1 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,579 ♪ Workin' up a fever in a one-horse town 2 00:00:12,678 --> 00:00:16,277 ♪ Was a jockey by the name of Joe 3 00:00:16,877 --> 00:00:20,375 ♪ He didn't have a lot of what you might call luck 4 00:00:20,475 --> 00:00:24,173 ♪ But he had a lot of get up n' go 5 00:00:24,673 --> 00:00:28,072 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 6 00:00:28,671 --> 00:00:31,270 ♪ Get up n' go back home 7 00:00:31,370 --> 00:00:35,468 The Rutles story is a legend. A living legend, 8 00:00:36,268 --> 00:00:40,066 A legend that will live long after lots of other living legends have died. 9 00:00:39,866 --> 00:00:44,165 Tonight we are extremely proud to present the semi-legendary life story of the prefab four: 10 00:00:44,181 --> 00:00:47,409 Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry who made the sixties what they are today. The fabulous Rutles 11 00:00:59,249 --> 00:01:02,264 ♪ Tall in the saddle in a one-horse town 12 00:01:02,642 --> 00:01:05,657 ♪ Joey knew someday he'd hit the road 13 00:01:06,750 --> 00:01:10,436 ♪ He traded with a dealer for a pick-up truck 14 00:01:10,647 --> 00:01:13,452 ♪ And he went looking for a medium load 15 00:01:14,838 --> 00:01:18,147 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 16 00:01:18,651 --> 00:01:21,036 ♪ Get up n' go back home 17 00:01:22,633 --> 00:01:25,857 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 18 00:01:26,488 --> 00:01:30,048 ♪ Get up n' go back home 19 00:01:32,783 --> 00:01:36,881 From these streets, very close to the Cavern Rutland 20 00:01:36,981 --> 00:01:42,079 came the fabulous "Rutland sound", created by the prefab four: 21 00:01:42,179 --> 00:01:45,278 Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry 22 00:01:45,378 --> 00:01:49,276 Who created a musical legend, that will last a lunchtime 23 00:01:49,376 --> 00:01:55,473 They were discovered by their manager 'Leggy Mountbatten' in a lunchtime disco very close to these streets 24 00:01:55,573 --> 00:02:00,371 Their first album was made in 20 minutes, the second took even longer 25 00:02:00,471 --> 00:02:05,868 Tonight we examine the legend of The Rutles. We look at their lives, their loves, their music 26 00:02:05,968 --> 00:02:08,867 We examine some of the problems that made them what they are today 27 00:02:08,967 --> 00:02:11,366 And we shall also be asking some of the people who worked with them 28 00:02:11,466 --> 00:02:14,864 If they were really the sort of lovable people they were made out to be 29 00:02:14,964 --> 00:02:17,763 We shall be asking many people who knew them what they were really like 30 00:02:18,187 --> 00:02:19,586 ♪ When I fell for you 31 00:02:20,710 --> 00:02:22,709 ♪ I didn't need a shove 32 00:02:24,632 --> 00:02:26,631 ♪ Now that we are two 33 00:02:27,355 --> 00:02:32,553 ♪ It all adds up to love to love 34 00:02:32,577 --> 00:02:36,475 ♪ Love Life Love Life 35 00:02:36,499 --> 00:02:40,197 ♪ Make up your mind Love Life 36 00:02:40,221 --> 00:02:43,020 ♪ In your own time Love Life 37 00:02:43,044 --> 00:02:45,043 ♪ Hey diddle diddle 38 00:02:46,566 --> 00:02:48,566 ♪ The cat and the fiddle 39 00:02:49,689 --> 00:02:52,988 ♪ Piggy in the middle Doo-a-poo 40 00:02:53,012 --> 00:02:55,910 ♪ I feel rich I feel poor 41 00:02:56,634 --> 00:02:59,033 ♪ I'm in doubt I feel sure 42 00:02:59,657 --> 00:03:03,955 ♪ Am I in love? I must be in love 43 00:03:06,778 --> 00:03:10,976 ♪ Time goes by, as we all know, naturally 44 00:03:13,099 --> 00:03:17,297 ♪ People come and people go, naturally 45 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:24,318 ♪ Let's be natural ever since the world began 46 00:03:24,941 --> 00:03:30,539 ♪ Let's be natural every woman, every man 47 00:03:30,611 --> 00:03:36,608 ♪ Let's be natural as follows nature's plan 48 00:03:37,232 --> 00:03:39,231 ♪ Let's be natural 49 00:03:47,052 --> 00:03:49,051 ♪ Oh, yeah 50 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:54,962 Yes tonight we examine the entire legend of The Rutles 51 00:03:56,761 --> 00:04:00,260 But where did the story start? 52 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,159 The answer is: right here! 53 00:04:03,259 --> 00:04:05,258 For on this very spot 54 00:04:05,358 --> 00:04:10,255 Ron Nasty and Dirk McQuickly first bumped into each other 55 00:04:10,555 --> 00:04:15,253 At this precise point, just a few feet back here 56 00:04:15,653 --> 00:04:19,651 Ron Nasty invited Dirk to help him stand up 57 00:04:19,751 --> 00:04:25,449 Dirk, merely an amateur drinker, agreed. And here, well a few feet back there 58 00:04:25,549 --> 00:04:28,248 a musical legend was created. 59 00:04:28,347 --> 00:04:33,945 They were soon joined by their guitarist, Stig O'Hara, a school-leaver of no fixed hairstyle 60 00:04:34,045 --> 00:04:40,642 But it would not be for another two years, before they found their drummer, Barrington Womble, hiding in the van 61 00:04:40,742 --> 00:04:46,240 When they did they persuaded him to change his name, to save time, and his haircut, to save Brylcreem 62 00:04:46,340 --> 00:04:48,638 He became simply Barry Wom 63 00:04:53,436 --> 00:04:54,836 Goose-steppin' Mama 64 00:04:54,936 --> 00:04:57,734 ♪ Undercover charge 65 00:04:57,934 --> 00:04:59,334 ♪ Goose-step Mama 66 00:04:59,434 --> 00:05:02,332 ♪ Taken by an' large 67 00:05:02,432 --> 00:05:04,731 ♪ While you tinker with some tailor 68 00:05:04,831 --> 00:05:07,130 ♪ Someone sold yer to a sailor 69 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:09,229 ♪ Goose-step Mama, oh yeah! 70 00:05:09,329 --> 00:05:11,428 ♪ Goose-step Mama 71 00:05:11,828 --> 00:05:13,328 ♪ Goose-step Mama 72 00:05:13,428 --> 00:05:16,326 ♪ Boogie all night long 73 00:05:16,426 --> 00:05:17,826 ♪ Goose-step Mama 74 00:05:17,926 --> 00:05:20,924 ♪ You can do no wrong 75 00:05:21,024 --> 00:05:23,423 ♪ You know how to reassemble 76 00:05:23,523 --> 00:05:25,622 ♪ Clumsy hands and knees that tremble 77 00:05:25,722 --> 00:05:28,021 ♪ Goose-step Mama, oh yeah! 78 00:05:28,121 --> 00:05:30,620 ♪ Goose-step Mama 79 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:36,917 In October 1961 Leggy Mountbatten, a retail chemist from Bolton, entered their lives 80 00:05:37,017 --> 00:05:41,215 Leggy had lost a leg in the RAF in the closing over’s of WW2 81 00:05:41,315 --> 00:05:44,214 and had been hopping around Liverpool ever since 82 00:05:44,314 --> 00:05:48,412 As a child, Leggy's mother never allowed him to play with the other little boys 83 00:05:48,512 --> 00:05:51,811 His father was so snobby, he wore swimming trunks in the bath 84 00:05:51,911 --> 00:05:54,309 to stop him looking down on the unemployed 85 00:05:54,409 --> 00:05:57,408 But it was here, in Liverpool th... 86 00:05:57,508 --> 00:06:03,206 But it was in Liverpool, that we spoke with Leggy's mother Mrs. Iris Mountbatten 87 00:06:03,305 --> 00:06:09,003 Well he told me that he'd been to see these young men in a dark cellar 88 00:06:09,103 --> 00:06:10,802 Yes 89 00:06:10,902 --> 00:06:13,601 He was always very interested in young men 90 00:06:13,701 --> 00:06:14,401 Oh, yes 91 00:06:14,501 --> 00:06:17,199 Youth clubs, Boy Scouts, that sort of thing 92 00:06:17,299 --> 00:06:18,899 Yes 93 00:06:18,999 --> 00:06:21,997 But... these he said were different 94 00:06:22,097 --> 00:06:23,597 In what way? 95 00:06:23,696 --> 00:06:28,394 Well... their hair and... their presence 96 00:06:29,794 --> 00:06:31,493 and their music 97 00:06:31,593 --> 00:06:32,792 He liked it? 98 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:34,092 No, he hated it 99 00:06:34,392 --> 00:06:36,191 Well what did he like? 100 00:06:36,291 --> 00:06:38,690 Well 101 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:41,589 The trousers 102 00:06:43,288 --> 00:06:44,787 What about their trousers? 103 00:06:44,887 --> 00:06:47,386 Well... they were 104 00:06:47,486 --> 00:06:50,984 They were very... tight 105 00:06:51,884 --> 00:06:52,684 Tight? 106 00:06:52,784 --> 00:06:55,682 - Yes, you could see quite clearly - Oh I see 107 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:57,382 Everything 108 00:06:57,482 --> 00:07:00,080 Outlines... clear as day 109 00:07:00,180 --> 00:07:02,979 Yes, yes thank you yes So... tight trousers and 110 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:05,678 - Nothing left to the imagination - Yes, thank you 111 00:07:05,778 --> 00:07:11,875 I am standing in the world's naughtiest street, the notorious Reeperbahn, Hamburg 112 00:07:11,975 --> 00:07:14,874 For four hungry working class lads 113 00:07:14,974 --> 00:07:16,773 There are worse places than prison 114 00:07:16,873 --> 00:07:20,671 And the Rat Keller, Hamburg is one of these 115 00:07:20,771 --> 00:07:22,870 This is where they found themselves 116 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:25,969 Far from home and far from talented 117 00:07:26,069 --> 00:07:29,467 Inside here is where they actually played 118 00:07:29,667 --> 00:07:32,266 Come with me now inside, or... 119 00:07:32,366 --> 00:07:36,764 As the Germans say, "mit mirer gekommen inside" 120 00:07:39,163 --> 00:07:42,662 In those early days, there was a fifth Rutle - Leppo 121 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:44,761 A friend of Nasty’s from art college 122 00:07:44,861 --> 00:07:47,559 Who mainly used to stand at the back, he couldn't play the guitar 123 00:07:47,659 --> 00:07:52,957 But he knew how to have a good time, and in Hamburg that was more important 124 00:07:55,256 --> 00:08:01,553 I am standing in the original Rat Keller, and indeed these are some of the original rats 125 00:08:03,752 --> 00:08:10,049 It was to this small back room that Dirk, Stig, Nasty, Barry and Leppo 126 00:08:10,249 --> 00:08:17,446 came to relax when they weren't upstairs entertaining the other rats dining in the other Rat Keller 127 00:08:17,946 --> 00:08:24,343 Here they had bed and breakfast. there's the bed, the breakfast of course long since gone 128 00:08:24,743 --> 00:08:30,440 Rodently chewed, mouse masticated, in a word, eaten by rats 129 00:08:30,464 --> 00:08:38,161 Here one weekend Leppo crawled into a small trunk with a small German Fraulein and was never seen again. 