Two elements led to the creation of The Rutles. In 1975, Eric Idle was spearheading a British television program called Rutland Weekend Television. An image of a staid British reporter running after a ...

Best extra: In a disc with few extras, the best feature is Eric Idle’s commentary on the original 1978 Rutles mockumentary, “All You Need Is Cash.” FOR THOSE OF you who don’t know who The Rutles are, ...

It was 35 years ago today … well, not exactly 35 years, but sometime in 1978 a group called the Rutles created the Beatles satire film, "All You Need is Cash." The mockumentary, which followed the the ...

The Museum of TV & Radio Festival pays homage Friday to the wickedly funny “The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash,” which is just about to be released on a special-edition DVD. Conceived, written and ...

JIM FITZSIMONS of St. Paul reports: “Subject: That seems familiar. “Are you aware of the excellent rock ‘mockumentary’ ‘The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash,’ from 1978? It’s a made-for-TV movie that ...

Being the unofficial seventh member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python doesn’t exactly lead to great wealth and fame. But there are fringe benefits: Fans don’t interrupt Neil Innes at concerts ...

Time goes by, as we all know, naturally / People come and people go, naturally. English singer-songwriter Neil Innes wrote these lyrics for “Let’s Be Natural” in 1977 for the debut album by The Rutles ...

The Rutles put yet another spin on pop-music reality with a 30th-anniversary event Monday in Hollywood that included what turned out to be the first performance ever by the four members of the ersatz ...

Former Monty Python Eric Idle is working on a sequel to The Rutles: All You Need is Cash - his 1978 spoof of the Beatles. "I have an extraordinary cast and I tracked down all the original Rutles ...

What started out as a bit of fun and a way of cheering everyone up after The Beatles’ split has turned into a 40-year adventure for The Rutles. In the Philharmonic Hall’s excellent Music Room venue, ...