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Monty Python's Holy Grail goes Broadway

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the 'tis-a-silly-place dept.

Sixyphe writes "First sighted on Yahoo News, it would seem that Eric Idle of Monty Python fame is working on a Broadway musical adaptation of everybody's favorite source of accurate medieval data, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The goal is 2005, and the working title is Spamelot (and not Spamalot, contrary to what an AP wire claims). And as a bonus to all you North-American Python fans, Eric Idle is soon to be touring in Canada and the US."

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  1. Ni! by LurkerXXX · · Score: 5, Funny
    And we shall decorate the set with shrubbery.

    One over there, an another over there...

  2. I just hope by the_other_one · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just hope that they eat Sr. Robin's minstrels early.

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  3. Oh no, oh no, oh, no. by JasonUCF · · Score: 5, Insightful

    EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MUSICAL!

    Oh lord, when will it end. Please. Monty Python has created some of the most hysterical movies I have ever seen. Their skit/sketch comedy was genius. Yes, they sometimes had musical bits.

    But *ONE MEMBER* reworking Holy Grail?

    Sorry, I can't be a fanboy. All I can think is.
    'Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oo'

    1. Re:Oh no, oh no, oh, no. by xybe · · Score: 5, Funny

      You mean: Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiii

  4. Critics Agree by michaelnz · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A wonderful play you'll never take a date to!"

  5. Re:Subtlety, Monty Python ain't got it. by Bob+The+Lizard · · Score: 5, Funny

    How popular is MP in Europe?

    I don'y know about Europe, but most MPs arn't very popular in NZ. :-)

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  6. Just imagine .... by bizitch · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. the full size cow being catapulted into the audience

    The possiblities are endless -

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  7. Re:Subtlety, Monty Python ain't got it. by kaan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shut up! Shut up, you American! You always talk, you Americans, you talk and you talk and you say, "Let me tell ya something...", and "I've just gotta say this..."

    modding instructions:
    if you laughed, mod up
    if you did not laugh, get off the computer and go watch The Meaning of Life

  8. It's good to see by alex_ant · · Score: 5, Funny

    That he's not just sitting around being idle

  9. On second thought... by Kedisar · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  10. Was I the only one by lewko · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...who saw the topic and knew that the vast majority of replies would be nothing more than random Python quotes?

    I mean REALLY.... I fart in your general direction...

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  11. Re:Subtlety, Monty Python ain't got it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you mean subdued as in "Bennie Hill"? Or perhaps the subtle reparte that we see in "Are You Being Served"?

    Just asking.

  12. Holy Grail - Monty Python = 0 by Executive+Override · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it's without the original cast it's worthless. Anyone else saying "It's a flesh wound!", "Run Away!", "African or European?", "Ni!", etc, is just blasphemy.

  13. From the least (and nastiest) of the Pythons... by el+borak · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Ever wanted to know what Idle is really like? Or why his fellow ex-Pythons rarely work with him? The original page is gone, but The Wayback Machine comes to the rescue. A choice quote:
    The other Pythons have become accustomed to this attitude over the last 30 years - and because they have continuing business interests in common - have to tolerate it. Living 6,000 miles away from him and seeing him only very occasionally helps.

    But they are unsparing about him behind his back. "Eric Idle gives selfishness a bad name" is John Cleese's openly-expressed and widely-repeated description of his former colleague.

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  14. Holy grail in Russia.. by adeyadey · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Did you know that the "Holy Grail" was a huge hit in the Soviet Union at the time - something like No 3 at the box office? The Soviet censors liked the films send-up of religion (& imperialism - remember the socialist peasants!), and passed it as being suitable viewing, maybe missing the strong thread of anarchism that pervades all of Pythons work. You could argue that it was cultural erosion like this that helped bring down the Wall..

    The film itself was shot for peanuts in a damp part of scotland in just a few weeks. The actors really were damp and cold when performing it, giving the film an authentic grimness missing from glossy Hollywood takes on medieval Britain. All the music was cheap "mood-music" taken off some LP. Gilliam is a great director who doesnt make nearly enough films, in my view.

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