Talk:Spamalot/Archive 1

Category
Does this article need its own category? --Samuel Wantman 00:26, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * nope. Niz 14:02, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Not... the Knight who says Niz!!!! DJ Clayworth 14:06, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Songs
I saw the show last night and the song list here on Wikipedia is wrong. I don't think it's a matter of changes that might have occurred, because the list here isn't even very logical. It lists both "He's Not Dead Yet" and "He is Not Dead Yet" - two versions of the same title, at different places in the 1st act. Don't worry, I'll change it at home when I've got the Playbill in my hands.

Vandalism Continues - March 2009
Jjswings26 continues to vandalize this page. He removes correct information and puts in incorrect information. I have reverted his recent edits again. I was willing to consider it good-natured until I saw he has been doing it for a while and had already received two polite warnings and one not-so-polite one. I would seriously consider blocking him from at least this page (if that's possible), if not Wiki as a whole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fredct (talk • contribs) 01:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Songs Updated
(same person as above) Actually, I used the Internet Broadway Database to update the list. I left in the "Laker Girl Cheer", I'm not sure it's an actual separate song, but it does give the reader a better idea of what happens.


 * "Laker Girl Cheer" I know does have its own track on the soundtrack. I would say that it is an actual separate song.=Diabolos

Production History?
How about a note or two about "The Spanking Song" (cut in rehearsals) or the witch-burning song and the cow's lament (the latter two cut during the Chicago run)? For those not fortunate to have seen those songs in the production before they were actually cut, Idle says he'll release a CD of himself singing all of the songs as originally proposed. --JohnDBuell | Talk 18:54, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

line changed back?
Regarding:


 * The show's Tony Awards led to a minor change to the song "The Diva's Lament":
 * I've no Grammy, no rewards/I've no Tony Awards
 * became
 * My Tony Awards/won't keep me out of Betty Ford's.

I saw the show tonight with Kennedy as the new Lady of the Lake, and she sang the "rewards/Awards" version. I'm assuming she didn't win a Tony, so they changed it back to that version when she took over for Ramírez? Should it get changed back or noted or something? --Alxndr (t) 06:20, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I saw it New Year's Eve and she sang "I've no Grammy, no rewards/Where's MY Tony Award?" I think she just sings what she wants there, honestly. :) Dan 16:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I saw it Feb 8, 2006 and Kennedy sang "I've no Grammy, no rewards/Where's my Tony... Not yours (pointing to the monitor that I could see had the director's face on it) Not yours (pointing off stage) Not yours (pointing somewhere to the back of the audience) but my Tony Award!" I think this line is becoming a bit of an inside joke for her.  I'll make a brief note in the article. --Kainaw (talk) 02:03, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Sooo Funny!!!
I saw this! It is the funniest play I have ever seen!!! Ilikefood 22:54, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

criticism?
The reason because I hate this show I really love Monty Python and I thought that I would see I show with references to their film. In stead of that, I saw I show with references to their Jews producers saying that they have all the money and they are cool, and their criminal extermination in the Middle East this week (September\09\2007) is cool because some American Jews have money. If they are so rich and cool why Israel is not in the top 20 riches countries in the world? Why they are threatening all their neighbors with nuclear weapons this week (September\09\2007)? I understand that most of you are Americans and 800 channels are saying that you have to think in the democrat or republican way and, that the friends and enemies of USA the one that those parties are saying every Election Day. This is the most I can do against this show. I will write saying the truth, all the negative aspects of this production. By the way no wonder this show is not working in any culture with Jews kissing mentality, like Europe except England were the Monty Pythons are a reference, anyway I doubt that there, they have a positive reference to the Jews.

Do not enjoy this show while they remain positive references to a killer country, there are funniest and more interesting shows without terrorist apologist in Broadway.

