# Do you like the Rutles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385 "2020-03-13T05:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/1 "2020-03-13T05:24:51Z")
The Beatles parody movie from the 70s? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/2 "2020-03-13T05:32:56Z")
I’m a huge Beatles fan and I don’t. Maybe I had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/3 "2020-03-13T05:34:08Z")
Boring and tedious IMO. Eric Idle is not funny. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/4 "2020-03-13T07:22:28Z")
It’s been a long time since I last saw it, but I remember being amused. Probably not one of the best movies from the expanded Monthy Python universe, but a good film I would want to watch again. The parody songs were brilliant and spot on. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/5 "2020-03-13T07:36:31Z")
The mockumentary was brilliant as were the songs. Couldn’t have been done any better. I would be shocked and stunned if anyone thought otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/6 "2020-03-13T08:27:50Z")
Its always been a favourite. I suspect that their movie ‘ll you need is cash’ will go into my desert island coronavirus self-quarantine box. Neill Innes shone in this, just shone like the star he was. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/7 "2020-03-13T08:49:59Z")
Love the Rutles, have the DVD and the albums. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/8 "2020-03-13T09:09:52Z")
Loved it when I saw it but it’s been awhile so I’m not sure if it’s aged well. Without it there might never have been a Spinal Tap, Office or Guffman. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/9 "2020-03-13T11:18:59Z")
Neil Innes was a genius. The show was decent, but not great, but innes’s song were nothing short of brilliant. They sounded like the songs they were parodying but we’re different enough to stand on their own. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/10 "2020-03-13T12:41:57Z")
Watch the Beatles performing _Get Back_ on the rooftop, then the Rutles performing _Get Up and Go_. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/11 "2020-03-13T14:18:43Z")
Oh yeah, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/12 "2020-03-13T14:34:24Z")
It’s … okay. I never really got into it like others have. That said, Spinal Tap was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/13 "2020-03-13T14:37:18Z")
I use to like it a lot, but it hasn’t aged all that great. Also I haven’t smoked pot in over 20 years, and that might affect my enjoyment. Cheech & Chong aren’t as funny as they were either. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/14 "2020-03-13T14:43:30Z")
I was underwhelmed by the movie. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/15 "2020-03-13T15:13:31Z")
Love The Rutles. For me, their legend has lasted much longer than a lunchtime, and they truly are bigger than Rod. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/16 "2020-03-13T15:22:37Z")
I think I stumbled across this _in medias res_ on HBO as a kid. I remember thinking it was something unlike I’d ever seen before, and not in a good way. I’ve never bothered to try again. N.B.: I have never been a big Beatles fan, and certainly would not have understood any but the broadest and most obvious references to them as a kid, so that may have figured into it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/17 "2020-03-13T15:22:38Z")
I was introduced to the album in 1987 or so. I loved it. Brilliant parody. I didn’t get a chance to see the mockumentary until several years later—it wasn’t readily available for video rental. The movie was an adequate parody, but the songs were really the star of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/18 "2020-03-13T15:27:11Z")
I haven’t seen the film (aside from perhaps a few brief clips); and I haven’t sought it out, fearing it’s just one joke stretched out. I’ve heard the songs, and I think they’re quite well done. Though, as Beatles pastiches go, I prefer Utopia’s “Deface the Music” album. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/19 "2020-03-13T15:57:01Z")
You really have to have a fairly deep understanding of the Beatles mythology to “get” the jokes. Less than 10 years after the breakup, most of the public did have that understanding and interest was perennially goosed by rumors of a reunion. Far fewer people are going to appreciate a parody that specific to the Sixties 4 or 5 decades later. The mockumentary would have been totally forgotten by now if not for the brilliant songs. As far as I’m concerned, Neil Innis is the only musician to discover that secret sauce that made a Beatle song a Beatles song. Not even the former Beatles were able (or inclined to) to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385/20 "2020-03-13T16:00:17Z")
Good songs. Less-than-okay movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385.md?page=2)