4-3 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.

RWT104: "RUTLAND WEEKEND WHISTLE TEST"
WHISTLETEST EMCEE: BOB HARRIS [ERIC IDLE]
RWT EMCEE: BRIDGET ARMSTONG
FIRST AIRED: 2 June, 1975

Eric's spoof of The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Songs: Bandwagon, Protest Song, The Fabulous Bingo Brothers

with BRIDGET ARMSTRONG, DAVID BATTLEY, BOB HARRIS, ERIC IDLE, NEIL INNES, ANDY ROBERTS, HENRY WOOLF, and the FABULOUS BINGO BROTHERS (alias Zoot Money and John Halsey) 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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