If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
#0If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 10:59pmHappen to be watching Mel Brook's History of the World Part I and thought that with the success of Spamalot, this Mel Brook's property could work in a very similar style..
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#1re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:01pm
First of all, a lot of people would say Spamalot DOESN'T work (though I'm not one of them).
But, yeah, I was just thinking that.
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BwayBaby18
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#2re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:04pm
Craig i am watching it too!.....
I'd rather see Blazing Saddles the musical first
#3re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:06pmWatching this after so many years - it almost feels like a pythonesque movie too...
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#4re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:08pm
Yes! Craig!
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#5re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:08pmI love History of the World! If it were done well than I would love to see it as a musical. Hee, gay marriage :)
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#6re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:10pm
The structure is easy enough to translate too - with the same actors playing various roles.
You look like the piss boy!
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#7re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:13pm"It's good to be the king"
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#8re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:14pm
It's good to be da King!
EDIT: DAMN, I was beat to it. And, yes, actually, I'd like to see Blazing Saddles first.
"Who is Stephen Sondheim?" -roninjoey
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
Updated On: 8/28/05 at 11:14 PM
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
#9re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:17pmI think Blazing Saddles would be a riskier translation and "harder" to re-devise than HotW P1 though...
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#10re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:19pm
Hmmm....
Blazing Sadles...
And Young Frankenstein, less we forget.
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#11re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:24pm
At the risk of being branded a Spamalot apologist, may I point out that Spamalot is in no way shape or form a "Series of sketches with music." The plot may be convoluted, but there is a strong through line from start to finish.
Python's own "Meaning of Life" which already has some dazzling musical numbers ("Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and "Every Sperm is Sacred") is funnier than Brooks' efforts anyway.
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#12re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:31pmI won't argue that Meaning of Life is funnier than History of the World (though it's not), but "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is from Life of Brian, not Meaning of Life.
"Who is Stephen Sondheim?" -roninjoey
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#13re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/29/05 at 1:59amDoes anyone recall that Mel Brooks had a Top 40 hit single with a rap song called "It's Good to Be The King"?
#14re: If Spamalot works as sketches with music - why not History Of The World?
Posted: 8/29/05 at 3:39am
Happen to be watching Mel Brook's History of the World Part I and thought that with the success of Spamalot, this Mel Brook's property could work in a very similar style..
This kind of thinking is exactly what is WRONG with Broadway today. One show (PRODUCERS, SPAMALOT, MAMMA MIA) scores big at the box office and everyone rushes to copy the formula instead of coming up with something new. Broadway needs original source materials: novels, historical events, or better yet come up with something new and different or original.
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