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---> '''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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---> '''John:''' '''Ringo:''' "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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* The song "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" (available on ''Music/PastMasters'' and ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''). It's like a comedic version of "Revolution 9", but as a John and Paul collaboration. Includes Paul as "Dennis O'Dell."

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* The song "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" (available on ''Music/PastMasters'' and ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''). It's like a comedic version of "Revolution 9", but as a John and Paul collaboration. Includes Paul as "Dennis O'Dell.O'Bell."
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To "tick someone off" doesn't mean to give them a ticket, it means to reprimand them generally, although the policeman could presumably have also given Epstein a ticket.


--> When Brian got out with as much dignity as he could muster, the policeman was in such a state of hysteria he couldn't find the breath to tick him off [give him a ticket]"

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--> When Brian got out with as much dignity as he could muster, the policeman was in such a state of hysteria he couldn't find the breath to tick him off [give him a ticket]"off."
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* On ''Music/{{Help}}!'', the track immediately after "[I have got] Another Girl" is "You're Gonna Lose That Girl". The song titles are also heard immediately after another. There is absolutely no way this wasn't intentional!

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* On ''Music/{{Help}}!'', ''Music/{{Help}}'', the track immediately after "[I have got] Another Girl" is "You're Gonna Lose That Girl". The song titles are also heard immediately after another. There is absolutely no way this wasn't intentional!

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* In "Hey Jude", between the lines "The minute you let her under your skin / Oh, then you begin", one of the members yells "Whoa! [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]] hell!" Geoff Emerick, The Beatles' longtime sound engineer, wrote in his memoir ''Here, There, and Everywhere'' that it was Paul reacting to a botched note. Emerick claims that John insisted they leave the swear buried in the final mix.
--> '''John''': Paul hit a clunker on the piano and said a naughty word. [...] Most people won't ever spot it ... but ''we'll'' know it's there.
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* [[TheStinger Two words:]] [[spoiler:"Cranberry sauce."]]

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* [[spoiler: [[TheStinger Two words:]] [[spoiler:"Cranberry "Cranberry sauce."]]"]]]]
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* The name of their recording studio is Apple Corps. (Apple Core)

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* The name of their recording studio record label is Apple Corps. (Apple Core)Corps, pronounced [[{{Pun}} "Apple Core"]].
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* Brian Epstein's biography, A Cellarful of Noise, gives us this gem regarding how stacked the odds were against the Beatles becoming as big a sensation in America as they did: "Always America seemed too big, too vast, too remote and too American."
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* In the video for "Ticket To Ride", John messes up his lip-sync twice because he can't remember which verse ends with a "yeah!". The first time he mouths a word that doesn't exist, and the second time he misses it entirely, which makes him laugh and yell "yeah" completely out of time, which of course is completely muted by the overdub. This messes up George's lip-sync for his closeup shot to the point it almost looks like he's singing a different song. And then we have the FunnyBackgroundEvent of Ringo not putting any effort into miming playing his drums, to the point that it looks like he's apathetically tossing a salad with his drumsticks.
* In the video for "Revolution", John starts to sing with incredibly choppy sound quality. George, either not knowing or caring that he's right in the center of the camera, turns to Paul and clearly says, "John's mic is shit!"
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---> '''John:''' "George, what did it sound like with the bass doing a funny thing? Did it sound any good or did it sound just a lovely crap?"

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---> '''John:''' '''Paul:''' "George, what did it sound like with the bass doing a funny thing? Did it sound any good or did it sound just a lovely crap?"
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* At the end of the music video for "Strawberry Fields Forever", Paul and Ringo take turns throwing a stick to Paul's sheepdog, Martha. When it's Paul's turn, he stumbles and almost falls.

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--> His book, ''With the Beatles'' also gave us this gem: "Brian announced we were going for something to eat and eventually we spotted a restaurant. Fortunately, there was a parking space just outside which would have happily accommodated an ocean-going liner. But this still represented a considerable challenge to Brian.

He reversed at speed until we heard a sickening crunch from the rear. Brian grimaced and turned the radio up a notch. We lurched forward and gave the bread van in front a friendly nudge. By then, the curb was just about within walking distance so I took the opportunity to abandon ship before Brian's manoeuvring did anyone any lasting damage.

