From the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan. A performance at Canada's Stratford Festival 1985.
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@thatawesomeguy6288 Жыл бұрын
> "I am the very model of a modern major general" > Elaborates profusely > Leaves
@rigop_sketches5650Ай бұрын
Accurate
@SleepyLuigiАй бұрын
Yeah.
@spetsnatzlegion33664 жыл бұрын
The only rapper Eminem was too afraid to diss
@vagabondwastrel23614 жыл бұрын
Most of the rappers are cream puffs who simply pretend to be tough. Eminem ran for his life when confronted by icp fans.
@cal5934 жыл бұрын
@@vagabondwastrel2361 to be fair, I think most people would.
@overlorddante4 жыл бұрын
@@vagabondwastrel2361 huge difference between being a coward and avoiding a fight you can't win. Fuck eminem, just challenging your point.
@vagabondwastrel23614 жыл бұрын
@jazz feline no I am saying he provoked the mob then fled leaving the mess to security. He also refused a fight with a ref vs one icp. I forget who... it is rap and a while ago. M&M just likes to start shit and cry behind other people who clean up his mess. ICP isn't the only act he acted the wannabe punk to.
@overlorddante4 жыл бұрын
@@vagabondwastrel2361 you realize celebrities have insurance companies and producers that prevent them from doing certain things, yes? They don't even make sense much of the time. For example; Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, wanted to have a charity fight with Vin Diesel but Steve's producers wouldn't allow it. Even though he plays with lethal animals on a daily basis, wrestles 2,000 pound crocodiles, and is a well trained MMA fighter, they felt it was an unnecessary risk cuz reasons???
@marshmallowallen5677 Жыл бұрын
The fact that he keeps pausing to think of a rhyming phrase implies that in the canon of the musical he just showed up and started rapping and I think that’s wonderful
@jbrisby Жыл бұрын
He's not rapping, he's singing. That's how white people roll.
@DerEchteBold Жыл бұрын
@@StMansur What do you mean? I don't quite see why that notion would be wrong.
@StMansur Жыл бұрын
@@DerEchteBold He pauses because he cant make the rythm a and that's the joke. the show was written to allow each version to make the most modern jokes to fit the show. Like Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxym it's meant to evolve with time and current jokes.
@DerEchteBold Жыл бұрын
@@StMansur What? That... doesn't sound right.
@oscarf5433 Жыл бұрын
No, he knows the lyrics by heart, it's all part of the show and comedy, as you can see they show the Captain as funny and caricaturesque, he's depicting his several qualities singing a hundred words per minute yet he needs to be helped with the rhymes from time to time.
@anteaterborzoiTheBigBorzoi Жыл бұрын
The fact that he can: 1, sing it that fast 2, remember every word 3, make it understandable and sound less like gibberish Dude's a fucking champion
@somerandonamedz9991 Жыл бұрын
He is the very model of a modern major general
@andyfarrell9785 Жыл бұрын
Indeed! A true vocalist !
@Averagequinoafan Жыл бұрын
He can also recite information vegetable animal and mineral
@Chrischi3TutorialLPs Жыл бұрын
The worst part about this? I just realized where i recognize that melody from. The Elements by Tom Lehrer.
@Chrischi3TutorialLPs Жыл бұрын
@@Averagequinoafan Well, when it comes to minerals, There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium (Yes, i just recited that from memory)
@calumwatt43603 жыл бұрын
TLDR: I know a lot about everything except how to fight a battle.
@samuellawrencesbookclub82503 жыл бұрын
And Shakespeare
@atomicexistentialism84283 жыл бұрын
Accurate description of most pre-world war II generals
@joshuafischer6843 жыл бұрын
You're the first person I've seen to actually get the joke.
@Muck0063 жыл бұрын
@@joshuafischer684 ... or the first person who "didnt get it that everyone else knew already", i.e. there has to be one *_Captain Obvious_* ...
@hoilst3 жыл бұрын
Kick your arse at a rap battle, but.
@jcfranks57723 жыл бұрын
Me when my dna test comes out as 1% British
@landroveraddict24573 жыл бұрын
LOL 1% but 100% British humour.
@TheAnomaly003 жыл бұрын
I have pushed your likes from 999 to 1k, I am the chosen one
@lexerwilliams88803 жыл бұрын
When you find that nether of your parents or ancestors came from Britain.
@landroveraddict24573 жыл бұрын
@@lexerwilliams8880 Tis true good Sir, it is what makes us so awesome.😉
@applejackmccrack53833 жыл бұрын
pfp checks out 😂😂
@awkwardukulele6077 Жыл бұрын
*Shows Up* *Raps to his daughters and a bunch of pirates about just, a list of things he knows?* *Refuses to elaborate?!* *Leaves???* A true Chad.
@channelname92565 ай бұрын
As any modern Major General should!
@8-bitsarda7473 ай бұрын
what do you mean, refuses to elaborate? This entire thing is just him elaborating
@user-tr2mb4xs7i3 ай бұрын
@@8-bitsarda747 He didn't just elaborate, he can quote the fights historical from Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
@TaijanDean3 ай бұрын
@@user-tr2mb4xs7iHe is very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical and understands equations both the simple and quadratical.
@METALFREAK032 ай бұрын
@@user-tr2mb4xs7i And he is very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
@alabamaal225 Жыл бұрын
The "secret" of singing "Modern Major General" is not trying to speak fast but to speak steadily. Removing the short pauses between sentences and within sentences (effectively removing all periods, commas, and other punctuations) and also not giving extra emphasis to words gives the illusion of speaking more quickly than in actuality. These pauses and emphasis may be only milliseconds in length but are still detectable by listeners.
@yakobsoulstorm51875 ай бұрын
Surprisingly similar to a brass instrument.
@reapthewhirlwind41663 ай бұрын
I sang in the chorus for this in high point North Carolina. We just simply repeat what he says and it made it so much easier to know the song😊
@bloodakoos2 ай бұрын
oh maybe this is why I'm told I speak very fast
@LethargicSquirrel16 күн бұрын
Spot-on. I slowed it down to half-speed to keep up with him during the mythic history verse and it was suddenly very noticeable that his voice was actually rather flat (lacking emphasis).
@goodmachines77434 жыл бұрын
Imagine going to a job interview, where the interviewer says: "In less than five minutes, tell me what you can provide to the company."
@nightcollapse4 жыл бұрын
God I would just implode from anxiety if someone asked me that
@anelisamorgan85904 жыл бұрын
If the interviewer didn't at least crack a smile (or at least look impressed), it'd be safe to say, you're too qualified for the position 😉
@tonsilsthecat34303 жыл бұрын
I'd definitely start singing this song.
