He's the idol of his age...
So, Spamalot. It was AWESOME. Sooooo funny. I figured it would be because Marcy really liked it, and I really like the Holy Grail movie, but it was even better than I expected. And Clay was really, really good. People would probably think I'd be biased and love everything he does, but really I'm the opposite... I've seen him do so many things in the past five years that I tend to be overly critical and point out every mistake he makes. But he was sooo good. He was three or four different characters, and he actually had a different, decent accent for each one (besides Sir Robin, he was the first guard who goes on and on about coconuts migrating and whether or not a swallow could carry a coconut, Brother Maynard, who talks about the Holy Hand Grenade, and the person guarding Prince Rupert's tower... the one who talks and can't seem to understand the directions), his singing was awesome, of course (I actually think they may have written in some different parts for him... I know it's Broadway so they're supposed to be belty, but I listened to his song before and I don't remember there being such a big, stereotypical Clay note at the end :P and they definitely added in the "idol of his age" part in one song, which made everybody laugh), and he was really funny. My only complaint was that he made the most ridiculous faces... moreso than anybody else... but that's just Clay. :P
Afterwards, we went to the stage door to meet him... and he came out... but he quit signing stuff right before he got to us. :( I guess because it was cold and there were a lot of people. Marcy seemed really pissed that he didn't get to us, but I wasn't overly surprised or even disappointed... I think I expected it. I probably would have died of shock if he'd actually gotten all the way over to us. We did get to meet some of the cast though... Lancelot (who looks like Brian and Ben from QaF at the same time. I'm not even sure how that's possible), Galahad, Prince Rupert, and the Lady of the Lake (who really is British, she's from London, and has the most amazing female voice I've ever heard. Seriously.)
The rest of the trip was okay too. We went to the Museum of Natural History, but we got there late and they closed early so we didn't really get to look around a whole lot. We want to go back sometime when we have the whole day and do touristy stuff, because as many times as we've been there, we've never done that. I actually saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time ever on the way home... you can actually see it from the one highway on the way to I-80, which doesn't even make sense to me, but whatever, it was cool.
So, Spamalot = awesome. I'd love to go back again before Clay leaves in May, but it probably won't happen. :(
On an unrelated note, I still can't get this computer to sync my iPod, but I've been looking online, and a lot of people seem to be having the exact same problem, so maybe it's iTunes itself and not my computer? I don't know, but I hope so. I did notice that my new computer was kind of skippy when it was playing music last night... not so bad that I couldn't listen to it or anything, but it was slightly irritating. And there doesn't seem to be any way to make the speakers not sound tinny, other than to put headphones on. Sigh. Oh well, it's still sexy.
Idol in an hour... goooo Amanda! xD
Afterwards, we went to the stage door to meet him... and he came out... but he quit signing stuff right before he got to us. :( I guess because it was cold and there were a lot of people. Marcy seemed really pissed that he didn't get to us, but I wasn't overly surprised or even disappointed... I think I expected it. I probably would have died of shock if he'd actually gotten all the way over to us. We did get to meet some of the cast though... Lancelot (who looks like Brian and Ben from QaF at the same time. I'm not even sure how that's possible), Galahad, Prince Rupert, and the Lady of the Lake (who really is British, she's from London, and has the most amazing female voice I've ever heard. Seriously.)
The rest of the trip was okay too. We went to the Museum of Natural History, but we got there late and they closed early so we didn't really get to look around a whole lot. We want to go back sometime when we have the whole day and do touristy stuff, because as many times as we've been there, we've never done that. I actually saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time ever on the way home... you can actually see it from the one highway on the way to I-80, which doesn't even make sense to me, but whatever, it was cool.
So, Spamalot = awesome. I'd love to go back again before Clay leaves in May, but it probably won't happen. :(
On an unrelated note, I still can't get this computer to sync my iPod, but I've been looking online, and a lot of people seem to be having the exact same problem, so maybe it's iTunes itself and not my computer? I don't know, but I hope so. I did notice that my new computer was kind of skippy when it was playing music last night... not so bad that I couldn't listen to it or anything, but it was slightly irritating. And there doesn't seem to be any way to make the speakers not sound tinny, other than to put headphones on. Sigh. Oh well, it's still sexy.
Idol in an hour... goooo Amanda! xD