130 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:43,577 Incidentally, Rat Keller means literally, in German, cellar of rats 131 00:08:43,677 --> 00:08:47,475 That's not seller of rats, a seller of rats, a person 132 00:08:47,575 --> 00:08:52,073 Who sells rats for a living to another man as it were, of course not 133 00:08:52,173 --> 00:08:55,171 It means a cellar full of rats 134 00:08:55,271 --> 00:08:59,869 Indeed you might say, cellar full of Ratles 135 00:09:00,969 --> 00:09:07,366 In October 19... ah... err... Hello! Oh dear, there's a rat up my leg 136 00:09:08,066 --> 00:09:13,463 In October 1961 Leggy was busy hopping round London, trying to sell their tapes 137 00:09:13,563 --> 00:09:18,861 Well, one day this rather odd chap hopped into the office... he'd... 138 00:09:19,661 --> 00:09:24,658 He'd been to see virtually every-one in the business, and been shown the door 139 00:09:24,758 --> 00:09:28,957 He asked to see my door, but I... I wouldn't show it to him 140 00:09:29,057 --> 00:09:33,854 Instead he showed me the photographs, and the tapes of The Rutles 141 00:09:34,554 --> 00:09:38,552 They were pretty rough... but they had something 142 00:09:38,652 --> 00:09:40,152 What was it? 143 00:09:40,252 --> 00:09:41,851 I think it was the trousers 144 00:09:41,951 --> 00:09:44,250 Well I liked the trousers right away 145 00:09:44,350 --> 00:09:50,547 Well I mean I've been in the garment trade myself and I knew a thing or two about inside legs and these were winners 146 00:09:50,647 --> 00:09:54,445 Dick Jaws, an unemployed music publisher of no fixed ability 147 00:09:54,545 --> 00:09:56,744 signed them up for the rest of their lives 148 00:09:56,844 --> 00:09:57,844 Lucky really 149 00:09:57,944 --> 00:10:00,742 ♪ Number One, Number One 150 00:10:01,042 --> 00:10:04,141 ♪ You're my Number One 151 00:10:04,241 --> 00:10:07,440 ♪ You're my second-to-none 152 00:10:07,539 --> 00:10:10,638 ♪ Number One, Number One 153 00:10:10,738 --> 00:10:14,037 Leggy Mountbatten in his autobiography "A Cellar Full Of Goys" 154 00:10:14,137 --> 00:10:16,835 wrote of the excitement of those early days 155 00:10:16,876 --> 00:10:23,973 When they rode the go-kart to fame and took the ferry across the Mersey to a land of riches, wealth and heartache 156 00:10:27,072 --> 00:10:32,869 Leggy put them into suits, he put them into the recording studio and he put them into the newspapers 157 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:39,366 For The Rutles success was only a drumbeat away 158 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:45,288 ♪ A teacher couldn't teach me I had no time for school 159 00:10:46,611 --> 00:10:52,409 ♪ No one there could reach me But baby I'm no fool, no fool 160 00:10:54,832 --> 00:10:59,929 ♪ Number one, number one You're my number one 161 00:11:01,453 --> 00:11:04,151 ♪ You're my second to none 162 00:11:04,175 --> 00:11:08,973 ♪ Number one, number one Wooo! 163 00:11:09,597 --> 00:11:15,394 ♪ One and one make two and I look after you 164 00:11:16,018 --> 00:11:23,415 ♪ Number one, number one You're my number one Wooo! 165 00:11:51,752 --> 00:11:53,552 ♪ I'm looking at you 166 00:11:53,951 --> 00:11:56,051 ♪ You're looking at me 167 00:11:56,150 --> 00:12:00,249 ♪ Between us, it's oh, so easy to see 168 00:12:00,349 --> 00:12:04,047 ♪ We were made for each other, girl 169 00:12:04,747 --> 00:12:07,246 ♪ We were made for each other 170 00:12:07,346 --> 00:12:09,645 ♪ Between us 171 00:12:09,744 --> 00:12:11,544 ♪ Love has begun 172 00:12:11,644 --> 00:12:13,943 ♪ Between us 173 00:12:14,043 --> 00:12:15,642 ♪ Two hearts are one 174 00:12:15,742 --> 00:12:18,041 ♪ Between us 175 00:12:18,141 --> 00:12:21,439 ♪ Nothing can come between us 176 00:12:24,138 --> 00:12:26,337 ♪ Whatever we do 177 00:12:26,437 --> 00:12:28,436 ♪ Whenever we kiss 178 00:12:28,536 --> 00:12:32,135 ♪ Between you and me, it's not hit n' miss 179 00:12:32,235 --> 00:12:35,933 ♪ We were made for each other, girl 180 00:12:36,333 --> 00:12:38,932 ♪ We were made for each other 181 00:12:39,032 --> 00:12:41,131 ♪ Between us 182 00:12:41,231 --> 00:12:42,930 ♪ Love has begun 183 00:12:43,030 --> 00:12:44,329 ♪ Between us 184 00:12:44,429 --> 00:12:48,427 They chased me, and they caught me, and they beat me up 185 00:12:48,627 --> 00:12:50,027 Who did? 186 00:12:50,127 --> 00:12:52,925 Those little girls 187 00:12:53,125 --> 00:12:55,624 One of them screamed in my ear 188 00:12:55,724 --> 00:12:58,223 ♪ Between us 189 00:12:58,323 --> 00:13:00,322 ♪ Nothing can come 190 00:13:00,422 --> 00:13:03,721 ♪ Nothing can come between us 191 00:13:09,018 --> 00:13:12,817 I asked Mick Jagger, when he first became aware of The Rutles 192 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:19,014 We we living in, you know, squalor and we didn't have any money 193 00:13:19,114 --> 00:13:23,312 And there were the Rutles on the TV with girls chasing them, we thought... 194 00:13:23,412 --> 00:13:27,310 "This can't be that difficult", so we thought we'd have a go ourselves 195 00:13:27,410 --> 00:13:29,509 What's your ambition? 196 00:13:29,609 --> 00:13:31,009 To be a hairdresser 197 00:13:31,108 --> 00:13:33,807 Or Two. I'd like to be two hairdressers 198 00:13:33,907 --> 00:13:39,105 The first time I met The Rutles, they came down to see us at Richmond and they... 199 00:13:39,205 --> 00:13:43,603 And we had just completed a number and all of a sudden they were standing there 200 00:13:44,802 --> 00:13:49,001 In their black suits, they had just come off a TV show 201 00:13:49,101 --> 00:13:53,399 And they were just standing there... sort of... checking us out, the opposition 202 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:54,998 And then they introduced themselves 203 00:13:55,098 --> 00:13:58,097 Dirk, Stig, Nasty, Barry. 204 00:13:58,197 --> 00:14:00,595 I'd like to own a squadron of tanks 205 00:14:00,695 --> 00:14:02,495 They were very nice, you know 206 00:14:02,595 --> 00:14:05,093 because they'd heard about us... 207 00:14:05,193 --> 00:14:09,192 Because we were the south's answer to The Rutles, you know, at that time 208 00:14:09,292 --> 00:14:14,889 What Ron and I will do is probably to write some songs, you know, and sell them to people 209 00:14:14,989 --> 00:14:19,487 We tried to write some for the Rolling Stones and they're probably going to buy them 210 00:14:19,587 --> 00:14:23,385 The one for that was Dirk. He was a real hustler for the songs I think 211 00:14:23,485 --> 00:14:29,783 Always wanting to sell a song, you know, for any old slag he'd sell a song to 212 00:14:30,082 --> 00:14:34,281 And they came down, they came down, and we were trying to rehearse and they said: "Do you want a song?" 213 00:14:34,381 --> 00:14:38,679 And we said: "Yeah we're always really open for songs" because we didn't write our own 214 00:14:38,779 --> 00:14:43,976 And of course The Rutles were always well known for their hit-making potential... ability 215 00:14:44,776 --> 00:14:49,674 And so, they ran round the corner to the pub, to write this song, and came back with it 216 00:14:49,774 --> 00:14:51,873 And played it to us, and... 217 00:14:51,973 --> 00:14:53,572 it was horrible 218 00:14:53,672 --> 00:14:56,171 So we never bothered to record it 219 00:15:00,190 --> 00:15:05,488 It was a busy week for the prefab four, as the fever of Rutlemania rolls over England 220 00:15:05,512 --> 00:15:10,410 Monday saw them arriving for a civic reception given by the mayor in corporation of Liverpool 221 00:15:10,434 --> 00:15:13,332 to say thank you to it's famous four sons 222 00:15:14,585 --> 00:15:17,284 On Tuesday Rutlemania comes to London 223 00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:22,381 As Rutles fans jammed Piccadilly Circus and bring London's traffic to a standstill 224 00:15:22,481 --> 00:15:25,780 Nobody's seen anything quite like this since the war 225 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,978 Look out girls! Here come The Rutles! 226 00:15:29,078 --> 00:15:35,376 And for some, the event is clearly too much! Oh well, she's safe in the arms of the law 227 00:15:35,476 --> 00:15:38,474 First to arrive is Rutles fan Princess Margaret 228 00:15:38,574 --> 00:15:43,872 Escorted by her husband Lord Snowdon Tony Armstrong Jones 229 00:15:44,272 --> 00:15:49,669 Her Majesty herself was there to greet the Rutles on this royal glittering occasion 230 00:15:49,769 --> 00:15:53,667 The Annual Royal Command Performance 231 00:15:55,006 --> 00:15:57,105 Thank you very much thank you 232 00:15:57,205 --> 00:16:02,702 And now we'd like to do a number dedicated to a very special lady in the audience tonight 233 00:16:03,302 --> 00:16:05,201 Barry's mum 234 00:16:05,301 --> 00:16:09,499 And now, without anymore ado here's your own, your very own 235 00:16:09,599 --> 00:16:12,298 Dirk McQuickly! 236 00:16:12,598 --> 00:16:16,696 ♪ Shoot me down in flames if I should tell a lie 237 00:16:16,796 --> 00:16:20,695 ♪ Cross my heart I promise that it's true 238 00:16:21,094 --> 00:16:24,893 ♪ I've been in love so many times before 239 00:16:24,993 --> 00:16:28,491 ♪ but never with a girl like you 240 00:16:28,891 --> 00:16:31,890 ♪ With a girl like you 241 00:16:32,889 --> 00:16:36,887 ♪ to hold and be beside 242 00:16:37,087 --> 00:16:40,086 ♪ With a girl like you 243 00:16:40,786 --> 00:16:45,983 ♪ to fill my heart with pride and joy 244 00:16:48,682 --> 00:16:51,681 ♪ With a girl like you 245 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,679 ♪ I know where I belong 246 00:16:56,879 --> 00:16:59,977 ♪ With a girl like you 247 00:17:00,877 --> 00:17:05,775 ♪ I know I can be strong, you know 248 00:17:06,874 --> 00:17:10,273 ♪ I won't bring you any pain 249 00:17:10,872 --> 00:17:14,071 ♪ I won't run around again 250 00:17:14,971 --> 00:17:17,769 ♪ There'll be nothing to explain 251 00:17:17,869 --> 00:17:20,868 ♪ with a girl like you 252 00:17:26,365 --> 00:17:28,565 The Queen too is a Rutle fan 253 00:17:28,664 --> 00:17:34,362 And she enjoyed the performance so much that on Wednesday they went back to her place to receive MBE's 254 00:17:35,262 --> 00:17:37,660 Well done lads! England's proud of you! 255 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,359 - It must have been a great honour meeting the Queen - Yeah, it must have been 256 00:17:41,459 --> 00:17:44,158 - What did she ask you? - She asked us who we were 257 00:17:44,258 --> 00:17:46,057 What did you say? 258 00:17:46,157 --> 00:17:47,356 I said I was him 259 00:17:47,456 --> 00:17:49,555 I felt more like him than me 260 00:17:49,655 --> 00:17:54,053 - Do you feel better after seeing the Queen? - No, you feel better after seeing the doctor 261 00:17:54,153 --> 00:17:55,952 - Not my doctor you don't - Not your doctor, no 262 00:17:56,052 --> 00:17:59,051 - What are you going to do now? - Back to your place! 