Beatles References in modern shows - Print Topic

Matt Groening and his cronies on The Simpsons team must have a bad case of Beatlemania!! There are hundreds of subtle and not-so-subtle references on the hit show... here are but a few!!

1. All three remaining Beatles have guest-starred on The Simpsons.

2. In the episode where Homer eats hot chilli and starts hallucinating, he comes across this strange creature in a desert which says, "Goo goo g'joob!" which really freaks him out.

3. In the episode where Homer goes hippie, the theme song at the end is very psychedelic.. Homer sings "Uptown Girl" over it.. and at the very end he says, "I buried Flanders!" .The start of the credit sounds extremely similar to the beginning of the song"Love You To". The rhythm track of the song is exactly the same as Tomorrow Never Knows.

4. The 'Be Sharps' episode, about Homer's barbershop quartet, is packed with Beatles references.. these are the ones I can remember!
    a) George Harrison guest-stars.
    b) When the 'Be Sharps' record their first single, 'Baby On Board' their producer walks into the studio and says, "Gentlemen, you have just recorded your first hit record", just like George Martin did when the Beatles recorded "Please Please Me".
    c) When Barney replaces Chief Wiggum in the group, their fans shout "Wiggum forever, Barney never!" just like they did when Ringo replaced Pete Best.
    d) Homer is convinced to hide the fact he's married to Marge like John did to Cynthia.
    e) The Be Sharps first album is called 'Meet the Be Sharps' with black and white photo of them in black skivvies, like the cover of "Meet the Beatles". Homer appears with his back facing the camera on the back cover like Paul on Sgt Pepper.
    f) The Be Sharps are welcomed at JFK Airport with thousands of screaming fans.
    g) Barney goes out with a 'japanese experimental artist', ie a Yoko look-alike.
    h) Bart says, "Did you stuff up like the Beatles and say you were bigger than Jesus?" Homer replies, "Oh all the time. In fact that was the name of our second album." The cover is just like Abbey Road, except they're walking on water.
    i) Barney and the Yoko lookalike record an 'experimental piece'... it goes, "Number Eight... (Barney burps)... Number Eight... .."
    j) When the cracks are starting to show in the Be Sharps, they record a song is called "C. Everett Koop" and they sing "koop koop a doop" (like goo goo g'joob!)
    k) They give a rooftop concert (at Moe's) when they reunite, wearing the exact same things that the Beatles did. The police give them a hard time.
    l) Homer says, "I'd like to thank you on behalf of the group and I hope we passed the audition." just like John did at the end of Get Back.
    m) There's also their press conference at Idlewild Airport, where one of the reporters asks Skinner if he's the "funny one."

5. The family is visiting a teacher 'Edutainment' show. Principal Skinner says, "Don't go too far if you want to see cafeteria workers in Beatle wigs playing tennis-racquet guitar!"

6. In the 'Dental plan.. Lisa needs braces!' episode, Lisa hallucinates when she goes under anaestetic. It's very Yellow Submarine-ish... at the end, the four cartoon Beatles sail past in their sub, and say, "Look.... it's Lisa in the sky! No diamonds though.."

7. In the episode where Bart becomes Mr Burns's heir, Marge and Homer visit 'Conformo', a brainwashing specialist. He lists his clients... "Peter Fonda, well, that was a heartbreaker. But I did get Paul McCartney out of Wings!" Homer: "You idiot! He was the most talented one!!"

8. The Simpson family visit a wax museum on a boiling hot day. The tour guide says, "And here's The Beatles how they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show." and gestures towards guitars lying in a pool of melted wax.

9. Bart has to do community service at the retirement home, because he wrecked Springfield's chances of hosting the Olympics. He releases the old people outside.. Can't Buy Me Love plays and they frolic just like in the field scene in A Hard Day's Night! Even the Beatle jump! (The old guy with the beard does Ringo's little jump then topples over.) While the credits are playing, a record called A Bart Day's Night is shown, with Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa taking the places of the Beatles.

10. When Paul and Linda guest-star...
    a) Lisa tells Apu that she ran away, and Paul says, "What? She's Leaving Home?" Later, Linda says "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to be in Apu's garden in the shade" Paul says he met Apu during the Maharishi days. Apu: "Back then I was known as the 5th Beatle." Later, he sings "Sgt Pepper" really badly.
    b) Towards the end, a pig accidentally gets shot out of a cannon type thing. Just like in "I Am The Walrus"... "See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly."


11. There's an episode called Monty Can't Buy Me Love.

12. In the episode where Ringo guest-stars... Mr.Burns: "Ringo?" Smithers: "He was the drummer for a combo called The Beatles." Mr.Burns: "Oh yes, I seem to remember them wailing on the old Sullivan show. What was Ed thinking?"

12. One of the graves in The Simpsons Halloween special says 'Paul McCartney' (As part of the "Paul is Dead" rumor!).

13. When a scientist analyzes an eyelash for DNA (in Who Shot Mr.Burns Part II) a bunch of last names go by really quickly... including Starr, Harrison, and McCartney.

14. Homer and Marge have dinner at Apu's house. Apu looks through his records..."Shankar.....Shankar.....Shankar.....ah! Here we go!" and he pulls out a record named the Concert Against Bangladesh.

15. In "Lemon of Troy", some kids from Shelbyville steal a lemon tree from Springfield. At one point, Bart tries to get the tree back but pretending he is from Shelbyville. To disguise himself, he dresses in a Beatle wig. One of the Shelbyvillian kids then says something like "And his hair looks like a Beatle's!".

16. In one of the couch scenes, The Simpsons plus many of the townspeople recreate the Sgt Pepper cover. Homer (wearing blue like Paul!) turns around....

17. Krusty has a picture in his office of him with the Beatles.

18. Bart and Lisa try to get Sideshow Bob to confess to a crime. Bart: "You were just Barlow's lackey." Lisa: "You were Ronnie to Nancy!" "Sonny to Cher!" "Ringo to the rest of the Beatles!"

19. There's a homeless shelter in Springfield called, "Helter Shelter".

20.  In the episode where Homer gets in trouble for sexual harrassment, the TV news show rapidly shows a list of apologies at the end.  If you slow down the tape, it says "The Beatles did not reunite to enter kickboxing competions".

21.  Homer, Moe and Barney are at Moe's drinking and smoking cigars.  Moe: "Here's to Homer!"  Barney: "And to Sgt Pepper who's growing out the middle of his back!"  Moe: "Barney, you gotta take the plastic off those before you smoke them!"

22.  In the episode where a toy company sponsors the school to do market research, Lisa discovers a secret spying room in a broom closet, and she calls the police.  A mop falls on her head when Chief Wiggum enters.  Lisa: "You have to believe me!"  Wiggum:  "Yeah right, moptop, and I'm Ed Sullivan."

23.  The Simpsons go to a 50's diner that has newspapers from the 50's on the walls. One of the larger headlines is "BEATLES FORMED!"

24.  A young woman named Becky temporarily moves in with the family. Marge become paranoid and starts to suspect that Becky is trying to kill her and steal her family away so she attacks her. She goes on trial for this. One of the judges tries to establish whether she is unstable by asking, "Did you ever have an unhealthy fixation on Ringo Starr?"

25.  In one episode Homer becomes a sort of artist and claims he always wanted ot be one. As a 'schoolgirl' he'd paint pictures of Ringo Starr. Marge then complains that that was her childhood and Homer exclaims, "Marge, I think I'd know my own life from yours!"

26.  There is a Simpsons soundtrack called The Yellow Album. The cover looks like Sgt Pepper only with the Springfield residents.

27. Paul McCartney is in the line for the ship headed to "Second Earth" after the earth fails, because Homer screws up Y2K. George and Ringo are on the Suicide rocket. Also, Rev. Lovejoy says, "The earth wouldn't blow up if God liked your miniskirts and Beatle boots!" To which flanders remarks, "Dang-diddly-ang that John Lennon!"

28.  A producer says "We've used pop music to recruit for the navy!" and  shows a picture of the Beatles in their Sgt. Pepper outfits, pointing weapons at people.

29.  Homer says, "...they're just nonsense words, like 'rama lama ding dong', or give peace a chance."

30.  In the Simpsons PC game there is a furniture designer named "Yoko Onasis", and a toy box called the "Magical Mystery Box".

31.  Springfield wins the "world's fattest town record", and Dr. Hibbert says, "Finally, a record we can call our own!" to which Captain McCallistair replies,"Now we can stop all the lies," and points to a billboard that reads 'Springfield: Birthplace of The Beatles!'

32.  On the episode called "Behind the Laughter", a bunch of screaming girls watch a tape of Bart dancing to a badly-sung version of Twist and Shout.

33.  On a Halloween episode, The Devil appears in Flanders-form, and confesses that his deep-down eternally-long secret was to be one of the Beatles.

34.  One episode (not sure which one?) is dedicated to Linda McCartney.

35.  And the "Hunka Hunka Burns In Love" episode is dedicated to George Harrison.

36.  In the beginning of the episode that Lisa is taught by Little Vicky to become a tap dancer, Homer is at the eye doctors. He looks at glasses and the lady says, "This one is very popular with celebrities, such as Jim Morrison and Yoko Ono." Homer says, "Ewww, she totally ruined the Plastic Ono Band!"

37.  Principal Skinner had a group of rappers at the school, rapping about the importance of safety, and when they were done the principal said, "Wow, watch out, Beatles!". It was really funny!

38.  In one of the newer episodes Little Richard is hosting the Teacher of the Year awards. Right when he is about to announce the winner, he says, "I'm a teacher too. I taught Paul McCartney to go OOOOOOOOH!"

