Sir Joseph opening dialogue scene

Essgee's version of HMS Pinafore

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

This is the best Sir Joseph I have ever seen. It's also the gayest crew in the history of the Queen's navy! For better or worse, this production is less of an operetta & more like a musical. My favorite scene is Sir Joseph's "Monarch of the Sea". Phenomenal in ever way!

[@ignaciomoreno9655]

Yes, I love his acting too. I would like to know the actor's name, though.

[@stefaniab3791]

@@ignaciomoreno9655 Drew Forsythe

[@ignaciomoreno9655]

@@stefaniab3791 Thanks.

[@MrRosenleaf406]

He is excellent. I also appreciate Eric Donkin’s performance in the Stratford Festival recording from the early 80s. Two very different interpretations of the character.

[@ajessm]

This production is camped up to within an inch of its life and so many liberties have been taken with the music lyrics costumes and everything else. ; but despite the initial shock...I am loving it.

[@SatmarYoel]

"Hello sailor." so great and creepy!

[@thomasgeorge-gilmore950]

Can you dance the hornpipe?

[@SaffronicSaffron]

I was already laughing before, but then I fully lost it.

[@skymarshallmarz5573]

Sir Joe is just...creepy. The monarch song is just superb! The inflections and expressions are amazing!

[@AJH-se7jl]

I went to junior high school with Drew Forsythe and he performed in this Operetta in 1965 (at the annual school play). He was a budding good Actor at that time and he is just brilliant in this version of 'Pinafore'. He really has taken the role very well and explored the comedy to brilliant effect...Well done, Drew! Even after so many years, you've still 'got it' to put the audience in stitches of laughter.

[@scdoty777]

Proof of how polishing knobs can get you promoted!

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

😂😂😂😂

[@CaptPoco]

ALMOST breaking character at 4:45 on account of Sir Joseph's slurping when he speaks.

[@WhiteWorgenCorp]

Best version of Sir Joseph

[@TheDentist27]

this is so brilliant. I can't believe it's 140 years old... it's so relevant to the joining of nepotism with a false sense of self congratulations that we see so often today.

[@reneecarter6702]

Drew Forsythe was amazing as The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter ❤️

[@trebort1]

I remember catching this years ago on the Arts channel on Sky here in the UK and it was the best thing I've ever seen. I really need it on DVD.

[@dorkmax7073]

2:46 The new move in scoring with chicks

[@starbug1409]

Sir Joseph looks like Crazy Frog.

[@kentheyorkshireman6257]

The best Sir Joseph I've ever seen

[@ricardopedauga1257]

This is my favorite production of pinafore ever! The acting is just on point

[@martinusher1]

I'd like to see the entire performance. The acting, dancing, singing and general sound is superb and the 'tweaks' to the action (and dialog, where appropriate) are well in the spirit of the performance. G&S would have approved!

[@i_exist_i_guess8006]

I know it's a bit of a late response, but if you want to see the full performance, I've got a link to it kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHWzm2yvfLKmZ7M

[@jmitterii2]

It's Mr Burns!

[@Isenmouthe]

I present to you; The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty.

[@alexthelizardking]

personal space, sir Joseph, do you know it?

[@phillipmargrave]

Ask Joe Biden the same question.

[@daisybtoes]

Why does this Sir Joseph remind me of Rowan Atkinson?

[@AndyMossMetta]

...and why does Dick Deadeye remind me of the late Ken Dodd? :)

[@nicopavvi8494]

Or even Emperor Palpatine

[@jojogarcia8766]

Really? Honestly i keep seeing Kelsey Grammer...🤷🤷

[@jojogarcia8766]

... Or Jim Carrey even.😅

[@thelastnightmanner2945]

Emporer Palpatine

[@rtyertrt7876]

There needs to be more comedy like this in the world

[@yousefal-otaibi150]

Do you guys think that including his sisters cousins and aunts is to point out that he isnt married?

[@ham4fun]

is there a full video of this play with these actors online?

[@superancientmariner1394]

Mr Burns.(Simpsons)

[@scar0815]

Can I buy this on DVD?

[@anthonypitts6363]

I would love to have this on DVD. Anyone know if I can buy it somewhere? I looked for it on Amazon with no success.

[@woodworker489]

Anthony Pitts i think that's the same but i'm not sure

[@binaway]

Dick Deadeye is Jon English making this an Australian production

[@dorkmax7073]

Nope. Uh uh. I refuse to believe that the dick joke was in the original script. I'm off to check. Edit: it is not.

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

I wish it had been. Can you imagine Victorians going apeshit over that?

[@dolphantom]

Where can I see the whole thing? or get a DVD?

[@dorkmax7073]

1:14 Jim Carrey would fucking kill it at this role.

[@sallysmith9733]

Im too scared to put like.

[@neilusdin2389]

0:51 and 2:50 No, that's not creepy at all.

[@lowend5566]

Is Dick the great Australian rocker Jon English?

[@AJH-se7jl]

Yes

[@VestinVestin]

I love how this demonstrates a lesson that might be difficult to swallow, but which remains true nonetheless: these civilian rules and beliefs would run the military into the ground. Egalitarianism and free-thinking, while lovely in other circumstances, will not bring in the results discipline and rigid hierarchy will. I don't like this conclusion, but it seems inescapable whether I like it or not :\.

[@titanuranus3095]

+Vestin It seems like a bit of a leap to make from a 100 year old light opera.

[@VestinVestin]

+Henrik Bergenheim Consider this part: "It is a song I have composed for the use of the Royal Navy. It is designed to encourage independence of thought and action in the lower branches of the service (...)". It is true, from what I've read, that the American model of military training leads to people more capable of picking up the slack once they need to make decisions on their own. I've also heard that this works better than people losing it once the guy in charge bites it. Regardless - without military discipline, as far as I understand it, almost everything would fall apart. I've played enough MOBA games to know what it's like when people are just "doing their own thing"...

[@lastswordfighter]

A balance must be achieved. One must a measure to improvise but also must also know when to follow orders and keep an understanding of hierarchical command. Some creativity is needed to solve problems of course when conventional means are proving unable or unavailable.

[@anotheracct8417]

Oh, lighten up.

[@patrickguinnane]

Pretty sure the english who had conquered 75% of the world didnt use HMS Pinifore as a guide book. This is a musical not a historical document. The english were brutal as fuck and killed anything that stood in their way including their own.

[@StevenTorrey]

Creepy!

[@JB-np4cn]

It's great but I'd prefer a real orchestra playing

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

It sounds like it was arranged on a cheap Yamaha keyboard with light up keys

[@sallysmith9733]

Frontal. Dementia. ? Lets put in in the water source. . Lets look at this. De cry. Hi here Said ther.