Bill Maher

And then they did.

Yeah.

It's funny, they were in, I think, Paris when they heard.

They came here, this is February, so they came here.

Yeah, they're playing the Olympia or something in Paris.

And not enjoying it.

The only place in the world, it's so indicative of the French, the only place in the world that stuck their nose up at Beatlemania was France.

They were like, we don't know what this phenomenon is all about.

They are talented, I suppose, but are they Charles Aznavour?

I do not think so.

I mean, they had like a long engagement there.

And none of it was like a disaster.

And I'm sure they got laid.

It was France and they were the Beatles.

But I mean, for fuck's sake, they were just not like the crowds everywhere else in the world that went nuts.

They just did not.

But I think that's where they got the telegram, which we barely remember as a child, that you have a number one in America.

They were like, oh, well, this is very handy since we're going to do Ed Sullivan.

It must be so much fun, like that upward climb when your rocket gets shot to the moon.

But you had that experience when the world is at your feet.