@@allanbard6048 - I was invited to participate in a Rutles tribute album, so I sang “Cheese and Onions” in a Kermit the Frog voice, accompanied by a banjo. It was silly, but great fun.
Reminds me of the rumour that 2/4 of them hated the cover for "Meet The Residents" but one or 2 (I believe it might've been McCartney or Harrison) who loved the cover so much they purchased a copy.
Don't forget the controversy they caused when they said they were bigger than God - though what they actually said was that they were bigger than Rod - Rod Stewart, who hadn't had a hit record yet.
I remember back in 1978 when I Must Be In Love was being played on the wireless, I convinced one of my mates that it was a comeback song from the Beatles. He fell for it and went to Rumbelows and asked the girl in the record department for the new Beatles single ....... Next time I saw him he called me all kinds of names but said he bought the Rutles single and he loved it.
@@gregoryjgarcia3862 I believe Woolworths is where I first found The Rutles cassette (later buying the LP with the insert that told The Rutles' story). The Woolworth was in Tacoma, WA. Where was yours?
Apparently, John had to warn Neil Innes that the music was too close to the originals and may bring copyright suits. That's why not all the songs from the show were included on the accompanying album. Other than that, the Lennons loved it. They even kept the copy they were given to preview. Years later, I saw a bootleg album of rare Beatles recordings that included Cheese And Onions as a claimed "lost track"!
My favorite clip was George and ringo on the talk show and ringo says it was shocking and George says shocked and stunned! Such a clever, nonchalant, amazing reference 😂
This was on television when I was on my lunch break when I was working 2nd shift. I got back to work late because I couldn't walk away from it. In those days you didn't get repeats. When I got back to work my supervisor read me the riot act but it was worth it.
I love it all. The apex for me, beyond meeting 3 out of 4 Rutles was seeing one of the greatest Beatles tribute acts - The Fab Four as the Rutles in a live performance at a small theatre in NYC with extra filmed clips of celebrities talking about the Rutles influence on pop culture. One of the most unique, greatest, entertaining and funniest things I have ever had the privilege to witness.
At a Beatles convention in Liverpool several years ago I saw Neil Innes perform as Ron Nasty in The Cavern with a support act called The Bootleg Rutles. It was brilliant!
"Walking talking man says hello, hello, hello, with his ballerina boots you can say he's on his toes". Remember watching the movie when it first aired on TV in California, then going out to get the album that I bought April 19, 1978; which I still have.
it seems only John had no interest in his old Pepper Tunic: According to iHeartRadio, Ringo sat down for an interview with Extra. During the interview, he discussed numerous photographs from his 50-plus years as a musician. Discussing a photo of himself in his famous Sgt. Pepper suit, Ringo said “the suit still fits!” www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/3729612188812135/ Paul also took it out the closet for the vide "My Brave Face" www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2017/06/sgt-pepper-suits.html
I remember the "rutlemania" in the 60's. I was one of their fans. Then another band named the beatles came out and made a kind of boring copies of many Rutles songs.
Neil Innes knew the Beatles catalog inside and out, which is why his parodies are so good; they are accurate. John Lennon reportedly loved the group. George, Eric Idle's good friend, was in All You Need Is Cash. Paul McCartney may have been less overt in his appreciation of the parodies.
@@SeltaebEht I think he was referring to the Swedish RUTLES tribute band. I think he also spells ABBA with 3 B's ... or maybe one of them is half-a-B ...
Great video. Nice to see that Ringo, George, and Eric Idle have good memories of the film, even if Ringo was just a little, shall we say, "Tipsy" in these interview clips. I love the part where Eric talk about Paul and Ringo playing Ouch for him. Thanks for posting and sharing.
My favorite part is when the Ron Nasty compares The Rutles to Rod(Stewart) and his quote is taken that he said the Rutles were bigger than God. Great parody on John’s quote comparing The Beatles to Jesus!
Asking George if he “saw” The Rutles … how clueless can the interviewer be? George is IN “All You Need Is Ca$h” ! ( Not to mention he helped Eric Idle as technical advisor.)
From what I gather, Paul has never made any public comment on The Rutles. According to Eric Idle, he met the McCartney's not too long after the film came out and Paul was quite stand offish/defensive and said to him "I'm not sure I should be talking to you..."
