AND ONE MORE THING: “I haven’t had...

AND ONE MORE THING: “I haven’t had a penny (from my songs) since 1980,” says Neil Innes, in his guise of Ron Nasty, who will front the “New Rutles” in shows Thursday and (newly added) Saturday at the Troubadour. “Now it seems Michael Jackson has bought my publishing by mistake. You haven’t got his phone number, have you?”

Well, the Rutles were a spoof of the Beatles committed by former Bonzo Dog Band member--and sometime Monty Python co-conspirator--Innes with Python’s Eric Idle. But this comment isn’t so much of a joke.

It seems that due to the intentional references to Beatles songs in the tunes Innes wrote for the Rutles, he had to work a deal with ATV, then-owner of the Fab Four song publishing, for some of the royalties. Several years ago, of course, Jackson bought ATV, largely because he wished to own the Beatles songs. And with it he bought, whether he knew it or not . . . the Rutles canon.

A Rutles spokesman says that Jackson is welcome at the group’s shows, and so is his wife, Lisa Marie Presley, for that matter.