Broadway Awards Spam

norfolkboy writes "Spamalot the musical that is! The BBC is reporting that Spamalot has topped the nominations for Broadway's main awards, the Tonys. It is nominated for 14 awards. Of course, this has nothing to do with SPAM, but since the Musical was previously announced on Slashdot, I thought readers would be interested in this followup."

Comments

tony

[Reignking]

Ok, Tony Awards are definitely not news for nerds...

Re:tony

[nautile]

Hey, people who like musicals can be nerds, too. 'Nerd' doesn't necessarily equal 'computer-related.' Let the music nerds in; we want to be nerds, too!

Re:tony

[Stibidor]

The Tony's may not be nerdy, but I've never met a "true" nerd who didn't enjoy a little Monty Python. :)

Re:tony

[h4rm0ny]

But going to see a musical no more makes one a music nerd than playing computer games makes one a computer nerd.

A music nerd is the sort of person who analyses the development of modernism in Prokofiev's symphonies contrasted with the influence of the pre-something or other underlying metaphor, or some such.

Showtunes! Nothing but showtunes!

[gowen]

The all-new-look slashdot, covering Broadway, off Broadway, off-off-Broadway and particularly intensely acted games of Dungeons and Dragons.

News for Nureyev.
Stuff that matters.

Any word on a DVD release?

[Anonymous Coward]

The soundtrack is out now, but who wants to hear it when pictures of coconuts are available?

Re:I think not.

[amliebsch]

Oh come on! Monty Pyton jokes are definitely for nerds! If you don't like musicals, you should have said:

"No singing! No singing! Stop that right now!"

Re:I think not.

[peculiarmethod]

Think again, pal.

Someone should send him a gift to show our appreciation.. hmm.. what could we use??

Saw it...

[Anonymous Coward]

The star of the play was IMHO Lancelot. Hank Azira steals the show playing the roles of Lancelot, the Knights who Say Ni, and the absurd french. Hillarious

Re:Saw it...

[bazio]

Saw the play in Chicago, before it started it's broadway run, and I have to agree about Hank Azaria. In the scene where the Knights Who Say Ni are no longer the Knights Who Say Ni, he was fantastic. Even threw in a bit of Moe when he described what they now said.

We were lucky, since it was the last performance before heading to New York. Eric Idle actually showed up and did a few lines as the narrator, before being run off stage by the actor who was actually narrating. Not sure if that was in the rest of the performances, but I enjoyed it.

You're a Looney!

[killproc]

Strange critics, lying about in flats, distributing nominations, is no basis for a system of awardship.

If I were to claim an Oscar because some moistened bent lobbed a nomination at me, they'd put me away.

Re:You're a Looney!

[tmasssey]

It's moistened *bint*. But still funny.

Then there's Slashdot

[RealProgrammer]

That's loaded with spam.

Wife: Have you got anything without spam?
Waitress: Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Wife: I don't want ANY spam!
Man: Why can't she have egg bacon spam and sausage?
Wife: THAT'S got spam in it!
Man: Hasn't got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it? it.

First use of the word spam on the internet - 1987

[notthepainter]

I have the dubious honor of first using the word "spam" on the interent to describe unwanted electronic communication. I certainly didn't intend anything at the time, indeed, my mention went largely unnoticed, the MUDers really deserve the credit, but I was first...

See http://groups-beta.google.com/group/news.admin.net -abuse.email/msg/b7ce97a77276e16f?q=ken+weaverling +spam+usenet+first&hl=en&rnum=1

Re:I think not.

[peculiarmethod]

We apologize for that posters comments. The moderator that was assigned to moderate that below -1 has been sakked.

Re:DVD release

[ackthpt]

Any word on that?

It's a Play so far, but there is a CD of the tunes, which just came out this month.

Geekiest Broadway Show Ever

[galo_2099]

Not only it's called Spam_A_Lot, the headline in BBC is "Python show tops stage shortlist". I started to wonder why the spammers use Python instead of Perl.

every sperm is sacred

[nickos]

I hope it includes the classic Every Sperm Is Sacred from The Meaning Of Life...

There are Jews in the world. There are Buddhists. There are Hindus and Mormons, and then There are those that follow Mohammed, but I've never been one of them.

I'm a Roman Catholic, And have been since before I was born, And the one thing they say about Catholics is: They'll take you as soon as you're warm.