@blindness1343 жыл бұрын
*slams four hares and a pheasant on the desk "EAT UP EVERYONE"
@Roger__Wilco3 жыл бұрын
"My time, my skills that have gotten me to this interview stage in the first place, and my ability to keep my mouth shut after I leave to work somewhere else." Was that less than 5 minutes?
@slippyTT3 жыл бұрын
When you put all of your points in intelligence
@dudebroo30503 жыл бұрын
I agree
@mister_dadstersays_hi73723 жыл бұрын
Next character I make on D&D will have all his points on intelligence and will be roleplayed as an arrogant genius whose ego always ends up backstabbing him.
@ichigoeater3 жыл бұрын
@@mister_dadstersays_hi7372 Ooh! Make him a fightey knight type with a scholar background who's never seen a battlefield. It might not be a well-balanced character, but it'd be hella fun to roleplay. Wouldn't be too bad if you choose the Fighter and choose the Eldrich Knight option at level 3.
@mister_dadstersays_hi73723 жыл бұрын
@@ichigoeater WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
@Landmassorussia3 жыл бұрын
Not all of them, ya need come charisma to sing like that
@brotemca80209 ай бұрын
Absolutely incredible performance, but it cuts out the ending line - "Well, now that I've introduced myself, I'd like to know what's going on!". Implies that he does this every time he meets new people even when he has no need to. Iconic
@Mitsuraga3 ай бұрын
Wouldn't you?
@edenanimates1465Ай бұрын
I am gonna sing this while reading ingredients off a soap bottle
@TAlbPSSАй бұрын
Ima do this as yakko warner on a pirate ship
@formerartclassartistАй бұрын
Nice tadc reference
@danielRpaulsАй бұрын
Sounds delicious!
@antoinegaming936Ай бұрын
@@TAlbPSS i will while listing all of my patients diseases
@ToxicKittiSPАй бұрын
Same honestly
@chenfung7893 жыл бұрын
none of his lyrics have anything to do with combat, which is more historically accurate than expected
@VegetaLF73 жыл бұрын
Yup, the whole point is to show that a "modern Major General" of the era was so out of touch with what was actually important to modern militaries of the time. He's spending all this time bragging about everything he knows but little to none of it is actually important.
@bobross5473 жыл бұрын
Woah Woah Woah slow down are you telling me important people don't know what they are doing ???
@attalan87323 жыл бұрын
@@bobross547 To be fair, while the British Army was fooling around with incompetent leadership, the Royal Navy was the greatest navy the Earth had ever seen.
@diegoleonardia53583 жыл бұрын
@@attalan8732 Wasnt the British Army one of the best european armies leading up to the first world war? Iirc they had one of the only armies where a majority where professional/regular soldiers instead of conscripts filling in their mandatory 1 year of service
@diegoleonardia53583 жыл бұрын
@Bigg GIB'S fun house Im not arguing that Prussia was one of the best miltiary forces on the lead up or even start of WW1. But I never said that Britain was number 1. Just they had one of the best armies. As for Germany in WW2. I would put them Top 3 on the early war in general. But as the war goes on their weaknesses and failings start to catch up to them and it very much hindered their effectiveness. But when it comes to their ability to adapt they still are one of the best armies in that regard. Being able to switch from a keep moving, never stop offensive war to a hold every last piece of dift defensive mindset and do it effectively is difficult
@adrianghandtchi15624 жыл бұрын
I’m loving this random recommendation, he never stutters.
@McDiezel0794 жыл бұрын
But he does Patter
@manleyvideos4 жыл бұрын
Perhaps one of the more bizarre recommendations youtube has given me yet. Not complaining, but I have no clue how or why it gave this to me.
@ChurchHatesTucker4 жыл бұрын
@@manleyvideos probably my fault. I love G&S, and if you overlap any of my my other interests... Bob's your uncle!
@eeliejun4 жыл бұрын
Why did this get recommended to me? So, confused but also so intrigued.
@Liliputian074 жыл бұрын
Why did this get recommended to me edit: oh, that guy just said that
@uhohhotdog91502 жыл бұрын
My highschool physics teacher is an performer in a local theatre, and one year this was her role. It's been years, and as far as i know, she still sings this song for her class as a treat at the end of the year. She absolutely kills it every time
@Pepagg8 Жыл бұрын
Lmao
@californiaslastgasp6847 Жыл бұрын
Her?
@uhohhotdog9150 Жыл бұрын
@@californiaslastgasp6847 it's an all women theatre
@livfuji10 ай бұрын
@@californiaslastgasp6847yeah! a lot of times in theater anyone plays the role of any character no matter the character’s gender.
@drmntpibb9 ай бұрын
my highschool physics teacher became mayor then got fired for harassments...
@OR567 ай бұрын
When my mother saw the Pirates of Penzance in 1989, when she was 12, the man who was playing Major General Stanley, had a HEART ATTACK and DIED while singing this song (He didn't die on stage, but he died in the hospital)
@TimTime103 ай бұрын
Damn...
@HighTier_GodАй бұрын
Yum
@tusken9669Ай бұрын
He kept singing all the way to the hospital? That's commitment!
@chunkyratsАй бұрын
a life-changing performance
@medicolkie36063 жыл бұрын
I don't know about you, but I think he's the very model of a modern Major-General.
@astraldelirium41223 жыл бұрын
I dunno man, you sure?
@dawson17873 жыл бұрын
It’s debatable
@fenn53273 жыл бұрын
I mean, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, he surely is
@acasualcactus58783 жыл бұрын
He doesn’t seem to understand anything Shakespearean, though.
@jimjiminyjaroo3003 жыл бұрын
You know what man, I have a feeling you could be onto something here...
@landrrson34913 жыл бұрын
Everybody going on about Hamilton and Eninem, and here I am having memories of this song being sung to me by an asparagus as a child. Albeit a bit slower. And with a lot more books.
@NoodlesDoodles3 жыл бұрын
Ah veggie tales
@isisnoreija3 жыл бұрын
I instantly thought about a certain Salarian scientist...
@medusabug_42833 жыл бұрын
And I’m just thinking about a 90s cg show about a computer
@crabman20103 жыл бұрын
@@isisnoreija aw mordin, just finished the genophage mission yesterday
@Dani_marie_3 жыл бұрын
All I remember about that song was getting stuck in a fence-... was that even part of the song..?
@Nick_C19979 ай бұрын
The fact that his voice seems a bit more giddy when he refers to himself as “The Very Model of a Modern Major General” really shows how proud he is of his rank
@shursts Жыл бұрын
What a treat to see this nearly 40 years later. We had a ball putting this show together and playing it 8 times a week that summer. Dougie Chamberlain, who played Major General Stanley rarely, if ever, forgot his lyrics and he is one of the kindest, funniest and most generous actors you'd ever have the pleasure of working with. The same is true of the late Brent Carver, who played The Pirate King. The staging is by the late Brian Macdonald, whose Gilbert & Sullivan productions in the early 1980s were beautifully realized productions from the creative standpoint. I was proud to be in Pirates and a remount of The Mikado.