As I got out, I saw the figure of a very large policeman looming over me. At first, I thought from the tears in his eyes that he was upset about something. Then I noted from the heaving of the shoulders and the spluttering sounds that he was laughing.

When Brian got out with as much dignity as he could muster, the policeman was in such a state of hysteria he couldn't find the breath to tick him off [give him a ticket]"

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--> ** His book, ''With the Beatles'' also gave us this gem: gem:
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"Brian announced we were going for something to eat and eventually we spotted a restaurant. Fortunately, there was a parking space just outside which would have happily accommodated an ocean-going liner. But this still represented a considerable challenge to Brian.

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He reversed at speed until we heard a sickening crunch from the rear. Brian grimaced and turned the radio up a notch. We lurched forward and gave the bread van in front a friendly nudge. By then, the curb was just about within walking distance so I took the opportunity to abandon ship before Brian's manoeuvring did anyone any lasting damage.

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As I got out, I saw the figure of a very large policeman looming over me. At first, I thought from the tears in his eyes that he was upset about something. Then I noted from the heaving of the shoulders and the spluttering sounds that he was laughing.

laughing.
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When Brian got out with as much dignity as he could muster, the policeman was in such a state of hysteria he couldn't find the breath to tick him off [give him a ticket]"
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* Neither John Lennon nor Brian Epstein were particularly good drivers. John didn't get his license until 1965, was regarded by everyone who knew him as a terrible driver, and gave up driving after an accident in Scotland on July 1, 1969. Brian, however, manages to outclass him in the terrible driving department. Pattie Boyd, in her autobiography, remembered Brian driving through red lights and stopping at green lights (he was colorblind). His personal assistant, Alistair Taylor, wrote, "Brian and the Beatles were always fun to be with in those heady early days, but I tried not to travel in a car with Brian driving too often. He was a truly terrible driver, although I never knew him to have an accident. He caused plenty, mind you."
--> His book, ''With the Beatles'' also gave us this gem: "Brian announced we were going for something to eat and eventually we spotted a restaurant. Fortunately, there was a parking space just outside which would have happily accommodated an ocean-going liner. But this still represented a considerable challenge to Brian.

He reversed at speed until we heard a sickening crunch from the rear. Brian grimaced and turned the radio up a notch. We lurched forward and gave the bread van in front a friendly nudge. By then, the curb was just about within walking distance so I took the opportunity to abandon ship before Brian's manoeuvring did anyone any lasting damage.

As I got out, I saw the figure of a very large policeman looming over me. At first, I thought from the tears in his eyes that he was upset about something. Then I noted from the heaving of the shoulders and the spluttering sounds that he was laughing.

When Brian got out with as much dignity as he could muster, the policeman was in such a state of hysteria he couldn't find the breath to tick him off [give him a ticket]"
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--->'''Crowd''': JOHN!!!\\

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--->'''Crowd''': -->'''Crowd''': JOHN!!!\\



--> '''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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--> ---> '''John:''' "Paul's broken a glass, broken a glass, Paul's broken a glass, a glass, a glass he's broke today"



--> '''John:''' "Mother superior ''JUMP''-[[PrecisionFStrike oh shit!]]"

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--> ---> '''John:''' "Mother superior ''JUMP''-[[PrecisionFStrike oh shit!]]"



--> '''John:''' "George, what did it sound like with the bass doing a funny thing? Did it sound any good or did it sound just a lovely crap?"

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--> ---> '''John:''' "George, what did it sound like with the bass doing a funny thing? Did it sound any good or did it sound just a lovely crap?"



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

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

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* "[[https://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. It's also inspiration for some... A-hem... Interesting projects in ''VideoGame/SuperScribblenauts''...

