After Eric Idle starred in the cult classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail in 1975, he focused his comedic genius on the BBC2 sketch show Rutland Weekend Television. About a decade later in 1986, four Santa Barbara teens were watching reruns and lifted the program’s zany name of a parody rock band—Toad the Wet Sprocket—for their real band. The alt rock group saw success on the ’90s charts with moody singles like “Walk on the Ocean” and “All I Want.” When Idle heard a radio DJ say the band name one day, he says, “I nearly drove off the freeway.”
Toad the Wet Sprocket at the Guild Theatre
Thu, 8pm, $58
The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
