Tonight, the wife and I went to see the 2005 Emmy Award winning musical, Spamalot, at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. Bein a huge Python fan my expectations (no matter how low I attempted to make em) were sky high. My fear was that we'd experience another "Jones moment" (referring to the abject disappointment we experienced several weeks ago when we went to see "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull") because back to back letdowns would be, well, a letdown.
W/ tickets (which S had gotten for me as a gift for our 10th anniversary; yes, she's cool) in hand, actually in her purse, we put on some good duds and headed out.
The one thing we didn't account for was the possibility of traffic. It's sunday for crying out loud. Well, traffic there was (on 281 S near the airport). But, doin my best Speed Racer, we weathered the delay and arrived in time to get a quick cocktail , grab our seats and prepare for, what we hoped, would be an entertainin nite.
And so, it began.It grabs you from the get-go. After the cast "mistakenly" does a number about Finland (instead of England), w/ accompanying "fisch schlapping" (think: the Fish Slapping Sketch) you really never stop laughing. Seriously.
They interpose scenes from The Holy Grail (w/ a nod to some of Python's funniest sketches) and original numbers that expand on the comedic genius of Monty Python. The continuity is superb. W/ Grail favorites like "I'm Not Dead Yet", "Brave Sir Robin", The Knight Who Say Ni" and of course "Knights Of The Round Table"; to originals like "The Song That Goes Like This", "Find Your Grail" and "All For One" it's entertainment at it's best. They even do a version of "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" from The Life Of Brian, touchin on it again in the Black Knight scene. The consistant themes poppin up here and there throughout is very Pythonish. The Lady of the Lake has a rather prominant role (much larger than the "moistened
bink who lobs scimitars" at prospective kings). But worry not, she's quite funny.All in all, the best time I've had in a long, long time. Die hard Python fans and those who've never heard of em will love this King Arthur farce. But be prepared, cause in Spamalot, you'll laugh ALOT.
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I think Reck's baiting me to say this: LOL!
Great post! Obviously we'll have to check it out if it ever comes our way. I'm no huge fan like you, but I've always liked Brittish humor, so I think I'd like it.
That's a great pic of you guys. S looks different in every picture you've posted. I can't quite nail down what she looks like.
Oh, and nice knome. ;)
We like hangin w/ our gnome's.
You'd like it. Really fuuny show. Can't get the "Bright Side A Life" song outta my head.
I knew that spelling didn't look right! You must really enjoy the Travelocity adverts.
do do, do do, badump badump badump...
I just tried pomegranate green tea. A little bland.
I got the bad mother of the week award on Friday. B goes to this thing called "Safety Town", couple hours a day for 2 weeks. You may have it down there, teaches all sorts of safety to little ones. (Bike, electricity, fire, personal, etc.) Anyway...on Fri. I totally spaced and forgot he was there and thus forgot to pick him up! I'm so used to them being outside playing, I just forgot that he wasn't. I tore outta here like a bat outta heck, sped up there, to find him sitting there alone w/ the teacher. How embarrassing.
Niiiice..
Maybe you can chaulk it up to a teachin moment. Did his teacher give you a "look".
Actually, she was very nice. I told him when I dropped him off at 12:30, that I'd try not to forget him today. He told me to write myself a note! Ha. Little does he know, those sorta things don't happen twice.
Now that I think about it, she could have quite possibly given me 'the look'. I wouldn't know, I was too mortified to make eye contact.
I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I think I see a rat under your tree there.
Rats...why'd it hafta be rats..
Could be our cat angel under the mountain laurel or something in the coffee cup. S is always jumpin on me for usin the good coffee cups when I go to work and then leavin em layin around. Wonder why.
Can't imagine why that would be annoying. ;)
I'm a little pre-occupied w/ the critter under the tree. I can't see it as a cat. It looks to me like it's an opposum. Long snout, looking back at the same corner of the picture that he's in.
Can you see that?
Actually, in the pic, it does look possumish.
Thank you, I thought I was losing it.
Watched 1st installment of When We Left Earth tonite; pretty good. Covered the Apollo missions and beginning of Space Lab.
S doesn't remember SL, makes me feel kinda old.
Say Reck, check out my comment for your new link on my blogroll. :-)
Reck, it seems you attracted the "Evil Spammer". Just wait, it'll turn into advs for illegal porn and pharmacutical drug advs. I trust that there are as good "Evil Spammer" filters out there for Blogger as there is for WordPress (and you find them.)
281 S. There's never any telling when there'll be traffic on that road. It's not as bad as 35 in Austin, but it doesn't always make sense why there's traffic. Are they doing more construction there? The last time we were there they were doing construction and I thought, "didn't they just finish construction like two months ago?"
(aquatic tarts...)
Well frankly I don't know what you're talkin about either. But I would guess the issue is less about chronological age and more about 'old enough to care to remember' if you know what I mean.
I'm pretty sure I remember the lunar landing, even tho I was 2, cuz it was a pretty big deal. Ya know, the Cleaver family all huddled around the tv. But don't ask me about any other space missions, cuz I'm clueless.
"I mean, if I went 'round, saying I was an emperor, just because some
moistened bink had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!" Peasant's reply to King Arthur in response to Arthurs statement of divine selection in being king; in M P and The Holy Grail.
Aquatic tart: a strange women lying in a pond who distributes swords in a farcical watery ceremony.
Nest,
There was construction (they were redoin the overhead signage). Still, no comparison to Austin in terms of traffic. Pretty sure road construction is like death and taxes.
I watched a few scenes from The Meaning of Life yesterday on the computer. The catholic family who sings "Every Sperm is Sacred"? omg, I was crackin up. And I saw the Grim Reaper/Mr. Death scene...."the salmon mousse!"
Funny movie. Pushes the limits alittle. Ever seen Holy Grail?
A long time ago. I may have to revisit it.
Workin on a new post...put your thinking cap on.
K, post is up, smarty pants. Show me whatcha got.
(Ted the wonder llama...lol.)
L to T: "Go ahead and eat your soup, it shouldn't be that hot."
T: "Yeah well there isn't supposed to be a dog that can predict DEATH either, but THAT happened!"
Sorry, "there SHOULDN'T be a dog..." misquoted.
Now that's a quote! You need to like, journal these things.
When they were littler I wrote em all down in their baby book, I suppose I should start that back up.
Hey, how come my Meez got deleted off of my post and yours didn't?
Yours has been gone for awhile. Thought you did it.
Nope, just noticed.
My dog's not feeling well. Had some shots yesterday, and she's blue. (Weighed in at a whopping 10 3/4 lbs! Big girl!!)
B: I wonder how you say "aaaaahhhhhhh!" in German.
I'm not kidding...it's every day.
B is hysterical!
Ok, I think I know where Tony gets his buzzkill tendencies. The boys were just telling me about how their friend down the street got a trampoline. I was compelled to tell my stories about how I watched my friend's forearm turn into a right angle on the tramp, and how I backflipped myself right off of one onto the grass. You shoulda seen there big eyes. Then, I'm like "ok, go have fun!"
I'm a little weird when it comes to those things. I'll never forget laying on the grass, wind knocked outta me, wondering if I broke my back. They have nets around them now, which is good, but they're still dangerous as heck, imo.
I think trampolines were invented by doctors for job security.
I'm the same when it comes to tramps, no net, no jumpin; and you're right, they're still dangerous then.
I was just watchin a UTube video of a George Carlin routine and B comes in the room, so I pause it. (For obvious reasons.) He sees him on stage and goes, "What??! Is that Thomas Edison??"
Thomas Edison, where'd he get that?
That kid never stops, does he?
I know. They make me laughalot. har har.
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