First released: 1975
The ongoing series on US TV that has had all four Beatles appear at various times since its 1975 inception, sort of. George Harrison was the first to appear in 1976, shortly after an offer of $3000 was made to have The Beatles reunite by Producer Lorne Michaels. This offer was soon upped to $3200 when Eric Idle brought on The Rutles. During one of these offers, Paul and John were watching live at Lennon’s place and they both stated that they were going to go down to the studio, but chickened out at the last minute, claiming that they were too tired.
Paul did appear in 1980 after Father Guido Sarducci woke him up, and he presented his "Coming Up" video.
After Lennon’s death, he appeared in the form of a video for "Woman" in early 1981.
Ringo became the first Beatle to host the show, and he did so with Barbara Bach in 1984. One of the highlights of that episode is where Ringo is auctioned off for near to nothing. Later, the skit is followed up with the winners of the auction getting tired of having Ringo the freeloader in their house watching endless "Jeffersons" reruns.
Paul appeared again, this time in the studio and although wasn’t the official host, he did appear in quite a few skits including the classic "Chris Farley Show" skit, in which Chris asks, “Do you remember when you were a Beatle?” He also sang on the show three times.
If memory serves, I think Ringo appeared again, just as a performer, but I could be wrong.
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