The "Paul is dead" theory sounds about THIS ridiculous.

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  • This is a scene from "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash" a parody authorized by the Beatles themselves around the late 1970s. If you don't know, some people, actually, too many people believe that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced with a look-alike. Do you think this Beatles parody just about sums up the absurd theory?
    #thebeatles #therutles #georgeharrison
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  • @FilmedByAddison
    @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому +147

    JusticeforJamesPaulMcCartney you can comment what you like, but I haven't heard any actual valid evidence from you.

    • @sinenkaari5477
      @sinenkaari5477 Місяць тому +16

      He's got for example a video where George is talking about his new interest in the Eastern religion and music in an interview and George say's "after that happened in 1966 nothing was the same" or something like that . JusticeFor JPMC has cut the beginning out of that where George mentions India.... oh wait why does George say 66? Lol

    • @davidgraham8299
      @davidgraham8299 Місяць тому +21

      ​@@sinenkaari5477
      Cause they stopped touring

    • @alvar2000
      @alvar2000 Місяць тому

      I find the evidence of fake ears curiously fascinating ...
      ua-cam.com/video/bqXiIb68YSg/v-deo.html

    • @sinenkaari5477
      @sinenkaari5477 Місяць тому +12

      @@davidgraham8299 Might be. Or maybe it was Acid George ment. was it in 65 or 66 the dentist put in their tea? Should just find the whole interview

    • @TheBeatlesMan96
      @TheBeatlesMan96 Місяць тому +12

      @@sinenkaari5477That was about his first acid experience and not touring anymore, had nothing to do with Paul.

  • @Matt10670
    @Matt10670 Місяць тому +509

    What if John, George and Ringo all died in the 60s and were replaced and the "Paul is dead" rumor was fabricated to throw us off?

    • @jetsamperes5762
      @jetsamperes5762 Місяць тому +33

      Yes! A magician's trick is sleight of hand, mis-direction. They were magicians on Magical Mystery Tour. Notice that John changed his appearance every three days? Long hair, short hair, fluffy hair, stringy hair, mustache, then mutton chops, then a giant beard. That's so you never knew what he looked like. Then in the 70's when he quit music he always looked the same. And then there's Yoko... he 'met her in '66' - part of the deal for fake John was letting him dump Cyn and keep his current gf Yoko. Years later when he was going to spill the beans he was killed for it. Name of his last LP? "Double Fantasy". He was one of John's many doubles.
      * just as insane as any other theory.

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 23 дні тому +23

      That was actually the plot of a "Batman" comic from the late 60s-early 70s. A fictional Beatles-like band had the rumor that one of them had died and had been replaced. It turned out that the other members of the band had been killed in a plane crash, and band management, not wanting to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs; recruited three look and sound a-likes to replace them.

    • @AbrasiousProductions
      @AbrasiousProductions 16 днів тому +2

      holy shit you could be right!

    • @bannedname5036
      @bannedname5036 12 днів тому +4

      @@tygrkhat4087 And the theory had been secretly started by the band as a way to hide the switch. After all, if everyone had been trying to prove that the one member who was the original was fake, they'd overlook the other being fake. For anyone interested, it was issue 222.

    • @nicholasfarrell5981
      @nicholasfarrell5981 12 днів тому +1

      ​@bannedname5036 thank you, gonna read that story as soon as I can find it.

  • @ArthurB
    @ArthurB Місяць тому +368

    Not only they were able to find a perfect double of Paul, they managed to find a guy who would become the most successful musician that has ever lived.

    • @sexobscura
      @sexobscura Місяць тому

      [ ... and not being Prince ]

    • @jetsamperes5762
      @jetsamperes5762 Місяць тому +46

      Hi Billy? Hey you got a minute? Yeah, so uh, Paul died in a car accident yesterday and we heard that you kinda sound, look like him and well, we got a good thing going here. Would you like to assume his identity for the rest of your life? Yeah? Cool, cool. OK, so you can play left handed bass? Cool. Have you written any songs? Oh, you have this idea for Salt and Pepper and a song called Hey Dude or something? OK, we can talk about that. Well, The Beatles have another four years before we cancel the show, but it won't ever really be cancelled. I mean you're gonna be 80 and still pretending to be Paul and doing three hour concerts but you get to date Jane Asher in her prime, you like her, right? Oh, you're dating a Linda? OK, you can dump Jane if you want. Do we have a deal?

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Місяць тому +2

      @@jetsamperes5762 Billy was playing on sessions since 1963....he could mimic others singing voices, hence The Man of a Thousand voices

    • @sexobscura
      @sexobscura Місяць тому

      @@jetsamperes5762
      so it was YOU that arranged it all

    • @rodrigosilvamartins4983
      @rodrigosilvamartins4983 Місяць тому

      ​@@user-fu2mi1nd5lmimic is not even close to a master impersonation of a dead guy which means managing to convince hundreds of people close to the impersonator and the impersonated, and, of course, the other 3 Beatles and their personal relations - dads, moms, brothers, cousins, uncles, close and distant friends and relatives, girlfriends, groupies, affairs and secret lovers, partners, DJs, promoters, engineers, and the global media for the rest of your life. And still count on the complicity of all these people for decades. Not even the flatearthers go so deep into their wishful thinking. You know that all, obviously, and just keep spreading this nonsense to mock the fans.

