Standards and Practices

Two internal memorandums from NBC related to the broadcast of All You Need Is Cash. One addresses concerns from Broadcast Standards; the other outlines technical requirements for delivery.

"It was a time of fun, magical madness, and great music, and all too soon the five weeks were over and Gary and I began cutting the movie. I felt it still lacked something. It needed a big performance, so we flew to New York, where I hastily wrote a scene for John Belushi as Ron Decline (Allen Klein), with Al Franken (future congressman) and Tom Davis as his henchmen. I sketched in a nice scene for the totally adorable Gilda Radner (who would go on to marry Gene Wilder), which we shot in the Village, and SNL newcomer Bill Murray improvised wonderfully as Bill Murray the K, a very silly DJ from Flushing. Finally, we shot Dan Aykroyd in the Bowery loft where I had lived with Tania and written the screenplay. He played the unfortunate record executive who had 'passed' on the Rutles.

'What's it like to be such an asshole?' I asked him.

This was the only line NBC cut." - Eric Idle, Sortabiogrpahy