Conan O’Brien Teams Up with Tom Holland in the Trailer for the Beatles Special
The Rest Is History podcast has released the trailer for an upcoming two-part special dedicated to the Beatles. This series features co-host Tom Holland alongside Beatles enthusiast Conan O’Brien.
In partnership with Apple and Disney+, this series is scheduled to debut alongside the freshly restored and remastered Beatles Anthology documentary series. The duo leverages rare Beatles music and archival footage from the Anthology project to narrate the journey of one of the most iconic bands in music history, all through the engaging format of their popular history podcast.
The Rest Is History – Beatles Special with Conan O’Brien will launch on Wednesday, December 3, across YouTube and various podcast platforms.
“I’d argue they’re historically significant because they act as lightning rods for everything that made the 1960s such a revolutionary decade,” Holland stated. “In many ways, we in the 21st century are still living in the aftermath of the ’60s – just as people in the 16th century lived in the wake of the 1520s. The cultural and ethical transformation is on that scale, and the Beatles were not only symbols of it, but active drivers of it.”
O’Brien added, “The Beatles were a complete break from everything that came before. They were singer-songwriters who wrote their own music, and in so many ways, they broke the mold. Most groups at the time had a clear frontman — Dion and the Belmonts, for example — and there was real pressure on them to follow that model. For a moment they were even Johnny and the Moondogs. But they always knew they were a group; the power was in the synergy between them, which was unusual then. They were a departure from almost everything that preceded them and remain as relevant today as they were in 1964.”
This collaboration follows Holland and The Rest Is History co-host Dominic Sandbrook’s recent appearance on Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, further solidifying O’Brien’s longstanding passion for both the podcast and the Beatles. Holland and Sandbrook also worked with Disney CEO Bob Iger on a series exploring the life and times of Walt Disney and the creation of Disneyland.
Watch the trailer below.
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