Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were "reunited" in a humorous videotaped sketch that aired Friday on UK TV as part of this year's Comic Relief charity drive in the UK. Proceeds from Comic Relief help needy people in the UK and Africa.
The video also features appearance by Justin Bieber and Rupert Glint, who played Ron Weasley in the "Harry Potter" films.
- You can see the video with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney at left. There is also a rehearsal video with McCartney only on his webpage.
The 13-minute video featured various UK celebrities trying to figure out who would be chosen to do the UK Comic Relief film in Africa. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr's appearances in the video show they were taped separately and the script definitely has a bit of Beatle-tinged humor.
The video starts off with Lenny Henry ("Lenny Henry: Live and Unleashed") talking on the phone to "Smithy" (English actor James Corden) about working for Comic Relief. "Smithy" is seen driving in his car with singer George Michael and the two exchange some bawdy comic lines. Michaels also gets in some singing.
Also seen in the video is Rupert Grint, who is grilled about getting the cast of "Harry Potter" films involved in the film. "'Radcliffe around?' 'He's working.' 'Emma Watson?' 'She's studying,' 'Coltrane?' 'You're joking?' says part of the exchange."
Justin Bieber plays keyboards in the background and is seen later in the video. Also seen are various other UK celebrities.
The entire video is funny and worth watching. Make sure you see the ending.
(Thanks to Jeremy_2566.)
RELATED LINKS:
- Video of Comic Relief rehearsal with Paul McCartney
- Comic Relief UK website
- BBC-TV Comic Relief page
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