The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Release: March 22, 1978
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Narrator:
"Stig, meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much that in 1969: a rumor went around that He was dead;. He was supposed to have been killed in a flash fire at a waterbed shop and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tussaud's."
[⋯]:
"Several so-called "facts" helped the emergence of this rumor:
1. He never said anything publicly; Even as the "quiet one," he'd not said a word since 1966.
2. on the cover of their latest album, 'Shabby Road': he is wearing no trousers; an Italian way of indicating death.
3. Nasty supposedly sings 'I buried Stig' on 'I Am the Waitress'. In fact: he sings, 'E burres stigano'; which is very bad Spanish for 'Have you a water buffalo?'."
[⋯]:
"4. on the cover of the 'Sgt. Rutter' album: Stig is leaning in the exact position of a dying Yeti, from the 'Rutland Book of the Dead'.
5. If you sing the title of 'Sergeant Rutter's Only Darts Club Band' backwards, it's supposed to sound very like 'Stig has been dead for ages, honestly'. In fact, it sounds uncannily like 'Dnab Bulc Ylno S'rettur Tnaegres'; Palpable nonsense."
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Narrator:
"in 1966, the Rutles faced the biggest threat to their careers. nasty in a widely quoted interview had apparently claimed that the Rutles were bigger than God; ⋯and was reported to have gone on to say that God had never had a hit record. the story spread like wildfire in America: Many fans burnt their albums; Many more burnt their fingers attempting to burn their albums. Album sales skyrocketed; People were buying them just to burn them. ⋯but in fact it was all a ghastly mistake."
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"Nasty, talking to a slightly deaf journalist, had claimed only that the Rutles were bigger than Rod. Rod Stewart would not be big for another 8 years, and certainly at this stage hadn't had a hit. at a press conference, Nasty apologised to God, Rod and the Press, and the tour went ahead as planned; It would be the Rutles' last."
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Stanley J. Krammerhead:
"Listen, looking at it very simply musicology and ethnically, the Rutles were essentially imperical malengistes of a rhythmically radical yet verbally passé and temporally transcended lyrically content welded with historically innovative melodical material transposed and transmogrified by the angst of the Rutland ethic experience which elevated them from essentially alpha exponents of in essence merely beta potential harmonic material into the prime cultural exponents of Aeolian cadencic comic st"
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Narrator:
"In the midst of all this public bickering, "Let it Rot" was released as a film, an album, and a lawsuit. In 1970, Dirk sued Stig, Nasty, and Barry; Barry sued Dirk, Nasty, and Stig; Nasty sued Barry, Dirk, and Stig; and Stig sued himself accidentally. It was the beginning of a golden era for lawyers, but for the Rutles, live on a London rooftop, it was the beginning of the end."
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Eric Manchester, Rutle Corp. Press Agent:
"Suddenly, everyone became amazingly litigious. I remember I'd get up in the morning. Sue someone. Check in the papers that I hadn't been fired. Go to the office. Sue someone. Pick up the morning's writs. Sue the bank. Go out for lunch. Sue the restaurant. Get back in, collect the writs that had been received that afternoon. Read the papers. Phone the papers. Sue the papers. Then go home. Sue the wife."
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Ron Nasty:
"[Ron Nasty and wife Chastity are giving a press conference in Nasty's shower]We're doing this for peace, and basically to show that the world is, you know, going astray in its thinking."
Reporter:
"What are you doing?"
Ron Nasty:
"We're getting wet. In a shower. Because, basically, we talked it over, Chastity and myself, and we came to the conclusion that civilization is nothing more than an effective sewage system. And so by the use of plumbing we hope to demonstrate this to the world."
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Narrator:
"In 1966 the Rutles faced the biggest threat to their careers. Nasty in a widely quoted interview had apparently claimed that the Rutles were bigger than God, and was reported to have gone on to say that God had never had a hit record. The story spread like wildfire in America. Many fans burnt their albums, many more burnt their fingers attempting to burn their albums. Album sales skyrocketed, People were buying them just to burn them. But in fact it was all a ghastly mistake. Nasty, talking to a"
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Narrator:
"Stig, meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much that in 1969, a rumor went around that he was dead. He was supposed to have been killed in a flash fire at a waterbed shop and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tusseaud's. Several so-called "facts" helped the emergence of this rumor. One: he never said anything publicly. Even as the "quiet one," he'd not said a word since 1966. Two: on the cover of their latest album, "Shabby Road," he is wearing no trousers, an Italian way o"
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Narrator:
"Mick, why do you think the Rutles broke up?"
Mick Jagger:
"Why do I think they did? Why did the Rutles break up? Women. Just women. Getting in the way. Cherchez la femme, you know."
Narrator:
"Do you think they'll ever get back together again?"
Mick Jagger:
"I hope not."
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