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 29 днів тому +142

    "In the early days there was a fifth Rutle...Leppo.
    He didn't know how to play an instrument, but he knew how to have a good time.
    And in Hamburg, that was more important."

    • @steelers6titles
      @steelers6titles 27 днів тому +3

      Leppo stood in the back in the early days.

  • @AzaleaJane
    @AzaleaJane 19 днів тому +60

    What's funny about conspiracy theories is they always entail the conspirators leaving behind clues like they're Bond villains or something

    • @sourdrop
      @sourdrop 10 днів тому +4

      And whenever you point that out they come back with "Well, uh, that's just them being cocky since they think they can get away with it1!1!"

    • @coolgreenbug7551
      @coolgreenbug7551 8 днів тому

      @@sourdrop If any conspiracy theory was true, the people behind it would either have the tightest lid in the world on it, or they would have plastered it on billboards everywhere and just convince the world that 'that's just how life works'

  • @antoinepetrov
    @antoinepetrov Місяць тому +302

    No, it still sounds less ridiculous than the real rumour.

    • @meechneek
      @meechneek Місяць тому +3

      Exactly!👍

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 Місяць тому

      That was the intention all along ..to keep you asleep. Just like JFK..those crazy conspiracy theories saying it wasn't Lee Harvey Oswald..ha ha those dummies ...ummm turns out ...🤦‍♂️

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Місяць тому +2

      That is only because only Stig could replace Stig

    • @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
      @MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD 16 днів тому +5

      Well, The Beatles knew about the real rumor and intentionally played into it.
      That's why he's buried in that album art. They thought it was funny

    • @redrasegarden
      @redrasegarden 13 днів тому

      The real rumor?

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles Місяць тому +130

    No trousers--an Italian way of indicating death LOLLOL

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 27 днів тому +4

      Or that it's a day that ends in day.

    • @josepherhardt164
      @josepherhardt164 27 днів тому +5

      Only if the husband comes home early. ;)

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 24 дні тому +2

      @@josepherhardt164 There's clearly a misspelling and an added word in there somewhere.

  • @davidutoob
    @davidutoob Місяць тому +94

    As someone who was a teenager when the rumor came out, I feel I should add some context. Back then there was no Snopes or other places to check things out and rumors like this were spread mainly by word of mouth, with an occasional newspaper article. At the time the Beatles were going through lots of changes, their music style was changing, their appearance was changing (mustaches, etc), they stopped doing concerts, their manager Brian Epstein had died, and so on. The Sgt Pepper's cover literally looked like a funeral, they had many songs with hard-to-understand words ("Cranberry sauce"), backward lyrics, melancholy lyrics ("He blew his mind out in a car") and, of course, Revolution 9 with all kinds of sounds that could be interpreted in various ways (car crash, cries of pain, etc). The change in the group from just a few years earlier was huge. Add to that the Warren Commission had come out just a few years earlier and there were plenty JFK assassination conspiracy theories. Still, I don't know anyone who actually believed it, but it was a fun conversation starter with your peers. At the time, it probably made more sense than most of the conspiracy theories people believe today. Of course, I can't believe that any sensible person believed it after about 1971.

    • @autonomouscollective2599
      @autonomouscollective2599 Місяць тому +11

      I too was an early teen during that time. I never bought into the rumor but it was fun looking for all the different “clues.” I think the rumor pretty much dried up when the White Album came out. It’s hard to believe “Martha My Dear,” “Obladi Obladah,” and “Honey Pie” is anything but Paul being Paul.

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 23 дні тому +6

      @@autonomouscollective2599 The best reason I ever heard about the rumor being false was that the fake Paul never would have sued to break up the Beatles.

    • @benjaminthefox
      @benjaminthefox 13 днів тому

      Old Timey conspiracy theories seem so quaint nowadays. Modern ones literally get people killed. PROGRESS!

    • @jun6174
      @jun6174 11 днів тому +2

      The Sgt Pepper's cover is literally pictures of people the group admires

  • @Maerahn
    @Maerahn 23 дні тому +14

    To buy into this rumour at all, you also have to accept that the rest of the band, his record company and all of his friends and family got together and said "Okay, we need to keep Paul's death SUPER SECRET - NO-ONE must EVER KNOW the truth about his untimely passing. How do we best do that? Oooh, I know - let's *stick a bunch of really stupid but somehow also really on-the-nose clues to his death all over our latest album* - that way no-one will EVER suss it out!" 👍🤦‍♀

  • @cowtippingrocks
    @cowtippingrocks Місяць тому +42

    The no trousers is a dead give away .