@granthurlburt4062 Жыл бұрын
Stratford was wonderful in those days. Thanks for your great work. Possibly around that time I saw a performance of Midsummer Night's Dream with a marvelous female actor playing Puck. Forget her name but she was wonderful.
@LaserParody Жыл бұрын
Bravo! What a treat to see old works find life on You Tube, here. Saw some older shows a while back as well. Great work, man, glad to see you here.
@daviboi808 Жыл бұрын
As a theater nerd, I have to ask: What roles did you have in the two productions? I envy anyone who's had a chance to be in these!
@0biwan710 ай бұрын
wow, it was really almost 40 years ago that john turner was prime minister
@jaylambie65929 ай бұрын
I thought it was Erik Donkin who played those comic baritone parts.
@TheRunningLeopard4 жыл бұрын
I feel like this just stuck in the consciousness of everyone at birth, because I know this but I don't ever remember seeing/listening to it.
@joew.33544 жыл бұрын
Holy shit same
@guestguest69954 жыл бұрын
Maybe tom leher's elements of the periodic table song? It was played in school science sometimes.
@robos38094 жыл бұрын
I saw it on Arthur
@TheRunningLeopard4 жыл бұрын
@@robos3809 That's definitely it then, I watched a lot of Arthur as a kid.
@ArtFlunky4 жыл бұрын
I heard pieces of it in the Muppet Show with Gilda Radner
@doch.80394 жыл бұрын
*When you wanna blast Eminem out of the water whilst colonizing the world*
@f.palmero50104 жыл бұрын
Yes
@f.palmero50104 жыл бұрын
"*tops tiphat*"
@nathangamble1254 жыл бұрын
He might rather sit at home, reading the classics... But I'm sure having a few natives shot every once in a while gives his life some more variety.
@aaravtulsyan4 жыл бұрын
@Goat Man tips tricorne
@louisxvii21373 жыл бұрын
Glorious.
@Rubberman202Ай бұрын
Whether it be The Amazing Digital Circus, Animaniacs, Despicable Me 3, or whatever, I hope more people discover this master-class of wordplay!
@andrewthefanboy1640Ай бұрын
Let’s not forget Mass Effect, and Cyanide and Happiness 😁
@natew6319Ай бұрын
Veggietales
@MichealllAАй бұрын
Real (here through TMNT)
@wackaducky25 күн бұрын
I think Freeman's Mind is where I first heard it, or at least where it most stuck with me
@v_once152319 күн бұрын
And Tom Lehrer
@MChief1184 ай бұрын
This is what its like when I forget to take my ADHD meds and such I find myself watching this amazing video
@BarryDeutsch4 жыл бұрын
The actor is Douglas Chamberlain. He would have been about 52 when this was filmed. He's still alive, as far as I know, but has retired from acting.
@Brownrigg154 жыл бұрын
Douglas Chamberlain was very active at Stratford for many years and made noteworthy appearances in many of the G&S productions there
@carlbloke87973 жыл бұрын
Good to know he’s still alive!
@jackierocha50963 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he could still sing this without stumbling
@reusablecorpse3 жыл бұрын
I was just doing the research on him and I can concur. The Toronto Public Library and IMDB does not have an expiration date for him, so I would say he is still alive and kicking.
@jackierocha50963 жыл бұрын
reusablecorpse the real question now is whether or not he can still do this without stumbling
@scaper811 жыл бұрын
He may not have been the fastest out there, buy you could tell he was having ball with it.
@followingtheroe19524 жыл бұрын
And hes got that ass too 2:41
@matt-ek4rz4 жыл бұрын
@@followingtheroe1952 dat ass on daddy general
@meow974 жыл бұрын
He actually is the fastest I've heard
@jdave164 жыл бұрын
I tried watching a different performance on youtube after watching this and I got to say, this version is probably the best.
@32biit4 жыл бұрын
Faster ≠ better
@j-mc2144 Жыл бұрын
The fact that this is all done live is legendary. Everything about this performance is pin point perfect. The speed and enunciation blows my mind.
@bosmith18209 ай бұрын
He's the best at this song. I've watched several versions on youtube and this is the best.
@sethhanna3734 Жыл бұрын
Edit: "I even know how short a time Liz Truss served as Prime Minister"
@ljacs3009 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@KopperNeoman11 ай бұрын
"The World Economic Forum's favourite banks screwed her something sinister!"
@jorenvanderark356710 ай бұрын
She was perfectly capable of screwing herself.
@nanamacapagal83422 ай бұрын
All hail the record-breaker!
@princedanny97742 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The Major general is still alive to this day and he's over 90 years old
@JJSmith-hn2sv2 жыл бұрын
Do you know him?
@drewrice54752 жыл бұрын
@@JJSmith-hn2sv personally knowing them doesn’t really matter these days when Google just there.
@JJSmith-hn2sv2 жыл бұрын
@@drewrice5475 do you know his name?
@drewrice54752 жыл бұрын
@@JJSmith-hn2sv Douglas Chamberlain
@JJSmith-hn2sv2 жыл бұрын
@@drewrice5475 thank you very much
@matthewsinclair43223 жыл бұрын
Me: I’d like to play a bard with the soldier background and proficiency with nature, history and performance. DM: That sounds like a very specific build. Me:
@zzodysseuszz Жыл бұрын
The problem is that the joke for the character is that he just talks fancy. He doesn’t actually know anything
@itlivesinthewalls68430 Жыл бұрын
@@zzodysseuszz yeah but you might as well not make it just a smooth brained fast talker
@zzodysseuszz Жыл бұрын
@@itlivesinthewalls68430 the joke is that he’s literally a smooth brained fast talker
@jameshill2450 Жыл бұрын
@@zzodysseuszz But you don't have to stop at the joke. You can make the joke and then move on and do other things.
@tissuepaper9962 Жыл бұрын
@@zzodysseuszz "smooth-brained" is wrong, "oblivious to the most basic concepts of combat" is more accurate. The joke is that he's a pogue, not that he's stupid.
@bathombre9739 Жыл бұрын
I like his "well" at the end... the hand, face gestures, his posture, his walk, the slide ... I mean I know every one is impressed by the singing but to do all those other things on point is just incredible
@shatteredreality_513 Жыл бұрын
My theatre teacher used this clip to help our class practice diction, giving a few volunteers the chance to try and keep up with it... the sheer amount of flubs we made, and the literal pools of drool left on the stage afterward, show just how much practice this kind of performance had to take. Whew.
