Marcus looked especially good in Spamalot though he had a beard when I saw him in it last Summer. I was pleasantly surprised to see him act and hear him sing so well. Another annoyingly multi-talented person.
I first saw him in Edinburgh (when I saw The Early Edition in 2007 http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=9091849463703342279&searchType=ALL&page=1). I knew him vaguely at that point from The Late Edition which I'd watched a few times with R. I liked him but I was too bothered until I saw this - it was great!
At some point I bought R MB's DVD Planet Corduroy and that was good - funny, clever but not life-changingly special.
In 2009 I saw him host another Early Edition (in which he gave us free shortbread and Buck's fizz as it was the last show; he bemoaned being an tee totaller allergic to sugar). Like the time before we eneded up seeing the final show of the run so the guests were numerous and there was an end-of-term feel to the proceedings. I liked it but the first one remains the best.
However, on our first Edinburgh night of 2009 we saw his solo show Dog Collar which I loved. It was meaningful, brilliant and very funny (especially when the lights kept going off - as if he'd angered God with his agnostic show). It was a show that made fun of us atheists as much as any religion. It had a lot of sadness in too as it was about the recent death of his best friend who he missed.
And finally, back to Spamalot - brilliant! He really impressed me as did the musical on the whole - and I was skeptical as I love Holy Grail (it's my favourite Python film) but he did everything wonderfully. Speaking of Arthurs, it still makes me sad that I'll never meet Graham Chapman.
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