When a felon's not engaged in his employment

[SilvahDot]

what

[jstin8]

Adam West, If you are reading this, you have been challenged to outdo this overacting.

[NotQuiteUseful]

Never been a fan of Ronstadt's "Sergeant, Approach" but Azito's always a joy to watch.

[ZomboDeZany]

It's a bit of a research failure when they're supposed to be British police yet they pull off an American salute. :S

[HaddockHorren]

yes.



[flamingcartman312]

Tony Azito couldn't have done it more wonderfully.

[ObviousSockPuppet231]

It was very good of this production to avoid the stiff near-morbidity of many G&S companies...but I think they overdid the 'business', and the synthesiser is generally very annoying. That Little-Richard-like 'whooing' was...well, not done one-tenth so well as Little Richard would have done, and were more honourable in the omission....

[ZomboDeZany]

Why do all the peelers resemble French street mimes? :S

[wordlife94]

This reminds me of The Messiah

[archery411]

We're doing Pirates of Penzance at our school right now, and I'm a police officer, and I gotta sing this song along with one other person... it's gonna be so much fun! xD

[ProdigyStepper]

wouldn't a police force like that just make you feel safer?

[candycandyyum99]

I was in this play and I was a police officer

[theSinger557]

someone needs help. what else to do but begin to sing?

[ItsTheBumples120]

Woo-hoo-woo-hoo-woo-oo-oo. . .

[fuckinmezie]

does the sargent remind anyone else of waluigi

[Pductions]

They seek a peanalty 

[SilverPinions]

@Pductions Fifty fold! They seek a penalty-

[Pductions]

@SilverPinions Fifty Fold! for General stanleys story

[Songsmirth]

I"ve owned this for twenty + years and I get it out when I need a lift. It couldn't have been done better and this young man, who is the head constable, is a wonderful dancer as well as his gang. I've always thought there is at least one girl in it. Does anyone know?

[kissfan747]

hhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Vrathal]

I didn't know that Luigi was a policeman!

[TheMonsterENVY]

It sounds like Cheatsy's life from teh super marion bros super show

[Mullahgrrl]

@palus666 The enjoyment of us spectators.

[orandulum]

I can't stop watching his limbs, they are so mesmerizing!

[TheLastMyztery]

It is funny that in their first song there were some 15 policemen, and now there are 7. They must have died of fright :D

[traceyhughes184]

go here.... careerstarts.info....

[BaronVonMeggles]

I like him better without the mustache in the live version (and with the charming second verse)... he scares me here! BUT, I love how fast they do the 'Tarantara' dance. His legs look like they're flying off his body!

[WonderfulLizardOfOz]

3:00

[MeaghanAlexandra]

I want to be one of the police officers, lmao.

[Notster07]

@MeaghanAlexandra LOL! you should! we recently performed Pirates of Penzance for our 1st ever school play and I was one of the police officers! We had awesome moustaches :L

[CwCaufman]

well thats upsetting they didnt do the second verse

[Hoparound21]

I'm playing this Scene in my drama class and the Sargent doesn't even sing!!!!! These guys are awesome!!! My class stinks!!!!!!'

[pokemon83060]

we were the police ppl when we did this play at school and its an all girls school so the singing sounded rlly different! we were Yr 5 when we did it.

[fappyyplox]

Mabel's voice isn't that good.

It's underdeveloped in my opinion. Too breathy. Not rich enough.

[ProdigyStepper]

i was hooked on all of the songs that had the policemen in them and after about 4 mnoths of rehab im addicted agian!

[SirBroadsword]

Gah... I don't like these police much... I saw a Melbourne production of this play not so long ago and the police (particularly the Searant) had (or were putting on) deep voices that I personally would stereotypically associate with policemen of this period. It may well be a case of Reality is Unrealisitc, but they sounded much better with the deep voices...

[Stantzs]

wow, this is what people had for entertainment before the internet? No wonder they all died of syphilis at like 40.

[TheZacula]

@Stantzs My friend, perhaps you need to watch a little film called 'The Assassination Bureau'. Not the most popular, I grant you, but if you can't appreciate the sarcasm, awesomeness, and outright near-contradiction that is the main character, then it is you who fail.

[kaworuFanboy]

Does anyone else think that the policemen (especially their leader) remind them of Slenderman? D8

[TheZacula]

@kaworuFanboy Not really, no.

[ProdigyStepper]

what year was thios made?

