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I’m sitting in a rented limousine in New York. And it was here…well, not in the limousine obviously, but in New York, that the Rutles came in 1968 to announce the formation of Rutle Corps. - View Quote Details on I’m sitting in a rented limousine in New York. And…
From these streets, very close to the Cavern Rutland, came the fabulous Rutland sound, created by the Pre-Fab Four; Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry, who created a musical legend that will last a lunchtime. They were discovered by their manager, Leggy Mountbatten, in a lunchtime disco very close to these streets. Their first album was made in 20 minutes. Their second album took even longer. - View Quote Details on From these streets, very close to the Cavern Rutland, came…
Personal problems now began to split the Rutles into smithereens. They would sing together, but they wouldn’t talk. Pretty soon, they wouldn’t even sing. By March 1969, things had gotten so bad within the group, that both Dirk and Nasty got married. Not to each other, of course…to women.F - View Quote Details on Personal problems now began to split the Rutles into smithereens…
In 1966, the Rutles faced the biggest threat to their careers: Nasty, in a widely quoted interview, apparently had claimed the Rutles were bigger than God, and had gone on to say that God had never had a hit record. - View Quote Details on In 1966, the Rutles faced the biggest threat to their…
At the end of it, they met Bob Dylan in the idyllic San Francisco of the mid-60’s, and he introduced them to a strange substance that was to have an enormous effect on them: Tea. Despite the warnings that it would lead to stronger things, the Rutles enjoyed the pleasant effects of tea. And it influenced enormously their greatest work, “Sgt. Rutter”. - View Quote Details on At the end of it, they met Bob Dylan in…
Yes, tonight, we examine the entire legend of the Rutles! But…where did the story start? The answer is…right here. On this very spot, Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty first bumped into eachother. At this precise point…uhh, just a few feet back here, Ron Nasty invited Dirk to help him stand up. Dirk, merely an amateur drinker, agreed, and here it was, a few feet back there, a musical legend was created. - View Quote Details on Yes, tonight, we examine the entire legend of the Rutles!…
Stig, meanwhile, had fallen under the influence of Arthur Sultan, the “Surrey Mystic”. And Sultan had introduced Stig to his ouija board work. - View Quote Details on Stig, meanwhile, had fallen under the influence of Arthur Sultan,…
The release of this album, a millstone in pop music history, contributed greatly to an idyllic summer of bells, flowers and tea-drinking. Its music led thousands to experiment with tea. - View Quote Details on The release of this album, a millstone in pop music…
In those early days, there was a fifth Rutle: Leppo. A friend of Nasty’s from art college, who mainly used to stand at the back. He couldn’t play the guitar, but he knew how to have a good time, and in Hamburg, that was more important. - View Quote Details on In those early days, there was a fifth Rutle: Leppo…
Sixteen years after the fresh-faced Pre-fab Four first burst into the public eye, and 8 years after they split up, just where are the Rutles today? Dirk has formed, with his wife Martini, a punk rock group, called “The Punk Floyd”. He sings, and she doesn’t. Nasty has turned his back on the world, and sits with his thoughts and his memories. Barry is a hairdresser in the Reading area, with two fully equipped salons of his own. While Stig works for Air India. As an air hostess. - View Quote Details on Sixteen years after the fresh-faced Pre-fab Four first burst into…
Incidentally, “Rat Keller” means, literally in german, “Cellar of rats”. That’s not “Seller of rats”, a seller of rats, a person who sells rats for a living to another man as it were, of course not. That means, a cellar of rats. Indeed, one might say that this was a cellar full…of Ratles. - View Quote Details on Incidentally, “Rat Keller” means, literally in german, “Cellar of rats”…
Stig, was of course, far from dead. But not, in fact, far from Esher. He’d fallen in bed with Gertrude Strange, a large-breasted, biologically acommodating American girl, whose father had invented the limpet mine. When they met, it was lust at first sight. - View Quote Details on Stig, was of course, far from dead. But not, in…
I’m standing in the original Rat Keller, and indeed, these are some of the original rats. - View Quote Details on I’m standing in the original Rat Keller, and indeed, these…
Barry, meanwhile, had also spent a year in bed, as a tax dodge. Eric Manchester thinks he’d either received appalling financial advice, or he was desperately trying to start a “Barry is also dead” rumour. - View Quote Details on Barry, meanwhile, had also spent a year in bed, as…
Thank you very much. Thank you. And now we’d like to do a number, dedicated to a very special lady in the audience tonight! Barry’s mum. - View Quote Details on Thank you very much. Thank you. And now we’d like…
