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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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[[Image:Sesame Road (CD).jpeg|thumb|300px|[[Sesame Road]]]]
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[[Image:Sesame Road (CD).jpeg|thumb|300px|[[Sesame Road]]]]
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[[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>]]
[[Image:Mup_beatles_reolver_spoof_t-shirt.jpg|thumb|300px|Revolver parody [[Muppet T-shirts|t-shirt]].]]
 
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[[file:Paul McCartney as The Count for Halloween.jpg|thumb|300px|Paul McCartney as [[The Count]] for Halloween, as posted to his Facebook page in 2015. [https://www.facebook.com/PaulMcCartney/photos/a.488766413312.281294.182736663312/10153819814108313/?type=3] ]]
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[[Image:Sesame.revolver.jpg|thumb|300px|Revolver parody [[Sesame Street T-shirts|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.]]
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[[Image:Sesame Street Beatles.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Sesame Street T-shirts|Sesame Street t-shirt]].]]
 
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[[Image:George harrison kermit.jpg|thumb|300px|George Harrison and a [[Muppet plush (Fisher-Price)|Fisher Price Kermit Doll]]. Alledgedly taken at the [[Saturday Night Live]] studios.]]
 
 
[[Image:Johnny-sergeanttony.jpg|frame]]
 
[[Image:Johnny-sergeanttony.jpg|frame]]
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[[File:Elmoabbeyrd.jpg|thumb|300px|Elmo crossing Abbey Road..]]
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[[File:Elmoabbeyrd.jpg|thumb|300px|Elmo crossing Abbey Road.]]
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[[Image:Sesamebeatles.jpg|frame|Illustration by [[Bruce McNally]].]]
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[[Image:Telly-Sub.png|thumb|300px|Telly encounters a yellow submarine.]]
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[[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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'''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''' 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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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 [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 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.'"
 
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 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.'"
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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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==Covers==
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==Songs==
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*"[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]" -- ''[[Sesame Street]]'' {{first|0003}}
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* "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]"
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*"[[All Together Now]]" -- ''[[Sesame Street]]'' {{first|0015}}
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** ''[[Sesame Street]]'' {{first|0003}}
*"[[Yellow Submarine]]" -- ''[[Sesame Street]]'' {{first|0017}}
 
*"[[Octopus' Garden]]" -- ''[[Sesame Street]]'' {{first|0019}}
 
*"[[Help!]]" -- ''[[Sesame Street]]'' {{eka|0135}}
 
*"[[Octopus' Garden]]" -- ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''
 
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*"[[Come Together]]" -- ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''
 
*"[[I'm Looking Through You]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 119: Vincent Price|episode 119]]
 
*"[[In My Life]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 121: Twiggy|episode 121]]
 
*"[[Octopus' Garden]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 312: James Coco|episode 312]]
 
*"[[She Loves You]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 407: Dudley Moore|episode 407]]
 
*"[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 419: Lynda Carter|episode 419]]
 
*"[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 419: Lynda Carter|episode 419]]
 
*"[[Blackbird]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 503: Joan Baez|episode 503]]
 
*"[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 517: Hal Linden|episode 517]]
 
*"[[Good Day Sunshine]]" -- ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 522: Buddy Rich|episode 522]]
 
*"[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]]" -- ''[[Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses]]''
 
*"[[All Together Now]]" -- ''[[Kermit Unpigged]]''
 
*"[[Drive My Car]]" -- ''[[Sing-Along Travel Songs]]''
 
   
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* "[[All Together Now]]"
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==References==
 
 
** ''Sesame Street'' {{first|0015}}
   
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* "[[Yellow Submarine]]"
*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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** ''Sesame Street'' {{first|0017}}
   
 
* "[[Octopus' Garden]]" -- ''Sesame Street'' {{first|0019}}
*In another ''Sesame Street'' segment, the [[Twiddlebugs|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 Ed Sullivan Show]]'', March 1, 1970
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 312: James Coco|episode 312]]
   
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* "[[Help!]]"
* [[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.
 
 
** ''Sesame Street'' {{eka|0135}}
   
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* "[[Here Comes the Sun]]"
* [[Floyd Pepper|Sgt. Floyd Pepper's]] name references the Beatles album, ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''.
 
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** ''Sesame Street'' {{eka|1080}}
   
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* "[[Come Together]]"
* [[Janice]] and [[Zoot]] referenced the group in a ''[[The Muppet Show|Muppet Show]]'' [[At the Dance]] segment:
 
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** ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', April 12, 1970
:''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!
 
   
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* "[[I'm Looking Through You]]"
* 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'').
 