[poopslappen]

@ProdigyStepper 1982...released 83

[flyingfairydust]

What dvd did you get this awesome rip from? I've been trying to find this exact performance but I can't actually tell which one is which =s

[markita929373]

love this movie!!!!!!

[roseof92]

love when he does the riff at 3:55 gives the song a whole new feel :D and so good

[bologna4feet]

I'd say it's time to revive this show, but how can you do it without Tony Azito, himself?

[blender7]

These have to be the worst pirates ever, and the worst policemen ever. I love it!

[JennayyyCx3]

best.movie.ever.

[WisemanSam599]

I don't like what they've done to this song. First off - the Chief of Police is supposed to be base - and they are supposed to be taking the song seriously. It loses something when their not pretending to be serious.

[airanuva]

@WisemanSam599 It's better than when it was serious. The entire movie was worse when they were all very serious. This version is much more exciting.

[TheZacula]

@WisemanSam599 One of the loudest songs in the production is called 'With Cat-Like Tread', and the Pirates are the least successful in the entire world. The entire play is silly satire, and so I don't see why it should be serious. True, pretending to be serious would be funny, but I like this as well if not better.

[poopslappen]

@WisemanSam599 Your both right.........



[moonybomb]

I love how the pirates crash the boat into the tree. :D

[cuckthefardinals]

This is... Offensive. This whole production is. As a young studying opera singer in rehearsal currently as Fredric, this is just beyond offensive to Gilbert and Sullivan. This is light opera people. Opera. Written in the 1870's.. It is not musical theatre.

[Kirrindead]

@cuckthefardinals

Oh dear, somebody has taken a postmodern spin on an old piece of art. Whatever shall we do.

[WillScarlet16]

@cuckthefardinals It's more than light opera, it's also satire. Gilbert and Sullivan always set out to mock theater that was ridiculously self-important like the Pirate melodramas of the period.

Opera, light or otherwise, falls into the trap just as much.

So what do you do then? Take the parody further.

[mer0902]

love how he says "well, too late now!" : D

[jtbell04]

WORST POLICEMEN EVER

[WJFuntingworthIII]

@jtbell04 They're British Police what do you expect ;D XD 

[TheZacula]

@jtbell04 Worst AND best policeman. You wouldn't want them to guard something, but we could do with some of these guys going about cities.

[silver2stars]

I would truly love if the cops today would start muttering "taren ta ra" when they walked in a serious manor :D

[ellbeenyc]

Tony Azito was the best!

[TheFingerbuns]

Man, I love this version of the song.

[twilightseven]

I loved these goofy policemen!!

[mxgross]

Some police men those guys are. They're easily startled by anything.

[gypsyjumper]

Sergeant, approach! *three inches forward*

hahaha, love this movie!

[susanbunch1980]

Wow, great video! You should enter your video into this contest, Ewisdomtv

[TromboneUSAlabama]

I love the policeman's entrance

[Plawranc]

@TromboneUSAlabama

I KNOW HEY

[moviemaster8510]

5:01 spongebob: keep going. you're good. you're good. you're good. you're good. you're good. you're good...

[dragontail2k6]

@moviemaster8510 lol I remember that episode

[muzikmaniac941]

3:56 lol :)

[suzie106]

I have this aria on vinyl, but so different! This cannot be how G & S wrote it, but isn't it good!

[aerockster]

I really like his scratchy, slithery voice.

[GalazanCat]

Please, somebody know the name of Tarantara song at 0:35 ? I listened a long time ago but I can't remember which is it.

[KAITandIZ]

@GalazanCat

well, its in "With Cat-Like Tread" as well?

[GalazanCat]

I already remembered: when I was a lad (XD) I watched a catalan opereta Pirates. But until today I hadn't realized that was a catalan version of Pirates of Penzance!

[Plawranc]

When the foeman bares his steel

[pakmanATL]

It's not Cat-Like Tread, I don't think. It's When the Foeman Bares His Steel.

:D

[Pureteenlard]

"When the foe-man bares his steel"

[Pureteenlard]

Ah. I see the EVERYONE has already told you. :-)

[cialovesyou]

Sorry, Tony Azito rules youtube for this number.

[thepantweaver]

I love the Keystone Kops moment!

[jennifermorie]

If you look carefully you can see that some of the policemen are women.