@AbrahamLincoln43 жыл бұрын
He must've gotten Straight A's in English.
@Official_Rockandrolla_983 жыл бұрын
Wow, Abe Lincoln. But I thought you got shot
@davidschmidt60133 жыл бұрын
Uhhh, noo...actually he got "...starightasastraightcanbeandnowitallcomesaboutyouseethatImostdefinitelydeservedtherulingofan'A'don'tyousee?" Get it?
@artstsym3 жыл бұрын
Nah, he had people whisper the answer 3 times.
@smitajky3 жыл бұрын
Like Einstein he was criticized for slowness. His classmates all reckoned he was too self effacing and lacking in self confidence.
@mladen76413 жыл бұрын
And everything else.
@pay2cusername8453 жыл бұрын
Teacher: this will all be on the test, so take notes Also teacher:
@nemnyoom3 жыл бұрын
korosensei helping his students revise:
@Crim_Zen3 жыл бұрын
I talked out the lines to my calc 3 teacher a few years back, they had no idea what I was referencing... How did they even get their job? Maybe they got it from the monarch of the sea's boss?
@johnamckinley Жыл бұрын
Having watched a number of very talented performers take on the challenge of this song, I have to say his performance is head and shoulders above them all - simply amazing!
@aayushdas19 Жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Mordin Solus.
@Hx4_85872 ай бұрын
The very model of a scientist salarian :(
@EmperorNefarious14 жыл бұрын
The internet is a strange place... 99% of youtube suggestions are a waste of time... but every once in a while a real gem shows up... Like gold mining, but easier on the back...
@gabriel3000104 жыл бұрын
and harder on the fingers I imagine
@Doivid_4 жыл бұрын
This comment is great
@badgerbush35564 жыл бұрын
Easy on the back, not so much on the neck
@BrB04244 жыл бұрын
With all this slouching, no way.
@edisonlima46474 жыл бұрын
I just wish the recommendations made sense more often. Lol
@davidschmidt60133 жыл бұрын
Take it from someone who used to sing 25-30 songs per show in bars for years, having that many words come off the tongue that smoothly is a serious feat! Amazing!
@StephenMckeighen3 жыл бұрын
Take it from a guy who watches a KZbin video about a modern major general; he knows the square of the hypotenuse
@dhy53422 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMckeighen square ON the hypotenuse
@newsmansuper29252 жыл бұрын
plus all the other stuff going on, acting pauses etc
@nunyabiznez63812 жыл бұрын
I had to memorize this song in high school. It took me a month and I could barely spit it out at half the tempo this guy does. .
@anotherpersonfromnorfolk1587 Жыл бұрын
2:54 You can even hear have a lil proud chuckle to himself when he realizes he's reaching the end of the song
@shiindaisuke3159 Жыл бұрын
To be able to keep pace in character like that & accurately & perfectly sing that fully in character on stage like that is quite impressive. You rarely see true talent like that anymore. Stage actors in my opinion are thousands of leagues above the skills of any movie actor. Voice actors come second.
@AllFascistsCanSuckIt2 жыл бұрын
That *SLAP* at "Sat-a-gee" is LEGENDA-REE!!!
@ezekielbrockmann1143 жыл бұрын
Can we please note the diction of the chorus? -They're incredibly articulate and clear!
@piotrd.48503 жыл бұрын
That's what talent plus 20 years or so of dedicated practice produces .... talented audio engineers who don't screw it also help.
@TheSoundsage3 жыл бұрын
God Bless Them All- if England is ever forced to create a GoFundMe campaign, I want to be the first contributor.
@prestonjones16532 жыл бұрын
They are?
@ejayman Жыл бұрын
This immediately stood out to me, cast of 20 people sounding crisp and beautiful to listen to!
@robertidk12Ай бұрын
GLITCH PRODUCTIONS AND REBECCA PARHAM SLAYED THIS- 😭😭
@olivercorrigan91699 ай бұрын
That chorus staying in time with each other and the music is massively impressive
@InceyWincey2 жыл бұрын
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, ‘the model of a modern major-general’, was one of Britain’s most important soldiers. He won no distinction as a commander in a great war, but his record in the so called “little-wars” is probably unique in the history of arms. An Anglo-Irishman, he followed his own maxim that if a young officer wants to do well he should try to get himself killed; Wolseley tried really hard, first in the Burma War, when he was badly wounded leading the attack on an enemy stockade; in the Crimea, where he was twice wounded, losing an eye; in the Indian Mutiny, where he served in the relief and siege of Lucknow, being five times mentioned in Despatches; in the China War of 1860; In Canada, where in his first independent command he put down the Red River Rebellion without a casualty; in Africa, where he won a lightning campaign against King Koffee of Ashanti, and captured Cetewayo, the Zulu leader; in Egypt, where he beat Arabi Pasha at Tel-el-Kevin and took Cairo; in the Sudan, where he reached Khartoum just too late to rescue Gordon, his old friend of the Crimea and China. He was made a viscount and later field marshal. But Wolseley’s real importance was as a military reformer and creator of the modern British Army; having seen and suffered under the traditional regime which, while largely successful, had hardly changed in centuries, and being a confirmed champion of the private soldier, he foresaw the need for change in a rapidly changing military world. His reforms and reorganisations, bitterly opposed at the time, prepared the British Army for a new era of warfare; his influence largely forgotten, is on the Army still. He was (as Gilbert and Grossmith recognised when they caricatured him in The Pirates of Penzance) a man of many talents; a trained draughtsman and surveyor, he sketched and painted well, and wrote several books.
@owenmurphy84472 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting, thank you.
@peripheraldevotee942 жыл бұрын
Not just that, but Garnet took this parody of himself in good humour, and even learned the song so he could sing it to his friends and family at private events.
@flybirdwalkin90172 жыл бұрын
@@peripheraldevotee94 the truly intelligent find humour in that sort of treatment and delight in it because they know it will only help more people learn eventually
@reichtangle77342 жыл бұрын
Everything is going all sir garnet!
@GuineaPigEveryday2 жыл бұрын
Im sure you’ve read Farwell’s ‘Queen Victoria’s Little Wars’ as well, he’s a really fascinating guy and the book is a great insight into the military-method of that time. Consisting far too often of Victorian generals who flounder the most powerful armies by sheer ineptitude . Honestly though this song reminded me a lot of the The Charge of The Light Brigade movie too and how it caricatured Victorian generals. Just hilarious though when you know that real life generals were literally just as pompous
@ElveeKaye3 жыл бұрын
I am impressed not only with this man's ability to memorize what must be the most complicated song in existence, but with whoever wrote it. It's brilliant!
@masonbell88403 жыл бұрын
Written originally by Gilbert & Sulllivan. From what I can gather it was their intention that it would evolve with the times.
