Being a life-long Beatles fan, I discovered Monty Python in the mid 70s and, soon after, became a Rutles fan too! It didn't take long to realize Neil is a genius in his own "write!" (Even if he is out of his head!) I asked Neil to sign my CD cover "To George" and he asked "Is that REALLY your name?" He then told me to "Have half a seat!" as he and I shared his chair for a photo (see attached). Meeting Neil was a moment I waited about 25 years for and is a GREAT memory I will always cherish! Thanks Neil! George Smith St. Louise, MO George's Pepperland Website

Well its been great to meet Neil at Chicago Beatlefest not once but twice the last time he brought his Rutle colleagues up ,actually it was the Rutles that I was first aware of Neil back in the 70s when it they first appeared on Saturday Night Live actually around this time I discovered another band too which I had no clue at the time was Neils old band called the Bonzo Dog Band now back around this time in 1978 way before the days of Weird Al or even before the Dr. Demento Show when I was in High School and was listening to the Heavy Groups at the time like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple,Led Zepplin ,Grand Funk etc.etc. I found a album in the used record store called Tadpoles by a group called the Bonzo Dog Band now when I saw the album cover with there long hair I assumed there were another Hard Rock band and had heard of them because I read somewhere they were in the Beatles film Magical Mystery Tour and I was always a Big Beatle Fan anyway well I took it home ready to crank it out the jams and the first song I heard by them was Hunting Tigers Out In Indiah well I freaked I thought want the hell is this ,what kind of music are these guys playing I never heard anything like this before I was so mad how I wasted 2 dollars on this album I was mad for about a week when the music just sticked in my mind then I realised that they were good musicians since I played in the Marching band in High School ,then I thought well there pretty off the wall and funny then I started liking them and had to see if I could oder more of there music which the History album you could order and finally got , it seem the Bonzo changed my life, I use to take everything in life serious till I discovered the Bonzos as Rolling Stone had surveyed years ago in there magazine the Bonzos were one of the top bands to die before there time ,critics even loved them and they turned this non believer into one...