Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 / QGSI 2.0; site qubix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!sun!idi!qubix!msc From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.music Subject: Re: The Rutles (sic) Message-ID: <1558@qubix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 13:49:11 EST Article-I.D.: qubix.1558 Posted: Tue Nov 27 13:49:11 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 03:22:24 EST References: <7112@watrose.UUCP> Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, San Jose, CA Lines: 14 Xref: sun net.tv:2208 net.music:4850 The Ruttles came out of a show Eric Idle did for the BBC called "Rutland Weekend Television". This was a satire on a small TV station and its offerings including music programs - hence the Ruttles. Eric, as station announcer, would take you through a weekend's programming in twenty-five minutes. The origin of the show's name is a long story for anyone not from Britain. Suffice it to say that Rutland is the smallest county in England and the company which provides London's commercial TV programming on weekends is London Weekend Television. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@qubix.UUCP, qubix!msc@decwrl.ARPA ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!qubix!msc, ...{amd,ihnp4,ittvax}!qubix!msc