  • @mattgould8592
    @mattgould8592 Місяць тому +68

    That whole movie is genius! It’s available on UA-cam, the humour is brilliant, it stands up today as fresh as a Beatles song.

    • @jaelge
      @jaelge Місяць тому +7

      ¨As fresh as a Beatles song¨. Your comment is brilliant, my friend. 100% 🌟 👍

    • @meechneek
      @meechneek Місяць тому +2

      Too right! 👍

  • @globalheartwarming
    @globalheartwarming Місяць тому +78

    Don't forget Billy Shears was Ringo on Sgt Pepper. He really was plannng to be a hairdresser if the drumming thing didn't work out. Pragmatic Liverpudlian at the time! The Beatles and their actual history are far more interesting than the stupid conspiracy theory. ❤

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 23 дні тому +6

      At the end of "All You Need Is Cash," the Rutles movie; Barry Wom, the Rutles drummer, became a hairdresser with his own salon.

    • @globalheartwarming
      @globalheartwarming 23 дні тому +5

      @@tygrkhat4087 Ta daaaa!
      Maybe it's time for me to make sure I've seen all of "All You Need Is Cash" -- especially since I've been saying that to myself lately.

  • @user-yz3hb4zb9l
    @user-yz3hb4zb9l Місяць тому +40

    I knew it, I just knew it and this proves it. It wasn't Paul that was killed in 1966 it was George!!!!! Damn I'm glad that's settled!!!!. 😅😅😅

  • @davidfulton179
    @davidfulton179 Місяць тому +31

    He was replaced by a walrus. I mean, it's as obvious as the egg on your face.

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads 27 днів тому +3

      Hey! I am The Egg, man!

  • @zez_gval
    @zez_gval 25 днів тому +11

    I always thought the "Paul is dead" theory was a joke, but when I learned that some people actually believe that shit I was so confused lol. If Paul really died in 1966, I guess the Beatles just casually found a person even better to replace him, because that other guy delivered at least 4 of the best albums of all time and it's still rocking full of energy at 81 years old.

  • @culinary83
    @culinary83 Місяць тому +33

    “Palpable nonsense.” 😂

  • @johnurban7333
    @johnurban7333 Місяць тому +36

    Why hasn’t anyone become famous proving it. Biggest story of the Century. Paul being around for over 80 years someone would have come forward with information to be rich and famous. The guy who’s been imitating Paul for 50 years would literally be Paul because the guy didn’t live another life after 1966. He lived Paul’s life so he is now Paul McCartney.

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Місяць тому +4

      All who have tried were silenced....Mal. John and George

    • @L0REN0R2Z0RR0
      @L0REN0R2Z0RR0 Місяць тому

      Suuuuuuure ​@@user-fu2mi1nd5l
      As of George ever gave a shit about what he should or shouldn't say. And let's not start about John

    • @gregshirley-jeffersonboule6258
      @gregshirley-jeffersonboule6258 Місяць тому

      @@user-fu2mi1nd5l lol

    • @spaceturtle8889
      @spaceturtle8889 26 днів тому

      ​​@@user-fu2mi1nd5lGeorge died of fucking lung cancer, dude, you're delusional if you think the government killed him somehow.

    • @inmundo6927
      @inmundo6927 23 дні тому

      ​@@user-fu2mi1nd5l there is nothing to silence. No evidence.. only wild speculation and make belief (for weak minded people with twisted, poor and ultimately flawed comparative logic skills).

  • @patriciaedwards5183
    @patriciaedwards5183 Місяць тому +27

    I've always agreed with John Lennon that it's the stupidest rumor I've ever heard and if Paul was dead he would tell us .
    People who seriously believe this tripe are lacking a huge amount of gray matter. Better to pity them than censor. Though I do block and mute them on my Quora spaces.

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Місяць тому

      Oh they did tell us in Strawberry Fields video.......

    • @inmundo6927
      @inmundo6927 23 дні тому +3

      ​@@user-fu2mi1nd5l tell us what. Go on. Whats the CLUE you got.. That Paul has got hazel eyes?? and a bruise in the lip? wow! You almost reinvent the wheel there.

  • @erickleefeld4883
    @erickleefeld4883 29 днів тому +23

    There was a really fun Batman comic in 1970, satirizing the “Paul is dead” urban legend. It features a fictional band that are just drawn as the Beatles with the names changed. (And yes, they arrive as guests at Wayne Manor, all wearing the Sgt. Pepper outfits.)

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 23 дні тому +3

      I had the issue at one time. I'm not sure if I still do, or was in one of the boxes of comics I gave to a friend.

  • @kpmac1
    @kpmac1 Місяць тому +17

    If the Paul is Dead story is true, the real conspiracy is the number of people who knew the truth and kept quiet about it for decades. Also, finding a guy that looks and sounds just like PM, is left handed and plays all the same instruments with the same songwriting skill. Impressive stuff!

