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[[Image:Parody.mupples.jpg|thumb|300px|"With the Mupples" - Calendar parody of ''With the Beatles'' album cover]] |
[[Image:Parody.mupples.jpg|thumb|300px|"With the Mupples" - Calendar parody of ''With the Beatles'' album cover]] |
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β | [[Image:Sesame Road (CD).jpeg|thumb|300px|[[Sesame Road]]]] |
+ | [[Image:Sesame Road (CD).jpeg|thumb|300px|[[Sesame Road]]]] |
+ | [[File:Beatles jim sketches.jpg|thumb|300px|Jim Henson's ideas for puppets based on the Beatles.<ref>''[[Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal]]''</ref>]] |
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β | [[Image:Sesame Street Beatles.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Sesame Street T-shirts|Sesame Street t-shirt]].]] |
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+ | [[File:George Harrison and Michael Frith November 19, 1976 Saturday Night Live studios.png|thumb|300px|Olivia Trinidad Arias, George Harrison, and [[Michael Frith]] at ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' studios, November 19, 1976.]] |
[[Image:Johnny-sergeanttony.jpg|frame]] |
[[Image:Johnny-sergeanttony.jpg|frame]] |
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β | [[File:Elmoabbeyrd.jpg|thumb|300px|Elmo crossing Abbey Road |
+ | [[File:Elmoabbeyrd.jpg|thumb|300px|Elmo crossing Abbey Road.]] |
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+ | [[Image:Telly-Sub.png|thumb|300px|Telly encounters a yellow submarine.]] |
+ | [[File:SingingwiththeStarsSgtPeppersParody.jpg|thumb|300px|Spoof for ''Singing with the Stars'']] |
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+ | [[Image:Sesamebeatles.jpg|thumb|300px||Illustration by Bruce McNally.]] |
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β | '''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 |
+ | '''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. |
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+ | The Beatles comprised of John Lennon on rhythm guitar and mouth organ, Paul McCartney on electric bass, George Harrison on lead guitar, and [[Ringo Starr]] on drums, with all four on vocals. The group shattered many sales records and charted more than fifty top 40 hit singles. They disbanded in 1970. |
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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 [http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/nelson1.shtml 1999 interview], "They tried their best to get the Beatles, Paul was willing to do it, but we had to hire the whole bandβ¦ When he was with Wings. It was too big time. We just didnβt 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! Donβt dicker... Get the ones who are ready to commit.'" |
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 [http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/nelson1.shtml 1999 interview], "They tried their best to get the Beatles, Paul was willing to do it, but we had to hire the whole bandβ¦ When he was with Wings. It was too big time. We just didnβt 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! Donβt dicker... Get the ones who are ready to commit.'" |
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Beatles producer [[George Martin]] appeared on [[The Ghost of Faffner Hall]] episode, "[[:Episode 103: Sounds Become Music|Sounds Become Music]]". |
Beatles producer [[George Martin]] appeared on [[The Ghost of Faffner Hall]] episode, "[[:Episode 103: Sounds Become Music|Sounds Become Music]]". |
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β | == |
+ | ==Songs== |
β | *"[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]" |
+ | * "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]" |
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+ | ** ''[[Sesame Street]]'' {{first|0003}} |
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β | *"[[Come Together]]" -- ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' |
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+ | * "[[All Together Now]]" |
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β | ==References== |
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+ | * "[[Yellow Submarine]]" |
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⚫ | *In an [[Kermit's Lectures#beatles|early ''Sesame Street'' segment]], [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] demonstrates "between" with a ping-pong ball, a donut, and a Beatles record. [[Beautiful Day Monster]] ends up eating the record, shouting, "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" in reference to the song |
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+ | ** ''Sesame Street'' {{first|0017}} |
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+ | * "[[Help!]]" |
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+ | * "[[Here Comes the Sun]]" |
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+ | ** ''Sesame Street'' {{eka|1080}} |
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+ | * "[[Come Together]]" |
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+ | ** ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', April 12, 1970 |
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+ | * "[[I'm Looking Through You]]" |
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⚫ | * In [[Episode 106: Tony Bennett|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''). |
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+ | * "[[In My Life]]" |
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+ | * "[[She Loves You]]" |
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β | * Two [[Sesame Street T-shirts|''Sesame Street'' t-shirts]] have spoofed Beatles album covers: [[:Image:Sesame Street Beatles.jpg|Meet the Beatles]] and [[:Image:Sesameroad.jpg|Abbey Road]]. |
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+ | * "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" |
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+ | * "[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]" |
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+ | ** parodied on ''Sesame Street'' as "[[With a Little Yelp from My Friends]]" |
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+ | * "[[Blackbird]]" |
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+ | * "[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]]" |
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+ | * "[[Good Day Sunshine]]" |
