the beatles started their career as a band in liverpool.
the beatles started their career as a band in liverpool.
where did the beatles started their career as a band?
liverpool
the episode makes several references to the beatles. their first album, "meet the be sharps", is a parody of the "meet the beatles!" album. moe's tavern changes its name to moe's cavern, a reference to the cavern club in liverpool where the beatles frequently performed in the early 1960s. chief wiggum, thrown out of the band because he was "too village people", mirrors pete best, an early member of the beatles who was replaced by ringo starr. the cover of "bigger than jesus", the be sharps' second album, features the group walking on water, and is a visual parody of the art on the beatles' album "abbey road". the name is a reference to a controversial quote made by john lennon in 1966. bart references this by asking, "what did you do [to lose your popularity]? screw up like the beatles and say you were bigger than jesus?", to which homer replies "all the time. that was the title of our second album." at the end of the episode, the album's back cover is revealed, on which homer is seen turned away from the camera, as opposed to the rest of the band. this is a parody of the "sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band" lp reverse, in which paul mccartney is in the same position. barney's japanese conceptual artist girlfriend is a parody of yoko ono. their song repeats the phrase "number 8" and a burp by barney, a reference to the beatles' "revolution 9". the group performing atop moe's tavern at the end of the episode is a parody of the beatles' impromptu concert on the apple corps rooftop during their "get back" recording sessions in 1969, hence george harrison's line, "it's been done." in addition, the be sharps are wearing the same outfits as the beatles during the rooftop concert scene: barney in a brown fur coat (john), homer in a bright red coat (ringo), skinner in a black suit (paul), and apu in a black mongolian lamb coat with green trousers (george). after the performance, homer says, "i'd like to thank you on behalf of the group and i hope we passed the audition", paraphrasing a quote by john lennon at the end of the beatles rooftop performance.
homer's barbershop quartet
maxwell cade co-developed the "mind mirror", a portable eeg machine that could monitor the alpha, beta, delta and theta rhythms from each brain hemisphere simultaneously. in the 1970s, a number of eastern religious teachers expressed an interest in participating in maxwell cade's research, and agreed to have their brain rhythms measured. in 1976 when he was touring england, swami prakashanand saraswati requested to participate in dr. maxwell cade's research. dr. maxwell cade and his team found patterns they had not seen before. maxwell cade concluded that the swamis' spiritual training conferred unusual powers of healing and perception.
prakashanand saraswati