#Gilbert and Sullivan

[jules--pirsecon]

This is 4x rarer than most other iterations of the meme, reblog today or wait 4 years.

#gilbert and sullivan #pirates of penzance #frederic #Leap Day #Leap year #meme #fostur's spotless mind

[animatejournal]

The Simpsons Director: Rich Moore Studio: Gracie Films | USA, 1993

#The Simpsons #Kelsey Grammer #Sideshow Bob #Bart Simpson #Cape Feare #Parody #Gilbert and Sullivan #Animation #Rich Moore #Matt Groening

[parttimesarah]

One thing you need to know about me is that I will for the 5000th time rewatch the 1980 Shakespeare in the Park filmed performance of The Pirates of Penzance, starring Kevin Kline, Patricia Rutledge, Linda Ronstadt, and Rex Smith and I will gif the heck out of it…

#Kevin Kline’s Pirate King was a FORMATIVE crush #can you blame me?! #look at that man! #and his chest hair #good lord #the piratical things I would let him do to me #Hot take: I actually prefer this production to the theatrical film version #kevin kline #rex smith #modern major general #the pirates of penzance #pirates of penzance #gilbert and sullivan #theatre #musicals #reaction gif #reaction gifs #i made these #use them wisely… or not

[theoutcastrogue]

What's your favorite sneaking around music (e.g., Pink Panther theme, Mission: Impossible theme)?

Great question!

I'd say Mission: Impossible is not sneaking around music, it's heist music, and mmmaybe taking itself a bit too seriously. Too much competence implied for my tastes, too much action and epicness, and way too much (and fully underserved, since this is some Cold War bullshit) self-righteousness. A great and iconic theme, just not for our purposes.

Meanwhile, The Pink Panther Theme is 100% trickster music. I don't think there's even been another melody that captures so perfectly the concept of sneaking, but who's doing the sneaking? A trickster, for sure! So the music is all sleight, playful and light-footed and irreverent, and at no point is it remotely tempted to take itself seriously. And if you hear it and expect the graceful and precise balancing act of the most elegant jewel thief in the world to be immediately followed by a fucking piano falling on the hapless Inspector Clouseau's head like some Looney Tunes shit, well the theme did its job, because that's what it's supposed to evoke. 10/10, insurpassable.

I've always said that Henry Mancini was a genius (also notable for the Peter Gunn theme and Victor/Victoria). That said, Lalo Schifrin is also brilliant (he scored Cook Hand Luke! and Bullitt! and Enter the Dragon!), so yay for both of them.

Finally, I think we should give an honourable mention to The Pirates of Penzance where WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL *keeps singing at the top of her lungs*

With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal In silence dread our cautious way we feel No sound at all, we never speak a word A fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard

So stealthily the pirate creeps While all the household soundly sleeps

Come friends who plough the sea Truce to navigation, take another station Let's vary piracy with a little burglary

Here's your crowbar and your centre bit Your life preserver, you may want to hit Your silent matches, your dark lantern seize Take your file and your skeletonic keys

With cat-like tread upon our prey we steal In silence dread our cautious way we feel No sound at all, we never speak a word A fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard

Come friends who plough the sea Truce to navigation, take another station Let's vary piracy with a little burglary

WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL IN SILENCE DREAD OUR CAUTIOUS WAY WE FEEL

COME FRIENDS WHO PLOUGH THE SEA TRUCE TO NAVIGATION, TAKE ANOTHER STATION LET'S VARY PIRACY WITH A LITTLE BURGLARY

WITH CAT-LIKE TREAD UPON OUR PREY WE STEAL IN SILENCE DREAD OUR CAUTIOUS WAY WE FEEL

#The Pink Panther #Mission: Impossible #Henry Mancini #Lalo Schifrin #The Pirates of Penzance #Gilbert and Sullivan #correspondence #prison ballads #heist #stealth #rogues in fiction #The Pink Panther Theme #With Cat-Like Tread #trs #trickster

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Can Rose Maybud survive Castle Dracula? That etiquette book of hers seems to be more useful than you'd think for confronting the Gothic... on the other hand, she's probably delicious.

Sweet Rose Maybud! Both polite and virtuous, and probably autistic af. Of course she's delicious - but she's so kind, she would offer Dracula something else to ear first. This apple, perhaps?

Of course she accepts the crucifix. Etiquette demands it. But it is improper for young ladies being abducted by strange Counts at night to imbibe alcohol, so she declines the Slivovitz. Her book probably has a whole chapter on how a Gothic Heroine ought to behave. Never encourage your Evil Foreign Count or Bad Baronet in his wickedness - you must win him through forthright virtue.

Rose will not go exploring unescorted, nor will she sleep in places she has been instructed not to. Her manners are far to good for that. Nor would she dream of asking to be released early. ...nor is she going to commit the extreme impropriety of removing her shoes for the purpose of wall climbing. (We know from Mina what a social, aha, faux pas that would be)

Rose is also not afraid to correct other people's etiquette. She will show Dracula in her book exactly where it is inappropriate for an Evil Count to enter a young lady's private rooms before she is dressed. Especially without knocking.

Oh my God if he throws her book out the window what does she do??? Does she go berserk? Does she BSOD? Does she quote him by rote how impolite that was??? Does she find a new copy in his library?

Or does it not come to that because there's no blood involved, so Dracula is more at his ease? Does Dracula recognize what a resource he has in her - not just a dialect coach but an Etiquette model? He does not want to stand out as a foreigner after all - the things she could teach him about pocket squares and exactly how to shake hands in the English fashion. What the most socially acceptable ways are to stalk pretty girls in Picadilly.

Rose has truly amazing powers o !!!!f persuasion as well. She seems almost preternaturally able to convince people who actively wish her ill to back down in the face of her Sweetness and Virtue. She might well be able to shame Dracula for his breaches of etiquette in such a way that he's like "oh sorry my bad" at least until he gets out of the room and is like .....wait a minute.

Now I am imagining Dracula doing his whole "It is a vile thing - an insult to friendship and hospitality" bit and Rose just going "no it isn't, look here on page 143, it says a maiden engaged to be married may send coded love notes to her paramour no more than twice a month, and only if the contents would still be within the rules of etiquette if spoken aloud" and Dracula has no idea what to do with this information. Rose would be so hurt by the implication that she was doing anything that might contravene her Rules of Etiquette.

Now all this is assuming that her book of etiquette actually does cover getting carried off by an Evil Foreign Count and/or Bad Baronet. Rose is not going to rules lawyer things in her favor - she will absolutely take actions against her own interest if they are prescribed by The Book, and she is not great at... contextualization. Or getting creative with it. She's following her book, not weaponizing it. Her survival is going to be entirely dependent on how well her book anticipates this precise situation, and how tolerant Dracula is of her innocently schooling him in this way.

But I guess it's all moot because when she gets to June 30th she's going to be politely waiting for the Calèche to come and then the Girlies will eat her. Maybe she's the blonde vampire that gets first dibs on unlabeled solicitors. I think she'd make a really great vampire, honestly. So she can probably last the two months, but not actually make it out alive.

Having reversed myself three times, I must sadly say that Sweet Rose Maybud can not survive Castle Dracula

#ruddigore #rose maybud #gilbert and sullivan #ingenues #opera and musicals

[onaslansside]

The problem with liking Pirates of Penzance is that it's as just as quotable as The Princess Bride, but has a tiny fraction of the same viewership so you can’t actually say that perfect line out loud most of the time.

#Ravenclaw rants #Gilbert and Sullivan #Pirates of Penzance #musicals

[dickensianenglishbulldog]

Oh I beg all Gilbert and Sullivan fans (in fact all people in general) to read Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome if it’s only for this scene:

I first read this on a day trip in London and had to stop reading it on the tube because I was actually crying attempting not to laugh.

And Harris never sees what an ass he is making of himself.

#gilbert and sullivan #three men in a boat #Jerome k Jerome #London tube #hilarious #literature #booklr #books

[elinordash]

Angela Lansbury as Ruth in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (1983)

#the pirates of penzance #thepiratesofpenzanceedit #musicaledit #filmedit #angela lansbury #musicalgifs #gilbert and sullivan #filmgifs #dailytvfilmgifs #perioddramaedit #broadwayedit #userrobin #singinprincess #userkraina #userphotoshop #tvfilmsource #dailyflicks #filmtvdaily #minee #gifset #this outfit >>>

[sparklywaistcoat]

I am leaving this here as my gift to the OFMD fandom.

You're welcome.

#tim curry #pirate king #gilbert and sullivan #pirates of penzance #ofmd #something tells me they should make #rhys darby #sing this #just a thought #Youtube

[basingstokemercury]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDERIC!!!!

#gilbert and sullivan #the pirates of penzance #in my timezone at least

[tsrdfs]

Artists Susan Herbert (1945-2014) Gilbert & Sullivan cat painting "family portrait", So go to him, The sun and I

#gilbert and sullivan #the yeomen of the guard #the pirates of penzance #the gondoliers #The Sorcerer #hms pinafore #Patience #Utopia Limited #ruddigore #The Grand Duke #the mikado #Princess Ida #iolanthe #Trial by Jury #Susan Herbert

[greencheekconure27]

#louis wain #unexpected finds #i love that he specified the names of the performers he drew as cats #iolanthe #lord chancellor #mountatarat #postcards #gilbert & sullivan #gilbert and sullivan #vintage postcards

[doyouknowthismusical]

#musical theater #comic opera #do you know this musical #poll #the pirates of penzance #arthur sullivan #w s gilbert #gilbert and sullivan #language: english

[spineless-lobster]

The thing about the Captain singing “I Am The Very Model” is that it’s actually a satire about the British Army during the 19th century. The Major-General lists all the things he knows from Babylonic cuneiform to many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. But none of those very interesting little bits of information have anything to do with leading an army. Yes, he knows the kings of England and can quote various battles (categorically, no less) but that would make him a great historian, it wouldn’t help him on the battlefield.

When he does know things about the military is all rather basic. He can tell the difference between a Mauser rifle and a javelin (because y’know, a sharp stick and a fucking gun are very hard to tell apart) he knows the meaning of the word “Commissariat” (food and equipment department) and he knows more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery (and I know more of walking than a baby, big whoop)

Anyways, I find this interesting considering when it comes to being part of the army, the Captain isn’t exactly the type for it. Ben has said on multiple occasions that the Captain is very much unfit for the army. Describing him as “a sensitive man” and that “he’d be the first to run if the Germans came out of the woods”. And we very clearly see he is more cutout for theatre than the military. Now, is the Captain as incompetent as the Major-General? Well no of course not, but he’s just as unfit to be in a position of military leadership as the Major-General is. (Perhaps to a lesser degree, but you get what I’m saying) I just think him singing that song is very telling about his character.

I feel like anyone who knows the song or the opera has figured this out already and I’m not exactly saying anything new, but I haven’t seen anyone else make this connection before so I thought I’d say it.

Also I don’t doubt the Captain would hyperfixate on random topics and be able to spout trivia about it. He’s just like me fr

#haha! you thought my previous Major-General post was for nothing! #sorry this was so long winded lol #bbc ghosts #the captain #long post #kind of #gilbert and sullivan #pirates of penzance

[wkisses]

𔓕 ۪  ۫ 설리 ♡ ☁️⁺ ۪   ۫ 𔓕 ۪  ۫

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[introverting-rn]

hey hey guys heyo

if you haven’t listened to g&s’ the Pirates of Penzance you NEED to it’s genuinely one of the funniest musicals in the world it’s just batshit insane. it reads like a crackfic and i desperately crave aus set in this world because g u y s

the pirates are so chivalrous that they never invade small ships, only ones bigger and better than them. they’re all orphans and when they manage to capture people everyone claims they’re also an orphan so the pirates let them go. the main character frederic works with the pirates because his nursemaid has bad hearing and was ordered to apprentice him to a pilot. frederic jumps out of his hiding place to tell these beautiful girls he was watching their conversation because they were about to take off their stockings how sCA nd aLoU s. frederic sings a whole dramatic betrayal ballad w his forty-year-old nursemaid because she told him she was beautiful so he’d marry her but he thinks she’s hella ugly. this kicks off her villain arc. he asks a whole, entirely unrelated group of ladies if they’re rly ugly and nobody wants to date them, they say no, so he goes ‘😬 u sure?’ twice in a row. THE very model of a modern major general sings his song upon entry, only afterwards asking what’s going on, implying that he sings it every time he sees people. the song is about how good he is at being a general but all he brags about are skills that are entirely irrelevant, eg, integral and differential calculus. frederic plans to exterminate the pirates because he’s turned 21 and left his indenture (they are very respectful about this) but realises he’s apprenticed to them until his 21st birthday and he was born on the 29th of february. there’s these policemen who are just absolute cowards and hide the moment the pirates arrive, then the pirates hear the general arriving and also hide - picture a pirate and a policeman standing obviously behind poles and completely failing to see each other. the policemen echo the ends of lyrics even if it makes no sense, eg “pied in crime” “culty smother”. the pirates sing a song about how stealthy they are, which could be interpreted as just how musicals are, but i’d like to think they’re belting the whole thing. the entire plot is resolved by the sergeant bidding the pirates to yield in Queen Victoria’s name, to which they immediately yield and become noblemen again. oh also it’s a full opera

#some would say that calculus is integral to being the very model of a modern major general #but tbh i have no idea where they derived that from?? #like the gradient of a curve at any given point seems like a tangent to me 🤔🤷‍♂️ #pirates of penzance #musical theatre #(prior tag said like professor hidgens) #gilbert and sullivan #either see a live production or watch the doyle o carte version is my recommendation!!! #pLEASE