# Galavant returns tonight (1/3) and I'm so excited! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075 "2016-01-03T17:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/21 "2016-01-04T05:00:34Z")
Very good return! King Richard’s taking the hero sword out of the stone was an interesting twist - guess he’s not just going to be the comic relief forever then. Some funny songs - I especially liked the ‘well that one great kiss may not have been all that good after all’ - followed by the Chef getting mad because she never gave him the fucking amulet after falling asleep at the end of the song - HA! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/22 "2016-01-04T05:13:44Z")
They made a couple of references to Game of Thrones - the chef and his wife talking about keeping their first daughter and only putting out the rest for the White Walkers. And a mention in the opening song about Winter is Coming. And Came and Went. Richard called his magic sword “Mister Stabby” - a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference. I did think ABC chickened out by having the singer at the gay bar be a woman, even if it was Kylie Minogue. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/23 "2016-01-04T05:47:12Z")
I was pretty sure that “World’s Best Kiss” was a musical reference to _Aladdin_’s “A Whole New World.” Then I discovered not just Alan Menken, but Scott Weinger (who played Disney’s Aladdin) were writers on the show, and now I’m sure I’m right. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/24 "2016-01-04T06:17:25Z")
Scott Weinger is also Candace Cameron’s boyfriend on “Full House” and it’s my understanding that he will be appearing on “Fuller House”, too, whenever that airs. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/25 "2016-01-04T13:08:48Z")
I liked that Richard is less of a buffoon in this round, altho not by much. I’m loving the music. So we’ll see how the rest of the season goes… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/26 "2016-01-04T21:57:55Z")
Excellent start to season 2! Loved the intro. The disco scene sorta fell flat on me, but I enjoyed everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/27 "2016-01-05T06:30:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Richard called his magic sword “Mister Stabby” - a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference. Wasn’t the first idea “Gorn Breaker”? And I laughed at ‘Dogs Jousting’. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/28 "2016-01-05T14:00:53Z")
I looked away too long – what did it say on the stone he pulled the sword from? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/29 "2016-01-05T14:23:09Z")
Pretty much what the legend said about Excalibur. And not about watery tarts… ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/30 "2016-01-05T16:30:49Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > I looked away too long – what did it say on the stone he pulled the sword from? Twas a stump - not a stone. “Hero sword - to be drawn by the one true king” image - [http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image\_content\_width\_large/hash/5c/9a/5c9ae38e10ed9beae68844b337f790f8.jpg?itok=XnrM97MM](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width_large/hash/5c/9a/5c9ae38e10ed9beae68844b337f790f8.jpg?itok=XnrM97MM) ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/31 "2016-01-05T19:05:16Z")
Oh, excellent! ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/32 "2016-01-05T19:21:12Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Oh, excellent! perhaps you do belong here… ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/33 "2016-01-14T15:21:56Z")
Wow, so no love for the second week? I liked Matt Lucas as a peasant explaining who gets to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/34 "2016-01-14T15:40:21Z")
I watched the first three episodes on Hulu last night - somehow I had missed that the series had returned. I loved it last year (though it was uneven in quality). This year is off to a great start. After the song about the village’s system of democracy I had to go back and watch it again. So well done. And “I don’t know… a free people voting to die in a foreign war for the benefit of just a few? That would be madness! [looks at camera]” Hee. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/35 "2016-01-14T16:16:28Z")
King RIchard’s search for meaning, Queen’s meandering on feelings - great stuff. The gift of earrings was priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/36 "2016-01-15T18:31:36Z")
Okay, I’m confused. If Richard’s castle has been dismantled, where are Gareth and Madalena living? I realize that the point of the show is not an air-tight plot, but still. Also, I’m kind of confused about who is from Valencia and who is from Hortensia, but I can probably live with that. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/37 "2016-01-15T18:36:35Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Okay, I’m confused. If Richard’s castle has been dismantled, where are Gareth and Madalena living? I realize that the point of the show is not an air-tight plot, but still. > > Also, I’m kind of confused about who is from Valencia and who is from Hortensia, but I can probably live with that. Did they rebuild the castle elsewhere? Relocated? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/38 "2016-01-15T19:03:04Z")
It was turned into a town for the peasants, and their fledgling democracy. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/39 "2016-01-15T19:05:47Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Okay, I’m confused. If Richard’s castle has been dismantled, where are Gareth and Madalena living? I realize that the point of the show is not an air-tight plot, but still. > > Also, I’m kind of confused about who is from Valencia and who is from Hortensia, but I can probably live with that. Gareth and Madelana are living in Valencia - the kingdom Richard and Madalena invaded in Season 1 for the ‘Jewel of Valencia’ that Madalena wanted. Hortensia is the Kingdom that belongs to Isabella’s cousin - known for its overly extravagant changing of the gaurd cermeonies. - This is currently where Isabella, The Jester and the King/Queen of Valencia are hiding out - Chef and his love have presently left for less. King Richard’s… sorry ‘Buddy’s" - original castle was dismantled by the peasants - sorry "free people of the land’ - in order to build homes, shops and a very nicely decorated rec center. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075/40 "2016-01-15T19:10:52Z")
That makes sense, thanks. I had missed the point that “the caste” from season one wasn’t originally Richard’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galavant-returns-tonight-1-3-and-im-so-excited/742075.md?page=3)