263 00:17:59,471 --> 00:18:03,069 But all rest an no play makes Rutles dull boys 264 00:18:03,270 --> 00:18:08,768 And on Thursday they fly to America, to see if they were more than nine day wonders 265 00:18:08,868 --> 00:18:12,466 They needn't have worried America loves Rutles too 266 00:18:12,666 --> 00:18:14,065 In many cases, even more 267 00:18:14,489 --> 00:18:18,987 Ten thousand girls are here to say hello to these four guys from Liverpool 268 00:18:19,011 --> 00:18:23,509 It was the most famous arrival on these shores since Christopher Columbus. 269 00:18:26,332 --> 00:18:28,031 -Hello there -Thanks a lot 270 00:18:29,255 --> 00:18:33,053 After briefly greeting the press, they drive into the heart of Manhattan 271 00:18:33,077 --> 00:18:35,176 to get their first glimpse of New York. 272 00:18:35,254 --> 00:18:36,753 It's Rutles day in Flushing Ladies and Gentlemen... 273 00:18:37,752 --> 00:18:41,450 He's good this guy is, called Murray "The K" 274 00:18:43,649 --> 00:18:44,949 Soft in the head sounds like 275 00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:49,205 Come on! Flushing Animals! What do you want to know? What do you want to hear? 276 00:18:49,305 --> 00:18:54,503 If you call me up at 555-21-60 and say you wanna hear anything but the Rutles 277 00:18:54,602 --> 00:18:56,702 I'm gonna come lookin' for ya! 278 00:18:56,801 --> 00:19:01,899 I mean it! Because it's Rutles day, they're going to be here tomorrow, talking about their trousers 279 00:19:01,999 --> 00:19:05,298 It's a big big day here in Flushing! 280 00:19:05,398 --> 00:19:08,296 Lets give 'em a big round of applause! I know I can't hear you! 281 00:19:08,396 --> 00:19:12,794 But I know I can pick up what you're saying baby! 282 00:19:12,894 --> 00:19:15,093 The scene is here in Flushing! 283 00:19:15,193 --> 00:19:18,092 The whole world's eyes are on Flushing! 284 00:19:18,192 --> 00:19:21,191 Because the prefab four are coming to town tomorrow... 285 00:19:21,492 --> 00:19:23,391 To talk about their trousers 286 00:19:23,390 --> 00:19:26,788 I don't know about this, do you? - No 287 00:19:26,888 --> 00:19:30,886 And then it's back to the hotel for some fun and games! 288 00:19:31,986 --> 00:19:36,684 This is tea, you know we drink it. We put the water in the tea, there's the tea, there. 289 00:19:36,784 --> 00:19:41,182 - And we pour it into the pot - One for Uncle Mamy and one for Auntie Betty 290 00:19:42,081 --> 00:19:48,179 But it's all in a day's work for England's ambassadors of musical fun, The Rutles 291 00:19:50,878 --> 00:19:52,477 That's show business 292 00:19:55,176 --> 00:20:02,273 I'm actually standing outside the actual hotel, in which The Rutles actually stayed in 1964 293 00:20:02,373 --> 00:20:07,570 Actually in this room, here. And it was actually inside this actual room 294 00:20:07,670 --> 00:20:10,669 That I actually spoke with the actual Paul Simon 295 00:20:10,769 --> 00:20:13,767 Well the show where I remember Ed Sullivan saying that 296 00:20:13,867 --> 00:20:19,565 "Calm down now, every-one calm down" you know, "We can't hear" or some... some kind of silly warning you know 297 00:20:20,165 --> 00:20:23,763 They opened the show, I think, and they also closed the show 298 00:20:23,863 --> 00:20:27,961 Which I thought was a... astute planning on Sullivan’s part 299 00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:34,058 Because it would've made you very angry if you had to sit through the whole show to wait to see The Rutles you know 300 00:20:34,158 --> 00:20:37,457 So clearly every-one had tuned into that week's show, just to see The Rutles 301 00:20:37,557 --> 00:20:41,455 Now yesterday and today our theatre has been jammed with newspapermen and hundreds of photographers from all over the nation 302 00:20:41,555 --> 00:20:45,254 And these veterans agreed with me, that the city never has witnessed the excitement stirred 303 00:20:45,353 --> 00:20:48,652 By these youngsters from Liverpool, who call themselves The Rutles 304 00:20:48,752 --> 00:20:53,650 Now tonight you're gonna twice be entertained by them, right now and again in the second half of our show 305 00:20:53,850 --> 00:20:57,248 Ladies and gentlemen The Rutles! 306 00:21:04,045 --> 00:21:08,143 ♪ I'm not the kind of guy who likes to play 307 00:21:08,843 --> 00:21:10,242 ♪ Big Brother 308 00:21:10,342 --> 00:21:14,541 ♪ But I've just seen your date outside, he's with 309 00:21:14,641 --> 00:21:16,140 ♪ Another 310 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,739 ♪ I saw you both come in 311 00:21:18,839 --> 00:21:22,237 ♪ And clearly, you're not meant for him, so 312 00:21:22,337 --> 00:21:25,636 ♪ Please, please, hold my hand 313 00:21:27,035 --> 00:21:29,634 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 314 00:21:29,834 --> 00:21:32,833 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 315 00:21:32,932 --> 00:21:36,631 ♪ Hold my hand and I'll see you home 316 00:21:40,029 --> 00:21:44,028 ♪ I want to tell you I'm in love with you 317 00:21:44,128 --> 00:21:45,627 ♪ Completely 318 00:21:45,727 --> 00:21:49,625 ♪ I'd like to take you far away from here 319 00:21:50,025 --> 00:21:51,824 ♪ Discreetly 320 00:21:51,924 --> 00:21:54,523 ♪ Our love was meant to be 321 00:21:54,623 --> 00:21:57,821 ♪ And darling, it's a certainty, oh 322 00:21:57,921 --> 00:22:01,220 ♪ Please, please, hold my hand 323 00:22:02,619 --> 00:22:05,418 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 324 00:22:05,618 --> 00:22:08,517 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 325 00:22:08,617 --> 00:22:12,315 ♪ Hold my hand and I'll see you home 326 00:22:14,514 --> 00:22:17,113 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 327 00:22:17,313 --> 00:22:20,212 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 328 00:22:20,312 --> 00:22:24,010 ♪ Hold my hand and I'll see you home 329 00:22:38,028 --> 00:22:40,926 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 330 00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:43,449 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 331 00:22:43,473 --> 00:22:48,571 ♪ Hold my hand and I'll see you home 332 00:22:49,894 --> 00:22:52,493 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 333 00:22:52,517 --> 00:22:55,216 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah 334 00:22:55,240 --> 00:23:01,137 ♪ Hold my hand and I'll see you home 335 00:23:07,215 --> 00:23:11,113 The Rutles music meanwhile had been attracting respectable critical attention 336 00:23:11,213 --> 00:23:14,811 'The London Times' called it "The best since Schubert" 337 00:23:14,911 --> 00:23:21,109 Sir Brian Morrison has been Regis professor of music at the University of Oxford for the past thirty years 338 00:23:21,209 --> 00:23:25,707 We asked him just how good, musically, were The Rutles 339 00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:31,604 Stanley J. Krammerhead the Third Jr. is an occasional visiting 340 00:23:31,704 --> 00:23:36,202 professor of Applied Narcotics at the University of Please-Yourself, California 341 00:23:36,302 --> 00:23:39,201 He is also a keen historian of pop music 342 00:23:39,301 --> 00:23:43,499 We asked him just how good, musically, were The Rutles 343 00:23:43,599 --> 00:23:47,897 Listen, look it's very simply, musicological and ethically 344 00:23:47,997 --> 00:23:53,394 The Rutles were essentially empirical maise-longues so they rhythmically radical 345 00:23:53,494 --> 00:23:57,493 Yet verbally passé and temporarily transcended lyrical content 346 00:23:57,593 --> 00:24:03,690 Welded with historically innovative melodically material, transposed and transmogrified 347 00:24:03,790 --> 00:24:07,888 By the angst of the Rutland ethic experience, which elevated them 348 00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:13,485 From essentially alpha exponents of in essence merely beta potential harmonic material 349 00:24:13,585 --> 00:24:19,683 Into the prime cultural exponents of Aeolian codensic cosmic stanza form 350 00:24:19,883 --> 00:24:23,881 But he didn't really tell us either 351 00:24:23,981 --> 00:24:30,278 So we went to New Orleans, to find out just how expensive it is to make these documentaries 352 00:24:32,577 --> 00:24:36,775 I'm standing by the banks of the Mississippi. The First Na... 353 00:24:38,474 --> 00:24:44,472 I'm standing by the banks of the Mississippi in Louisiana, the cradle of the blues 354 00:24:44,872 --> 00:24:48,470 That's black music sung mainly by whites 355 00:24:48,570 --> 00:24:52,968 And we're here to find out the black origins of Rutle music 356 00:24:53,068 --> 00:24:56,566 I spoke with Blind Lemon Pie. 357 00:24:56,766 --> 00:25:01,664 Well everything I learned, I learned from The Rutles 358 00:25:01,764 --> 00:25:03,263 From The Rutles, really? 359 00:25:03,363 --> 00:25:06,162 Yes, everything 360 00:25:06,462 --> 00:25:09,861 But surely you were singing the blues back in the early thirties 361 00:25:09,961 --> 00:25:13,159 No, I was working on the railroad 362 00:25:13,259 --> 00:25:16,358 I worked on the railroad for thirty years or more 363 00:25:16,458 --> 00:25:23,055 Until I heard The Rutles. and I decided, that that's my type of music 364 00:25:23,654 --> 00:25:29,552 I'm gonna leave the railroad, and I became a musician and I've been starving ever since 365 00:25:30,052 --> 00:25:34,250 - So where did Rutle music originate? - Next door 366 00:25:34,350 --> 00:25:37,648 - Next door? - Next door to Ruttling Orange Peel 367 00:25:37,748 --> 00:25:44,945 Yes sir, I originated The Rutles. They got it all from me. Every single bit of it 368 00:25:45,045 --> 00:25:48,144 - Well how do you mean? - Well sir, they come here 369 00:25:48,244 --> 00:25:53,541 And they took everything I ever written. Those four guys from Liverpool came here 370 00:25:53,641 --> 00:25:55,240 - He's lyin'! - I ain't lyin'! 371 00:25:55,340 --> 00:25:58,239 - He's always lyin'! - I ain't lyin'! I ain't lyin'! 372 00:25:58,339 --> 00:26:03,937 Every time there's a documentary on white music around here, he claims he started it all 373 00:26:04,037 --> 00:26:05,136 I did, I did, I did! 374 00:26:05,236 --> 00:26:09,034 Last week he claimed he started The Everly Brothers 375 00:26:09,134 --> 00:26:13,632 - Frank Sinatra and Laurence Wells! - I did, I did! - He's always lyin'! 376 00:26:15,532 --> 00:26:20,529 Well we seem to be rather wasting our time here in New Orleans 377 00:26:20,629 --> 00:26:22,728 Despite the expense 378 00:26:22,828 --> 00:26:25,427 Still it's pretty isn't it? 379 00:26:25,928 --> 00:26:28,627 Nasty had written and published a bestselling book: 380 00:26:28,727 --> 00:26:30,026 "Out Of Me Head" 381 00:26:30,126 --> 00:26:32,825 Only one media remained unconquered 382 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:34,324 The cinema 383 00:26:34,424 --> 00:26:38,322 In 1965 "A Hard Day's Rut" changed all that 384 00:26:38,422 --> 00:26:39,722 ♪ I feel good 385 00:26:40,022 --> 00:26:41,521 ♪ I feel bad 386 00:26:41,721 --> 00:26:43,220 ♪ I feel happy 387 00:26:43,420 --> 00:26:44,620 ♪ I feel sad 388 00:26:44,820 --> 00:26:47,518 ♪ Am I in love? 389 00:26:47,618 --> 00:26:50,617 ♪ I must be in love 390 00:26:51,317 --> 00:26:52,816 ♪ I feel rich 391 00:26:53,016 --> 00:26:54,415 ♪ I feel poor 392 00:26:54,615 --> 00:26:56,215 ♪ I'm in doubt 393 00:26:56,414 --> 00:26:57,814 ♪ I feel sure 394 00:26:58,014 --> 00:27:00,613 ♪ Am I in love? 395 00:27:00,713 --> 00:27:03,611 ♪ I must be in love 396 00:27:05,810 --> 00:27:11,008 ♪ Any time of the day I can see 397 00:27:11,108 --> 00:27:16,006 ♪ Her face, when I close my eyes 398 00:27:17,605 --> 00:27:18,904 ♪ She's a dream 399 00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:20,404 ♪ She is real 400 00:27:20,604 --> 00:27:22,003 ♪ Can't explain 401 00:27:22,203 --> 00:27:23,602 ♪ How I feel 402 00:27:23,802 --> 00:27:26,601 ♪ Am I in love? 403 00:27:26,801 --> 00:27:29,700 ♪ I must be in love 404 00:27:44,993 --> 00:27:50,191 ♪ Any time of the day I can see 405 00:27:50,291 --> 00:27:55,188 ♪ Her face, when I close my eyes 406 00:27:56,588 --> 00:27:57,987 ♪ Am I dead 407 00:27:58,187 --> 00:27:59,686 ♪ Or alive? 408 00:27:59,886 --> 00:28:01,386 ♪ Can my poor heart 409 00:28:01,586 --> 00:28:02,785 ♪ Survive? 410 00:28:02,985 --> 00:28:05,784 ♪ Am I in love? 411 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:08,782 ♪ I must be in love 412 00:28:09,682 --> 00:28:10,981 ♪ I feel good 413 00:28:11,181 --> 00:28:12,581 ♪ I feel bad 414 00:28:12,781 --> 00:28:14,380 ♪ I feel happy 415 00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:15,779 ♪ I feel sad 416 00:28:15,979 --> 00:28:18,578 ♪ Am I in love? 417 00:28:19,178 --> 00:28:21,977 ♪ I must be in love 418 00:28:22,177 --> 00:28:25,375 ♪ I must be in love 419 00:28:25,575 --> 00:28:28,574 ♪ I must be in love 420 00:28:28,774 --> 00:28:31,772 ♪ I must be in love 421 00:28:36,028 --> 00:28:38,527 Roger McGough is a Liverpool poet 422 00:28:38,627 --> 00:28:42,126 He's the author of many books set in and around Liverpool 423 00:28:42,226 --> 00:28:47,223 Including "Mersey Sound", "Gig", "The Liverpool Scene" and two of his Liverpool poems are 424 00:28:47,323 --> 00:28:50,622 In the "The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century's English Verse" 425 00:28:50,722 --> 00:28:54,920 He was born in Liverpool, attended school in Liverpool, was even married in Liverpool 426 00:28:55,020 --> 00:28:57,719 And his football team is of course Everton 427 00:28:57,819 --> 00:29:00,318 He's a member of the "The Scaffold", a light comedy group 428 00:29:00,418 --> 00:29:02,917 Who played The Cavern during the early sixties 429 00:29:03,016 --> 00:29:09,314 And during those incredible years he lived, wrote, loved, watched football and drank in Liverpool 430 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:13,112 - Roger, did you know The Rutles? - Oh yes yes 431 00:29:13,212 --> 00:29:19,209 Roger McGough, Liverpool poet, writer, author, humorist, bon-vivre, and a man who knew The Rutles! 432 00:29:20,566 --> 00:29:21,365 Australia 433 00:29:22,265 --> 00:29:22,865 Canada 434 00:29:23,664 --> 00:29:24,564 Cleveland 435 00:29:25,464 --> 00:29:30,461 The Rutles were now world-wide successes. They'd rubbed shoulders with the great 436 00:29:30,561 --> 00:29:35,059 Their pictures were everywhere. Their names endorsed a thousand products 437 00:29:35,159 --> 00:29:39,357 From tee-shirts to garter belts to pillowcases 438 00:29:39,457 --> 00:29:42,156 Leggy was besieged by merchandisers 439 00:29:42,256 --> 00:29:46,254 We felt every girl in America is gonna to want to sleep with a Rutle 440 00:29:46,354 --> 00:29:49,953 Yes we have a complete line of Rutles products all ready to go 441 00:29:50,053 --> 00:29:54,751 The Rutle tee-shirt, the Rutle plate, the Rutle cup, the Rutle acne cream, the Rutle hairclips 442 00:29:54,851 --> 00:29:58,849 All a complete line of Rutles products, and all I need from you is just your word and 443 00:29:58,949 --> 00:30:00,748 - We're in business. - We're in business? 444 00:30:00,848 --> 00:30:02,247 I like the way you work 445 00:30:02,347 --> 00:30:07,145 Brian Thigh was a top record executive in London in 1962 446 00:30:07,245 --> 00:30:13,142 Mr. Thigh, you've been known for many many years as the man who turned down The Rutles 447 00:30:16,541 --> 00:30:17,640 Yeah that's right 448 00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:20,539 You said guitar groups were on the way out and 449 00:30:20,639 --> 00:30:25,337 Would never make any money at all in the sixties 450 00:30:26,337 --> 00:30:28,036 Yes I did 451 00:30:28,136 --> 00:30:33,533 You turned your back on all those millions of sales, all those hundreds of gold records 452 00:30:36,132 --> 00:30:38,731 Yeah, yeah that's right 453 00:30:38,831 --> 00:30:41,530 - What's it like to be such an asshole? - What?! 454 00:30:41,554 --> 00:30:44,553 Some people say you've been staying away from Liverpool now you're famous 455 00:30:44,677 --> 00:30:47,126 No we haven't been staying away, as much as not coming here 456 00:30:47,950 --> 00:30:50,149 Some people say it's six months since you came back here 457 00:30:50,173 --> 00:30:53,772 - Well that's the sort of thing some people would say - Nevertheless it has been six months 458 00:30:53,795 --> 00:30:55,795 Now you're saying it... why don't you ask me where I've been? 459 00:30:55,819 --> 00:30:57,818 - Where have you been? - I'm not telling you 460 00:31:00,962 --> 00:31:04,161 ♪ I grew up in the country 461 00:31:04,261 --> 00:31:06,460 ♪ Beside a chicken shack 462 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,559 ♪ So I left for the city 463 00:31:08,659 --> 00:31:10,958 ♪ And I didn't look back 464 00:31:11,058 --> 00:31:12,457 ♪ Now, I'm livin' in hope 465 00:31:12,557 --> 00:31:13,757 ♪ Livin' in hope 466 00:31:13,857 --> 00:31:15,156 ♪ I'm livin' in hope 467 00:31:15,256 --> 00:31:16,156 ♪ Livin' in hope 468 00:31:16,256 --> 00:31:17,755 ♪ Yes, I'm livin' in hope 469 00:31:17,855 --> 00:31:19,854 ♪ Livin' in hope 470 00:31:19,954 --> 00:31:25,352 At the height of Rutlemania in 1965, their drummer Barry Wom, the noisy one 471 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:29,750 Returned home to Liverpool, to marry his childhood sweet-heart 472 00:31:29,850 --> 00:31:32,748 The church was packed with Rutle fans 473 00:31:32,848 --> 00:31:37,146 All of whom wanted to get a close look at The Rutles 474 00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:48,541 Inside the dimly lit, crowded church Barry got separated from his fiancé 475 00:31:48,641 --> 00:31:51,940 And ended up with a different bride 476 00:32:01,635 --> 00:32:06,833 In the confusion, Barry's bride-to-be, twenty-three year old butcher's apprentice, Brenda Liola 477 00:32:06,933 --> 00:32:10,232 Was accidentally married to a party of Scotsmen from Hull 478 00:32:10,332 --> 00:32:12,531 Inspiring Barry's haunting ballad 479 00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:16,729 "When you find the girl of your dreams in the arms of some Scotsmen from Hull" 480 00:32:16,753 --> 00:32:21,451 Barry was heartbroken, but when he looked up and saw who he'd married, he soon cheered up. 481 00:32:24,473 --> 00:32:29,671 Welcome back. And it's from Liverpool that we go immediately to London 482 00:32:30,605 --> 00:32:33,204 Hello, London here 483 00:32:33,303 --> 00:32:39,501 And it's from London that we go to Switzerland to The Rutles second movie "Ouch!" 484 00:32:39,601 --> 00:32:44,599 Filmed in colour, on location very expensively, not in London 485 00:32:44,698 --> 00:32:45,798 ♪ Ouch! 486 00:32:45,898 --> 00:32:47,197 ♪ You're breakin' my heart 487 00:32:47,297 --> 00:32:48,397 ♪ Ouch! 488 00:32:48,497 --> 00:32:49,696 ♪ I'm fallin' apart 489 00:32:49,796 --> 00:32:50,896 ♪ Ouch! 490 00:32:50,996 --> 00:32:53,595 ♪ Ow, ow, Ouch! 491 00:32:54,694 --> 00:32:56,093 ♪ When we first met 492 00:32:56,193 --> 00:32:59,592 ♪ I must admit I fell for you right from the start 493 00:32:59,692 --> 00:33:04,290 ♪ I must admit I fell for you right from the start 494 00:33:04,390 --> 00:33:05,689 ♪ Now when we meet 495 00:33:05,789 --> 00:33:09,088 ♪ All kinds of things it seems upset the apple cart 496 00:33:09,288 --> 00:33:13,686 ♪ All kinds of things it seems upset the apple cart 497 00:33:13,786 --> 00:33:14,785 ♪ Ouch! 498 00:33:14,885 --> 00:33:15,885 ♪ Don't desert me 499 00:33:15,985 --> 00:33:17,084 ♪ Ouch! 500 00:33:17,184 --> 00:33:18,484 ♪ Please don't hurt me 501 00:33:18,583 --> 00:33:19,683 ♪ Ouch! 502 00:33:19,783 --> 00:33:22,482 ♪ Ow, ow, Ouch! 503 00:33:23,181 --> 00:33:24,581 ♪ What is this thing 504 00:33:24,681 --> 00:33:28,279 ♪ Called love why do they say it makes the world go 'round? 505 00:33:28,479 --> 00:33:32,577 ♪ Called love why do they say it makes the world go 'round? 