Was it John? I know it was suggested to Neil Innes to use Get Up And Go for the film, but not to include it in the album. There is not much known about John, except that he kept the VHS tape they sent him for approval (coz he loved it!).
The fact that Yoko is portrayed as Hitler's daughter and she still loved The Rutles gives me newfound respect for her. That said, I always wondered what the Beatles thought of the Mosquitos from Gilligan's Island.
@@mombaassa Anachronistic, to say the least. I want my silly comedy shows to do their research before going for a laugh. I don’t remember the F-troop episode. Were the guitars powered by steam?
@@mombaassa I just looked them up. Unlike The Mosquitos the Bed Bugs looked like they never picked up an instrument in their lives. LOL The Mosquitos were played by the Wellington's who sang the Gilligan's Island theme.
Lately, I can't stop listening to the Rutles. I Must Be in Love is as catchy as anything the Beatles ever wrote, even though I guess they sort of wrote it.
thewkovacs316 is right; Ringo moved first to US, then to Monaco. George had properties a bit everywhere .... for example in Maui (I bet Olivia lost that house, whether from the fires or EVICTION as everyone else in the area).
When the Beatles did A Hard Day’s Night “ movie , their accents were so thick it was hard to understand them! I did get that oaul’s grandfather was very “ clean”.
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My favourite Ruttles line: "the first album was recorded in 20 minutes, and the second one took even longer".
My favorite line was something like : "The Rutles became a legend that lasted a lunch time" -LOL
I love "Number One"
I'm pretty sure the line is "The first album was recorded in 20 minutes. The second took even less."
@@chrisfriedrich6830Wrong.
Mine was on the inner sleeve of the soundtrack record. They advertised other albums- one was Crosby,Stills, Nash, Young, Gifted and Black.
George was the big Rutles fan. He said the Beatles needed their egos deflated a little bit and found the whole thing hysterical!
He was actually in the show.
@robgronotte1 yes, I saw it. Quite hilarious.
The best way for me to play drums in a cover band...would be a Rutles cover band. Ah, I can dream.
@@allanbard6048 - I was invited to participate in a Rutles tribute album, so I sang “Cheese and Onions” in a Kermit the Frog voice, accompanied by a banjo. It was silly, but great fun.
Reminds me of the rumour that 2/4 of them hated the cover for "Meet The Residents" but one or 2 (I believe it might've been McCartney or Harrison) who loved the cover so much they purchased a copy.
I love the very last line in the movie by Mick Jagger. He is asked if he thinks the Rutles will ever get back together. He replies "I hope not"
I love the smirk on Mick's face. He really bought into the whole concept.
Mick's improv was great, he really had a knack for that
that’s so funny
Women. Getting in the way. Cherchez la femme. Y'know
Neil Innes was a genius to write those songs... great songs in their own right
Cheese and Onions shouda been a classic
2:04 Piggy in the middle ..
Shouldn't that be In Their Own Write? Or maybe Outa Me Head?
“Let’s Be Natural” ❤
I on a total Rutles jag. The songs are almost all great
Gotta love that George describes his feeling about Magical Mystery Tour by quoting the Rutles.
Neil Innis' Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band are a massive and important part of Magical Mystery Tour (making no sense).
When his neighbors blasts "Magical Mystery Tour", it brings 1969 Indiana Jones off his recliner. No one else in the theater got it but me.🙃
Tragical History Tour !
So joyful to see that George was such a massive Rutles fan, quoting it at every opportunity!
What!!!!! Wow!!! Are you the real Jay Foreman!!!???? 😳
Funny enough I often quote him saying, "Who hurt Stig?" much the consternation of anybody nearby.
@@SeltaebEhtNo, not me. You have me confused with a fictional character.
So much so that he appeared in the movie.
He was in it :-y
The most brilliant parody of all time! It WILL last a lunchtime!
It will last 2 haircuts ...
The second one will last even longer.
@@mondegreen9709 Your comment made me laugh 'til I stopped.
Also is 9709 a mondegreen of 5705?
@@Fuzcapp I don't know what '5705' is supposed to refer to, but no, TH-cam seems to add these numbers by default apparently.
I'm Shocked!......And Stunned!
Shocked and stunned. Very stunned.
I'll never forget where I was the first time I heard the Rutles. I was at home listening to the records I'd bought that afternoon.
are you...blind lemon pye?
I was shocked to watch this ...and stunned.
