HE IS AN ENGLISHMAN - Australian version

[ignoredyoualready]

As an English expat I watch this everytime the local Asians get on my goat.

[SkullOfYorick]

@ignoredyoualready LOL!

[mr9396]

I was expecting "He is a pommy bastard".

[RanesErrantis]

This is not the Australian version! It's right-side-up!

[MKS7710]

Thumbs up if Sideshow Bob brought you here.

[TheMrTomlo]

By Englishman I think they mean all people that could enjoy 'the rights of Englishmen,' which included fair trials, security etc. These rights were extended to all citizens in the UK, and perhaps some commonwealth countries too I'm not sure.

[MrTnt333]

how fortunate Australia is to have such an outstanding theater company

[approp]

Does anyone know the name of the singer at the start? Beautiful voice.

[Dwslassls]

@approp Look up Andrew Brunsdon...I think that may be him. I'm not great with faces, but I sifted through the Australian Opera website.

[approp]

@Dwslassls Thank you!

[myomichan]

Oh Gilbert and Sullivan... I love HMS Pinafore, it's hilarious XD

the subtitles are wrong ._. just thought i should put that out there.

[nine8nine]

You guys realise this was intended as satire right? :P

[withoutadong9]

are there any more of gilbert and sullivan performed by the australian opera company on dvd.they showed 3 on sky.can they be purchased.

[SmoothMoonWalker]

should be softer

[SmoothMoonWalker]

the vocals are too hard

[urbaneplanner]

ok - I'm game; what's up with the subtitles?

[P1B1U1H1]

@urbaneplanner Helps Americans understand.

[urbaneplanner]

ok - I'm game; what's up with the subtitles?

[unfukkkmee]

HE IS BARBARIAN-man

[igotscamed1]

This is pretty bad, compared to the Kelsey grammer/Sideshow Bob version and all the others I've seen.

[elbuenpehuen]

Roosian...?

[P1B1U1H1]

Why not, if one can say "Itali-an" say "Australi-an" instead of "an Englishman"?

[MrJenshaag]

Why are they using the Union Jack and not the (English) Saint George flag??

[waterfrontfika]

China man?

[urquhart2001]

A great performance (and I hit "Like"). But who was in charge of the subtitles? Were they drunk or did they not speak English? The subtitles for Trial by Jury are totally wrong, too.

[redeamerking]

is there anywhere where i can watch this online for free???

[clearly]

@redeamerking No, get the DVD, its cheap enough haha.

[Carnage1235]

Ahhh, Aussies....

[felino3210]

It's awesome!!!

[cinedreams]

Or perhaps Australi-an.

[Durandal999]

Snifff! I sudenly wish to be an english man! :´(

[Christoph078]

Schöne gemacht

[mallemaroke]

Effing Brilliant, Welll done Oz!

[mallemaroke]

Wonderful, made me proud to be an I-tal-Ian!

[blueray1969]

@AmericanEvita African isn't a nationality is it? Don't Africans get to have a nationality too?

[freebeerfordworkers]

A first class production congratulations!

[Durandal999]

The lyrics at the final part are not quite correct, must of the cast are not singin "for in spite of all temptetions,,," but "for he himself has said it...".

Any ways, i'm really glad for yu to upload this, it really is a great song!

[solefthanded2]

My favourite copy - well done Australia

[Eruadhiel]

@solefthanded2 As an Australian I shall accept your congratulations :) We're quite proud of our Opera Australia. They always do a very good job of the G&S operettas. They did Fladermaus (sp?) this year though, and it was equally enjoyable.

[imputanium]

God Bless The UK and The Commonwealth

[Mullahgrrl]

The lyrics written does not match the ones sung!

[basilenow]

@Mullahgrrl Exactly! After the additional singers, including the women, join the song, the lines they are singing do not match the subtitles.They are singing: "For he himself has said it, and it is greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman, and he is an Englishman." The printed lyrics only have one these four lines correctly.

[skcusderf]

why is the union jack used instead of the cross of saint george?

[Eruadhiel]

@skcusderf Each year Opera Australia does a musical/operetta aimed at the general public: many of the people this is aimed at wouldn't understand the significance of the cross of St George as opposed the the Union Jack. To many Australians, England and Britain are the same thing.

[65spiders]

1.25 - A real Englishman would NEVER shake hands like that.

[tuber749]

Sideshow bob is way better than this

[ashbyjay]

Great version. Both David Hobson and Anthony Warlow are so very talented and are backed up by an excellent cast.

[hymnguy317]

@Oneandoneself at first they are talking about Ralph but they later sing the song for sir Joseph to further flatter him

[vito135c]

Amigo no tienes mas partes de la obra interpretada por este mismo reparto de actores.

[Cassie86R]

This song is so beautiful, i loved it on the simpsons

[AllRoundTopGeeeza]

Huzzah! I am also an Englishman! I like the way the lyrics talk of the 'temptations', but deep down, round the corner, and past the homo-erotic fantisies.... everyone LOVES an Englishman!

[chica476]

@AllRoundTopGeeeza

My good sir, the homo-erotic desires are what makes us all love an englishman.

[Graham1952]

I am also an Englishman!

[Cyclonus5]

@Graham1952 to your credit sir

[elephantbarbiegirl]

Hip  hip hooray!

[Alexpoker26]

great Aussie version, from the movie chariots of fire, when Harold Abraham was training , great scene

[gagothesith]

Isn't the Aussie version supposed to be "He's a bloody Pommie" . . .

[GalazanCat]

May be the better version I've listened.

Regards from Catalonia!

[PurpleWarlock]

@GalazanCat I agree with you. Only the Buttercup from the conmemoration by the BBC is superior.

[charlieealincolniv]

Oh The British Empire

[DonarVanHolland]

@charlieealincolniv You would still have it if you had not followed war mongering Churchill and rejected the German peace proposals.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@DonarVanHolland I'm proud of the fact that we fought against the Germans. We did the right thing, even if we lost the Empire.

Besides, the Empire has become the Commonwealth - a democratic family of nations, comprising over 2 billion people around the globe!

[DonarVanHolland]

@BasilFawlty4444 You believe that England fought the war for idealistic reasons. Yeah, right. One: it was not fought for the Jews. Every country hated the Jews and would not let German Jews immigrate. Two: it was not fought for the Poles. When Germany and the Soviet-Union jointly occupied Poland, war was declared only on Germany. The real reason was economics: Germany had liberated itself from the international financial world, and therefore was experiencing enormous growth.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@DonarVanHolland We didn't declare war on the USSR because it would have been unrealistic. We don't deny that now, and we didn't deny it then.

Chaimberlain told the House of Commons (on the USSR) that "what we will not do is to rush into adventures that offer little prospect of success."

Nazi economic policies were unsustainable and potentially disastrous. WWII began 5 years early because the German economy was on the verge of collapse and Poland needed to be absorbed.

[WWFKaneFanXX]

this song makes me proud to be an englishmen

[rossmcl177]

I'm not sure its supposed to, but good for you anyway. :))

[balancedaustralia]

It's help for the deaf and those who are learning English!

[dgreen002]

I think he meant that the subtitles don't sync up at times, 1:40 for instance.

[ansketil]

Really good putting this stuff out there. But the subtitles suck - it's hilarious!

[dgreen002]

good stuff.

[Nakumeku]

This was a play made during the height of the British Empire, as such it uses the Union Jack. Further more, even if he is an "Englishmen", they are on board a ship of the Royal Navy, not the English Navy. And why in the world will they use an Australian flag?

[VikingLawyer]

@Nakumeku good point

[jedite83]

Is there a DVD of this performance for sale?

[balancedaustralia]

The link is at the end of the other clip from my channel "Trial By Jury".

Both plays are linked together.

[balancedaustralia]

I think the use of the English flag would be a thing of the past; like us we could use the Union Jack but always use the Australian flag. Anyway I've only seen the UK flag in all the plays of this tune, all made in the UK (or England?)

[solefthanded2]

@balancedaustralia

I have watched several performances where it is substituted with "he is a proud Scotsman", with Saltires at the end. 

[SatansMother]

@balancedaustralia If he was a true englishman he would use the Georges cross. BRITISH BY BIRTH BUT ENGLISH BY THE GRACE OF GOD. Great version of this by the way!

[davie12]

Why, if he is an ENGLISHMAN, is there a United Kingdom flag at the back.... Should it not be a George Cross, or, are English and British the same thing?

Great harmonies though... and funny lyrics.

[JMcKW19]

pretty much, but dont tell the scots

[andrewdigits]

In the 19th century, the two words were largely interchangeable. English normally meant British. There are letters written from India from Scottish workers in the 18th c, who claim their pride in being 'Englishmen'.

Taking it in modern context can make it confusing.

[verdaderothejoker]

fantastic

[OperaGhostRyuk]

oh what a fantastic tune.

[balak1]

great music

[Graham1952]

Awesome!

[AntMan1007]

Eww, too much vibrato in their voices!! It's ruining the musicality!

[Crintingnut]

Just a little but more or less in keeping with G & S style. I have heard much worse - for instance, the otherwise splendid Proms version on YT would have been so much better with a stronger chorus.

[VikingLawyer]

@Crintingnut what are the "Proms?"

[blatskull]

God save the Queen!!