I reckon they look more like The Monkees than the Beatles tbh.
Not that the Monkees weren't a Fab Four because they were.
Were The Monkees better than The Beatles? Probably not, but their TV show was better than anything The Beatles ever put on film.
And what about The Rutles? There was a great band. Or were they simply a spoof? Hard to say but bloody good anyway.
Allmovie's Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. describes it as
... a forerunner to music videos. ... Lester seemed to find the right tone for Help!, creating an enjoyable portrait of the Beatles and never allowing the film to take itself too seriously. His style would later be co-opted by Bob Rafaelson [sic] for the Monkees' television series in the '60s and has continued to influence rock musicals like Spice World in 1998.[15]