Michael gets hit in the head with a coconut and encounters a band of pirates . ` `` Yellow Submarine '' Balser cartoon fictionally chronicled the brothers ' success . The series featured songs like `` ABC , '' ` I 'll Be There '' , '' ` `` I Want You Back Animation director Ray co-directed the Beatles ' `` Yellow Submarine '' Balser tried to inject `` European flavor '' into a `` California production ''
` `` Yellow Submarine '' Balser cartoon fictionally chronicled the brothers ' success . The series featured songs like `` ABC , '' ` I 'll Be There '' , '' ` `` I Want You Back Animation director Ray co-directed the Beatles ' `` Yellow Submarine '' Balser tried to inject `` European flavor '' into a `` California production ''