Suffering from an acute attack of tonsillitis, Ringo was unable to accompany The Beatles on this leg of their current tour. Session drummer Jimmy Nichol was brought in as a temporary replacement by Brian Epstein.
REPORTER: Here they are in the bar sitting behind me, the Beatles!
JOHN: Yeah...
Q: First of all, introduce yourself.
JOHN: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jimmy Nichol.
Q: You want to get married?
PAUL: No good... no good, marriage.
JOHN: Good!
PAUL: I don't know yet, maybe when I got some more money.
Q: You got money?
JOHN: You got more!
Q: What do you think of the Dutch girls?
PAUL: Great, yeah.
Q: They're good? Why?
PAUL: Well, all girls are good actually.
Q: What makes a girl good?
PAUL: I don't know, do you?
JOHN: I know, I'm just helping him.
Q: You're on, Jimmy. Do you find it difficult to take over the role of Ringo?
JIMMY: No, not really, no. Because Ringo I can never replace. I can never make up for what Ringo is, you know.
Q: How long will you be doing this?
JIMMY: Until next Thursday.
Q: How is Ringo, by the way?
GEORGE: He's ill!
Q: Do you consider the records you made with Tony Sheridan in the Star Club in Hamburg real Beatles records?
GEORGE: No, no, because on most of it Tony Sheridan sings and it's two years ago, you know. Anyway, it's not a very good record.
Q: Do you play any other instrument besides the guitar and drums?
JOHN: I play mouth organ and a little piano.
PAUL: I play a little piano, about that big, a very little piano. I think we all play a little bit on other instruments.
Q: Who mends your stockings when you're on your travels?
GEORGE: Stockings? Socks! Nobody, we just have them washed.
Q: Do you think all the hysterics are necessary for your act?
PAUL: No, not necessary. But it helps give a good atmosphere, we don't mind. It's nice when there's a lot of noise about. It's like a football match with a lot of noise going on. It produces a good feeling.
JOHN: Goal! Goal!
Q: But why is it always the girls?
JOHN: If it was all just boys, it would be a bit funny, wouldn't it?
Q: I want to ask you whether you will go ahead with any musical change in direction?
PAUL: You never know. People always say we've changed, but we can't notice. So we probably will change our records. We wouldn't do anything drastic, like sing with a big band or anything, you know, because we don't enjoy that kind of music.
Q: You do this kind of music because you enjoy it?
PAUL: We love it, you know, that's the main reason. If we didn't, we'd give it up tomorrow.