506 00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,077 ♪ I can't explain 507 00:33:34,177 --> 00:33:37,775 ♪ The way I feel for you, my feet don't touch the ground 508 00:33:37,975 --> 00:33:42,273 ♪ The way I feel for you, my feet don't touch the ground 509 00:33:42,373 --> 00:33:43,472 ♪ Ouch! 510 00:33:43,572 --> 00:33:44,672 ♪ Don't desert me 511 00:33:44,772 --> 00:33:45,671 ♪ Ouch! 512 00:33:45,771 --> 00:33:47,071 ♪ Please don't hurt me 513 00:33:47,171 --> 00:33:48,270 ♪ Ouch! 514 00:33:48,370 --> 00:33:51,069 ♪ Ow, ow, Ouch! 515 00:33:52,069 --> 00:33:53,068 ♪ When we first met 516 00:33:53,168 --> 00:33:57,166 ♪ I must admit I fell for you right from the start 517 00:33:57,266 --> 00:34:01,764 ♪ I must admit I fell for you right from the start 518 00:34:01,864 --> 00:34:03,164 ♪ Now when we meet 519 00:34:03,264 --> 00:34:07,162 ♪ All kinds of things it seems upset the apple cart 520 00:34:07,362 --> 00:34:11,360 ♪ All kinds of things it seems upset the apple cart 521 00:34:11,460 --> 00:34:12,660 ♪ Ouch! 522 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:13,759 ♪ Don't desert me 523 00:34:13,859 --> 00:34:14,759 ♪ Ouch! 524 00:34:14,859 --> 00:34:16,058 ♪ Please don't hurt me 525 00:34:16,158 --> 00:34:17,357 ♪ Ouch! 526 00:34:17,457 --> 00:34:20,056 ♪ Ow, ow, Ouch! 527 00:34:20,956 --> 00:34:22,055 ♪ Ouch! 528 00:34:22,155 --> 00:34:23,255 ♪ Don't desert me 529 00:34:23,355 --> 00:34:24,354 ♪ Ouch! 530 00:34:24,454 --> 00:34:25,554 ♪ Please don't hurt me 531 00:34:25,654 --> 00:34:26,853 ♪ Ouch! 532 00:34:26,953 --> 00:34:29,552 ♪ Ow, ow, Ouch! 533 00:34:33,911 --> 00:34:39,409 Che Stadium. Named after the Cuban guerrilla leader, Che Stadium 534 00:34:39,509 --> 00:34:45,906 And it was here, in 1965, that The Rutles came, well, not here in the car park obviously 535 00:34:46,006 --> 00:34:53,503 But back there, in the stadium that The Rutles came in 1965 to a capacity house, a sell-out 536 00:34:53,702 --> 00:34:57,301 The thing I remember about it is them running out into the middle of this field 537 00:34:57,401 --> 00:35:01,199 And you couldn't see them, there they were, like, you know, just miles away 538 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:04,997 There... is it really The Rutles? It might be somebody else 539 00:35:08,596 --> 00:35:13,094 ♪ There was no one in my life till I met you 540 00:35:14,293 --> 00:35:18,691 ♪ You brought me love and taught me how to smile 541 00:35:18,791 --> 00:35:22,890 ♪ You picked me up when I was feeling blue 542 00:35:23,789 --> 00:35:27,587 ♪ From now on my future is worthwhile 543 00:35:27,887 --> 00:35:30,186 ♪ It's lookin' good, it's lookin' good 544 00:35:30,386 --> 00:35:32,685 ♪ It's lookin' good, it's lookin' good 545 00:35:32,885 --> 00:35:35,784 ♪ It's lookin' good! 546 00:35:37,983 --> 00:35:42,081 ♪ Now that you have given me reason to live 547 00:35:43,181 --> 00:35:46,879 ♪ I will stay forever by your side 548 00:35:48,078 --> 00:35:51,977 ♪ And give you all the lovin' I can give 549 00:35:53,376 --> 00:35:56,275 ♪ Just say the word, and be my bride 550 00:35:57,074 --> 00:35:59,273 ♪ It's lookin' good, it's lookin' good 551 00:35:59,473 --> 00:36:01,572 ♪ It's lookin' good, it's lookin' good 552 00:36:01,772 --> 00:36:04,771 ♪ It's lookin' good! 553 00:36:07,570 --> 00:36:11,868 ♪ I'm not throwing caution to the winds, oh no 554 00:36:12,168 --> 00:36:15,766 ♪ Love is not an easy game to play 555 00:36:17,066 --> 00:36:21,464 ♪ Though I may not be a man of words, yeah, yeah 556 00:36:21,564 --> 00:36:25,562 ♪ There is one thing I feel obliged to say 557 00:36:25,862 --> 00:36:28,061 ♪ It's lookin' good, it's lookin' good 558 00:36:28,261 --> 00:36:30,360 ♪ It's lookin' good, it's lookin' good 559 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,458 ♪ It's lookin' good 560 00:36:54,149 --> 00:36:55,649 You couldn't hear anything 561 00:36:55,748 --> 00:36:57,748 How long did they play? 562 00:36:57,848 --> 00:37:02,146 About twenty minutes and that was it, off, helicopter 563 00:37:02,346 --> 00:37:06,644 Back to the Warwick Hotel, two birds each 564 00:37:07,043 --> 00:37:10,942 In 1966 The Rutles faced the biggest threat to their careers 565 00:37:11,042 --> 00:37:13,041 Nasty, in a widely quoted interview 566 00:37:13,141 --> 00:37:16,339 Apparently had claimed that The Rutles were bigger than God 567 00:37:16,439 --> 00:37:20,937 And had gone on to say that God had never had a hit record 568 00:37:24,636 --> 00:37:27,734 The story spread like wildfire in America 569 00:37:27,834 --> 00:37:29,334 Many fans burnt their albums 570 00:37:29,434 --> 00:37:32,332 Many more burnt their fingers attempting to burn their albums 571 00:37:32,432 --> 00:37:37,630 Album sales sky-rocketed, people were buying them, just to burn them 572 00:37:37,730 --> 00:37:40,928 But in fact it was all a ghastly mistake 573 00:37:41,028 --> 00:37:43,627 Nasty talking to a slightly deaf journalist 574 00:37:43,727 --> 00:37:47,626 Had claimed only that The Rutles were bigger than Rod 575 00:37:47,725 --> 00:37:51,624 Rod Steward would not be big for another eight years 576 00:37:51,724 --> 00:37:55,122 That's all I said you know, now all this has to happen 577 00:37:55,222 --> 00:37:58,421 - What do you think it proves? - I think it proves you're all daft! 578 00:37:58,521 --> 00:38:00,720 I suppose I'll get into trouble for saying that now 579 00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:05,018 Nasty apologised to God, Rod and the press and the tour went ahead as planned 580 00:38:05,118 --> 00:38:06,717 But it would be The Rutles last 581 00:38:06,817 --> 00:38:11,415 Playing all the places where we're supposed to play, and we hope we can, you know, bring a bit of 582 00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,913 You know, je ne sais quoi to America 583 00:38:16,013 --> 00:38:21,111 At the end of it they met Bob Dylan in the idyllic San Francisco of the mid-sixties 584 00:38:21,211 --> 00:38:26,408 And he introduced them to a strange substance, which was to have an enormous affect on them 585 00:38:26,508 --> 00:38:28,907 Tea 586 00:38:39,203 --> 00:38:41,702 Despite warnings that it would lead to stronger things 587 00:38:41,802 --> 00:38:44,700 The Rutles enjoyed the pleasant effects of tea 588 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:50,598 And it influenced enormously their greatest work: Sgt. Rutters 589 00:38:53,496 --> 00:38:58,394 Of course the main thing that comes to my mind with the Sgt. Rutter album is 590 00:38:58,494 --> 00:39:02,193 Getting stoned and listening to it with the earphones you know 591 00:39:02,293 --> 00:39:05,591 Particularly the, you know, the chord that lasted forever you know 592 00:39:05,691 --> 00:39:09,389 The release of this album, a millstone in pop music history 593 00:39:09,489 --> 00:39:14,387 Contributed greatly to an idyllic summer of bells, flowers and tea drinking 594 00:39:14,487 --> 00:39:19,185 It's music led thousands to experiment with tea 595 00:39:22,184 --> 00:39:27,182 Eventually even the press found out and offered Dirk the chance to deny it 596 00:39:27,281 --> 00:39:31,380 It's not up to me, if you come and ask me I'm going to tell you the truth 597 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,478 Because it is the truth, I have had tea 598 00:39:34,578 --> 00:39:38,876 Lots of tea... Indian tea... ...and biscuits 599 00:39:40,076 --> 00:39:44,674 Dirk's admission created a scandal, the press grabbed hold of the wrong end of the stick 600 00:39:44,774 --> 00:39:47,972 And started to beat about the bush with it 601 00:39:51,771 --> 00:39:55,869 Many pop-stars were arrested for using and possessing tea 602 00:39:55,969 --> 00:39:59,667 Nasty himself was busted by Detective Inspector Brian Plant 603 00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:02,466 Who brought his own, to be on the safe side 604 00:40:02,490 --> 00:40:05,589 There was an immediate outcry against this Police persecution 605 00:40:05,613 --> 00:40:10,910 and the London Times carried a full page petition calling for the legalization of tea 606 00:40:20,916 --> 00:40:23,415 The Rutles meanwhile appeared live on TV 607 00:40:23,515 --> 00:40:28,912 Before a worldwide audience of two hundred million with a song that expressed the feeling of the age 608 00:40:29,012 --> 00:40:31,311 Tea was on every-one's lips 609 00:40:31,411 --> 00:40:34,410 ♪...In your own time ♪ Love Life 610 00:40:34,510 --> 00:40:35,709 ♪ To live is to live... 611 00:40:40,507 --> 00:40:43,806 ♪ Where there's a will, there's a way 612 00:40:44,006 --> 00:40:47,204 ♪ Love is the meaning of life 613 00:40:47,404 --> 00:40:50,803 ♪ Life is the meaning of love 614 00:40:51,102 --> 00:40:53,201 ♪ Love Life 615 00:40:53,401 --> 00:40:55,700 ♪ Love Life 616 00:40:55,900 --> 00:40:57,899 ♪ Love Life 617 00:40:58,199 --> 00:41:00,698 ♪ Love Life 618 00:41:12,793 --> 00:41:15,791 ♪ Where there's a will, there's a way 619 00:41:15,991 --> 00:41:19,390 ♪ Love is the meaning of life 620 00:41:19,890 --> 00:41:22,988 ♪ Life is the meaning of love 621 00:41:23,088 --> 00:41:25,287 ♪ Love Life 622 00:41:25,487 --> 00:41:27,686 ♪ Love Life 623 00:41:27,786 --> 00:41:30,185 ♪ Love Life 624 00:41:30,385 --> 00:41:31,684 ♪ Love Life 625 00:41:31,884 --> 00:41:32,484 ♪ Everybody! 626 00:41:32,684 --> 00:41:34,883 ♪ Love Life 627 00:41:34,983 --> 00:41:36,282 ♪ Love Life 628 00:41:36,482 --> 00:41:37,382 ♪ Altogether now! 629 00:41:37,582 --> 00:41:39,381 ♪ Love Life 630 00:41:39,581 --> 00:41:41,880 ♪ Love Life 631 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,079 ♪ Love is the meaning of life 632 00:41:44,179 --> 00:41:46,378 ♪ Life is the meaning of love 633 00:41:46,578 --> 00:41:48,577 ♪ Love is the meaning of life 634 00:41:48,677 --> 00:41:50,976 ♪ Life is the meaning of love 635 00:41:51,176 --> 00:41:53,375 ♪ Love is the meaning of life 636 00:41:53,575 --> 00:41:55,774 ♪ Life is the meaning of love 637 00:41:55,974 --> 00:41:58,073 ♪ Love is the meaning of life 638 00:41:58,273 --> 00:42:00,272 ♪ Life is the meaning of love 639 00:42:00,472 --> 00:42:02,371 ♪ Love is the meaning of life 640 00:42:02,471 --> 00:42:05,769 ♪ Hold my hand, yeah, yeah! 641 00:42:11,867 --> 00:42:17,664 A new form there, a slightly different form there of choral music, with a slight difference 642 00:42:17,764 --> 00:42:21,362 We'll be back with Prince Charles in just a moment 643 00:42:21,462 --> 00:42:25,061 "Love Life" is in many ways, the high watermark of their careers 644 00:42:25,085 --> 00:42:31,382 From here the sands of time end, leaving them high and dry on the beach of time 645 00:42:31,406 --> 00:42:36,104 as the tide of history rode relentlessly over them 646 00:42:38,658 --> 00:42:42,556 For a start Leggy Mountbatten was rapidly becoming a worry 647 00:42:42,656 --> 00:42:44,655 Always emotionally involved with them 648 00:42:44,755 --> 00:42:47,554 He had far less to do once they ceased touring 649 00:42:47,654 --> 00:42:49,953 Of course he had other artistes 650 00:42:50,053 --> 00:42:51,652 The McKismo Brothers 651 00:42:51,752 --> 00:42:53,851 Arthur Hodson and the Kneecaps 652 00:42:53,951 --> 00:42:57,949 As well as the French Beach Boys: Les Garcons De La Plage 653 00:42:58,249 --> 00:43:03,047 But his decision to put money into bull-fighters as a tax dodge 654 00:43:03,147 --> 00:43:05,946 Plus his unusual personal life 655 00:43:06,046 --> 00:43:10,744 In California he'd been arrested for giving the kiss of life to a rubber raft 656 00:43:10,844 --> 00:43:14,242 Gave increasing grounds for concern 657 00:43:14,342 --> 00:43:19,540 I asked Mick Jagger if he was aware of these tendencies of Leggy's 658 00:43:20,140 --> 00:43:26,137 Oh yeah... Leggy yeah you're kidding, Leggy got around a bit you know 659 00:43:26,737 --> 00:43:31,634 And that was alright, you know, until he started going off with the bull-fighters 660 00:43:31,635 --> 00:43:33,934 I think, that... 661 00:43:34,033 --> 00:43:37,332 That era, and then I think they got a bit disenchanted with him 662 00:43:37,432 --> 00:43:41,430 And he didn't know where to go, you know, you know, in his life I think 663 00:43:41,530 --> 00:43:44,729 And they wanted to control more of themselves, you know 664 00:43:44,829 --> 00:43:50,426 Stig meanwhile had fallen under the influence of Arthur Sultan, the 'Surrey Mystic' 665 00:43:50,626 --> 00:43:54,924 And Sultan had introduced Stig to his Ouija board work 666 00:43:56,024 --> 00:43:59,622 Arthur Sultan now invited The Rutles on a getaway from it all 667 00:43:59,722 --> 00:44:02,721 Table-tapping weekend near Bognor. 