Yes, they did the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, the whole bit, as well as the French taunters (I fart in your general direction; Your father smell of elderberries).
The photo was a polaroid that they took and handed me. Cameras, even pentaxes, are strictly forbidden in the theater. I had a tough time scanning the small polaroid print. . . Daniel J. Matyola Stanley, Powers & Matyola 78 Grove Street Somerville, NJ 08876 (908)725-3322 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:50:34 -0500 >On Mar 31, 2005 10:38 PM, Daniel Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For all the Monty Python fans on this list: >> >> I went to see Spamalot last weekend, and wound up making my >> Broadway stage debut. >> >> First, I loved the play. It is extremely well done, and very, very >> funny. I expected it to be a rehash of the movie (Monty Python and >> the Holy Grail), but it was much more than that. >> >> They do follow the basic plot of the movie. They include all the >> bits that real Python fans want to see, including, Bring out your >> Dead/ I'm not dead yet, the knight who gets all his limbs cut off >> but still wants to keep fighting, the killer rabbit, the Knights >> who say Ni, the French Knights who taunt the British, the Trojan >> rabbit, the catapulted cow, etc. There is also, however, a lot of >> new material. >> >> They parody a number of Broadway hits, including Phantom, Les Mis, >> Chorus Line, and, especially, Fiddler on the Roof. The knights >> doing the dance from Fiddler is just hilarious. They >> also take on the gay marriage issue in the play. >> >> At the end of the play, they find the clue to the location of the >> holy grail, but they are not bright enough to figure it out. The >> hand of god come down from above and points to one of the seats in >> the first row. Sure enough, the grail is found under the seat. The >> occupant of that seat (which was me at this performance) gets >> dragged onstage and is honored as "the Best Peasant." Needless to >> say, given my heritage, I was proud to be recognized as the >> peasant that I am. They asked my name, and than sang a musical >> number to "Dan Matyola." Really, they all actually remembered the >> name. I got a trophy, a certificate and hugs from the knights (but >> not from the Lady of the Lake or her dancing girls!) >> >> They also took my picture, which is at: >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3243389 >> I'm the one not dressed like a knight, Tim Curry is to my left, >> David Hyde Pierce in front of me, and Hank Azaria to my right in >> chain mail. >> >> It was quite an evening. >> >> In any event, the play is spectacular, and everyone should see it >> if the can, not only Python fanatics. >> >> Dan M > >That is so freaking cool, Dan!! I'm green with envy. > >Did they do the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch? I liked that one. > >As long as they did the French guys in the castle: "I told them we >already have one..." "Go away you English pig-dogs! I empty the >contents of my nose in your general direction." <vbg> > >Please tell me that the pic wasn't taken with a Pentax. > >cheers, >frank > >-- >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the KillerWebMail system at stanleypmlaw.com
