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Jolieblonde	Post subject: For you Python fans ... Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:37 pm
Joined: Tue Feb 04, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 145 Location: Over by there	Credit it all to the knights on Broadway
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:48 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	I'll bite their kneecaps off!
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:46 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	When news of "Spamalot" first came out some time back, I rather got the impression it was going to be something of a stage version of "Holy Grail." I don't get much from this review that makes it sound like I'd want to see it — and that's coming from a hard-core Python fan.
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EMorse	Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:57 pm
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 1025 Location: The Lexington Avenue Spaceship	They lost me at the Andrew Lloyd Webber comparison. Andrew Lloyd Webber is the anti-Python.
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Jolieblonde	Post subject: But wait, there's a tie-in Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:52 pm
Joined: Tue Feb 04, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 145 Location: Over by there	The golden age of Spamalot
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:01 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	"Spam products have been spoofed by the Monty Python comedy team for decades," said Rick Meyer, senior product manager for Hormel. This is somewhat misleading in that it implies that Python have continually gone off on Spam, whereas obviously the group broke up some time ago. For the record, Spam was mentioned in exactly two Python sketches — though in one it was mentioned 63 times (not including the Vikings' song), with an additional 18 in the credits at the end of that episode (no. 25). I'm surprised the "Spamalot" tins aren't sold at http://www.spam.com, since they've got every other bloody thing there, including Spam golf balls. They do,, however, have a link to the official "Spamalot" site, http://www.montypythonsspamalot.com/HighBand/homepage.html.
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CopyCup	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:29 am
Joined: Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:25 pm Posts: 51 Location: Midwest	Oeditpus Rex wrote: When news of "Spamalot" first came out some time back, I rather got the impression it was going to be something of a stage version of "Holy Grail." According to an article in "The New Yorker," it is pretty much a stage version of "Grail" with some of the group's other popular material stuffed in.
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Bakelite	Post subject: SpamMobile Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:45 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 231 Location: Bellevue, WA	Here's what the nice people at Hormel will give you for mentioning "Spamalot" when visiting the SpamMobile.
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