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A new documentary will revisit the week in 1972 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show.
“Daytime Revolution” was authorized by Ono and Lennon’s son, Sean, and will include archival footage from each of the five episodes co-hosted by the couple in 1972. It will feature interviews with surviving guests who were interviewed by Lennon and Ono on the show, as well as behind-the-scenes stories of the pair’s week-long stint.
The documentary’s director, Erik Nelson, said, “It’s become a cliche that Woodstock was the defining moment of the counterculture, [but] when I watched these broadcasts in their entirety, I realized that, in reality, this week in 1972, when Lennon and Ono essentially hijacked the airwaves and presented the best minds and dreams of their generation to the widest possible mass audience…was as far as the counterculture would ever get.”
Production for “Daytime Revolution” is complete and producers are currently looking for a distributor.