"Everybody Ought to have a Maid" - Sondheim's 80th Birthday Celebration - BBC Proms 2010 

I think you're being generous with that 85%.

Part of the reason I say 85% is because there are 4 of them. They all know some of it and some of them know all of it. _Collectively,_ they’re about 85% solid.

@@liannapfister8255 You're right. I watched it again, and things really only get a little messy after Bryn shows up. Not sure what I was thinking or seeing.

This is just a campy lark. I'm sure nobody was aiming for perfection in this performance. 🙂

😂😂😂Sy

I love that he was a good sport about it! They look like they're having great fun!

I assume you know the context of this song?

and yet he makes it seems less perky and more fun

Thanks! I knew Ovenden and Terfel, but not the first two. 💚

Is there anything Simon Russell Beale can’t do?! ❤️

@@sedwards2207 I want @Daniel Jones to answer you after 11 years 🤣🤣🤣

@@fairlyvague82 True! 😀

@@sedwards2207 My favourite actor

I mean we certainly throw our ire his way, but never for that reason...

Another Orchestra where the musicians have a great time is the John Wilson Orchestra

Rest In Peace Uncle,and be reassured that Sondheim's music will go on,and bring happy memories for MrVideeeooo

MrVideeeooo my uncle showed me this play. This ones for you though, mo! :)

You are in for such a treat. I’ve loved Sondheim’s music for more than 40 years.

I never got to meet your dear late uncle but from everything I know about him, I love him!

@@oscar646 Thank you! And how funny, you commented exactly 5 years to the day. Will be watching this video a few times today, cheers! :)

agree! the entire show of forum is a masterclass in rhyme.

I saw him as Edward II many years ago in Stratford. It's the best performance i have ever seen, of anything, anywhere.

They all did it; it was part of the choreography.

I can see how you might have thought 💭 so, but the little hop was part of the choreography. As was pointed out, all four of them did it - in time with the music. These are consumate performers. If the guy in the right had actually messed up, they would have ignored it.

@@penguincommunity6218 Also 'the guy on the right' is Bryn Terfel, one of the greatest opera singers in the world and emphatically not a hoofer - that's part of the joy!

I was one of the twins - so much fun every night on stage and I can still sing all the harmonies. Just a brilliant show.

It is amazingly the kind of show that works with community theater troupes up to Broadway. Every time I have seen it, it has made me laugh. The movie still makes me laugh. (When I saw it on Broadway with Nathan Lane, I was laughing so hard the kid sitting next to me stopped watching the show and watched me instead. Yeah, it got a little awkward, but I was literally slapping my knee throughout it.)

Nice. I played Marcus Lycus in 2002 in a public theater. It was the most fun I'd ever had on stage. My best friend played Hysterium on stage next to me.

I couldn't agree more. Its fantastically uplifting and they are all brilliant.

What are you talking about, the movie is great.

@@blachubear The film is fun, I'll grant you. However, it leaves out half the songs, including the most important one, 'Free', in which Pseudolus expresses his desire for freedom. It also leaves out 'I'm Calm' (a tour-de-force for Hysterium) and 'That Dirty Old Man', which explains why Domina acts the way she does. It added a lot of unnecessary business, like the gladiator training sequence, the search for mare's sweat, and the chariot chase. Jon Pertwee was supposed to play Lycus, since he was the original London performer of the role, until they got Phil Silvers instead, so they created a tiny role of a boat captain especially for him. One of the best parts was Buster Keaton in his last role, doing most of his own stunts (except for the long-shots in the chariot chase).

Definitely not just you

He has that Patrick Stewart sex appeal.

Gross.

He is Broadway's Shakespeare.

Patrick Kerwin In order of appearance they are: Simon Russell Beale, Daniel Evans, Julian Ovenden and Bryn Terfel.

I'm not frowning.

I can see why, it is a bit objectifying. But oh well, I’d still sing it to tease people when they are cleaning 😄

GrandiaKnight Lol Beryia sings this song as he molests the Russian maids in his basement

Why do people have to lie to fit their bizarre agendas? It's played all the time.

Daniel Evans

Gimme a break!

Julian Ovenden. He's a brilliant actor/singer. He played Foyle's son in the crime show Foyle's War set during WWII. A brilliant show btw.

Julian Ovenden - his voice is just stunning. He's a brilliant actor as well.

I saw Nathan Lane as Pseudolus on Broadway. (Ernie Sabella, his 'Lion King' partner-in-crime, was Lycus.) Mr. Lane was excellent, as he always is, but my favorite Pseudolus is Zero Mostel, the creator of the role. (My favorite Hysterium will always be Jack Gilford, too.)

Micheal Horndern and Phil Silvers, Jack and of course, Zero. The Fab Four of this number.