Rob Reiner began and ended his career with the 'Spinal Tap' films, making the funniest, most emotionally honest movies about pop music in the process.

Comedian and actor Eric Idle wrote on X that he spoke with Rob Reiner just one night before Rob and his wife Michele were ...

Comedy star Eric Idle says Sir Paul McCartney was initially "a bit weird" about his spoof band The Rutles until he found out the actor had spent his childhood in Merseyside. Idle played ...

Eric Idle entertainingly drops so many names, it’s a surprise health and safety experts haven’t demanded a yellow ‘trip hazard’ sign be placed around him. Each week, comedians and musicians gather at ...

When Rutland Weekend Television (RWT) began on 12 May 50 years ago, few could have foreseen its impact. But this cheerfully low-fi sketch show that launched “Britain’s smallest television network” was ...

Two elements led to the creation of The Rutles. In 1975, Eric Idle was spearheading a British television program called Rutland Weekend Television. An image of a staid British reporter running after a ...

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