George Harrison Loved This Photo Of Himself So Much, He Turned It Into A Life-Sized Cutout

When The Beatles first made it big, they quickly pumped out albums and a feature film, "A Hard Day's Night," to satisfy the public's insatiable thirst for "Fab Four" content. Between the grabby, noisy fans and the ever-present cameras from the press and the film crew, life was likely pretty overwhelming for the bandmates. Over the years, Paul McCartney has been refreshingly candid about his discomfort with fan photos. But, in George Harrison's case, one impromptu picture became an unexpected source of mirth for him. In this particular instance, a photographer caught the famed guitarist with rumply hair and a bit of a sneer as he stepped out with his fellow Beatles. Instead of being embarrassed by it, Harrison adored the pic, and he asked Alistair Taylor, who reported directly to the band's manager, Brian Epstein, to locate a negative.

"Make me a blow up of me about five feet high," Harrison instructed in a letter (via X). "You may think this is very strange, but don't worry I haven't gone mad yet!" Unfortunately for Taylor, this photo-finding mission was pretty arduous in the pre-Internet era. However, when a Beatle had a request, Taylor had to persevere and fulfil it no matter what. While the original plan was to place it on Harrison's front door, the musician apparently decided it wouldn't enhance his home's curb appeal. "The lifesize image was so alarming he did relent enough to switch it to his bathroom door," Taylor recalled in his memoir "With the Beatles."

Source: yahoo.com/Heather Baver

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