Credit: http://www.geocities.com/simpsonshq2000/beatlesref.htm

hahaha, forgot about most of those...

watching Drew Carey show "The Thing You Dont" and they signed up to do Battle of the bands at the local bar and played A Taste Of Honey with a brass band.

i remember a show called All That that was like a kids/teenagers version of SNL (most of those that starred on it later went on to SNL) and i remember that they did a skit with this lunchlady that forced you to eat your peas and at the end, s(he) started singing Give Peas A Chance...i laughed for 10 mins.

In the beginning of the show The Wonder Years (which is a kick-a** show), Joe Cocker's version of A Little Help From My Friends Plays.

Can't think of any more shows but as for movies....

In the beginning of the movie Austin Powers, the opening part is like a Hard Day's Night.
In the Beakfast Club the one kid says he wanted to be John Lennon.
In Dirty Dancing in the beginning Baby mentions the year and says its before The Beatles.
In Ferris Buller's Day Off he is in that parade singing Twist and Shout.
Forrest Gump met John Lennon.
In My Girl, Maukley wants to drive to Liverpool because he is a big Ringo fan.

Those are all that I can think of! I know there must be alot more!!!

So sorry about using the A-word!!! :'(

Theres one in Lost
Charlie has a dream of his farther , who was a butcher , and he is cutting up dolls with a chopper .
The Butchers sleeve . :)

There are so many Beatles references thrown about I can't even keep up with them! I can't really go a day without seeing or hearing something related to the Beatles. Unless I go live in a cave or something.

Quoted from Sandra

There are so many Beatles references thrown about I can't even keep up with them! I can't really go a day without seeing or hearing something related to the Beatles. Unless I go live in a cave or something.

I know! Everytime I catch one I get so excited ;D

in the begging of the movie "Glory Road", they show the time period by a montage of current events. One is a picture of the beatles. We were forced to watch the movie in school, and as i said to my friend, that was the best part ;)

in the movie The Royal Tenenbaums, they play Hey Jude in the beginning.

I remember one in a Stephen King book, Needfull Things. The store keeper is the devil and he is closing his shop and skipping town and he puts a sign in his window that says "I don't know why you say hello, I say goodbye".

Oh , i have another one
PANIC ROOM
Jodie s foster`s daughter recites the Beatle[American] albums in order , when she`s stressed out . its a long story :-/

I still haven't seen that movie mr kite, is it worth watching?

To keep on topic, I have noticed alot of Target commercials have Beatle songs, although not sung by them.

Yes Heatherboo its a good film , but thats coming from a Jodie fan , so i`m a bit biased
Another one

Dave Listers fish in Red Dwarf are called Lennon and McCartney 8)

um the walk hard movie.
the movie dream girls.

Quoted from HeatherBoo

To keep on topic, I have noticed alot of Target commercials have Beatle songs, although not sung by them.

i hate those adds! they so ruin the songs! Sorry to go off topic, but i cant stand them! >:(

Yea I hate them too. I really wish they wouldn't ruin the songs. But I will say I have bought some cute Beatle tops from Target 8)

Not so much a modern show anymore, but still cool: School House Rock. This is from the song A Noun is a Person, Place or thing. Love it.

Oh, I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.
Oldies goldies started playing if you know what I mean.
I heard Chubby Checker, he was doin' the twist
And the Beatles and the Monkees, it goes like this!
I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.

Well every person you can know (The Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby Checker)
And every place that you can go (Like a neighborhood or a store)
And anything that you can show (Like a dime or a record machine)
You know they're nouns.

The Beatles are everywhere. They show up in the most unexpected places. Seriously. It's a phenomenon of unparalleled proportions!

Well, all 4 Beatles were in 1 episode of Family Guy it's really funny but really mean at the same time

Brian the dog says:"Well, this is the biggest waste of time since Ringo's sonwriting"
then it flashes to the Beatles in the Studio

Its definetely on Youtube if you wanna see it and have a laugh but feel bad for good ol Ringo at the same time

Also, in one episode of Family Guy when they go to the South Stewie plays a Banjo solo and yells out "Ive got Blisters on my fingers!"

And on Forrest Gump they place John with him and makes Peace remarks to him about the Vietnam
Ill try to think of some more

Quoted from HeatherBoo

Yea I hate them too. I really wish they wouldn't ruin the songs. But I will say I have bought some cute Beatle tops from Target 8)

I get almost all of my shirts from Target. ;D

I Heart Target :)

I saw The Family Guy episode last night where they poked fun at Ringo's songwriting, I thought it was funny ;D

Quoted from Sandra

The Beatles are everywhere. They show up in the most unexpected places. Seriously. It's a phenomenon of unparalleled proportions!

srtiously. i just found something to do with the beatles in one of my textbooks.

Quoted from Beatles

Well, all 4 Beatles were in 1 episode of Family Guy it's really funny but really mean at the same time

Brian the dog says:"Well, this is the biggest waste of time since Ringo's sonwriting"
then it flashes to the Beatles in the Studio

Its definetely on Youtube if you wanna see it and have a laugh but feel bad for good ol Ringo at the same time

Here it is...and it's not mean at all. it's funny: http://youtube.com/watch?v=enFLAjhZxic

have to give Paul credit for trying to encourage the little guy

actually I started a thread about this because I only saw it for the first time last night and thought it was hilarious: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/m-1210626854/

in the movie sicko they guy has always wanted to walk across abbey road, and it shows a picture of the beatles, but in his own way
and he gets there and breaks his arm and

Here's a few, Sorry if they've been mentioned before.

Goldfinger: James Bond says ' My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!'

The Blues Brothers: 'Who do you think we are the fu**ing Beatles or something?'.

Poltergeist: When the father is trying to make the mother feel better, he sings 'If I fell' to her.

In Apollo 13, when we see the daughter of one of the astronauts she's carrying 'Let It Be'.

Rain man: Raymond and Charlie sing 'I saw her standing there' while in the bathroom.

'Because' is playing at the end of American Beauty.

And my favourite Beatles quote from 'Sliding Doors:
The character of James says this, 'Everyone is born knowing every single Beatles lyric. It's ingested into the fetus along with all that amniotic stuff. In fact, they should be called "the Fetals'.

That 'Sliding Doors' quote is too funny!

You reminded me in Apollo 13, just before the family goes to mission control and learns the mission is not being broadcast, the teenage girl is having a fit and doesn't want to go. "I hate Paul!" And her little sister teases, "Is she still going on about the Beatles breaking up?" I loved this quote because for many people, this will remind them clearly of the time period where the Apollo 13 incident took place.

Quoted from harihead

That 'Sliding Doors' quote is too funny!

You reminded me in Apollo 13, just before the family goes to mission control and learns the mission is not being broadcast, the teenage girl is having a fit and doesn't want to go. "I hate Paul!" And her little sister teases, "Is she still going on about the Beatles breaking up?" I loved this quote because for many people, this will remind them clearly of the time period where the Apollo 13 incident took place.

i remember that quote! i had to watch that movie in school, and that was pretty much the only part i rember paying attention to.

Harihead, I love that. I am sure anyone who was alive at the time remembers hearing about The Beatles breaking up and I am sure everyone remembers Apollo 13.

I was reading Pet Sematary (Stephen King) and in the pet cematary was a grave marker that said "RINGO OUR HAMSTER 1964-1965"

King has made several Beatle reference in a few of his books. One off the top of my head is Needful Things. I am sure there are others.

Also, I was watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" (don't ask me why I was bored) and his mom and dad were talking about how much they love jazz music and his mom made a comment "Those Beatles were just terrible!"

About a year ago I heard one of those talking head tabloid reporters (probably Harvey whats-his-name from TMZ, maybe someone else) refer to Britney Spears as being 'the Beatles of public meltdowns.'

Does anyone remember the episode of The Simpsons (it's probably over 10 years old) when Homer became part of a 4-piece band that paralleled the Beatles? I could be wrong but I think the band was Homer, Flanders, Moe the bartender and Barney (the barfly who's always burping).

the other day in an episode of "Life Goes On" (which had Ob-la-di Ob-la-da as the original theme song, but then they changed it :( ) one of the kids was like, "when you met Mom at the skating rink, and it was Beatles night,"

Quoted from Mr. Mustard

Does anyone remember the episode of The Simpsons (it's probably over 10 years old) when Homer became part of a 4-piece band that paralleled the Beatles? I could be wrong but I think the band was Homer, Flanders, Moe the bartender and Barney (the barfly who's always burping).

Yup! Great episode!

"The Power Puff Girls"...........remember them???? I know this because years ago my not so little Greg used to watch this cartoon. I think they had an entire episode or two of like "The Balad of John and Yoko" and had monkeys playing the parts.........I need to check it out on YouTube. It was good, what I remembered...........

Did my research............Episode 39, "Meet the Beat-Alls" and here's a trialer....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9GvJ8yLS5U

Quoted from Mr. Mustard

Does anyone remember the episode of The Simpsons (it's probably over 10 years old) when Homer became part of a 4-piece band that paralleled the Beatles? I could be wrong but I think the band was Homer, Flanders, Moe the bartender and Barney (the barfly who's always burping).

Yeah, the B-Sharps! I love that episode! Perfect. They even kicked out Chief Wiggum a la Pete Best! So great. Mo wasn't in the band though, it was: Homer, Apu, Chief Wiggum and Principal Skinner. Chief Wiggum was then replaced by Barney. "Wiggum forever, Barney never!" ;D

I always liked the bus driver dude with the long hair and headphones on "The Simpsons".............

Absoulutely Fabulous did that episode called "Schmoozin" at Abbey Road where they sang over the lost Beatles tapes , that was very funny .

