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--> '''Paul:''' Experiments of a due nature being carried out on rats. And people... and rats. And ratty people. And people-y rats.

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--> '''Paul:''' Experiments of a due nature being carried out on rats. And people... and rats. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs And ratty people. And people-y rats.rats]].
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--> "Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."

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--> "Many '''John:''' Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."

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** John's wise-guy response when asked by interviewers how they came up with the band name, reiterated to the point of CatchPhrase. (Paul later called one of his solo albums ''Flaming Pie''.)
--> "Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."


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** John's wise-guy response when asked by interviewers how they came up with the band name. (Paul later called one of his solo albums ''Flaming Pie''.)
--> "Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."

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** John's wise-guy response when asked by interviewers how they came up with the band name, reiterated to the point of CatchPhrase. (Paul later called one of his solo albums ''Flaming Pie''.)
--> "Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."



* The band's annual Christmas fan club records were this, when not being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment downright surreal]].
* John's wise-guy response when asked by interviewers how they came up with the band name. (Paul later called one of his solo albums ''Flaming Pie''.)
--> "Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."

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* The band's annual Christmas fan club records were this, when not being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment downright surreal]].
* John's wise-guy response when asked by interviewers how they came up with the band name. (Paul later called one of his solo albums ''Flaming Pie''.)
--> "Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."
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* The band's annual Christmas fan club records were this, when not being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment downright surreal]].

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* The band's annual Christmas fan club records were this, when not being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment downright surreal]].surreal]].
* John's wise-guy response when asked by interviewers how they came up with the band name. (Paul later called one of his solo albums ''Flaming Pie''.)
--> "Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. It came in a vision--a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thanking him]]."

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** A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Uf9d8aXr4&feature=related Rocky Raccoon outtake]] is hilarious for a number of reasons, chief among them the fact that Paul accidentally says 'sminking'.

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** A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Uf9d8aXr4&feature=related Rocky Raccoon outtake]] is hilarious for a number of reasons, chief among them the fact that Paul accidentally says 'sminking'. 'sminking'.
** The "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" outtake
--> '''John:''' "Paul's broken a glass, broken a glass, Paul's broken a glass, a glass, a glass he's broke today
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** And another from "And Your Bird Can Sing." Paul starts giggling, and can't stop for the entire song.

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** And another from "And Your Bird Can Sing." Paul starts giggling, and can't then he sets off John. Neither of them can stop for the entire song.song.
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** A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Uf9d8aXr4&feature=related Rocky Raccoon outtake]] is hilarious for a number of reasons, chief among them the fact that Paul accidentally says 'sminking'.
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** Allegedly, it was what Paul heard black musicians call [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] early British blues style at the time. The phrase reportedly led to the band calling their next studio album, ''Rubber Soul''.

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** Allegedly, it was what Paul heard black musicians call [[TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] early British blues style at the time. The phrase reportedly led to the band calling their next studio album, ''Rubber Soul''.
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** Allegedly, it was what Paul heard black musicians call [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] early British blues style at the time. The phrase reported led to the band calling their next studio album, ''Rubber Soul''.

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** Allegedly, it was what Paul heard black musicians call [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] early British blues style at the time. The phrase reported reportedly led to the band calling their next studio album, ''Rubber Soul''.
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** The band's annual Christmas fan club records were this, when not being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment downright surreal]].

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** The *The band's annual Christmas fan club records were this, when not being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment downright surreal]].

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* In an interview, responding to people's interpretations of depravity in their songs: [[DeadpanSnarker "We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all."]]

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** Allegedly, it was what Paul heard black musicians call [[TheRollingStones Mick Jagger's]] early British blues style at the time. The phrase reported led to the band calling their next studio album, ''Rubber Soul''.
* In Paul in an interview, responding to people's interpretations of depravity in their songs: [[DeadpanSnarker "We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all."]]



** The Beatles were often known to have fun with delays (and other effects) in the studio, one result of which was the ending of "Lovely Rita".



-->'''George:''' "What money?"

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-->'''George:''' "What money?"money?"
**The band's annual Christmas fan club records were this, when not being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment downright surreal]].
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* In the Anthology outtake of "I'm Down", Paul criticizes his performance as "plastic soul". And it wasn't half bad.
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** The "Polythene Pam" outtakes have John and George devolving into gibberish.


