I was too young when they were released to have seen them, so my perspective doesn't properly place them in time. There are elements of them that do remind me of 'Don't Look Back' with Bob Dylan and 'Head' which featured 'The Monkees'. Since Lester's films pre-date the other two, it seems he must have crafted the genre at that time and influenced the others. I've wondered if 'Help!' was influenced by the 'Batman' US television series...

The above mentioned are far and away better than other contemporary offerings such as 'Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter'.

Funny you open with this today. I caught 'United States vs. John Lennon' on television last night. I have John and Yoko on my mind this morning.