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The original Rutles reunited for the first time! Well, they actually reunited for the movie showing previous to this one. And they probably had to have a meeting to discuss things, perhaps they ...
George Harrison said The Rutles “liberated” him from The Beatles‘ legacy. For most of his solo career, George had to deal with being tied to his famous former band. He grew sick of it fast.
The Rutles put yet another spin on pop-music reality with a 30th-anniversary event Monday in Hollywood that included what turned out to be the first performance ever by the four members of the ...
The Museum of TV & Radio Festival pays homage Friday to the wickedly funny "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash," which is just about to be released on a special-edition DVD.
In the wake of the recently released straight-to-DVD The Rutles 2: Can’t Buy Me Lunch, Idle, who plays McCartney stand-in Dirk McQuickly, and Innes, who plays Lennon stand-in Ron Nasty and wrote ...
One of the stranger footnotes in both the Monty Python and Beatles stories is The Rutles, a comedy band creation of Neil Innes (The Bonzo Dog Band) and Eric Idle (Monty Python’s Flying Circus).
Eric Idle has penned a song for late Beatles star George Harrison because he misses him so much.
Rut Seriously, Folks. Two elements led to the creation of The Rutles. In 1975, Eric Idle was spearheading a British television program called Rutland Weekend Television.An image of a staid British ...
Instead, Michaels introduced The Rutles, a post-Python creation from Eric Idle and Neil Innes’ BBC-2 series, Rutland Weekend Television, that originally aired in 1975. This was perfect timing ...
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The Rutles also features the obligatory walk across Abbey Road. In Living in the Material World, Martin Scorsese’s 2011 documentary on the life of George Harrison, ...