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Місяць тому +1

      All who tried to tell were silenced....Mal John George

    • @inmundo6927
      @inmundo6927 23 дні тому

      @@user-fu2mi1nd5l nothing to silence when no CONVINCING evidence could ever be presented. You guys are clowns

    • @inmundo6927
      @inmundo6927 23 дні тому +1

      @@user-fu2mi1nd5l clowns seriously lacking in logic

  • @corradopuglisi1553
    @corradopuglisi1553 Місяць тому +9

    A true rabid beatles fan loves the Rutles (Dirk, Stig, Nasty, Barry). A legend that will last a lunch time.

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 Місяць тому +2

      A living legend that will live long after other living legends have died.

  • @d-manthecaptain1382
    @d-manthecaptain1382 16 днів тому +3

    We need more shows about Cheif Police Inspectors discussing musical trival as they go for walks through town with a blue yeti microphone.

  • @Markycarandbikestuff
    @Markycarandbikestuff Місяць тому +18

    My brother was a Beatles fan all his days, he said it was rubbish, a joke hoax that was started and the Beatles (loving a wind up) played along with it, Paul wearing a black rose on Your Mother Should Know video, the Abbey road picture, A Day In the Life, etc, etc, all deliberate "clues" to feed the daft theory.

  • @deanpd3402
    @deanpd3402 Місяць тому +8

    I don't hold with the John and George are dead, theory either.

  • @timfurnier7061
    @timfurnier7061 Місяць тому +44

    I agree! These idiots are destroying the ability for people to see and believe in REAL conspiracies!!!!

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn Місяць тому +17

    The Rutles: immortal

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому +3

      Exactly

    • @TomMSTie1138
      @TomMSTie1138 Місяць тому +4

      This guy told me the Rutles aren't even a real band and their documentary was just a comedy special written by one of the Pythons. More conspiracy theory nonsense!🙄

    • @meechneek
      @meechneek Місяць тому +3

      @@TomMSTie1138 the Rutles are The Beatles only in different universe 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 23 дні тому +1

      @@meechneek DC put out an Elseworlds story where Superman landed in England rather than Kansas, called "True Brit." In one of Superman's first appearances, he saves the Rutles. BTW, the story was written by John Cleese and mega-Python fan Kim Johnson.

  • @stevenpeek8842
    @stevenpeek8842 12 днів тому +2

    Ah, the Rutles! Used to listen to their album back in the day!

  • @DavidSmith-ss1cg
    @DavidSmith-ss1cg Місяць тому +6

    There have been bad jokes, anti-Beatles jokes, and even bad, 'get off my lawn' anti-Beatles jokes ever since the Beatles music showed up in America around New Years 1964. It was spotty; not everyone was aware of them. But when they showed up on Ed Sullivan's show, EVERYONE knew about them. And there was a significant number who wanted everyone to "Forget about them Beatles, the Russians will be here any minute..." and go back to quivering in fear(about the USSR) and dismay(about the popular, handsome President that was murdered right in front of you."
    I always thought that the "Paul is Dead" stuff was a tasteless joke by some weirdo; the "Paul is Dead" stuff began floating to the top of the sewer water after Sgt Peppers. And even though he appeared on Live worldwide TV for "All You Need Is Love," there was more reports, which sounded like the same college fraternity phoning those reports in. It still sounds like BS.

  • @lucakat9262
    @lucakat9262 Місяць тому +15

    This is so funny and I've always adored Eric Idle.😅
    Anyway, just a few days ago, I watched a video on John Lennon and someone in the comments section was mentioning this very conspiracy theory. The commenter was serious and believed it was true. And some people responded and most of them were believing this?!😳
    No, I don't believe it. There's no way that they cloned Paul and his clone is Billy. I always laughingly think of John Lennon's lyric 'Those freaks was right when they said you were dead' off of his Paul McCartney dis song, 'How Do You Sleep?' I mean, yes, in the song, Lennon is clearly mad at McCartney at the time. They made up later. But John is being sarcastic by calling the people who actually believed Paul was dead 'freaks.'😂 I think, during the time when they weren't getting along, John felt that Paul was 'dead to him' because of the way he felt but he definitely didn't think Paul was actually dead. It was just a play on words.😉

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому +3

      Everything you said is very true!

    • @antoinepetrov
      @antoinepetrov Місяць тому +3

      I'm also reminded of "How Do You Sleep?" when seeing the Paul is Dead theory. And also, I adore Eric Idle. A relentless genius of comedy.