"I'd like to be a hairdresser, or two. I'd like to be two hairdressers."
Wow - George really knows the script.
What I also love is how genuinely funny Mick Jagger was in it when he is pretending there was a rivalry between The Stones and The Rutles😂
Newspaper headline: THE RUTLES ADMIT THEY HAVE TRIED TEA
Don't forget the controversy they caused when they said they were bigger than God - though what they actually said was that they were bigger than Rod - Rod Stewart, who hadn't had a hit record yet.
And biscuits 😂
The Rutles are the greatest band in the history of music. And will never be surpassed
a legend that will last a lunchtime
Never heard of that band. ☝️☝️
A Living legend.A legend that will live on,long after other living legends have stopped living.
I remember back in 1978 when I Must Be In Love was being played on the wireless, I convinced one of my mates that it was a comeback song from the Beatles. He fell for it and went to Rumbelows and asked the girl in the record department for the new Beatles single .......
Next time I saw him he called me all kinds of names but said he bought the Rutles single and he loved it.
I spotted the rutles at Woolworths in 1978 and bought it immediately. My favorite is Ouch! 'I must admit I fell for you right from the start.'
@@gregoryjgarcia3862 I believe Woolworths is where I first found The Rutles cassette (later buying the LP with the insert that told The Rutles' story). The Woolworth was in Tacoma, WA. Where was yours?
'I must be in love' is incredibly plausible even down to the subtle souse accents.
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❤ Luv!
@@andymoore9977 That's the genius of Neil Innes. A master of the gentle parody and a great musician.
The Rutles was so funny, and music was surprisingly good. I have never liked mockumentaries, but the Rutles is an exception! 😎
Spinal Tap?
@@v-town1980 Genius, to be sure. But the Rutles production value, not to mention the still off-yet-familiar songs are now their own thing.
"Shocked and stunned." What a nice fellow.
Apparently, John had to warn Neil Innes that the music was too close to the originals and may bring copyright suits. That's why not all the songs from the show were included on the accompanying album. Other than that, the Lennons loved it. They even kept the copy they were given to preview.
Years later, I saw a bootleg album of rare Beatles recordings that included Cheese And Onions as a claimed "lost track"!
It was 'Get up and go' song wich was too much like 'Get Back'. After Lennon's warning they creditet it to Lennon-McCartney-Innes.
But isn't parody protected?@@reijosalminen7502
😅😅😅
Oh no!
What I don't understand is why the missing tracks are the ones that sound the least like Beatles songs
‘Living In Hope’ is the Best Ringo Starr song ever recorded.
shocked & stunned still makes me laugh .,, i don’t know why But it dos 😂😂😂😊
My favorite clip was George and ringo on the talk show and ringo says it was shocking and George says shocked and stunned! Such a clever, nonchalant, amazing reference 😂
I'll never forget the trousers ...
Nothing left to the imagination ...
lmao I love George randomly referencing The Rutles out of nowhere
This was on television when I was on my lunch break when I was working 2nd shift. I got back to work late because I couldn't walk away from it. In those days you didn't get repeats. When I got back to work my supervisor read me the riot act but it was worth it.
The Rutles help put the whole Beatlemania thing in perspective. Kudos
TOO MUCH bleeding’ perspective!
The more you know about the Beatles, the funnier the Rutles is.
The Rutles, the band The Beatles might have been.
I love The Beatles and The Rutles…beautiful songs and great humour from both, national treasures.
Such a magical band. Full of geniuses parodying the music and characters of geniuses in a respectful and clever way.
Gotta love George for bringing The Rutles into the Beatles history. Hilarious. "Shocked and Stunned!"
Shocked and stunned, and the quotes about tea and biscuits were my favorite bits. 😁
...very stunned.😢
I suspect George enjoyed it the most.
He produced the Rutles and was the only Beatle involved in the project.
@@nicktamer4969 indeed
This was wonderful!! George was hilarious in this!!
Finally saw the Ruttles a couple of years ago. LOVE THEM.
The song “ with a girl like you” could have seriously been a hit record in 1965
Those Rutles tunes were great…. Number one number one….
Saw The Rutles on tv two or three times as a kid before I really knew The Beatles
I guess you too were "shocked and stunned" when you finally got to know the truth about the Ruttles 😂
legends in our lunchtime
The Rutles were a legend that will last a lunchtime - after all, All You Need Is Lunch!
