The Be Sharps

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The Be-Sharps

Genre	Barbershop Quartet
Members	Homer Simpson Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Seymour Skinner Barney Gumble Clancy Wiggum (former)
Manager	Nigel
First appearance	Homer's Barbershop Quartet

The Be Sharps were once a band consisting of Homer Simpson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Seymour Skinner and Chief Wiggum (later replaced by Barney Gumble).

1 History
2 Products
3 Members
- 3.1 Former Members
4 Songs shown in the Episode
5 Discography
6 Behind the Laughter
7 Appearances

HistoryEdit

They used to perform at Moe's Tavern but then started to perform at Springfield State Prison and the First Church of Springfield in 1985. This then caught the eyes of a man named Nigel. He then suggested they should be a real band and should remove Chief Wiggum because he reminded too much of the Village People. After a failed tryout The Be Sharps heard Barney Gumble's good singing and decided to have him join the band. They then had a concert at The Statue of Liberty and won a Grammy Award. Afterwards they became unpopular, with Barney dating a Japanese conceptual artist, and split up. In their latest act they sang "Baby on Board" on top of Moe's roof.

Products Edit

The Be Sharps also had various products. One was a foam squirter that got recalled because anyone who ate the foam would get poisoned and would die. Homer replied "Anyone who ate it deserved to die" at the same time which Bart was eating it. They also released two albums, one self-titled and the other titled Bigger Than Jesus. The self-titled was seen at the flea market in the beginning of the episode catching Bart's eye and igniting the plot for the episode.

Members Edit

Homer Simpson
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon A.k.a. Apu DeBeaumarchais
Seymour Skinner
Barney Gumble

Former MembersEdit

Clancy Wiggum

Songs shown in the Episode Edit

Discography Edit

Behind the LaughterEdit

The Be Sharps are an obvious parody of The Beatles. One of their albums is titled "Bigger than Jesus", a reference to a quote by Beatles member John Lennon, who described their band as "bigger than Jesus".

The name Be Sharps is a play-on-words on The Beatles (Be Dulls). As sharp being the opposite of dull.

Here are some allusions and references:

Four members compose The Be Sharps, like The Beatles

There is one former member who was kicked out for not being as good as the others. (Pete Best and Chief Wiggum)

Both bands have at least one stage name (Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is . Apu DeBeaumarchais)
Both groups perform on the rooftop of a building at the end of their careers.
Barney's Japanese girlfriend is a parody of Yoko Ono.