Nobody can do the Major General like George Rose. I found out the saddest thing about him yesterday. He was gay and had no real partner or heir but really wanted one. So he eventually adopted a 14 year old boy in the Dominican Republic and he was going to leave everything to him. He wanted to help this young man grow up to be prosperous and teach him all about music and such. Several years later in 1988 the adopted boy, along with his biological father and a couple of other men tortured George Rose for 8 hours and then bludgeoned him to death. They tried to make it look like a car accident and although they eventually confessed, they were never given a trial and the adopted son was released from jail and did end up receiving part of that inheritance! George Rose’s body was dumped in an unmarked grave in some trash covered cemetery in the Dominican Republic. He was so talented, kind and intelligent. The man did not deserve such a brutal and tragic end
My god… what hideous creatures those beings really are. I cannot believe they got away with it. What sinister monsters. Should be sentenced to the gallos. My god I can’t believe that, that’s made me shed a tear.
The stars of the Broadway show reprised their roles in the film verison, Rex Smith,George Rose, Linda Ronstadt, Tony Azito,and Kevin Kline as the Pirate King.
They cut out the middle verse, which is by far the hardest. It's full of references hardly anyone would get these days. Yeah, I used to have the whole song memorized. Not sure I could still sing it today.
Anyone else confused by sat a gee. I did a cursory bit of research and I think I've got it. More correct would be sat a gee gee as gee gee seems to be a slang for horse and sat a horse is to sit properly on and utilize a horse. So when he says rode a horse he's telling you what he meant with that nonsense turn of phrase that seems to have originated in this musical. Gee gee seems to be slang for horse due to gee being used in horse riding as a command at times by some groups. But it confused me at first and this is only speculation based on my quick research and reading of the script. Now I kind of want to research the other lyrics to see if they are clever references as well. Probably, given the legendary writers.
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 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.
1:08 *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*
Killed by his 14-year-old Godchild, his Godchild's Father and Uncle just because George Rose was gay. And George Rose intended to inherit his fortune from him.
I don't know how many parodies there are of this, but there needs to be one about someone who's a geek. (probably something along the lines if "I am the very model of a modern (???) individual!")
Wait, I'm confused. Is the woman's father a major-general? The beginning seems to be somewhat vague on the subject, and the fact that the entire rest is his admitting that he knows nothing about military matters just confuses things further.
This is a recurring theme in Gilbert and Sullivan. In HMS Pinafore the Admiral got to the top by being good at office work but never went to sea I grew so rich that I was sent By a pocket borough into Parliament. I always voted at my party's call, And I never thought of thinking for myself at all. Chorus. He never thought of thinking for himself at all. Sir Joseph. I thought so little, they rewarded me By making me the Ruler of the Queen's Navee! Chorus. He thought so little, they rewarded he By making him the Ruler of the Queen's Navee! Sir Joseph. Now landsmen all, whoever you may be, If you want to rise to the top of the tree, If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool, Be careful to be guided by this golden rule. Chorus. Be careful to be guided by this golden rule. Sir Joseph. Stick close to your desks and never go to sea, And you all may be rulers of the Queen's Navee!
@@jamesmccaghrey738 Ironically, the Charge of the Light Brigade was the result poor battlefield communications and not the intended action. Instead of attacking the Russian artillery line, they were supposed to harass the Russians trying to take the guns from the overrun Turkish artillery positions. The Russians would have been forced to abandon the attempt or be slaughtered. However the order itself was not clearly drafted, and the guy who who knew the intended plan was cut down soon after he reached the Light Brigade.
He is a major general, and very proud of it clearly, but he knows absolutely nothing about anything related to being in charge of an army, Gilbert and Sullivan were making a not so subtle comment about high ranking military men of the time
If they had made a live action version of Sleeping Beauty back in the early 1980s.m, I'd have cast Rex Smith(Frederick) as Prince Phillip. He'd be the right age(20-23) and he looks very prince like!
@@Dancerama6 because Trump's an idiot know-nothing who talks about how he has the "best words", is a "stable genius", and is smarter than "his" generals.
@@danielpease641 Peter says to Lois that he carried the local production of Pirates Of Penzance when Lois tells him he can’t sing patter songs like this one and Peter begged to differ
Wonder if that's the reason I was able to smuggle 9x 1/2-liter bottles of Germany's Parkbrau Export bier to Seattle twice before I turned 21, the second time being smuggled through Soviet territory on my way home from Pink Floyd's 1990 "The Wall" concert I took time off from school to task.
That was really good , but it wasn't Spanish. No me recuerdes Estoy metido en mis propios pedos No me busques más me vale estar solo que metido en esto... I dunno
