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In 1989, Paul McCartney hit the road again for the first time in a decade. That same year, the longest running sitcom in US TV history debuted, and like Sir Paul, The Simpsons is still in action today. In addition to the high-calibre talent involved from day one, the show has made frequent references to The Beatles, culminating with three episodes featuring guest appearances by the three ex-Beatles.
In this special expanded edition, we hear from writer/producer Jeff Martin, who wrote “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” (which featured George); and writer/director/show runner David Mirkin, who went to Sussex to record the McCartneys (for “Lisa the Vegetarian”) and experienced something every Beatle fan can only imagine…
This is a NEW PHASE SATB episode….
Making his final appearance is our original co-host. Making a cameo in this episode is upcoming guest, Arion Salazar – original bassist with Third Eye Blind and on tour this year with XEB.
Fascinating interviews! I can’t help but feel envy for David Mirkin being perhaps the very first non-inner circle Beatlemaniac getting to hear FAAB during the early mixes.
I’m surprised no mention was made of Dan Castellaneta’s Beatle pastiche album “Two Lips”, since the show’s used tracks from it a couple of times (notably “There Is Love” during a Beatle-themed couch gag sequence a couple of years ago). Saving that for an all-pastiche episode? 😀
I’m sorry, the song’s full title is “Through It All There Is Love” and can be heard in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc6ciyxJ1Hk
The couch gag that uses it is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJEb-v4634
There was so much to talk about, but I felt like I needed to rein it in; as it is, it’s just under two hours.
The best thing to have in a creative pursuit is a place to go. I always try to leave the door cracked open a little bit for future explorations…
Fair enough! Of course, I’m holding out for an all-pastiche episode, and you know well why. 😀
You might’ve made more time by editing out the references to, anecdotes about, James Taylor.
Then again, I might not have.
Actually Paul hit the road in Sept in Europe.
> Arion Salazar
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Please pass on to him that the soundtrack he (and other guys, “Bullmark”) did for Interstate ’76 is awesome!
Unfortunately, the game didn’t have the complete music, and neither did the officially released soundtrack album (which had music obscured by dialogue and special effects).
Can he dump the full recordings of it somewhere? Would be great!
So Richard’s quietly moving on?
I can’t see any announcement but it seems pretty clear in the episode notes.
I’ll miss the chemistry between you guys! I’ve listened to nearly all your podcasts and loved most of them.
But I guess 121 episodes is enough for you two to be together. :-p
Any more news on that?
Thanks for the shows.
Cheers,
Andrew
wonderfully informative episode. one of the best guest interviews of the series. bravo.
Interesting but a little too much gushing for me. And YOU HAVEN’T SEEN LOVE ??!! Book a ticket to Vegas immediately.
Very sad to see Richard go. It was good to have a balanced American and British view point.
He’s not the only Brit who knows the Beatles. You will be hearing from others, including some who actually like Paul McCartney.
Catching up on episodes….who cares it was a long episode….very informative and fun. Not a big Simpsons fan but well done Robert. RIP Tom Petty and the Vegas shooting victims. I was out in Vegas and flew out after the shooting. Land and find out Tom Petty had died. How sad and surreal!
I will be honoring Tom and the Wilburys in a show coming soon.
Just listened to the Simpson episode.
Please, is Richard out of the show for good?
Thanks.
Yes he is. For better.
Once I got membership I paged back here to see what went down with Richard. There was always that edge that went just over the line of friends taking the piss, to where play did seem to get rough and sense of humor left by the wayside.
But from your tone here, and that you’ve even removed links to his books, there must have been some real blowout.
Funny how a podcast for fans can create fans of itself. Looks like those of us with so much driving need to learn that we’ll go back and start from Ep. 1. will just never get to know what happened there, which is kind of a bummer.
Despite his often flippantly dismissive “Jean-Jacket” attitude, I think overall I’ll miss having a consistent second voice. I’m several episodes beyond this now, though, and have to say that the content remains fascinating. And the most sensitive and incisive lines of inquiry almost always came from from Robert anyway, so I expect that to continue to continue.
Got lots more great eps to look forward to.
Just hope you two are still friends. Have listened to every episode and have been converted from someone who had a mild interest in the Beatles to a believer in their genius. First heard ‘She Loves You’ in a car on the way to the beach when I was 11y/o. Favourite ep. I think was “Rubbish Girl”. She was a doll all right. Love both of you.
There was no ice cream in the freezer, nor did they have money to go to the store.