James Paul McCartney (TV special) cars", while "The Washington Post" criticised the amount of screen time allocated to Linda McCartney, saying that "her previous careers ... certainly don't qualify her to perform in public." Writing for "Rolling Stone", Lenny Kaye found McCartney "remote and distant from the camera" and added: "if the consequent production did nothing to heal McCartney's ongoing image problem, it certainly didn't help his musical offerings, which came off as forgettably ordinary and certainly disappointing." Referring to the former Beatle's return to television, Alan Coren of "The Times" wrote: "["James Paul McCartney"] was not the sort of programme you make a come-back
Paul McCartney: Music & Animation in August 2004. In 2013, all 3 shorts were re-released as part of the 6-Movie Kids Collection DVD distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment. Paul McCartney: Music & Animation Paul McCartney: Music & Animation is an animated anthology film compiling three animated short films produced by Paul McCartney. It was released by Miramax Films on DVD. The film includes "Rupert & the Frog Song", "Tuesday" and "Tropic Island Hum". Paul McCartney wrote or composed music for each short. "Tropic Island Hum" tells the story of Wirral the Squirrel, who was almost killed by soldiers. Froggo helped him and took him