# The Last Starfighter To Be A Musical **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561 "2004-09-28T21:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/41 "2004-09-30T15:50:06Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I have a hard time imagining how someone could like those specific musicals and not like _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_. Oh yeah, duh. I ODed on Rocky after seeing it several dozen times though. Some friends of mine used to be on a local cast, so we still go every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/42 "2004-09-30T15:57:01Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > The guy reponsible for the upcoming _Dukes of Hazzard_ movie also has a _Get Smart_ movie in the works.\*. Um… It’s been done. It was called The Naked Bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/43 "2004-09-30T17:13:55Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Um… > > It’s been done. It was called The Naked Bomb. You mean _The Nude Bomb_ and it had the original Maxwell Smart. The only way Don Adams would get near this one is in a cameo. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/44 "2004-09-30T17:30:33Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > You mean _The Nude Bomb_ and it had the original Maxwell Smart. The only way Don Adams would get near this one is in a cameo. Oops, sorry. I must have been thinking of _The Unclad Brunch_. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/45 "2004-09-30T19:09:47Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I’d pay premium ticket price for a Last Starfighter musical just to see the interpretive dance finale that they come up with when Alex presses the Death Blossom button. Bwahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/46 "2004-09-30T19:24:51Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > You mean _The Nude Bomb_ and it had the original Maxwell Smart. Don’t forget [**Get Smart, Again!,**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097423/) the 1989 made-for-TV movie. While the cast was a bit long in the tooth, it was still far better than **The Nude Bomb.** ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/47 "2004-09-30T21:31:48Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Don’t forget [**Get Smart, Again!,**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097423/) the 1989 made-for-TV movie. While the cast was a bit long in the tooth, it was still far better than **The Nude Bomb.** And there was also the short lived TV series revival on Fox which featured a then unknown Andy Dick, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/48 "2004-10-01T09:02:29Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > It all depends on the quality of the music. Who knows? A musical about a serial killer is the greatest musical in the history of the American stage. 😕_Phantom of the Opera_? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/49 "2004-10-01T10:47:37Z")
{Adopting Troy McClure voice} Baby, it’s the part I was born to play! Oh my God, I was wrong It was Earth all along And you’ve finally made a monkey {Chorus} Yes, we’ve finally made a monkey Yes, you’ve finally made a monkey Out of meeeeee! I love you, Doctor Zaius! ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/50 "2004-10-01T11:47:29Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > 😕_Phantom of the Opera_? Errr…I’m pretty sure **lissener** was talking about Sweeney Todd. Good show:). Ava ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/51 "2004-10-01T18:32:40Z")
That was my second guess! But I didn’t know it was considered the “greatest musical of the American stage”. Wait…_Phantom_ wasn’t American. :smack: Still, I didn’t know _Todd_ was so highly regarded. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/52 "2004-10-14T22:15:01Z")
This just in: [Brad Pitt as J.R. Ewing?!](http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1107620.html?menu=entertainment.films) ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/53 "2004-10-15T03:10:24Z")
Pity _Futurama_ isn’t still running, this would be perfect for Fry to compose on the Holophoner. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/54 "2004-10-22T10:47:42Z")
This review of The Last Starfighter: The Musical just in: [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000059.html](http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000059.html) Kinda heartwarming, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/55 "2004-10-22T15:14:47Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > Peace, the musical. I saw this as [Peace](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312890338/qid=1098458307/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7681642-7366500?v=glance&s=books), the musical. I’ve been twitching since. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/56 "2004-10-22T15:39:38Z")
[Mr Burns.] Why, you might as well write a musical about the common housecat or the king of Siam! [/Mr. Burns] ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/57 "2004-10-23T08:37:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Grig, previously Alex’s close companion on the ship, is now merely Centauri’s brother and quickly disabled in the battle. The Death Blossom, which was once untested and dangerous to the ship, is but a smart bomb and a second, more devastating weapon might be fatal to Alex and Centauri as they use it for the first time. Most of these changes make sense, as they allow Centauri to have a more complete presence in several song numbers Well that tears it. If they can’t hold the spirit of the original, then I ain’t interested. My approximately zero percent chance of ever seeing seeing that musical is now seriously jeopardized. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561/58 "2004-10-23T13:30:19Z")
Go read my review over in the society **wolf**. It’s worth seeing, even if they gloss over the death blossom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-starfighter-to-be-a-musical/266561.md?page=2)