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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 slated as guests for 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.'"

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

Ringo Starr appeared in a February 2008 Disney Xtreme Digital video with Kermit the Frog and Pepe the King Prawn during the Muppets' coverage of the Grammy Awards ceremony.

Beatles producer George Martin appeared on The Ghost of Faffner Hall episode, "Sounds Become Music".

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  • Sgt. Floyd Pepper's name references the Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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!
  • In episode 106 of Muppets Tonight, Johnny Fiama shows off his Tony Bennett album, Sergeant Tony's Lonely Hearts Club Gang, which he claims came out a week before the album with "those other guys" (referring to the Beatles' album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band).
  • In episode 201, Rizzo jokes that the only song that 20px-Prince_symbol.svg.png can possibly come up with in the commissary is "I Wanna Hold Your Ham," referencing the Beatles' song "I Wanna Hold Your Hand."
  • In a Sesame Street cartoon by Joey Ahlbum, the number 9 is featured in various forms underwater, and also shows up on a yellow submarine (also a reference to "Revolution 9").
  • Prince Paul Charming is modeled after the Beatle in episode 4139 of Sesame Street. He also suggests "coo coo ka-chack" as a rhyme for "back", referencing a lyric from "I Am the Walrus".
  • A poster that came with copies of Dinosaurs: Big Songs had a photo of the 4 main Sinclair family members crossing a street in Pangea parodying the cover of Abbey Road.
  • On the "Things That Go Day" video on Sesamestreet.org, among the forms of transportation that go by Telly is a yellow submarine.
  • In the Sesame Street season 40 press kit, Oscar lists two of his favorite songs: "All You Need is Trash" (a parody of "All You Need is Love") and "I Wanna Hold Your Trash" (a spoof of "I Wanna Hold You Hand").

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