I could be the foolish boy (another stock in trade of panto's, eg Aladdin's dimwit brother)



PSD

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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

All together now,

"HE'S BEHIND YOU!"

There's a wonderfully surreal sample Panto script here if anyone's interested:

panto_script

psd as 'foolish boy'...I think I can picture that.

Kinda just fits him doesn't it Nicky.

Like a glove, Trace.

Or a barnacle shell!



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*EARTH TREMORS FROM DOWN UNDER*

But I have to admit, PSD, the idea has merit.

Me and Sarah can make costumes. (You don't mind me volunteering you, do you, Sarah ?). And I bet Jon could write new lyrics to some songs, to fit in with the pantomine.

Are those virtual costumes, Skiffle?

"Sire, the peasants are revolting!"

"Tell me something I don't know."



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Those who forget the pasta are doomed to reheat it.

If we're doing Cinderella, I'll be the rat that turns into a horse. Well, the front end anyway. :D

ILS

P.S Lol, Intrigue!

Moy, I meant to say how much I despise those lines. I forgot.



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Those who forget the pasta are doomed to reheat it.

No, I don't mind being volunteered to make costumes. What is Dave R going to do, apart from continually boost the morale of the ladies involved by means of virtual marshmallows and other fflirtation? ;-)



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

Jeez - I escape for one evening of non-virtual entertainment and when I get back you've all gone Panto-ing mad.... "Oh yes you have...."

I'll volunteer for some minor role in the cast, too.

Have we definitely settled on 'Cinderella' rather than any of the alternatives?


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What is Dave R going to do...?

Sarah, wasn't there a character in 'Cinderella' that boosted morale and made things magically appear whenever they were needed? :)



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On this general theme _ Has anybody else here ever (that they can remember) heard a song (from the 1930s or '40s, I think) called "Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty", which is about the tribulations of being a pantomime fairy?

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For years a fairy queen I've been
For years I foiled the Demon King
But alas I'm getting on the years have flown somehow
And I feel that Fairy Snowdrop isn't wanted now

Chorus
Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
Nobody loves a fairy when she's old


She may still have a magic power but that is not enough
They like their bit of magic from a younger bit of stuff
When once your silver star has lost its glitter
And your tinsel looks like rust instead of gold
Fairy days are ending when your wand has started bending
No-one loves a fairy when shes old


For years I reigned in Fairy Dell
I waved my wand and waved it well
If I can't do all I did Im satisfied because
I'd sooner be a Has-Been that I would a Never Was

Nobody loves....
Nobody loves..

The face of this Immortal One to many has appealed
But gone is the illusion once you've had it soled and heeled
When you've lost your little fairy dimples
And the moth holes in your dress let in the cold
The Goblins and the Pixies turn their backs and say Hi Nixey
No one loves a fairy when she's old.

Nobody loves.....
Nobody loves.....

As far as I can see they try to push you off the map
When once your wand has withered and your wings refuse to flap
When you can't cast a spell without it spilling
And a fairy tale for years you haven't told
You stand there shouting What O.. but they all pass by your Grotto
Nobody loves a fairy when shes old.

Nobody loves.....
Nobody loves.....

They don't give you an earthly chance to make a livelihood
Theyre building council houses now in my enchanted wood
When you are past the age for Television
And the air you use is government controlled
It seems that they would sooner
Listen to a blinkin' crooner
Nobody loves a fairy when shes old.


Recorded by "Two-Ton" Tessy O'Shea

Brilliant KT - strikes me DaveR should be the fairy godmother! ;)



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If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.

Yes, but he really doesn't look a bit fairylike. We'd be needing more than just a pair of strategically placed wings and some makeup, ladies!



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

In his line of work, I'd have thought he could mackle something together. ;-)