Originally posted April 7, 2006 
on The Fifth Beatle Movie Discussion Board
by eppylover
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Regarding this quote:

"When Brian was 'on' he had an amazing sense of humour, and when Brian would come into the room with the four Beatles it was Brian who was the star.

He would light up the room. He was very good-looking, very well dressed and had this infectious smile.

He was filled with witticisms and he could be very funny … and when he started to get funny he became outrageously funny.

He was such an iconoclast and nothing was sacred to him... "    (Quote from Nat Weiss, The Brian Epstein Story by Debbie Geller, page 111)

I also have found similar quotes from others, such as Derek Taylor and (unrelated to Derek) Alistair Taylor. 


Here are my questions:

1. Why do you think there is so little written, and no footage (that I'm aware of, anyway), of Brian being such a funny person?

Every actor who's ever played him depicts him as being a perfect gentleman, yet so very... un-funny. Nothing showing what a great sense of humour he was said to have exhibited.

2. Therefore, do you think all past portrayals of Mr Epstein have therefore been faulty ~ or, at the very least, incomplete?

And

3. What could or should be done to remedy this, if anything?



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