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** Even funnier in the Anthology version
--> ''"If you're listening to this song,\\
you may think the chords are going wrong,\\
but they're not,\\
I just wrote it like that.\\
If you listen late at night,\\
you may think the words are not quite right,\\
but they are,\\
I just wrote them myself."''
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--> ''"If you're listening to to this song,\\

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--> ''"If you're listening to to this song,\\



** It's also ispiration for some... A-hem... Interesting projects in [[SuperScribblenauts Super Scribblenauts...]]

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** It's also ispiration inspiration for some... A-hem... Interesting projects in [[SuperScribblenauts Super Scribblenauts...]]



** Their first time in the US, the press tried to harrass them, resulting in very funny comments from the boys, the most (in?)famous one being:

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** Their first time in the US, the press tried to harrass harass them, resulting in very funny comments from the boys, the most (in?)famous one being:
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** It's also ispiration for some... A-hem... Interesting projects in [[SuperScribblenauts Super Scribblenauts...]]

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** It's also ispiration for some... A-hem... Interesting projects in [[SuperScribblenauts Super Scribblenauts...]]]]
* The interviews are funny as hell as well:
** Their first time in the US, the press tried to harrass them, resulting in very funny comments from the boys, the most (in?)famous one being:
-->'''Reporter:''' "Why does it [their music] charm the girls so much?"
-->'''John:''' "If we knew we'd form another group and be managers."
** The same happened in many of their other interviews. Another memorable moment was when they stated they had finished making their first movie, resulting in this:
-->'''Reporter:''' "Have got time to actually spend this money?"
-->'''George:''' "What money?"
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about a serial killer]]. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[NightmareFuel lyrical content]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about a serial killer]]. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[NightmareFuel lyrical content]].
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** And another from "And Your Bird Can Sing." Paul starts giggling, and can't stop for the entire song.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about a serial killer]]. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[NightmareFuel lyrical content]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about a serial killer]]. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[NightmareFuel lyrical content]].content]].
** It's also ispiration for some... A-hem... Interesting projects in [[SuperScribblenauts Super Scribblenauts...]]
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about a serial killer]]. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel lyrical content]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about a serial killer]]. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel [[NightmareFuel lyrical content]].
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** Also an outtake from "I'll Be Back." After Lennon finds he can't sing in the current key, he continues singing like he's completely drunk.
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* [[Maxwell's Silver Hammer www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8]], a delightfully cheerful song about a serial killer. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[lyrical content AccidentalNightmareFuel]].

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* [[Maxwell's Silver Hammer www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8]], com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about a serial killer.killer]]. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[lyrical content AccidentalNightmareFuel]].[[AccidentalNightmareFuel lyrical content]].
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* [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song about a serial killer. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel lyrical content]].

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* [[www.[[Maxwell's Silver Hammer www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8]], a delightfully cheerful song about a serial killer. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel lyrical content]].[[lyrical content AccidentalNightmareFuel]].
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But I found a driver, and that's a start"''

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But I found a driver, and that's a start"''start"''
* [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]], a delightfully cheerful song about a serial killer. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. But YourMileageMayVary, considering the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel lyrical content]].
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we just wrote it like that"''

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we just wrote it like that"''that"''
* "Drive My Car", especially the climax:
-->''"I got no car, and it's breaking my heart\\
But I found a driver, and that's a start"''
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* [[DeadpanSnarker "We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all."]]

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* In an interview, responding to people's interpretations of depravity in their songs: [[DeadpanSnarker "We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all."]]
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* The outtakes from "No Reply" on the Beatles Anthology collection. Basically they keep singing "YOUR FACE!" over and over again instead of replacing it with a different lyric each time, resulting in some hilarious combinations.

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* The outtakes from "No Reply" on the Beatles Anthology collection. Basically they keep singing "YOUR FACE!" over and over again instead of replacing it with a different lyric each time, resulting in some hilarious combinations.combinations.
* "Only A Northern Song", if you listen to the lyrics.
--> ''"If you're listening to to this song,\\
you may think that the chords are going wrong,\\
but they're not,\\
we just wrote it like that"''
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** Not only that - Ringo was ''bleeding.''

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** Not only that - TruthInTelevision: Ringo was ''bleeding.''
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** TruthInTelevision: Ringo was ''bleeding.''

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** TruthInTelevision: Not only that - Ringo was ''bleeding.''

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