Bring Me My Bride

[deamen1989]

large ham in action

[VivaLaTaddy]

The ham of this man! IT CAN BARELY BE CONTAINED!

[DarkMetalEyes]

I didn't know they made hams that big back then...

[taiyo888]

"There are lands to conquer, cities to loot, and peoples to invade!" XD

[issunRyuBlackBelt]

Wasn't there a reference to this in Rango?

[DarkMetalEyes]

@issunRyuBlackBelt where?

[issunRyuBlackBelt]

@DarkMetalEyes I'm pretty sure when he's going down the street he says, "I take large steps!" But it's been a while.

[Totema1]

'Miles Gloriosus' literally means 'bragging soldier'. :D

[mrboombasticx]

@Totema1 Right you are! I thought that was interesting when I read your comment, so I had to look it up. Very nice!

[Pikazilla]

300 pounds of ham

[Shadowking640]

Wait, what has he come to claim again?

[ownerfate]

the coolest beat for the song iv herd. i might try learning it for the play tonight.

[zoebiflap]

Rehearsals for my wedding shall begin immediately

[TheSorrowsGhost]

Did you SEE the size of that man's steps?

[Archzenom]

Did somebody ORDERED A LARGE HAM??!??!

[RaTcHeT302]

The Assault from Monday Night Combat talks about large steps too o.o

[Vagrarian]

He was an opera singer, and knew how to bring that larger-than-life flamboyant presence to the role. The movie came out as musicals were fading in popularity, which is why they cut so many numbers and probably why it didn't do as well as it could have. Musicals still haven't come back fully yet, probably never will.

[DrakeClawfang]

I'm confused. Is this guy looking for someone?

[basturdam]

Thumbs up if TV Tropes brought you here!

[DevinTClark]

You know what they say about men that take large steps

[cyborgtroy]

@DevinTClark - They have large hams?

[Julietta263]

I need a man like that!

[ElPerverto6]

Want some Potato Salad and Greens with that Ham, sir?

[elphaba528]

Miles has the most epic voice ever

[snttlc12]

and an orgey for 14 !

[Kimberlyexpects]

I would love to stay and watch this again and again, but I cannot be delayed. There are lands to conquer, cities to loot and people to degrade. Shrines I should be sacking, ribs I should be cracking, eyes to gouge and booty to divide. Must hurry back to work!!

[Kimberlyexpects]

I would love to stay and watch this again and again. But there are shrines I should be sacking,ribs I should be cracking,eyes to gouge and booty to divide. Must hurry back to work!!

[NyxRain]

If I had thought to look this up on youtube I might not have scratched my DVD from replaying this scene too many times. How often do you get to hear a deep baritone like that today in musicals?

[kurobarauchiha]

hahaha love from a Domina! XD

[vidman163]

Hail Miles Gloriosus!

[LEGOMANIAC419]

Two people were not warned he takes large steps.

[supersuperaapaap]

Pyrgopolynices!

[Saphruikan]

Who else was brought here by TvTropes?

[lijluvr356]

@Saphruikan >waves hand wildly< I WAS! I WAS! Months and months ago! I've been coming back and back because I love this so!

[cyborgtroy]

@Saphruikan - I was. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?

[Saphruikan]

@cyborgtroy

No, why would I want to?

[flutterby26]

Stand aside everyone! I take large steps!

[KesorodaBlk]

Ham-Ality!

[MrGlammi]

"I am dazzled by your presence!"

"Every one is."

I LOVE all the little kids singing in the background while he's singing about how he has killed thousands of people! lol :P funniest movie on earth, if you haven't seen the whole movie you don't know what comedy is!

[sharingan072]

no one claims brides like gaston

[mrboombasticx]

@sharingan072 lol

[BeardedClamMeister]

what is all this ham business?

[htilden42]

@BeardedClamMeister

A 'large ham' is a term referring to an actor who is extremely loud and dramatic, like Miles Gloriosus here.

[BeardedClamMeister]

@htilden42 ah right, show business terminology. Thanks.

[lijluvr356]

@BeardedClamMeister you might know the term "hamming it up"?

[Ibeatgod689]

Did somebody order A LARGE HAM?

[lijluvr356]

@Ibeatgod689 I did!

[tenchimuyo69]

0:55

Old Spice Man: Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady... I'm on a horse.

[lijluvr356]

@tenchimuyo69 Indeed.

[tenchimuyo69]

@lijluvr356

Indeed...

BRING ME MY PORK!

[fanofmavs]

my brrrride my brrrrrrrrrriide!

[MetalMetallica8642]

My god, this ham is so large THAT I AM CONSIDERING JUDAISM.

[mjvblue8596]

We are watching this in my Latin class right now. It is so funny!

