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Who are The Ruttles? |
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The Rutles was a parody of The Beatles; it started as a sketch on the BBC-TV series Rutland Weekend Television, written by Eric Idle. Later, Idle and Neil Innes joined forces and wrote a series called The Rutles. Skits were shown several times on Saturday Night Live and producer Lorne Michaels suggested that they expand the concept into a feature film. In 1978, they came out with the film, The Rutles: All You Need is Cash, which had the tagline, "The musical legend which will last a lunchtime."
The members of the musical group were Ron Nasty (John Lennon), played by Neil Innes; Dirk McQuickly (Paul McCartneyhttp://www.answers.com/topic/paul-mccartney), played by Eric Idle; Stig O'Hara (George Harrison), played by Ricky Fataar; and Barry Wom (Ringo Starr), played by John Halsey. Only Eric Idle did not play his own instrument or sing his own music. Ollie Halsall sang for Idle.
A later movie, The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, wasn't released for over a year, and the DVD has never been released in the UK.http://www.answers.com/topic/eric-idle
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