    • @lucakat9262
      @lucakat9262 Місяць тому +3

      @@antoinepetrov I guess we are all 3 like minded people.😉 It's so nice to talk with both of you.❤
      So much of the time now I see so many mean comments under videos on UA-cam and it's not called for or necessary. But, with everything going on in the world right now, it's just so great to have a nice conversation with you two. So thanks for cheering me up on a bad day.🙂
      I sincerely wish you both all the best. Also, cheers for the great content that began the conversation in the first place.😊

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому +2

      This was nice, thank you! Have a great night/day🥰

  • @davidholman48
    @davidholman48 Місяць тому +4

    You can find a look-alike but not the same with voice, left-handedness, same background, same memories. And knowing John as we do, do you think he wouldn't spill the beans if someone tried to pull a shenanigans like that. And one other thing: Ears. Ears cannot be duplicated. Paul has had the same ears since he stomped in a Hamburg stage. Get real. Most conspiracy theories are preposterous.

  • @warrenrandall6936
    @warrenrandall6936 Місяць тому +5

    I actually auditioned for the role of his replacement but came third. I can't even play guitar. The guy who came 4th could play drums better than Ringo.

  • @peanutmoose9591
    @peanutmoose9591 11 днів тому +5

    My theory is that the Beatles purposefully started the Paul is dead conspiracy theory as a joke.

  • @domdonofrio7974
    @domdonofrio7974 Місяць тому +27

    And Elvis is living on an island with Jim Morrison.

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 Місяць тому +8

      And JFK is there too. He turns 107 this month.

    • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
      @user-fu2mi1nd5l Місяць тому

      Be At LESO

    • @deedeechur
      @deedeechur Місяць тому

      @@user-fu2mi1nd5l where is Leso ? 🤔🌎

    • @v-town1980
      @v-town1980 29 днів тому +4

      And Beyonce is talented.

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  24 дні тому +1

      ​@@v-town1980😅

  • @dataspice3732
    @dataspice3732 Місяць тому +4

    It was certainly in the news, and Life Magazine did a story on it at the time. But no one actually took this seriously. The fuss was over very quickly and before you knew it the Beatles were breaking up.

  • @CodeNameX001
    @CodeNameX001 22 дні тому +2

    Had an older coworker who was obsessed with music conspiracy theories.
    Dude was also a pathological liar who was fired for using racial slurs so... yeah, that's about what I think of the "Paul is Dead" theory.

  • @389383
    @389383 Місяць тому +10

    What happened to the back-ups for John, George and Ringo?

    • @MARACUTAIA239
      @MARACUTAIA239 26 днів тому +2

      Doesn't exist, is just Paul, Denny Layne and Lou Reed Overdubin all voices.
      Playin Fab Four

  • @WizardofOz-lp1lz
    @WizardofOz-lp1lz 24 дні тому +1

    My biggest tip off that it is Paul and not Billy is how he took charge of the Beatles from '67 to '70, no way any of the other three, John and George especially, would let the new guy take charge especially if he's posing as their recently deceased best mate.

  • @sky0kast0
    @sky0kast0 22 дні тому +1

    I didn't know I needed a Monty Python vibe today but that's what I got anyway

  • @rossheard9446
    @rossheard9446 Місяць тому +15

    I've looked at endless videos that claim Paul isn't Paul and the bulk of them involving other people in interviews are all taken out of context. Nobody outside of joking is suggesting or admitting Paul died. As far as the physical comparisons.....that's Paul. The young Paul is the same as the old Paul....I've seen the side by sides....it's him. The voice differences....let's be real....if I played endless singers from their youth compared to what they sound like many years later....there are differences. It's Paul. It's a fun conspiracy theory though....good fun.

    • @philipbrackpool-bk1bm
      @philipbrackpool-bk1bm Місяць тому +6

      These lunatics can’t explain why a young Beatrice McCartney is the absolute double of a young Paul McCartney when she was born decades after Paul’s supposed death.

    • @thisguyjeiorhi78h5gyt
      @thisguyjeiorhi78h5gyt Місяць тому +4

      ​@@philipbrackpool-bk1bm And also the fact that Jane Asher started dating Paul in 1963 and only left him in 1968. If he died in 1966 wasn't she supossed to left him in 1966? But, perhaps The Beatles created the conspirancy, I mean we are talking about the boys that made I am the walrus, Revolution 9, total weird clips like Strawberry Fields Forever, said "Fun is the one thing that money can't buy" in She's Leaving Home, while having a song saying that money can't buy me love, made weird films like Help!, Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine and made a COMPLETELY WEIRD PARODY OF THEMSELVES in A hard day's night after all.

    • @hokahey7236
      @hokahey7236 Місяць тому

      @@justiceforjamespaulmccartney 🤣

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому +1

      @@philipbrackpool-bk1bm Very good point

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings 23 дні тому +1

    it really is more plausible than one of the greatest songwriters of all time dying and somehow there is an exact replica of him that goes on to write dozens more of the greatest songs of all time...

  • @zeboimcitizen27
    @zeboimcitizen27 23 дні тому +1

    My favorite facts about this are 1. that there were a bunch of rock bands that released singles based on this rumour, and 2. the irony that Paul out-lived John and George in the end.

