As Someday It May Happen (Little List Song) stereo version - John Reed , The Mikado

Footage of John Reed in the 1966 film of 'The Mikado' dubbed with his D'Oyly Carte 1973 stereo studio recording.

[@zanderaw]

Every live performance changes this song to be more topical, it never fails to get a laugh

[@powerist209]

1:02- Kinda love that they kinda jab at the audience of Mikado, which is capitalizing on Asian art fad of 19th century but as a jab at British society.

[@elliotstannard5621]

It's a line that rings true even today as well.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

It could also be a subtle callback to Gilbert & Sullivan’s _Patience_ , which was a huge piss-take at pretentious, snobby artists who thought the old days were more cultured, and it also took a few jabs at the Japanomania of the time. (“I don’t long for all one sees that’s Japanese”)

[@gregorygejoff1628]

It's amazing how people find hidden classic gems like this because of parodies done like family guy.

[@gusthomas5707]

"There's the white kid with the baggy clothes who's talking like he's black The girl you date who doesn't get the jokes in Caddyshack The Asian guy who cuts in every single line And Britney Spears for accidentally showing her vagine. And Bill O'Reilly's ineffective dermatologist They'd none of them be missed. They'd none of them be missed."

[@akbarrmd7714]

seth really loves opera songs

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Wonderful! I memorized these lyrics when I was a child, and always sing along . John Reed was the best Ko-Ko I have ever seen or heard.

[@5610winston]

I saw one where instead of '...banjo serenader...' the line went "There's the orchestra conductor who just now has lost his place [score cascades off the stand and into the viola section], and the noisy tympanist [fort-fortissimo tim-shot with pedal slur], I've got them on my list..." "There's that nisi prius nuisance that just now is all the rage, the televangelist PRAISE JAYZUS! [clears throat] I've got him on my list..."

[@webz3589]

@@5610winstonkzbin.info/www/bejne/rKiVhaVvraeqZ7s here it is

[@RobDavisAkaMonk]

The best Major General, best Judge, best Sir Joseph, best John Wellington Wells etc. He just was the best!

[@QUEfrang]

Mitchell butel was very funny, but John Reed was very good.

[@crazyorganist1609]

This is an amazing interpretation. Absolute perfection

[@thebamboozlerette1824]

John Reed! Absolute legend 🥰

[@dovasvariakojis6934]

This is the best. Absolutely Brilliant. John Reed as Ko-Ko is spectacular. May this genre of theatre and music never die!

[@Sharoney]

His facial expressions crack me up.

[@chriswardlow9441]

Brilliant performance by John Reed as always,I have in front of me a souvenir programme from November 1970 when D,OYLE CARTE performed at the NEW THEATRE IN HULL EAST YORKSHIRE .Starting on Monday 2nd November THE MIKADO ,Tuesday 3rd TRIAL BY JURY & H.M.S. PINAFORE, Wednesday 4th COX & BOX & THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Friday 6th IOLANTHE, Saturday 7th THE GONDOLIERS both the GONDOLIERS & The MIKADO had matinee performance,s. The MIKADO was also performed on Thursday the 5th plus matinee.That's some work load in six days,I don,t remember how much tickets were but the souvenir programme was 2 shilling,s or 10 pence.Those were the DAYS AND DONT WE MISS THEM.

[@jasonhood2453]

Perfect. :-) Made my day.

[@francescoevangelista1448]

same here

[@EMomp]

Agreed

[@stevenredacted1322]

Ko-Ko. As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I’ve got a little list - I’ve got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground, And who never would be missed - who never would be missed! There’s the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs - All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs - All children who are up in dates, and floor you with ’em flat - All persons who in shaking hands, shake hands with you like that - And all third persons who on spoiling tête-á-têtes insist - They’d none of ’em be missed - they’d none of ’em be missed! Chorus. He’s got ’em on the list - he’s got ’em on the list; And they’ll none of ’em be missed - they’ll none of ’em be missed. Ko-Ko. There’s the banjo serenader, and the others of his race, And the piano-organist - I’ve got him on the list! And the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face, They never would be missed - they never would be missed! Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own; And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy, And who “doesn’t think she dances, but would rather like to try”; And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist - I don’t think she’d be missed - I’m sure she’d not he missed! Chorus. He’s got her on the list - he’s got her on the list; And I don’t think she’ll be missed - I’m sure she’ll not be missed! bab-lawyer Ko-Ko. And that Nisi Prius nuisance, who just now is rather rife, The judicial humorist - I’ve got him on the list! All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns of private life - They’d none of ’em be missed - they’d none of ’em be missed. And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind, Such as - What d’ye call him - Thing’em-bob, and likewise - Never-mind, And ‘St- ‘st- ‘st- and What’s-his-name, and also You-know-who - The task of filling up the blanks I’d rather leave to you. But it really doesn’t matter whom you put upon the list, For they’d none of ’em be missed - they’d none of ’em be missed! Chorus. You may put ’em on the list - you may put ’em on the list; And they’ll none of ’em be missed - they’ll none of ’em be missed

[@tinyman1144]

Thank god- trying to do a silly rendition of this song on my own for a specific community and was looking for a set of the lyrics to keep in pattern/tune to while editing the parts meant to be changed

[@supazman2634]

just noticed the list gets longer between shots

[@Lakeslover1]

Brilliant 🤩

[@jamessheridan4306]

The picture quality in this video looks much better than others I've seen. Is it a new DVD?

