LAS VEGAS – “You’ve got two empty halves of coconuts, and you’re bangin’ ’em together!”

The Wynn’s “Spamalot” takes much from the movie, “Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail,” throws in the song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from “The Life of Brian” and then adds it to a flamboyant Lancelot, an overly seductive Sir “Dennis” Galahad and a slightly-less-stupid King Arthur.

For those who are familiar with the movie, it is impossible not to compare the Broadway show to it. Main differences included the lack of the bridge scene (Old man: “What is the airspeed velocity of an un-laden swallow?” Arthur: “What do you mean? African or European swallow?”) and an explanation for where all of Arthur’s knights actually came from.

Dennis the muddy peasant turns into Sir Gallahad, and Lancelot and Sir Robin are actually from the plague-addled town of the bring-out-your-dead scene. (“Huh, he must be a king”/ “How do you know?”/ “He hasn’t got sh-t all over him”).

While the coconut conversation was kept, many other hilarious situations and conversations didn’t make it to the stage, including Galahad and the Castle Anthrax and Sir Robin and the three-headed knight. However, the Camelot song did make it, with the “I have to push the Pram-a-lot” solo falling utterly flat on the audience.

The man sitting next to me even asked me what it meant.

However, the Broadway production did include the Knights of Ni, the fanged rabbit and the infamous Black Knight (Arthur: “Look, you stupid bastard, you’ve got no arms left.” Black Knight: “Yes I have.”).

The stage production also takes off with what the movie only hinted at: Lancelot’s questionable sexuality. Although the show did not include the Castle Anthrax scene in which Lancelot “saves” Galahad from “almost certain temptation,” the play not only hints that Lancelot might be homosexual but includes a song on it as well … with all the hues of the rainbow and an armored jock strap.

Another invention of the play is the inclusion of the Lady of the Lake. After all, how else would the producers be able to get more scantily-clad beauties on stage?

One perfectly acceptable cut, though, included the disappointing end scene from the movie in which Arthur and his one remaining knight, Sir Bedavir, are sacked by modern day police after storming the water-logged castle where the Grail was supposed to be housed.

Instead, the stage show takes an unexpected turn for the location of the Grail and ends with hilarity and triumph.

According to Wynn Las Vegas’ PR department, tickets are currently selling at a reduced rate for students. With student ID, up to four tickets may be purchased at the Wynn Box Office on the day of the show at a special rate of $25 for Mezzanine and $35 for Orchestra seating. Called “Student Rush,” the sale continues through the end of September.

The stage production of “Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail” is a must-see for any Monty Python fan.