Welcome to the Special Beatles Section of the Martin Lewis Website!
This is the place to find information about Martin Lewis's many
Beatles-related projects - both historic and contemporary.
Having served as a consultant on the Beatles' "Anthology" and "Live At
The
BBC" projects - Lewis has been working on the reissue of the Beatles'
first movie "A Hard Day's Night." He worked on the film's theatrical
release last year - and he has just been appointed to work on the
long-awaited, new DVD and home-video versions of the film. He will be
intimately involved in the post-production and marketing of
the film - which will be released by Miramax/Buena Vista. The release
date has not yet been set.
See story in Sunday's Los Angeles Times (second story, "FAB FILM").
For the last few months Martin Lewis has been a guest host of the radio
program "Breakfast With The Beatles" which airs every Sunday morning on
Los Angeles radio station KLSX 97.1 FM. For his appearances, Lewis has
created themed radio specials with celebrity guests and musical
rarities. Themes have included the band's extensive movie connections,
its American musical roots and even a fun show on their favorite foods.
Early in August, the station issued a press release announcing that
Lewis was under consideration to be a permanent host of the show - and
the station placed his name in a month-long online poll of its radio
listeners to decide on the host of the new show. (The other names in
the poll were four local radio deejays who have also been guest hosts of
the show.)
While it was pleasing that the station would regard him as a natural
choice to host their show on a permanent basis - and thus automatically
place him in their poll alongside the other recent guest hosts of the
show - they had not in fact consulted Lewis beforehand about this
development.
As mentioned above, Martin Lewis has just accepted major new
responsibilities for the production of the "A Hard Day's Night" DVD.
Those responsibilities - coupled with his other extensive commitments as
a performer on network TV, writer and producer - make it impossible for
him to consider a permanent position hosting a local radio show.
Therefore - he has notified KLSX that he regrets that he is unavailable
to be a permanent host of its radio show - and he has instructed them to
remove his name from consideration. He wishes the station good luck in
its quest to find the best permanent host for the show.
His last appearance as guest host of the "Breakfast with the Beatles"
show takes place on Sunday August 12th.
A full announcement about his appointment to produce the "A Hard Day's
Night" DVD and his withdrawal from consideration as full-time host of
"Breakfast With The Beatles" can be found here.
If you have comments about the "Breakfast with the Beatles" specials
hosted by Martin Lewis over the past few months - you may post them
here.
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Art Of Lying
- Martin Lewis's sensational expose of the fabricated
British tabloid story which falsely claimed that "George Is Dying" -
Lewis's article was published by prestigious website Salon.com - and has
already resulted in the sudden resignation of the tabloid editor accused
of fabricating the story.
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Meet The Beatles Expert Who Started A 30 Years Hoax!
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When Martin Lewis was invited to perform his acclaimed one-man show in
New York as part of the prestigious Tokyo Comedy Festival - USA Today
made the story about Martin Lewis's Beatles song hoax the lead story on
the FRONT PAGE ("above the fold!") of its "Life" (entertainment section)
- on Tuesday June 5th 2001.
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The Love You Make (Up)
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The New York Daily News also ran a story about the hoax
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Martin Profile
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The New York Observer ran an in-depth profile of Martin Lewis in June 2001
(Second story on page)
- MBE - Mister Brian Epstein
- The official Brian Epstein Website - hosted by Martin Lewis. Sign
the petition to get the Beatles' manager inducted into the
Non-Performers' Section of the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame
- Eat The Beatles!
- Read the press release about the new Beatles food survey conducted by
Martin Lewis - which was the inspiration for the special "Eat The
Beatles!" edition of the radio show aired on KLSX on Sunday April 29,
2001.
- USA Today
- USA Today ran a major story news story about the Beatles food survey
conducted by Martin. Read it here.
- Linda
McCartney Foods
- Information about Linda McCartney's food products and cookbooks
- Jane Asher Party Cakes
- Information about Jane Asher's range of cakes and baked goods - which
are available worldwide
- Magical "Marty" Tour
- Learn more about Martin Lewis's extensive Beatles-related work - from
1968 to the present day
- Beatle-ly Incorrect!
- Martin is a columnist for new-wave Beatles magazine Daytrippin' and
writes a regular column titled Beatle-ly Incorrect! You can read his
past columns here.
- Martin Lewis - Just In Time
- Martin is also a regular contributor to Time Magazine's website -
Time.com. You can see all his columns for Time.com here - including
articles about the Beatles and John Lennon.
- Beatlefest
- For many years, Martin has been host of the annual New York and Los
Angeles Beatlefest conventions. The Beatlefest website has news of
upcoming conventions. Beatlefest is also the world's largest Beatles
merchandise mail order service.
- The Great Beatles Hoax!
- Read about Martin Lewis's infamous Beatles hoax - a casual
teenage prank that grew into what The New York Post called "the
biggest Beatles hoax since the 'Paul Is Dead' craze in the 60's"
- Great Exploitations!
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Get information about Martin Lewis's acclaimed
autobiographical
one-man show - which is based in part on the tales of his
Great
Beatles Hoax. The show received its world premiere in Los
Angeles in
1999. Its New York premiere was a highlight of the
prestigious Toyota Comedy Festival in June 2001.
- The Internet Beatles Album
- Martin Lewis's favorite Beatles tribute website
- Abbeyrd's Beatles Page
- Martin Lewis's favorite website for the latest Beatles news
- BeatleZone
- The ultimate Beatles links web page
- Tragical History Tour
- The ultimate Rutles website
- Mods & Rockers 2001
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Get information about the annual "Mods & Rockers" film
festivals
of 'Groovy Movies from the Shag-a-delic Sixties' which
take place in Hollywood every summer. The festivals are co-created,
co-produced and hosted by Martin Lewis for the American Cinematheque
- The Martin Lewis Homepage
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