Yours Baraxil

Oh good Lord... One of the main points of any Broadway musical is to scandalize as many people as possible. That's why Rent, Avenue Q, and Urinetown were/are so popular. Stop whining and fix your grammar and thought process. 209.149.99.2 (talk) 05:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)Kazuri

Infobox
Should the infobox show current show location or original show location (Shubert NY vs IL)? -- RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib Reverts 16:37, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Title of the show
I feel that the article should be contained under Monty Python's Spamalot and that Spamalot should redirect to the full title. After all, the title is MPS on the lobby card; on Playbill.com; -- even the official site is www.montypythonsspamalot.com -- opinions, please? MichaelCaricofe 06:11, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Agree---Releeshan 01:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Who wrote the lyrics?
The article gives Idle sole credit for the lyrics but this BBC site credits three of the songs variously to Palin, Cleese, Chapman and Innes. Both cannot be true. What's the real deal here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.154.66.11 (talk • contribs)
 * 1. H2G2 is not a "real" BBC site - it is like WP with "regular people" contributing, so shouldn't be used as a source. 2. I am guessing they list the others because some of the dialog and lyrics come from the original movie. &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 14:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Australian tour
There's a very brief comment in the article about a 2007 Australian tour - a very exciting prospect. Any information to support this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.33.250 (talk • contribs)

Show Dates
Current show dates indicate that the London production (Autumn 2006) opened in the middle of the Pittsburgh run. At least some, if not most, of the cast was identical in the two runs (according to the article). Therefore, one or the other fact is incorrect.

75.85.124.85 02:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC)Ryan Nichols

Jewish audience member
When I saw the show in Philadelphia, the grail was under the seat of a guy with a very Jewish-sounding name, and this got an additional big laugh. Does this happen at other performances, and is it worth mentioning in the article? 70.20.238.20 14:34, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The same occurred last night when I saw it. Though I think it was just a coincidence. 24.168.76.46 16:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Michael McGrath
... is currently linked to the wrong Michael McGrath, an Irish politician. Poslfit 06:58, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Spanish?
The article notes that the production opening in Barcelona is in Spanish, but they don't speak Spanish in Barcelona: they speak Catalan. Is the production in Catalan or Spanish? &mdash;  Music  Maker  5376  19:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Barcelonians speak both. The site is in Spanish so I'd say Spanish.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 20:34, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Cinema?
Without a reference, this section seems patently absurd. A musical of a film being turned into a film again? We already have The Holy Grail. Anyone object to the deletion of the section?-- Neo  Nerd  10:41, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Promotional Rabbit Toy
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm seriously considering removing the rabbit toy image from the article, unless someone can give a perfectly good reason as to why it should be there to begin with. --JB Adder | Talk 04:39, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Promotional Rabbit Toy
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm seriously considering removing the rabbit toy image from the article, unless someone can give a perfectly good reason as to why it should be there to begin with. --JB Adder | Talk 04:39, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Score
I've recently had the opportunity to look through the score for Spamalot (It was a piano-conductor reduction, from MTI, I think). Among it were some odd notes: Checks noting when the songs were revised and sent to "Larry." Alternate names of tunes written in parentheses. Claims of missing bars. I'm so depressed was written at the top of one of the pages. Has anyone else seen this? Are other musicians screwing with me? Or is this the Spamalot folks trying to give the musicians their jollies? cheers 71.232.29.160 (talk) 01:46, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Very unclear.
I think it's very unclear about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. When it "knocks down" the nearby hill, does it blow up or knock it over as Arthur throws it? Please be clearer. Curvebill (talk) 20:43, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Posh Spice lyric in "Diva's Lament"
I read nearly 2 years ago that in 2008, the director of Spamalot didn't feel like making fun of Britney Spears anymore, so the lyrics in "The Diva's Lament" had to be changed to resemble Posh Spice. Here's the link.--Angeldeb82 (talk) 23:30, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * In the current UK production (as of March 2011) the "Britney Spears" reference has been replaced by "Cheryl Cole"Butcherscross (talk) 11:36, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Chracters
The character list was recently shorten. I agree that the old list had too much trivia but the list should have a minor description of the major characters.--JDDJS (talk) 20:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Improvisations section
This looks like uncited claptrap to me, an invitation for local performance graffiti. Would anyone mind if I deleted it? BusterD (talk) 22:38, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Nobody has objected. Since I still see no actual sources or encyclopedic content within, it's WP:OR and it's gone. BusterD (talk) 14:05, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Still Touring?
The website for the musical still lists it as still touring. Is this a new tour, or is the same tour from last year? --67.250.95.164 (talk) 23:42, 31 January 2012 (UTC)