Neil Innes

Neil Innes on-stage for a performance of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on the Dutch television programme Fenklup. (Photo date: 7 June 1968)

Neil Innes (December 9, 1944 - December 29, 2019) was an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles. He was also known as "The seventh Python", something Michael Palin himself told the press.

Quotes

• I have suffered for my music. Now it's your turn.
  • Rutland Weekend Television.

• How sweet to be an idiot
  At my back
  With no fear of attack
  As much retaliation as a toy.
  • How sweet to be an idiot (1973).

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Neil Innes on Wikipedia
• Neil Innes at the British Comedy Guide