One of the perennial problems in casting for musicals is whether to cast an actor who can sing OK or a phenomenal singer with limited acting skills. Time and again a great performance has compensated for vocal limitations. Plus he's _Vincent Price_ for goodness' sake. What more can you ask for?

2:08 - 2:15 Monty Python has taken over the staging.

love this! Such an irreverent parody of the gothic genre

Where’s #14

But... remind me "a nanny named Fran"

What hapenned with 04?

Super

perfect

Margaret shows how to get the words our in her very difficult 2nd verse: put more nose into your voice.

Genius . . . AB-SO-LUTE genius! Gilbert was unexcelled as a satirist!

CANNOT get enough of this! Gilbert was a genius with words, that's for sure, and Sullivan's music is a perfect fit.

We will all forgive Vincent Price for taking one breath His was the most legible version ever

We will all forgive Vincent Price for taking one breath His was the most legible version ever

OMG, THIS is wonderful! What a terrific cast!

OH EM GEE! What a WONDERFUL scene! I saw an amachoor production of "Ruddigore" many years ago, and the only thing that imprinted itself on my brain was "Basingstoke! BASINGSTOKE!" These two are absolute perfection!

And AGAIN! This rendition exceeds Wonderfulness & Perfection by a factor of ten to the hundredth power! Brings tears to m'eyes!!

Watching this again! OH EM GEE, WHAT a dynamic trio! This MUST be the funniest trio in all of G&S - it certainly is the most breathless! Once again, Gilbert's incredible mastery of words, rhyme and rhythm are demonstrated! AND THE SINGERS! This was the first time I knew Price was a singer - and a singer who can master Gilbert's incomparable babble is a prize indeed! Bravo times ten!

Stop! STOP! *S*T*O*P*!! Yer killin' me!!!

Frasier S3 Ep4 brought me here, hilar comedy, hilar!

The very definition. We damned are still allowed to admire the actual good.

Kenny had a flawless tenor and sang nanki poo incredibly. One of the best tenors from the old movie era

Paul Hudson plays Adam

Adam was sung by Paul Hudson

We used to listen to spooky music and dance around my Daddy’s living room acting silly like this! I danced with my Jack o lantern!!! Wonderful!!!!😊

The guy dancing with the skeleton!!!!! Priceless!!!!!

Sir Graves Ghastly played this song on his Detroit show every Halloween night with a cool spooky video behind it and him flying through the sky. I LOVED IT!!!!! Can anyone tell me which series this was from and when it aired X!? I need to know the years that it aired on TV. I’m 65 so I would’ve seen it if it was in the 60s 70s 80s 90s. Anyone who helps me find out this information I will be greatly appreciative and I really hope someone can and thank you !! ❤❤❤❤

I adore this song!!!! Whiten was this filmed?

Former emos:

Boom! Vincent Price dropped his mike after singing his part of the song.

Anything that has Vincent Price singing lives rent free in my head

Is Vincent Price really playing the organ?

This is so iconic

This is the butchered version that has been usual since the 1920s revival. See the 1987 New Sadlers Wells version for the original, which repeats the introduction before each verse and the repetition with Richard following.

This series of Gilbert & Sullivan operas speckled their casts with famous people. Casting Vincent Price as the villian was hilarious in its own right, made funnier still because he was the YOUNGER brother and Keith Michell was the elder. Mr. Price made it through the patter song later on with glowing colors.

Marvelous thank you.

rose is cute

Rose Maybud should not have hit Dame Hannah. Domestic violence isn't funny. Eliminate that part, please.

May the sun forever shine on your and your descendants for uploading this masterpiece!

Ciop

Deliverance of one good to what it is, You are not bureaucrat. Give a shit to the blood, plug the engine and run, they're going to tax you to the end all of belief. You will never chop your own head off. Grow a pair, by which I mean you are free to.

Is that Vincent Price??

"her opinion doesnt matter" XD i love this song but man somoene needs to meme this

repeated viewings of this production at a very young age probably explains a lot about me

I’ve never seen that before but it’s very good. I remember that Papa was a Vincent Price fan.

I found this from Jack Rackham and oh am I thankful he introduced me to this lovely and very..very catchy song

I never Knew Vincent Price in this

I had always assumed that "wind" in "nightwind" would be pronounced with a short "i". Here, it is pronounced with a long " i". Wind, when pronounced with a long "i", makes me think of a verb "twist" ... and not the noun "breeze". What do readers consider correct or preferred... the short "i" or the long "i"?

This is my favorite video on the internet.

I’ve seen people say he couldn’t sing based off this performance….listen to him in The Great Mouse Detective as Ratigan. The man could sing. But at his age when he did Ruddigore he had dentures which changes how you speak and sing. I think he did a fantastic job in this performance and you could see how much he enjoyed if. I call that a fantastic performance!

I've never heard this, but had to look it up as it was mentioned in a pivotal point in Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman" sequel/prequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird."