The Beatles



The Beatles were a British rock music group from Liverpool, England held in very high regard for both their artistic achievements and their huge commercial success, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. Comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the group shattered many sales records and charted more than fifty top 40 hit singles. They disbanded in 1970.

Some of the former Beatles were originally going to be guests on different episodes of The Muppet Show, but due to budget and schedule conflicts, these episodes were never produced. McCartney's band, Wings, was considered for an episode. Jerry Nelson said in a 1999 interview, "They tried their best to get the Beatles, Paul was willing to do it, but we had to hire the whole band… When he was with Wings. It was too big time. We just didn’t have the money. I think George would have done it, but they kept trying to negotiate with Paul... Ringo probably would have too. If they had asked me, I would have said, 'Hey! Get them! Don’t dicker... Get the ones who are ready to commit.'"


 * Zoot: Say, do you wanna come to my place and listen to the beetles?
 * Janice: Oh, I love their music!
 * Zoot: Not music, I mean real beetles!
 * - The Muppet Show At the Dance

Sir Paul McCartney appeared on stage with Kermit the Frog to celebrate Golden Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II.

The Muppet Show

 * Octopus' Garden -- Episode 312: James Coco
 * While My Guitar Gently Weeps -- Episode 419: Lynda Carter
 * In My Life -- Episode 121: Twiggy
 * She Loves You -- Episode 407: Dudley Moore
 * I'm Looking Through You -- Episode 119: Vincent Price
 * With a Little Help from My Friends -- Episode 419: Lynda Carter
 * Blackbird -- Episode 503: Joan Baez
 * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da -- Episode 517: Hal Linden

Sesame Street

 * Octopus' Garden
 * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
 * Come Together
 * Yellow Submarine
 * Help

Others

 * All Together Now - Kermit Unpigged
 * Octopus' Garden - 1970 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
 * Come Together - April 1970 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

Characters

 * The Beetles

Songs

 * Letter B (parody of "Let It Be")
 * Hey Food (parody of "Hey Jude")
 * With A Little Yelp from My Friends (parody of With a Little Help from My Friends, but modeled more directly on Joe Cocker's version of the song)

Print

 * "With the Mupples" parody in the 1997 Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel
 * Cover of Sesame Road