The Beatles Anthology Beatles Anthology" in an "Al TV" special. He said he had a copy of a fictional "Anthology 17", which he claimed would not be available to the public for a while. He played for the audience a track of Paul McCartney brushing his teeth and Ringo Starr shaving before "The Ed Sullivan Show". "The Beatles Anthology" was also parodied on the short-lived "Dana Carvey Show", which was being aired on ABC around the same time that "Anthology" was being televised on the network. The Beatles Anthology The Beatles Anthology is a television documentary, a three-volume set of double albums, and
A Collection of Beatles Oldies in the 1970s, "NME" critics Roy Carr and Tony Tyler said of the compilation: "Once again, it was Christmas – and the Beatles had "no new product" to give to EMI for their Santa sack! As a last resort, a predictable collection of oldies was hastily assembled and crammed into an inferior Carnaby-Street-style carrier-bag sleeve." They also commented on the record company's propensity, starting in 1963, for releasing the Beatles' hits and other previously issued songs on EPs – an approach they describe as an "Old Ukrainian saying: if it moves, sell it". Author Robert Rodriguez criticises EMI's commercial motivation,