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From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.music
Subject: Re: The Rutles (sic)
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 13:49:11 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 13:49:11 1984
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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.
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From the TARDIS of Mark Callow
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