[snakedemon11]

I love what he says after: Marcus asks if she's beautiful, and the other guy's like: "She is so beautiful that if YOU had been born a woman, you would have been she." And he was like: "As glorius as all that?!" LOL!

[SuzyQTPi1]

Can you add the part where Miles Gloriosus "raped Thrace thrice!"? That cracks me up. I love this movie!

[TheDevilOfKimon]

@SuzyQTPi1 WOW..A really fast work this...

[Filby]

Did somebody order a large ham?

[diddymuck]

Note the resemblance to Mel Brooks' later style. Obvious a major influence to his directorial method.

[DumbYankies]

Stand aside, I take large steps....

[thesecretgarden390]

@DumbYankies same here lol

[SmokingSumSoup]

Holy crap, a barbarian leading a roman army! Someone get a barber!

[banmen0w]

This is my fav song in A funny thing

[operazanotaijin]

As a bass, I love singing this. And everyone is always dazzled by my presence!

[PaigeOfTheSound]

LMAO Pseudolus' face at 2:17!!!

I love how in the movie Miles is CONSTANTLY saying "Bring me my Bride" and then in the end it's HIS SISTER!!! I almost peed I laughed so hard!!!

[psycropticx]

there are rips i should be cracking

[zardozqq]

hes like the ego of a 2 year old in a 30 year olds body

[tahunu]

I love "Marcus Gleicus" or w/es expression during the last part of the song... He's doing his best to D:

lol.

[zardozqq]

i remember seeing this 40 years ago and havent seen it since but i still laughed at the part where the guy's drumming trip @ .44

[tytykatzgrl]

i can just envision my latin teacher marching across the room singing "Im miles gloriosus" to help up remember the word miles lol. Latin class is fun!

[lordalessan]

I LOVE PSEDOLUS'S FACE IN 2:17 AFTER HE SEES HOW BRUTAL THE CAPTAIN IS!!! CLASSIC!

[Karlfalcon]

There's something about a Sondheim work... you can just TASTE it...

[gryphontamer]

This man just screams "I AM EGO, HEAR ME ROAR." Love his performance!

[Martintheauthor]

Until I looked this up. I thought that Miles was played by BRIAN BLESSED.

[MrVirgilius]

"I AM MY IDEAL!"

I love that :))))))

[xxliew]

"I am dazzled by your presence."

"Everyone is."

I THINK I'M IN LOVE.

[progSteven]

I loved this film, and miles is an amazing character with great cocky lines!

Even i am impressed!!!! I am my ideal!!!! I am a parade!!!

[JWumboTravel]

this is my part in the play that i am doing tomorrow night (miles gloriosus)

[fluffsalotpie1200]

Did anyone order a LARGE HAM? I TAKE LARGE STEPS.

[SundaraKapasalathi]

I love his expressions.

[Marshmallowmann]

large steps xD

[NinjaMoogle218]

Damn, dude. You roll those Rs, bitch!

Those large steps are much deserved, sir Miles. I salute thee.

[letsfuku]

Those are the mightiest thighs I have ever seen. eep

I mean .

[PeterBluth]

Large Ham with honey-glaze, please. AND TAKE LARGE STEPS WHEN BRINGING IT TOO ME!

[megadork456]

@ PeterBluth

lol, nice comment.

[PeterBluth]

Thank you!

[aragax]

I am my ideal!

[IAMTHECAPSGODLOL]

I cannot be DENAYED

[uknownada]

While I really don't like this movie, I think these songs are extremely catchy.

[cabalia454]

"I am dazzled by your presence!"

"Everyone is."

XD love how he says that lol

[megadork456]

Hey, doesn't Miles Gloriosus look, sound, and act precisly like Popeye's arch nemasis Bluto?

[Germandusk]

@megadork456 youre officially my new best friend

[arsenefan]

@megadork456

Haha, he does look like Bluto.

[FluffyCerberus]

I actually got to play this role 3 times over the years, and he's got to have one of the classic entrances in musical theatre. I still love his line of "Stand aside, everyone!  I take large steps!"

[Sharron8]

Love his macho voice - anyone know the name of the song he sings when he finds his 'bride' is dead!

[mrboombasticx]

Sure. It's referred to merely as "Funeral Sequence" or "Funeral Scene". Maybe even "Funeral Dirge". If you're looking for a printed copy, the stage version varies a bit: there's a bigger chorus for mourners, it's longer, and it's set in a higher key. (Incidentally, so is "Bring Me My Bride", which I discovered the hard way).

[gentlerat]

Or you coulda been at Warren Wilson College when we actually did have women playing all the mens' roles and some of the womens' roles played by men (I was Vibrata). It was awesome, especially the line, "If you had been born a woman you would have been she."

[Sharron8]

Hahaha!! How inspiring! I guess it actually begs for gender swapping as its all so corny and pantomime-like. I might ask my tutor if he's got the score of this. Might be worth learning from a character point of view.

