♪ Yellow matter custard ♪

♪ Dripping from a dead dog’s eye ♪

♪ Crabalocker fishwife,
pornographic priestess ♪

♪ Boy, you been a naughty girl
and you let your knickers down ♪

♪ I am the eggman ♪

♪ They are the eggmen ♪

♪ I am the walrus ♪

♪ Goo goo gajoob. ♪

♪ Sitting in an English garden ♪

♪ Waiting for the sun ♪

♪ If the sun don’t come,
you get a tan from ♪

♪ Standing in the English rain ♪

♪ I am the eggman ♪

♪ They are the eggmen ♪

♪ I am the walrus ♪

♪ Goo goo gajoob
gagoo goo gajoob. ♪

♪ Expert textpert
choking smokers ♪

♪ Don’t you think
the joker laughs at you? ♪

♪ See how they smile
like pigs in a sty ♪

♪ See how they snide ♪

♪ I’m crying ♪

♪ Semolina Pilchard ♪

♪ Climbing up the Eiffel Tower ♪

♪ Elementary penguin
singing Hare Krishna ♪

♪ Man, you should have seen them
kicking Edgar Allan Poe ♪

♪ I am the eggman ♪

♪ They are the eggmen ♪

♪ I am the walrus ♪

♪ Goo goo gajoob
gagoo goo gajoob… ♪

What about “Five little dickie birds
sitting on your head…

– One named Charlie and one named Fred”
– Yes

– Do that one then.
– You do it with me.

OK. Five little dickie birds
sitting on your head, one named…

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie,
whoops! Charlie, whoops! Charlie, Charlie…

– Can you do that one?
– No.

– Yes.
– No!

I’ve got a present for you,
do you know what it is?

No.

Have a guess.

No.

Come on, have a guess.

No.

Have a guess.

No.

Have a guess!

No!

Well, you’re going to get it anyway.

What’s that?

Do you want to blow it?

No.

All right, should we give it to George?

Yes.

There you are, George.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen,
may I have your attention please?

Our estimated time of arrival for luncheon
is approximately one fifteen.

Thank you.

Now, shut up.

Shut up to me!

I’ve had enough of it!

I can’t stand it any more!
I’m getting off!

Don’t get historical!

Aunt Jessie’s hungry.

And she’s dreaming.

She’s dreaming about food.

Food…

Food…

Beautiful food…

Lettuces…

This time I mean it.

I can’t breathe anymore,

it’s too much.

All this mud…

In forty-five minutes?

I can hardly get my breath.

It’s intake, Jessie,

not output.

I am, I am!

I am already.

Three times this week already.

For goodness sake,

Jessie, sit down.

Remember…

I don’t care!

This is the way
he would have wanted it.

Pirandello!
Help me up the stairs!

Wake up, Jessie.

There’s no business like show business,
there’s no business I know.

Everything about it
is so appealing.

Let’s go on wit’ show

Ta da!

Here we are again! Everybody up
and quickly in your seats.

♪ There’s a fog upon L.A. ♪

♪ And my friends
have lost their way ♪

♪ We’ll be over soon they said ♪

♪ Now they’ve lost
themselves instead ♪

♪ Please don’t be long ♪

♪ Please don’t you be very long ♪

♪ Please don’t be long ♪

♪ Or I may be asleep ♪

♪ Well it only goes to show ♪

♪ And I told them where to go♪

♪ Ask a policeman on the street ♪

♪ There’s so many there to meet ♪

♪ Please don’t be long ♪

♪ Please don’t you be very long ♪

♪ Please don’t be long ♪

♪ Or I may be asleep ♪

♪ Now it’s past my bed I know ♪

♪ And I’d really like to go ♪

♪ Soon will be the break of day ♪

♪ Sitting here in Blue Jay Way ♪

♪ Please don’t be long ♪

♪ Please don’t you be very long ♪

♪ Please don’t be long ♪

♪ Or I may be asleep ♪

♪ Please don’t be long ♪

♪ Please don’t you be very long ♪

♪ Please don’t be long. ♪

Well, well, well,
They are a happy crowd.