Eddy came out with the line about Yoko " You Can't tell where the hair ends and the pubes begin " (jumping)

There was one in That 70s Show were Jackie and Hyde got together and Eric was talking to Jackie saying that they couldn't stay together and said "because you're breaking up the band, Yoko!" haha!

Also there was something in family guy about ringo's songwriting:

http://www.beatleslane.com/video/beatles-on-family-guy.htm

edit - also I remember one in 30 Rock where Jack d.'s girlfriend is talking to Liz saying "You know how John Lennon was better than the rest of the Beatles but didn't realize it until he met Yoko? Well I'M Jack's Yoko!"
Liz: "You WANT to be Yoko?!?"
haha

Okay, through an amazing spiral through YouTube I ended up watching some Weird Al Yankovic clips. He spoofs the Beatles several times in his music: "Pacman" for "Taxman", "Chicken Pot Pie" for "Live and Let Die", "Hey Jude" set to polka music, etc.

However, I just saw the following shout out in his 2000 "Millennium" VH-1 show (hiding in his underground bunker because the world was ending), and the Beatles are not forgotten when he's packing his Y2K survival kit: http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x2gbrk/video/x2gc5j_vhal-part-3_fun

Quoted from harihead

Okay, through an amazing spiral through YouTube I ended up watching some Weird Al Yankovic clips. He spoofs the Beatles several times in his music: "Pacman" for "Taxman", "Chicken Pot Pie" for "Live and Let Die", "Hey Jude" set to polka music, etc.

However, I just saw the following shout out in his 2000 "Millennium" VH-1 show (hiding in his underground bunker because the world was ending), and the Beatles are not forgotten when he's packing his Y2K survival kit: http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x2gbrk/video/x2gc5j_vhal-part-3_fun

"What, you sold your thumbs to get me my favorite mustache trimmer"?

OK, Hari, listen closely. Youtube is just the Dark Side, cleverly packaged and marketed. Repeat after me ... I will put down the computer mouse for at least some time every hour. I will put down ...

Look, Alexis, I hear what you're saying. It's kind of you to worry. But I can quit any time I want to. Really. There's just one more series I need to watch. It's a ten-parter. And there's a four-parter after that. Two more series. And that's it! And then I can just walk away... after I play a few of my favorite clips.

Why do I feel like Luke confronting Darth Vader in that cave when he was training with Yoda? "Remember your failure in the cave...."

there was a mention of Macca & Mills in coronation street yesterday. :P

I've just for the first time seen the original (UK) version of The Office. And Ricky Gervais's character has eerie similarities to Paul McCartney's characteristics, especially during the filming of Let it Be.

There is this "Luv" commercial for babies diapers and in the backround someone is covering All You Need Is Love

Not sure if anyone posted, but that hotel commercial, not sure which one, but some guy did a really bad cover of With A Little Help From My Friends.

I hate the commercials that do covers of their songs... they are always so cheesy :D

Here in the States, Target has been using their version of "Hello/Goodbye" for a while now...not the Boys, but somewhat cutesy and different. I kinda like it.

The worst one is the All You Need is Luvs baby diaper commercial. I mean, come on!!!!! >:(

Quoted from Sandra

The worst one is the All You Need is Luvs baby diaper commercial. I mean, come on!!!!! >:(

But the baby in the commercial is so adorable!

I've never even looked. I usually avert my eyes in protest.

^^^Yep.......you got that right, Sandra..........I hate it too.

I bumped into Live And Let Die while I was watching Shrek The Third the other day with the kids.

Quoted from HeatherBoo

In Ferris Buller's Day Off he is in that parade singing Twist and Shout.

There's not just the Twist and Shout scene in Ferris Buller, there's the scene when he's just got out of the shower he goes on about socialism and other -isms and he quotes the lyrics of "God" by John Lennon.

Quoted from freakchic9

But the baby in the commercial is so adorable!

Yeah, but it's just so annoying and cheesy

they were playing Getter Better on one of these weight-watchers programmes a few nights back..
what the heck??! ??)its an insult to the beatles music when it ends up on programmes like that!

We were watching the Weakest Link last night and there was a Bealtes question... it went something like "which producer is sometimes considered to be the Fifth Beatle?" And the poor guy must have been so nervous, because he said "Paul McCartney"... (shakehead1)

Quoted from Octie

We were watching the Weakest Link last night and there was a Bealtes question... it went something like "which producer is sometimes considered to be the Fifth Beatle?" And the poor guy must have been so nervous, because he said "Paul McCartney"... (shakehead1)

"You are the weekest link. Goodbye."

I liked her, she was mean  ;D

Why does it seem when they show british people on american television, they always have some kind of attitude.  Simon on American Idol, Chef Ramsey (I think he's Scottish though), that lady on Weakest Link, even the guy on So You Think You can Dance?

Not that I care, I love them all I think their great, especially Chef Ramsey (I have a crush on him  ;D )  And Simon on American Idol is awesome.  He always says exactly what I am thinking and I love that he has the guts to say it.

He also references I Am the Walrus. I love that part: "I quote John Lennon: 'I don't believe in Beatles � I just believe in me'. A good point there. After all, he was the Walrus. I could be the Walrus - I'd still have to bum rides off of people."  ;D

Anyway, I was looking for that quote and I came across references in TV, film, and other media JUST to I Am the Walrus!!! Just to this ONE song! Sorry, I just can't get over the phenomenon they created. This is why it always drives me crazy when people claim to have never heard of them. It's BS. There's just no way.

Television references

    * Comedian Chris Farley referenced the song during a skit on Saturday Night Live in 1993. Acting as motivational speaker Matt Foley, Farley speaks to a group of teenagers who had just thrown eggs onto a house. At one point in his speech, Foley exclaims "Hey man, look at me go, I'm throwing eggs! I'm the eggman, GOO... GOO... GOO JOOB!"
    * Chevy Chase and Bill Murray sing the chorus during Chase's opening monologue when he hosted Saturday Night Live on February 9, 1980.
    * On the children's show, Histeria!, the character Lucky Bob says "I am the walrus" into a microphone after Toast finishes blasting his guitar music in Benjamin Franklin's house.
    * In the short-lived Weird Al Show, there was a cartoon segment called "FatMan" where Al played a superhero of the same name who, due to a glandular problem, would become obese and have superhero-like powers. In one episode, an enemy by the name of "The Eggman" introduced himself, then following the barking of a Walrus in his helicopter commented, "and that's the Walrus", to which a nearby police officer exclaimed "Goo goo goo joob!"
    * In the BBC comedy show The Office, Tim Canterbury references the song: "It's like an alarm clock's gone off, and I've just got to get away. I think it was John Lennon who said, 'Life is what happens when you're making other plans,' and that's how I feel. Although he also said, 'I am the Walrus, I am the eggman,' so I don't know what to believe."
    * In Six Feet Under, a reference to the song is made in one of the characters' dreams. David sees his boyfriend Keith with a bucket of eggs; the latter then declares: "I am the eggman", to which David replies, "Goo goo goo joob?".
    * The Simpsons has referenced the song multiple times:
          o In "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)", Homer eats too many hot peppers at a local chili fair and experiences what resembles a bad acid trip. He stumbles around the fairgrounds, and at one point has a vision of Jasper saying "Goo goo goo joob?".
          o In Bart of War, Bart gets trippy from an old novelty Beatles soda, and begins hallucinating. He remarks, "Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye", as Milhouse morphs through the different phases of John Lennon's career.
    * A SpongeBob SquarePants episode called "Sing a Song of Patrick" originally had the title "I am the Starfish". It was changed because EMI didn't allow the producers to parody it.
    * In an episode of the sketch comedy series All That, Ed, the employee at Good Burger sings a variation of the song that goes, "I am the Edman, I am the Edman, I am the Walrus!"
    * In an episode of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, the title characters eat bad sushi and envision themselves underwater. Ami exclaims, "I see a walrus and we are heading straight for its mouth!" to which Yumi replies, "We're goning to be ku-ku-ka-chewed!"
    * The Doctor Who serial The Three Doctors references the song. It happens when one of the Doctors tries to explain that he and the other two Doctors are all the same person. His explanation follows closely to the lyrics when he says, "I am he, and he is me..." Jo Grant, his main companion at the time, breaks in and finishes the line, "and we are all together, goo goo goo joob?" This confuses the Doctors until the assistant explains, "It's a song by the Beatles."
    * Stephen Colbert has opened his show, The Colbert Report, with the line, "I am the walrus, koo koo ka-truth."
    * In one episode of Yvon of the Yukon, Harland kills Yvon's pet walrus. Yvon is convinced that the walrus is still alive, and finds a man that looks like one. After he hugs the man for a long time, the man climbs onto a truck, and complains to Yvon, "I am not a walrus. I am the egg man!" as he throws eggs at Yvon.
    * The X-Files has referenced the song multiple times:
          o In the episode "Eve", Dana Scully asks Eve 8, "Are you Sally Kendrick?" to which she replies, "No. But she is me... and I am her... and we are all together!"
          o In "Hollywood A.D.", a speech purportedly by Jesus Christ recorded on the surface of a piece of pottery is translated as saying "I am the bearded cow-like sea beast." The original Aramaic is heard as "Goo goo goo joob."
    * In episode 2.10 of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "What's My Line, Part Two", Xander says, "I am the bugman, coo coo ka choo", when looking for information on an assassin made entirely of bugs.
    * In the "Asses To Ashes" episode of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, when Philip Banks is congratulating Carl Robertson on his election victory, a forgetful Carl mistakens Philip's name. When Philip corrects him, Carl replies, "And I am the walrus, coo coo ka choo!"
    * In "Match of the Day" they showed a close-up of West Ham United chairman Eggert Magnusson. Commentator Jonathan Pearce said 'He is the eggman, goo goo goo joob!'
    * In episode 9 of The Chaser's War on Everything, the song was parodied as "I am Thesaurus" for the 150th anniversary of Roget's Thesaurus, and had a faux Dr. Roget singing synonyms to the tune of the song.
    * The song was occasionally referenced on Goodnight Sweetheart when Gary was in the 1940s.
    * In the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? the title is often used in the game "Song Titles", due to its bizarre title, as an attempt to mess the other players up.
    * When he guested Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 2007, Donny Tourette from Towers of London continued the line "I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist", from the Sex Pistols' song Anarchy in the UK, with "I am the walrus".

    * In Zoey 101 When Micheal and Logan Try to get Vince Blake back they use the codenames Eggman, Walrus and Cornflake.
    * An episode of the TV show Due South is entitled "We are the Eggmen".
    * In comedian Christopher Titus' "The 5th Annual End Of The World Tour" special, Titus speaks of his visit with soldiers in Germany. When a soldier asks Titus to come meet their Sergeant, "Sgt. Pepper". Titus replies with "Fine, let's go meet Sgt. Pepper.....because I am the walrus...".

Movie references
    * Ferris Bueller: "I quote John Lennon: 'I don't believe in Beatles � I just believe in me'. A good point there. After all, he was the Walrus. I could be the Walrus - I'd still have to bum rides off of people."
    * The Big Lebowski (1998) references the song as follows:

    The Dude: "It's like what Lenin[13] said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh..."
    Donny: "I am the walrus."
    The Dude: "You know what I'm trying to say..."
    Walter Sobchak: "That fucking b****..."
    Donny: "I am the walrus."
    Walter Sobchak: "Shut the f*** up, Donny! V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!"

    * Club Dread (2004), when the killer unmasks himself, he says "Set you guys up listening to that stupid Naughty Cal song. Who's the orca? Who's the octopus? I am the walrus! I am the walrus!"
    * In The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), one of the residents of the hotel (played by Peter Stormare) claims that he is the Walrus and complains that he never received "royalties" for all the songs he wrote for the Beatles. He plays "I Am the Walrus" during the film's climax.
    * In The Breakfast Club, Brian mutters over his essay "Who am I? Who am I? I am the Walrus."
    * In Antitrust (2001), when Milo gets introduced to his new workmates, they call themselves "the eggmen", and shout "Whoo", lifting their arms like in the song's videoclip.
    * In Finding Nemo (2003), when Crush wakes up Marlin and talks about baby turtles growing up fast "Oh, it's awesome, Jellyman. The little dudes are just eggs, we leave 'em on a beach to hatch, and then, coo-coo-cachoo, they find their way back to the big ol' blue. "
    * In Bee Movie (2007), a flight attendant in the control tower of the airport says "Am I going koo-koo-kachoo, or..." as he sees the colony of bees carrying the falling airplane to safety.
    * In Across the Universe (film) Bono, as Dr. Robert, sings this song.
    * In Yellow Submarine, when the Beatles meet their alter egos, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the two John Lennons introduce themselves to one another "I am the ego man." "And I am the alter-ego man, goo-goo-ga-joob."

Other

    * In the Coheed and Cambria song "The Velorium Camper I: Faint of Hearts", "Coo coo ca choo" is said several times in the song.

    * There is a musical reference in Veruca Salt's song "Volcano Girls" (explaining who the Seether was, an earlier Veruca Salt song):

    "I told you about the Seether before.
    You know the one that's neither or nor.
    Well here's another clue if you please,
    The Seether's Louise."
    which is similar in lyrics and sound to "Glass Onion" (explaining who the Walrus was):
    "I told you 'bout the walrus and me man,
    You know that we're as close as can be man.
    Here's another clue for you all,
    The walrus was Paul."

    * I.M.D. Walrus (I am dee walrus) is a character in Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. He is head of "The Eggheads" which is a kind of scientific organisation on the planet Kahani.

    * 9-years-old Oskar Schell, the narrator of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer recalls his Dad who sometimes would whistle "I Am the Walrus" � "because that was his favorite song, even though he couldn't explain what it meant, which frustrated me."

    * In Strong Bad's 151st email, Strong Bad (as he often does with postal abbreviations) confuses Matt M. WA for "Matt M., Walrus Association". An easter egg found by clicking "WA" brings up a mock business card for "Walrus Association", and the quote at the bottom reads "Koo koo ka-choo or summat [something]", an obvious reference to the famous chorus.

    * The main villain of the Sonic the Hedgehog Series is named Doctor Eggman, possibly referencing this song. Further, in the game Sonic Adventure 2, the character's theme song includes the line "I am the Eggman." At least once, the character Rotor the Walrus has replied "I am the Walrus!"

    * In the spin-off Sonic the Hedgehog American comic book series published by Archie Comics, the story in Sonic the Hedgehog #75 is titled "I Am the Eggman" in reference to Doctor Eggman (see above). In a strange coincidence, the British Sonic Comic, Sonic the comic, Sonic often compares Robotnik(Eggman) to a walrus.

    * In Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, one of the main characters, Henry, continually quotes the song and calls himself the "eggman" or the "walrus."

    * The Beatles tribute band Yellow Matter Custard was named after a lyric in this song. It was composed of Matt Bissonette (of Joe Satriani), Mike Portnoy (of Dream Theater), Neal Morse (of Spock's Beard), and Paul Gilbert (of Racer X and Mr. Big). The band performed the song on their one and only album, "One Night in New York City".

    * In the Ricky Nelson song "Garden Party", Nelson refers to John Lennon's attendance at a concert at Madison Square Garden with the words, "Yoko brought her walrus".

    * In the Firesign Theater recording "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger" on the album How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, there are references to numerous Beatles songs, most notably "Rocky Raccoon", as well as the use of "Goo Goo Goo Joob". The album cover also features the likeness of John Lennon next to Groucho Marx, a visual pun on Marx/Lenin, the architects of Soviet Communism.

    * In the MMORPG RuneScape, while doing a treasure trail, the player may come across a man named Uri who makes cryptic-like remarks. One of his remarks is: "I am the eggman. Are you one of the eggmen?".

    * In a Ren & Stimpy comic, (in the back there was an ask Stimpy, who goes by Dr. Stupid, page) a child asked Stimpy "Who Am I?", Stimpy replies, "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the walrus. Koo koo ka-joob!"

    * In the May 2007 issue of the Nintendo Power magazine, The "Mii of the Month" is a walrus saying "Coo coo ca choo" and the article title is "I Am the Walrus."

    * The Christian hip hop group Furthermore created a song entitled "Are You The Walrus." The music video followed a similar pretense to the song "I am the Walrus."

    * In the third episode of the Sam & Max episodic game series, entitled The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball, there is a scene where the player must use a password to get into a door. The player can choose in a dialogue box to guess a password, which will make Max say something random. One of the possible passwords is "I am the Walrus."

    * The sheet of stickers that shipped with Iomega Zip Drives used to label Zip disks with phrases like "i am Confidential Stuff" or "I am offsite Backup" always included one sticker with the phrase "i am the walrus" (the "i" in all of the phrases was shown as the Iomega logo).

    * The Dead Milkmen song "I am the Walrus" is named after this song.

    * In the play Avenue Q, the character Princeton gives Kate Monster a mix tape with this song on it. It confuses her, because all of the other songs on the tape are about love.

    * In the Zits comic strip for November 13, 2007, Jeremy asks his Dad, "Have you ever heard the Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus"? Jeremy's Dad replies that he has had the song playing continuously in his head since November 27, 1967, the release of "Magical Mystery Tour", and has only been able to get it to stop in the last few years. Jeremy says,"Goo Goo G'Joob" and Jeremy's Dad shouts "NO! NO! NO! NO!"

    * In the British prog band Caravan 1968 song Policeman, the composition has a definite similarity with that of I Am The Walrus. The policeman in the song lyrics is snooping around people smoking "weed the green". One line says "hey man, don't put me in your van".

Quoted from Sandra

He also references I Am the Walrus. I love that part: "I quote John Lennon: 'I don't believe in Beatles � I just believe in me'. A good point there. After all, he was the Walrus. I could be the Walrus - I'd still have to bum rides off of people."  ;D

Anyway, I was looking for that quote and I came across references in TV, film, and other media JUST to I Am the Walrus!!! Just to this ONE song! Sorry, I just can't get over the phenomenon they created. This is why it always drives me crazy when people claim to have never heard of them. It's BS. There's just no way.

