Largely greenlit because The Beatles felt that an animated feature would settle their three picture deal with United Artists without requiring much effort on their part, the cast and crew of Yellow Submarine were given a shoestring budget and a mere 11 months to crank out a completed movie. Somehow, the team supervised by director George Dunning and character designer Heinz Edelmann overcame these hurdles, delivering a cheeky, fantastical, and imaginatively surreal fairy tale that was quickly embraced by both Beatles fanatics and animation nerds.

Ryan is joined by Rachel for a conversation about this psychedelic work of pop art fancy. Discussion topics include the ever-shifting aesthetics of the film, the influence that Yellow Submarine had on later works, and the shadow that the Fab Four cast on the wider landscape.