[FireofSekhmet]

My school performed "Pirates of Penzance" back in March. Not too many guys tried out, and someone decided that masculinity was more important to the pirate chorus, so the policemen were all women. Somehow it worked. :P

[CaballeroCatalan]

Well, seeing as the Pirates marry the daughters, that sounds logical

[SmorngeProductions]

Tony Azito rocks =D

[powerpetfreak23]

3:05 The song actually starts, if you don't much enjoy all that "talk singing".

=D

[Vadergeek]

If you start there, though, you miss the coolest word ever, Tarantara.

[powerpetfreak23]

-nods- Tis True... Tis true...

[ilu77777777]

those policeman guys are awsome they remind me ( by their expressions ) of charlie chaplin

[cookieswithcheese123]

As I said in the song When the Foeman Bears his Steel, Go sister! (Mabel is my sis) She is great! Im working on my movie right now. (New Moon and Eclipse) I swear I play Jessica, anyway, GO SIS

[Bigmikeisnow]

By Mabel do you mean Linda Ronstadt?

And if your are playing Jessica in the New Moon and Eclipse movies starting Kristen Stewart. Then that means you are Anna Kendrick. Who is not at all related to Linda Ronstadt.

Hmmm...

[SingularSuperNinja]

Haha! Don't worry, this deranged girl has left similar messages all over the pirates videos. She is attempting to bask in reflected glory that isn't even hers! *chortles* Kinda amusing really :P

[PeaceLoveJonas625490]

Also, in my school musical, we put it back in as a rap. We had one officer beatboxing, and one saying "wicka wicka"

at the end they all said "WHAT!" and did gangster poses. it was an amazing moment..

[dapnd]

sad face

[harrietamidala1691]

The dancing policemen remind of the dancing chimney sweeps from Mary Poppins.

[acotw67]

Cute! I think the reason why the first line of the song is also the title is this: light opera follows the custom of high opera.

[Commentator732]

This was fun to do as the only Policeman (somehow my director wanted to take away the chorus of Policemen)

[ZaneisAwesome63]

AWESOME! i was lucky enough to be the seargant in the junior version at my school....

[EvilA110]

congratulations, that`s a fun role. espescially if you dance during When The Foeman Bares His Steel. The theater group I did this with told the Sarge to just stand there while she sings that huge solo. It was very awkward for her.

[spinynorman230]

very understandable

[PeaceLoveJonas625490]

Isn't this song called "a poiceman's lot is not a happy one?" Hmm. Inmy school we're doing the junior version, so this song was cut from it, but i love it nonetheless.

[bradtj19]

Gilbert and Sullivan always name their song after the first line. Uncreative, eh?

[harrietamidala1691]

No, it's part of the opera tradition.

[RivaJane]

I once got to play the 'token female in drag' and was a pirate int he first half and a policeman in the second. It was SO fun!

[8blacklace8]

haha same...I go to a girls' school :p

[andrielisilien]

As a kid I thought Tony was luigi :D

[shadowsoul109]

nintendo actually got the idea of that kind of voice from this...

[LightVSDarkness64]

seriously?

[shadowsoul109]

ye! cant u kinda tell with the cowardness and the voice and the flexibility?!

[LightVSDarkness64]

how did you find that out?

[shadowsoul109]

nintendo forums and mags

[ProdigyStepper]

@andrielisilien You werent far off.

[Wribbet]

God, I love him. ^ - ^

[juggalo6798]

this is gay icp is better this sucks

[LightVSDarkness64]

icp?

[tragicdeceit]

what the fuck is the matter with you?

[catwomen5io]

Who pissed on your parade, Juggalo?

[LightVSDarkness64]

whats icp?

[LightVSDarkness64]

i still don't know what icp is?

[Bfdidc]

Definitely not a traditional rendering of this number but likable enough. I guess the Keystone Cops came a little after Gilbert and Sullivan's time.

[Fenrir39]

im sorry but the seargent sounds like a fruit cake. im stage managing this musical at my college and my seargent does a great job, sounds like a super limey but not a total homo

[nznat1969]

what a waste of great humans, aids is tragic, love tonys ability. r.i.p great man

[Soxlotus]

love tony azito!!

[ProdigyStepper]

@Soxlotus is it (az-eat-o) or is it (as- it- o)?

[jsalconi]

This is the best part... I've watched this ever since I was a little girl and this has always been my favorite part.

The way the Sergeant moves his legs makes me laugh almost every time!

[zeldafreak71]

i dont know what this is from, i came by this by "related video" and wondering what this is from.

