Monday, May 24, 2021

Beatles Riffs: The Sci-Fi Era

801 Revenge of the Creature

* Early in the picture, we see the name 'Rita' stenciled on the side of the boat. Mike sings... "Lovely Rita, Meter.... barge"

802 Leech Woman
None

803 The Mole People
None

804 The Deadly Mantis
* When Nick throws his newspaper, Crow says... "Oh damn! Another 10,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire"

* When the fighters take off, M&TB all sing "Jet! Oooooo"

805 The Thing That Wouldn't Die
None

806 The Undead
None

807 Terror From the Year 5000
* "Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatle!" - Crow, as Dr. Hedges gets off the plane

* As guy sneaks out of the house with suitcase.... Tom: "Heeeee" - Mike: "He was a small oily man" (Sung to the tune of "She's Leaving Home")

* And Servo quotes A Hard Days Night movie when he says, "The Bartender's a clean old man, isn't he?"

808 The She Creature
* "Is this the Mr. Kite everyone always does stuff for the benefit of?" - Servo

* As a guy lists party guests, Crow adds... "John and Yoko will stop by"

809 I Was A Teenage Werewolf
None that I heard

810 Giant Spider Invasion
* Servo- "Isn't this when all those giant spider singers came over from England"

* When the Charles Manson jeweler walks to his walk to his car Tom sings, "Helter Skelter, do, do do..." then after he drives off Servo adds... "Have you seen the little piggies" (Chibodee)

811 Parts: The Clonus Horror
ChibodeeCrocket with an assist from Ward E helped me with this one. During the Biography-like credits, Crow says... "But all was not as it seemed. The arrival of associate producer Peter "R.J." Deyell proved both groundbreaking and heartwrenching for the young Liverpudlians."

812: The Incredibly Strange Creatures...
* Jerry has a nightmare, a woman says "Help" 3 times after, and each one Mike sings -- "I need somebody. Not just anybody. You know I need someone."


813 Jack Frost
* At the end, Servo slips in a reference "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Wedding"

814 Riding With Death
* near the beginning we see a tape reel start and stop and Crow sings... "The long - and winding - road - that..."

* As William Sylvester shouts - "Hello? Hello?" into the phone. Mike responds... "I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello"

815 Agent For H.A.R.M
None

816 Prince of Space
* When that huge ugly monster is about to fall down Mike starts to sing "What would you do if I sang out a tune". More of a reference to the Joe Cocker version but since we included a similar riff from Zombie Nightmare then this one counts too. (Chibodee Crocket)

817 Horror of Party Beach
* Doctor Allen asks a series of questions while analyzing the monster's arm. Mke has Hank answer... "Uh, the Beatles?"

* When the guys are coming up with different names for Fingals Quarry', one of their suggestions is... "Ringo's Fiddle?"

818 Devil Doll
* "Am I a mod or a rocker?" Servo as Hugo

* "I wonder if Paul and Linda got that pot yet?" - Mike, as William Sylvester dials the phone

819 Invasion of the Neptune Men
* During one of the countless running scenes Mike starts singing "It's been a hard day's night" (Big Quiet)

* As a record plays backward, Crow chants - "Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him (MJ)

* Because the Neptune ship looks like Thomas the Tank Engine, Servo does Ringo's voice - "Thomas was very cross with Japan and feels he must resort to carpet bombing" (MJ)

* Servo (as slow-voiced Neptunian probe/radio): I buried Paul (Diamond Joe)

820 Space Mutiny 
None heard (sol-suvivor)

821 Time Chasers
None

822 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
* This one is really faint and it's hard to hear it even with headphones. Early in the movie right after the "UPS fashions of the future" line you can barely hear Mike sing "Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head" from A Day in the Life. (sol-survivor)

901- The Projected Man
* When Shiela answers the phone, Tom says, "George Harrison fan club; please hold"

* Servo has Sheila saying.... "I like Ringo best"

* During a crying jag - Mike quips, "Paul McCartney got married!"

* “One guy on the run” - Mike singing Paul's hit as projected man evades Police.
 