  • @Fordham1969
    @Fordham1969 Місяць тому +6

    Funny how they had the George character as the one with the death hoax associated with him, I suppose that may have been a way of giving him something else to do since he doesn't have any dialog in the entire film.

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому +6

      Now I appreciate the movie even more because I actually never noticed that he had no lines! 🤣

    • @Maltloaflegrande
      @Maltloaflegrande Місяць тому +7

      ​@@FilmedByAddisonIt's a play on George's reputation as "the quiet one" taken to the obvious extreme. Evidently, when Eric Idle sounded Ricky Fataar out to be in his film, Fataar countered "but I can't act". Idle then reassured him that the part was a non-speaking role.

  • @henrikhanssen6321
    @henrikhanssen6321 10 днів тому

    I haven’t heard this since it came out overv40 years ago but phrases are stuck in my head. Brilliant.

  • @davidnotonstinnett
    @davidnotonstinnett 22 дні тому +1

    The craziest thing about this is:
    If Paul died and was replaced, then the fake Paul made all the greatest music that is credited to Paul McCartney, so literally, who gives a shit?

  • @Ophelia_-bl7mi
    @Ophelia_-bl7mi 29 днів тому +3

    It's really kind of ridiculous. Nevertheless, I think it's pretty funny and ironic especially part about absent of trousers and Italian death way.

  • @1223jamez
    @1223jamez Місяць тому +4

    Have this classic on VHS and DVD!

    • @walrtbstudios5430
      @walrtbstudios5430 Місяць тому +1

      I also have the album on cd- it has been gloriously expanded, and now actually includes ‘Get Up And Go’, which Lennon advised Innes to leave off the original album.

    • @1223jamez
      @1223jamez 25 днів тому

      walrbstudios5430 I also have the album too!

    • @1223jamez
      @1223jamez 25 днів тому

      And DVD

  • @impatienstheshmuck5348
    @impatienstheshmuck5348 21 день тому +3

    I clicked for Eric Idle and was not disappointed.

  • @signbear999
    @signbear999 21 день тому

    Nobody's talking about the "flash fire at a waterbed shop"!

  • @neoblakkrstal9865
    @neoblakkrstal9865 Місяць тому +2

    LOL!! Monty Python always was the best. This is too funny. And yeah, the Paul is dead theory sounds an awful like that to me as well.

  • @cisium1184
    @cisium1184 27 днів тому +1

    "An Italian way of indicating death."

  • @justiceforjamespaulmccartney
    @justiceforjamespaulmccartney 2 дні тому

    James Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is the truth no matter what!

  • @NealB123
    @NealB123 Місяць тому +4

    Paul died (inside) the day Stu Sutcliffe quit the band and Paul was forced to take over playing bass. He hated playing bass but John and George weren't going to do it so they made Paul do it.

    • @Dragondave1000
      @Dragondave1000 Місяць тому

      And yet he later proved to be a master on it.... Hmmmm!🤨

    • @NealB123
      @NealB123 Місяць тому +3

      @@Dragondave1000 So true. He wasn't great at first but he figured it out pretty quickly and soon mastered it. I think you could have handed Paul just about any musical instrument and he would have figured it out PDQ.

    • @robbarbieri8676
      @robbarbieri8676 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@NealB123Plus, he admitted he froze on stage the first time he had to play lead guitar during their club days, so he knew it was not for him, at that point. Funnily, in the studio he later played some of their most iconic lead guitar parts, such as 'Taxman' or the dual lead, with George, on 'And Your Bird Can Sing '.

    • @MegaChriz
      @MegaChriz Місяць тому

      @@robbarbieri8676Talking about iconic guitar parts, the song House Of Wax has an amazing guitar solo on it, played by Paul.

  • @mRahman92
    @mRahman92 21 день тому +1

    The Beatles are just a front to cover up for the Rutles and Monkees.

  • @im_in_love_with_my_car_123
    @im_in_love_with_my_car_123 Місяць тому +2

    Thank you so much for the shoutout

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles Місяць тому +1

    Eric Idle was good friends with George Harrison. George appeared in "All You Need Is Cash". John Lennon also reportedly loved the Rutles.

  • @korin5615
    @korin5615 22 дні тому

    Adam Sandler's British accent imperssion is really good!

  • @DrFranklynAnderson
    @DrFranklynAnderson 25 днів тому

    I first heard of the “Paul is dead” theory as a teen when reading a book about hoaxes. I was like “wait, isn’t that the guy who did the super bowl halftime show this year??”

  • @tedtimothy9074
    @tedtimothy9074 3 дні тому

    On the Abbey Road album cover is a parked car with the license plate 28 IF. Paul would have been 28 if he were still alive. It seems like something Lennon would do.

  • @Asahamana
    @Asahamana 23 дні тому

    I finally get that bit from that powerpuff girls episode!

  • @mattstefon4878
    @mattstefon4878 Місяць тому +1

    An Italian way of indicating death-… oh, my God, LOL!