Television references

    * Comedian Chris Farley referenced the song during a skit on Saturday Night Live in 1993. Acting as motivational speaker Matt Foley, Farley speaks to a group of teenagers who had just thrown eggs onto a house. At one point in his speech, Foley exclaims "Hey man, look at me go, I'm throwing eggs! I'm the eggman, GOO... GOO... GOO JOOB!"
    * Chevy Chase and Bill Murray sing the chorus during Chase's opening monologue when he hosted Saturday Night Live on February 9, 1980.
    * On the children's show, Histeria!, the character Lucky Bob says "I am the walrus" into a microphone after Toast finishes blasting his guitar music in Benjamin Franklin's house.
    * In the short-lived Weird Al Show, there was a cartoon segment called "FatMan" where Al played a superhero of the same name who, due to a glandular problem, would become obese and have superhero-like powers. In one episode, an enemy by the name of "The Eggman" introduced himself, then following the barking of a Walrus in his helicopter commented, "and that's the Walrus", to which a nearby police officer exclaimed "Goo goo goo joob!"
    * In the BBC comedy show The Office, Tim Canterbury references the song: "It's like an alarm clock's gone off, and I've just got to get away. I think it was John Lennon who said, 'Life is what happens when you're making other plans,' and that's how I feel. Although he also said, 'I am the Walrus, I am the eggman,' so I don't know what to believe."
    * In Six Feet Under, a reference to the song is made in one of the characters' dreams. David sees his boyfriend Keith with a bucket of eggs; the latter then declares: "I am the eggman", to which David replies, "Goo goo goo joob?".
    * The Simpsons has referenced the song multiple times:
          o In "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)", Homer eats too many hot peppers at a local chili fair and experiences what resembles a bad acid trip. He stumbles around the fairgrounds, and at one point has a vision of Jasper saying "Goo goo goo joob?".
          o In Bart of War, Bart gets trippy from an old novelty Beatles soda, and begins hallucinating. He remarks, "Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye", as Milhouse morphs through the different phases of John Lennon's career.
    * A SpongeBob SquarePants episode called "Sing a Song of Patrick" originally had the title "I am the Starfish". It was changed because EMI didn't allow the producers to parody it.
    * In an episode of the sketch comedy series All That, Ed, the employee at Good Burger sings a variation of the song that goes, "I am the Edman, I am the Edman, I am the Walrus!"
    * In an episode of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, the title characters eat bad sushi and envision themselves underwater. Ami exclaims, "I see a walrus and we are heading straight for its mouth!" to which Yumi replies, "We're goning to be ku-ku-ka-chewed!"
    * The Doctor Who serial The Three Doctors references the song. It happens when one of the Doctors tries to explain that he and the other two Doctors are all the same person. His explanation follows closely to the lyrics when he says, "I am he, and he is me..." Jo Grant, his main companion at the time, breaks in and finishes the line, "and we are all together, goo goo goo joob?" This confuses the Doctors until the assistant explains, "It's a song by the Beatles."
    * Stephen Colbert has opened his show, The Colbert Report, with the line, "I am the walrus, koo koo ka-truth."
    * In one episode of Yvon of the Yukon, Harland kills Yvon's pet walrus. Yvon is convinced that the walrus is still alive, and finds a man that looks like one. After he hugs the man for a long time, the man climbs onto a truck, and complains to Yvon, "I am not a walrus. I am the egg man!" as he throws eggs at Yvon.
    * The X-Files has referenced the song multiple times:
          o In the episode "Eve", Dana Scully asks Eve 8, "Are you Sally Kendrick?" to which she replies, "No. But she is me... and I am her... and we are all together!"
          o In "Hollywood A.D.", a speech purportedly by Jesus Christ recorded on the surface of a piece of pottery is translated as saying "I am the bearded cow-like sea beast." The original Aramaic is heard as "Goo goo goo joob."
    * In episode 2.10 of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "What's My Line, Part Two", Xander says, "I am the bugman, coo coo ka choo", when looking for information on an assassin made entirely of bugs.
    * In the "Asses To Ashes" episode of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, when Philip Banks is congratulating Carl Robertson on his election victory, a forgetful Carl mistakens Philip's name. When Philip corrects him, Carl replies, "And I am the walrus, coo coo ka choo!"
    * In "Match of the Day" they showed a close-up of West Ham United chairman Eggert Magnusson. Commentator Jonathan Pearce said 'He is the eggman, goo goo goo joob!'
    * In episode 9 of The Chaser's War on Everything, the song was parodied as "I am Thesaurus" for the 150th anniversary of Roget's Thesaurus, and had a faux Dr. Roget singing synonyms to the tune of the song.
    * The song was occasionally referenced on Goodnight Sweetheart when Gary was in the 1940s.
    * In the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? the title is often used in the game "Song Titles", due to its bizarre title, as an attempt to mess the other players up.
    * When he guested Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 2007, Donny Tourette from Towers of London continued the line "I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist", from the Sex Pistols' song Anarchy in the UK, with "I am the walrus".

    * In Zoey 101 When Micheal and Logan Try to get Vince Blake back they use the codenames Eggman, Walrus and Cornflake.
    * An episode of the TV show Due South is entitled "We are the Eggmen".
    * In comedian Christopher Titus' "The 5th Annual End Of The World Tour" special, Titus speaks of his visit with soldiers in Germany. When a soldier asks Titus to come meet their Sergeant, "Sgt. Pepper". Titus replies with "Fine, let's go meet Sgt. Pepper.....because I am the walrus...".

Movie references
    * Ferris Bueller: "I quote John Lennon: 'I don't believe in Beatles � I just believe in me'. A good point there. After all, he was the Walrus. I could be the Walrus - I'd still have to bum rides off of people."
    * The Big Lebowski (1998) references the song as follows:

    The Dude: "It's like what Lenin[13] said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh..."
    Donny: "I am the walrus."
    The Dude: "You know what I'm trying to say..."
    Walter Sobchak: "That fucking b****..."
    Donny: "I am the walrus."
    Walter Sobchak: "Shut the f*** up, Donny! V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!"

    * Club Dread (2004), when the killer unmasks himself, he says "Set you guys up listening to that stupid Naughty Cal song. Who's the orca? Who's the octopus? I am the walrus! I am the walrus!"
    * In The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), one of the residents of the hotel (played by Peter Stormare) claims that he is the Walrus and complains that he never received "royalties" for all the songs he wrote for the Beatles. He plays "I Am the Walrus" during the film's climax.
    * In The Breakfast Club, Brian mutters over his essay "Who am I? Who am I? I am the Walrus."
    * In Antitrust (2001), when Milo gets introduced to his new workmates, they call themselves "the eggmen", and shout "Whoo", lifting their arms like in the song's videoclip.
    * In Finding Nemo (2003), when Crush wakes up Marlin and talks about baby turtles growing up fast "Oh, it's awesome, Jellyman. The little dudes are just eggs, we leave 'em on a beach to hatch, and then, coo-coo-cachoo, they find their way back to the big ol' blue. "
    * In Bee Movie (2007), a flight attendant in the control tower of the airport says "Am I going koo-koo-kachoo, or..." as he sees the colony of bees carrying the falling airplane to safety.
    * In Across the Universe (film) Bono, as Dr. Robert, sings this song.
    * In Yellow Submarine, when the Beatles meet their alter egos, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the two John Lennons introduce themselves to one another "I am the ego man." "And I am the alter-ego man, goo-goo-ga-joob."

Other

    * In the Coheed and Cambria song "The Velorium Camper I: Faint of Hearts", "Coo coo ca choo" is said several times in the song.

    * There is a musical reference in Veruca Salt's song "Volcano Girls" (explaining who the Seether was, an earlier Veruca Salt song):

    "I told you about the Seether before.
    You know the one that's neither or nor.
    Well here's another clue if you please,
    The Seether's Louise."
    which is similar in lyrics and sound to "Glass Onion" (explaining who the Walrus was):
    "I told you 'bout the walrus and me man,
    You know that we're as close as can be man.
    Here's another clue for you all,
    The walrus was Paul."

    * I.M.D. Walrus (I am dee walrus) is a character in Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. He is head of "The Eggheads" which is a kind of scientific organisation on the planet Kahani.

    * 9-years-old Oskar Schell, the narrator of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer recalls his Dad who sometimes would whistle "I Am the Walrus" � "because that was his favorite song, even though he couldn't explain what it meant, which frustrated me."

    * In Strong Bad's 151st email, Strong Bad (as he often does with postal abbreviations) confuses Matt M. WA for "Matt M., Walrus Association". An easter egg found by clicking "WA" brings up a mock business card for "Walrus Association", and the quote at the bottom reads "Koo koo ka-choo or summat [something]", an obvious reference to the famous chorus.

    * The main villain of the Sonic the Hedgehog Series is named Doctor Eggman, possibly referencing this song. Further, in the game Sonic Adventure 2, the character's theme song includes the line "I am the Eggman." At least once, the character Rotor the Walrus has replied "I am the Walrus!"

    * In the spin-off Sonic the Hedgehog American comic book series published by Archie Comics, the story in Sonic the Hedgehog #75 is titled "I Am the Eggman" in reference to Doctor Eggman (see above). In a strange coincidence, the British Sonic Comic, Sonic the comic, Sonic often compares Robotnik(Eggman) to a walrus.

    * In Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, one of the main characters, Henry, continually quotes the song and calls himself the "eggman" or the "walrus."

    * The Beatles tribute band Yellow Matter Custard was named after a lyric in this song. It was composed of Matt Bissonette (of Joe Satriani), Mike Portnoy (of Dream Theater), Neal Morse (of Spock's Beard), and Paul Gilbert (of Racer X and Mr. Big). The band performed the song on their one and only album, "One Night in New York City".

    * In the Ricky Nelson song "Garden Party", Nelson refers to John Lennon's attendance at a concert at Madison Square Garden with the words, "Yoko brought her walrus".

    * In the Firesign Theater recording "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger" on the album How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All, there are references to numerous Beatles songs, most notably "Rocky Raccoon", as well as the use of "Goo Goo Goo Joob". The album cover also features the likeness of John Lennon next to Groucho Marx, a visual pun on Marx/Lenin, the architects of Soviet Communism.

    * In the MMORPG RuneScape, while doing a treasure trail, the player may come across a man named Uri who makes cryptic-like remarks. One of his remarks is: "I am the eggman. Are you one of the eggmen?".

    * In a Ren & Stimpy comic, (in the back there was an ask Stimpy, who goes by Dr. Stupid, page) a child asked Stimpy "Who Am I?", Stimpy replies, "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the walrus. Koo koo ka-joob!"

    * In the May 2007 issue of the Nintendo Power magazine, The "Mii of the Month" is a walrus saying "Coo coo ca choo" and the article title is "I Am the Walrus."

    * The Christian hip hop group Furthermore created a song entitled "Are You The Walrus." The music video followed a similar pretense to the song "I am the Walrus."