668 00:44:02,821 --> 00:44:06,519 As usual the press followed 669 00:44:10,117 --> 00:44:15,115 The Bognor thing was really funny, the "Bognor Express" they called it in the newspapers 670 00:44:15,215 --> 00:44:18,614 Some-one was very late, one of the girls, they were always late 671 00:44:18,714 --> 00:44:22,912 One of them, I can't remember who it was, maybe Nasty 672 00:44:23,012 --> 00:44:28,609 Thought we were trying to get on the Rutles bandwagon, you know, The Rutles mystical bandwagon, which wasn't true at all 673 00:44:28,709 --> 00:44:34,107 We were just as eager to find out what was going on in this board-tapping thing at Bognor as anybody 674 00:44:41,703 --> 00:44:44,702 ♪ In this day and age 675 00:44:45,402 --> 00:44:48,400 ♪ Love is all the rage 676 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:56,097 ♪ Life goes on, it only goes to show 677 00:44:57,097 --> 00:45:00,195 ♪ It's not my cup of tea 678 00:45:00,495 --> 00:45:04,094 ♪ It's all the same to me 679 00:45:04,893 --> 00:45:09,491 ♪ For we are here today and gone tomorrow... 680 00:45:09,591 --> 00:45:12,690 But while The Rutles sat at the foot of the Surrey mystic 681 00:45:12,790 --> 00:45:15,089 Fate dealt them an appalling blow 682 00:45:15,189 --> 00:45:18,487 It was here that they learnt the shocking news of their manager 683 00:45:18,587 --> 00:45:21,886 Leggy Mountbatten, tired and despondent over the weekend 684 00:45:21,986 --> 00:45:26,983 And unable to raise any friends, went home and tragically... 685 00:45:27,083 --> 00:45:29,882 Accepted a teaching post in Australia 686 00:45:30,382 --> 00:45:35,280 It was a kind of funny weekend that, and then of course at the end of it 687 00:45:35,879 --> 00:45:42,277 We found out that Leggy had gone off to Australia, which kind of put the mockers on the whole thing really 688 00:45:42,377 --> 00:45:46,975 It was a bombshell for The Rutles. They were shocked and stunned 689 00:45:47,075 --> 00:45:51,073 - Well we're shocked - Yes shocked 690 00:45:51,173 --> 00:45:53,372 Shocked 691 00:45:53,472 --> 00:45:54,671 And stunned 692 00:45:54,771 --> 00:45:57,870 Yes stunned 693 00:45:57,970 --> 00:45:59,869 Very stunned 694 00:45:59,969 --> 00:46:03,867 Did Arthur Sultan have any words of encouragement for you? 695 00:46:03,967 --> 00:46:06,466 - No - Well yes 696 00:46:06,566 --> 00:46:09,365 Well, yes and no 697 00:46:09,964 --> 00:46:13,863 He said it took allsorts to make a world 698 00:46:13,963 --> 00:46:18,860 And that we shouldn't worry unduly about were he'd gone 699 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:24,658 You know he said... we shouldn't become covered with grief at thoughts of Australia 700 00:46:26,857 --> 00:46:28,056 Because... 701 00:46:28,156 --> 00:46:33,654 He did say we could still keep in touch with him by tapping the table 702 00:46:34,454 --> 00:46:37,652 - And postcards - Yes 703 00:46:40,451 --> 00:46:41,850 Very stunned 704 00:46:43,873 --> 00:46:44,973 Very stunned 705 00:46:53,260 --> 00:46:57,259 It's significant that their first major flop 'Tragical History Tour' 706 00:46:57,358 --> 00:47:02,256 Immediately followed the loss of Leggy. It was not the strongest idea for a Rutles film 707 00:47:02,356 --> 00:47:04,455 Four Oxford history professors 708 00:47:04,555 --> 00:47:07,654 On a hitch-hiking tour of tea-shops in the Rutland area 709 00:47:07,754 --> 00:47:11,552 And it was slammed mercilously by the press 710 00:47:11,652 --> 00:47:14,251 ♪...Talk about a month of Sundays 711 00:47:14,351 --> 00:47:18,549 ♪ Toffee-nosed wet weekend as far as I can see 712 00:47:19,649 --> 00:47:22,547 ♪ Hey, diddle diddle 713 00:47:22,647 --> 00:47:25,546 ♪ The cat and the fiddle 714 00:47:25,646 --> 00:47:27,645 ♪ Piggy in the middle 715 00:47:27,745 --> 00:47:29,444 ♪ Do a poo-poo 716 00:47:29,544 --> 00:47:32,143 ♪ Bible punching heavyweight 717 00:47:32,243 --> 00:47:35,642 ♪ Evangelistic boxing kangaroo 718 00:47:38,140 --> 00:47:41,039 ♪ Orang-utan and anaconda 719 00:47:41,139 --> 00:47:45,237 ♪ Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, even Pluto, too 720 00:47:46,237 --> 00:47:49,236 ♪ Hey, diddle diddle 721 00:47:49,535 --> 00:47:52,434 ♪ The cat and the fiddle 722 00:47:52,534 --> 00:47:54,633 ♪ Piggy in the middle 723 00:47:54,733 --> 00:47:56,732 ♪ Do a poo-poo 724 00:47:56,832 --> 00:48:00,630 ♪ tekraaam ot tnew eiggip elttil siht 725 00:48:08,527 --> 00:48:19,122 ♪ One man's civilization is another man's jungle, yeah 726 00:48:20,322 --> 00:48:23,820 ♪ They say revolution's in the air 727 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,019 ♪ I'm dancing in my underwear 728 00:48:26,119 --> 00:48:29,018 ♪ 'Cause I don't care 729 00:48:29,218 --> 00:48:32,316 ♪ Hey diddle diddle 730 00:48:32,416 --> 00:48:35,415 ♪ The cat and the fiddle 731 00:48:35,515 --> 00:48:37,514 ♪ Piggy in the middle 732 00:48:37,614 --> 00:48:40,613 ♪ Do a poo-poo Do a poo-poo 733 00:49:17,596 --> 00:49:19,995 ♪ This little piggy went to market 734 00:49:20,195 --> 00:49:22,994 ♪ And this little piggy stayed home 735 00:49:23,094 --> 00:49:26,393 ♪ This little piggy had roast beef 736 00:49:26,592 --> 00:49:29,591 ♪ and this little piggy had none 737 00:49:29,791 --> 00:49:33,889 ♪ This little piggy went Wooo..oooo! 738 00:49:34,289 --> 00:49:37,188 ♪ All the way home 739 00:49:41,886 --> 00:49:44,385 ♪ This little piggy went to market... 740 00:49:47,283 --> 00:49:51,581 I'm sitting in a rented limousine in New York. And it was here... 741 00:49:51,681 --> 00:49:54,380 Well not in the limousine obviously, but in New York 742 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:59,578 The Rutles came in 1968, to announce the formation of Rutle Corp 743 00:50:00,977 --> 00:50:05,375 We're here in New York to announce the formation of Rutle Corp 744 00:50:05,475 --> 00:50:09,374 Nasty and I have come over on behalf of the other Rutles 745 00:50:09,474 --> 00:50:11,573 Yes they couldn't come 746 00:50:11,673 --> 00:50:17,970 We're setting up Rutle Corp as a kind of enterprise that people can come to us 747 00:50:18,070 --> 00:50:20,769 And we'll help them, we'll give them money 748 00:50:20,868 --> 00:50:23,767 You know, if they want money, they just come to us 749 00:50:23,867 --> 00:50:28,165 Yes, instead of going to a bank, we want to help people to help themselves 750 00:50:28,265 --> 00:50:32,563 Rutle Corp did just that, people helped themselves for years 751 00:50:32,663 --> 00:50:36,961 At one stage they were losing money faster than the British Government 752 00:50:37,061 --> 00:50:40,460 There are continued allegations that Rutle Corp is going bankrupt 753 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:44,658 Eric Manchester, the Rutles press agent: Are these allegations true? 754 00:50:44,758 --> 00:50:49,356 No, no, they're conjecture you know, it's only a rumour 755 00:50:49,656 --> 00:50:54,254 I think you'll find the way you get success, you always find this kind of rumour. No... 756 00:50:54,354 --> 00:50:57,352 So the stories of the thefts, they're not true also? 757 00:50:57,552 --> 00:51:01,151 No, they're greatly exaggerated, greatly exaggerated 758 00:51:01,251 --> 00:51:03,150 It's bad, you know, things are going 759 00:51:03,250 --> 00:51:06,948 But nothing like the rate, that people indicate 760 00:51:07,048 --> 00:51:10,547 The trouble is that people feel because these boys are The Rutles 761 00:51:10,646 --> 00:51:14,145 People can come in and help themselves to whatever they want. And this is just not on 762 00:51:14,245 --> 00:51:18,243 And we're putting a stop to this, and we're are doing, you know, it's almost dried up 763 00:51:18,343 --> 00:51:22,541 Things have gone, I wont deny it, television sets 764 00:51:22,641 --> 00:51:25,340 The odd car belonging to the company 765 00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:26,839 Has disappeared 766 00:51:26,939 --> 00:51:30,238 But... it's not extreme you know 767 00:51:30,338 --> 00:51:34,336 I did come in once and found that my office had been nicked 768 00:51:34,436 --> 00:51:37,934 But it had been nicked by Ron Decline, who we'd called in 769 00:51:38,034 --> 00:51:41,133 To stop this sort of flow of goods from the building, so that was alright 770 00:51:41,233 --> 00:51:46,830 So once you see this stop do you feel that Rutle Corp will continue into the future? 771 00:51:46,930 --> 00:51:53,028 Absolutely. I feel that once we've put a stop to this sort of bit of petty pilfering 772 00:51:53,128 --> 00:51:57,526 Rutle Corp will last for a very, very, very... 773 00:51:59,325 --> 00:52:03,923 For awhile, three chapters of the Redditch Hell's Angels lived in the basement of Rutle Corp 774 00:52:04,023 --> 00:52:06,822 Before Stig had the nerve to ask them to leave 775 00:52:06,922 --> 00:52:10,020 - Who hurt Stig? - One of the girls 776 00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:13,019 - Who? - Big Valerie here 777 00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:16,317 We're very upset, but there's not much we can do about it 778 00:52:16,417 --> 00:52:18,417 - Why not? - Well... she'll thump me 779 00:52:19,340 --> 00:52:21,639 So... Stig injured by big Valerie 780 00:52:23,154 --> 00:52:26,053 The Rutles next opened a clothes boutique in London 781 00:52:26,153 --> 00:52:29,052 Which lost nearly a million dollars in only three weeks 782 00:52:29,152 --> 00:52:30,851 Before Nasty blew it up 783 00:52:49,983 --> 00:52:53,081 ♪ I have always thought 784 00:52:53,281 --> 00:52:56,480 ♪ in the back of my mind 785 00:52:56,580 --> 00:52:59,478 ♪ cheese and onions 786 00:53:03,577 --> 00:53:06,675 ♪ I have always thought 787 00:53:06,975 --> 00:53:10,274 ♪ that the world was unkind 788 00:53:10,374 --> 00:53:13,172 ♪ cheese and onions 789 00:53:17,870 --> 00:53:21,169 ♪ Do I have to spell it out? 790 00:53:24,467 --> 00:53:30,665 ♪ C-H-E-E-S-E A-N-D O-N-I-O-N-S 791 00:53:30,765 --> 00:53:33,163 ♪ Oh, no. 792 00:53:37,262 --> 00:53:40,060 ♪ Man and machine 793 00:53:40,460 --> 00:53:43,459 ♪ Keep yourself clean 794 00:53:43,759 --> 00:53:46,558 ♪ Or be a has-been 795 00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:50,056 ♪ Like a dinosaur... 