The Simpsons kicked off season 5 with "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", which purports to explain how Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Apu (Hank Azaria), Principal Skinner (Harry Shearer), and Barney (Castellaneta) were in a group known as the Be-Sharps, a parody of the Beatles. Bart & Lisa find a Be-Sharps LP at a swap meet, and that leads to Homer explaining the group's history.
The following performance of "Baby on Board", on the roof of Moe's Tavern, is a send-up of the Beatles' famous rooftop farewell concert. George Harrison appears briefly.
The Dapper Dans, a Disneyland barbershop quartet, actually did the singing, mixed in with the actors' voices. As we all know, of the three actors, only Shearer (Spinal Tap and related acts) had any previous musical experience.
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