ruddigore 45 So it really doesnt matter

[Poet2916]

Thoroughly Modern Millie stole from this in "Speed Test" GRR.

This is so much better.

[cullmurr]

ah the beautiful, glorious and fabulous SIR Vincent Price.What a jewel, a precious gem

[Beagleloverbaby]

I just memorized the whole thing...so it really does n`t matter...Yeeehhhh Buddyyy

[Vadergeek]

Vincent Price never really catches up after his breath.

[thebassetthound]

The "OTHER" actor is Keith Michell - a great (Aussie) stage and screen performer!

[annea1b]

I love how Vincent Price makes an astonishing recovery and picks up the refrain. This is one hell of a piece to sing. He's fabulous in this role and this was one of the best of the G&S productions done by the BBC.. In fact, THE best.

[cullmurr]

@annea1b Sorry, but the production of "Pinafore"in the same series knocked "Ruddigore" into a cocked hat ! 'od's bodkins, so it did, sor !

Savoyards RULE !!!!

[vonnycav]

Is this a Ruddigore movie? If so, where can I find it?

[Michael326]

I liked the part when they said "matter".

[TheZacula]

Good, but I prefer the version from Pirates of Penzance.

[cullmurr]

@TheZacula There is no version of this song in " Pirates" What are you, some kind of schmegeggi ?

[TheZacula]

@cullmurr Troll harder, friend.

[cullmurr]

@TheZacula oi ! oi ! Oi ! meine kleine scheisskopf, scheisskopf I forget the tune, but you get the idea. I think it translates as " Oh, my goodness gracious, you are such a little shit head, shit head ! "What fun !

[WillScarlet16]

Wow.

So many people seem to think Vincent Price actually is English, but in this clip his American-ness is very obvious.

[wickedfeylady]

Oooooh I adore this adaptation! Everyone in it is great esp Vincent Price (of course) and Mad Margaret, she is awesome!!

[KadysWellies]

VINCENT PRICE <3

[kittyprydekissme]

My first thought was that the other guy was Jon Inman, but I didn't think the voice was right (I've only seen him on Are You Being Served?). But my mother just saw this and she thought it was him, too, without my suggesting it. Does anybody know for sure?

[JustAnotherDE]

@ kittyprydekissme

Robin is played by Keith Michell

[kittyprydekissme]

So who is the other guy, the one that isn't Vincent Price? He looks familiar.

[thepantweaver]

What is this from, btw? I know it's Ruddigore, but is it a movie?

[5610winston]

Many years ago, PBS undertook an ambitious project to produce all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas using well-known and highly regarded talent (eg Joel Grey as Jack Point in YEOMEN, etc). This is an excerpt from the 1985 broadcast of Ruddigore, and first-rate it is!

[WondersNassiri]

It's a musical by Gilbert & Sulliivan.

It started off on stage and this is the movie musical

[crippmeister]

IT'S NOT A MUSICAL IT'S AN OPERETTA! Sorry, it does annoy me when people call G&S musicals. They're so much more.

[WondersNassiri]

lol someone has issues... you act like I don't know that? I've done Pirates, Mikado, and am currently the Captain of the Pinafore! I know they're so much more; I just call them musical because it's primarily what they are, and not many americans know what an operetta is nowadays.

[cullmurr]

@crippmeister I share your outrage !

[thepantweaver]

Is it sad that every time I hear Margaret say she's generally silly, I always think of Monty Python? lol

[wickedfeylady]

@thepantweaver LOL nope I do the same thing.

[kfarm2001]

Vincent Price is great here! Sometimes it's okay to have a non-classically trained singer in such a part. And the diction is excellent! See comments by katesinger and dnarii.

[ThatScattyBatty]

This was the first video I had as a child. I was 4 and used to watch Ruddigore obsessively (it was the only video in the house). I was too young to know who Vincent Price was, it wasn't til I saw this clip that I realised that even at the age of 4 I loved Vincent Price!!!

[leporello56]

Thanks a million for posting this. But would you be able to post part 14?

Please?

[oldcremona]

Vincent almost manages to sing the melody on this one! ;^}

[vivalaleta]

So much fun! I was a dedicated Vincent Price fan as a child but I've never heard him sing. Thanks so much.

[lhrlyc]

poor performance - though the idea was appealing - shame it doesn't work ... Vincent price as sir despard !!!!

[SingularSuperNinja]

I shall admit that I don't know Ruddigore well at all. But is there any character related reason to why all three of them move and sing in a very wooden and bored fashion. It's a very fun and upbeat piece of ingenious composition... and yet these three actors managed to make it depressing. Are the characters meant to be like that???

[katesinger]

its very difficult to sing as it obviously has such a fast up-beat tempo so i rather think it would be even harder to be overly animated. as such theres enough to concentrate on with getting the text right and in time!! i also think it adds to the comic element, with them being quite still, as if they're going agaisnt the grain and arent typically smiling faces happy etc. it makes it funny

[gasmmusic]

My thoughts exactly!

[dnarii]

Keep in mind that this is a parody/pastiche of a Victorian Gothic melodrama, so there is not a lot of the animated cheeriness typical of other G&S. If you watch "I Once Was A Very Abandoned Person" it is a very similar example.

[GeishaShattori]

I get out of breath from just watching!

[MossfloweRussa]

"This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter isn't generally heard and if it is it doesn't matter!"

[junkb0x99]

I heard this song in a concert once. Out of several hundred in the audience, I was one of maybe a dozen or so that bust out laughing at that line. Nobody else could UNDERSTAND the Rapid Unintelligible Patter!

[nclysander]

Vocally, the Margaret totally bests the two men in this song, but as a whole it is really well done.

[jlf180]

about a half a year ago, during the National Conventions, my ..puter got sick, I was replacing the trio with Sarah Palin, McCain & Obama

maybe next time around

[cigarman35]

I absolutely love this, this was my introduction to G&S and I recently played Despard - so much fun but breath control in this is a nightmare.

[ShakaHulu]

Thanks! Good to see this, pity Price falls a beat behind.

[intentionallyidiotic]

I think that actually gives character to the film. It's very rare to have actors actually performing the operetta in a film such as this.

[Priceyvince]

Well said.

[HookSilverSparrow]

Thank you. jlf180, you are my hero.

Where is the rest of this wonderful rendition!? I watched 1-13, then ended up skipping to 45!

On another note, my next teddy bear is going to be named Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd.

[jlf180]

Yes! That's Vincent Price as Despard.

I'm slowly posting the entire musical. Once I've got em all uploaded I'll set it all into a single playlist. (this is segment 45!)

Maybe I should post it to google video in 2 parts:

act1 and act2.

[jlf180]

good thing I didn't.,  google video is g-gone.

[PBQLead]

Is that Vincent Price as Despard?!

[Tareltonlives]

I love how deadpan he is during the song