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"'Queer Eye' Pete Best"
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http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=133112'Queer Eye' Taken to Court
Sep 5, 12:11 PM EST LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - More proof that "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is a pop-culture phenomenon: The show is now the target of a lawsuit. Blair Boone, who appeared in two early episodes of the Bravo series, is suing the show's producers. The suit essentially claims that Boone has been made the Pete Best of the show's "Fab Five," the group of gay men who use their expertise in fashion, design, food, grooming and culture to give a straight man a makeover. Boone is asking for $105,000, which is what he says he would have earned during a "full production year" of "Queer Eye." He earned $6,000 for his two episodes. Had he stayed on the show, he could also have shared in a lucrative book deal the Fab Five recently signed. "When I see the million-dollar book deal, I have to clench my teeth," Boone tells the New York Post. "That's what I expected to see and be a part of." Boone was replaced by Jai Rodriguez as the show's culture expert. Boone appeared in two of the first three episodes that aired and was billed as a "guest culture expert" in the end credits. Pete Best was the drummer for the Beatles prior to Ringo Starr. I'm sure someone can think of a gay-oriented joke on the name Pete Best, but let's not have a contest about it.  SMILES ARE FREE
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LAST EDITED ON 09-08-03 AT 12:57 PM (EST)Not true about Pete Best, according to George Martin (the Beatles' producer). It was very common in that day for bands to use studio musicians for both bass and drums until the producers felt comfortable with them. With "Love Me Do," the original take (on the Beatles' "Anthology Vol. 1") was recorded during their audition, with Paul on bass and Pete Best on drums. George Martin told Brian Epstein, in the same phone call that he offered the Beatles a contract with Parlophone, that he didn't like the Beatles' drum sound and would have a session drummer on hand when they re-recorded the song for release as a single. This wasn't a big deal at the time (for example, on "Mr. Tambourine Man," the only member of the Byrds playing on the track is Roger McGuinn -- at least David Crosby and Gene Clark sang backing vocals, but Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke didn't do anything but watch). The Beatles had wanted to fire Pete Best and used George Martin's drum comments as a pretext. That's all. <The entire incident is thoroughly discussed in Hunter Davies' The Beatles, which is the definitive source work for early Beatles history.> When the Beatles showed up at the session, George Martin allowed Ringo to set up and recorded a first take with Ringo playing drums. They took a break, and the Beatles came back to cut "P.S. I Love You" ... to find Andy White set up as the drummer. Ringo was given the maracas to play. Then George Martin said he wanted to do a new take of "Love Me Do," with Andy on drums and Ringo on tambourine. The LP version of "Love Me Do" was the take with Andy White on drums ... but the 45 version was the take with Ringo on drums. Currently, the Ringo version appears on "Past Masters Vol. 1" (the singles compilation) and "1" (the greatest hits), and the Andy White version is on "Please Please Me" (the first album). Because of the three available versions, this is the one track on which you can compare Pete Best to Ringo to a "pro."
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