Pirates of Penzance: An Orphan Boy

[KermitVonSchnitzel]

Genius!

[vonnycav]

Jon English is one of my favourite performers. However, as Pirate King he loses to Anthony Warlow and Kevin Kline. That's not saying this is bad, that would be blasphemy. I'm just saying I prefer the other two.

[Icedance1230]

ATTACK OF THE NINJA WITH AN UMBRELLA!!!! LOL

[ProdigyStepper]

HE IS SO SHORT IT IS FUNNY! sorry caps.

[ShackNastyVideos]

6:20, so funny

[lolipopcon]

I like this version the best. I have to play in Pirates of Penzance Jr. and I have the Major General's role, and the Jr part just murders the comedy right out of it all.

[sharpshootermatthew]

wat does he mean orphan frequintly

[kastanok]

'Often frequently'. That's the whole point of the scene - orphan (to have lost one's parents) vs, often (frequently).

[MissFridayNightSwagg]

"What are you a bunch of tesbians?" lol

[MelficeSilesius]

@MissFridayNightSwagg

Thespians, actually. Though, I think you got the gist of the scene all right.

[MissFridayNightSwagg]

I meant that but thanks for the correction.

[MelficeSilesius]

*shrugs* No 'arm done, right?

[MissFridayNightSwagg]

Right. =)

[askinner621]

bunch of thespians it is which means actors.

[Lissical]

"So you're pirates and you're... unemployed." Great line!! I love this!

[sharpshootermatthew]

know god

[sharpshootermatthew]

know god

[belrae93]

I LOVE the thesbians joke!

This production is the best!!! XD

[startrek898]

THE GENERAL RULES.

[Yeylife]

and your unemployed.... :)

[EvilA110]

the pirate king is weird and the audience is laughing at pretty much everything he does 2/5

[Plawranc]

He is a legend

[EvilA110]

whatever

[nap2187]

why is there only the main daughters in the play my school put on there was 9

[shakeshaftthomas]

cause its a school production

[StarLine317]

umm, it's SCHOOL. they try not to cut anyone, no matter how bad they really are.

[CaballeroCatalan]

Well, despite the chorus of daughters is usually around 9

In this company's productions of G.S. however they always replace the female chorus with the "Fabulous Singlettes".

[BonePhone]

so he said orphan frequantly?

[Guitarfool202]

No only once!

[10Amuffett]

exactly he said orphan frequently only once!

[WondersNassiri]

3:45-4:45... Funniest thing I've ever seen onstage.

I miss playing Samuel...

[Nerris121]

be funny. I suggest "pour oh pour the pirate sherry"

be loud. I talked in a british accent just for the hell of it for the cold reading.

I went crazy when I found out i got the role

good luck!

[measuringtap3]

i cant really do the speaking bit and the audition is in like 28 hours help!

[Singing4Disney]

I love this. Our school play is doing this play! I got the part of Mabel!

[nap2187]

this is so fun  and went the major gebreal talks its so fun

[BesselJames]

Pirates shouldn't have mullets.

[Mullahgrrl]

should anyone?

[discostue4ownz]

its fathers in laws....nice job genral....o men of dark and dismil fate is a new song... it said i am an Ar-f-ian boy like a irish says in black and purple... crytic:zmasta

[pot4000]

I love the ad-libbing.

[wombattler]

Thank you for showing the Aus version...Jonh English is King.

[chocokat11]

This has to be the funniest production I've ever seen for sure.

[msfyn]

When you say orphan ...

Love it and great to find both this and the Mikado. Thank you so very much for sharing.

[musicalfool]

LOVE IT

[Pr0WiNz]

lol this was done so well :D Im samuel in ours :)

[Violins1345]

the major general looks like a total bonehead

[askinner621]

Thats the point

[Violins1345]

huh???

[askinner621]

Well the Major General's role is supposed to be melodramatic.

[Violins1345]

ah k

[Violins1345]

K. that makes sense

[askinner621]

It means overacting till its looks stupid but funny

[Violins1345]

well k. but it IS still a personel opinion

[FinalFreek]

oh yes you can rearly ham up the role if you want i would

[Samster42]

i watch this again and again, trying to remember my lines for the auditions tomorrow... Im auditioning for Pirate King, for the school production. I think I've got it down pat.

Wish me luck guys.

[FinalFreek]

no what you need to do is find some of the classic libreto which mr. william shwenk gilbert wrote (not the original i recomend asking in your local second hand book shop)

[Gadzooks0011]

Hey, I was in this play, I was the Major General! It was so much fun, especially the Major General song! We didn't do all these lines, because I was the oldest in the Junior version. =/ Awesome movie.

[xacadiax]

my school did this play (i was a pirate (an AWESOME pirate)) and we rocked! My friend (who played the major general) sang bit in ths song in one breath. it was amazing!

[mizzeh56]

nothing beats the purple pants!!! that really jsut makes a pirate!!!

[msfyn]

@mizzeh56 and aint they sexy!

[bluebonnetgodess]

do you have the rest of act 1 finale?

[Sherlock46]

Very funny, and I am pretty sure it isn`t the wine talking!

[FinalFreek]

it isn't i think it's funny as well

[pheobedog]

oh do you know mememe

[bratlinjenn]

In the other stage version Kevin Kline's the Pirate King was a little bit smarter than Jon English's Pirate King.

[RachieLizOpera]

Yes, Kevin Kline is by far the best pirate king ever!!!!

[bratlinjenn]

Totally clueless as to what's going on?

[bratlinjenn]

OMG I loved that the one in the kilt just kills me when he asks that. It must of been hard not to laugh when he asked that, the look on his face was serious.

[denab1613]

love it!!

[plugindave]

love it

[DAv2003]

"So you're Pirates and you're... Unemployed." Gotta love it!

[meeramagpie]

u said orphan frequently

no i only said it once

despite being about a 100 years old its still funy

[Lissical]

More like 200 years old but who's counting? ;) But yes, the lines are CLASSIC!! :)

"I object to pirates as sons in law!"

"Well we object to Major Generals as fathers in law!" Hehe.

[Landogar85]

It is not 200 years old, the opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on December 31, 1879.

[jennjenn24]

"Well e object to Major General as Mothers in Laws"

I love how the General kept on fighting the Pirate King long after he stopped that was funny.

[Fmafreak]

Yup.

[jennjenn24]

I got the DVD of that one when they did it onstage and they had a different Ruth on it. I'm waiting on Amazon to get the DVD version of the Movie.

[Fmafreak]

One of my most favorite plays! I have the Movie recorded on a VHS. . . But it's a bit old.

[jennjenn24]

Is it the one with Kevin Kline as the Pirate King and Rex Smith as Frederic?

[weierich]

No, Jon English is the Pirate King and Simon Gallaher is Frederick- (we're doing this musical at school)

[MarieCris09]

You said often frequently only once :D Awe, is that it? phoo