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A to Z Game
15 November 2017
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I cannot find a legit Y show, even after combing through my TV encyclopedia.  How about the long lost TV special:

Yoko Ono Presents:  John Lennon And His Beatles.  This is now rarer than Rock And Roll Circus used to be.  So rare you would think it doesn’t exist!

Ok, now you can put in any old BS for Z so we can start a new category.  If nobody does that, the A to Z game will retire.

Did I make this category focus too much on 60s teen shows more so than the Beatles themselves?

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Nope, the round was good. Someone can pull a Z out of their sleeve.

12 October 2018
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Is it fair to say that we are not going to find a Z show that features the Beatles pre-breakup? So let’s go for something else to revive this game.

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Beatles Song Parodies (Song that parody specific Beatles songs or the Beatles style)

Another Day – The Rutles (Parody of Martha, My Dear)

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12 October 2018
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Beyond The Valley of A Day In The Life – The Residents 

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Cheese And Onions – The Rutles

Sounded so authentic that somebody put it on a Beatles bootleg.  Either that or they were trying to fool a gullible buyer.

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12 October 2018
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Doubleback Alley – The Rutles

18 October 2018
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Beatallica – Everybody’s Got a Ticket To Ride Except for Me and My Lightning.

21 October 2018
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F – Fool On The Pill – Rutles

Mentioned on the mock Tragical History Tour LP cover on original American Rutles LP.  Since nobody came up with another F, I am going with this title read but not heard.

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23 October 2018
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Gee, I’m A Nerd – Weird Al Yankovic (Parody of “Free As A Bird “)

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H – Hey Food – Cookie Monster backed by a Beatle-like Muppet Band

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25 October 2018
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“I Wanna Hold Your Glands” – Attempt at parody by a Beatle-hating antagonist in 1978’s “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” (directed by Robert Zemeckis)

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25 October 2018
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John, You Went Too Far This Time – Rainbo (actually, actress Sissy Spacek)

A reaction to the Two Virgins LP cover

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27 October 2018
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K – Knicker Elastic King, The – The Rutles

 

From the Archeology album.  If stuck, I guess going through the Rutles catalog is a good idea.

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30 October 2018
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Feel guilty hogging this.  But nobody else is responding.

L – Letter B – The Beetles(?)

 

More from that Beatle-like Muppet band seen on Sesame Street.  Our local Breakfast With The Beatles radio show plays this song every once in a while.

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30 October 2018
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Major Happy’s Once Upon A Good Time Band – The Rutles

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1 November 2018
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Nevertheless – The Rutles

1 November 2018
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Obese Man – The Ladmo Trio

Parody of Nowhere Man .  Played on Dr. Demento’s radio show.

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1 November 2018
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Pac Man – Weird Al Yankovic

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After one week, it’s safe to say there are no Q songs in this category.  Otherwise, someone would have posted it by now.

So I think I will skip Q and go on to R.  If you come up with a Q later, feel free to stick it in.

R – Ringo For President – The Young World Singers

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25 November 2018
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Surprisingly hard to find an S song for this category.  Back to the Archaeology album we go.

 

S – Shangri-La – The Rutles

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