The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:46 am
Anyone seen it? It l.ooks like a HSM ripoff to me.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:53 am
Never even heard of it, it sounds utterly ridiculous!
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:54 am
i thought speeling bee was already a musical on broadway,
and I'm pretty sure it came out before hsm
and I'm pretty sure it came out before hsm
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:25 pm
It did. There workshop was in 2004 and opened on the great white way the next year. Around the same time really but nnot even close to being the same from what I have seen of it.skyler888 wrote:i thought speeling bee was already a musical on broadway,
and I'm pretty sure it came out before hsm
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:44 pm
It came out waaaaaaaay before HSM and is at least 800 times better. Reserve all judgements on this show until you actually see it, it is HYSTERICAL. Pretty much every score that William Finn does is hysterical, catchy, and heart-breaking, and this is no exception.
Apart from the fact that it involves a high school, I'm not sure why you think its a rip off of HSM.
Apart from the fact that it involves a high school, I'm not sure why you think its a rip off of HSM.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:54 pm
I think the show you're thinking of is "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee". It really is nothing like High School Musical and was in development long before.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:57 pm
Yes it was out long before the crappy HSM. I have not seen the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, but I have tickets for the Toronto show on January 31, 2008! I'm so excited to see it!! 
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:57 pm
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. That is it.
Re: Spelling Bee the musical
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:20 pm
Seriously, is there ány reasoning behind this?bradhig wrote:Anyone seen it? It l.ooks like a HSM ripoff to me.
Spelling Bee is a somewhat weird musical, in my opinion. I don't really enjoy the songs (though some are quite fun), but the spoken parts are where the comedy lies.
'Your word is... Jihad.'
Re: Spelling Bee the musical
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:24 am
In a sentence...Nandor wrote:'Your word is... Jihad.'
"Billy, quick, duck behind this Western Wall. I think I see a jihad coming."
And the infamous "caterjunes" (or "catterjunes" or "catarjoons" or however you like it).
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:32 pm
I don't hate HSM or spelling bee it just looiked to me like someone was trying to cash in on HSM's success.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:59 pm
But why did you think that, is my question? Because the only real comparison is that it involves school kids.bradhig wrote:I don't hate HSM or spelling bee it just looiked to me like someone was trying to cash in on HSM's success.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:56 pm
because it looked similar.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:12 pm
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck...bradhig wrote:because it looked similar.
It could be a platypus!
Escapay
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:42 am
A platypus doesn't walk like a duck. 
I have a feeling this isn't a HSM "rip-off" (I mean, was HSM really that original in the 1st place?). It's just a revival of something so that they can <strike>cash-in</strike> capitalise on the popularity of HSM.
Really, what does it matter? If you want to see it, you see it. If you don't you don't.
I have a feeling this isn't a HSM "rip-off" (I mean, was HSM really that original in the 1st place?). It's just a revival of something so that they can <strike>cash-in</strike> capitalise on the popularity of HSM.
Really, what does it matter? If you want to see it, you see it. If you don't you don't.
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:36 am
2099net wrote:A platypus doesn't walk like a duck.
I have a feeling this isn't a HSM "rip-off" (I mean, was HSM really that original in the 1st place?). It's just a revival of something so that they can <strike>cash-in</strike> capitalise on the popularity of HSM.
Really, what does it matter? If you want to see it, you see it. If you don't you don't.
But it came out before hsm....
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:18 pm
Yeah, really...there is no comparison save for the fact they both involve students. "25APCSB"'s students are even supposed to be younger than high school, though they are played by adults. There's really nothing in "Spelling Bee" that is attempting to work off the fame of HSM, especially since as was already pointed out, HSM came out later. "25APCSB" is more like the movie "Spellbound" if anything.