History Trivia / TheRutles

* {{Corpsing}}: During the scene in which Ron Nasty and Chastity are giving a press conference under a shower (parodying John and Yoko's love-ins), it's clear that Chastity's actress is trying her damnedest not to laugh. Even Neil Innes (Ron Nasty) seems to be wrestling with this; at the end of the scene, when saying, "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," his voice noticeably breaks when saying "world" as if trying to stiffle a laugh.

* {{Defictionalization}}: In the late '70s, "Cheese and Onions" actually turned up on a bootleg album of Beatles songs entitled ''[[http://www.bootlegzone.com/album.php?name=fanbeat1&section=1 Indian Rope Trick]]''. At one point, Innes was accused of stealing Beatles songs on the basis of this performance of "Cheese and Onions" and was amused to find, when the fan played it back, that it was an early Rutles ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' performance.

* NamesTheSame:
** "Another Day" is not a cover of the Music/PaulMcCartney solo song (though it's largely a parody of another [=McCartney=] song, [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum "Martha My Dear"]]).
** "With A Girl Like You" bears no relation to "With A Girl Like You" by The Troggs.

** The band was initially a parody of Music/TheRollingStones called The Rutland Stones.

** Creator/EricIdle's other idea for SNL was ''[[Music/{{Tommy}} Pommy,]]'' a sketch about a deaf, dumb and blind man trying to escape from the cinema while a Creator/KenRussell film is playing.

** "Another Day" is not a cover of the Music/PaulMcCartney song.

* CreativeDifferences: Eric Idle was content on filling the Rutles' back catalogue with Beatles titles now altered to include either references to food, or the word "Rut," while Neil Innes preferred subtle and intelligent humor. Just a few examples....

** The Rutles' equivalent of "When I'm Sixty Four": Neil Innes - "Back In '64". Eric Idle - "If I Sixty-Nine". (Groan.)
** The Rutles' equivalent of Apple Corps: Neil Innes - Rutle Records. Eric Idle - Banana Records. (Making the logo gag a bit too literal.)
** The Rutles' equivalent of "Sgt. Pepper": Neil Innes - "Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band." Eric Idle - "Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band." (In the terrible cash-in film ''The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch'', which had no involvement from Innes, Idle actually had the gall to play the track "Major Happy" while discussing the "Sgt. Rutter" album, despite originally damning the ''Archaeology'' project.)
** In the first (collaborative) film, Maharishi equivalent Arthur Sultan was a Ouija board mystic. In ''The Rutles 2'', he became the owner of an Indian restaurant... thus allowing more forced food jokes.

* NamesTheSame: "Another Day" is not a cover of the Music/PaulMcCartney song.

* AuthorExistenceFailure:
** The reason there are so few songs sung by Dirk [=McQuickly=] on ''Archaeology'': as mentioned above, Ollie Halsall died in 1992. (It's a bit jarring to hear a "Hey Jude" parody sung by a John Lennon soundalike, but it's a great album regardless).
** Innes himself passed away in December 29, 2019 at the age of 75, all but ending the hope of any new Rutles releases. (There's a slim hope that there's some unfinished material left in the vaults that may turn up on future re-releases.)