Rutles 2 isn’t really a sequel, because it retells the exact same career-arc story that the original Rutles told. It’s more like a ”requel.” I like that! I mean, in some sequences, you camouflage the ...

First came Paul vs. John, which begat Dirk vs. Nasty, which begat Eric vs. Neil. Monty Python member Eric Idle and comedic songwriter Neil Innes were the close friends and collaborators who created ...

A series of documentaries that parody the Beatles and the many serious documentaries made about the band and 'Beatlemania'.

His Beatles-parody mockumentary The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch comes out on DVD next month. He's also written the book for the Monty Python farce Spamalot on Broadway. As Editor-in-Chief of our ...

Neil Innes would have liked to see the word ‘rutle’ in the dictionary. “As a verb,” he said, “meaning ‘to copy or emulate someone you admire, especially in music’.” Frank Zappa once posed the question ...

It’s the reunion they said would never happen. The Rutles, the legendary “Prefab Four” of the British Invasion, will reunite in Los Angeles on March 17 for a 30th anniversary salute to the NBC special ...

Neil Innes unexpectedly died of natural causes on Dec. 29. A statement was posted on his website to announce the news. By Marc Schneider, Billboard Neil Innes, a British songwriter and comedian who ...

I watched The Rutles’ film, All You Need is Cash, while eating a sausage biscuit for lunch. It seems I just stumbled upon them at random, although I recall hearing about them during a loose round of ...