I first heard this song in my teens and thought this was the cleverest writing I had ever heard! I think that's what started me on my writing career, which has been going strong for more than 50 years!
I saw "My Fair Lady" in a theatre in Heidelberg Germany in 1965 and probably five times since. I've loved this film ever since. Stanley Holloway certainly was fantastic in this and all of his appearances in the film. Audrey Hepburn, in this film and many others, was the essence of beauty.
Thats a good a one, but i no think a the jokes, i think a the ryhmes. Im a writin a real nice musical right now so dont nobody call me a dolittle, i already write one before but i forgot a the audience
We would watch this all the time when I was a kid, and my grandfather would get so irritated at him during this song, he took it all seriously and was just so angry that a man would be proud of being like that. He was a good man.
@@JC-ph3ku I just got it after all these years. Haven't really watched it since I was a kid or a teen. NOW, yes, this song makes me kinda angry too. I get it's the character but it's still infuriating when the context is blurred or it's just kinda low key thrown in your face as a joke for you to laugh at the slapstick while not really understanding what exactly he's singing about. Ur grandpa was a gem. Now no one would even understand what they're saying now, let alone get mad at WHAT he's saying. Pfft everyone's so dumb now tbh. It's depressing. Psyops were even thrown into My Fair Lady but they were subtle playful things like this and your grandpa was, in hindsight, very right to be angry about it. (Not some kook like most would just roll their eyes and think now.) He saw the end result of things like this being acceptable "jokes" back then, even w/ a fun catchy musical backing. Like a warrior would. God bless him. You really see it when you wake up and looook, even in places (or times) you'd never expect, like this.... honestly pretty disturbing.
@@NyahsMom26 Well, that's the whole point. He's a scumbag. Remember that even kind Colonel Pickering asks him: "Have you _no_ morals, man?" And he says no, with the lame excuse that he can't afford them.
Lovely song and a crowning moment in the career of this great British artist and WW1 veteran, Stanley Holloway.This and his "I am getting married in the morning"/"Get me to the church on time"rendition, in the same wonderful musical brought him more fame and fortune than all his other stage and film appearances put together ever did...A well deserved and long overdue success, in a long and full life and career...on stage and off. R.I.P. Stanley Holloway.🙏
Always remember and enjoy so very many of Stanley Holloway’s performances from all those years ago. My favorites were his monologues, especially The Lion & Albert, Three Ha’Pence a Foot, Yorkshire Pudding, The Beefeater. I think my grandmother had all of his monologues and my Mom had an LP of My Fair Lady - the best of both worlds!
It’s amazing how spry he still was at that time! Plus, this song, and the way he sings it, makes it sound like a tune to cheer one’s self up with and keep going through a tough time.
Nathaniel your are so right Stanley Holloway was perfect for the part AND got the cockney accent spot on.Thanks to Councils tearing down their homes and destroying the close knit communities, then government with mass uncontrolled immigration it is a rarity to even hear a Cockney accent in the East End.What a disgrace to do this to well established communities.
@@krogdog Did you know that Jack Warner wanted James Cagney for the part of Alfred Dolittle, because he felt Stanley Holloway was too old for the big screen version? At that time Mr.Holloway was 73 and James Cagney was 63. Fortunately James Cagney rejected the part, and was lucky to play the part he owned In the 1964 big screen version of " My Fair Lady". I wonder what was James Cagney thinking about at that time. Was he thinking Is my ex boss Jack Warner off his rocker? I can't play this part. This part belongs to Stanley Holloway. I await your reply.
@@matthewbulger5876 Really! Doesn’t surprise me at all. Coincidentally enough I just watched Yankee Doodle Dandy a few weeks ago and, holy jeez, who _wouldn’t_ want Cagney in their musical! You can tell he grew up idolizing George M Cohan because he played that part with so much fanboy enthusiasm. As for MFL, I don’t know how well he could’ve done the Cockney accent, maybe that’s what drove him away? Holloway absolutely nailed it 👍
I remember our highschool teacher playing us this movie for 3 classes straight because we were seniors, and basically we were well in our senioritis stage. When this part of the movie came, the whole class was singing along, great times great times !!!
I hadn't seen this in decades, but I remember being enraptured... And it didn't disappoint. One of the greatest moments in musical comedy... Holloway can only be described as spellbinding here. Want to see more of his work.
Love the gentle irreverence of this piece. Once, at a small birthday gathering, I got the group singing along to it. (They weren't keen mind, did it in the end to humour me.)
It will do that. Try not watching it since you were in high school and the song gets stuck in your head in your 30s and you actually listen to the words and have your head blown.
"My Fair Lady" was very popular in Russia. Everything was perfectly translated and performed in the Musical theatres. Now I sing this song in English, though it is not easy to find karaoke version.
Laurence I agree such a talented man great charisma and got the Cockney accent spot on unlike many people who try to imitate the accent and fail miserably. What a personality S Holloway was they'll never be another .
I've seen the movie but it's been a long time. At first this looked to me like a video recording of the London stage version, but maybe it's the movie. If it IS the movie, it's remarkable, because it looks like it was done straight through in real time on two divided walled sets, not assembled from cuts, with all that amazing choreography, and especially because Stanley Holloway was 74 years old at the time.
