his name is lancealot, he likes to dance-a-lot

What do a gay knight, a half-jew, and coconuts have in common? A place in Monty Python’s SPAMalot. This last Sunday I went to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center and watched the funniest muscial I’ve ever seen. While Aida had a moving story, and The Lion King had a production like none other, SPAMalot racks up the laughs.

Having wacthed The Holy Grail I knew a lot of the storyline–and quite a few of the lines. But the added musical numbers made the show worth watching. My favorites were:

“You Won’t Succeed On Broadway”

In any great adventure,
that you don’t want to lose,
victory depends upon the people that you choose.
So, listen, Arthur darling, closely to this news:
We won’t succeed on Broadway,
If you don’t have any Jews. 

“His Name is Lancelot”

Lancelot you might as well just fess up
Really you’re a different kind of guy
Move aside your scabbard
For underneath your tabard
There is waiting to escape a butterfly

“I’m All Alone”

Knights: he’s all alone
Arthur: i’m all alone
Knights: all by himself
Arthur: all by myself
Knights: there is no one here beside him, He’s all alone
Arthur: so all alone
Knights: apart from us,
No one to comfort him or guide him