History Music / TheBeatlesAnthology

* RecognitionFailure: During an appearance of the ''Series/MorecambeAndWise'' one of the comedians confuses the Beatles with The Gay Sisters.

In 2000 a companion book was released.

* IncrediblyLamePun: [[InUniverse John literally sings this]] in his rendition of "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", making a pun on her name in the process: "Yoko Ono, oh no, oh no. Yoko Ono, oh yeah, oh yeah."

* RefrainFromAssuming: It's "What's the New Mary Jane", not [[LongTitle "What a Shame Mary Jane Had a Pain at the Party"]].

* {{Corpsing}}: Band members can be heard ruining takes by starting to laugh in "One After 909", "Mr. Moonlight", "No Reply", "I'll Be Back"', "And Your Bird Can Sing", "Polythene Pam", "Julia", "Rocky Raccoon", "Come Together".

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: "Los Paranoias", an {{Improv}} track which was a running joke among the band members from their early days.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: John wasn't able to appear in-person in the documentary on account of having being dead for nearly 15 years; consequently, he has his voice mixed on the two album singles, and appears in the TV documentary via StockFootage.

* SubliminalSeduction: "Free As A Bird" ends with a clip of John saying "Turned Out Nice Again" [[note]] The "catch phrase" of British comedian and ukelele player Creator/GeorgeFormby [[/note]] played backwards, while George plays ukelele. The fact that the clip sounds like the phrase "Made by John Lennon" when played normally is purely a coincidence.

--> '''John''': ''For the people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands. And rest of you can just rattle your jewelry.''

''The Beatles Anthology'' was a huge mediatized project that came about between 1995 and 1996. It was surrounded by much hype because the three surviving members of Music/TheBeatles had [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether reunited]] to participate in a TV documentary where, for the first time ever, they would tell their side of their own band’s history. This documentary series interviewed all three surviving members, producer George Martin and used StockFootage of Music/JohnLennon to fill in his AuthorExistenceFailure. The series was also a real gem for the fans because it also showed complete concert footage in between interviews that had seldom before been seen on TV, or in some cases footage never even outside the Beatles’ inner circle.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: John wasn't able to appear in-person in the documentary on account of [[AuthorExistenceFailure having being dead for nearly 15 years]]; consequently, he has his voice mixed on the two album singles, and appears in the TV documentary via StockFootage.

* HeavyMeta: The music video of "Free As A Bird" is full of visual references to the Beatles life and work. Similarly the album and DVD covers are collages of various Beatles album covers and posters, designed by Klaus Voormann, who also created the album cover of ''Music/{{Revolver}}''.

** The music video of "Free As A Bird" is full of shout-outs to The Beatles, both having them appear in archive footage, as well as visual references to their album covers and song lyrics. The song ends with George playing ukelele while a backwards playing recording of the phrase "turned out nice again" is heard, in reference to the catch phrase of British comedian and ukelele player Creator/GeorgeFormby.