Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast) | Eric Idle, John Du Prez, ...

Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast) | Eric Idle, John Du Prez, ... | Monty Python

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	Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast) Eric Idle, John Du Prez, ... Decca Broadway, 2005 average customer review:based on 150 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

As gleefully silly yet wickedly smart as the beloved British comedy troupe and their 1975 cinematic savaging of the Arthurian legend that inspired it, this adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by MP's Eric Idle and longtime musical co-conspirator John Du Prez has much more on its feverish agenda than merely trashing King Arthur and firmly upending his Round Table. The film's plot remains largely intact, but its core songs ("Knights of the Round Table," "Brave Sir Robin") and comic thrust have been both expanded and satirically redirected, a musical comedy shotgun that takes dizzy aim at pop culture in general, and Broadway in particular. After typically Pythonesque distractions that somehow find us in "Finland..," stars David Hyde-Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and company get busy conjuring the Lady of the Lake with the unlikely help of "Laker Girls..," while cast members Sara Ramirez and Christopher Sieber deliciously skewer contemporary Broadway cliches via the loopy showstopper "The Song That Goes Like This," a tune whose reprise also deliciously sends up every overwrought stage diva from Merman to Minelli. Idle has shrewdly ripped off--well, interpolated--Life of Brian's "Always Look On the Bright Side" for the new show, and even a snatch of "The Lumberjack Song" in "He Is Not Dead Yet." "You Won't Succeed on Broadway" reveals the frankly Semitic secret to stage success, and the French get can-canned on "Run Away!" Meanwhile, our bravest knight is de-closeted on the Manilow-mauling "His Name is Lancelot" before the familiar sound of clomping coconut shells brings down the curtain on the season's goofiest if satirically dead-on comic delight. --Jerry McCulley

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their not dead yet

I recently saw the 2008 tour production of Spamalot with my family. I would have liked to obtained a CD/DVD of that, but the 2005 version is just as good. I purchased two CD's because I knew my kids would take it and I'd never be able to listen to it. Good thing I did.

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Both of my sons collect "everything" for Monty Python and they were thrilled to get these gifts from me. One good thing about "Amazon.com"
is that you can always find what you need here when you can't find it anywhere else!!!

That's no ordianary musical!

Love it! If you are a fan of Monty Python's Holy Grail you will not be disappointed!

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I can't decide...

if I like this CD or not. There are some really good songs in here such as The Song that Goes Like This, but others sound like they were written by a group of 12-year olds. "You can sing, you can dance, and you won't soil your pants" snicker, snicker. The rhyme scheme seems weak as well.

Considering though that this is Monty Python, I suppose I should not be surprised.

BTW, I am a huge Python fan and wish I could see this show in person.

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Tracks
Tuning | Overture | Historian's Introduction to Act I | Finland/Fisch Schlapping Dance | Monks Chant / He Is Not Dead Yet | Come With Me | Laker Girls Cheer | The Song That Goes Like This | He Is Not Dead Yet - Play Off | All For One | Knights of the Round Table/The Song That Goes Like This (Reprise) | Find Your Grail | Run Away! | The Intermission | Historian's Introduction to Act II | Always Look On The Bright Side of Life | Brave Sir Robin | You Won't Succeed On Broadway | Diva's Lament (What Ever Happened To My Part?) | Where Are You? | His Name Is Lancelot | I'm All Alone | Twice In Every Show | Act II Finale | Always Look On The Bright Side of Life - Company Bow

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