More Spamalot news!!

[mominator]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:40pm

I just read on CNN's site that they have cast David Hyde Pierce as Sir Robin (and there was much rejoicing!) and Hank Azaria as Sir Lancelot. Oh the joy. I wonder if we can use my
husbands' flyer miles to go to Chicago?
B

Updated On: 7/8/04 at 10:40 PM

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:44pm

nevermind Updated On: 7/7/04 at 10:44 PM

[mominator]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:47pm

Last time I read was they were signed just not announced what role or roles this is Monty Python after all) they'd be playing.

[beacon1]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:48pm

Who do you think will be Sir Galahad the Pure ("A spanking! A spanking!") Or the Sorcerer Tim...


Or the guy who asks "What is your name? What is your quest? What is the air speed of a coconut-laden sparrow?"

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:51pm

Blasphemy!

It's "What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:51pm

A European or African Swallow?

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:53pm

I don't know that...

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:54pm

Wait a minute. What if two swallows carried it together?

[mominator]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:54pm

darn beat me to it!

[beacon1]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:19pm

Oops--I mis-remembered the line...

The on-going gag about the airspeed of the swallow is priceless.

And the killer rabbit...

And "Bring us a shrubbery!"

This is going to be such a fun production.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:22pm

It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

[mominator]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:25pm

How in the world are they going to keep the audience quiet?

Updated On: 7/8/04 at 11:25 PM

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:30pm

It could be a sing-a-long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In fact, I'll give you guys the lyrics to the one song I know is going to be in there for sure, and then you'll all have it memorized by the time the show opens!

Now Everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

We're Knights of the Round Table.
We dance whene'er we're able.
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot.
We eat ham and jam and SPAM A LOT.

[dance break]

We're Knights of the Round Table.
Our shows are formidable,
But many times we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're opera mad in Camelot.
We sing from the diaphragm a lot.

[dance break with the guy in the dungeon clapping]

In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable.
Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot.

Baritone Solo:
I have to push the pram a lot.

On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. 'Tis a silly place.

[Clarinetbiter135]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:32pm

And they had better include the most important scenes in the movie....

"She's a witch! Burn her!" (might I suggest a Idina or Cheno cameo just for laughs?)

OR

"Bring out your dead!"

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:47pm

My favorite line is "What are you going to do? Bleed on me?"
I cant wait for this show!

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:49pm

She turned me into a newt!

A newt?!

I got better...

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:51pm

my all time favorite quote from that movie is:

"And the Lord spoke, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out! Once the number three, being the third number be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.'"

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 11:55pm

Minstrel:
Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot.
He was not afraid to die, O brave Sir Robin.
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways,
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin!
He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken,
To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin!
His head smashed in and his heart cut out
And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged
And his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off
And his pen--

Robin:
That's enough music for now, lads

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 12:08am

Im kind of afraid that the stage show wont be as good as the movie was. That is true classic and I feel like no one would be able to perform those parts as well as the original Monty Python cast members. However with the cast they are getting they might be able to pull it off.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 1:02am

Will there be any new dialogue/material in the show, or will it just be Holy Grail with new songs? I'm thinking the former, or else why rename the show?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 3:55am

-- "We are now no longer the Knights who say Ni! [Ni! Shhhhhhh...] We are now the Knights who say...Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG. Zoom-Boing. Z'nourrwringmm."

-- "Ni!"

[beacon1]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:16am

King, looking out the window: "Someday, son, this will be all yours."

Son: "What? The curtains?"

And, of course:

"Run Away! Run Away!"

If it has the familiar lines...it'll be hard for this not to become a sort of Rocky Horror Picture Show with audience participation.

[bway_fanatic]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:29am

I read where they said that they are essentially keeping the original dialogue, but enhancing it by putting in songs and extra bits. They know we know all the lines, so they want to appeal to the purists as well as exposing the genre to a new audience. Anyone seeing it previews in Chicago HAS to post immediately after seeing it in December!!!

[mominator]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:45am

I am making my case for an early Christmas gift even as I type!
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[Jon]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:47am

I hate to be a bitch, but there is no such word as "casted". The past tense of "cast" is "cast".