Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Beatles Riffs: Netflix & Gizmoplex Era

1101 - Reptilicus
* The scientist offers up a bunch of "maybe" explanations, and Tom adds "Maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you?"

* During Retilicus' rampage, the guys sing a series of songs from the film "A Hard Day's Night" as crowds of people run through the streets - "It’s been a hard day’s Reptilicus", and "Can’t buy me Reptilicus, everybody tells me so, can’t buy me Reptilicus, no no no … no!"

* Then Servo does Yakov Smirnoff, "In Denmark, the Beatles chase you."

* And finally, Jonah observes, "People used to run through the streets screaming a long time before the Beatles, you know, and this is what it used to look like."

1102 - Cry Wilderness
* "Where's Paul?" - "Paul is dead, check the album cover" - Mr. Douglas/Jonah at start of film (the album is "Abbey Road", the clues were everywhere, this conspiracy theory even found its way into a Batman comic in 1970)

1103 - The Time Travelers
I didn't hear one

1104 - Avalanche
None that I heard

1105 - The Beast of Hollow Mountain
None

1106 - Starcrash
* "I read the news again today, oh boy!" - Servo, as ship crashes, shortly after Stella and Cowboy-Bot leap from craft.

1107 - The Land That Time Forgot
* There's a callback to a quip from Gamera vs. Zigra (season 3), “We all die in a Yellow Submarine” (from MJ & Torgo)

1108 - The Loves of Hercules
* "So when does Paul McCartney come in?" - Crow as the SoL crew watch an episode of Wings during opening

1109 - Yongary
Alice Cooper, Devo, Ramones, Simon and Garfunkel... all my favorites show up, except the Beatles

1110 - Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
* "The Outlaw George Harrison" - Crow, as a man (who looks like George) and wife are attacked by bandits - scene echoes the opening of The Outlaw Josey Wales

1111 - Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
* When our heroes sneak into a prison, Servo sings "She came in through the dungeon window"

* "My parents wanted me to ask you if you could turn down your Ravi Shankar music?" - Crow as Tyor to Freyja as he searchers for a sword 

* A Hard Day's Night is name dropped by Max in the final host segment

1112 - Carnival Magic
* "Rainn Wilson is Sgt Mark David Chapman" - Crow, on Cop who chases a driving Alex (course this is not a happy reference, as MDC was John Lennon's murderer)

1113 - The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
* "Money can't buy me love" - Jonah as Prune, after the lawyer Whipple accuses him of being a tightwad and he rejects the notion


1114 - At the Earth's Core
* "All we are saying, is give peace a chance" after Doug punches the sly one, and the others look on. They reprise the tune after the slaves resume walking.

1201 - Mac and Me
None

1202 - Atlantic Rim
* "We all live in a partly yellow submarine" - J&TB as a partly yellow sub descends into the deep, at the 5:47 mark

1203 - Lords of the Deep
* "Told you we shouldn't have let Ringo drive" - Jonah with a British accent, during a scene where we see an abandoned yellow sub 

* Jonah grabs a sitar and the gang sings an Eastern flavored blob song, that at one point mirrors Harrison's "Within You Without You"

1204 - The Day Time Ended
While there were several funny music and band related quips, the Beatles were not among them

1205 - Killer Fish
* As identically dressed men walk through a scene, Jonah quips "Sure we're ready boss, but is the world ready for our Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bee Gees cover band, I mean what are even doing here, come on!?"

* As a couple of characters run through an airport terminal, Tom sings, "Can't Buy Me Love"

1206 - Ator, The Fighting Eagle
* Jonah sings, "Turn off your mind relax and float downstream", after a Witch drugs Ator


Behind the Scenes at the Supermarket: Turkey Day 2020 Version 
"All the lonely food, where does it all come from... Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles, thank you" - Emily

1301 - Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
* "Menudo does Abby Road" - Crow as heroes walk towards a cave

1302 - Robot Wars
* "Paul is dead?" - Servo as Wa-Lee 

* "Anyway, here's Wonderwall" - GPC, this is actually an Oasis riff, but the songs title was inspired by George Harrison's solo album Wonderwall Music.

1303 - Beyond Atlantis
* "It's delayed Beatlemania!" - Crow

* "Ian Flounder's James Pond in "Live and Let Dive" - Servo (Paul did the song for the movie, Live and Let Die)

1304 - Munchie
* During the invention exchange, about environmentally friendly rock equipment, Crow says, "No more rain forests gently weeping because a guitarist had to work out his aggression on stage" (a tip of the hat to Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps")

* "Woke up, got out of bed, I soon wished that I was dead" - Jonah as kid 

* "Munchie in the sky with diamonds" - Jonah, as flying jeep soars through the Heavens

1305 - Doctor Mordrid
* None that I heard

1306 - Demon Squad
* None that I heard

1307 - Gamera vs Jiger
* "We're all working on the yellow submarines..." - all - sang during a scene where a crew tinker on small yellow subs 

* During a host seg the cast sing, "We all live on the Satellite of Love"

* “Peace and love, no photos” – Servo doing Ringo as kids on bike ride up to a yellow sub

1308 - The Batwoman
* "Kelp, I need somebody" - "I get by with a little kelp from my friends" - Servo puns on as Batwoman swims under the sea, much to the dismay of Emily and Crow


1309 - The Million Eyes of Su-Maru
* "It's just some band called the Quarrymen, pay them no mind" - Crow, during club scene

1310 - The Shape of Things to Come
* None

1311 - The Mask 3D
* "Number nine, number nine" said during the first freaky mask 3D sequence

* "Baby I can drive my car" - Crow as doctor

1312 - The Bubble
* None

1313 - The Christmas Dragon
* Crow "So this is Christmas!" - Servo - "And what have you done", said during movie sign

* "Simply having a wonderful Christmas time" - Emily & the bots, singing this Macca holiday song whenever disaster strikes

1314 - Shorts
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