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(Friday, January 28, 1972) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr taped a non-speaking guest role for the British surreal sketch comedy series Monty Python’s Flying Circus today in Studio C at the BBC TV Centre, Wood Lane, London, for airing on Oct. 26, 1972.

The clip featured Ringo, alongside the singer Lulu, sitting on a large couch waiting to be interviewed by the host of a television chat show.

Underneath a large “It’s” sign, Ringo and Lulu wait patiently until the host arrives. It turns out to be a scruffy tramp, portrayed by Python member Michael Palin, who regularly appears in this guise to open and close each Monty Python episode.

The tramp enters and sits between them and begins his introduction, in David Frost style: “Hello, good evening, welcome … It’s …” a cue for the closing titles of the program to run.

While Lulu gets up and storms off stage in a huff, Ringo (still not uttering a single word) becomes involved in a skirmish with the tramp (Palin).