I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous operatic tale is captured in all its fun and glory in this production, recorded live at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. Kevin Kline sparkles as the swashbuckling and libidinous Pirate King while Linda Ronstadt makes her theatrical debut as the lovely and virginal Mabel. When Mabel and Frederic, a young pirate bound to serve the Pirate King, fall in love, complications arise and high spirited antics ensue. The incomparable cast offers the best in this boisterous romp.
Despite some of the technical shortcomings of the DVD I found it more rewarding than the 1983 movie. I would thoroughly recommend adding a copy of this DVD to your library.

[@danielcorey377]

"And how goes the xylophone? To shreds you say?" "And the piano? To shreds you say?"

[@Kyuubi451]

r/unexpectedfuturama

[@paddy0809]

One of the best comments I have ever read to a youtube video!

[@wuftchan8299]

tut sweet sir

[@Angmar3]

I've gotta say I'm a little bit jealous of whoever is playing percussion

[@thitsugaya1224]

And his vocal chords, in bits you say?

[@edenchlamtac7160]

As a pianist, let me just say: my sincerest condolences to the xylophonist's family.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

100th like

[@magicllama9614]

The guy probably lost his arms from the elbows down after catching fire....

[@StreamdancerSmurgle]

As also a pianist, I have GOT to get a copy of that score...

[@marvelboy74]

@@StreamdancerSmurgle I just love how the piano changes at 3:31 then right back into it. Is it a double glissando or something else?

[@cookiediangelo8511]

Singing this perfectly should be a requirement for becoming a major general

[@coletobola3142]

Ironically, if that was a requirement it would be fitting given the theme of the song

[@trainswithjoe]

I think I would suffer a heart attack!

[@jacqueline-delphine5160]

I have to sing this for a solo ensemble I want to crall in a corner and die

[@trainswithjoe]

@@jacqueline-delphine5160 R.I.P

[@thecolorpurple4807]

If ever, that guy would have his Major General uniform covered in scared shit.

[@JAy-iw3xw]

Top 10 rappers Eminim is afraid to diss

[@loganwolf3150]

Unoriginal

[@ShadowDurza]

Rap is an evolution of patter singing that developed to be inferior but more easily reproduced. Seriously, more than half of all rap songs are about the same thing.

[@MegaChrisTerry]

@Britannia Is this internet comment from 1996?

[@MegaChrisTerry]

@Britannia 1997

[@LetsNeverPlayAgain]

Who the fuck is Eminim

[@ThatCanadianGuy33M]

"When I can tell, at sight, a Mauser rifle from a javelin" This is the only way to truly tell whether or not someone's a General.

[@MrDalek2150]

ScreamingRaven a Modern Major General you mean.

[@dv5873]

ScreamingRaven holy fuck that line played literally right after I read this

[@angelartiyalvt9574]

ScreamingRaven originally, it was a chassepot rifle.

[@TheArgieH]

Angry Squirrel Productions My G&S book refers to a Snider rifle - even earlier. Enfield or Baker anyone ?

[@MidLyte]

"So which one is the javelin?" "....what?"

[@Oldskoolguitar]

That xylophone player earned his paycheck

[@vizthex]

Yup

[@gavin169]

And the guy on the piano, too

[@vizthex]

The Sentient Potato ^

[@MistralZephyr]

Hello Manuel Calevera

[@patriciafleetwood700]

BogusMojo The

[@latinhero1818]

They should play this song whenever somebody reached this rank in the military.

[@Kyavata]

They are like this far before then.

[@Jess-pe8bq]

It’s now required for any Major-General to be able to sing this song to achieve the promotion

[@katrielchapman9934]

That's a great idea!!

[@A_Andromeda_a]

No they need to be able to do this AND know everything listed in this song

[@discombobulated3385]

The likes is at 669 so I can’t like

[@MrTheil]

“Hell, I could BE a general. I have enough combat experience by now. I’m gonna sing about it, nobody can stop me.”

[@shoomt7545]

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

[@SeriousPony]

STILL NO CHORUS!

[@dorkmax7073]

What's this from?

[@jarednunes3263]

@@dorkmax7073 Freeman's Mind

[@brucer9572]

Don't forget the music. That might important.

[@arrestrose8090]

i can just imagine that xylophone player and the piano player sweating after this thing holy shmist

[@Schattengewaechs99]

Maybe they got exchanged, like a football player.

[@darcybrummett7004]

And then collapsing when the song is over!

