While everyone else is focusing on the band, I thought I’d acknowledge the fans who went so crazy for The Beatles. The movie I Wanna Hold Your Hand, by Robert Zemeckis (director and co-writer) and Bob Gale (co-writer), perfectly captures the craziness of being a pop music fan.
Here is a collection of clips of the lengths Rosie Petrofsky goes to in order to get into The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964:
It also serves as a reminder of just how great a comic actor the late Wendie Jo Sperber was.
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