[@popdi.s.i.c.sccnnt7221]

hea got them on the list

[@des_smith7658]

The list seems to be getting longer and longer

[@nicklancial7103]

oh my god this is funnier than the Family Guy version lol make me want to actually watch this movie lol not to mention its funny as hell to see a teenager holding that giant ass axe because he's the executioner lol

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Meanwhile, Hailey's list is full of positive stuff like building a sandcastle, trying a fast food joint, becoming sheriff for a day, etc.

[@Mugenkun77]

I’m not sure which is funnier: this version or the Family Guy version

[@aneeshsrinivas9088]

Or joschscorcher’s version

[@songsmith31a]

John Reed features elsewhere on YoiTube in an extract from the BBC radio show "Desert Island Discs". His choice of music managed to avoid any particular G&S item and instead settled for the po-pourri to be found in "Pineapple Poll" - an adroit decision that avoided having to make such an impossible choice.

[@gamedaypatch8745]

This play was more accurate now than it may ever be.

[@GanarfGeorgie]

This is delightful! A real joy! John Reed did a lovely job as Koko, but to be fair the Martyn Green Koko shouldn't be forgotten. And there's a version done on T.V. back in the late 1950s/ early 60s by of all people Groucho Marx! I bet the late John Inman would have been a fun Koko too.😀

[@Seri99no]

Yes, John Inman would have been superb!

[@des_smith7658]

I've put him on the list

[@richardcleveland8549]

John Reed WAS the quintessential G&S baritone - splendid! I saw a production of this in Houston in the mid '80s . . . all VE-RY Modern and Up-to-Date . . . by the English National Opera! The Great Spaghetti God only knows why, but they saw fit to give Katisha an airplane pilot, who mooned (would the Brits say "swanned"?) about on stage . . . and when at the end She was handed over to Koko, the pilot "plunged himself into the billowy wave . . ." - and not a moment too soon, IMHO!!

[@richardcleveland8549]

@TedNilsen-kq1nf You're probably correct, but I can only speak to what I've seen on YT.

[@karlsonkab51]

besides wonderful in appearance and sound, its staggering that you could merge convincingly the two performances together (were they "almost that close" in their beginning?) A question about some older audio where the highs are simply not strong - can one using aural exciter or digital equivalent, spice up the overtones to give feel of a more modern recording? FWIW Audacity has a Harmonic Enhancer plug in allowing even or odd overtone manipulation.

[@jvonodom1343]

Well this is very stereo indeed I love the violin Although it is missing something Like the actual beat The bass The DJ booth And you can't forget Everything else that a stereo might want

[@DandelionVVA]

I hate to admit it but Family Guy brought me here.

[@toddmaccarone5973]

No shame in saying that- I made my way here because of Family Guy, too... eventually. There's been a LOT of remakes of this song.

[@AmazingJ69420]

Me too

[@DarkFire352]

Same here

[@AverageSouthernMan]

bruh im dead

[@williamcrowe2576]

Yet another movie that couldn't be made in this day and age, even if you could get an all Asian cast.

[@ABC_DEF]

Productions of the Mikado are put on all the time without any problem.

[@czerwonadupa9547]

1.17 Twitter & Facebook would ban this today in 2021

[@rst7243]

Still not banned, guess you were wrong

[@rst7243]

You mad, bruh?

[@nave712]

I always thought Seth MacFarlane made up the list song. He just loves musicals does he

[@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

0:49 Lmao, glad he changed it to Banjo

[@SarahB1863]

Well, YEAH. There are a lot of lyrics in 'The Mikado' that would not fly today!

[@Mason58654]

Gilbert and Sullivan were really subtly referring to black face performers. But yeah, the changes made were reasonable.

[@jasonmiles2819]

I’ve seen a lot of people upset people do their own renditions instead of the original lyrics when the version they prefer technically is a rendition. Yeah, go do the original lyrics and see how well that goes over.

[@powerist209]

Also entire list was "new things that are annoying to creators" (older renditions had things that are obsolete or normalized, so newer ones try to do television shows or internet). Like Blackface being "low-brow" even by for Gilbert and Sullivan era (for good reason).

[@FOLIPE]

@@jasonmiles2819 It's traditional to update the little list

[@e.jenima7263]

to anybody who thinks this is Insensitive to Asians and the Japanese for a start this Operetta is well over 100 years old and in the last 10 years for the first time in history Gilbert and Sullivan 's the Mikado was perfumed in japan after being censored/withheld by the British and American Powers for fear of offending the Japanese bc of there hiveish devotion to the Emperor. And what do you know the Japanese think the Mikado is incredibly funny ! The Japanese revere the Emperor and traditional culture but they as a culture and people have grown up and learned to laugh at themselves sometimes which is why the Mikado has seen recent popularity in Japan in recent years.

