I remember hearing this one for the first time in 1964 at the Linda Vista Theater in San Diego, in a trailer for A Hard Day's Night. I later saw the film for fifty cents, or less. The Station Agent's posting of an interesting cover, below, made this post irresistible for me.
I loved the song. It reminded me of an eight year old girl I liked. And why not? I was eight too.
As for the humor, I was too callow to get it at the time. But the Beatles were naturals for comedy. All they needed to do was play themselves, and Dick Lester, the director, understood that.
"The film was successful both financially and critically; it was rated by Time magazine as one of the all-time great 100 films. British critic Leslie Halliwell described it as a "comic fantasia with music; an enormous commercial success with the director trying every cinematic gag in the book" and awarded it a full four stars. The film is credited with having influenced 1960s spy films, The Monkees' television show and pop music videos."
Indeed.
Ringo liked to use the cowbells in those days.
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