I love it all. The apex for me, beyond meeting 3 out of 4 Rutles was seeing one of the greatest Beatles tribute acts - The Fab Four as the Rutles in a live performance at a small theatre in NYC with extra filmed clips of celebrities talking about the Rutles influence on pop culture. One of the most unique, greatest, entertaining and funniest things I have ever had the privilege to witness.
That sounds fab! Is there any video of all or part of it??
The Mountbattens are the top Rutles tribute act
At a Beatles convention in Liverpool several years ago I saw Neil Innes perform as Ron Nasty in The Cavern with a support act called The Bootleg Rutles. It was brilliant!
Sounds brilliant.
I'm guessing you also had to chase the bus all the way back home?
@@Fuzcapp 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Best comment!!
Excellent!
We need a 50th Anniversary Ruttles album with previously unheard tracks.
Well, they released Archaeology when the Beatles did the Anthology.
@@SeltaebEht Yeah - now they need to release Anthropology.
Followed by Arthritic Entropy.
Perhaps in 2028.
I just watched The Rutles and loved it, great fun!! Love the songs too!🥰
"Walking talking man says hello, hello, hello, with his ballerina boots you can say he's on his toes".
Remember watching the movie when it first aired on TV in California, then going out to get the album that I bought April 19, 1978; which I still have.
"Hanging from a Christmas tree, creeping like a boogy man getting up my nose"
Stig accidentally sued himself.
Getting the suit from the cupboard part was referring to wearing his Sgt. Pepper suit for the Ding Dong Ding Dong video.
it seems only John had no interest in his old Pepper Tunic:
According to iHeartRadio, Ringo sat down for an interview with Extra. During the interview, he discussed numerous photographs from his 50-plus years as a musician. Discussing a photo of himself in his famous Sgt. Pepper suit, Ringo said “the suit still fits!”
www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/3729612188812135/
Paul also took it out the closet for the vide "My Brave Face"
www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2017/06/sgt-pepper-suits.html
I remember the "rutlemania" in the 60's. I was one of their fans. Then another band named the beatles came out and made a kind of boring copies of many Rutles songs.
A legend in their own lunch time
Thank you for compiling this, as a massive Rutles fan and collector❤
RIP Leggy Mountbatten.
Hey! He only came to Australia! It's not that bad over here!
George Harrison seemed to find The Beatles more ridiculous than The Rutles. 😂
Good old George
I’m watching this video while eating a Yellow Submarine Sandwich. 😁👍
Side B tastes the best
Lennon loved The Rutles, McCartney hated it. George and Ringo approved.
Loved the Rutles. They were bigger than Rod.
Yes - but Rod wouldn't have a hit for another 3 years ...
@@Fuzcapp And only when Emu mastered the Moog Synthesiser.
Neil Innes knew the Beatles catalog inside and out, which is why his parodies are so good; they are accurate. John Lennon reportedly loved the group. George, Eric Idle's good friend, was in All You Need Is Cash. Paul McCartney may have been less overt in his appreciation of the parodies.
There's something wrong with people who don't like THE RUTTLES.
There's something wrong with people who spells RUTLES with two T.
@@SeltaebEht I think he was referring to the Swedish RUTLES tribute band.
I think he also spells ABBA with 3 B's ... or maybe one of them is half-a-B ...
@@SeltaebEht 👏👏👏👏👏
I always read the portrayal of Yoko as Hitler's daughter as more a commentary on the absurd fan backlash than an actual dig at her.
I would like to think you’re right, because that was always the only part of this parody that offended me. Yes, let’s say you’re right!
Watching The Rutles took a little of the Beatles mystique away from me but that's ok. It was always about the music. It's still magical today
Love it and I love the Rutles!
Captured the truth of the group too well.
Great video. Nice to see that Ringo, George, and Eric Idle have good memories of the film, even if Ringo was just a little, shall we say, "Tipsy" in these interview clips. I love the part where Eric talk about Paul and Ringo playing Ouch for him. Thanks for posting and sharing.
NEVER forget Leppo, who stood in the back in the early days.
I had the album loved it. Number one number one youre my number one
My favorite part is when the Ron Nasty compares The Rutles to Rod(Stewart) and his quote is taken that he said the Rutles were bigger than God. Great parody on John’s quote comparing The Beatles to Jesus!
