# Any Thoughts on "Spamalot" From Someone Who's NOT a Python Fanatic?

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**Created:** [March 21, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-spamalot-from-someone-whos-not-a-python-fanatic/295553 "2005-03-21T14:24:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-spamalot-from-someone-whos-not-a-python-fanatic/295553/1 "2005-03-21T14:24:37Z")

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It stands to reason that “Spamalot” will have a fairly long, successful, profitable run on Broadway, just because there are enough rabid fans of “Monty Python & the Holy Grail” to keep the theater full for a few months, at least.

To a large extent, the musical’s appeal is nostalgic- it’s another chance for middle-aged geeks (and I’m a middle-aged geek myself, so I’m allowed to use the term) to repeat all the lines they’ve memorized.

But has anyone seen the show who’s NOT a Python buff? If so, what did YOU think of it? Was it fun in its own right, or only as a chance for aging Python freaks to shout “Ni”?