Let's look at Ringo Starr's 1978 TV comedy film, loosely designed to promote his recent album Bad Boy, and written by Neal Israel and Pat Proft, both of whom would go on to make significant contributions to film comedy through the Police Academy and Naked Gun films.
We discuss where Ringo is in his career and how his performance (he plays two versions of himself in a take on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper) made Hollywood reappraise him and led to his leading role in Caveman.
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Ringo Starr led this comedy with Barbara Bach and Dennis Quaid. We discuss this stage of his life, and the shadow John Lennon's murder cast over the film.
Listen on SpotifyWe talk about why so many stars like Art Carney, John Ritter and an immediately-post-Star-Wars Carrie Fisher are keen to get involved.
And we discuss George Harrison’s performance, and why it’s a good job Ringo doesn’t seem to play You’re Sixteen live anymore.
- The Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet is James Mangold's A Complete Unknown, which at time of recording was in production and is now available to watch
- Watch 1977's The Prince and The Pauper, starring Oliver Reed
- Watch 1983's Trading Places, with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy
- These Setlist.fm stats seem to show that Ringo wisely hasn't played You're Sixteen live since September 2019