Bee Gees

The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and rhythm and blues. The brothers Gibb, consisting of frequent lead vocalist Barry, and the twins, co-lead vocalist Robin, and keyboardist/guitarist Maurice, were born in the Isle of Man in the 1940s.

Parodies of the Bee Gees

In their heyday the Bee Gees were often parodied, sometimes affectionately. A sketch by Kenny Everett, in which he played all three Gibbs as well as an interviewer, had the Bee Gees answering all of his questions with song quotes. For example:

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Interviewer: Now, if I might mention your, what shall we call them, teeth...

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Bee Gees (sing): "Mass-a-chu-ssetts"

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Interviewer: Ah, yes, I see..."Mass-o'-chew-sets". It's a joke.

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Bee Gees (sing): "It's a tragedy!"

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They were also parodied by Philip Pope as The Hee Bee Gee Bees, singing "Meaningless Songs (in Very High Voices)", as well as by David Walliams and Matt Lucas in the Rock Profile television show in 2000.

Related Topics:
Philip Pope - Hee Bee Gee Bees - David Walliams - Matt Lucas - Rock Profile

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Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake have parodied the Bee Gees on Saturday Night Live in the "Barry Gibb Talk Show" sketch.

Related Topics:
Jimmy Fallon - Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live

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