902 Phantom Planet
* While our captain and one of the Metaluna girls are walking through a cavern, Crow states "The Beatles are playing here tonight" (ChibodeeCrocket)

* "Rose and Valarie, screaming from the gallery!" - Servo. Comes from the song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

903 Puma Man
None: But when Puma walks along the banks of the river, it reminded me of a scene from "A Hards Days Night". had the guys sang "This Boy" or had Puma say "Hi Ringo", that would have fit

904 Werewolf
During the credit, Servo sings some McCartney... "Admiral Halsey notified me, he had to have a bath or he couldn't get to sleep"

905 The Deadly Bees
* During the credits, Crow sings... "A Taste For Honey' The novel in which this movie, was based"

The Beatles covered the song "A Taste Of Honey" on their album "Please, Please Me"

* "Turned down that annoying Beatles group again" - Crow, as secretary hangs up the phone and speaks to music agent.

906 Space Children
"A young Stu Sutcliffe" - Servo - Said as the camera pans across a group of children near the end of the movie.

907 Hobgoblins
None
 

908 Touch of Satan
* When our crowd of witch burners is running away Mike says "Let's go burn some Beatles records instead" (ChibodeeCrocket)

909 Gorgo
* When the guys in the sub try to capture Gorgo; Crow says, "If they don't let me up to go soon, it really will be a Yellow Submarine"

910 The Final Sacrifice
None 

911 Devil Fish
* “Good thing Yoko’s there” – Kevin (about a half-hour in, gal stands among a crowd of onlookers)

912 The Screaming Skull
* During constant knocking, Servo complains... "Hey! Do me a favor open the door and let him in - do; do do; do do..." And then later adds a few more 'Do-do's' from the McCartney song.

* As Jenni screams and screams and screams, Crow says, "Oh great, she's playing her Yoko Ono albums" (update by sol-survivor)

913 Quest of the Delta Knights
* "Rubber Soul font." – Crow as the credits play and we see a series of signs

1001 Soultaker
None that I heard

1002 Girl in Gold Boots
None that I heard, but eagle-eyed TV's Cowboy spotted the cover for Paperback Writer on the jukebox



1003 Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders
* "Doesn't he know it's "Dig" a pony and "Shock" the monkey?" – Crow as guy attempts to bury monkey.

* Crow sings McCartney’s Band on the Run, with new lyrics - “Guy with a toy monkey on the run, the guy with a toy monkey on the run” as thief runs away with Merlin’s monkey.

* Guy in park tells Merlin “We got lots of stuff”, and Servo adds, “Mostly Ringo Hats”

1004 Future War
None

1005 Blood Waters of Dr. Z
* Near the end when the kidnapped gal screams, Mike says, "The Beatles are on Ed Sullivan!" (When she screams again, Bill adds... "Now it’s Herman’s Hermits")

1006 Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues
None that I heard

1007 Track of the Moon Beast
* Longbow tells the cop “Over the years I got to know Paul pretty well.” And Mike adds, “The other Beatles were kind of aloof.”

* Cathy says “Paul”, and Tom whispers, “Paul” is dead

* After Cathy screams, Mike throws in… “The Beatles!”

1008 Final Justice
During the credits, Servo mentions the Sun King, but he was referring to King Louis XIV, not the Beatles song (The name in the credit was Louis)
  

1009 Hamlet
* Mike says “Meet The Beatles” as 3 heads pose in darkness, looking like the album cover (but where’s Ringo? lol)

1010 It Lives By Night
* After a seizure at the hospital, Mike does Joe Cocker covering the Beatles “A Little Help From my Friends” ”What would you say if I sang out of tune…”

* Tom adapts a McCartney tune when he sings… “Bat on the run, bat on the run”

1011 Horrors of Spider Island
None that I heard

1012 Squirm
None that I heard

1013 Diabolik
* Near the beginning when we see leather-jacketed cops - "If Hitler had won and hired Stu Sutcliffe as his fashion designer."

* When Ginko discovers Diaboliks lifeless body, a guitar chord strikes and Tom sings “It’s been a Hard Days Night”

* Also – at Di’s cave hideout sitar music plays and Mike says, “Please get Ravi Shankar out of the living room”

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