@ausomeaspie3 жыл бұрын
Whoever wrote it? Gilbert and Sullivan wrote it! That's who wrote it mate!
@ausomeaspie3 жыл бұрын
@@masonbell8840 A bit like "The List" in the Mikado? Every version contains different things that are relevant to the times.
@johnangelico6673 жыл бұрын
Sir William Schwenk Gilbert. Sullivan wrote the music. And all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas had them. Their comic operas were the forerunners of British radio and TV comedy in the line of The Goon Shows, the Frost Report and Monty Python.
@JetInAJar2 жыл бұрын
It seems that people used to have higher standards and work ethic.
@Zinj100016 күн бұрын
I spent many hours on the night shift alone. I once spent several weeks practicing this song. I can still sing it quite well, though not as well from memory as this king.
@horsfred Жыл бұрын
I've watched every version of this song I could find online and I've decided that THIS one is THE best. There's just something so wonderful about this man's performance.
@mattbenz996 жыл бұрын
For those that don't know, John Turner was the Prime Minister of Canada for 3 months in 1984.
@rrusco5 жыл бұрын
@Sir Alexander XVIII of Carpathia 3:42 in the video.
@inquisitorsteve14294 жыл бұрын
@cristopher wong yes we do
@blue04mx534 жыл бұрын
@cristopher wong Of a sort, yes. ;)
@waivedwench4 жыл бұрын
@Ellisar Atranimus He's also the one who self-quarantined for Covid-19 (while somebody else dismissed it as a "hoax!"
@wholeNwon4 жыл бұрын
@cristopher wong Duh
@CBD_Shawarma2 жыл бұрын
I like how with every time he says "I am the very model of a modern major general!" he seems to get increasingly proud of himself
@bosmith18209 ай бұрын
It is definitely something to be proud of.
@TerryFGM8 ай бұрын
its like thats the point...
@reddsyoutuberaffle7 ай бұрын
@@TerryFGM It's almost like you're not smart for pointing that out.
@local1925 Жыл бұрын
The animaniacs did a version of this and it's been among my favorite things since I was little. The writers were geniuses of that show and to empact a 10 year old in the 90's till now is crazy and now I finally see this I never knew it existed and instantly went back. ❣️❣️❣️ I love this
@PikaChu-fr4fq11 ай бұрын
Yeah it’s in the the early first season! The one with the short redhead pirate, “I am the very model of a cartoon individual”
@local192511 ай бұрын
@@PikaChu-fr4fq I use that as an example to why gear 5 Luffy is NOT toon force. He doesn't check any of this criteria.
@wakkowarner37165 ай бұрын
@@PikaChu-fr4fq HMS Yakko, third episode of the first season.
@khylerbane4523 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know what’s more impressive; his skills and abilities, his rhymes, or that Douglas Chamberlain is still alive and kicking in 2023.
@jacobdancey1453 жыл бұрын
The actor is so good at captoring how this guy is so pleased that he knows all of this.
@InceyWincey2 жыл бұрын
If you knew who it is supposed to be a caricature of you wouldn’t be so impressed. Read a little about Garnet Joseph Wolseley, and you’ll see that the only accurate thing about this portrayal is how knowledgeable he was, and even that falls considerably short of the man’s many talents.
@fellinuxvi3541 Жыл бұрын
@@InceyWincey What has historical accuracy have to do with this guy's performance?
@InceyWincey Жыл бұрын
@@fellinuxvi3541 nothing, but it has everything to do with our friend Jacob here’s amusement.
@fellinuxvi3541 Жыл бұрын
@@InceyWincey not really, he's praising the subtlety of the performance, that can be appreciated regardless of the figure behind the character
@ecthelion222 Жыл бұрын
I think he’s honestly just having so much fun and is so pleased with his own performance that he’s being overtly excited for the audience while still showing how much fun he’s having.
@rosecoloredchloe4 жыл бұрын
I don’t remember this part in Hamilton
@cg19064 жыл бұрын
I think this is from the hamilton mixtape 👌
@leighcain72584 жыл бұрын
Funny, it's actually from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance
@cg19064 жыл бұрын
@@leighcain7258 yes, It says that in the description 😂
@congrilla-4 жыл бұрын
This was filmed in Stratford. Hamilton is to the East, closer to Toronto.
@cg19064 жыл бұрын
@@congrilla- damn the only way that comment could be more southern Ontarian is if it were playing euchre
@ladderstothemoon7415 Жыл бұрын
I pride myself on being able to recite this from memory
@AverytheCubanAmerican Жыл бұрын
Major General Stanley: I am the very model of a modern Major-General. I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral. I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical. From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical Employee: ...sir, this is a Wendy's- Major General Stanley: *DID I STUTTER?* Not enough credit is given to the ensemble. Not only did they have to take part in the fast lines in this clusterfuck of a song, but they also had to do it in perfect unison
@markdanielresquita7490 Жыл бұрын
Its you again. I remember seeing you for the first time at the oversimplified Rasputin dances to Rasputin.
@hauthot287 Жыл бұрын
proceeds to explain very complex mathematical theorems
@jaylambie65929 ай бұрын
They should, in fact, be responding in harmony although, I agree, it does sound like unison.
@mike891284 жыл бұрын
The Major General being satirized by G&S is the future Field Marshall Garnet Worseley. He modernized the British Army into a professional army, instituting many needed reforms, often against formidable opposition from the government, at the turn of the century. When he retired he wrote in his autobiography that "if Armageddon is to be fought it will be between China and the United States". (1903)
@jamesgardner4394 жыл бұрын
That’s some foresight
@furioussherman72654 жыл бұрын
The amount of truth in that statement hurts like a bitch.
@A_WC_C4 жыл бұрын
Funny because in 1903, the United States was the nicest of the Western Powers to China. The US was the only one that proposed the growth and modernization of China and aided them, rather than intentionally keeping them weak like the rest of the West, even if the US was part of the Eight Nation Alliance. Ironic how that's coming around now.
@fromaggio76544 жыл бұрын
What a guy
@jwrobin214 жыл бұрын
@@jamesgardner439 Not really, it's in the Bible.
@Crazy-gi9ip4 жыл бұрын
When you win a game of “insert any strategy game”:
@theirishempire49524 жыл бұрын
HOI4
@azarishere64424 жыл бұрын
CK2
@exudeku3 жыл бұрын
real life warcrimes
@Schattengewaechs993 жыл бұрын
*Total War - Napoleon* it is for me. Men with moustaches and shakos in suicidal line formations.
@aidansroadams53283 жыл бұрын
CIV6?
