August 24th, 1964 (Bel Air, Los Angeles): At the end of their interview with Capitol Records’ Jack Wagner, John and Paul are asked to consider what will happen to them when the Beatles bubble bursts. (Note: What Paul says is a sad foreshadowing, knowing what eventually happens, but for now John and Paul are still unassumingly convinced they’ll be writing together even after the Beatles have gone, and happy.)
JOHN: Well, we’ll probably sell less records, less people will go to see the film, we’ll write less songs, [tremulous] and we’ll all die of failure.
PAUL: No, uh – that may be true, but the thing is we – I think—
JOHN: Do tell ‘em, Paul.
PAUL: [pensive] I think we’ve got no real plans, so far, because we’ve never had plans about what’s gonna happen. But if anything happens, I think – you know, if we suddenly sort of become a flop, then I think we’ll try to realise we’ve become one, and get out before we’re real failures, you know. I mean, I hate this sort of—
JOHN: “And John and I…”
PAUL: —I hate this—
JOHN: “…will probably carry on.”
PAUL: We’ll carry on songwriting, probably. [John starts playing the piano] In fact, he might say to me, one sunny day… [Paul starts playing along] La la la la la la la…
JOHN: I hope Noël Coward’s listening!
PAUL: And a hit is born!
