Jill, are you sure you didn't get the mumps from some of these "friends" you were partying with? I wouldn't put it past Gena to intentionally infect you, so she could take over at AUTHOR TALK. She looks all kittenish and cute, but kittens have claws. :-)

Yesterday, I saw Spamalot at the OKC Civic Center with a group of friends. Today is my birthday, so it was a nice b-day outing. I admit, I was a bit skeptical about how much I was going to like this adaptation of MONTY PYTHON'S THE HOLY GRAIL. I am a devout lover of this film, and many of my friends and I enjoy recreating dialogue from various scenes, but listening to the soundtrack of the stage version, I wasn't impressed overmuch by several songs.

But in the context of the actual stage show----WOW!! I laughed my ass off. I had tears in my eyes in places. It recreated most of the best scenes from the movie, and added several new twists and turns that brought surprise and delight.

Here are some of my favorite scenes from the movie that were recreated quite faithfully in the stage musical (I know - but it's hard to pick only a couple of favorite scenes from THE HOLY GRAIL):

African v European Swallows and Migrating Coconuts:


Or the French Taunting and catapulting cow:


Sir Launcelot and Swamp Castle:


Tim the Enchanter, the Killer Rabbit, and the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch:


Brave Sir Robin and his Minstrels:


The Knights Who Say Ni:


Dennis and the anarcho-syndicalist commune/Strange women lying around in ponds


Bring Out Your Dead:


"We're Knights of the Round Table" ("We eat ham and jam and spam a lot"):


And, amazingly enough, the Black Knight: