2-1 Rutland Weekend Television

Eric Idle's terrific Monty Python followup. RWT was shot on a very small (almost nonexistent) budget in 1975-75, but shows Eric Idle at his creative peak as a writer. The show features the music of Neil Innes, of the Bonzo Dog (Doo Dah) Band and the Rutles. The show isn't available on DVD because Eric doesn't want it to be.

RWT102: "RUTLAND WEEKEND KUNG-FU"
EMCEE: HENRY WOOLF
FIRST AIRED: 19 May 1975

Songs: Say Sorry Again, Communist Cooking, Lie Down and Be Counted

with DAVID BATTLEY, ERIC IDLE, NEIL INNES, GWEN TAYLOR and HENRY WOOLF

David Battley played Mr. Turkentine in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and the hapless Ergo in Krull (1983). Henry Woolf appeared in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and played The Collector in Doctor Who: The Sunmakers.

Gwen Taylor appeared in Life of Brian, Ripping Yarns: Golden Gordon, and the Rutles: All You Need is Cash.

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