Waiting for Guffman...the musical!! — Page 2

My favorite line-"Naminaminaminamin...." when there's supposed to be small talk in the background and this is what Catherine O'Hara is saying, much too loudly!

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"I was shopping for my wife Bonnie - I buy most of her clothes - and Mrs. Pearl was in the same store. And we were talking about pantyhose. She was saying that - well, that's not the point of the story... the point is you find people... and I got Bonnie a wonderful pantsuit."

(edited for length )

I wrote my own version of this show. PM me if you'd like me to send it to you.
What I realized is that in the film, the interviews express the inner thoughts of the characters. In musicals, songs do that, so each monologue (or parts of each) is put into a song.
Again, if you're interested, PM me.

Updated On: 2/19/06 at 12:01 PM

It's a Zen thing, like how many babies fit in a tire.

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Pretty close.

There'll always be a place for me at the Dairy Queen.

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"Was that an original song written just for some children's choir to sing for the movie?"

No, apparently it was an actual performance captured at a local festival held in Lockhart, TX (near Austin)where the exterior of the town hall for "Guffman" was shot. You'll hear about this if you listen to Christopher Guest's and Eugene Levy's commentary on the DVD.

FYI...for anyone who likes this movie and hasn't seen the special features section of the DVD, you absolutely must buy/rent it and see Parkey Posey's "dramatic monologue" which she performs for her audition. The first time I saw it I almost fell off the sofa laughing. I won't ruin it with a quote, but you've GOT to see it. Beyond hysterical.

Oh, that audition scene!

They won't do a musical...I guess this means no Remains of the Day lunchbox.

*sniff*

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What do you see with your keen and perceptive eye!?

If this were ever to actually go onstage, it would be something so different. Guest's mockumentaries are very improv-ed, like a monthlong workshop entirely filmed, and the best pieces taken out. If it were put onstage, it would need a definitive script that, while it could be strayed from here and there, would need to be more sharpened before even touching the stage. Whereas the movie is sharpened after being filmed, much in editing.

it wouldn't work, and it would piss off the fan base of the movie, because it would be a disaster.

but it is one of my favs of all time, and IMO, the best guest-Levy mockumentery.

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It's a shame it'll never happen.

Then again, those My Dinner With Andre action figures would be too small for the audience to see onstage.