Elliot Roberts

Bonus Video: A look back on the Beatles Cartoon TV Show

Let’s talk about the Beatles Cartoon!

This was a funny one. Don’t forget to let me know what you all think of the cartoon yourselves!

E.

[Early Access] The Beatles Anthology: A Bittersweet Miracle

Hey everybody, I'm back with another YouTube video!

Here's the exclusive, ad-free early-access link for Patrons. It'll be up on YouTube publicly in a few days.
Also, I'm aware there's a masking error 53 seconds into this video. Don't worry, it'll be fixed before it goes public. And the thumbnail is set to change.

Hope you dig it, and let me know what your thoughts are on the new Anthology, and where you see the Beatles going after this.

Cheers,

E.

Psychedelic Experiences as a Bonus Video topic. Y/N?

Hi all,

I've recently been inspired by a Patreon video made by the creator Contrapoints. In the video she shares her experiences with psychedelic drugs (LSD/Magic Mushrooms). I found it to be a fascinating video and one that she could only release on her Patreon and definitely not YouTube.

My question for you all would be if you'd be comfortable with me making a similar video? It would be a topic to vote on for the monthly bonus video, so no guarantee it would win the pol...

Bonus Video: The Beach Boys Disney+ Documentary — Review

Happy New Year everybody!

We're closing the year out with a long-requested video which is my review of The Beach Boys 2024 documentary on Disney+.

Hope you all enjoy and have a safe and happy end to 2025,

E.

Bonus Video: The Beatles' Christmas Records

Merry Christmas everyone!

Obviously, I'm a little early to be wishing you good tidings but the bonus video for November is on the Beatles' yearly Christmas Records so I thought I'd get into the spirit!
These are seven records sent out by the Beatles UK and US fan clubs that were released annually just before Christmas and in this video I dissect every one of them and share my thoughts.

This video got copyright claimed to hell and actually BLOCKED on YouTube so I'm using the in-...

Bonus Video: How I made the Ringo Ranking Video

Hey everybody,

Here is the bonus video for October, which delves into the making of the Ringo ranking video. The first third of the video features myself talking about when and why I decided to make this video, the timelines of each stage of production (listening, writing, shooting, and editing). And then the second part of the video is a Q&A related to the Ringo video with questions sent in by you and answered by me.

I did not see this video stretching out pa...

Every Ringo Starr Album Ranked Worst to Best (Notes + Shooting Script)

Hey everyone,

Attached are two documents. The first is my collection of notes that I used as the basis for my Ringo video. Inside this document you'll find my initial thoughts towards every Ringo Starr song as I listen through his albums, plus an incomplete timeline I began making as a way of sorting through the major events of Ringo's post-Beatles life.
The second document is the full shooting script complete with orange text denoting direction for the shoot and notes about footage...

Got a question about the Ringo video?

Hello everyone!

And a particularly warm welcome to all new Patrons that have joined since watching the Ringo vid 👋
This month's bonus video is around the making of the Ringo ranking! I thought it'd be a neat opportunity for you to ask me any questions by way of commenting on this post, and then I'll answer them as part of the video that I'm putting together.
The questions can be about literally anything related to the video, writing, shooting, editing, Ringo St...

Every Ringo Starr Album Ranked Worst to Best

IT'S OFFICIALLY OUT

Thank you to everyone for hanging in there and supporting me during this copyright fiasco. Your corrections proved very helpful on the Patreon-edit-version and I really do appreciate you all.
The add-free version will be up on Patreon soon (I think I'm just going to upload it to the in-built player and avoid more copyright headaches from YouTube.

Please spread the peace and love (AKA this video to your friends and family) 😎✌️🌟❤️🌈🥦🎶�...

[Early Access] Every Ringo Starr Album Ranked Worst to Best

Hello my lovely Patrons.

It’s been over 2 years and 7 months since my last ranking video… I never thought it would take this much time but, here we are. I hope you enjoy this video I made about Ringo Starr. It’s the hardest I’ve ever worked on something and I’m so looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Also, if you notice any errors/glitches/editing mistakes (I’ve already spotted one at 02:10:45) please highlight them in the comments to this Patreon post and I’ll hav...

Ringo Update: Upload is taking longer than expected!

Hey folks,

I began my upload of this video hours and hours ago but it has been struggling more than I thought it would.
Full disclosure, the video runs for 4 hours and 41 minutes and I've never tried to upload something that long to YouTube before (longest one before this was George's at 2hr 45min) so I'm in new territory here.
The important thing is that the 24-hour window I was aiming for last night is now somewhere closer to a 30 hour window. I'm really sorry it's bee...

Ringo video will be up on Patreon within a day!

Hi everyone!

I'm just making the final edits to the Ringo ranking video and managing some final export/upload issues but it should be out for Early Access patrons some time within the next 24 hours.
I wanted to make sure you'd have it to look forward to after a long work week and I plan on keeping my word.
So excited to share it with you all!

Cheers,

E.

ringo .

I’ve got a little teaser for you, folks 👀

(Video will be out on Patreon when it’s finished which should be a few days before it’s published on YouTube. Can’t give you a specific date yet, though!)

E.

Bonus Video: Are legacy acts still worth seeing in 2025?

Hey folks!

