It’s significant that their first major flop, the “Tragical History…

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.

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The story spread like wildfire in America. Many fans burned their albums. Many more burnt their fingers attempting to burn their albums. Album sales sky-rocketed. People were buying them just to burn them. But in fact, it was all a ghastly mistake: Nasty, talking to a slightly deaf journalist, had claimed only that the Rutles were bigger than Rod. Rod Stewart would not be big for another 8 years. - View Quote Details on The story spread like wildfire in America. Many fans burned…
Nasty apologized to Rod, God and the press, and the tour went ahead as planned. But it would be their last. - View Quote Details on Nasty apologized to Rod, God and the press, and the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…