The Real Reason The Beatles Didn't Appear On SNL

Unfortunately for Lorne Michaels, the offer went unanswered. Although The Beatles didn't actually get together again for the show, it appears that at least two members were strongly considering the possibility. In David Sheff's book "All We Are Saying," band member John Lennon opened up about how he and Paul McCartney almost drove down to "Saturday Night Live" the day Michaels went on air with his offer.

"Paul and I were together watching that show," Lennon said (via Ultimate Classic Rock). "We were watching it and almost went down to the studio, just as a gag. We nearly got into the cab." So, why didn't it happen? Well, the answer may surprise you. It wasn't because of the laughable amount of the check (so it seems, at least). Instead, it was because the guys simply weren't in the mood. "We were actually too tired," Lennon said. 

Per The Journal Times, the event as Lennon recounts it was dramatized in the 2000 movie "Two Of Us."