Jerry Levitan was a 14-year-old Toronto kid in 1969 who sneaked past hotel security and managed to interview John Lennon with a reel-to reel tape recorder. At the time, John and Yoko were using beds and bags to agitate for peace and understanding, while parrying with U.S. immigration officials who wanted the Beatle to stay out of the country. In 2007, Levitan produced “I Met the Walrus,” an animated five-minute movie that uses the audio from the interview. Lennon would have turned 70 this past Saturday.

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