  • @GuyDude-hk8uy
    @GuyDude-hk8uy 9 днів тому

    The real theory/conspiracy is whether Paul himself is the creator of the iamaphoney videos. It would be so cool if he himself created art based around a theory of him being dead. There was also several mixes of "Now And Then" on that channel before it was released recently. There's already a theory that the Paul is dead stuff was placed intentionally by The Beatles; that would just be mindblowingly amazing if they had a several-album-spanning concept album about a theory of one of the band members being dead and replaced.

  • @cameronhodgetts920
    @cameronhodgetts920 24 дні тому

    If your conspiracy is so whacky it could conceivably be a Monty Python sketch, you know you're screwed

  • @oalsaker
    @oalsaker 16 днів тому +1

    Have you a water buffalo?

  • @catmobile20
    @catmobile20 Місяць тому +3

    That’s insane

  • @df5295
    @df5295 Місяць тому +3

    Why would John split his song writing royalties 50/50 with fake Paul?

    • @robbarbieri8676
      @robbarbieri8676 Місяць тому

      @df5295... because by that point, John and Paul didn't own the vast bulk of their song writing royalties, something like only 5 percent. Dick James had bought most of the composing rights for Northern Songs, Brian and J&P thought it was a good deal, little understanding how important the royalties were and obviously, not knowing how popular their music would continue to be. I think Paul only came to understand the importance of composing rights after he married Linda, when her father and brother convinced him to start buying song rights. Anyway, there is no 'Faul', there's only Paul!

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Місяць тому

      @@robbarbieri8676 I always wondered a bit when he married Linda, but maybe he liked being the better looking one?

    • @justiceforjamespaulmccartney
      @justiceforjamespaulmccartney Місяць тому

      John was forced.

  • @boxsterman77
    @boxsterman77 Місяць тому +2

    Flash fire at a water bed shop!!!? Hilarious.

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому

      Whoa that actually went over my head this whole time! 😂

  • @David-yw2lv
    @David-yw2lv 26 днів тому

    I knew a kid who believed the McCartney death rumors

  • @kashigata
    @kashigata Місяць тому +1

    I love the way, this creator acknowledges all of the comments on his post. Well done!!

    • @FilmedByAddison
      @FilmedByAddison  Місяць тому +2

      Thank you! It's become kinda hard to these days; I never expected to get this many comments 😁

    • @justiceforjamespaulmccartney
      @justiceforjamespaulmccartney Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Kr-ONYdH_io/v-deo.html

  • @lennybustratt7024
    @lennybustratt7024 Місяць тому +15

    My history teacher about the Paul is dead theory: "And MAN were they lucky to find a man that looked just like Paul, had the same talent, voice, and chemistry as Paul and all that, talk about LUCK!" No my friends, there is no Faul or Billy Shears* or whatever that "copy's" name is, because Sir James Paul McCartney isn't dead, that was something someone put together in the 60’s in order to confuse people, just like with any conspiracy theory.
    Okay, Billy Shears was actually one of the Beatles. -Ringo Starr.
    "But Lenny, Paul's teeth! They look different from before!"
    -Yes. Because Paul actually WERE in an accident and the tooth was damaged after a moped accident in 1964, so it's not even the right year.

    • @zdvxgf
      @zdvxgf Місяць тому

      Paul had the moped accident 1966, the scar is visible in the Paperback Writer/Rain Promo Vid. In fact, the scar was still visible in one of the photos for white album, and even on the Hey Jude performance, if one is meticulous enough to notice it. And it's crazy how the pid gullibles like to justify it as a scar from "plastic surgery" lol they sure always got something to counteract no matter how ridiculous they already sound.

    • @zdvxgf
      @zdvxgf Місяць тому +3

      Also like to add that even on the new music video for "Let it Be", you can still see the slight bulge in Paul's lip upper right (caused by the 1966 moped accident) which can be seen on Paperback writer/Rain promo. I've also watched the "get back" series and the new "let it be" docu, and clearly one can see the moles Paul had in his right cheek and the most visible one is on his neck. I got lots of photos of Paul before 1966 and he always got the same mole spot ever since.
      I wonder what will they have to say about it? That the "fake" Paul painted/planted himself a mole? Lol

  • @user-fu2mi1nd5l
    @user-fu2mi1nd5l Місяць тому

    What does Harrison line "We are DEAD" from "All Too Much" mean?

  • @meatpopsicle1567
    @meatpopsicle1567 Місяць тому +1

    Paul who? Linda Eastman's husband? What's he done?

  • @jonsrecordcollection7172
    @jonsrecordcollection7172 13 днів тому

    These all have analogues with real "Paul Is Dead" clues that were supposedly in the Beatles albums.

  • @NimhLabs
    @NimhLabs 9 днів тому

    Look, ARGs had not been invented yet. So they didn't have Ong's Hat, Garfield Kart, UA-cam Dad or Ben Drowned to have a fun time with. Paul's Dead is pretty much a prototype of an ARG
    Now, some people might feel insulted that I am comparing the great and glorious and awesome Garfield Kart with the Paul is Dead stuff... but just take that as indications we've came a long way

  • @argentlight1953
    @argentlight1953 15 днів тому

    Wow, and it only took you 50 years to figure it out. Amazing.

