McCartney Times

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 parodies the Beatles (a band of some note) by documenting an eerily similar band called the Rutles.

“The film was co-produced by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame. He is also in the film as the Paul McCartney character Dirk McQuickly, and he provides the narration for the film, appearing as the reporter doing the story of the band. He also appears as a professor of applied narcotics. AND he co-wrote and co-directed the film. Yeesh! Eric, delegate!

“The film is very funny as it follows the career of the Rutles, which closely resembles the Beatles’ career. And the songs, all written by Neil Innes, also an alum of Monty Python, are all quite funny and very catchy. After all, they do follow the template of the Beatles — and they were pretty good.

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