Rod wasn’t even a thing then either 😂
Do I have to spell it out? C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N-S oh yeah.
Fun fact: one of the Rutles (Ricky Fataar) used to be a beach boy.
And John Halsey (Barry Wom) played drums on the Lou Reed album Transformer.
My favorite was historian kramerhead's reason why the Rutles were so good.
Asking George if he “saw” The Rutles … how clueless can the interviewer be? George is IN “All You Need Is Ca$h” ! ( Not to mention he helped Eric Idle as technical advisor.)
Omg tea & biscuits
What about their trousers?
Well, they were, eh, they were very, em... tight.
Nothing left to the imagination. You could see everything ... outlines - you know ...
From what I gather, Paul has never made any public comment on The Rutles.
According to Eric Idle, he met the McCartney's not too long after the film came out and Paul was quite stand offish/defensive and said to him "I'm not sure I should be talking to you..."
"good lord! do you mean tea?"
I went off The Rutles when they started taking Tea - and biscuits !
John Lennon actually gave them advice on avoiding copyright infringement with one of the songs, too
Was it John? I know it was suggested to Neil Innes to use Get Up And Go for the film, but not to include it in the album. There is not much known about John, except that he kept the VHS tape they sent him for approval (coz he loved it!).
I read that he mentioned Get up and go was too close to the original.
@@SeltaebEhtit was John!
Ah. See how the good times roll...away!
The fact that Yoko is portrayed as Hitler's daughter and she still loved The Rutles gives me newfound respect for her. That said, I always wondered what the Beatles thought of the Mosquitos from Gilligan's Island.
Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving?
Good question! I always wondered about that episode.
There was also group of four mop-top lads, on an episode of F Troop called, "The Bedbugs".
@@mombaassa Anachronistic, to say the least. I want my silly comedy shows to do their research before going for a laugh. I don’t remember the F-troop episode. Were the guitars powered by steam?
@@mombaassa I just looked them up. Unlike The Mosquitos the Bed Bugs looked like they never picked up an instrument in their lives. LOL The Mosquitos were played by the Wellington's who sang the Gilligan's Island theme.
I love the rutles!
OMG The Rutles made me laugh
After all these years !!! they still make me laugh 😂
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#Me2!
I have had tea. And biscuits.”
Lately, I can't stop listening to the Rutles. I Must Be in Love is as catchy as anything the Beatles ever wrote, even though I guess they sort of wrote it.
The Prefab Four.
I have always thought that the world was unkind
Chees and onions...
I love the rutles
The guy at the end there. Almost stopping Eric Idle mid sentence, FOUR TIMES talking about each of the Beatles. Ouch.
Surprised that Yoko had a sense of humor about The Rutles.
I have always thought (at the back of my mind): cheese and onions?
Do i have to spell it out??
@@mrjamescurry C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N-S, oh no.
Man and Machine, keep yourself clean, or be a has-beeen, like the dinosaur.
@@Fordham1969 Thank you.
Cool
"One man's civilization, is another man's jungle yeah"
I'm dancin' in my underwear 'cause I don't care!
It's been a hard days rut...
I have always felt in the back of my mind: Cheese and Onions
Haven't we all?
"Must I spell it out?" Probably the deepest words ever written by a band. The Rutles were poetic masters.😂
A lot to unpack here
Are you making a reference to the tight trousers?
@@SeltaebEht A lawsuit case full
It’s interesting to see how much of George’s accent had dissolved from years of living in the US.
ringo moved to the states....not george
@@thewkovacs316 I'll give you that George wasn't a permanent resident of the United States, but he did spend a heck of a lot of time here....
@@arthouston7361 true. but it was ringo and john who set up shop in the states and it was ringo, who mellowed out his accent because he wanted to act
thewkovacs316 is right; Ringo moved first to US, then to Monaco.
George had properties a bit everywhere .... for example in Maui (I bet Olivia lost that house, whether from the fires or EVICTION as everyone else in the area).
When the Beatles did A Hard Day’s Night “ movie , their accents were so thick it was hard to understand them! I did get that oaul’s grandfather was very “ clean”.
Kool
George and Ringo had a wonderful sense of humor about "The Rutles". Unfortunately,
Paul McCartney was not as receptive to the joke!
How much longer will we have to wait for Rutlemania?
Change title to 'George< Ringo & Eric talk about the Rutles'.