Here's September's bonus video for you all.
My usual channel update at the end of the video has been moved to the beginning due to some exciting news regarding an upcoming YouTube video!

Hope you enjoy. It's going to be a fun month ahead!

Elliot

Bonus Video: Elliot's least favourite qualities of each Beatle

Hey everybody,

Got this one finished just a couple hours behind schedule. I'm very curious to see what you all think of these criticisms and if they align with yours. But also, what have I missed? Let me know in the comments to this post.

On with Ringo!

E.

Bonus Video: A look back on 'The Beatles Rock Band' video game

Hello lovely Patrons!
Bonus video for July is out and it's on the spectacular 2009 video game The Beatles Rock Band.
This was really great for me to look back on this game I used to own and discover how much care and effort went into making one of the riskiest but coolest releases in modern Beatles history.
Did any of you used to own this game? Let me know in the comments to this Patreon post, I'd love to hear your stories.
Thanks for another month of support!
E.

Bonus Video: Remembering Brian Wilson + Comparing the three versions of SMiLE

Hey everybody,
Tough month this June with the loss of Brian Wilson and so here I've done my best to sum up why he was so special and how dearly he'll be missed.
The main chunk of the video though is a comparison and analysis of the three key versions of the SMiLE project: Smiley Smile (1967), Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE (2004), and The SMiLE Sessions (2011). Let me know which version is your favourite or any other fun tidbits I've left out.
Hope yo...

Shooting script & notes for Better Man Video

For anyone who wants to peep my notes and script for the recent Better Man video!

Bonus Video: Ranking The Beatles Album Covers

Hey everyone,
Two Beatle-related bonus videos in a row! And this month's was a lot of fun.
Thank you to Rael for suggesting such a wonderful topic.
Let me know what you think of my ranking and also tell me how you would sort them.
Thanks again for another month of support!
E.

[Early Access] The genius of Better Man and the Freak Era of music biopics

Hey everybody!
New YouTube video is up on Patreon for early access. Will be out on YouTube in a few days.
And that's at least one video for every month of the year so far!
Hope you enjoy this one, and please give Better Man a chance if you haven't checked it out already! And if you have, let me know what you personally thought of it in the Patreon comments below.
Cheers,
E.

Discord Q&A | Audio upload

Hey everyone!
This is an audio recording of the Q&A that occurred on my Patreon-exclusive Discord server on May 8th, 2025. Patrons sent in questions on the Discord chat and I answer them on mic. It's an audio-only video but I hope you enjoy this thumbnail image of me with a life-size statue of a Diprotodon (a giant pre-historic wombat).
E.

Announcement: Q&A session on Discord!

Hi everyone,

I think it's time for another Q&A session!
Last time I did one on Discord in the voice chat server and it was a lot of fun. So this week I'll be conducting another over on Discord once again.

The time will be Thursday 10am (AEST) which I believe is WEDNESDAY 5pm for west coast Americans and 8pm for east coast (1am for UK/Ireland sorry!)

Details about questions will be posted on the Discord server. Hope to see you there but we'll try and record it for t...

Bonus Video: Condensing The Beatles' White Album into a single disc

Hey folks!
We return to Beatles territory with this month's bonus video which I really enjoyed making! This felt like an inevitable Patreon video for me so I'm glad it won the poll.
Let me know what you think of my single-disc White Album and also tell me what yours would look like.
Thanks for another month of support!
E.

Shooting Scripts for the 'Midas Man' & 'A Complete Unknown' videos

Hey ya'll,
If you're interested, here are the two shooting scripts for my two recent videos.
This month's bonus video will be out on the 30th.
Enjoy the rest of the month!
E.

Help me choose a title!

Hey ya'll,
So for my latest video on 'A Complete Unknown', I can't decide which is a better title. If you've seen the video (or if you haven't) what do you think hits better?
Thanks for your honest help!
E.

[Early Access] A Complete Unknown | Bob Dylan & the Biopic Formula

Hello friends,
Here's my video on 'A Complete Unknown' up early and ad-free exclusive to Patreon. It'll be up on YouTube by the end of the week (title and thumbnail to be finalised).
Busy week, hey!
Hope you enjoy,
E.

Vote on topics for Bonus Video - April

Hey everyone,

We have a some excellent topics this month!
Japanese City Pop was requested by a couple of people so I've reused that entry.
And we have the return of some Beatles topics too!
As usual you will have four days to vote.

Good luck!

E.

[Early Access] Interview with David Leaf, author of 'SMiLE | The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson'

Hey everybody,

Here's the ad-free, early access video of my interview with foremost Beach Boys historian David Leaf.
David's written a new book called SMiLE: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson about Brian's 37-year-long journey to finally complete his legendary opus. It's a fantastic extension of David's 2004 documentary Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE and it was such a delight and an honour to speak with him.

Hope all yo...

Bonus Video: The best song from every Beach Boys album

Hey everyone (and a special hello to all the new Patrons!)
Here is the bonus video for March, it's a couple hours late on my end but we got there!
Really loved this one; I was having a great time re-listening to the Beach Boys discography this week.

I'd love to know your thoughts in the comments regarding my picks and also please share your own!

E.

Vote on topics for Bonus Video - March

Hello everybody (including all the new additions, welcome!)
Got some fun topics this month, including an old favourite.
You'll have just under four days to vote so don't delay!
Cheers,
E.