[hazelcrisp]

It's from a movie adaptation of the opera 'Pirates if Penzance'

[Samuraicd234]

"operetta" or musical, not opera

[babylex2007]

i love this movie. i was 10yr when it came out. now im 35yr. i still love it

[lexxxxxxiP]

i love the sergeant...im playing mabel in my school production...she should soo have got with the sergeant

[Milkdudds92]

The Sergeant is a pimp. I should know, I'm playing him.

[Mischieftheblackwolf]

awful cowardly policemen aren't they? "Our obvious course is now to hide!" lol

[Violins1345]

well they cant they cant be seen by the pirates can they???

[Mischieftheblackwolf]

i suppose, but i thought their job was to fight the pirates, not hide from them!

[Violins1345]

havent u ever heard of the element of surprise??

[bookwormjb]

Well, it's too late now!

[pupolozano]

there was an usa version more "modern"(not good as this one of course) anyone knows the name of that movie???? tnx very much

[master0rolando]

The Pirate Movie...its god awful...its not even remotely like the show...

[pupolozano]

if you refere to the new movie from the last year??? YES i agree totally is just trash.... i just saw trailers :P but im askin for a movie from 80's :/ i just can find it :'( and yes ( i need to repeat this: pirate movie from last year SUX a lot.

[master0rolando]

i thought the pirate movie was from the 80s...i think this is from the 80s too...are you sure THIS isnt what your looking for?

[pupolozano]

Prety sure, think i will neva see that movie again ... no one knows it :'( ... oh well this is better aniways :P

[jimraw1]

The Pirate Movie - it came out in 1982 starring Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins. Its HORRIBLE -

[Violins1345]

the police r penguins!! it is VERRRRRRRY EMBARRASSING

[CrayfordDresden]

Or funny depending on how you roll.

[spitfireis1]

that humming part is really hard to pull off

trust me i know cause my schoolis doing this play

[Sk8Furher]

today yesterday and today im in this play and i played a policeman

[lardmonk]

today yesterday and TODAY? that is awesome is that like 3 days, lol

[Sk8Furher]

i meant yesterday, saturday and friday

[lardmonk]

sorry, i was just amused

[ThePlagueVat]

I play the Major General in my skewl's P.O.P.

The Sergeant's played by a girl though.

WHY CAN'T TONY AZITO BE ALIVE?

[Addicted2Musicals]

Because he made his choices... *sniff sniff* Truly though I have yelled this same thing before. That was the answer I got. :(

[Violins1345]

I BET

[DCLeadboot]

LMAO!! Those policemen are so hilarious!

[constancew2]

i have done a full production of this a couple of years ago and this scene i was a daughter of the major general and we had lots of laughs

[clemtoe]

I love this scene. It's really the only part of the movie which left an impression on me. I remember making a vain effort to copy azito's moves when i was young, but of course that would require a lot more than imitation. brilliant.

[bsbnevergone13]

duude.

this stuff is amaazing.

he's like a rubber band!!!!

ha.

what's his name?

anyone know??

:]]

[thinkpink3330]

his name is Tony Azito, and he's pretty much the man...

[Malic430]

to bad he died of AIDS in the mid 90's. he was awesome

[nebulaprincess]

I adore the Sergeant!

[HisaAyame]

lol we're doing this show for my school this year... Im the Sergeant ^_^ its pretty hilarious... I love it

[mczedd1]

Ha! Me too! I have to be the Sergent too.

[GuardianMirage]

Thank you so very much for posting this. You are my hero. I love the cops. This song always makes me happy, it reminds me of my father who was a police officer. :)

[hhwatkinson]

When I did Pirates I was a pirate, I couldn't be a cop because I couldn't tap dance but I still learnt the lyrics by heart so I could sing along to things like this!

[DragonStella]

Best version of Pirates of Penzance I've ever seen is this one.

[KHearse87]

My high school did Pirates of Penzance 2 years ago, I was a policeman. I don't think I've ever had more fun in a role.

[edancer5]

lol, they are so silly!

The lyrics to these songs have such an enhanced vocabulary.

[SeanBlum]

sergeant is played by tony azito. never seen a better sergeant. : )

[mizzeh56]

we did this at my skool and this scene was so funny. i was backstage crew and i was trying not to laugh out loud!!

there cops are funny, there so high!!!

[Eruadhiel]

I've never heard them with such high voices! This is funny, I want to see it, but since we have four versions of it, I don't like my chances...