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Paul McCartney October 1984

Title: Canada AM
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd 1984
Broadcast Date: October 24th 1984
Country Of Broadcast: Canada
Duration: 12:11 Minutes
Quality: B-
Source: Paul McCartney "Broad Street Broad Casts 2" (MCP)
Other Sources: Paul McCartney "Macca Archives 1984 Vol 2" (FAB Productions)
Notes: Paul and Linda now flew to Los Angeles, primarily for the West Coast premiere of the movie, plus, of course, another round of media interviews.
So before heading off to the premiere Paul gave a few filmed interviews. One of the first was for Canada`s CTV network`s show "Canada AM".
The interview was done by journalist Ann Romer.

Title: Today
Type: TV Show Raw Footage
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd 1984
Broadcast Date: October 30th-31st 1984
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 13:22 Minutes
Quality: B+
Source: "Macca Archives Rare & Found Vol 12" (FAB Productions)
Other Sources: "Paul & Ringo Two Of Us Standing Solo Vol 3 (BedHead Productions)
Notes: Veteran journalist Bobby Wygant from the "Today" show was next to interview Paul at the Beverley Hills Hotel. Her interview was broadcast at the end of the month over two days.
Raw footage from this interview was previously only in the hands of private collectors before it turned up on youtube in 2020.

Title: Hollywood Close-Up
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd 1984
Broadcast Date: October 27th 1984
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 06:12 Minutes
Quality: C
Source: "Paul McCartney Broadstreet Broadcasts" (MCP)
Other Sources: "Paul McCartney Macca On Tape Vol 1" (Video Shack)
Notes: Next interview was for the Showtime network`s TV show "Hollywood Close-Up", hosted by Bill Harris.
There was also some brief footage from the Le Bistro pre-premiere "party" (aka media scrum).
This interview was also re-broadcast in 1986.

Title: Seeing Stars
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd 1984
Broadcast Date: October 24th 1984
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 8:23 Minutes (Seeing Stars); 0:36 Seconds (Hollywood Insider)
Quality: C+
Source: "Paul McCartney "Macca Archives 1984 Vol 2" (FAB Productions)
Other Sources: "Paul McCartney "Broad Street Promotion Vol 3" (MCP)
Notes: Another interview, this time for the USA Network cable TV show "Seeing Stars", hosted by Jim Finnerty.
This TV show was replaced in 1985 by the show "Hollywood Insider" which showed a brief excerpt from this interview in 1994.

Title: Solid Gold
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd 1984
Broadcast Date: November 3rd 1984
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 4:31 Minutes (Interview)
Quality: C
Source: Paul McCartney "Broad Street Promotion Vol 5" (MCP)
Other Sources: "Paul McCartney 1984 Vol 2" (FFD Productions)
Notes: Paul was next interviewed by Rick Dees (of "Disco Duck" fame) for the TV music show "Solid Gold".
There was also a brief interview with Stevie Wonder who talked about Paul before they cut to the actual interview.

Title: Solid Gold
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd 1984
Broadcast Date: November 3rd 1984
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 0:50 Seconds (Intro)
Quality: C
Source: "Paul McCartney 1984 Vol 2" (FFD Productions)
Other Sources:
Notes: Paul also filmed a special introduction for Rick that was used in another episode a month later.

Title: MTV Liner Notes & MTV Extra
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd& October 26th 1984
Broadcast Date: October 30 & December 6, 1984 (Interview)
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 12:24 Minutes (Interview)
Quality: C+
Source: Paul McCartney "Macca Archives 1984 Vol 3" (FAB Productions) (Main Interview)
Other Sources: Paul McCartney Broadstreet Promotions Vol 5 (MCP) (Hot Rod Giveaway)
Notes: MTV were also given an interview with Paul. Brief snatches from it turned up over the next month on various MTV programs with most of it being shown
(along with another interview done in New York on Oct 26 - wearing a grey shirt) on MTV`s "Liner Notes" on October 30 & "MTV Extra" in early December.
Excerpts from the Oct 26 interview were also used on the VH-1 music channel in 1989.

Title: MTV Liner Notes & MTV Extra
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Beverley Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, USA
Filming Date: October 22nd& October 26th 1984
Broadcast Date: October, 1984 (Hot Rod Giveaway)
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 0:57 Seconds (Hot Rod Giveaway Insert)
Quality: C+
Source: "Paul McCartney Broadstreet Promotions Vol 5" (MCP)
Other Sources:
Notes: Finally before heading off to the premiere, Paul filmed a brief insert for a MTV "Hot Rod Giveaway" competition where they were giving away the "hot rod" Paul used in the actual film.