NEW YORK — Britney Spears is out, Posh Spice is in _ as a lyric for the Lady in the Lake in the Broadway musical "Monty Python's Spamalot." Asked why the lyric was changed in the song "Diva's Lament," "Spamalot" author Eric Idle said Tuesday in an e-mail:
"Because we don't laugh at sad people. Mike Nichols (the show's director) requested it and he's right. We changed the lyrics in London, on tour, on Broadway and in Las Vegas. We think that it's now too sad. Britney Spears is being tortured to death and we don't want to be on that side."
Classy move from Eric Idle
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Classy move from Eric Idle
My opinion was fairly high to begin with, but I still think this was a classy move.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Good move!
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Yep, he chose wisely.
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The Python guys have usally been of that mind, not to pick on those who couldn't stand up for themselves.
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I still wish that those who are left could get back together for some new work. It would be tough to beat the original insanity, but they could probably do it.Tyler wrote:The Python guys have usally been of that mind, not to pick on those who couldn't stand up for themselves.
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I'd actually prefer they not reunite. Much as I love Python and have followed and enjoyed much of what its constituent members have done in the years since their separation, to have them together without Graham Chapman (R.I.P.) is far too great an omission to allow it to be the same.Ronbo wrote:I still wish that those who are left could get back together for some new work. It would be tough to beat the original insanity, but they could probably do it.
They were awarded something or aonther a few years ago at the Denver Comedy Festival (I think I recealled that right), and hearing them reminisce was wonderful. If they kept it in that vein, it might be worth seeing and hearing. On the upside - at that event, they did have GC represented by a funerary urn with his photo on it.
If you've not already done so, I always suggest people check out John Cleese's eulogy for Graham Chapman. It's a masterpiece of comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek
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I'll have to watch it when I'm not at work.wgority wrote: If you've not already done so, I always suggest people check out John Cleese's eulogy for Graham Chapman. It's a masterpiece of comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek
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There's a 2-DVD set called Monty Python Live. It includes a tv interview with the group post-Chapman. Chapman is present, however, as a funerary urn set on the coffee table. It is inevitable that half way through the interview, someone suffers a brief leg spasm, kicks the urn flying, and Chapman's ashes are sent up in a cloud all over the set, with the Pythons miming great upset and regret at this most unfortunate incident.
Classic stuff.
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Classic stuff.
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Absolutely priceless!!! I would have expected nothing less of Cleeses1m0n wrote:I'll have to watch it when I'm not at work.wgority wrote: If you've not already done so, I always suggest people check out John Cleese's eulogy for Graham Chapman. It's a masterpiece of comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek
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