[@ABC_DEF]

No one thinks this is insensitive to anyone.

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

I didn't know Family Guy covered from this 😆😆 what a work of art🎨, such a shame the Snowflake Season ❄️ Brainwashed everyone into thinking Family Guy causes psychological nerve damage to the 🧠, along with *South Park, 🤖🍗, Crank Yankers, Adult Swim, GTA, MTV's Jackass, Beavis and Butthead, Bloodhound Gang, Korn, System of a Down, Placebo, Marylin Manson, Slim Shady, 50 Cent, Kayne West, Ludacris, Jay-Z, Ixibhit, Afroman, D12*

[@ironiceire]

So this wasn’t from Family Guy then, ok

[@CrazyPlatinum92]

Yes it was inspired by the list

[@BookshelfQBattler]

I guess Gilbert and Sullivan suffered from pain in the ass autograph hounds in their day?

[@ivantheterrible1ful]

Elrond?

[@SarahB1863]

It DOES look like Hugo Weaving! But no, it's John Reed.

[@Voltorb1993]

Cannot unsee.

[@jessereyes2052]

Zodiac Killer brought me here

[@RandomOne1999]

Same lol. Same with titwillow

[@joakimlundgren7043]

Is the opera title somehow backwards? Mikado seems to mean: the honourable gate. A guy I once knew said he liked to eat asian food & that he always had felt connected to the far east in a mysterious way that could not be explained by the environment he dwelled in (which was different). Ko-Ko in the opera didn´t kill anyone & wasn´t a killer type. Maybe he just liked to observe & carp.

[@BookshelfQBattler]

What does it mean “children who are up in dates and floor you with them flat?” I don’t get the Victorian lingo

[@ripline6668]

"Dates" refers to calendar dates, and the lyric itself refers to history students who know about a lot of historical events and flaunt off their knowledge by reciting precise details such as the dates on which they happened, and other minor matters

[@VoltitanDev]

Rospierre after the French Revolution be like.

[@catseatcookiessofiagacha5210]

Who else came from Family Guy

[@zyxwv]

me

[@francescoevangelista1448]

THIS IS DEFINETLY STEWIES LIST SONG

[@leonardomavare4935]

When the parody is Best that the original

[@user-lo6yv6mn4u]

Am I the only one here because of the Zodiac Killer?

[@Sharoney]

Is he wearing an appliance over his front teeth to make them protrude? They don't look like his teeth in his performance in "H.M.S. Pinafore" on KZbin.

[@letsbereasonable4146]

Buckteeth are (used to be?) an asian stereotype

[@MirzokhidMukhsidov]

Stevie ?

[@lightyearpig12]

Who's here because of Family Guy?

[@jojag5]

It's funny how many Family Guy fans have no idea that their favourite songs from the show are actually from classic musicals or operas.

[@NONO___1]

here! :D

[@track1219]

I’m here after watching Danny Kaye in “The Court Jester” . Gonna look for it in Family Guy!

[@joshuawaring4180]

Jeffrey Epstein be like

[@NoSTs123]

This is not the zodiac speaking.

[@damian536pl3]

FAMILY GUY

[@CrazyPlatinum92]

The epstein list

[@VeryEvilGM]

Family Guy says hi.

[@profesoraclaudiavegaderech5518]

Stewie versión is better (don't put me in your list please Mister)

[@ann-catherinemorner7499]

Mssrs Gilbert & Sullivan would never be possible possible in this *woke* world. I am so very glad I am old enough. Daring verses about vegans trying milk in their lattes....?

[@Mason58654]

@@calvinwallace2937 There are only so many updates to the lyrics one can make before it becomes preachy.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

TIL "M(e)ssrs" is a real title, and not made up for the Marauders.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Also, funny you mention vegans, seeing how I actually mention vegans in my version of the song - more specifically, those who constantly bring up that they’re vegan.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

@@Mason58654 In other words, it’s never going to please everyone.

[@herobrinekingmaster]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster wait. you have your own version of the song?

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Stewie did it better!

[@caghynicolas14]

Stewie's version is better

[@premodernprejudices3027]

Sounds like something a Democrat would sing on the House or Senate floors.

[@megbailey8567]

Yes... or a Republican

[@Themanwhocameback2]

No. The Dems all play the victim card.

[@redback3]

People discussing politics in the KZbin comments section? You'll surely make the list.

[@NEUTR0NDANCE]

There's the KZbin comment pundit with opinions on the right, Whose asinine complaints show that he's anything but bright. Then the likely lonely loser who will likely take the bait, And likely type up a reply that's just as second-rate. And every waste of air who on the comment thread persists- I don't think they'd be missed. They'd none of them be missed!

[@wolliveryoutube]

Fellow Orthodox Christian G&S enjoyer, well met.

[@goatfokerkadyrov7528]

silly slopes

[@torsch69]

I played Poo Bah in 7th grade.

[@Olivia-MaiSevigny]

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