    * In the third episode of the Sam & Max episodic game series, entitled The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball, there is a scene where the player must use a password to get into a door. The player can choose in a dialogue box to guess a password, which will make Max say something random. One of the possible passwords is "I am the Walrus."

    * The sheet of stickers that shipped with Iomega Zip Drives used to label Zip disks with phrases like "i am Confidential Stuff" or "I am offsite Backup" always included one sticker with the phrase "i am the walrus" (the "i" in all of the phrases was shown as the Iomega logo).

    * The Dead Milkmen song "I am the Walrus" is named after this song.

    * In the play Avenue Q, the character Princeton gives Kate Monster a mix tape with this song on it. It confuses her, because all of the other songs on the tape are about love.

    * In the Zits comic strip for November 13, 2007, Jeremy asks his Dad, "Have you ever heard the Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus"? Jeremy's Dad replies that he has had the song playing continuously in his head since November 27, 1967, the release of "Magical Mystery Tour", and has only been able to get it to stop in the last few years. Jeremy says,"Goo Goo G'Joob" and Jeremy's Dad shouts "NO! NO! NO! NO!"

    * In the British prog band Caravan 1968 song Policeman, the composition has a definite similarity with that of I Am The Walrus. The policeman in the song lyrics is snooping around people smoking "weed the green". One line says "hey man, don't put me in your van".

Sorry, that one almost made me spew creamed corn on my keyboard.

These were really good Sandra, thank you!

Oh I just thought of another one from an episode of Dr Who! Thanks to two posts up ^^. I'm not sure what the episode was called but the Doctor and the girl were trapped on a spaceship on a crash course to the sun and the girl and some other dude had to unlock doors by answering questions. The one was "Who had the most pre-download hits, Elvis or The Beatles". They ask the doctor and he doesn't know so he's trying to make himself think and then looks out a window and shouts "Here comes the sun!". I thought it was funny (my high school math teacher, man I love that dude, kept that episode on until that part (he wanted to show us the part with the happy prime numbers)).

Quoted from alexis

Sorry, that one almost made me spew creamed corn on my keyboard.

These were really good Sandra, thank you!

That is a great one! I haven't even read through all of them yet!

terrific list Sandra! ;)

Quoted from HeatherBoo

I liked her, she was mean  ;D

Why does it seem when they show british people on american television, they always have some kind of attitude.  Simon on American Idol, Chef Ramsey (I think he's Scottish though), that lady on Weakest Link, even the guy on So You Think You can Dance?

Not that I care, I love them all I think their great, especially Chef Ramsey (I have a crush on him  ;D )  And Simon on American Idol is awesome.  He always says exactly what I am thinking and I love that he has the guts to say it.

lol scottish people are also british ;)

HAHAHA shows my ignorance sorry!!!!!!

In one CSI episode a women breaks into someones house and steals a bunch of Beatles LPs. She said she did it 'cause they had the white album signed by Paul McCartney.

And Yesterday is in a Mr. Bean movie.

On the show That 70s Show, Hyde was wearing this shirt with some guy's profile and John Lennon on it.

And in this T-Mobile commercial, Hello Goodbye was playing for about 2 seconds in the background. It was the Beatles version, too.

Not really modern, but there's this Only Fools and Horses epi where Rodney is in a band, being the drummer, and Del Boy calls him Ringo ;D

And in a Midsomer Murders episode called The Axeman Cometh, there was also a drummer who got called Ringo.

And also, there was something in the paper last week... a photo of MPs walking to some meeting with the Prime Minister, and in the photo they were crossing the road Abbey-Road-style. Later there was a little article about the photographer, saying he did it on purpose this way coz he's a Beatlemaniac ;D

I was up late last night flipping channels and I came across this movie called Fletch (w/Chevy Chase). he was in a hospital dressed up like a doctor when he faints. As he was coming around a nurse asked him "Is there anything I can get you?" and he responds "Have you heard of The Beatles White Album?"

In Pulp Fiction, during the robbery at the diner, Jules (played by Samuel L. Jackson) keeps calling the British robber (played by Tim Roth) "Ringo."

You that's right! How could I forget? I love Pulp Fiction! One of my favorite movies of all time.

It's a great gangster movie!

I'm watching some food show, not sure which, but I heard the beginning of Dizzy Miss Lizzy in the background.

I should watch it I guess.
I've heard about the ketchup joke. ;D

one of my favourite bands covering one of my favourite bands ;)

Quoted from Octie

Not really modern, but there's this Only Fools and Horses epi where Rodney is in a band, being the drummer, and Del Boy calls him Ringo ;D

And in a Midsomer Murders episode called The Axeman Cometh, there was also a drummer who got called Ringo.

And also, there was something in the paper last week... a photo of MPs walking to some meeting with the Prime Minister, and in the photo they were crossing the road Abbey-Road-style. Later there was a little article about the photographer, saying he did it on purpose this way coz he's a Beatlemaniac ;D

they also use Macca's Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey in the episode Uncle Albert decides to run away from home

I saw a movie preview today for some movie starring Ricky Gervais. It actually looks pretty cute. He dies temporarily and can now see dead people. Not very original, but if anyone can make it funny... ANYWAY, during the preview they used I'm Looking Through You and it was the ACTUAL Beatles version!! How is that possible??!! I thought that was next to impossible?? What's going on!!!

I watched Shrek 3 with my little cousins one day. And at the part where the "magical frog" i guess, dies. All the sudden, so unexpectedly, here comes Paul's beautiful voice singing "Live and Let Die". My mouth literally dropped for a second. hah
I thought that was so cool of them, to put that song on a kid's movie. Well of course, the kids probably don't know who Paul is, much less The Beatles, but the whole idea of it was pretty genius.

Yea I thought that was pretty cool on Shrek 8)

The Shrek movies are super cute! I heart Pus in Boots!

hha yeah me too.
He's a cute character.

Also from Pulp Fiction is the scene at Jackrabbit Slim's where Mia (Uma Thurman) tells Vincent (Travolta) that there are Elvis people and Beatles people, and while you can like both of them, no one can like them equally. Then I think she tells him that he's an Elvis man.

I love Elvis but, The Beatles are my one true addiction. lol

I remember spongebob episode called "Krabby Road", The episode's title is a play on Abbey Road by The Beatles (the back cover is also parodied in the title card)

also many animation personages were The Beatles parodies, like, Alvin and the Chipmunks sang most famous "beatlesmania (1963-1964)" era songs, in their lp album (released somewhere in the middle of 1960s)

also warner brothers "looney tunes" (does anybody remember Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck?) were also did the same as the Chipmunks, they also sang Beatlemania songs and released lp.

also I remember episode from the movie "the rock" where nicolas cage character "Stanley Goodspeed" waiting something from post, and when he get that post, one asked: "what's that"? Stanley show The Beatles album: meet the beatles.

from the movie called "a bronx tale" there was scene that italian mafioso fighting versus bikers who destroyed their bar, and when they started to fight them, you can clearly hear The Beatles - come together.

movie "I Am Sam" was most based by The Beatles songs, and when sean penn babe was born, he named her, Lucy Diamond Dawson (lucy in the sky with diamonds)

I know this is not reference to the The Beatles, but reference to the John Lennon, in martin scorsese "The Departed":
Jack Nicholson asked: Do you know John Lennon?
DiCaprio: Yeah, sure, he was the president before Lincoln
Nicholson: Lennon said, "I'm an artist. You give me a fucking tuba, I'll get you something out of it."
DiCaprio: Well I tell you Mr. Costello, I'd like to squeeze some fucking money out of it.
Nicholson: Smart mouth. Too bad. If you'll indulge me...
Nicholson: The point I'm making with John Lennon is - a man could look at anything, and make something out of it. For instance, I look at you and I think "what could I use you for?"

On the show "True Life: I'm Deaf", it had this one guy, who is actually really cute, and he was wearing this Let It Be shirt.

Beatle Movie References:

Almost Famous (2000)
The lead character in this movie is named "Penny Lane"
When William is talking on the phone with the Rolling Stone office, the RS issue "Lennon Remembers" (part 1) is hanging on the wall in the background.
When William tells Stillwater that they will be on the cover of the Rolling Stone, the lead singer of the band is all excited and says "The first issue I bought had the Beatles on it.  The Beatles!  There were four of them, and there are four of us!!!"

Austin Prowler(1999)
Dr. girl private says "The Bay City Rollers?  I am sure they did better than the Beatles or the Stones. I hated those two bands"

Bird on a Wire
A woman was talking about a famous hotel and mentions "George Harrison has stayed here"

Brassed Off
Phil[as Mr. Chuckles] What's He doing? He can take John Lennon. He can take those three young lads down at Ainsley Pit. He's even thinking of taking my old man. And Margaret bloody Thatcher lives! What's He sodding playing at, eh?

Cactus Flower
There is a scene in a record store where you can see the Rubber Soul album on display.

Can't Buy Me Love
At the very end of the movie,  the song �Can't buy me love� is played.

Casino Royale
During the  opening shot "LES BEATLES" graffiti can be seen on the  post.

Testament
The story is about an American family, which faced a nuclear war. The husband don´t return and after a while the electricity came back to their home, they play first ´All my loving´ on the record player

The Doors
In a scene right before the Miami concert,  Jim Morrison and John Densmore are arguing.  John says "We took drugs to expand our minds, Jim! Not to escape!" And to that Jim answers sarcastically" What are we the Beatles now John?"

Dumb and Dumber
In the scene where they are sitting at the diner looking through the jukebox, Harry says "Hey, they have the Monkees here." Lloyd responds "yeah, they were a big influence on the Beatles."

Ed
When Ed starts getting big, Ellen DeGeneres describes him as "A Beatle, well, a Spice Girl"

Fathers' Day (1997)
Dale Putley: Gentlemen, haven't we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love."

Feltch (1985)
Feltch says "Do you have the Beatles White Album?  Never mind, just bring me a cup of hot fat and the head of Alfredo Garcia."

Good Morning Vietnam
Robin Williams pulled out the Help! album several times, but doesn't play it.

Girl Interrupted
There is a scene early in the movie where a man driving a taxi asks Winona Ryder why she is going to a mental institution. She says "because I see things." The man says "who doesn't? They could lock John Lennon up for that." And Winona responds "I'm not John Lennon."

Greedy
The character of Frank says "I don't like the Beatles, and I don't like you!"

Heartbreakers
Sigourney Weaver sings "Back in the USSR" with a bad Russian accent.

Hook
Peter Pan goes to visit Wendy and finds her grand daughter instead. On the wall is a Hard Day's Night poster and she has a Beatle pillow on the bed.

Independence Day
Julius Levinson , in the Air Force One after the aliens made their first attack, says,"All you need is Love. John Lennon. Smart man; shot in the back; very sad."

Jungle Book
There are four buzzards with mop tops and Liverpool accents. <In the Sept/Oct 2000 issue of Beatlefan magazine it is revealed that Walt Disney met with Brian Epstein and ask for the Beatles to record songs for the Jungle Book.  John Lennon shot this idea down.   This might be the reason for this strange Beatles reference in this cartoon.>

Jungle to Jungle
There is a scene where Tim Allen�s character and the little boy are in a canoe going down the river, and Tim says , "Bird who sings: Hoko Yuno. Bird who can't sing: Yoko Ono."

Kate & Leopold (2001)
When Kate first sees Leopold, she says "Who do you think you are, Sgt. Pepper?"

Keeping the Faith (2000)
Ben Stiller and Edward Norten are shown as young boys. They are argue with another an between their heads are something like comics shown. One of these pictures shows the self picture of Lennon

Love Story (1970)
After Jenny and Oliver make love, Jenny informs Ollie that she loves him as much as Mozert, Bach, and the Beatles.

Men in Black
When  Tommy Lee Jones was showing  Will Smith, the new format for  music like albums, cassette tapes, compact discs, and then this new format, he said, "This means I'm gonna have to buy the White Album again!"

Michael (1996)
Michael  says,"Remember what John and Paul said." Someone asks"Who? The Apostles?" and he says,"No, The Beatles: all you need is love!"

Money Pit
Tom Hank's girlfriend in the movie sings Beatles songs when she was drunk.

Mr. Holland�s Opus (1995)
Mr. Holland  comes home from work and meets his wife at the door, they start talking about John Lennon's death, because John had just died the night before.
Then their deaf son Cole is sitting on top of the record player 'listening' to a Beatles album, and signs that he understands The Beatles too.
They are watching the news and they show crowds of people in NYC holding up John signs, "Imagine" is playing in the background.
Mr. Holland's band does a concert and he sings "Beautiful Boy" to his son Cole.

National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
There are four Beatle look a likes standing around Audrey, and she asks them if they have been together longer than the real Beatles, and they all shake their heads yes.

The Other Sister
The gay sister says her favorite song is "Michelle, ma  belle"

The Out of Towners (1999)
The movie starts with the Lennon song (Just like)Starting Over
There is a scene where Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn are walking down a street in New York City, when a guy comes up and asks them for five bucks. They ask this guy if he is Andrew Lloyd Weber and he says "yes." Then Steve Martin asks "do you know Paul McCartney?" And Steve then gets robbed.

Panic
The boy asks his dad what his favorite group is. The dad says "I don't know". The boy asks again and the dad says "I don't know." The boy asks again and the dad says "The Beatles."

The Parent Trap (1998)
In the scene where one of the twins is in London with her mother a cover of the song "Here comes the Sun" is played, and in that same scene the mother and daughter are seen walking across the zebra crosswalk of Abbey Road.

Peggy Sue Got Married
When Peggy Sue  first discovers she went back in time to the year 1960, she makes a comment about going to Liverpool to discover The Beatles.
Charlie needs a good song and Peggy Sue came up to him and told him that she wrote a song for him. He later appears in the movie saying that he liked her song, but he replaced the �yeah"s with "ooo"s. He starts to sing "She Loves You," but with the "ooo"s.

Postman
Everyone is down, and the postman tells the people that there is a new president, Richard Starkey, and he is from Minneapolis.

The Recruit (2003)
scene where Collin Farrell is being interrogated
Husky Guy: You gonna give me names?
James Clayton: Ok, ok. John is the wise guy, Paul is the cute one, George is pretty quiet and there's a new guy but I can't remember his name.

Sister Act
When asked to name the Disciples,  Whoopi Goldberg says,"John, Paul, George and Ringo!"

Sleepless in Seattle
There is one scene were Tom Hanks walks into a room with his son in it, the boy turns around holding a record album and say,"Hey dad, did you know that is you play this backwards, it says 'Paul Is Dead'?". Tom Hanks replies, "Yeah I knew that."

That Thing You Do (1995)
Guy (the drummer) is called Ringo by the owner of the pizza place.
      When the photographers were taking their pictures in California, one of them asked, "Hey,how come you don't have long hair like the Beatles? Don't you like the Beatles?"  Then while on a tv show, the host of the show says he is going to  "challenge the Beatles to a hair-combing contest."
         When Guy's family sat down to watch them on T.V., one of the family members said, "I wonder how many people are going to be watching them tonight." Someone answered back, "How many people watched the Beatles on 'Ed Sullivan'?"    On that Hollywood television performance the tv technician says "It is now time for America to 'Meet the Wonders.'"  And he puts up the names of each guy during the song (just like it was done with the Beatles on Ed Sullivan during the song, 'Til there was You).  When it gets to Jimmy his caption says "Careful girls, he's engaged."   (I am not sure if this is a Beatles reference or a Rutles reference....)
          Faye suggested the name "One-ders" because of the "Beat" in "Beatles."
          When the Wonders were on a radio station in LA, the DJ introduces them as four boys from the east.  Then he says, "no girl, not those mop tops, today we have America's own Wonders!"

Thing called love
James Wright asks "How many Beatles were there?"

To Sir With Love (1967)
The teacher is discussing with the class the latest trends in fashion and says, "Take The Beatles, they started a huge social revolution."

Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Jerry Divine says "that man sitting  over there in the white suit is the biggest things to come out of this country since sliced Beatles."

Wayne's World (1992)
When Wayne and Garth are standing outside the Gas Works, Wayne asks Tiny (played by Meatloaf) who is playing.  Tiny says The Golly Green Giants and the Shitty Beatles.  Wayne says "The Shitty Beatles? Are they any good"  And Tiny answers "No man, they  suck."  And Wayne says "Oh then it isn't just a clever name?"
According to the close captioning, when Wayne sings and play on his guitar "and her name was Cassandra" he is singing like Paul McCartney.
When Wayne and Cassandra are lying in bed, Wayne asks her if she would still love him when he is going through his "hanging out with Ravi Shankar phase."

Wayne's World  2 (1994)
Wayne  tries to impress Cassandra's  father by showing ancient karate fighting stances. He says,"I know all the moves: the Bat, the Rat, the Crane...The Beatles!"

Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Michael Henderson says "The Beatles aren't English.  They're from Liverpool."

hah wow.
You know a lot.

The A-team
    The A-Team somehow end up in Australia.  Murdock, impersonating a strict Royal officer, busts into a militant outpost, and berates the men for not  being up to code, not dressing formally as a british outpost, and worst of all,   "...Having no original pressings of " Hey Jude"...".

The Addams Family
    In one episode, Uncle Fester has invented a tonic that grows hair on whatever it's applied to.  Gomez and Morticia notice as they walk through the house that various household items are now very hairy. When they come to Fester's bedroom door to talk with him about this, they see that his doorknob has hair on it.  Gomez says "look, a doorknob with a Beatles haircut!"

The Andy Griffith Show
    In one episode, Opie and Goober are talking about Opie's being in a rock&roll band. Goober asks Opie excitedly, if he thinks they'll be as big as "...them Beagles..". Opie corrects him by saying, "...Beatles, Goob."

Angry Beavers
    The group recorded a hit disco record and were at #1 when one of the members declared that they are "bigger than sliced bread."  Suddenly there is an outrage in the press, and bonfire are held to burn copies of "The Bark Album".   The beaver who made this awful remark hold a press conference where he holds up a slice of bread and indicated that they were actually bigger than the slice of bread in size.  Fans go back to get their copies of "The Bark Album" and burn themselves in the process.  <This sounds like a bit of a Rutles reference as well, doesn't it?  SS>


Alf
    In the 1996 tv movie, "Project Alf" Alf is shown a picture of Yassir Arafat and asked to identify him. He responds, "Oh, he was the drummer for the Beatles." Later, a Senator claims that she has met Yassir and "Not only is he better looking, he is a better drummer."