[@Sewingbee23]

@@darcybrummett7004 and crying when they started again 🤣

[@AstroPsych_]

Just hearing that Xylophone gave me carpal tunnel

[@robertschmidt7879]

The poor soul is eating with their elbows today, but it was for a good cause! :-)

[@chadam917]

The man with the mustache at 2:29 looks so genuinely impressed and in awe. I love it

[@meihwadeclerk3147]

I am impressed and in awe!

[@rizon72]

A lot of the background actors and actresses have that look. They all appear to be singing along in their heads with him willing him to do well.

[@Mrkabrat]

"Cor, this major general can surely rhyme!"

[@dekudude8888]

@@rizon72 The guy at 1:53 was absolutely singing along in his head and was even keeping time with his hands lol

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@dekudude8888 I could totally tell. 🤣

[@archyleach]

Never occurred to me that I might consider a xylophone player to be badass.

[@robertschmidt7879]

He’s eating with his elbows today, but he left it all out on the field! :-)

[@soisoisoisoisoisois0]

Xylophone game on point

[@vizthex]

Yup, only time it's sounded good.

[@matthewcarr7275]

My old high school is performing this play and they hired me to play the xylophone. I'm a little-worried lolol

[@EdgarSantana52]

dude

[@Rose-bv3dy]

Matthew Carr Good luck!

[@june9914]

My mind is switching between the elements song and every major's terrible

[@ExMyHeartOut]

That xylophone player amazes me more than the actual singer. As a percussionist, my jaw dropped.

[@KS-pi3jg]

***** Just practice your doubles!

[@tommytimp]

+Kevin Schlossman It's hard to tell if he's playing diddles or not, but the whole mallet book is like that. I remember reading an interview once where the percussionist said he picked up the score, took it home, read it, and then went back to the copyist because he thought they had given him the piano part!

[@SantaFe-qj3fk]

+ExMyHeartOut. - By now you would of at least though that they would be tired or something! XD I would be. But personally I that's amazingly fast for any percussionist :)

[@jascarasan]

+tommytimp Definitely diddles. You can hear the second being ghosted sometimes. Still impressive.

[@JaytleBee]

+ExMyHeartOut I heard they have to learn their songs by heart because there's no time to look at sheets! Crazy!

[@volk551]

One of the lines is "I can tell the difference between a rifle and a javelin" I would hope so.

[@artemis9137]

Well they do look very similar

[@filipschweiner1989]

I've heard that during WW1 some generals were ignorant towards development of new rifles. For them, who probably had held one decades before the war, it was just a rifle. It fires, so what's the problem? Meanwhile the enemy had 5 round magzines while your men had to reload after three shots.

[@Mitchigon]

Mauser rifles aren't Rifles, they're throwing spears, the difference is on a level that takes getting hit by one to know

[@mrthompson3848]

Mitchigon they do turn into spears when you can’t reload in time, I give you that

[@LucarioDoT]

I think that entire part of the song is talking about "when he can do that" as in "he can't do it yet"

[@Karthos1000]

Still the best character introduction of all time.

[@frosterionx-zeroraikenuchi7794]

Why would you want to introduce a character any differently?

[@MisterAppleEsq]

All characters ever should be introduced by patter song.

[@Muck006]

Well ... here is a contender for that title from Germany: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl67koCBh6h4nbM

[@lukedabford1825]

Muck006 That was Badass, I would vote for that one!

[@djbongsmoker1481]

You’re damn right it is

[@LXnavarro23]

the original rap god

[@ProcrastoBros]

Yes!

[@thomassutherland7032]

Where Macklemore learned his shit.

[@TMFlesh]

Drake can't throw sic rhymes like these. It's the original MG spittn' hot fiya from across the pond.

[@johnjones_1501]

OMG, someone should do an all hip hop version of Gilbert and Sullivan.

[@chrislindsey1370]

LXnavarro23 first muble rapper

[@EthanFilms]

Songs sung by old men in pith helmets will never ceases to amuse me

[@RonInbar]

Twirling parasols

[@clearspira]

RIP George Rose. For those of you who don't know, the man moved to the Dominican Republic in his retirement, adopted a local boy, and was tortured and beaten to death by him and the boy's biological father barely five months later in order to get hold of Rose's estate which the boy was set to inherit. And the truly sad thing about all of this? No one knows where he is actually buried due to the disgusting state of the graveyard that the locals buried him in that looks more like a rubbish dump than a place of rest. What a tragic and needless death for such a talented man.

[@HiveQu33n]

He relaxed 😥

[@footygoodness]

Source?

[@andreasb.stasiak2238]

@@footygoodness Well, according to Wikipedia he is right. What it does not say is if the boy inherited the estate or not. Hope not of course, but other countries other laws.

