In my July 16, 2010 post, I discussed the PID clues in the satirical film about The Beatles, All You Need Is Cash. To clarify two points: 1.) When they said that Stig was rumored to have died in a flash fire at a water bed shop, I contend they were referring to a hyperbaric oxygen chamber (see my post of May 7, 2010.) The flash fire part of the clue would be the fire risk in oxygen chambers caused by the volatility of pure oxygen. In a Times of London article of June 21, 1968, they discuss a study made by the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine where "scientists ignited more than 100 full-scale dummies or dead pigs in various oxygen pressures to determine the characteristics of a clothing fire." The scientists found:
"Men usually take between five and 20 seconds to respond to an emergency, and conventional
extinguisher systems take about two seconds to come into operation. Within this time, the experiments
suggest, a man working in a typical oxygen-rich environment and clothed in a denim overall would
suffer third degree burns over at least half his body."
A man trapped in a hyperbaric oxygen bed could die.
2.) I found an interesting amplification on the Limpet mine reference in the film. According to the book, Underwater Swimming by George F. Brookes and Robert B. Matkin (1962), "wartime 'frogmen' had a self-contained diving apparatus . . . but this apparatus was complicated to use, required skilled maintenance and employed pure oxygen." Like the Lotus hyperbaric oxygen bed.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
1, 2, 3, 4 . . . 5
There has been some question about the number of fake Pauls that were photographed and filmed from 1964-on. Paul must have been aware of attempts to introduce face-doubles and I have found a clue that suggests he did.
In a Youtube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OyoEcnuG5g Paul, in an afternoon rehearsal for The Beatles' next appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show introduces the song All My Loving by counting off "1, 2, 3, 4, 5!" [at 5:06-5:07 in the video]. What was he signalling? It could be he was talking about a replacement Paul that showed up in beach photos during The Beatles stay in Miami in February, 1964. Check out one of the photos at: www.jeddy.org/paul/towelboy.jpg I say that wasn't Paul.
In a Youtube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OyoEcnuG5g Paul, in an afternoon rehearsal for The Beatles' next appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show introduces the song All My Loving by counting off "1, 2, 3, 4, 5!" [at 5:06-5:07 in the video]. What was he signalling? It could be he was talking about a replacement Paul that showed up in beach photos during The Beatles stay in Miami in February, 1964. Check out one of the photos at: www.jeddy.org/paul/towelboy.jpg I say that wasn't Paul.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Rehearsals for Replacement Paul
The man who replaced Paul appeared on stage for the first time--from what I can see-- in Hamburg, Germany on June 26, 1966. You can see him in a Youtube video at the Hamburg press conference at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGzezaSkYQs .
There has been speculation among the Paul-replaced, Paul-dead investigators that replacement Paul had been in Hamburg as a musician in the early 1960's, so when there are reports about "Paul's Hamburg 'homecoming'", it very well could have been about fake Paul, too.
I believe both real Paul and fake Paul were in Japan in late June-early July, 1966. I think real Paul played the first concert on 6/30/66, and fake Paul took over from there.
Fake Paul was at the first interview with The Beatles at the Tokyo hotel. You can see that Youtube video at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou__mIGfimU. He also took part in the famous four-part Beatles Tokyo painting. You can see him in the Youtube video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQkJLCrLr6o . There are two images of Faul--fake or replacement Paul-- from 0:23-0:31.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGzezaSkYQs .
There has been speculation among the Paul-replaced, Paul-dead investigators that replacement Paul had been in Hamburg as a musician in the early 1960's, so when there are reports about "Paul's Hamburg 'homecoming'", it very well could have been about fake Paul, too.
I believe both real Paul and fake Paul were in Japan in late June-early July, 1966. I think real Paul played the first concert on 6/30/66, and fake Paul took over from there.
Fake Paul was at the first interview with The Beatles at the Tokyo hotel. You can see that Youtube video at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou__mIGfimU. He also took part in the famous four-part Beatles Tokyo painting. You can see him in the Youtube video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQkJLCrLr6o . There are two images of Faul--fake or replacement Paul-- from 0:23-0:31.
Friday, July 16, 2010
The Rutles' All You Need Is Cash Clues
In 1978, Eric Idle (of Monte Python's Flying Circus comedy group) and Neil Innes (of Monte Python and Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band satirical groups) wrote and starred in a satire about The Beatles called All You Need Is Cash. They covered the Paul Is Dead story with a mixture of George, Paul and replacement Paul references.
In the video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PgzRizr6o they cover the rumor that Stig--the George character--might have died. At 0:06-0:16 in the video, the commentator (Eric Idle) says,
"Stig had hidden in the background so much that a rumor went around in 1969 that he was dead. He was supposed to have been killed in a flash fire at a water bed shop and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tussauds." My interpretation of this is that they were alluding to: the Lotus hyperbaric chamber bed I've mentioned in previous posts; and to the man who replaced Paul who needed plastic surgery to resemble Paul enough to convince a world audience.
