The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do
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i like the one with david collins and colin lanes version better.
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@CaballeroCatalan The Jon in Jon English doesn't have a "h" in it.
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@eandcdad have a look at the jonathan miller trailer for ENO
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I love this song! I love love love when Jon English enters and says "Here's a slippery slope." and then falls! I cracked up laughing! :)
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i love how they bring in John for absolutely no reason :P
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This may be Australians' idea of fun bit it's shameless to call it the "classic" Mikado.
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My High School just did the Mikado and I can't say this rendition was better than ours. I don't like all the lines added in. Gilbert's original material is good as it is! :(
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Gilbert & Sullivan operettas are alive and well today over 100 years ago when these classic stage works were first produced in the late 19th century/turn of the century. I love the Mikdado & it's nice to know it can still be sung in its original form but tweaked only a little for modern audiences. I like it when they reference to oldies like Staying Alive by the Beegees - or in the Kevin Kline/Linda Ronstadt Pirates of Penzance - Elvis Presley!
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hi i am the little bro of ben who owns this acount and at school i am doing a play and it is this play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, this feels like a Mikado fanfiction with John English in the role of Mary Sue; I refuse to recognize this character as Pooh-Bah. Instead of removing the madrigal, they might have tried not dragging out a dumb pop-culture joke for ten minutes after every second line. I mean, just cutting the whole "buried alive" bit would've done -though that one was actually good- While they're at it, why don't they cut out "The Sun Who's Rays" and replace it with John English throwing pies at Ko-Ko.
I would like to see this entire production sometime. It is silly and fun and different.
daisybtoes 3 years ago 9
best mikado ever
eandcdad 3 years ago 8