We adore the 1978 Beatles parody The Rutles. Now ex-Monty Python trouper Idle, with song spoofer Neil Innes, has master-minded a sequel: The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Isn't Rutles 2 a shameless retread?
Exactly. The only thing left to parody was the way the media rehashes
that Beatles story.
You mock-Interview Tom Hanks, Conan O'Brien, Steve Martin, David Bowle,
Bonnie Raitt — were they fans of the original?
They knew it backwards; it was amazing. Garry Shandling said it [helped
make] him want to be a comedian. Graham Nash knew all the character
names [Dirk McQuickly (Paul), Barry Wom (Ringo), Ron Nasty (John), Stig
O'Hara (George)].
How did the Beaties like The Rutles?
George loved it, and Ringo clearly likes it I think Paul didn't find it
funny at the beginning. But Linda thought it was hilarious. I heard John
and Yoko loved it — which is great of her, 'cause she's portrayed as
Hitler's daughter.
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