You don't have to be a six-footer. You don't have to have a great brain. You don't have to have any clothes on. You're A Catholic the moment Dad came,

Because... Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.

Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.

Let the heathen spill theirs On the dusty ground. God shall make them pay for Each sperm that can't be found.

Every sperm is wanted. Every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed In your neighbourhood.

Hindu, Taoist, Mormon, Spill theirs just anywhere, But God loves those who treat their Semen with more care.

Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God get quite irate.

Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed. In your neighbourhood!

Every sperm is useful. Every sperm is fine. God needs everybody's. Mine! And mine! And mine!

Let the Pagan spill theirs O'er mountain, hill, and plain. God shall strike them down for Each sperm that's spilt in vain.

Every sperm is sacred, Every sperm is good, Every sperm is needed, In your neighbourhood.

Every sperm is sacred, Every sperm is great, If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite iraaaaaate!

I saw the show opening weekend...

[RegalBegal]

Thanks to an incredible gift. It was hilarious, it blended the old with much new material. I didn't stop laughing the entire time and they also incorporated parts from other Python movies that any Python fan will recognize. While the tickets ARE pricey I recommend anyone to check the show out with the cast as it is now (Azaria, Hyde-Pierce, Curry, etc). Well worth the money, hilarious and I'm glad it got a boat load of nominations. So yeah, Go, NOW, it's worth it and NY is always a decent weekend trip.

Re:I saw the show opening weekend...

[i.r.id10t]

Now if it has Tim Curry in it, and they do the lumberjack skit, would it be acceptable for him to be wearing a black teddy and fishnets?

Wonder not

[ackthpt]

They're going to tour in Hawai'i?

I shudder to think if they took this show on the road, what might happen (Cue dream sequence)

• Players strike because audience insists upon singing along with every tune, often in better key.
• A major traffic jam in the lobby and considerable seating problems because everyone is wearing a suit of armor.
• All grocers do a booming business in coconuts.
• Don't even think of it playing in San Juan Capistrano!
• Another major traffic jam when this play is over as everyone in the audience tries to "Run away! Run away!"

Re:Wonder not

[drinkypoo]

Well, African swallows are non-migratory...

List of Nominations

[MagicDude]

Best Musical

Egg and Best Song

Egg, sausage and Best Actor

Egg, spam, and Best Actress

Egg, Costumes, and spam

Egg, bacon, Lighting, and spam

Spam, score, sausage and spam

Spam, egg, spam, Direction, bacon and spam

Spam, Script, spam, spam, bacon, spam, tomato, and spam

Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with Best Choreography on top and spam

Re:Awarded?

[double-oh three]

Well, no, not really. Nominations are still significant, and while not as nice as the golden object in hand, still make for a bit of an awarding of recognition. So not really that misleading, especially considering the number of nominations.

Tonys are worthless

[ShadyG]

I have had zero respect for the Tonys since they rightfully gave "Into the Woods" awards for best music and best book, then did a 180 and awarded "Phantom of the Opera" best musical. If special effects outweigh music and story in these people's eyes, I cannot possibly trust their judgement.

For another example, just last year they awarded best musical to "Avenue Q" over "Wicked". Now the difference is not nearly as dramatic as my first example, but the score to Wicked is just so much stronger, and the lyrics more complex than those of the musical to which it lost. The only thing I can think of would be that "Avenue Q" is creative and novel, whereas "Wicked" is based on -- well, a novel. And as a story it pales in comparison, losing much of the character development and allegory (I know, ask Tolkien what he thinks of allegory). But if you have never read the book, there should be no question that "Wicked" is a superior musical to "Avenue Q".

Re:I think not.

[Anti Frozt]

Again, we apologize for the fault in the above post. The poster above, who was hired to point out that the moderator who was assigned to moderate the grand-parent post to -1 had been sacked, has also been sacked. This post has been thouroughly spell-checked at great expense and at the last minute.

Re:I think not.

[DeThude]

Mini Spoiler:

The overture of Spamalot actually follows the opening credits of the movie very faithfully, including a complete change in style at the last minute (presumably at great expense).

Nothing to do with canned ham

[innate]

Of course, this has nothing to do with SPAM

So it has nothing to do with canned ham (SPAM), but does it have anything to do with junk e-mail (spam)?