Go on. Come along,
back on the bus. Come on!

Ooh… Wonder what the magicians
are cooking up now!

Ready!

Tea up, fellas.

Ooh, talk about your magical mysteries,
I’ve spent half an hour looking for that sugar!

I was half an hour
looking for the sugar.

– Is there one for me?
– Aye, there’s one over here, Richard.

Oh, how are you, Bonzo? All right?
Any news of the bus?

The bus? It’s ten miles north
on the Jewsbury road.

And they’re having a lovely time!

They’re having a lovely time!
They’re having a lovely time!

Can you tell me what’s next
on the agenda?

A song.

No! No!

Not you… Them! On the bus!

– I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts!
– Have you then? Aah!

There they are a-standing in a row!

Come on, join in,
what’s the matter with you?

Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye…

Val-deri, Val-dera, Val-deri,
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha…

When Irish eyes are smiling…

Ladies and gentlemen,
when the coach stops,

would the gentlemen
please follow Mr Johnson,

and the ladies stay with me.

Here we are now,
off we go!

In for a jolly evening
with Jolly Jimmy!

This way!

Everybody comfortable?

Come on, where are they?

♪ That night Cutie called a cab,
uh huh huh ♪

♪ Baby don’t do it ♪

♪ She left her East Side room so drab,
uh huh huh ♪

♪ Baby don’t do it ♪

♪ She went out on the town ♪

♪ Knowin’ it would
make her lover frown ♪

♪ Death-cab for Cutie ♪

♪ Death-cab for Cutie ♪

♪ Someone’s gonna make ♪

♪ You pay your fare ♪

♪ The cab was racin’
through the night ♪

♪ Baby don’t do it ♪

♪ His eyes in the mirror,
keepin’ Cutie in sight ♪

♪ Baby don’t do it ♪

♪ When he saw Cutie,
it gave him a thrill ♪

♪ Don’t you know,
baby curves can kill ♪

♪ Death-cab for Cutie ♪

♪ Death-cab for Cutie ♪

♪ Someone’s gonna make
you pay your fare ♪

♪ Cutie, don’t you play with fate ♪

♪ Don’t leave your lover alone ♪

♪ If you go out on this date ♪

♪ His heart will turn to stone ♪

♪ Bad girl, Cutie,
what have you done ♪

♪ Baby don’t do it ♪

♪ Slippin’ slidin’ down-a Highway 31 ♪

♪ Baby don’t do it ♪

♪ The traffic lights changed
from green to red ♪

♪ They tried to stop
but they both wound up dead ♪

♪ Death-cab for Cutie ♪

♪ Death-cab for Cutie ♪

♪ Someone’s gonna make
you pay your fare ♪

♪ Someone’s gonna make
you pay your fare ♪

♪ You pay your fare ♪

♪ Someone’s gonna make
you pay your fare. ♪

♪ Let’s all get up
and dance to a song ♪

♪ That was a hit before
your mother was born ♪

♪ Though she was born
a long, long time ago ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should… ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Sing it again ♪

♪ Let’s all get up
and dance to a song ♪

♪ That was a hit before
your mother was born ♪

♪ Though she was born
a long, long time ago ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Lift up your hearts
and sing me a song ♪

♪ That was a hit before
your mother was born ♪

♪ Though she was born
a long, long time ago ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Sing it again… ♪

♪ Though she was born
a long, long time ago ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know ♪

♪ Your mother should know. ♪

♪ Roll up… ♪

♪ Roll up for the Mystery Tour ♪

♪ That’s an invitation ♪

♪ To make a reservation ♪

♪ Roll up for the Mystery Tour ♪

♪ The Magical Mystery Tour ♪

♪ Is coming to take you away ♪

♪ Coming to take you away ♪

♪ The Magical Mystery Tour ♪

♪ Is dying to take you away ♪

♪ Dying to take you away ♪

♪ Take you today… ♪

And that was
a Magical Mystery Tour.

I told ya.

Goodbye!