[@razzledcroaker3678]

@@andreasb.stasiak2238 Unfortunately, while the son was charged with murder, due to corruption, he never stood trial and inherited the estate.

[@ryanmoore6259]

His Dominican friend fought to get him justice. The problem is that a lot of people didn't want to hurt tourism

[@Rhiannonkatemurray7034]

The general would have kicked ass at a modern day rap battle

[@wickedamoeba8719]

Absolutely

[@DarthResoluteLordOfTheSith]

144 Brigader Generals that couldn't get promoted disliked this.

[@sprret]

They obviously didn't know their matters animal and vegetable!

[@katcyer26]

sprret and mineral

[@idcgaming518]

Can I just say, I think the best role there to be is the Major General. He looks to be having so much fun with his role.

[@robertschmidt7879]

IF The story I read was correct, the musicians and the singer had a side bet over who would crack first

[@toothfairy10133]

my favourite part of watching these is seeing how much fun the actors are having

[@kplobat2]

I saw George Rose play this role on Broadway.... fantastic!

[@sadikawilliams6822]

Me: *trying to sing it* My tongue: *saying words I can't regularly pronounce* My brain: wha-

[@Crim_Zen]

Now do it in x2

[@adobotachibana732]

@Mark Hernandez aight mate

[@naverilllang]

It's very easy. Just say IamtheverymodelofamodernmajorgeneralI'veinformationvegetableanimalandmineralIknowthekingsofEnglandandIquotethefightshistoricalfromMarathontoWaterlooinordercategorical

[@KentuckyMethodOfCoalExtraction]

When the teacher asks the class “know it all” what they did during the summer

[@gaysatan4990]

Kison Pyne *Looks at the number of likes* N i c e

[@irishjade03]

Kison Pyne What if every student there is a know it all, maybe a loud choir came

[@henryreed4697]

I can confirm this is true. I would know since I am the class know it all. I'm a nerd and honestly proud.

[@suspiciousbeast]

Okay, so all of you are impressed with the actor. But that xylophonist though. I think he's playing 2x the number of notes he's saying. This should be called "The Flying Mallets song."

[@thatfishguy4991]

suspiciousbeast I know! My mallets would fly out of my hands after playing half of that.

[@dorkmax7073]

I love that every version of the Major General is sporting a different *kind* of British general. The movie version looks like he's on a campaign in Central Africa. This guy looks like he's at home in Johannesburg. Another looks like a Napoleonic general.

[@thedragonofcanada6659]

He is so fast that the Closed Captions don't even try

[@ianfinrir8724]

Major General: *Sings* Auto Captions: Bruh

[@allfarewells]

wish i could hear the ensemble but clearly this xylophone player needs to have his moment

[@Kobozo375]

lol yeah its so loud

[@allfarewells]

***** omg! haha!

[@donaldinglese1243]

+allfarewells That Xylo player deserves to be heard! XD those chops!

[@allfarewells]

donald inglese i know but they're overpowering the chorus XD

[@bobboboogaloo]

+allfarewells Xylophones are loud, man. I don't think that they meant to drown out the chorus on purpose.

[@c3h4ohcooh3]

That is some killer xylophone playing.

[@Muck006]

Singing this is no small feat either. I am just trying to learn it and I need twice as long for it ...

[@tty23]

Muck006 I can almost sing it, I get confused in the second part though

[@orochifire]

It's almost straight 16ths, not that hard, just fast. No syncopation to speak of. Still awesome.

[@AdamArchangel]

"How much xylophone do you want?" "Yes"

[@charlottebligh649]

Major General: *is the very model of a modern Major general* Google auto transcript: Bruh

[@KamakazeTaco]

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, 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 chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes! Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore, 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- 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.

[@kainelucky1227]

thx for this comment was really helpful in practicing it :D

[@dr.augustiniqbal1942]

KamakazeTaco O-O

[@TheTriad001]

I tried singing along before my tongue got tied 1/3 of the way through.

[@itsdabenji9518]

KamakazeTaco not all heroes wear capes

[@MrRAGE-md5rj]

@@kainelucky1227 practice...for a play?

[@johnbertrand7185]

Best version you'll find. Performed by two time Tony winner George Rose who was sadly murdered by his son in 1988 at the age of 68.

[@russellmoore8187]

John Bertrand well, his adopted 14-year-old son and that boy’s biological family.

[@nicholasfrench1098]

Pretty sure he might have been molesting that boy as well

[@yytyytg]

@@nicholasfrench1098according to the wiki He was tortured after adopting the kid he had been financially supported for a while. I suspect that either he started to molest the child after the adoption or was a preemptive murder by the boy and his family to get the money after the adoption is official. The torture could be retaliation for the molestation or a attempt to make it seem like an accident where the victim had multiple truma.