@hollyhorse2112 Жыл бұрын
Its amusing that a song from 1879 is still found amusing and remembered
@sirhugg Жыл бұрын
I've watched this way too many times over the last 3 days. I don't regret any time spent
@Makeitsmoky3 жыл бұрын
At this point of existence I stopped asking "Why, KZbin algorithms?! Why?" I've learned how to enjoye theese litle acts of the universe randomness.
@tonsilsthecat34303 жыл бұрын
I was watching Among Us videos...
@LadyFox0123 жыл бұрын
I came from a timthetatman video lol
@kingofthemooners093 жыл бұрын
I came from a Bad Batch trailer reaction
@user-mp5lb7sh5r3 жыл бұрын
I got her after listening to Portal 2's Cara Mia Addio.
@jamesbrice32673 жыл бұрын
Did you watch Family Guy at any point?
@willip514 жыл бұрын
Why did youtube recommend me Dr Eggman rapping?
@rachelgrubman46064 жыл бұрын
Guille 51 same
@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III4 жыл бұрын
Guille 51 Dr Robotnik actually
@leeiif4 жыл бұрын
@@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III Dr Kintobor actually.
@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III4 жыл бұрын
Ozgar Thunderhammer never saw the movie if that’s where thats from.
@leeiif4 жыл бұрын
@@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III no. Before Dr Robotnik was evil he was Dr Kintobor (in the comics). Stupid and cliche, but that's why I love Sonic.
@bituniverse8677 Жыл бұрын
This man knocked it out of the park. Amazing job
@DBZPiccolo29 Жыл бұрын
1:45 The fact she animated this makes me like Rebecca even more
@Oktopus5496 ай бұрын
Also here because of letmeexplainstudios?😂
@EmasterAnimations15256 ай бұрын
@@Oktopus549me 😂
@HarrisBoe2 жыл бұрын
The line about “that infernal nonsense, Pinafore” becomes much funnier when you realize that it’s a play that was created by the same people who made this one. It’s a self-burn.
@N_Garamond2 жыл бұрын
omg I know. I am like...are they making fun of themselves?? lol
@lars5734 ай бұрын
@@N_Garamond No there's a character in HMS Pinafore based on a real naval officer that I think Gilbert was related too. Father in law I thinks. And HE called the play "infernal nonsense."
@jacobpieters45002 жыл бұрын
"I am the very model of a Scientist Salarian, I've studied species: Turian, Asari, and Batarian; I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology, of which I am an expert and I know is a tautology). My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a Scientist Salarian!" -Prof. Mordin Solus
@gingadreamurr62382 жыл бұрын
I was searching for exactly this!
@ha4e522 жыл бұрын
"Had to be me, someone else might've gotten it wrong."
@SorowFame2 жыл бұрын
@@ha4e52 I assume he’s talking about how he played the Major-General in the first all Salarian production of Pirates of the Penzance?
@blaster9152 жыл бұрын
Glad to see they based it off something
@Kivdasato2 жыл бұрын
I like how you think
@DaDunge Жыл бұрын
3:45 I guess we're going to have to replace John Turner with Liz Truss.
@marblegarden84562 ай бұрын
Gentlemen, I think I found our next Dr. Robotnik!
@garyk.nedrow83023 жыл бұрын
A splendid performance! It is vital to the entire performance that the Major General's song be done flawlessly -- the audience knows it and is waiting for it. The articulation and comic timing must be perfect. Anyone who has spent even a few years on stage appreciates how difficult this is to do well.
@bedstuyrover2 жыл бұрын
you don't have to be within a hundred miles of a stage to see how difficult it is... i still can't tell the difference between a Mauser rifle and a javelin!
@robertkidd24492 жыл бұрын
Are the times he stops and repeats a line or tries to find a rhyme the times that he forgot the line? Because someone always runs over to him. The trivial persuit one looks like standard acting and fits in quite well but on the others he runs off to get a line.
@lukaf52 жыл бұрын
@@robertkidd2449 All those parts are planned in the song.
@vitoriomendes13972 жыл бұрын
@@robertkidd2449 these parts are for the comical aspect of the song
@Emrirwastaken Жыл бұрын
@@bedstuyrover a mauser rifle is a bolt action rifle in a certain manufacturing company in germany sometime near WW2 A javelin is just a spear designed primarily for throwing. Its a pretty clear difference if you have a vague idea what they are
@fosterl70293 жыл бұрын
What I learned from school: Basic math, a little bio and physics, and a sprinkle of US history. What I learned from publications, books and observations:.
@odd-ysseusdoesstuff63473 жыл бұрын
Also from the Indian dudes and Edutainment channels in KZbin:
@fosterl70293 жыл бұрын
@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 True. Gotta give credit.
@antiracistbaby10852 жыл бұрын
@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 indian? You mean native?
@Palguim2 жыл бұрын
@@antiracistbaby1085 indian, from the country, India.
@soupdrinker2 жыл бұрын
@@antiracistbaby1085 no, indian channels. Because they do a lot of tech, science, and math videos
@turtlewiffcannons5292 жыл бұрын
Top 10 rappers Eminem is afraid of
@SuperStarwarsfan101 Жыл бұрын
I just unlocked the Model of a Modern Major-General achievement in Civilization V and decided to celebrate by listening to this song! 🪖🎖💂♂️
@Bartonovich524 жыл бұрын
As soon as I heard the embellished lines about John Turner and Trivial Pursuit I knew this was made in Canada in the 80s.
@luiscorreia8473 жыл бұрын
Would love to know exactly when?
@reichtangle77343 жыл бұрын
1985. It’s in the description.
@casvandijck93384 ай бұрын
The song was made in the 80's, correct. Of the 19th century. The alternate lyrics (about John Turner and Trivial Pursuit) came later.
@aputridpileofb-movies65423 жыл бұрын
Despite his seeming lack of any relevant combat skills, I find that his large library of knowledge skills and trained skills would make him useful if I were to go on a wacky G&S adventure, so I would probably take him along as a party member.
@pedropradacarciofi25172 жыл бұрын
G&S?
@aputridpileofb-movies65422 жыл бұрын
@@pedropradacarciofi2517 Gilbert and Sullivan. The creators of the play the song is from.
@zzodysseuszz Жыл бұрын
@@aputridpileofb-movies6542 the problem is that he doesn’t **actually** know anything. The joke is that he talks fancy. Which why he says things like noticing the difference between a Mauser rifle and a javeline…………which are obviously noticeable differences anyone can deduce.
@TheMrAndyn0v2 Жыл бұрын
@@zzodysseuszz I mean, listen to the lyrics and read the intentions of the play and you'll realise that actually he IS a very intelligent man - everything he says is true, he does know that stuff. Its just none of it is even remotely useful to combat. In fact, if you pay attention, you'll notice he says "When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin" i.e he currently can't. He isn't saying he can - most of the things in that part is him saying the things he can't do. In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "Ravelin" When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more Wary at And when I know precisely what is meant by "Commissariat" When I have learnt what progress has been made in Modern gunnery When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy You'll say a better Major-General had never sat a gee The entire thing was meant to make fun of the military of the time that G&S wrote this. That many in command of the British military were certainly well educated men, but none of it actually was useful in combat.
