Tonight was the official opening of {Monty Pythons’} {Spamalot} at the {Joburg Theatre}.
My cheeks are so sore from laughing. I actually had tears in my eyes.
I grew up with Monty Python, ‘Allo ‘Allo, Fawlty Towers. So to see Spamalot performed was amazing.
Here are a few pieces of dialogue that left me gasping for breath…
Arthur: Gd be praised. We have a quest: to find the grail!
Sir Robin: The quail!
Arthur: No, the grail. The vessel used at the last supper.
Sir Robin: They had a boat at the last supper? Was it a sort of dinner cruise?
Sir Galahad: The grail is a cup.
Sir Robin: Gd the almighty and all-knowing has misplaced a cup?
Arthur: But I thought you were a fairy.
Lady of the Lake: Oh no, that’s Lancelot.
Patsy: I’m Jewish!
Arthur: What? Why didn’t you say so?
Patsy: Well… it’s not the sort of thing you say in front of a heavily armed Christian.