Universal Preps Black Lagoon Musical
Source:Universal Studios Hollywood June 2, 2008
Boasting Broadway production values and special effects, Creature from the Black Lagoon - The Musical will swim on stage at Universal Studios Hollywood beginning Spring 2009.
The following is from a press release: With state-of-the-art stagecraft, acrobatic choreography and hilarious, toe-tapping music, the Creature will be brought to life in a story based on the original screenplay, updated to emphasize the element of romance and just a bit of comic relief. Original new music and dazzling production numbers will keep the attraction contemporary and lively.
Audiences will be immersed in the ominous environment of the deepest Amazon, enveloped by the exotic sounds and scents of the jungle. And from the production's first moments, they'll be thrust into an unexpectedly outrageous, strangely romantic, frequently melodic and often hilarious adventure as a monster classic is re-imagined for the 21st Century.
"Creature from the Black Lagoon - The Musical" will be staged as an attraction within the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. Admission will be included in the price of theme park tickets and annual passes.
Uh...so what does this mean...Creature in De Hood,set to rap music?:P
Here's a behind the scenes look at a rehearsal of one of the dance numbers.
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9977/danceww1.jpg)
Yes, and the song he's dancing to is "In The Swamp Where You Live"
God help us, what is Universal thinking. What next Wolfman the Ballet.
Quote from: Universalrocks on June 02, 2008, 10:22:46 PM
What next Wolfman the Ballet.
Frankenstein The After School Activity
Dracula The Nasal Spray
Did I ever tell you about the time I went to Chevy's TexMex and found a little "creature in my black legume?"
Last time I checked, April was two months ago!
But seriously, just the other day I was thinking, "What Creech REALLY needs is big, MGM-style showstopping musical numbers...that's what's always been missing from the mix, but no one would have the guts, especially in this day and age, to do something like that..."
This, along with Pat Boone recording heavy metal covers, is surely a sign that dark forces are at work.
Quote from: neonnoodle on June 03, 2008, 05:45:37 AM
Last time I checked, April was two months ago!
Correct, but what does April have to do with anything?
I'm almost certain I've heard this premise before on reruns of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" when they do the 3-headed Broadway star singing the love song from an unlikely titled musical.
Gee, will they have big musical production numbers in water a la Busby Berkley? Hmmmmn, now that would be interesting---having the Creature swim underwater between the legs of many soggy chorines in bathing suits.
"Meek"(here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women)
I don't know what the Creature is thinking. Sing? The guy couldn't carry a tuna if it had handles on it.
~Penny~
Ah, but he is good at playing the scales . . .
Holy mackeral, it's getting deep in here...please can it (or just fin-ish).
Carp not on that string. This will end when everyone is fed up to the gills.
I'm just adding to this thread for the halibut ;)
George
Why does everyone have to act like a bass? Please don't mussel your way into a thread if it doesn't interest you. That way people won't clam up.
Especially if they're a bunch of Walleyed Pike-rs. No Sticklebacks need apply.
Remember, if you can't Sea Bass tonight, you can't Sea Bass at all.
Ah, punning---it is a Cutthroat Trout sort of busniess.
"Meek"(who minored in Biology--and it shows)
I think everyone is just being shellfish. I may have to prey a Hail Calamari for all of you!
Walleye figured we'd end up on a religious note...Braise the Sword(fish)!
You did that accidentally on Porpoise.
Sea what you started? You go fishin' around inside a thread just for the porpoise of filleting the topic with stinking puns. I find that very cod.
You talkin' to me? Please speak up --- I am a bit hard of Herring. Actually, I have a bit of a Haddock today as well.
"Meek"(Urchin for a besmirchen)
Quote from: Meek on June 04, 2008, 05:19:53 PM
Actually, I have a bit of a Haddock today as well.
That explains why your such a crab.
Well, Meek if you are hard of herring and complaining of a haddock, maybe you need to see a sturgeon!
