John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Talk Show Hosts? Yes, It Happened In 1972 In A Landmark ‘Daytime Revolution’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: It may sound hard to believe, but John Lennon and Yoko Ono became daytime talk show hosts more than 50 years ago – the Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson or Drew Barrymore of their time.
For one week only. The new documentary Daytime Revolution, directed by Erik Nelson, chronicles that pop culture moment in February 1972 when John and Yoko took over The Mike Douglas Show, producing and co-hosting the afternoon talker.
Kino Lorber plans to release the film on more than 50 screens across the country on October 9 — what would have been Lennon’s 84th birthday. “Daytime Revolution takes us back in time, as we observe John and Yoko interacting with a transfixed studio audience in revealing Q and A sessions where John Lennon was astonishingly candid about his life after the Beatles,” notes a release. “John and Yoko also got to pick the guests, some very controversial at the time, like [anti-war activist and Yippie] Jerry Rubin and Black Panther Bobby Seale, as well as Ralph Nader and George Carlin.
In addition, the shows featured blazing musical performances, including an epic duet with Chuck Berry, and a poignant rendition of the now classic ‘Imagine.’ Conceptual art events and even cooking segments were woven into the crazy fabric of the format.” Yoko Ono explained at a press conference in 1972, “We wanted to do the shows to show that we are working for peace and love, and also to change the world, not with violence, but with love.
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