[@kahn9980]

@@yytyytg Rose was killed because he was about to disinherit his heir (Juan), who came from a poor rural background in the Dominican Republic. Juan's family attacked him and tortured him in an effort to get the money, then repeatedly lied about Rose's sexual activities, first pretending that Rose died in a car accident whilst on cocaine (Rose notoriously hated driving and had never done drugs), then confessing to killing him due to "jealousy" and describing Rose as a sexual partner, then telling the police that Rose was a predator who had molested him, then admitting to killing him for the money

[@danielpease641]

This sounds incredibly messed up. What's the truth.

[@thecursor1]

Kevin Kline's "Dog hearing an unfamiliar noise" body language is selling this bit.

[@frumaatholoid]

0:07 Never realized how strong Linda Ronstadt's singing pipes were. Amazing.

[@AdrienneM13]

It's so sad that she had to retire because she's so sick. What a voice.

[@harktischris]

It's too bad so many performances of the song don't take into account the "(bothered for a rhyme)" stage direction (where he is suppossed to be scratching his head for a rhyme at the end of each verse). The D'oyly Operate Carte Company did it to great effect.

[@tjwash5118]

Chris Lee-Egan i think in the movie version they did a better job of that and he took a moment longer to come up with the word, it’s one of the most important components of the song for it to have effect

[@nandabun]

Your comment helped me appreciate this video more.

[@penismightier9278]

@@nandabun Yeah, you really need to pay attention to that little bit of nuance to truly be amazed at how well this is done. It's so small, yet so important.

[@YamiSatoshi]

I remember this was pretty much my song in high school, and I and a quartet who served as the chorus did a slightly different take on it. We were using Novello's score, which had no such direction, so we went in a different direction: he knew his rhymes were bad, but he (mischievously) went with them anyway, much to the chorus' chagrin (and their reaction was basically, "Really? Fine. You're the boss. We'll go with it"). Maybe not what Arthur & Sullivan intended, but that joke also landed.

[@rogersmith7475]

THAT PART!!! bothered for a rhyme...LOL

[@MalciousFishes]

The captions just don't know what to make of this, it's hilarious.

[@HellHoundVideos]

+MalciousFishes I turned them on and they just said "i can't."

[@frankkelch4553]

Absolutely hilarious.

[@shaunallred3176]

MalciousFishes ha ha 1:57 "and to have a dark side on the house across like a potato" so funny. This song should be the standard for developers to test automated CC.

[@FrostSylph]

MalciousFishes it gets through the first verse surprisingly well.

[@ZodiacShadow71]

Shortly after 2:00, it gave me the gem: "I can kill a Dalek better yours until a thousand often these I know the protocols of Ebenezer." What.

[@esteban.4478]

"Now I'm the model of a modern major general The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal Writin' letters to relatives Embellishin' my elegance and eloquence But the elephant is in the room The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go *BOOM*"

[@angiebeaudoin9926]

Any hope of success is fleeting How can I lead when the people I'm leading keep retreating We put a stop to the bleeding as the british take Brooklyn Knight takes rook but look

[@speedweed6747]

George Washington was such an awful general, general Stanley could probably actually beat him.

[@TXNICK96]

“I am the very model of a Scientist Salarian!”

[@StainedRevenant]

Just imagine the hours on end making sure you don't slip up once in those machine-gun, auctioneer moments.

[@floyd316]

that poor xylophone player :(

[@Huntracony]

floyd316 Thank you for putting that image in my head :3

[@TRCcaveman]

floyd316 he's really earning his keep in this particular part.

[@royholton7270]

floyd316 - The pianist is no slouch either. That is tough stuff.

[@onoudu1581]

I can imagine him standing up and bowing after that.

[@jacobb5484]

It’s a marimba not a piano

[@americanaamerican]

This song is absolutely impossible for me to sing along to. Im amazed watching him pull this off. Its truly artwork at its finest

[@jpm199]

Yeah it's a bit hard but you can get better at it

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@Shaman Xeed No, this would be the result of 2000 later. :P Only more impressive would be if the man who did the Micro-Machines commercials.....

[@juliets_art667]

If you're in the musical, you can do it... takes a lot though

[@naverilllang]

About an hour of practice I can sing the first verse without choking

[@gen1exe]

sing it slower to begin with then see how much you can speed it up

[@EvilPyro101]

I love watching the curly-haired guy in the back watching. You can tell he's nervous about the Major General remembering all his lines.

[@Mageoftheyear]

Yes you are Mordin, yes you are.