@SomeGuy_GRM Жыл бұрын
@@TheMrAndyn0v2 You might even say, the very model of a (then) modern Major General.
@ninjat-rex74729 ай бұрын
This is fantastic, and the whole production is a musical masterpiece . . . but I can't help but think of eggman when I watch/listen to this song.
@hihi-kv8kv7 ай бұрын
Hahahaha 😭
@scoopishere7881 Жыл бұрын
His walk cycle when he walks down to the main ground area is very good.
@MrTrotsky427 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Robotnik sang
@sketchingtophat96617 жыл бұрын
Omg lol!
@LordArikado4 жыл бұрын
Long John Baldry, the voice of Robotnik from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, had a long and accomplished career as a blues singer.
@jozopako4 жыл бұрын
Oh you mean that from Sonic. In my language robotník means worker on building site.
@valentinoproductions19404 жыл бұрын
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!
@konayasai3 жыл бұрын
@@jozopako Are you telling me Bob the Builder is named Robotník Bob in your language? Please say it's so.
@Johnny_Quantum4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: when I was in this show at my theatre, I played the guy who whispered in his ear “sat a gee”
@iliabear4 жыл бұрын
Cooool😜👍 #winning
@theroadtocosplayandcomicco58403 жыл бұрын
Whats a sat a gee
@dreadlindwyrm3 жыл бұрын
@@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840 Has sat (on) a horse. "Gee" is short for gee-gee, which for some infernal reason is a slang term for a horse.
@richardpaulhall3 жыл бұрын
Whispering rhymes in the MG'sear is not done everywhere.
@bastian_59753 жыл бұрын
Did you actually whisper sat a gee?
@ilovebrandnewcarpets Жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I can't get enough of this diddy!
@MoistPinkTaco Жыл бұрын
Of all the renditions this rabbit hole has brought me to, this is hy far my favorite. Fantastic job
@ThePlantoparadise4 жыл бұрын
He seems so friendly and jolly. Truly the very model of a modern major general.
@Schattengewaechs993 жыл бұрын
Unless he pushes you into battle as nicely dressed cannon fodder... :(
@urmum3773 Жыл бұрын
@@Schattengewaechs99 Snowflake
@ChainedFei10 ай бұрын
@@Schattengewaechs99 Stiff upper lip, men. You only die once!
@alzheimergirls63974 жыл бұрын
I sure didn’t look this up
@Liminal.Headspace4 жыл бұрын
Me too, but still, I am pleased at KZbin's recommendation.
@kilo56594 жыл бұрын
Hanky Jack I did, had a Penzance craving
@smittywerbenjaegermanjense73764 жыл бұрын
Neither did I, but I'm glad I'm here.
@dontbleedthadalo4 жыл бұрын
Hanky Jack looooool same
@rachelgrubman46064 жыл бұрын
I can tell you I don’t know how the algorithm got me here
@8-bitsarda7473 ай бұрын
one of my local theaters is putting this play on at the end April. I know nothing about this play other than this song, and you can bet I'm going to see it solely to see this live
@FishtownRec2 жыл бұрын
To only imagine HOW LONG and how many hours he had to put in practicing this piece. To not only remember all these words, but to proficiently sing and give a master performance as well!
@jellebaas64752 жыл бұрын
As someone who is currently learning this song I can tell you that I've been practicing for a good month now and I can still only sing the 1st and the 3rd parts spotlessly. The 2nd is just so incredibly difficult and the 4th part (only sung in this version) is hard because there are no lyrics for it anywhere. It might also be good to know I am Dutch so sometimes it feels like it would come more naturally to a native English speaker.
@Andy2kk2 жыл бұрын
@@jellebaas6475 did you make any more progress?
@jellebaas64752 жыл бұрын
@@Andy2kk I did! I can sing it flawlessly exept for 1 line for about 3 weeks now. The line I get stuck on is "I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus" for some reason elegiacs throws me off
@patricksharpe11482 жыл бұрын
A lot. But that why it is loved. The hard work that well be know forever.
@zzodysseuszz Жыл бұрын
@@jellebaas6475 just say it how he sounds it and forget the word itself. Focusing on the word will confuse you
@normancanter14 ай бұрын
The performance is wonderful but let's not forget W.S.Gilbert's genius is devising this intricate recitation....one that puts a lot of different information together.
@zakthepenguin51062 жыл бұрын
Literally the best version ever. He played him soooo well
@explosionsandstuff77872 жыл бұрын
I'd say he's a close second. George Rose set the bar for playing Major General Stanley.
@bathombre9739 Жыл бұрын
George rose is defenetely even faster which if you dont know the lyrics makes it difficult to hear, but this man's mannerisms are defenetely better
@zakthepenguin5106 Жыл бұрын
@@explosionsandstuff7787 the reason why I disagree with that is because your favorite did it too fast. It was difficult to understand what he was saying. As an audience member, I can understand this character is the right speed is what I’m saying.
@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361 Жыл бұрын
Nowadays they’d get Jim Carrey to play that role again
@Falconlibrary Жыл бұрын
You didn't see the first performance on New Year's Eve in 1879 in New York City at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. George Grossmith was superb.
@lindadoune4 жыл бұрын
The *real* lyrics for this particular version: ================================== Yes, yes, he is a Major General. . Yes, yes, I am a Major General. . I am the very model of a modern Major-General I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical; I am very well acquainted too with matters mathematical I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news--- heh, lot of news..(asked for help, gets help from a lady whispering in his ear) With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypote-pote-nuse I am very good at integral and differential calculus I know the scientific names of beings animalculous; In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral I am the very model of a modern Major-General In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral He is the very model of a modern Major-General! I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus In conics I can floor peculiarities parablous (pushes a pirate over, everyone says "HEY") I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore heheh, din afore. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (everyone laughs, gets hint whispered from the same lady as before) And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pina-pina-fore! Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform; In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral I am the very model of a modern Major-General In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral He is the very model of a modern Major-General! (slow) In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin" When I can tell at sight a mauser rifle from a javelin When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat" When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery When I know more of tactics than, a novice in a nunnery: In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy strategy... effigy, battergy, nathagy, rathigy, mathigy (pirate whispers in his ear) SAT A GEE! You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee! (fast) You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee You'll say a better Major-General has never sat-a-sat-a-gee For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century; But still in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral (with a chuckle and smile) I am the very model of a modern Major-General But still in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral He is the very model of a modern Major-General! (end music, steps offstage, returns after applause) (slow speed to slow march) I have knowledge in all areas, artistic or didactical From things utilitarian, to totally impractical. I know the dates of great events, both wonderful and sinister. I even know how short a time John Turner was Prime Minister. I memorized all principles, logistic and mechanical In many ways, I am Encyclopedia Brittanical. I've knowledge as gratuitous as how an ancient lute is played. Lute is played? hah. So I'm always in demand whenever Trivial Pursuit is played! (fast speed) He's always in demand whenever Trivial Pursuit is played. He's always in demand whenever Trivial Pursuit is played. He's always in demand whenever Trivial Pursuit-Pursuit is played! But one thing I don't understand is anything Shakespearean Except when played in theaters and I get very weary in. (in laughing tone) But still in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral I am the very model of a modern Major-General! . But still in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral He is the very model of a modern Major-General! Well...