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⚫ | * In the ''Sesame Street'' video, ''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'', the music video captions for "Letter B" list the record producer as "Lemon Records", referencing The Beatles' record label, Apple Records. After the music video, [[The Count]] sings "Yeah, yeah, yeah |
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+ | * "[[All Together Now]]" |
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+ | * "[[Drive My Car]]" |
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+ | * Let It Be |
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β | ===Characters=== |
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+ | ** parodied on ''Sesame Street'' as "[[Letter B]]" |
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+ | * "Hey Jude" |
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β | ===Songs=== |
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+ | ** parodied on ''Sesame Street'' as "[[Hey Food]]" |
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β | * [[Letter B]] ''(parody of "Let It Be")'' |
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β | * [[Hey Food]] ''(parody of "Hey Jude")'' |
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β | * [[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)'' |
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β | == |
+ | ==References== |
⚫ | *In an [[Kermit's Lectures#beatles|early ''Sesame Street'' segment]], [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] demonstrates "between" with a ping-pong ball, a donut, and a Beatles record. [[Beautiful Day Monster]] ends up eating the record, shouting, "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" in reference to the song "[[She Loves You]]." |
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⚫ | * In [[Episode 106: Tony Bennett|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''). |
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+ | * In [[Episode 4068|a 2004 episode]] of ''Sesame Street'', after [[Humpty Dumpty (Sesame Street)|Humpty Dumpty]] falls, the first of the king's men who rushes to the scene yells "coo coo ka-choo," a lyric from "I Am the Walrus." |
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⚫ | * In the ''Sesame Street'' video, ''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'', the music video captions for "Letter B" list the record producer as "Lemon Records", referencing The Beatles' record label, Apple Records. After the music video, [[The Count]] sings "Yeah, yeah, yeah," referencing "She Loves You." |
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+ | * In [[episode 4067]], 1970s band [[The Electric Three]] (consisting of Bob, Luis, and Gordon) is practicing, but Luis is distracted by a girl he's met, named Maria. The rest of the band worries she's break them up; this is a reference to Yoko Ono. |
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* "With the Mupples" parody in the [[1997]] ''[[Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel]]'' |
* "With the Mupples" parody in the [[1997]] ''[[Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel]]'' |
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+ | * The cover of the ''[[Sesame Road]]'' album spoofs ''Abbey Road''. |
β | * The Muppet Show band is dressed as the Beatles from ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' in a 1977 [[ |
+ | * The Muppet Show band is dressed as the Beatles from ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' in a 1977 [[Muppet puzzles (Milton Bradley)|puzzle]]. |
* In ''[[Muppet King Arthur]]'' #2, [[Baskerville]] sings "Baby, You Can Drive My Car.", which wins the heart of [[Rowlf the Dog|Merlin]], but fails to phase [[Kermit the Frog|Arthur]] and [[Miss Piggy|Morgana Le Fay]], who have no idea what a car is. |
* In ''[[Muppet King Arthur]]'' #2, [[Baskerville]] sings "Baby, You Can Drive My Car.", which wins the heart of [[Rowlf the Dog|Merlin]], but fails to phase [[Kermit the Frog|Arthur]] and [[Miss Piggy|Morgana Le Fay]], who have no idea what a car is. |
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+ | * The title of [[The Green Album]] is a reference to The Beatles' record, "The White Album." |
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+ | * To promote the ''[[Singing with the Stars]]'' DVD release, [[Sesame Workshop]] artists [[Diana Leto]] and [[Mark M. Magner|Mark Magner]] created a poster spoofing the cover of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. It was released online on May 3, [[2012]].<ref>[[Sesame Workshop]] Blog: [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/05/03/the-story-behind-sesame-streets-latest-spoof/ The Story Behind Sesameβs Latest Spoof]</ref> |
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+ | * A {{medialink|filename=Dinosaurs_Big_Songs_poster_Abbey_Road.jpg|text=promotional poster}} for the ''Dinosaurs'' album ''[[Big Songs]]'' spoofs the ''Abbey Road'' cover. |
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+ | ==T-shirt parodies== |
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+ | <gallery orientation=square widths=209 spacing=small> |
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+ | Mup_beatles_reolver_spoof_t-shirt.jpg|''Revolver'' |
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+ | Sesame.revolver.jpg|''Revolver'' |
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+ | Sesame Street Beatles.jpg|''Meet the Beatles'' |
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+ | Tshirt-mayhemstars.jpg|''Yellow Submarine'' |
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+ | Sesameroad.jpg|''Abbey Road'' |
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+ | fame-and-fortune-mens-sesame-street-abbey-road-t-shirt-from.jpg|''Abbey Road'' |
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+ | tshirt-muppets-abbeyroad.jpg|''Abbey Road'' |
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+ | uk-tshirt-sesame-abbeyroad.jpg|''Abbey Road'' |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==Sources== |
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+ | <references /> |
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β | ==External |
+ | ==External links== |
*[http://www.thebeatles.com/ Official Site] |
*[http://www.thebeatles.com/ Official Site] |
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*[http://www.paulmccartney.com/ Official Site for Paul McCartney] |
*[http://www.paulmccartney.com/ Official Site for Paul McCartney] |
Revision as of 22:52, 31 May 2015
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.
