--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick
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>
> The Tonight Show 14 May 1968 Joe Gargoyle: "Listen now, I have
something in common with both of you. I met the guru, the Maharishi.
And I noticed that he went out with an actthe Beach Boys. And it
folded."
> JOHN : "Yeah. Right."
> JG: "What do you think of the Yogi as an act?"
> JOHN : "Yeah. Well, we found out that we made a mistake there."
> PAUL : "We tried to persuade him against that, you know. I
thought it was a terrible idea."
> JOHN : "We believe in meditation, but not the Maharishi and his
scene. But that's a personal mistake we made in public."
> JG: "When did you find out it was a mistake?"
> JOHN : "Well, uhh, I can't remember the date, you know, but it
was in India. And meditation is good, and it does what they say. It's
like exercise or cleaning your teeth, you know. It works, but uhh,
we've finished with that bit."
> ED McMAHON: "Has he changed? Is that what
"
> JOHN : "Well, no. I think it's just that we're seeing him a bit
more in perspective, you know, `cuz we're as naive as the next person
about alot of things."
> PAUL : "We get carried away with things like that, though. I
mean, we thought he was
uhh
magic, you knowjust floating around
and everything. Flying."
> JG: "Do you think the kids in America have turned him off?"
> JOHN : "Well, it could be something to do with it. But I wouldn't
say, `Don't meditate' to them, because alot of them would get a great
deal from it."
> PAUL : "You know, the system is more important than all those
things."
> JOHN : "He's surrounded with, it seems like, the old
establishment that we know so well."
> JG: "Are you saying, `Meditate, but not with the Yogi'?"
> PAUL : (long pause) "Yeah. I mean, he's good. There's nothing
wrong with him. But we think the system is more important than all
the two-bit personality bit. You know, he gets sort of treated like a
big star. He's on the road with the Beach Boys, and it's all that
scene. And also
It folds, you know. That's the silly thing."
> (laughter)
> TB: "Does he giggle as much as
"
> JOHN : "Yes. It's his natural asset."
> (laughter)
> JOHN : "Well, you see, it depends on what way you're looking at
it at the time. If it's not getting on your nerves, it's `Oh, what a
happy fellow.' It depends how you feel when you look at him."
> JG: "I had him on the show, and he just giggled and giggled the
whole time. I figured there was something, maybe my tie was loose.
Who was the first one that met the Yogi?"
> JOHN : "We all met him at the same time."
> JG: "Can you tell us the circumstances?"
> JOHN : "Well, he was just doing a lecture in London at the
Hilton. So we all went and we thought, `What a nice man.' And we were
looking for that. You know, everybody's looking for it, but we were
looking for it `that day' as well. And then we met him and he was
good, you know. He's got a good thing in him. And we went along with
it."
> JG: "But now, you just got off the train, huh?"
> JOHN : "Right. Nice trip thank you very much."
> (laughter)
>
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