I was going to suggest an animated Rugrats version of Titus Andronicus, directed by Quentin Tarantino. Toddlers performing rape, mutilation and cannibalism - what’s not to like?
King Lear set in Deadwood, SD, with Al Learengen dividing his empire among his three favorite whores based on who can most “convince him” of their love.
Hee.
Taming of the Shmoo
Sounds sad. If anyone offers to play you their copy of* The Comedy of Errors *by the Flying Karamazov Brothers, watch it. It is completely hilarious.
A Midsummer Night’s Scream.
Titania falls in love with somebody in the “Scream” mask.
That’s even better!
I think I’ve seen that one, and high school me called it the best Shakespeare performance I’d ever seen.
Twelfth Night, but the entire cast is wearing Guy Fawkes masks.
Oh, it holds up well. We were taking juggling classes when it aired and the teacher announced when it would be showing and encouraged us to tape it. We wore that VHS tape out over the years.
Couldn’t they stand in as the witches?
No!
I already have Dr. Teeth and his band as the witches.
C’mon! The band could never be ominous.
Neither could Statler and Waldorf but they could comment on the proceedings… kind of like a greek chorus, but sarcastic.
Statler: By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.
Waldorf: You see MacBeth?
Statler: No, I smell him!
Yeah, that works for me.
We can save Dr. Teeth and the band for the Players when we do Muppets take Denmark.
“Ron Funches IS Macbeth…”.
I think we need to go off the Muppet Show reservation a bit and cast Bert.
I’d love to see that.
You can put them in Midsummer Night’s Dream which has lines for hecklers already.
Titus Andronicus with zombies - where the revelation of what’s for dinner is the inspiration of a parteee!
Also makes the losing body parts scenes work much better.
Juliet sends out for pizza, and young Romeo appears under her balcony to deliver it. Whoops, Juliet can’t find her purse, and she has to find SOME other way of paying for the pizza (chicka chicka wow wow…).
“Hello. My name is Hamlet. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Inspector Macduff enters.
"Pardon me, are you the Thane of Cawdor? Boy, let me tell you my wife is a big fan. She talks about you all the time.
Anyway, I won’t keep you long, sir. Just a few routine questions. So, uh, you say you heard King Duncan screaming just past midnight?"
Macbeth: “Aye.”
Macdufff: "Okay, okay… only. Gosh, I hate to be picky.
Macbeth: “No, what is it Inspector?”
Macduff: "Well, sir, it’s just that if you heard the king screaming after midnight, shouldn’t he have been asleep? But there are still candles on in his room. Why do you suppose that is, sir?
Macbeth: “Oh… well, this isn’t known to many people, but you see, King Duncan was afraid of the dark, and always kept lit candles around him as he slept.”
Macduff (smacks own head): Ah… that would explain it. Thank you so much, sorry to have bothered you. Bye now.
Macbeth: Not at all, glad to help.
Macduff: Oh wait, now, see my wife, she always tells me I ask too many stupid questions, but…