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an Evening with the Rutles at Farnham Maltings
Courtesy of Evvnt | Posted on March 20, 2014
Where
Farnham Maltings
Bridge Square, GU9 7QR
Farnham
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When
Fri, May 23, 2014
20:00
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BRAND ON THE RUN
It all began 35 years ago when Eric Idle of Monty Python persuaded Neil Innes, of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, to join him in a comedy series for BBC 2 called Rutland Weekend Television all about a spoof TV station, the smallest in Britain, churning out really cheap programmes on a shoestring. Low budget More like No Budget
Innes suggested to Idle that they could do a send-up of A Hard Day’s Night, the Beatles first movie. “It’s in Black and White, it’s speeded up, and we could wear wigs and tight trousers and run around a field somewhere…” “Great” Exclaimed Idle. “I’ve got a sketch about a man making a documentary who’s so boring, the camera runs away from him…”...