Quote from: capt.hendry51 on June 05, 2008, 02:41:27 AM
Well, Meek if you are hard of herring and complaining of a haddock, maybe you need to see a sturgeon!
I'd only go if it were absolutely Nessie-sary.
George
I think this poor thread has gone belly up and passed over to the other tide.
ah, baloney.
well, perhaps not.
Maybe Universal could get Mrs. Paul to sponsor the show....;)
George
I've been dying to get in on all the fishy pun-ishment, but I'm floundering and can't think of anything.
I find all this very finny. For my vacation, I think I'll head on down to Florida, and catch the Devil Rays and the Dolphins. ::) ::) :-[
At first I thought the puns were just waves of baiting each other, but now I'm hooked too. But when everyone goes off the deep end, just remember; I undertowed you so!
And now, for your visual listening pleasure, I present the lyrics to "WET DREAM" by Kip Addotta--
~~~~~
It was April the forty-first
Being a quadruple leap year
I was driving in downtown Atlantis
My barracuda was in the shop
So I was in a rented stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell Station
They said I'd blown a seal
I said, "Fix the damn thing
And leave my private life out of it
Okay pal?"
While they were doing that
I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar, a real dive
But I knew the owner
He used to play for the Dolphins
I said "Hi Gil"
You have to yell, he's hard of herring
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Gil was also down on his luck
Fact is he was barely keeping his head below water
I bellied up to the sandbar
He poured me the usual
Rusty snail, hold the grunion
Shaken not stirred
With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side
Heavy on the mako
I slipped him a fin
On porpoise
I was feeling good
I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry's squids
For the halibut
Well the place was crowded
We were packed in like sardines They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal
What sole
Tommy was rockin' the place with a very popular tuna
Salmon Chanted Evening
And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers
Probably there to see the bass player
One of them was this cute little yellowtail
And she's giving me the eye
So I figured this is my chance for a little fun
You know, piece of Pisces
But she said things I just couldn't fathom
She was too deep, seemed to be under a lot of pressure
Boy, could she drink
She drank like a . . .
She drank a lot
I said "What's your sign"
She said "Aquarium"
I said "Great, let's get tanked"
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
I invited her to my place for a midnight bait
I said "Come on baby, it'll only take a few minnows"
She threw me that same old line
"Not tonight, I gotta haddock"
And she wasn't kidding either
Cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock
I'd ever seen come down the pike
He was covered with mussels
He came over to me and said
"Listen, shrimp, don't you come trollin' around here"
What a crab
This guy was steamed
I could see the anchor in his eyes
I turned to him, I said
"A-balone, you're just being shellfish"
Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil
'Cause he was already on the phone to the cods
The haddock hits me with a sucker punch
I catch him with a left hook
He eels over
It was a fluke but there he was
Lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel
Kelpless
I said "Forget the cods Gil
This guy's gonna need a sturgeon"
Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend
She came over to me, she said
"Hey, big boy, you're really a game fish
What's your name"
I said "Marlin"
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Well, from then on we had a whale of a time
I took her to dinner, I took her to dance
I bought her a bouquet of flounders
And then I went home with her
And what did I get for my trouble
A case of the clams
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
You yell "barracada," everyone says, "Huh? What?"
Quote from: neonnoodle on June 09, 2008, 10:44:08 PM
You yell "barracada," everyone says, "Huh? What?"
Huh? What?
Here's Universal's promo art found at SHOCK TILL YOU DROP...
(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u29/greggory67/black-lagoon-musical.jpg)
That's nice looking artwork. I could do without the "thumbs up" from the Creature though. What I really like is the bottom right hand corner frame showing the Creature lifting the Rita out of the water. Almost King Kong like.
Terry: Apparently this is a musical tale about some tail--thus the thumbs up from the Gillman.
"Meek"(fathoms below the gutter)
Come to think of it, that is almost an "Elvis lip curl" it has on its face.
And, also, is that more than a touch of the "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" poster that I see in that design? With the big foreshortened leg coming down?