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Oy, Monty Python fans! It's not too late to catch everyone's favorite member of the troupe, Eric Idle, as he performs with the Houston Symphony tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. in an "adaptation" of the classic religious spoof film, The Life of Brian.

Jeff Walton is an example of how you can live your dream in music and film without ever leaving the city. As a teenager growing up in Pearland, he was one-third of The Judy's, arguably one of the biggest unsigned Texas bands in the 80's, . When the group demised, Walton shifted his talents to another love of his -- movie scores. We caught up with Jeff and talked about his film composing, and also...

And now for something completely.. the same. Well, not exactly. It's no secret that Spamalot is "lovingly ripped-off" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but who can blame Eric Idle? The movie is extremely popular with everyone from British humor fans to nerdy teenage boys, and Spamalot tweaks the story just enough to keep the audience riveted, and also in stitches. We wouldn't say that the musical is exactly riding the coattails of...

Get Spammed: Monty Python Opens Spamalot @ Hobby Center Tonight The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, will make its Houston debut for a limited four-week engagement at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts May 22 - June 17, 2007. Lovingly "ripped-off" from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's SPAMALOT is the winner of three 2005 Tony Awards including...

When Houstonist was growing up, You Can’t Do That On Television was sadly the edgiest kids/pre-teen show around. While we got a kick out of seeing a young Alanis Morissette watch as a cast member gets covered with green slime (which happened everytime a cast member said “I don’t know), looking back, it was a pretty stupid show. Nowadays, the kids have it better. Sure, the stupid shows aimed towards kids far outnumber the smart,...

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the Austin Film Festival, depicted all the Big 12 football coaches as South Park characters, and interviewed Jose Gonzalez. Chicagoist talked about the passion as they bid adieu to Bell...