The title, "With a Little Help from My Friends", is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
While the Beatles did not release the track as a single, three cover versions made it to the top of the British charts:
While the Beatles did not release the track as a single, three cover versions made it to the top of the British charts:
- Joe Cocker had a number one hit with it in 1968. Cocker's version also served as the title track for the successful television series 'The Wonder Years'.
- the Scottish band Wet Wet Wet in 1988.
- the finalists of the casting show Pop Idol, Sam and Mark, had a joint success with it in 2004.
Dr. Webber states that the interns would be doing "just a lap chole" (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy). While routine now, they were not when the show started in 2005.