The Beatles comprised of John Lennon on rhythm guitar and mouth organ, Paul McCartney on electric bass, George Harrison on lead guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums, with all four on vocals. 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 bandβ¦ When he was with Wings. It was too big time. We just didnβt 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! Donβt 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".
Songs
- "All Together Now"
- Sesame Street (First: Episode 0015)
- "Yellow Submarine"
- Sesame Street (First: Episode 0017)
- "Octopus' Garden" -- Sesame Street (First: Episode 0019)
- The Ed Sullivan Show, March 1, 1970
- The Muppet Show episode 312
- "Help!"
- Sesame Street (EKA: Episode 0135)
- "Here Comes the Sun"
- Sesame Street (EKA: Episode 1080)
- "Come Together"
- The Ed Sullivan Show, April 12, 1970
- "In My Life"
- The Muppet Show episode 121
- "She Loves You"
- The Muppet Show episode 407
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
- The Muppet Show episode 419
- "With a Little Help from My Friends"
- The Muppet Show episode 419
- parodied on Sesame Street as "With a Little Yelp from My Friends"
- "Blackbird"
- The Muppet Show episode 503
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
- The Muppet Show episode 517
- Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses
- "Good Day Sunshine"
- The Muppet Show episode 522
- Let It Be
- parodied on Sesame Street as "Letter B"
- "Hey Jude"
- parodied on Sesame Street as "Hey Food"
References
- In an early Sesame Street segment, Kermit demonstrates "between" with a ping-pong ball, a donut, and a Beatles record. Beautiful Day Monster ends up eating the record, shouting, "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" in reference to the song "She Loves You."
- In another Sesame Street segment, the Twiddlebug Family has a smoke detector installed in their home. Before they learn what it is for, they guess it could be a radio. Timmy Twiddlebug likes its "groovy sound" and twice sings "Yeah, yeah, yeah" from "She Loves You."
- The Mighty Favog claimed to be a personal friend of the Beatles, and told Chevy Chase that he would get them to appear on Saturday Night Live if Lorne Michaels would let the Muppets stay on the show.
- Sgt. Floyd Pepper's name and usual attire references the Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
- Janice and Zoot referenced the group in a Muppet Show At the Dance segment:
- 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 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").
- In a 2004 episode of Sesame Street, after Humpty Dumpty falls, the first of the king's men who rushes to the scene yells "coo coo ka-choo," a lyric from "I Am the Walrus."
- Prince Paul Charming is modeled after the Beatle in a 2007 episode of Sesame Street. He also suggests "coo coo ka-chack" as a rhyme for "back", referencing "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 video, Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, the music video captions for "Letter B" list the record producer as "Lemon Records", referencing The Beatles' record label, Apple Records. After the music video, The Count sings "Yeah, yeah, yeah," referencing "She Loves You."
- 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 Your Hand").
- In episode 4067, 1970s band The Electric Three (consisting of Bob, Luis, and Gordon) is practicing, but Luis is distracted by a girl he's met, named Maria. The rest of the band worries she's break them up; this is a reference to Yoko Ono.
- "With the Mupples" parody in the 1997 Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel
- The cover of the Sesame Road album spoofs Abbey Road.
- The Muppet Show band is dressed as the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in a 1977 puzzle.
- In Muppet King Arthur #2, Baskerville sings "Baby, You Can Drive My Car.", which wins the heart of Merlin, but fails to phase Arthur and Morgana Le Fay, who have no idea what a car is.
- The title of The Green Album is a reference to The Beatles' record, "The White Album."
- To promote the Singing with the Stars DVD release, Sesame Workshop artists Diana Leto and Mark Magner created a poster spoofing the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was released online on May 3, 2012.[2]
- A Template:Medialink for the Dinosaurs album Big Songs spoofs the Abbey Road cover.