796 00:53:50,756 --> 00:53:53,455 ♪ Man or device 797 00:53:53,654 --> 00:53:56,653 ♪ For everything nice 798 00:53:57,253 --> 00:54:00,551 ♪ You'd better think twice 799 00:54:01,051 --> 00:54:04,150 ♪ At least once more... 800 00:54:04,350 --> 00:54:07,148 ♪ Man and machine 801 00:54:07,448 --> 00:54:10,447 ♪ Keep yourself clean 802 00:54:10,947 --> 00:54:13,746 ♪ Or be a has-been 803 00:54:14,445 --> 00:54:17,444 ♪ Like a dinosaur... 804 00:54:18,044 --> 00:54:20,742 ♪ Man or device 805 00:54:21,142 --> 00:54:24,141 ♪ For everything nice 806 00:54:24,641 --> 00:54:27,839 ♪ You'd better think twice 807 00:54:28,539 --> 00:54:31,538 ♪ At least once more! 808 00:54:31,937 --> 00:54:34,736 ♪ Man and machine 809 00:54:35,036 --> 00:54:38,035 ♪ Keep yourself clean 810 00:54:38,635 --> 00:54:41,433 ♪ Or be a has-been 811 00:54:42,033 --> 00:54:44,932 ♪ Like a dinosaur! 812 00:54:45,831 --> 00:54:48,530 ♪ Man or device 813 00:54:49,030 --> 00:54:52,029 ♪ For everything nice 814 00:54:52,628 --> 00:54:53,828 ♪ You'd better think twice... 815 00:54:53,928 --> 00:54:57,026 Hey there, who's your friend? Get his teeth cleaned 816 00:54:57,126 --> 00:55:00,725 - Oh hello Nasty - Hello Dirk 817 00:55:01,225 --> 00:55:05,423 - Oh that's torn it - What are you doing Stig? 818 00:55:05,823 --> 00:55:10,420 - Just getting out of here - Well I'm gonna get out of here too 819 00:55:17,217 --> 00:55:20,616 Personal problems now began to split The Rutles into smithereens 820 00:55:21,815 --> 00:55:26,114 They would sing together, but they wouldn't talk. Pretty soon they wouldn't even sing 821 00:55:26,613 --> 00:55:30,911 By March 1969 things had got so bad within the group 822 00:55:31,012 --> 00:55:33,409 that both Dirk and Nasty got married 823 00:55:33,933 --> 00:55:37,132 not to each other, of course... to women 824 00:55:39,353 --> 00:55:41,352 Dirk had become enamoured with Martini 825 00:55:41,452 --> 00:55:45,350 A French actress who spoke no English and precious little French 826 00:55:45,450 --> 00:55:48,848 When they married in London the service was conducted in Spanish 827 00:55:48,948 --> 00:55:50,848 Italian and Chinese, just to be on the safe side 828 00:55:51,743 --> 00:55:54,842 I love you... 829 00:55:57,061 --> 00:55:59,860 It's you I love... 830 00:56:00,959 --> 00:56:04,657 Today is our wedding day... 831 00:56:04,757 --> 00:56:07,956 For you always I will wai... 832 00:56:09,555 --> 00:56:11,355 G, B, B, E... 833 00:56:11,454 --> 00:56:12,754 F... 834 00:56:12,854 --> 00:56:15,353 - D - D... D... 835 00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:28,047 That's nice... 836 00:56:38,043 --> 00:56:41,141 ♪ Time goes by, as we all know 837 00:56:41,241 --> 00:56:43,640 ♪ Naturally 838 00:56:44,340 --> 00:56:47,439 ♪ People come and people go 839 00:56:47,539 --> 00:56:49,738 ♪ Naturally 840 00:56:49,838 --> 00:56:52,636 ♪ Let's be natural 841 00:56:53,236 --> 00:56:56,235 ♪ Ever since the world began 842 00:56:56,335 --> 00:56:59,033 ♪ Let's be natural 843 00:56:59,333 --> 00:57:02,332 ♪ Every woman, every man 844 00:57:02,432 --> 00:57:05,231 ♪ Let's be natural 845 00:57:05,830 --> 00:57:08,529 ♪ Has followed nature's plan 846 00:57:08,629 --> 00:57:11,428 ♪ Let's be natural 847 00:57:18,025 --> 00:57:20,824 ♪ Oh, yeah 848 00:57:21,623 --> 00:57:24,822 Nasty meanwhile visited an exhibition of broken art 849 00:57:24,922 --> 00:57:27,421 At the Pretentious Gallery, Soho 850 00:57:27,521 --> 00:57:32,519 The art exhibits had all been dropped out of tall buildings and then put on display 851 00:57:32,619 --> 00:57:36,617 Amongst the little piles of rubble, Nasty found the artist herself 852 00:57:36,717 --> 00:57:41,615 Chastity, a simple German girl, whose father had invented WW2 853 00:57:42,738 --> 00:57:45,437 Chastity fascinated him with her destructo art 854 00:57:46,161 --> 00:57:48,759 They talked all through the night as she outlined her plans 855 00:57:48,783 --> 00:57:50,783 to drop artists out of planes 856 00:57:51,889 --> 00:57:53,788 Nasty adored her 857 00:57:53,888 --> 00:57:58,486 They announced their engagement, next day at a press conference held in his shower 858 00:57:58,586 --> 00:57:59,986 What are you doing this for? 859 00:58:00,085 --> 00:58:04,084 We're doing this for peace, and basically to show that the world is... 860 00:58:04,184 --> 00:58:08,082 You know, going astray, in it's thinking 861 00:58:08,382 --> 00:58:11,980 - What are you doing? - We're getting wet in a shower 862 00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:16,278 Because basically we talked it over, Chastity and myself 863 00:58:16,378 --> 00:58:18,377 And we came to the conclusion 864 00:58:18,477 --> 00:58:23,675 That civilisation is nothing more than an effective sewage system 865 00:58:23,875 --> 00:58:27,973 And so by the use of plumbing we hope to demonstrate this to the world 866 00:58:28,697 --> 00:58:31,795 Nasty and Chastity now had plunged themselves into the art world 867 00:58:31,819 --> 00:58:35,418 Together they made a film called A Thousand Feet Of Film 868 00:58:36,341 --> 00:58:44,738 ♪ You need feet, to stand up straight with, 869 00:58:44,762 --> 00:58:53,258 ♪ You need feet, to kick your friends, 870 00:58:53,282 --> 00:59:02,178 ♪ You need feet, to keep your socks on, 871 00:59:02,202 --> 00:59:10,498 ♪ And stop your legs from, fraying at the ends. 872 00:59:11,222 --> 00:59:19,418 ♪ You need feet, to walk to Scunthorpe, 873 00:59:19,442 --> 00:59:27,939 ♪ Or to dance, the hoochy-coo, 874 00:59:27,963 --> 00:59:36,759 ♪ Yes the whole world needs feet for something 875 00:59:36,783 --> 00:59:43,480 ♪ And I need feet, to run away from you. 876 00:59:45,002 --> 00:59:48,001 Stig meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much 877 00:59:48,101 --> 00:59:51,499 That in 1969 a rumour went around that he was dead 878 00:59:51,523 --> 00:59:53,422 He was supposed to been killed 879 00:59:53,446 --> 00:59:55,445 in a flashfire at at water bed shop 880 00:59:55,469 --> 01:00:00,467 and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tussauds 881 01:00:01,195 --> 01:00:05,493 Several so called 'facts' helped the emergence of this rumour 882 01:00:05,593 --> 01:00:09,691 One: he... he never said anything publicly 883 01:00:09,891 --> 01:00:14,689 Even as the 'quiet one', he'd not said a word since 1966 884 01:00:15,289 --> 01:00:20,986 Two: on the cover of their latest album, 'Shabby Road' he's wearing no trousers 885 01:00:21,086 --> 01:00:24,385 An Italian way of indicating death 886 01:00:24,485 --> 01:00:30,382 Three: Nasty supposedly sings "I buried Stig" on "I Am The Waitress" 887 01:00:30,482 --> 01:00:33,481 In fact he sings "E burres stigano" 888 01:00:33,581 --> 01:00:37,579 Which is very bad Spanish for "Have you a water buffalo?" 889 01:00:37,679 --> 01:00:40,578 Four: on the cover of the Sgt. Rutter album 890 01:00:40,677 --> 01:00:46,675 Stig is leaning in the exact position of a dying Yeti from the 'Rutland Book of the Dead' 891 01:00:47,774 --> 01:00:53,972 Five: if you sing the title of "Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band" backwards 892 01:00:54,072 --> 01:00:58,969 it is supposed to sound very like "Stig has been dead for ages honestly" 893 01:00:59,069 --> 01:01:04,967 In fact it sounds uncannily like "dnab bulc ylno srettur tnaegres" 894 01:01:05,067 --> 01:01:07,166 Palatable nonsense 895 01:01:07,266 --> 01:01:12,663 Stig was of course, far from dead, although not in fact, far from Esher 896 01:01:12,963 --> 01:01:15,562 He'd fallen in bed with Gertrude Strange 897 01:01:15,662 --> 01:01:19,160 A large breasted biologically accommodating American girl 898 01:01:19,260 --> 01:01:22,159 Who's father had invented the limpet mine 899 01:01:22,259 --> 01:01:25,358 When they met, it was lust at first sight 900 01:01:25,458 --> 01:01:29,156 Barry meanwhile had also spent a year in bed as a tax dodge 901 01:01:29,256 --> 01:01:32,654 Eric Manchester thinks that he'd either received appalling financial advice 902 01:01:32,754 --> 01:01:36,853 or that he was desperately trying to start a "Barry is also dead" rumour 903 01:01:36,953 --> 01:01:41,151 When he finally got up Rutle Corps was in a perilous financial plight 904 01:01:41,551 --> 01:01:44,949 Nasty had flown back in a hurry from his honeymoon rally in Nuremburg 905 01:01:45,049 --> 01:01:48,348 To meet the most feared promoter in the world 906 01:01:48,447 --> 01:01:51,146 Ron Decline 907 01:01:59,243 --> 01:02:02,341 Decline had a reputation as a hard man 908 01:02:02,441 --> 01:02:04,940 His only weak spot was dishonesty 909 01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:09,638 Any-one was free to inspect his books, but no-one could find his accounts 910 01:02:09,738 --> 01:02:13,636 He struck terror into the hearts of his subordinates 911 01:02:14,936 --> 01:02:19,234 People would commit suicide rather than meet him 912 01:02:19,734 --> 01:02:24,232 In business his left hand never knew who his right hand was doing 913 01:02:24,332 --> 01:02:28,630 Nasty adored him, he was a man after his own wallet 914 01:02:36,026 --> 01:02:40,524 Decline promised The Rutles that if they let him take care of their royalties 915 01:02:40,624 --> 01:02:44,023 They would never have to worry about money again 916 01:02:44,123 --> 01:02:48,221 Stig meanwhile was accepting the financial advice of Billy Kodak 917 01:02:48,321 --> 01:02:52,519 Whilst Dirk had invited Arnold Schwarzenweisengreenenbluenbraunenburger 918 01:02:52,619 --> 01:02:57,417 To handle his end of the name, Barry was consulting the I Ching every three and a half minutes 919 01:02:57,517 --> 01:02:59,516 There was a plethora of lawyers 920 01:02:59,616 --> 01:03:04,814 Suddenly every-one became amazingly 921 01:03:04,914 --> 01:03:09,712 I remember, I'd get up in the morning, sue some-one, check in the papers I hadn't been fired 922 01:03:09,812 --> 01:03:14,709 Go to the office, sue some-one, pick up the morning's writ, sue the bank 923 01:03:14,809 --> 01:03:17,608 Go out to lunch, sue the restaurant 924 01:03:17,708 --> 01:03:20,807 Get back in, collect the writs that had been received that afternoon 925 01:03:20,907 --> 01:03:26,104 Read the papers, phone the papers, sue the papers, and go home 926 01:03:26,204 --> 01:03:27,404 To the wife 927 01:03:27,504 --> 01:03:32,102 They're asking me "Where's the money, where's the money?" I mean I don't know where the money is 928 01:03:32,202 --> 01:03:34,701 I've never been good with figures, you know that 929 01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:37,999 I don't know anything about math, it was never my good subject 930 01:03:38,099 --> 01:03:42,097 I don't know where the money is, but if you need money, I'll give you money 931 01:03:42,197 --> 01:03:45,796 But this... this, really, surprises me... 932 01:03:45,896 --> 01:03:47,095 I'm really shocked 933 01:03:47,195 --> 01:03:51,693 Because I thought we had something here a lot stronger than just business 934 01:03:51,793 --> 01:03:56,691 I mean you know, I love you more than I love my own family, I do 935 01:03:56,791 --> 01:04:00,489 I wanna protect you, I wanna help you 936 01:04:00,589 --> 01:04:03,088 I wanna protect you from the outside world 937 01:04:03,188 --> 01:04:07,186 Protect you... protect you from... ...people like me 938 01:04:07,210 --> 01:04:10,309 You know... and I think I'm doing a good job 939 01:04:11,563 --> 01:04:15,362 At the final meeting a hundred and thirty four legal people and accountants 940 01:04:15,462 --> 01:04:18,160 Filed into a small eight by ten room 941 01:04:18,260 --> 01:04:20,759 Only eighty seven came out alive 942 01:04:20,859 --> 01:04:22,958 The black hole of Savile Row 943 01:04:23,058 --> 01:04:27,356 Had taken toll of some of the finest merchant banking brains of a generation 944 01:04:27,456 --> 01:04:29,455 Luckily that's not very serious 945 01:04:29,555 --> 01:04:32,754 But The Rutles were obviously self-destructing fast 946 01:04:32,854 --> 01:04:35,353 In the midst of all this public bickering 947 01:04:35,453 --> 01:04:39,951 'Let It Rot' was released as a film, a album and a lawsuit 948 01:04:40,151 --> 01:04:44,549 In 1970 Dirk sued Stig, Nasty and Barry 949 01:04:44,649 --> 01:04:47,247 Barry sued Dirk, Nasty and Stig 950 01:04:47,347 --> 01:04:49,746 Nasty sued Barry, Dirk and Stig 951 01:04:49,846 --> 01:04:52,545 And Stig sued himself accidentally 952 01:04:52,645 --> 01:04:54,944 It was the beginning of a golden era for lawyers 953 01:04:55,044 --> 01:04:58,243 But for The Rutles, live on a London rooftop 954 01:04:58,343 --> 01:05:01,441 It was the beginning of the end 955 01:05:09,937 --> 01:05:13,436 ♪ Workin' up a fever in a one-horse town 956 01:05:13,536 --> 01:05:17,134 ♪ Was a jockey by the name of Joe 957 01:05:17,734 --> 01:05:21,232 ♪ He didn't have a lot of what you might call luck 958 01:05:21,332 --> 01:05:25,031 ♪ But he had a lot of get up n' go 959 01:05:25,531 --> 01:05:28,929 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 960 01:05:29,529 --> 01:05:32,727 ♪ Get up n' go back home 961 01:05:33,427 --> 01:05:36,826 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 962 01:05:37,425 --> 01:05:40,624 ♪ Get up n' go back home 963 01:05:56,917 --> 01:06:00,115 ♪ Tall in the saddle in a one-horse town 964 01:06:00,215 --> 01:06:04,113 ♪ Joe, he knew someday he'd hit the road 965 01:06:04,313 --> 01:06:07,912 ♪ He traded with a dealer for a pick-up truck 966 01:06:08,012 --> 01:06:11,710 ♪ And went lookin' for a medium load 967 01:06:12,310 --> 01:06:15,708 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 968 01:06:16,208 --> 01:06:19,407 ♪ Get up n' go back home 969 01:06:20,206 --> 01:06:23,505 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 970 01:06:24,105 --> 01:06:27,203 ♪ Get up n' go back home 971 01:06:46,095 --> 01:06:49,493 ♪ Ketchup n' go Ketchup n' go 972 01:06:49,993 --> 01:06:53,292 ♪ Ketchup and go back home 973 01:06:53,891 --> 01:06:57,190 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 974 01:06:57,790 --> 01:07:00,888 ♪ Get up n' go back home 975 01:07:01,388 --> 01:07:05,087 ♪ Ketchup n' go Get up n' go 976 01:07:05,486 --> 01:07:08,685 ♪ Get up n' go back home 977 01:07:09,385 --> 01:07:12,783 ♪ Get up n' go Get up n' go 978 01:07:13,283 --> 01:07:15,682 ♪ Get up n' go back home 979 01:07:28,200 --> 01:07:31,299 Come along! 980 01:07:32,722 --> 01:07:34,122 Come! Get going! 981 01:07:44,548 --> 01:07:49,046 Like any of the other enormous music... popular music phenomenom’s 982 01:07:49,146 --> 01:07:53,744 Sinatra, and Presley, and The Rutles, and then, you know, some people say... 983 01:07:53,844 --> 01:07:57,542 Well you know "Its time, every ten years, who will be the next Rutles?" you know 984 01:07:57,642 --> 01:08:00,841 I don't think there will be a next Rutles 985 01:08:00,941 --> 01:08:05,739 Sixteen years after the fresh-faced prefab four first burst into the public eye 986 01:08:05,839 --> 01:08:10,237 And eight years after they split up, just where are The Rutles today? 987 01:08:10,337 --> 01:08:14,435 Dirk has formed with his wife Martini, a punk rock group 988 01:08:14,535 --> 01:08:16,834 called The Punk Floyd 989 01:08:16,934 --> 01:08:19,932 He sings, and she doesn't 990 01:08:21,732 --> 01:08:27,529 Nasty has turned his back on the world and sits with his thoughts and his memories 991 01:08:28,529 --> 01:08:34,126 Barry is a hairdresser in the Reading area, with two fully equipped salons of his own 992 01:08:36,125 --> 01:08:40,823 While Stig works for Air India as a air-hostess 993 01:08:41,923 --> 01:08:44,522 Fame is a fickle mistress 994 01:08:44,621 --> 01:08:48,420 Just how many people remember The Rutles today? 995 01:08:48,520 --> 01:08:52,418 We asked the public just what is a Rutle? 996 01:08:52,518 --> 01:08:56,516 Excuse me madam, we're doing a documentary, and I wonder if you'd answer a few questions 997 01:08:56,616 --> 01:08:58,415 Sorry I don't answer questions 998 01:08:58,515 --> 01:09:01,614 It wont take a second of your time, really, we've just got the camera rolling right away here 999 01:09:01,714 --> 01:09:04,913 We're from England, and we're making a documentary and we just want one question, please 1000 01:09:05,012 --> 01:09:08,111 - Alright - Thank you very much, just stand right here OK? 1001 01:09:08,211 --> 01:09:11,809 - Who were The Rutles? - I don't know 1002 01:09:11,909 --> 01:09:14,009 - Come on you must know - No I'm sorry I don't know 1003 01:09:14,108 --> 01:09:15,708 - Yes you do know - No well I don't know 1004 01:09:15,808 --> 01:09:17,507 - Who were The Rutles? - I don't know 1005 01:09:17,607 --> 01:09:18,906 - You do know! - No I don't know! 1006 01:09:19,006 --> 01:09:21,005 - You do know! The Rutles! - I don't know who they are! 1007 01:09:21,205 --> 01:09:23,804 - Who were The Rutles? Please tell us - I don't know who they are 1008 01:09:23,904 --> 01:09:25,403 - Who were The Rutles? - I don't know! 1009 01:09:25,503 --> 01:09:26,403 - You do know! - I don't! 1010 01:09:26,503 --> 01:09:28,602 - You do know! Who were The Rutles?! - I don't know! 1011 01:09:28,702 --> 01:09:29,602 Who were The Rutles?! 1012 01:09:29,702 --> 01:09:33,600 The Rutles were a mop-top English pop quartet of the sixties who set the foot of the world a-tapping 1013 01:09:33,700 --> 01:09:37,998 With their catchy melodies, their whacky Liverpool humour and their zany off-the-wall antics 1014 01:09:38,098 --> 01:09:40,597 Epitomised in such movies as "A Hard Days Rut" and "Ouch!" 1015 01:09:40,697 --> 01:09:43,396 Dirk and Nasty, the acknowledged leaders of the group 1016 01:09:43,495 --> 01:09:47,894 Were perfectly complimented by Stig, the quiet one, and Barry, the noisy one 1017 01:09:47,993 --> 01:09:51,392 To form a heart-warming, cheeky, lovable, talented 1018 01:09:51,492 --> 01:09:53,991 Non-Jewish group who would gladden the hearts of the world 1019 01:09:54,091 --> 01:09:56,490 - Thank you very much - In 1962 they played The Cavern. 1020 01:09:56,590 --> 01:09:59,888 - After that they spent several months in Hamburg. - Yes, thank you very much indeed 1021 01:09:59,988 --> 01:10:03,587 Then in 1962 they released their first single "Twist and Rut" 1022 01:10:03,687 --> 01:10:05,586 Yes thank you very much, thank you 1023 01:10:05,686 --> 01:10:08,884 Will you shut up?! 1024 01:10:08,984 --> 01:10:12,583 From New York back to London 1025 01:10:12,683 --> 01:10:18,380 I'm standing on the crossing, where the Rutles legend ended 1026 01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:24,377 Here it was that the prefab four Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry 1027 01:10:24,877 --> 01:10:29,575 The Rutles, the singing phenomena, who made the sixties what they are today 1028 01:10:29,675 --> 01:10:32,674 Here it was that indeed...! 1029 01:10:36,172 --> 01:10:40,970 Mick, why do you think The Rutles broke up? 1030 01:10:41,070 --> 01:10:45,168 Why do I think they did? Why did The Rutles break up? 1031 01:10:45,468 --> 01:10:51,565 Women. Just women, getting in the way 1032 01:10:51,765 --> 01:10:54,064 Cherchez la femme, you know 1033 01:10:54,164 --> 01:10:57,163 Do you think they'll ever get back together again? 1034 01:10:57,263 --> 01:10:59,162 I hope not 1035 01:10:59,262 --> 01:11:03,060 ♪ People were proud in Doubleback Alley 1036 01:11:03,260 --> 01:11:07,258 ♪ Neighbours were loud, but ever so pally 1037 01:11:07,358 --> 01:11:11,057 ♪ People would shout, joking about 1038 01:11:11,457 --> 01:11:15,355 ♪ The smoke and the soot, Mother would put 1039 01:11:15,455 --> 01:11:18,453 ♪ The milk bottles out 1040 01:11:19,453 --> 01:11:23,451 ♪ We had a good time in Doubleback Alley 1041 01:11:23,551 --> 01:11:27,549 ♪ With fences to climb, and Father O'Malley 1042 01:11:27,649 --> 01:11:31,148 ♪ To clip your ear, and steer you clear 1043 01:11:31,248 --> 01:11:35,146 ♪ Of the funny man in the ice cream van 1044 01:11:35,246 --> 01:11:38,445 ♪ Who talked so queer 1045 01:11:39,544 --> 01:11:47,041 ♪ Doubleback Alley takes me back and in my mind I see 1046 01:11:48,881 --> 01:11:55,878 ♪ Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory 1047 01:11:56,678 --> 01:12:00,276 ♪ People were proud in Doubleback Alley 1048 01:12:00,576 --> 01:12:04,474 ♪ Neighbors were loud but ever so pally 1049 01:12:04,574 --> 01:12:08,173 ♪ People would shout, joking about 1050 01:12:08,672 --> 01:12:12,671 ♪ The smoke and the soot, mother would put 1051 01:12:12,770 --> 01:12:15,369 ♪ The milk bottles out 1052 01:12:17,112 --> 01:12:20,810 ♪ We had a good time in Doubleback Alley 1053 01:12:20,834 --> 01:12:24,932 ♪ With fences to climb and Father O'Malley 1054 01:12:24,956 --> 01:12:28,455 ♪ To clip your ear and steer you clear 1055 01:12:28,479 --> 01:12:32,477 ♪ Of the funny man in the ice cream van 1056 01:12:32,501 --> 01:12:35,399 ♪ Who talked so queer 1057 01:12:37,302 --> 01:12:43,799 ♪ Doubleback Alley takes me back and in my mind I see 1058 01:12:45,498 --> 01:12:48,896 ♪ Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory