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‘Magical Mystery Tour’ is dying to take you away, again

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It seems safe to say now that for anyone who saw the Fab Four’s funky little art film when it aired on BBC 1 in England on Boxing Day in 1967, the lack of a master plan was apparent. The surreal flick zigs and zags, from John Lennon literally shoveling spaghetti onto a woman’s plate in one scene to a boozy singalong by the eccentric cast of characters thrown together on a coach for the titular adventure.

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