I'm sure we had a thread about musicals being rubbish before...

[wordsfromlee]

Grandpa Joe’s sudden burst of energy makes a lot more sense once you see his coke nails. 
 

[neil]

Grandpa Joe was a pedophile. All the signs are there.

[Carbomb]

Grandpa Joe was Norman's favourite character.

[Tommy!]

Off topic slightly but I've never enjoyed anything from Roald Dahl in any format, book, film or musical.

As a child I was told constantly by school how wonderful it all was but it just bored or irritated me.

 

[westlondonmist]

49 minutes ago, Tommy! said:

Off topic slightly but I've never enjoyed anything from Roald Dahl in any format, book, film or musical.

As a child I was told constantly by school how wonderful it all was but it just bored or irritated me.

 

I think Esiotrot is a bit creepy myself. The protagonist lies and tricks a woman into sleeping with him. 

[bAzTNM#1]

Some of those "Tales of the Unexpected" stories written by him are quite chilling for the 70s.

[Devon Malcolm]

17 minutes ago, bAzTNM#1 said:

Some of those "Tales of the Unexpected" stories written by him are quite chilling for the 70s.

I think the only reason anybody watches Sky Arts is to watch Tales of the Unexpected.

[Carbomb]

5 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

I think the only reason anybody watches Sky Arts is to watch Tales of the Unexpected.

My favourite one:

Ron Moody being awesome, plus features the actor who played the press secretary in Yes, Prime Minister, and also Porkins from Star Wars (think he only died a year ago or so).

Edited December 17, 2021 by Carbomb

[Chest Rockwell]

3 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said:

I think the only reason anybody watches Sky Arts is to watch Tales of the Unexpected.

Get fucked. Sky Arts might be the only thing I miss from Sky; it's great.

[Hannibal Scorch]

11 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said:

Get fucked. Sky Arts might be the only thing I miss from Sky; it's great.

Sky Arts is now on Freeview. Channel 11 on my box.

[chokeout]

Every muppet film is essentially a musical and the muppets are ace so this thread is wrong.

Also Bohemian Rhapsody isn’t a musical, it’s barely even a film and is only worth watching for the scene where they are chatting in the pub and have been contractually obliged to show every character the same amount of time leading to the most overly edited scene ever. 

 

[Monkee]

On 12/16/2021 at 9:07 PM, neil said:

"Rock Star" staring Mark Walberg is deffo a musical ?

YES! I love that film and the soundtrack is incredible. I had it on CD are played it to death. ‘Stand Up’ and ‘Wasted Generation’ are great songs.

I’m not hugely into musicals but I do have a soft spot for a few movie-based ones such as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (that’s not aged well in the #metoo days), The Sound of Music (it’s WW2 so I’m obviously going to like it), and Grease 2 (if only ‘Reproduction’ and ‘Cool Rider’ were karaoke songs).

I loved Jersey Boys in the West End and Beautiful: The Carol King Musical was absolutely amazing. I also saw the BTTF musical a couple of months ago and wasn’t as appalled as I though I would be to be honest.

I think, though, the best musical I’ve seen live was actually Licensed To Ill - a Beastie Boys musical. It was a glorious work of art. I ended up seeing it twice and interviewed the guys behind it for a blog.

Edited December 18, 2021 by Monkee

[Jazzy G]

A Beasties musical does sound interesting. 

[Keith Houchen]

6 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said:

Edited December 18, 2021 by Keith Houchen

[Jazzy G]

I agree that people covering the Beastie Boys also sounds like hell, especially if their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction is anything to go by, but unless the Beasties Musical is a 2 hour jukebox musical style retelling of Paul Revere I struggle to figure out what the plot would be. It'd be more through morbid curiosity.