American Dreams
This show, which is about several families in Philidelphia in 1964 shows a girl holding a Beatles sign and screaming during the opening credits

On episode 11 (orginal air date: 1/5/03),  called "I want to hold your hand." Beatlemania hits.  There is much footage of the lads coming to America.  The Bandstand show is having an all Beatles program that day, and I want to hold your hand is the number one song!  The dancers are seen singing along to the song and dancing to it.  Then in the record shop, they are all sold out of the 45 of I wanna hold your hand, and several Beatles posters and pictures are seen in the background.  The younger sister is listening to her sisters albums and is looking forward to seeing them on Ed Sullivan on Sunday night.  The family can be seen watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.
On episode 12 (orginal air date: 1/12/03)  Meg and her friend were standing in line attempting to get tickets to the Philadelphia Beatles Concert
On episode 29 (orginal air date:  10/19/03) Roxanne is beginning to date a new boy who is in a band.  Meg compairs their relationship to that of Paul McCartney and Jane Asher.  Also the song "All my Lovin'" is performed (not the Beatles version, obviously)
Episode 32 was titled "ticket to ride"

The Animaniacs
    Episode #73,  A Hard Day's Warner is a parody of The Beatles movie, A Hard Day's Night. Please follow this link to Wakko Warner's Animaniacs/Beatles web page for the full script of this episode.
    In "Plane Pals" (ep. #22), the Warners give their plane seat mate -- this grouchy, stuck up, man -- a hard time. The man, getting' fed upp, turns to Wakko Warner, who smiles sweetly at him and says, "How's about a kiss?"
     In "Garage Sale of the Century" (ep. #12): When Wakko pushes the button on the remote to get two people to rotate through 180 degrees, the two people appear to be Yoko Ono and Julian Lennon
      In "Noah's Lark" (ep. #33): "Noah's line '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. All goo children go to heaven. etc.' is from the Beatles' song "You Never Give Me Your Money" off of Abbey Road."
     In "Spellbound" (ep. #38): "In Merlin's incantation for making blueberry pie, Yoko Ono is mentioned."
     <All of this Faboo information can be found on Wakko Warner's Animaniacs/Beatles web page>

The Avengers
    In the episode called "The girl from Auntie" four brothers are found killed by knitting needles:  John, Paul, George...and Fred. (original air date: January 1966)
     In the episode called "The See through man" an Ambassador from the east side of the Iron Curtain, Sergei Brodny, says that he doesn't want to return to his country because he has tickets for a Beatles concert. (original air date:  February 1967)

The Beverly Hillbillies
    There is an episode where Mr. Drysdale asked Miss Jane to get the Beatles to play at Elle-May's party and offered to pay them $100.

Boy Meets World
    In the episode that has the Monkees in it, the manager from the Partridge family comes in and tells them that he can make them "bigger than the Beatles" After he leaves, they all look at each other and say "bigger than the Beatles?  Nah!"
    In the episode where Cory and Lauren go out, before they leave, Lauren says goodbye to Shawn and Shawn says, "Oh, stop trying to butter me up, Yoko!", because Lauren broke Cory and Topanga up.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    There is an entire episode of this tv show called "the Yoko factor". Here is some dialogue from that episode.

          Spike: "It's called 'the Yoko factor.' Don't tell me you've never
                      heard of the Beatles."
         Adam: "I have. I like 'Helter Skelter.'"
         Spike: "What a surprise. The point is, they were once a real
                     powerful group. It's not a stretch to say they ruled the
                     world. When they broke up, everyone blamed Yoko,
                     but the fact is, the group split itself up, she just
                     happened to be there. And you know how it is with
                     kids.  They go off to college, they grow apart.  Way
                    of the world."

Catdog
    A Spaceship lands at Catdog's house and four Beatle-esque aliens walk off the ship with their instruments.  One of the guitarists says "excuse me mates, which way to Shea Stadium?"

Charmed
    The three witches on the show are in a portal that can transport them into the past. The white lighter asks them if they want to go into the past. One of the girls asks if they can meet John Lennon.

C.S.I.
People were dressed up as animals and one was called "Rocky Racoon"

Dark Skies
    An Alien plan to exploit the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show is uncovered in an episode called "Dark Day's Night."

Dawson's Creek (January 12, 2000)
    In an episode called " Barefoot at Capefest" Joey gives Dawson an "Imagine" poster (the one from the 1988 movie). And this dialogue takes place:
          Joey: Do you remember? Do you remember that summer we
                   came across a pile of Mitch and Gale's old Beatles
                   albums, and listened to them on the porch everyday for
                   hours?
         Dawson: Grams kept on yelling for us to turn down that
                        hippy music.
        Joey: Yeah... and you wanted to be John Lennon. You
                  wanted to write songs and change the world with your
                  music.
        Dawson: I did?
       Joey: You did. You weren't just about Spielberg. You
                 weren't limited. You... you were about so many things.
                I just wanted to remind you of that.(hands the poster
                to Dawson) I also wanted to remind you that, even
                though sometimes my emotions, particularly jealousy,
                uhh, sometimes get the best of me, I still hear you.
                No matter how much we yell, or, no matter how quiet
                you are. I hear you, Dawson.
       Dawson: I hear you too, Joey.
      Joey: Listen, I know what's going inside of you is
               huge. It's okay if you don't share it with me. Just
               promise me you'll keep trying to share it with
               someone?
      Dawson: (gesturing the poster) Do you want to give me
                     a hand?
      (They both climb on the bed and hang it up.)
      Dawson: Hmm. So what do you think? You think John here
                     will inspire me to walk my own path?
     Joey: You've always walked your own path, Dawson. You
               just needed to widen it a little. And be on the look
               out for your Yoko.
   (followed by "Imagine" playing as the credits roll)

  Degrassi Jr. High
    In one episode Wheels has to get glasses, and Joey tells him that he will have to take his glasses off when he plays with the band, because "who ever heard of a rock star wearing glasses?"  And Wheels replies to him "What about John Lennon?"
    Joey Jerimiah has a Sgt. Pepper's poster hanging in his bedroom

Different Strokes
    There is an episode about Willis' new band, the Afro-deciacts, where his girlfriend, Charlene (played by Janet Jackson), and his sister, Kimberly, are both up for the part of lead singer.    In the end both girls are singing the Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder 1980's classic "Ebony and Ivory"
    In an episode about Arnold's height, he goes to see Dr. Robert.


Doug
    There is an episode called "Doug Rocks" where Doug and Skeeter win tickets to see their favorite rock group, the Beets, but miss it due to Skeeter being grounded. (Ashley luvsGeorge tells me that The Beets are a reoccurring British rock band that are very similar to the
Beatles.  That one of the members look very  much like John and another like Ringo.)

Dr. Who (1973 BBC)
  The Three Doctors
   Episode 1
   2nd Doctor:You see Jo, I may call you Joe Mayn't I?
   Jo: (shakes head yes)
   2nd Doctor:See he is one of me.
   Jo: Oh I see, your both time lords.
   2nd Doctor:  Well quite, Well not quite, not not just timelords were the same timelord.
   3rd Doctor: Oh Please, Your only confusing my assistant, Jo it's all quite
   simple. I am he and he is me.
   Jo:  We are all together goo goo gatchoo.
   Together:  3rd Doctor:  What?   2nd Doctor: huh?
   Jo:   It's a song by the Beatles.
   2nd Doctor:     How does it go? (ready to play his flute)
   3rd Doctor:     Oh Please, be quiet.


The Drew Carey Show
    There is an episode where Drew, Oswald, Lewis, and Kate are in a band together.  Kate is the lead singer, and sings very much off key, "A Taste of Honey" (which is song the Beatles covered...so is this really a reference?  )

Early Edition
    In one episode, a character named Patrick says "Yeah on Nick Sterling's Cd you can hear Beatles songs, you can almost hear Strawberry Fields"  And then he starts to sing Strawberry Fields Forever.

Ed, Edd & Eddy
    In one episode of this cartoon, one of the Ed's says "I want a real story with octopus' gardens, silver hammers and Mr. Kites's"

The Electric Company
    In one of the skits, you can see Morgan Freeman holding a copy of Beatles VI

E.R.
    During the first season, Sherry Stringfield's character's sister is going through drug withdrawal and asks her to sing her favorite song.  "Backbird" is the song that is heard through the episode.

The Facts of Life
    The name of one episode is "With a little help from my friends"

Family Matters
    In an episode called "Talk's Cheap"  Steve is on a talk show.  Also appearing on this talk show is a Paul McCartney impersonator.

Family Ties
In an episode where the family is talking about the hip music of the 1980's compaired to the folk music of the 1960's the Elise looks at her husband and says " wow this generation doesn't care that Eleanor Rigby used to keep her face in a jar by the door"

Felicity
    In the first episode of this show of the 2001 season (original air date October 10, 2001) while Felicity is talking on the phone to her father, a poster of the Beatles can be seen over Ben's bed.  It is a familiar poster of the Beatles in the late years, where Paul seems to be somewhat hiding behind Ringo.

The Flintstones
    In an episode called "Laugh Laugh" there is a long haired band playing on the 1960's show, Shindig. Their managers' name is Brian Eppystone.
   A hillbilly family moves in with Fred and Wilma.  They drive the family away by imitating "The Four Insects," a band that the hillbillies hate.  (The Insects' hit song is "She said 'Yeah yeah yeah.'")

Freaks and Geeks There is an episode called "I'm with the band", that is basically all about Nick's drumming.   Lindsay gives Nick some suggestions on how to improve the band (practice the song was one of them) and when Nick makes the band do these things, Daniel calls her "Yoko" and blames her for breaking up the band.  Later in this episode, Nick fails his audition for a local rock band, and his friends try to comfort him.   He walks into the lunch area and they all applaud and Daniel says "There he is, Ringo Starr..." (original air date:  November 13, 1999)

     In another episode called, "The Garage Door", there is a scene where Ken meets Amy in person for the first time.   She is wearing her full band uniform, and Ken says "Hey Sgt. Pepper!  What did you do with the rest of the Lonely Heart's club band?"  To which Amy responds "I
don't know, it looks like you ate them."  (original air date March 13, 2000)

Full House
    In one episode about Danny's 30th birthday, the expression "ob la di,  ob la da" is used.  At the end of this same episode the family is seen in a convertible while the song "Drive my Car" is being played.
     In one episode, Joey and Jesse are trapped in the basement recording studio and they are yelling for help. Danny is about to go downstairs, and he faintly hears them saying "help!" So Danny says, "t

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