I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General - The Pirates of Penzance 2022 Livestream 

Yes! Try to keep up and I cannot :-D

I will try! And I might fail... but I'll keep practicing!

With lyrics in front of me I can do it. But my god that 4th and 5th verse is an absolute killer to remember for me

@@meatballg8655 Orange!

anyone who sings this song should get a free hire as an auctioneer

I don't think I ever got what kind of rifle it was before. Hearing the words very clearly here.

Ha! I missed that! 3:19

@@KittyStarlight in the original versions the lyric is Chassepot rifle and it was changed to the more well known Mauser rifle which most modern productions use.

I’ve seen the flipped Mauser and Javelin in the NYGASP production!

Just waiting for them to have the Mauser being the outdated one, and the Javelin being the anti-tank missile.

Which is why he's a bit shit, ain't he?

Sporange, an old synonym for sporangium, a botanical term.

But when he was looking for a rhyme for "strategy "and she came out with" sat a gee "he said "I always believed in you." I loved that.

Door hinge.

@@stephaniemay792 She had a whole character arc, and I adore her.

That's... the opposite of the joke. It's Gilbert and Sullivan... satire... they're supposed to make him look a little like an idiot, thus the navel uniform.

@@graysonbaker1744 a) That would make no sense, since uniforms are issued by the branch of service, b) That doesn't even make sense from a joke/character perspective, since the song indicates he knows basically everything he needs to know about being a major-general except for leading men into actual battle (i.e. dressing properly would 100% be a thing he knew how to do)

@@graysonbaker1744 Even a marine can't find his way into another branch's uniform.

Don’t stop there, write a full verse!

I see what you did there

actually he is singing it at the speed as written in the score - I'm sure you are thinking of the recording, which was sped up in order to make it all fit onto one record!

@@pghsavoyards I'm thinking of the Essgee stage version, and the George Rose movie version. It's still marvelous!

A 45degree right angled triangle is isoceles. Easy explanation.

It can be isoceles with a right angle

And then the macarena in the last chorus hahaha

​​@@Beardychielrecalling a cheerful fact about the square of the hypotenuse... the multiple of said hypotenuse is irrational as opposed to its rational sides

Recorded versions are generally faster than the tempo indicated in the score, due to the limited amount of space there is to fit everything on a record/tape/CD.

if you have been training it for months it is bound to be learned to the point of reciting in ones sleep. have watched an older version that i found better too. but his costume seems off, like its too small, both the jacket and helmet looks to at least be 1 size too small.

It was better before he got to the part where he did it faster. More fun hearing/watching him pretend to come up with the words. 😉 Good acting as well as good singing. Less good at the end but still good. I've seen better but I've definitely seen worse. This was good. ^___^ 👏👏👏👏👏

Also they don't all come up with a semi-legitimate reason to do it again at the end. This one did. ☺️

@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 :glad, that you are so enthused about everything!

Sheer joy

Still think the guy they cast as the general is too young. That guy is not old enough to have those daughters, or, you know... to have achieved the rank of major general.

The original actually calls for updates to keep the jokes relevant to the times

...Gilbert and Sullifun...

Plus it really highlights the difficultly of this performance and shows off the performer while doing so!

the score doesn't say that, it says allegro vivace which tops out at ~176 BPM. This production is running it at about 180 BPM

@@kameronpeterson3601 ahh, I've seen people call for it as as fast as possible but I've never actually done that show. Thanks for the correction.

I did notice that on the second round of the last verse, he gets the gesture right, so he might have forgotten and later realized he messed up, or maybe he's just guessing and actually has no clue

That's the point.