The Beatles

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The British rock band The Beatles dominated the music industries of at least two continents during the 1960s and set the standards for many bands that followed. It is quite obvious that the Beatles' immense popularity has also hit Free Country, USA and Strong Badia, since they are referenced in dialogue, commentary, or simply the cartoons themselves.

Appearances

• Mellow Mushroom — One of the pizzas is called Magical Mystery Tour, a song, album, and movie by the Beatles.
• Email sb_email 22 — In an Easter egg, after Strong Bad says "screw all y'all", the crowd gasps and a person with a Scouse accent says "I can't believe he said that". This is a reference to the Beatles scandal claiming that they were "more popular than Jesus".
• Ballad of The Sneak — The commentary makes reference to two Beatles songs, including some lines relating to the Paul Is Dead conspiracy.
• Email anything — The Cheat is wearing George Harrison's costume from Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In the commentary, Strong Bad says that the reason The Cheat was dressed like that in the email was because "we were gonna do our Beatles cover band for that Wednesday email, and then it got Shanghai'd".
  • Sgt Pepper's is mentioned again in Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective as Sergeant Pepper-oni's Pizza Palace.
• Strumstar Hammer — The line "The Grape Fairie granted each of them twenty grapes" is turned into "The Grape Fairie turned the original line-up of The Beatles into twenty grapes. watch out PETE BEST!!" Pete Best was the original drummer for the Beatles, before being replaced by Ringo Starr.
• Email no loafing — The intro song is a parody of Back in the U.S.S.R.
• TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004 — Homestar's name is spelled on the album as "Homestarr", a reference to Ringo Starr, who sang "With A Little Help From My Friends", performed at the concert.
  • Homestar would perform the song again at the March 2010 They Might Be Giants show.
• Cool Things, Email imaginary, Baddest of the Bands — Strong Mad's bass when playing in Cool Tapes is the same shape as a Hofner 500/1 violin bass, the kind Paul McCartney plays.
• Email senior prom — In an Easter egg, a business card for the Walrus Association has the phrase "Koo koo ca-choo or summat". This is a reference to "Goo goo g'joob" in I Am the Walrus.
• Summer Short Shorts and Limozeen Live! (practice) — Brain Sister's lyrics "Well she was only twenty-seventeen, she was a low res beauty queen" and "Th'all think you know what I mean" are a reference to I Saw Her Standing There. The original line after "Well she was just seventeen" was originally going to be "never been a beauty queen", but was changed to "think you know what I mean".
• Email cliffhangers — "You say you want a resolution, huh?" is a reference to Revolution.
• Baddest of the Bands — In the first preview, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat perform on the rooftop of Bubs' Concession Stand. The Beatles similarly performed on a rooftop during their last public performance.
• Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold — The Homestar Runner quotes the song Blackbird.