Line #2 YMMV/TheRutles


1	* AllAnimationIsDisney: Because of its similar brand of humor and the fact that it's presented by Creator/EricIdle, a surprising amount of people seem to assume that ''All You Need Is Cash'' (or the Rutles as a whole) is a Creator/MontyPython creation, despite the fact that it originated from Idle's solo sketch show ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision'', made after the end of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', and Idle was the only Python involved (besides Creator/MichaelPalin appearing as Eric Manchester in ''All You Need Is Cash''). Even some news articles made this assumption, crossing it into CowboyBebopAtHisComputer.[[note]]Admittedly, this might have to do with the fact that Neil Innes, who played Ron Nasty and composed all of the Rutles' songs, had collaborated many times with the Pythons, to the point that he is considered one of the two people to deserve the status of being the unofficial "Seventh Python" (the other being Creator/CarolCleveland).[[/note]]
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Neil Innes' songs imitated Music/TheBeatles songs so well that they wound up on Beatles bootleg albums, and one fan actually accused him of stealing "Cheese and Onions" from an unreleased Beatle tape. He was ''taken to court'' for the songs, and had to testify that he hadn't listened to the original songs while making the soundtrack, just wrote from memory. There's no way to deny that's stunning. Moreover, the songs don't merely work as parodies and pastiches; they are legitimately great pop songs in their own right.
3	* CrossesTheLineTwice: ''All You Need Is Cash'' making a reference to The Beatles manager Brian Epstein's premature death (and the rumours that it was a suicide) would've probably been tasteless if not for how it's portrayed: Leggy Mountbatten (the Epstein analogue), plagued by business failures and lonely, goes home and tragically... ''accepts a teaching job in Australia.''
4	* HarsherInHindsight:
5	** In ''All You Need Is Cash'', Dirk [=McQuickly's=] wife Martini being introduced appearing bored and disinterested, even unhappy, is hilarious when contrasted with her musician husband Dirk absent-mindedly composing songs, but less so when one realizes that Martini's actress Bianca Jagger divorced her musician husband Music/MickJagger (who incidentally also appears in the film) shortly after the film was released.
6	** ''All You Need Is Cash'' also dwells heavily on the dissolution of the Beatles, mirroring it in the dissolution of the Rutles in hilarious ways, mostly in the form of {{Frivolous Lawsuit}}s. ("''Let It Rot'' was released as a film, an album, and a lawsuit.") Less funny when one realizes that in real life Neil Innes had a falling out with Eric Idle, and was sued by the music publisher that owned the rights to the Beatles' music and lost.
7	** ''All You Need Is Cash''[='s=] WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue says that Nasty (the Lennon analogue) "has turned his back on the world, and sits with his thoughts and his memories." At the time the film was made, this was an obvious reference to the real Lennon actually being in retirement (and which the real Lennon found ActuallyPrettyFunny, for what it's worth). Unfortunately, the events of December 8, 1980 proved to give a different epilogue for the real Lennon.
8	* HilariousInHindsight:
9	** When Music/JohnLennon watched the movie, he told them that the songs they did ("Get Up and Go" in particular) were too close to the real thing and that Music/PaulMcCartney might sue them. While Paul was fine with the whole project, ATV Music (who owned the rights to the Beatles' music) objected and sued, resulting in half the royalties for all the material going into the Lennon-[=McCartney=] bankbook.
10	** The film parodies the BiggerThanJesus incident through Ron Nasty supposedly claiming that they were "Bigger Than God" (only for it to turn out that he actually said "Bigger Than [[Music/RodStewart Rod]]"). Almost two decades later, [[Music/{{Oasis}} Noel Gallagher]] would make the exact same claim.
11	* {{Sequelitis}}:
12	** While ''All You Need is Cash'' is great, ''Can't Buy Me Lunch'' is awful beyond comprehension. It has a lot of pointless and unfunny celebrity cameos, mostly from American actors -- which doesn't make a lot of sense in the context of the spoof -- and repeats basically the same kind of jokes and situations. The rest is StockFootage from the first movie. Even people who do like the sequel have to admit that it adds nothing to the original. Even worse, the film was more or less an intentional slap in the face from Creator/EricIdle to Neil Innes; the story suddenly rewrites concepts (like the 'table-tapping weekend') likely attributed to Innes, and all music heard is taken from ''Archaeology'' (The Rutles' version of ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''), which Idle had refused to take part in.
13	** Averted with ''Archaeology'' itself, which is overall regarded quite warmly.
14	* SpiritualAdaptation: More like Spiritual Spinoff, but some consider ''All You Need Is Cash'' as the first ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' spinoff to be made, since its origins trace back to a Rutles skit from ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision'' being shown on SNL while Eric Idle guest-hosted the show, was made with the help of Creator/LorneMichaels for Creator/{{NBC}}, and several SNL castmembers appear on the film (Creator/JohnBelushi as Ron Decline, Creator/DanAykroyd as Brian Thigh [the executive that turned down the Rutles], Creator/GildaRadner as Mrs. Emily Pules [the woman interviewed on the street about the Rutles], Creator/BillMurray as Bill Murray the K, Creator/AlFranken and Tom Davis as Ron Decline's henchmen, and Michaels himself as a sleazy merchandiser).
15	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
16	** Lots of their work is like this; they cleverly play off of the styles and lyrics of individual songs rather than doing note-for-note parodies. Compare "Back in '64" to "When I'm 64," for instance.
17	** "Get Up and Go" is probably the closest, following the structure and chord progression of "Get Back" so closely that you can sing one over the other. In fact, it was the song Music/JohnLennon told them that was so close to the real thing that they might get sued from it. Which is especially interesting, because bootlegs show "Get Up and Go" to have been originally written with a noticeably different melody; yet the final version is a near-identical mimic of "Get Back".
18	* TearJerker:
19	** Perhaps unexpectedly, "Don't Know Why" (the pastiche of "Free as a Bird" that references Innes' hardships relating to the original Rutles project, including his losing of the ATV lawsuit and his fractious relationship with Eric Idle), "Let's Be Natural" (the Rutles' take on "Dear Prudence", although more on the bittersweet side) and "Back in '64" (an AnswerSong of sorts to "When I'm 64").
20	** Innes' unexpected death in late 2019 prompted a large number of tributes from the likes of Creator/{{John\|Cleese}} [[https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1211665639917654016 Cleese]], Creator/{{Edgar\|Wright}} [[https://twitter.com/edgarwright/status/1211630989627150336 Wright]], Creator/{{Charlie\|Brooker}} [[https://twitter.com/charltonbrooker/status/1211636253327855616 Brooker]], Creator/{{Mark\|Gatiss}} [[https://twitter.com/Markgatiss/status/1211625424549269504 Gatiss]], Creator/{{Michael\|McKean}} [[https://twitter.com/MJMcKean/status/1211697757112586240 McKean]], Music/{{Billy\|Bragg}} [[https://twitter.com/billybragg/status/1211631392402132992 Bragg]], Music/{{Rick\|Wakeman}} [[https://twitter.com/GrumpyOldRick/status/1211670198522122240 Wakeman]], Creator/{{Stephen\|Fry}} [[https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/1211660405426327552 Fry]], [[https://twitter.com/simonblackwell/status/1211625451447304192 Simon Blackwell]], [[https://twitter.com/missdianemorgan/status/1211627733832392704 Diane Morgan]], Creator/{{Richard\|Herring}} [[https://twitter.com/Herring1967/status/1211620230553886720 Herring]], and numerous others.

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