Stig, meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much, that in 1969, a rumour went around that he was dead. He was supposed to have been killed in a flash fire at a waterbed shop, and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tussaud’s. Several so-called “facts” helped the emergence of this rumour; One: he never said anything publicly. Even as “the Quiet One”, he hadn’t said a word since 1966. Two: on the cover of their latest album, “Shabby Road”, he is wearing no trousers, an Italian way of indicating death. Three: Nasty, supposedly sings “I buried Stig” on “I Am the Waitress”. In fact, he sings “E burres stigano”, which is very bad Spanish for “Have you a water buffalo?”. Four: On the cover of the “Sgt. Rutter” album, Stig is leaning in the exactly same position of a dying Yeti from the Rutland Book of the Dead. Five: If you sing the title of “Sgt. Rutter’s Only Darts Club Band” backwards, it’s supposed to sound very like “Stig has been dead for ages, honestly.”. In fact, it sounds uncannily like “Dnab Bulc Strad Ylno srettur Sgt”. - View Quote Details on Stig, meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much, that…
I’m standing in the world’s naughtiest street. The notorious Reeperbahn, Hamburg. For four hungry working class lads, there are worse places than prison. And the Rat Keller, Hamburg, is one of them. This is where they found themselves, far from home, and far from talented. Inside here, is where they actually played. Come with me now, inside, or as the Germans say: “Mit mir gekommen”, inside. - View Quote Details on I’m standing in the world’s naughtiest street. The notorious Reeperbahn,…
But while the Rutles sat at the feet of the Surrey Mystic, fate dealt them an appalling blow. It was here that they learned the shocking news of their manager. Leggy Mountbatten, tired and despondent over the weekend and unable to raise any friends, went home and tragically…accepted a teaching post in Australia. - View Quote Details on But while the Rutles sat at the feet of the…
It’s not up to me. If you come to me and ask me, I’m gonna tell you the truth, because it is the truth, I have had tea. Lots of tea. Indian tea. And biscuits. - View Quote Details on It’s not up to me. If you come to me…
In the midst of all this public bickering, “Let It Rot” was released as a film, an album and a lawsuit. In 1970, Dirk sued Stig, Nasty and Barry. Barry sued Dirk, Nasty and Stig. Nasty sued Barry, Dirk and Stig, and Stig sued himself, accidentally. It was the beginning of a golden era for lawyers. But for the Rutles, live on a London rooftop, it was the beginning of the end. - View Quote Details on In the midst of all this public bickering, “Let It…
It’s significant that their first major flop, the “Tragical History Tour”, immediately followed the loss of Leggy. It was not the strongest idea for a Rutles film: Four Oxford history professors on a hitch-hiking tour of teashops in the Rutland area, and it was slammed mercilessly by the press. - View Quote Details on It’s significant that their first major flop, the “Tragical History…
I’m actually standing outside the actual hotel in which the Rutles actually stayed, in 1964. Actually, in this room here. And it was actually inside this actual room that I actually spoke to the actual Paul Simon. - View Quote Details on I’m actually standing outside the actual hotel in which the…
What Ron and I’ll do is probably to write some songs, you know, and sell them to people. We tried to write some for the Rolling Stones, and they’re probably gonna buy them. - View Quote Details on What Ron and I’ll do is probably to write some…
Nasty, meanwhile, visited an exhibition of broken art at the Pretentious Gallery, Soho. The art exhibits had all been dropped out of tall buildings and then put on display. Amongst the little piles of rubble, Nasty found the artist herself; Chastity, a simple German girl, whose father had invented World War II. Chastity fascinated him with her destructo-art. They talked all through the night, as she outlined her plans to drop artists out of planes. Nasty adored her. They announced their engagement next day at a press conference held in a shower. - View Quote Details on Nasty, meanwhile, visited an exhibition of broken art at the…

About All You Need Is Cash

All You Need Is Cash (also known as The Rutles) is a 1978 television film that traces (in mockumentary style) the career of a British rock group called The Rutles, a spoof of The Beatles. Directed by Eric Idle and Gary Weis. Written by Eric Idle. The Rutles, a living legend that will live long after other living legends have died.taglines .

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All You Need Is Cash Cast

Ricky Fataar - Stig O’Hara, a parody of George Harrison
John Belushi - Ron Decline, The most feared promoter in the world
Michael Palin - Eric Manchester, Rutle Corp. Press Agent/Lawyer
Eric Idle - Dirk McQuickly (a parody of Paul McCartney )/Narrator/Stanley J. Krammerhead III,Jr.,Occasional visiting professor of applied narcotics at the University of Please Yourself Ca.
Gwen Taylor - Iris Mountbatten/Chastity
Bianca Jagger - Martini McQuickly
John Halsey - Barry Wom, a parody of Ringo Starr
Neil Innes - Ron Nasty, a parody of John Lennon
Gilda Radner - Mrs. Emily Pules
Bill Murray - Bill Murray the K.
George Harrison - The Interviewer
Dan Aykroyd - Brian Thigh, Ex-Record producer who turned down the Rutles