[pixlepants126]

Miles Gloriosus was actually a sarcastic name for Marc Antony

[WheatToasties]

The mightiest thighs I've ever theen!

-doubletake- What? Ha.

[romulusgloriosus]

Miles Gloriosus means 'Glorious Soldier'. It's intended to be a sarcastic lampoon of somebody who claims to be a superhero just because they're in the army...but when the face of real battle comes, they turn out to be pathetic.

[SilverBellsAbove]

I TAKE LARGE STEPS.

Oh gosh. Everything this guy says is in caps. *giggle*

[Juonryu]

"Everyone is."

[PorciaCatonis15]

I think I've literally watched this scene twenty times.

[Araqnydd]

anyone order a LARGE HAM!

[Phazonaddict]

I ordered a Large Ham and I TAKE LARGE STEPS to get it.

[bobobobo568]

What a Ham

[secretsam215]

Even I am impressed.

LOL

[GhostDragon10]

Miles Gloriosus is a Roman stock character who was used a lot in stories and comedies of the time. I think he's just hysterical!

[TheDevilOfKimon]

Wasn't he a real person in Roman history ?

[professorbutters]

The name just means "a thousand victories."

[AnimusFerrus]

More accurately it translates as "Boastful Soldier."

[EmilyGreene1984]

What a beautiful voice - he IS the best Miles Gloriosus.

[Anarchemitis]

Stand aside, everyone. I TAKE LARGE STEPS.

[frankystein12]

@Anarchemitis What a Ham.

[RMoribayashi]

@Anarchemitis I once saw a behind the scenes program for Star Trek TNG and Michael Dorn (Worf) spoke that exact line as he walked out of his trailer (without the Klingon makeup). I almost fell over. I wonder if he ever played that part on stage.

[Tony1584]

I oppressor of the meek

Subduer of the weak

Degrader of the Greek

lol!

[crooneroofer]

I am a parade!

[TheDevilOfKimon]

And darn BIG ONE too

[ctaesque]

The creators of this great musical did not like the film version. Many songs were dropped and the plot was altered. But, I treasure this film. I've watched it MANY times and I still laugh out loud. One of the greatest comedies ever!

[CyberB07]

I LOVE this movie. A while ago I had the soundtrack as sung on Broadway with Nathan Lane. I forget, did they have the marching skit in the movie? This bit:

"One, two, one, two"

"We not only fought but we won, too!"

*march march*

"Left, right, left, right"

"There's none of the enemy left, right?!"

*this throws off the soldiers as they mix up their lefts and rights, lol*

Either way, I love this song, next to Evrybody Ought to Have a Maid and the Opening.

^^ Thanks for sharing~!

[professorbutters]

Oh, my gosh, I forgot that line. I was the stage manager for this in a stock season and it was by far my favorite musical in the season.

[kewlkat8208]

"Those are the mightiest thighs I ever have seen....I mean."

"Stand aside everyone, I take large steps"

funniest lines in the video!!!

[TheDevilOfKimon]

I am dazzeld by your presents ...Everyone is...AAAAAAAHHHHH

[AriaSinger1]

I almost peed my pants the first time I saw this scene, I was laughing sooo hard! And I was definitely crying

[mervrun]

LMAO Every time I watch this movie

[jemjean]

My favorite piece in the film. I laugh out loud every time. It's too bad this film wasn't a huge hit at the time. Most people I speak to have never heard of it. I remember seeing it at a drive-in theater when I was a small kid. It was featured with A Mad,Mad,Mad World. Those were the days.

[candidnt]

This is what happens when you put a professional opera singer in a modern musical. It's incredible. Not to mention his timing is as good as (or better) than the rest of the cast---his comic sensibilities are top-notch.

[titojwonnie]

I find the captain hot. XD

[FeygeleGoy]

1:44 I really liked the foot soldier with the helmet and beard. He had a studly macho look that was more convincing than the singer with the painted beard,

0:34 even when he was getting pelted with lettuce.

Oh wait, you were joking?

[titojwonnie]

haha wait is he a captain or a general. I was talking about the singer. hahaha.

[FeygeleGoy]

I know, I meant the chief guard, the bearded guy leading the men on foot.

[titojwonnie]

Oh i'm sorry! School does this to you. @_@

But yeah hes hot. XD

[dlausactor6373]

This guy is a good Miles, but the way they did this song just bored the hell out of me. That and they cut a lot of things out of this film.

[WillScarlet16]

This guy IS Miles Gloriosus

[Iazin12192]

Lol I just got casted as this part, this should be fun.

[dlausactor6373]

So did I. It is fun.

[SAT9terminus]

I loved the cabbage up side the head.

[clavery0909]

I love this play! But my friend Sam is HOTTER!!!