The movie talked about the Paul Is Dead clues. Beginning at 0:27-0:30, they say :
". . . he'd not said a word since 1966."
At 1:30-1:38 (in a reference to, apparently, Linda Eastman, who married the man who replaced Paul):
"He'd fallen in bed with Gertrude Strange . . . whose father had invented the Limpet mine."
Limpet mines were naval mines developed in England during World War II that were attached by frogmen (underwater divers) to enemy ships. Again, I think this was an inside joke about Paul and the hyperbaric oxygen chamber.
In the video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PgzRizr6o they cover the rumor that Stig--the George character--might have died. At 0:06-0:16 in the video, the commentator (Eric Idle) says,
"Stig had hidden in the background so much that a rumor went around in 1969 that he was dead. He was supposed to have been killed in a flash fire at a water bed shop and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tussauds." My interpretation of this is that they were alluding to: the Lotus hyperbaric chamber bed I've mentioned in previous posts; and to the man who replaced Paul who needed plastic surgery to resemble Paul enough to convince a world audience.
The movie talked about the Paul Is Dead clues. Beginning at 0:27-0:30, they say :
". . . he'd not said a word since 1966."
At 1:30-1:38 (in a reference to, apparently, Linda Eastman, who married the man who replaced Paul):
"He'd fallen in bed with Gertrude Strange . . . whose father had invented the Limpet mine."
Limpet mines were naval mines developed in England during World War II that were attached by frogmen (underwater divers) to enemy ships. Again, I think this was an inside joke about Paul and the hyperbaric oxygen chamber.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
What Was Paul Signalling?
The Beatles appeared before a huge audience in Liverpool for the premiere of A Hard Day's Night on July 10, 1964. They went out on a balcony to wave to the crowd. Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI6LAQB5b58. At 3:20 and 4:06, Paul gives a thumbs up signal to the crowd. At 3:09 and 3:53, Paul crosses his arms with his thumbs up and at 4:13 he crosses his wrists with his thumbs up. I was reading a book, Underwater Swimming by George F. Brookes and Robert B. Matkin, in collaboration with the British Sub-aqua Club (1962) and the symbol for "wash out"--cease diving and return on the surface--made by the surface party lookout to underwater divers is that signal. Again, it could be a clue that Paul was aware, or was learning, deep-sea diving.
Paul on Ed Sullivan Show, 1965
In the previous post, I posted the MBE interview of June 12, 1965 with "Paul" as Paul. In the first video,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7YIaCaikAs they are discussing appearing on the Ed Sullivan program. The Beatles recorded six songs before a live audience at Sullivan's studio on August 14, 1965 and their appearance was broadcast September 12, 1965. Paul sang Yesterday. (See the video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms65JQTBCcQ .) "Paul" at the MBE interview is talking to the camera and saying hi to Ed and at 3:10, he says, "Oh, hi, dead." This could have been a slip of the tongue meant for Paul.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7YIaCaikAs they are discussing appearing on the Ed Sullivan program. The Beatles recorded six songs before a live audience at Sullivan's studio on August 14, 1965 and their appearance was broadcast September 12, 1965. Paul sang Yesterday. (See the video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms65JQTBCcQ .) "Paul" at the MBE interview is talking to the camera and saying hi to Ed and at 3:10, he says, "Oh, hi, dead." This could have been a slip of the tongue meant for Paul.
Friday, July 2, 2010
When Did The Replacement Do His First Public Interview?
I was looking at YouTube videos of The Beatles reaction to receiving their MBE's (Members of the British Empire) awards. The interviews were taped June 12, 1965, and that may have been the first public appearance of Paul's replacement.
Take a look at two videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7YIaCaikAs and www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJCTB3g9Xdw
On the first video (at 1:20), "Paul" looks as though his face is bruised and that it's been covered with makeup. From the front, he looks like Paul. But from the left side, it is clearly another man.
On the second video, there is the following exchange:
0:33-0:36 - Interviewer: "Have any of you have any ambitions left at all?"
0:37-0:38 - George: "Yeah, I want to be an astronaut."
(Laughter)
0:40-0:43 - "Paul": "Yeah, and I want to be a deep-sea fisherman."
Could this have been references back to the high-pressure oxygen Lotus bed that I have mentioned in earlier posts? High-pressure oxygen is used in aeronautics and deep-sea diving.
Take a look at two videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7YIaCaikAs and www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJCTB3g9Xdw
On the first video (at 1:20), "Paul" looks as though his face is bruised and that it's been covered with makeup. From the front, he looks like Paul. But from the left side, it is clearly another man.
On the second video, there is the following exchange:
0:33-0:36 - Interviewer: "Have any of you have any ambitions left at all?"
0:37-0:38 - George: "Yeah, I want to be an astronaut."
(Laughter)
0:40-0:43 - "Paul": "Yeah, and I want to be a deep-sea fisherman."
Could this have been references back to the high-pressure oxygen Lotus bed that I have mentioned in earlier posts? High-pressure oxygen is used in aeronautics and deep-sea diving.
