The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. Their best-known lineup, consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, became the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, introducing more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century. Although they never acted in Disney movies, Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and Dizzy from The Jungle Book and a group of singing bug characters called The Bugs from the Timon & Pumbaa (TV series) episode, "Rocky Mountain Lie", their appearances, numbers, hairs, looks, talks, and occupations were based on them. 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.

Songs

 * "I'm Looking Through You"
 * The Muppet Show episode 119


 * "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


 * "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


 * "All Together Now"
 * Kermit Unpigged

Trivia

 * During The Jungle Book production, the development staff had beside thoughts of the famous band to voice the four vultures: Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and Dizzy. But because of an extra work planning, John Lennon declined the offer.
 * 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!

"Waldorf: Wait a second! I just talked to Ringo. Statler: Oh, great! What did he say? Waldorf: No."
 * 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."
 * 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 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."
 * "With the Mupples" parody in the 1997 Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel.
 * In The Muppet Show episode 517, Statler introduces "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," noting how they'd hoped to have the Beatles themselves perform it but hadn't heard back from any of them, when Waldorf rushes on stage with breaking news: