With a bunch of people I don't know.

   

   

 From Help!

     

     

     Ringo was up for "auction" on Saturday Night Live on December 8, 1984.  He was wearing his Beatle uniform and was "sold" for $800.00, while John Lennon's guitar pick was sold for $45,000 and Paul McCartney's toothbrush was sold for $110,000.  It showed him moving in with his " new family" and he amused himself by popping bubblewrap and watching the Jeffersons on t.v.  Hilarious episode. 

 

   

   

 

Facts on Ringo!!!

 

~His nickname around the Beatles was Ring, Go Go or Starkey.

 

~His full name is Richard Starkey.

 

~Ringo is an only child.

 

~He was born on July 7, 1940.

 

~He is the oldest ex- Beatle.

 

~Ringo married twice.  First to his longtime girlfriend Maureen Cox and then to actress Barbera Bach.

 

~Ringo had 3 kids with Maureen.  Zak, Jason and Lee.

 

~He was known as the "huggable" one in the group.

 

        Ringo Quotes!!!

 

"I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs."

~1967

 

"There's a woman in the United States who predicted the plane we were traveling on would crash. Now, a lot of people would like to think we were scared into saying a prayer. What we did actually--we drank."

~1966

"So this is America. They must be out of their minds."

~1964, arriving in America for the first time.

"I'm not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do."

~on the "Paul is dead" rumors, circa 1969

"I like having my own name back.  My name is no longer JohnPaulGeorgeRingo.  It's Ringo."

~1970

"I guess you could say I felt a little left out at times.  It was like people would say, 'Oh!  There's John!  And there's Paul!  And George!!!  Oh, and then there's Ringo too, I guess.'"

~1995