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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCV2wgoxC8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer]]", a delightfully cheerful song [[LyricalDissonance about about]] a serial killer]].SerialKiller. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical content with an upbeat tune is hilarious. It's also inspiration for some... A-hem... Interesting projects in ''VideoGame/SuperScribblenauts''...
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*The name of their recording studio is Apple Corps. (Apple Core)
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* In response to a reporter, asking when they would get a haircut:
-->'''George''': I had one yesterday.
* In response to a commentator referring to them as "un-American."
-->'''John''': Well that's very observant of them because we actually aren't American.
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* When John introduced "Help!" at a live show in the ABC Theater (Available on Anthology 2), the crowd got a little too loud, so...
--->'''Crowd''': JOHN!!!\\
'''John''': Next song we'd like to sing...\\
'''Crowd''': (continues screaming)\\
'''John''': Shut up, I'll kill you. [[note]] Some people claim that it's actually "Shut Up, I hear you". Still funny, though.[[/note]]

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* All the crazy ways the Beatles counted off songs, "One, two, three, FAH!" "One, two, three, FAWWEH!" "One, two, three, HAWW!!" "Sugar plum fairy, sugar plum fairy..."

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* All the crazy ways the Beatles counted off songs, songs:
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"One, two, three, FAH!" FAH!"
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"One, two, three, FAWWEH!" BREAD."
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"One, two, three, HAWW!!" FAWWEH!"
** "One, two, three, HAWW!!"
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"Sugar plum fairy, sugar plum fairy..."
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* As much of a {{Tearjerker}} as “Yesterday” is, it becomes hilarious when you find out Paul was desperate to hold on to the melody after it came to him in a dream, so he hastily scribbled out some lyrics about scrambled eggs that filled the meter.
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** While on the topic of smoking...
--->'''Reporter''': Ringo, do you have any political affiliations?\\
'''Ringo''': No; I don't even smoke. ''(takes a drag off his cigarette)''
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** An outtake of "This Boy" has the band {{corpsing}} when they sing "thas boy" by accident.
** "I Should Have Known Better"
--> '''John:''' "George, what did it sound like with the bass doing a funny thing? Did it sound any good or did it sound just a lovely crap?"
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* Paul on "Cranberry Sauce" being heard by conspiracists as "I buried Paul":
--> That's [[CloudCuckoolander John]]'s humour. John would [[NonSequitor say something totally out of sync]], like cranberry sauce. If you don't realize that John's apt to say cranberry sauce when he feels like it, then you start to hear a funny little word there, and you think, "Aha!"

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* Paul on "Cranberry Sauce" "cranberry sauce" being heard by conspiracists as "I buried Paul":
--> That's [[CloudCuckoolander John]]'s humour. John would [[NonSequitor [[NonSequitur say something totally out of sync]], like cranberry sauce. ''cranberry sauce.'' If you don't realize that John's apt to say cranberry sauce ''cranberry sauce'' when he feels like it, then you start to hear a funny little word there, and you think, "Aha!"
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* Paul on "Cranberry Sauce" being heard by conspiracists as "I buried Paul":
--> That's [[CloudCuckoolander John]]'s humour. John would [[NonSequitor say something totally out of sync]], like cranberry sauce. If you don't realize that John's apt to say cranberry sauce when he feels like it, then you start to hear a funny little word there, and you think, "Aha!"
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* Two words. "Cranberry sauce."

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* [[TheStinger Two words. "Cranberry words:]] [[spoiler:"Cranberry sauce.""]]
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** It should be noted that Lennon never stated this (and indeed felt quite the opposite as he frequently went out of his way to praise Starr's drumming). The quote was made up by a British comedian in 1983... Over two and a half years AFTER Lennon was murdered.
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* This leaked outtake promoting the band in Australia. John and Paul pleasantly talk up Australia with plans for a future visit, while George levels a deadpan closing joke, leaving Ringo somewhat speechless:

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* This leaked outtake promoting the band in Australia. John and Paul pleasantly talk up Australia with plans for a future visit, while George levels a deadpan closing joke, leaving Ringo somewhat speechless:[[SelfDeprecation feeling as though there's nothing for him to say]]:
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* This leaked outtake promoting the band in Australia:

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* This leaked outtake promoting the band in Australia:Australia. John and Paul pleasantly talk up Australia with plans for a future visit, while George levels a deadpan closing joke, leaving Ringo somewhat speechless:
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