[@jccw227]

I was never good with patter songs. All I can do is sit here and marvel at how they could pull this off.

[@trunkulent]

Joe Weatherford Ez. Just haz teh mad skilllzz.

[@tbldn8282]

Me: What’s the WiFi password My friend: it’s on the back of the router Back of the router:

[@theblackbaron4119]

The router is a major general?

[@tbldn8282]

No I mean the router is really long

[@benthomason3307]

you win the internet

[@ThomasTheGayEngine]

@@theblackbaron4119 i love you honestly your so innocent but so funny

[@Mika-oi1se]

Can we talk about how challenging this song is and just appreciate the talent?!

[@Rowsdow3r]

Then the xylophonist passed out...

[@tywilliamnash5078]

LOL!!! Now that is funny!

[@ironstorm1690]

In fact, he remains in a coma to this very day.

[@TheWaitingFlame01]

Thank you Gilbert & Sullivan for providing us with a entertaining song.

[@P00katube]

And thank you Tom Lehrer for providing up with The Elements.

[@jeremyshaferorigami]

My version... I am the very model of a modern major jugglist I've juggled all the patterns, ugly, uglier and ugliest I do the basic tricks and even those that I have trouble at I earn my living when you put a piece of paper in my hat I spy on other jugglers and steal tricks that are stealable Then feed them to the crowds which I find are most agreeable I love to gawk and giggle at the poor beginning juggling crew Yet I can teach a klutz to juggle well within a year or two Yes I can teach a klutz to juggle well within a year of two... etc. Just like all other jugglers I've got no kind of social life But I'll talk to you if you can juggle seven torches and a knife For still in matters throw and catch and bobble ball and 'Darn, I missed' I am the very model of a modern major jugglist I juggle in the theater and I juggle in the laundromat I juggle on occasion in the mensroom, you can ponder that I'd juggle up in heaven for the gods and for the goddesses I'd juggle for the rabbi but I'm sure that he'd say, "Vat iz 'zis I've juggled to the repetitious music known a 'Heart and Soul' I've juggled without dropping for the first half of the Super Bowl I've juggled in the swimming pool and the San Francisco Bay No doubt that I'll be juggling down the aisle on my wedding day No doubt that I'll be juggling down the aisle on my wedding day... etc For I can juggle anything and everything that's tossible I'm not afraid of danger and I strive for the impossible For still in matters throw and catch and bobble ball and 'Darn, I missed' I am the very model of a modern major jugglist I love to juggle eggs but only when they are unbreakable I juggle sleeping babies only when they are unwakable I love to ride my unicycle up into the Berkeley Hills While glugging down a dose of Cappuccino mixed with sleeping pills In fact when I have juggled boiling oil mixed with liquid coal When I have juggled chainsaws while on stilts while on a telephone pole In short, when I've done everything that wasn't done by any other The Guiness Book of World Records will display me on its cover The Guiness Book of World Records will display me on its cover... etc For I try to make my street performing funny, free and innocent Your kindly contribution of a dollar is magnificent For still in matters throw and catch and bobble ball and 'Darn, I missed' I am the very model of a modern major jugglist

[@SABbrew]

Lets get some likes on this, serious hard work went into the writing of these fire lyrics.

[@Shalapda]

goddamn lmao this is good

[@chimedemon]

This is criminally underrated...

[@CheeseBurgerSugar]

Whoa! Amazing job

[@Vortual]

Normally I hate self promotion but this is a masterpiece. Highly underrated comment.

[@awkwardartistarchive4826]

here comes the general *rise up*

[@cinderellaaroblox7615]

I am the very model of a cartoon individual, my animation's comical, unusual and whimsical!

[@dntet4998]

jernie animaniacs lol

[@thesailormercury2]

It work! We all were born a new and rid of things barbic. Now we're back together , everything is alphanumeric ! Now we're back together . Everything is alphanumeric! Everything is alphanumeric!

[@dntet4998]

it that fucking reboot lol

[@james757live5]

My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian! or... You see in matters comical, unusual, and whimsical, we are the very models of cartoon individuals! The greats...

[@SamuraiKai]

I feel the exact same way. XD

[@rantaro9440]

james757live "Thanks for sharing what you learned"

[@Blazieth]

The hilarious thing about Mordin's version is it kinda misses the point of the original - an individual that is universally skilled EXCEPT for his chosen profession.

[@james757live5]

Blazieth Well, I think subconsciously he's admitting his fault in creating the genophage before he even knows he feels that way.

