The Magic Christian (film) studio then refused to pay for the shoot and it had to be relocated to London. Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers), an eccentric billionaire, together with his newly adopted heir (formerly a homeless derelict), Youngman Grand (Ringo Starr), start playing elaborate practical jokes on people. A big spender, Grand does not mind handing out large sums of money to various people, bribing them to fulfill his whims, or shocking them by bringing down what they hold dear. Their misadventures are designed as a display of father Grand to his adoptive charge that "everyone has their price"—it just depends on the
Jerome T. Youngman and forth across the stage dodging the bits of glass and other flying debris. Youngman explained that the band was more out for the personal satisfaction of assaulting the culture rather than making money." After a near-fatal car accident in September 1969, Youngman retreated to Amsterdam to recuperate and conceptualize his next musical project. What emerged in the Summer of 1970 was the Motor City Mutants, a high-energy, urban, punk blues band. The band debuted on January 1971 at Ann Arbor Union Ballroom. This performance featured the dissection of several dead animals the band found along I-94 on the way