# Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a Musical? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598 "2004-10-17T00:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/1 "2004-10-17T00:26:33Z")
Evidently to be called [Spamalot.](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84680.html) I want to go see it, but will anyone but Python fans want to? Will they even get the title? I’ll probably go see it in Chicago if I can. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/2 "2004-10-17T00:29:21Z")
Oh yeah, I hopefully won’t get confused and go see [Camelot.](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/82774.html) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/3 "2004-10-17T01:25:52Z")
I’d like to see it, but I’m worried that they might demand a password at the entrance. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/4 "2004-10-17T02:22:38Z")
Well I think Spamalot is a stupid name (and a silly place) so I wouldn’t mind if they change it. Tim Curry as King Arthur? Could be interesting… ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/5 "2004-10-17T05:01:23Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I’d like to see it, but I’m worried that they might demand a password at the entrance. No password will be needed, but you will have to answer three questions. Bone up on your ancient geography. And your colors. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/6 "2004-10-17T05:23:30Z")
I don’t see why they had to include “spam” in the title. Spam has nothing to do with the movie, being from a sketch they did on a completely different series some years before. They could’ve just as easily called it “Monty Python and the Holy Grail: The Musical” or something similar. I mean, it worked for “Footloose”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/7 "2004-10-17T05:39:07Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > Oh yeah, I hopefully won’t get confused and go see [Camelot.](http://www.playbill.com/news/article/82774.html) :rolleyes: On second thought, let’s not go to see _Camelot_. It is a silly play… ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/8 "2004-10-17T06:08:11Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > I don’t see why they had to include “spam” in the title. Spam has nothing to do with the movie, being from a sketch they did on a completely different series some years before. Er…no, it’s from the Knights of the Round table song where they note that in Camelot they eat “ham and jam and spam a lot”. Which still isn’t a good reason to call it that, especially as they never went there. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-as-a-musical/269598/9 "2004-10-17T06:37:51Z")
Oh, sure: **mike1dog** wants to talk about _Spamalot_ and suddenly there’s a party. But when [Brainiac04](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265352), [Shirley Ujest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265591) and [I](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265751) leapt out of the rabbit we took you not only by surprise but completely unarmed! (such that you paid us no mind) ( **betenoir** was the only one who wanted to play before.) Well, that’s fine I never wanted to participate in this Thread anyway. I always wanted to be a Lumberjack!