The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom & Ringo Review

We've seen the bed in for peace, the interviews of the effervescent mop tops, and It's a Hard Days Night. The number of interviews of Lennon railing for peace and social justice have simply become monotonous. It's rare for the public to see Lennon for who he really is, a regular human like you and I, more than a man who is hidden behind his beliefs... The first disc is the final televised interview before Lennon's death. The first disc shows the re-airing of the interview which was aired the day after his death as well as interviews of two people who knew Lennon. The second disc contains interviews of Paul and Ringo along with their wives and other guests.

The fantastic thing about this DVD is it gives a gimplse of Lennon being himself. Not the joking mop top and not the peace pushing protester. Lennon is stripped down in this interview feeling self conscience while constantly looking at his profile in the cameras and trying to adapt to the setting. He answers questions about his music, interests, and person life. He delivers his answers with pure honesty whie cracking a few jokes here and there. If Lennon was to give more interviews like this, maybe people would have seen him as more than the crazy hippie who settled for less when marrying Yoko.

The second disc is merely an extra in comparison to the first disc. The first disc is the bread and butter and the second disc is the desert. The interviews on the second disc aren't anything special like Lennon's. They show the two other Beatles being themselves which they never shied away from portraying throughout their career. Many of the questions are family oriented because Ringo and Paul's wife are present. The second disc is definitely interesting enough to watch but once again, the first disc is why this DVD was published.

To think that a DVD of interviews could be this good is pretty impressive. John is in rare form during this interview, he seems to have matured from the naive hair peace-bed peace hippie, to the down to earth family man that he became right before his life was tragically stripped away. It's almost as if we can see the transformation right before our eyes.

Grade: A-