My great grand father did this sort of stiff spined step dancing like in this scene. Had spurs to click during it. Nothing ive seen in this world has made me smile as big as his nonsense click dancing. 😊😊
I remember in the year of 1998, the year before I started high school my local high school put on a show of musical songs from shows they had previously done. Three teachers preformed the song on stage. They were great! I believe the drama teacher played Mr dolittle.
The Lord above called me to join the church choir, Every Sunday, to sing songs that inspire, I bring my money for the collection basket, but, With a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck, They'll pass 'round while I'm in the choir.
Duuh. Older movies usually always had better cinematography lol Ru a kid or something?? U think movies got BETTER as time went on? Prove that please. Just look at the Oscar winning movies over the years. The only people liking this comment are people under 20 who literally never watched a movie older than the Matrix.......................
@@NyahsMom26 True......... older movies such as this one here proves are the worth of theatre. And all the cinematography you see here, is actually theatrical training, and it's quite an old art, older than movies themselves.
Do you agree the late Stanley Holloway , owned the part of Alfred Doolittle? How many times did he part In "My Fair Lady" on Broadway and In London before playing the part In the 1964 , big screen version? I await your reply.
Very good job fellows throughout the 1st grade AA felicitous week of said May!! Congratulations y'all. I think that's what started me on my writing career, which has been going strong for more than 50 years!
Again; I’m singing along to every single lyric(s)! YAY! 👏😊with a little bit of luck. With a little bit of luck you won’t get caught! With a little bit of blooming luck!
Agree. It's crazy this wasn't picked up on more in the 60s but it got away as being a joke from a low life when it's not really presented that way unless u are older & understand nuances. Early sophisticated psyop is what it smells like to me. Tapping your foot to mental rubbish unknowingly.... But they started psyoping everyone ever since motion pictures began. We only THINK it just started in recent decades. When you LOOK it's been with us since the beginning. It just was a process. A very dedicated slow process to infect everyone's mind's unwillingly with crap here and there. Like a brain worm.
We used to call it a maypole. One kid walks round the other kid's ropes then the others pull theirs taught and start running clockwise and that one kids rope starts to unwind us pulled literally takinf off and flying round the maypole holding the rope.
"Pan Bozia dał nam ręce jak z żelaza i każdy z nas ma nimi robić coś. Pan Bozia dał nam ręce jak z żelaza, lecz - starczy jeden szczęścia łut, starczy mały szczęścia łut, by pracował za nas inny ktoś! Jeden szczęścia łut, mały szczęścia łut, jeden mały szczęścia łut, by za nas ktoś! Pan Bozia dał nam sznapsa na pokusę, byśmy się strzec Go mieli cały czas. Pan Bozia dał nam sznapsa na pokusę, lecz - starczy jeden szczęścia łut, starczy mały szczęścia łut, by pokusa znikła wewnątrz nas! Jeden szczęścia łut, mały szczęścia łut, jeden mały szczęścia łut - by wlać się w kij! Przeważnie człowiek na czczo chodzi, lecz starczy jeden szczęścia łut, by wlać się w kij! Kobiety są, ażeby je poślubić i wiecznie czołgać już się im do stóp. Kobiety są, ażeby je poślubić, lecz - starczy jeden szczęścia łut, starczy mały szczęścia łut, by je zdobyć wpierw i po co ślub?! Jeden szczęścia łut, mały szczęścia łut, jeden mały szczęścia łut i po co ślub? Starczy szczęścia łut, starczy szczęścia łut, by je zdobyć wpierw i po co ślub? Pan Bozia dał rozlicznych nam przyjaciół, co strzegą nas i szczęścia chcą nam dać. Pan Bozia dał rozlicznych nam przyjaciół, lecz - starczy jeden szczęścia łut, starczy mały szczęścia łut, by przestali wreszcie o nas dbać! Jeden szczęścia łut, mały szczęścia łut, przez ten jeden szczęścia łut przestaną dbać! O nasze szczęście dbają, ale przez jeden szczęścia łut przestaną o nas dbać! To straszny grzech mieć babkę gdzieś na boku i martwić żonę, co dba o twój wikt. To straszny grzech mieć babkę gdzieś na boku, lecz Starczy jeden szczęścia łut, starczy mały szczęścia łut, by się nie dowiedział o tym nikt! Jeden szczęścia łut, mały szczęścia łut, jeden mały szczęścia łut i nie wie nikt! Starczy szczęścia łut, starczy szczęścia łut, by się nie dowiedział o tym nikt!" Przekład: Antoni Marianowicz, Janusz Minkiewicz (ok.1963 -`64 r.)
Is It true Jack Warner wanted James Cagney for the part of Alfred Dolittle before giving the part to Stanley Holloway? Is It also true James Cagney felt he was not the right man for the part because he might look out of place playing an Englishman? I await your answer.
Seems he was. He rooted for Stanley after Cary Grant turned it down. He was nominated for an Oscar. Cagney was a great Yankee Gentleman, and like every American he loves a silly Englishman wot can lawf at hisself
Good old Jim Cagney. He was a real Yankee. He played horrible roles so he could show the world how not to be. Better than Jesus. A great great man. I'm on top of the world Ma!
Its that muck that builds up from the flotsam, before plastic trash islands mate. The world that humans have made has always been horrible. We've got our work cut out for us. Alfy Doolittle going to help, but he's going to have to sing.