[@nextgentacos123]

"I can fire at a target and hit it at least half the time" "or graph out an electron path while using only numbers prime" "I calculate the fall rate of a bullet shot a thousand yards" "I perforate the thick heads of a hundred military guards." "I can make a simulation of an atom bomb and build one too" "Or flank a dozen men and ambush ten of them right out of the blue" "From SMGs to RPGs, I carry quite an arsenal" "And skip around a war zone like a sub-atomic particle." "Every soldier out here wants to kill me for my curiosity" "I wage war on the whole damn world because of my tenacity" "In matters combat tactical and physics theoretical" "I am the very model of a modern Major-General."

[@GhostLink92]

STILL NO CHORUS!!

[@ethanlivemere1162]

Sing and I won't kill you!

[@cyborgraptor1778]

"Alright no one is even trying to sing along. I quit!"

[@thevarietychannel1017]

Freeman's mind.

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

Ok, delivery for Mr. Abrams. *BOOM* Come on, I know someones home. *BIG BOOM*

[@Dizzyfingers2]

Forget the Major General ... give a medal to the xylophone player!!!

[@lioraselby5328]

he's my favorite rapper.

[@ginge641]

I am the very model of a scientist salarian! I've studied species turian, asari and batarian! My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian. I am the very model of a scientist salarian!

[@Kayriel]

Don't make me sad. I wouldn't like me when I'm sad.

[@Captain_Wet_Beard]

T_T one of the saddest video game deaths of all time tbh

[@michaelchen4786]

The real reason I’m here

[@benwillems8584]

@@Captain_Wet_Beard dr Mordin did not die. He ascended to Legendhood

[@jacobcurley4742]

Ginge The Soulless To be honest, it’s like whoever wrote that version never really listened to the original. The point of the original is to demonstrate how ill equipped the commanding officers of Great Britain’s military were. Whereas the “Scientist Salarian” comes off as something of a Renaissance man.

[@Coldstreamer17]

Can we take a moment to recognise the amazing talent of the Xylophone player?

[@vallraffs]

The feeling of triumph at the end of the double-time encore must be quite extraordinary. No wonder he looks so energetic and happy when he's just shown off his incredible talent.

[@brochacho.]

Gotta give it to Animaniacs for teaching some new shit.

[@allenbooth7033]

slzzpwalker: What do Animaniacs deserve credit for? Tom Lehrer put the new twist on "The Major General Song" (and I think that was back in 1957).

[@grandhierophantkhatep685]

@@allenbooth7033 the joke is the states song from animaniacs. wooosh

[@slowmoe1686]

@@grandhierophantkhatep685 Allen Booth is saying that parodies of this song predate Animaniacs.

[@grandhierophantkhatep685]

Slow Moe I’m saying the original comment was saying the animaniacs states song also said things quickly which was a *joke* which makes what he said more or less irrelevant and he was correcting a *joke* that pointed out similarities between an old play and a *children’s cartoon* Edit: formatting

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

oh please, that's nothing. [doing cartwheels] there once was a man from Nantucket, who-[crashes into wall]

[@kathypierre3095]

Coolbean94vevo - no one ever finishes that limerick!!! I dont know it!

[@rjzavala87]

Lol. This song always reminds me of that part. Great simpsons reference

[@nickdahl203]

@@kathypierre3095 There once was a man from Nantucket Whose dick was so long he could suck it. And he said with a grin As he wiped off his chin If my ear were a cunt, I would fuck it!

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

😂 omg I laughed so much at this

[@nobodyimportant5789]

I never knew the Captain was into this sort of Tv

[@ellieperry4194]

Thought the same thing lol

[@theAverageJoe25]

“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), Because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology), My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian!”

[@amixofletters]

*Crying*

[@brainlesscommunity]

Woul´ve liked to run tests on seashells...

[@inigo8740]

There's a line missing, it doesn't match with the song.

[@parasocialbondsmetaswvoits9078]

Came for this comment. Was not disappointed. Thank you, guys.

[@nickshaffer80]

In fact, when I know what is meant by “Myrmidons on Palaven”, When I can tell, at sight, a Mattock Rifle from a Javelin, When such affairs as Genophage and Spies I am more wary at, And when i know what is precisely meant by Commissariat, When I know just what progress has been made in Krogan Gunnery, When I know more of tactics than an Elcor in a nunnery, In short, when i’ve a smattering of Hanar-centric strategy….. (oh, yes, “strategy”, that’s a hard one… ah, Got it!) You’d say a better Scientist has never before Sat-a-gee!

