COMMENT 1- FACTS AND FIDDLES Rikki Fataar who played Stig has an Indian, Malay and South African background, But the reason he doesn't speak onscreen has less to do with the George/Quiet One business and more to do with the fact Rikki spoke in a bizarre mix of accents - sounding like a journey from Australia to the American Deep South in the space of one sentence. Neil Innes wrote all the songs - Idle played no part in the music Brian Epstein was definitely gay and his death was definitely an accident - and unlike Leggy Mountbatten he had no known fetishes for rubber rafts, tight trousers or bullfighting George Harrison wasn't just a fan, he spent the rest of his life dropping Rutles quotes virtually every time he was interviewed about his Beatle days - especially noticeable in the Anthology series and its outtakes There are multiple cuts of the Rutles movie - it's unfortunate that you, Joel, didn't get to see the longest and best, which extends scenes like the recording session (with the band oblivious to the fact there's a fight going on in the control room) - or Barry's wedding (yes, he stayed with the bogus bride) - or - best of all - the pairing-off of Ron Nasty and Chastity (who planned to take auto-destructive art to the next level, destroying the artists), complete with a short Ono-esque film, set to the appropriate choice of old comedy-song
COMMENT 1- FACTS AND FIDDLES
Rikki Fataar who played Stig has an Indian, Malay and South African background, But the reason he doesn't speak onscreen has less to do with the George/Quiet One business and more to do with the fact Rikki spoke in a bizarre mix of accents - sounding like a journey from Australia to the American Deep South in the space of one sentence.
Neil Innes wrote all the songs - Idle played no part in the music
Brian Epstein was definitely gay and his death was definitely an accident - and unlike Leggy Mountbatten he had no known fetishes for rubber rafts, tight trousers or bullfighting
George Harrison wasn't just a fan, he spent the rest of his life dropping Rutles quotes virtually every time he was interviewed about his Beatle days - especially noticeable in the Anthology series and its outtakes
There are multiple cuts of the Rutles movie - it's unfortunate that you, Joel, didn't get to see the longest and best, which extends scenes like the recording session (with the band oblivious to the fact there's a fight going on in the control room) - or Barry's wedding (yes, he stayed with the bogus bride) - or - best of all - the pairing-off of Ron Nasty and Chastity (who planned to take auto-destructive art to the next level, destroying the artists), complete with a short Ono-esque film, set to the appropriate choice of old comedy-song
Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to write all that to fill in the gaps in my knowledge.