@taylors70853 жыл бұрын
Jesus
@pewpewmans77903 жыл бұрын
This MAN is a legend for sure
@lindadoune3 жыл бұрын
@@pewpewmans7790 You try listening to every word to get the slight differences from published lyrics and you'll be singing this in your head all day...
@pewpewmans77903 жыл бұрын
@@lindadoune you think i havent already done that? lol
@lindadoune3 жыл бұрын
@@pewpewmans7790 Laughs, oh so true.
@_noctus_1342 Жыл бұрын
"I even know how shorter time Liz Trass was a prime minister" would've been a good fit too
@azoutlaw7 Жыл бұрын
There are many, many renditions of this play & song. In my opinion this is the most brilliant. Bravo sir. Bravo
@MWRJET4 жыл бұрын
Ahh, so that’s where the Animaniacs parody song “Cartoon Individual” originates from!
@tatsgato4 жыл бұрын
I was just wondering why it sounded so familiar! Thanks lol
@kathrynr.3964 жыл бұрын
And the Elements song (Tom Lehrer). The original music, I believe, is Sir Arthur Sullivan.
@DarthPoyner3 жыл бұрын
And the recap episode of Reboot.
@AJ-fv3ej3 жыл бұрын
Am i the only Rise of the tmnt fan?p here?
@petepeterson59173 жыл бұрын
And that one song Mordin sings in mass effect
@sandygreen34023 жыл бұрын
I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical; I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical, I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news, Hmmm... lot o' news, lot o'news... Aha! With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. I'm very good at integral and differential calculus; I know the scientific names of beings animalculous: In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General. I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's; I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox, I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus, In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous; I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies, I know the croaking from The Frogs of Aristophanes! Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore, Hmmm... din afore, din afore... Aha! And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore. Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform, And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform: In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General. In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin", When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin, When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at, And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat", When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery, When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy Hmmm... strategy... strategy, lategy, bategy... Aha! I have it! You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee. For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury, Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century; But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General
@ingridsommer22323 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@CharismaAt-13 жыл бұрын
Thanks my guy
@johnangelico6673 жыл бұрын
The croaking chorus...?
@nerdytom68813 жыл бұрын
You don't need to put quotes around the names Mamelon and Ravelin. They were names and terms in relation to 19th century fortifications, and topical to events within political memory of the original production.
@superfamilyallosauridae65053 жыл бұрын
@@nerdytom6881 the timeframes in which things are forgotten are legitimately crazy to me. 1870, sounds so long ago. Lee Enfield's direct ancestor, Lee Metford, was designed and made in 1879! 1879-1990 in use. Crazy. Do another just over hundred year trick and the US isn't a thing yet
@stflaw Жыл бұрын
At least G&S were merciful enough to insert pauses between the patter to give the actor time to catch his breath.
@aninjathtpwndu Жыл бұрын
Characters that are simultaneously extremely ridiculous and highly respectable is such a rare and specific itch
@LordArikado4 жыл бұрын
I am the very model of a scientist Salarian I've studies species turian, asari, and batarian I'm quite good at genetics as a subset of biology Because I am an expert which I know is a tautology.
@seanbussing83164 жыл бұрын
Haseo Reviews it took me too long to find a reference to Mordin 😂
@blackhawk39754 жыл бұрын
MORDIN!!!!!! *breaks down crying*
@slowmonet4 жыл бұрын
Had to scroll down too much to find this...
@commanderwilliam36934 жыл бұрын
My mAN
@justincarnes16564 жыл бұрын
I love how every version of this song I've found have a Mordin reference!
@denierdev97233 жыл бұрын
He was referring to John Turner Prime Minister of Canada in 1984 from June to September for anyone wondering.
@medicmain66153 жыл бұрын
thx
@denierdev97233 жыл бұрын
@@medicmain6615 He died a few months ago from Corona. The information is for people who don't get the joke Imao ur welcome.
@ChaseMcCain812 жыл бұрын
Yeah, thx
@RinJackson2 жыл бұрын
This is that recent?
@PaigeDWinter2 жыл бұрын
@@RinJackson a year after he was Prime Minister. So about 36 years ago.
I'm super happy never sappy when I have my happy mask dont break it jax don't break it jax don't it jax that's all I ask
@HugehugebfdifanАй бұрын
WHAT THE [HONK]?! KINGAHHHHH!!!!!!!
@BJXII-ge7dtАй бұрын
Uhmm sorry, i just was eating a little banana@@Hugehugebfdifan
@MrKideonАй бұрын
Sunny days and Rainbows getting hugs and patting kitty cats. When you feel down and in the mud instead of frowning do a silly dance! Take it away, zooble!
@axeltovar15737Ай бұрын
@@MrKideon this is stupid
@crazyco9516 күн бұрын
Wow I've never seen this performed with these extras. Very well done performance with something strangely comical about adding a century of time to the additional lyrics and the performance as a whole. Really unique.
@thesenate95623 жыл бұрын
The way he walks in and says that he is a major general does not just have big pp energy, it has HUGE PP energy.
@trianglemoebius3 жыл бұрын
And then he even goes and sings a song about it!
@ChaseMcCain812 жыл бұрын
Lol
@thatelectropig86782 жыл бұрын
We, my friends, call that a megamind
@duckfilms3662 Жыл бұрын
I say more like, very confident smol pp enrgy.
@yoshidinono8095 Жыл бұрын
Are you a child?
@AverytheCubanAmerican3 жыл бұрын
Normies: Rule Britannia Men of culture:
@Evdafawth3 жыл бұрын
Oh hello there
@dawson17873 жыл бұрын
underrated
@cinergy75533 жыл бұрын
Why not both?
@jackanarchy9946 Жыл бұрын
We need a sport where people from all over the world come together and see who can do this song the fastest without slipping up.
@vertigq5126 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading a great rendition of this classic! God bless you :)