[@TheAnjelHarte]

I am the very model of a modern major general the venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all lining up to put me up on a pedestal writing letters to relatives embellishing my elegance and eloquence but the elephant is in the room, the truth is in your face when you hear the British cannons go BOOM

[@allfarewells]

+Maggie H we are outgunned

[@wanderingowl6386]

+allfarewells outmanned

[@allfarewells]

Wandering Owl outnumbered outplanned

[@wanderingowl6386]

allfarewells We gotta make an all-out stand

[@allfarewells]

Wandering Owl and yo im gonna need a right hand man

[@joshuacox581]

Yeah, he stole the show. The best character of all the whole show.

[@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168]

Who ever can do that deserves a medal

[@neebz6947]

*Hey Homer! Since they made me stop drinking, I’ve regained my balance and diction. Observe!”*

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

Gotta love Barney Gumble

[@tommy2917]

"Oh that's nothing! Watch this! There was a once man from Nantucket's who OUCH!"

[@Sewingbee23]

@@tommy2917 D'oh

[@philosophyoftrucking]

that xylophone part is badass

[@TheLazyDodos2013]

Eminems' great grandfather

[@floofkiniguess1026]

Tom The Ascendant o h

[@demonangel00]

no because this guy actually has talent to pass on. no way they're related.

[@therapy8967]

how doesn't he have talent?

[@shinoahiragi7624]

Therapy I think he means that Eminem has no talent!

[@FrancisR420]

Andrea Cornandez I think he means 'how does Eminem have no Talent?' because Eminem is quite talented

[@YouveBeenMegged]

Ok, you know you’re Hamiltrash when your next thought upon reading the title was “The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all lining up to put me upon a pedestal, writing letters to relatives embellishing my elegance and eloquence” and then just the rest of the song.

[@philattlee1]

Lovely to see the girl, right at the end, jump in the air in excitement.

[@WillScarlet1991]

It's part of the act.

[@nachoolo]

Best rapper in history.

[@kivatgarnica5969]

i had to watch this after listening to mordin sing

[@bryanreeves3679]

May he rest in peace

[@james757live5]

+DemonFire He deserved better... He could've done and been so much more.

[@RobDBlackwolf]

+james757live Had to be him. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

[@TheMadhouseOfficial]

+DemonFire Or in pieces.

[@whatthehec108]

+irving garnica Came here from Freeman's Mind

[@Aspensauce64]

The xylophone guy was the very model of a modern major general

[@namj8145]

Now I want to see someone sing this WHILE playing the xylophone!

[@johnbertrand7185]

First class lesson on how to give your all on stage by a true professional. RIP George Rose (1920-1988)

[@DrMattPhillips]

"with many awful facts about the scary hippopotamus!"

[@lebethany53]

Best show ever!

[@tobluetoblack]

He sounds like the very model of a scientist Salarian

[@Jestak]

George Rose does this number so well, it's almost impossible to believe that he had never been involved in a major G&S production prior to this one.

[@feliciaariza27]

My school just got done with this musical. I was a daughter, it was a lot of fun. The kid who played the Major-General in our show was awesome.

[@bustedschema1]

I love how the guy behind him around the 2 minute mark is super happy he's not screwing it up.

[@MatsLindgrenMusic]

Mickey, Donald and Goofy in the Three Musketeers brought me here. I feel like such an adult. xD

[@philmoore96]

Underrated film and comment

[@francespartoza5786]

Me too!!

[@cjames22dox]

nailed it. always been one of my favorites. The Pirates of Penzance was the first opera i ever saw on public school trip at University Theater.

[@carolinev1704]

*drops the mic*

[@PMW3]

Caroline V nothing else left to do.

[@Milesco]

....or in this case, the parasol.

[@eliasjordan9484]

You mean the xylophone player drops the mallets?

[@ninjadin777]

Mic drop,mic drop

[@eliasjordan9484]

please don't tell me that's a BTS reference

[@snowy8926]

“With the eggs on top”

[@titrainium4634]

0% Drugs 0% Cars 5% Girls 5% Crime 90% Class

[@timothywilliams1359]

Having spent 21 years in the military, I can assert that a fair number of modern major generals are just like this fellow.

[@MisterKnosen]

I am the very model of a scientist salarian :)

[@shox2411]

The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all lining up...

[@LyricNear]

"To put me on a pedestal. Writing letters to relatives embellishing my elegance and eloquence" Somehow I knew I would find my people My friends... My lucky friends....