  • @1ouncebird
    @1ouncebird Місяць тому +1

    What most people, including conspiracy promoters, don't know is that the replacement Paul is actually a well shaven and very well trained Sasquatch who happens to love music.

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles Місяць тому +1

    Eric Idle also played Dirk McQuickly.

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Місяць тому

      Who, in a way, was also a fake Paul....................

  • @robertwalpole5376
    @robertwalpole5376 18 днів тому

    Say what you will about Clone Paul, but him being willing to keep up this ruse for over half a century without even 1p from royalties on the music he created, or the appearances he made in favour of it all going to the McCartney Estate really speaks to how generous a person he is.

  • @ronatopaz2793
    @ronatopaz2793 27 днів тому

    Ok. What became of William Shears Campbell then? If someone can tell me his whereabouts, that will put the rumour to bed once and for all!

  • @flobbertdobson1598
    @flobbertdobson1598 22 дні тому

    Best double ever. He's gone decades pulling this scam.......

  • @dpall38
    @dpall38 Місяць тому

    Wow when you lay it all out like that, there is no doubt.

  • @IsiahTomas
    @IsiahTomas 22 дні тому

    Well, if that string theory really does hold true after all, he's simultaneously dead/alive/ being born/dying/ not existing at the same time, so it's all of the above.

  • @markh.6687
    @markh.6687 26 днів тому

    "Have you a water buffalo?"...... :)

  • @SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra
    @SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra 11 днів тому

    "The Rutles" is 100% classic.
    No dis on: This Is: Spinal Tap,
    but this film is on the same level (just: with Monty Python involved! 😛).

  • @redrasegarden
    @redrasegarden 13 днів тому

    If I remember right this started cus someone played a record backwards right?

  • @maccarnold
    @maccarnold Місяць тому +8

    People that believe that Paul is dead and Bill replaced him are a disgrace to human kind. 😂

    • @deedeechur
      @deedeechur Місяць тому +4

      They have millions of "clues" and not even one piece of evidence 😂

    • @welcometothepsyop3639
      @welcometothepsyop3639 Місяць тому +2

      It's easy to ignore evidence when you don't read a book

    • @justiceforjamespaulmccartney
      @justiceforjamespaulmccartney Місяць тому +2

      James Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is the truth no matter what!

    • @justiceforjamespaulmccartney
      @justiceforjamespaulmccartney Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Kr-ONYdH_io/v-deo.html

  • @werdna1969
    @werdna1969 18 днів тому

    An Idle speculation is what this is.

  • @peterv7258
    @peterv7258 Місяць тому +1

    I should rewatch the Ruttles.

  • @IsaacWale2004
    @IsaacWale2004 Місяць тому +1

    No, it sounds way more ridiculous than this.

  • @mephilynn
    @mephilynn Місяць тому +5

    Yeah honestly! 😂 Makes no sense!

  • @silyknow
    @silyknow 27 днів тому

    God I love the Rutles

  • @svjim1
    @svjim1 Місяць тому

    No, the real question is are any of the "clues" to that effect real? Take a fairly recent clue. If you put a mirror midway across the words lonely hearts on the drum on the cover of Sgt. Pepper you will something that looks like - I ONEI X HE DIE . Between the he die is a double arrow pointing up and down. Pointing up to Paul and down to the grave. It could be taken as the date of death Nov ember 9 or September 11. The person who is given credit for the design of the drum skin is Joe Ephgrave. Last name sounds like a combo of epitaph and grave.

  • @Billinois78
    @Billinois78 Місяць тому

    Man. Good thing people aren't dumb enough to believe ridiculous conspiracy theories anymore.

  • @311superfly
    @311superfly 27 днів тому

    Shabby road. Damn

  • @thephilster6860
    @thephilster6860 Місяць тому +1

    Something else that's uncanny: The initials of the other Beatles spells out "Yoko 4-Eva." I'm not making this stuff up.

  • @nejdalej
    @nejdalej 13 днів тому

    This video is so applicable to so much conspiracy theory bullshit on the internet 😂

  • @ttrestle
    @ttrestle 17 днів тому

    Wait, he wore no trousers?

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 22 дні тому

    I think ALL the Beatles died, an the Rutles replaced them!
    Nah, just kidding!

  • @federalisticnewyorkians4470
    @federalisticnewyorkians4470 27 днів тому

    Yeah pretty much

  • @dinnerisgoodforyou
    @dinnerisgoodforyou Місяць тому

    Is Stig dead or what? I literally lunch him why would I believe that stuff.

  • @hyperbolicsuperlative5184
    @hyperbolicsuperlative5184 10 днів тому

    for fucks sake, they were talking about the biblical paul