 
** ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 119: Vincent Price|episode 119]]
   
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* "[[In My Life]]"
* In [[Episode 201: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince|episode 201]], [[Rizzo the Rat|Rizzo]] jokes that the only song that {{prince}} can possibly come up with in [[The Commissary|the commissary]] is "I Wanna Hold Your Ham," referencing the Beatles' song "I Wanna Hold Your Hand."
 
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 121: Twiggy|episode 121]]
   
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* "[[She Loves You]]"
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* 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]].
 
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 407: Dudley Moore|episode 407]]
   
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* "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]"
* 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|yellow submarine]] (also a reference to "Revolution 9").
 
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 419: Lynda Carter|episode 419]]
   
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* "[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]"
* [[Prince Charming|Prince Paul Charming]] is modeled after the Beatle in [[Episode 4139|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".
 
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 419: Lynda Carter|episode 419]]
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** parodied on ''Sesame Street'' as "[[With a Little Yelp from My Friends]]"
   
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* "[[Blackbird]]"
* 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''.
 
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 503: Joan Baez|episode 503]]
   
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* "[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]]"
* On the "Things That Go Day" video on [[Sesamestreet.org]], among the forms of transportation that go by [[Telly]] is a yellow submarine.
 
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 517: Hal Linden|episode 517]]
 
** ''[[Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses]]''
   
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* "[[Good Day Sunshine]]"
* 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".
 
 
** ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 522: Buddy Rich|episode 522]]
   
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* "[[All Together Now]]"
* 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").
 
 
** ''[[Kermit Unpigged]]''
   
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* "[[Drive My Car]]"
==Spoofs==
 
 
** ''[[Sing-Along Travel Songs]]''
   
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* Let It Be
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===Characters===
 
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** parodied on ''Sesame Street'' as "[[Letter B]]"
*[[The Beetles]]
 
*[[The Beagles]]
 
   
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* "Hey Jude"
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===Songs===
 
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** parodied on ''Sesame Street'' as "[[Hey Food]]"
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* [[Letter B]] ''(parody of "Let It Be")''
 
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* [[Hey Food]] ''(parody of "Hey Jude")''
 
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* [[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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===Print===
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==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]]."
 
*In another ''Sesame Street'' segment, the [[Twiddlebugs|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.
 
* [[Floyd Pepper|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 ''[[The Muppet Show|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: 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'').
 
* In [[Episode 201: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince|episode 201]], [[Rizzo the Rat|Rizzo]] jokes that the only song that {{prince}} can possibly come up with in [[The Commissary|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|yellow submarine]] (also a reference to "Revolution 9").
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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."
 
* [[Prince Paul Charming]] is modeled after the Beatle in [[Episode 4139|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").
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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.
 
* "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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* Cover of [[Sesame Road]]
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* The cover of the ''[[Sesame Road]]'' album spoofs ''Abbey Road''.
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* 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]].
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* 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 Sesame’s 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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* The ''Sesame Street'' song "[[Elbow Song]]" questions why other body parts have well-known songs about them, but elbows do not. [[Gordon]] sings the title lyric of the Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" as an example of a "hand" song.
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==T-shirt parodies==
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<gallery orientation=square widths=209 spacing=small>
 
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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==Spoofs==
 
*[[The Beetles]]
 
*[[The Beagles]]
   
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==Sources==
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<references />
   
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==External Links==
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==External links==
 
*[http://www.thebeatles.com/ Official Site]
 
*[http://www.thebeatles.com/ Official Site]
 
*[http://www.paulmccartney.com/ Official Site for Paul McCartney]
 
*[http://www.paulmccartney.com/ Official Site for Paul McCartney]

Revision as of 19:21, 27 January 2016

Parody

"With the Mupples" - Calendar parody of With the Beatles album cover

Sesame Road (CD)

Sesame Road

Beatles jim sketches

Jim Henson's ideas for puppets based on the Beatles.[1]

Paul McCartney as The Count for Halloween

Paul McCartney as The Count for Halloween, as posted to his Facebook page in 2015. [1]

George Harrison and Michael Frith November 19, 1976 Saturday Night Live studios

Olivia Trinidad Arias, George Harrison, and Michael Frith at Saturday Night Live studios, November 19, 1976.

Johnny-sergeanttony
Elmoabbeyrd

Elmo crossing Abbey Road.

Telly-Sub

Telly encounters a yellow submarine.

SingingwiththeStarsSgtPeppersParody

Spoof for Singing with the Stars

Sesamebeatles

Illustration by Bruce McNally.

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 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".

Songs

  • Let It Be
  • "Hey Jude"

References

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").
  • 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.
  • The Sesame Street song "Elbow Song" questions why other body parts have well-known songs about them, but elbows do not. Gordon sings the title lyric of the Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" as an example of a "hand" song.

T-shirt parodies

Spoofs

Sources

External links

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