Eric Idle recalls his participation in the movie, Burn, Hollywood, Burn. One of the funniest interviews I ever saw on TV was on a local station in Las Vegas. The (now, sadly late) comedian Richard Jeni, who was also in that film, was asked about it. He replied with roughly these words…
Did you ever see the movie, The Player? This is the exact same movie but without the quality. This is for the discriminating filmgoer who's been wondering, "What if The Player hadn't been a very good movie?"
Mr. Idle seems to have much the same opinion of it.
He goes on to plug the forthcoming Blu-ray release of The Rutles and he's right. It didn't do much business when it first aired but it's sure endured. I'll post an Amazon link to order it (and I'll order it) well before it comes out.
Back in 2001, I attended a "test" screening of the sequel to The Rutles and on the way out, I politely informed Idle that he had misspelled Garry Shandling's first name. I see by his blog post that he still hasn't learned.