Neil Innes, whose gift for wry and funny songwriting led to work with Monty Python, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Rutles, died Sunday, December 29. His death was confirmed by his agent, Nigel ...

“The music of the Rutles always had that kiss-of-sunshine, upbeat, swingy, positive vibe to it. That always irritated me. Liked the clothes though. And Stig’s hair.” David St. Hubbins, Spinal tap ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rutles superimposed on their logo Neil Innes would have liked to see the word 'rutle' in the dictionary. "As a verb," he said, ...

From left to right: John Cleese, Neil Innes, Michael Palin and Eric Idle dressed as Arthurian knights on the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in 1974. Neil Innes, whose gift for wry and funny ...