Before he formed the Rutles, Ron Nasty (under the pseudonym Neil Innes) was a member of the Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band. Here the Bonzos are performing a medley of their greatest hit, "I'm The Urban Spaceman".
Innes did this one-man band version of the song on Rutland Weekend Television a decade later, this trad-jazz arrangement a few years later, and this live version from the Monty Python "Live At The Hollywood Bowl" film a few years after that.
Innes was involved in the Pythons from the early days on, and wrote and performed a bunch of songs for the series and the films. It's a shame that Neil isn't getting enough credit for his contributions to "Spamalot". It only proves that Eric Idle is living up to his role as the greediest Python.
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