[@testsubject747]

+Shox Lightning But the elephant's in the room. The truth is in your face when you hear the British cannons go *BOOM!*

[@sands1432]

+testsubject747 every hope of success is fleeting how can I keep leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating

[@teedub710]

We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn; Knight takes rook, but look:

[@hrishiv27]

+TeeDubGaming We are out gunned, outmanned, outnumbered, out planned

[@MyelinProductions]

The Pirates of Penzance: Act I. "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" ~ Arthur Sullivan, William Schwenck Gilbert 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, With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse Wth 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. I am very good at integral and differential calculus I know the scientific names of beings animalculus in short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral I am the very model of a modern major general All: 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 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, 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 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 short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, He is 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, 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 gee. 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. But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, He is the very model of a modern Major-General. Source: Musixmatch

[@danmingori284]

This same cast and extraordinary performance of The Pirates of Penzance performed in the early 1980s in Los Angeles, a performance myself, my best friend (ultimately my lifetime partner and bride) enjoyed tremendously. I was never so pleased by any other production of a Gilbert and Sullivan musical. I am both surprised and again delighted to hear these voices of my past, including the talented Kevin Klein, the unforgettable Linda Ronstadt. The Modern Major General, whose names momentarily escapes me, was a special delight - I still don't know how he managed this most difficult lyric heavy miracle on stage! Enjoy.

[@martinpatrick9915]

All reprised their roles for the film version of the central park outdoor production.

[@tachikoma747]

I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A SCIENTIST SALARIAN!

[@JabberwockOclock]

Funny part about this song that most parodies don't preserve is that the singer is proficient at everything EXCEPT that which relates to their actual occupation.

[@joseignaciohileradorna5122]

i cri evrytim

[@TorreFernand]

JabberwockOclock Hey, Major Generals ar supposed to know about gunnery!

[@smitty3624]

you again? i just saw you in the film version comments!

[@brandonbishop1529]

Jose Hilera you and me both!

[@darthawesomness]

I am the very model of a scientist salarian.....

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

I've studied species Turian, Asari and Batarian....

[@morgankimber8718]

Zombiewithabowtie I'm quite good at genetics as a subset of biology because I am an expert which I know is a tautology...

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Morgan Kimber My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian...

[@morgankimber8718]

Zombiewithabowtie I am the very model of a scientist salariaaaan!

[@morgankimber8718]

*cough*

[@Thought_Criminal]

“You know, this song is kinda dated. It's supposed to be MODERN major-general. I'm gonna add a new verse. I can fire at a target and hit it at least half the time or graph out an electron path while using only numbers prime I calculate the fall rate of a bullet shot a thousand yards I perforate the thick heads of a hundred military guards. I can make a simulation of an atom bomb and build one too Or flank a dozen men and ambush ten of them right out of the blue From SMGs to RPGs, I carry quite an arsenal And skip around a war zone like a subatomic particle. Every soldier out here wants to kill me for my curiosity I wage war on the whole damn world because of my tenacity In matters combat tactical and physics theoretical I am the very model of a modern Major-General! Alright, no one else is even trying to sing along, I quit.” -Gordon Freeman

[@craigstaley352]

You miss the point. The guy doesn't actually know anything about modern warfare. It's the whole point of the song. I mean, the last lines are: "For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury, Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;"

[@lizardlegend42]

@@craigstaley352 Its a reference to the brilliant "Freeman's mind" series here on youtube. He plays through the original half life role playing as a near insane, psychopathic, narcissistic version of Gordon Freeman. It's very funny and well done. He sings this song and adds the extra verse while dodging and shooting marines like a madman

[@daviddestefanis2989]

"When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery. In short when I've (I have) a smattering of elemental strategy" He knows more about vegetables, animals, minerals, history, and mathematics than he does about warfare. In the British Army (and Navy) officers were gentleman. Their class mattered. So, they might care a lot more about math or cricket than actual warfare.

[@michaelt.5672]

@@daviddestefanis2989 Though this was less of an issue in the Navy. There is only so much ignorance you can have of naval warfare if you are actually sailing on a warship.

[@focalpoint._]

“This looks like a job for Ambassador Pineapple! You’ll be representing me on the floor, now get out there and work your magic!” -Ross Scott

[@wom_Bat]

Best version is this guy. He's my favorite modern major general

[@SonOfMeme]

I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!

[@walteracevedo5105]

2007: 2012: 2019: KZbin Recommends you this rap battle.

[@saintfisuto1072]

It's not a rap battle if no one opposes him.

[@heinzismyname3387]

@@saintfisuto1072 nobody opposes him 'cause it's not possible. He is the true rap God.

[@kyokajiro1808]

@@saintfisuto1072 make that 2021

[@marshmallowdoom7720]

So this is what "The Very Model Of A Gallifreyan Buccanneer" from Doctor Who And The Pirates is based on. I Love It.

[@breezingby2611]

His sheer joy at managing to pull off that final verse is so infectious

[@ofirstroh]

There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium...