I auditioned for the Major General; yes, the patter is extremely difficult! I was actually given the role of 1st Pirate Lt. Samuel, which I think ended up being a more fun role since I got to flesh out the character as I saw fit.

Also, flashing-back to our choreography while watching the spoof had me rolling all that much more.

Pour, oh pour the pirate’s sherry!

Hi Mary–

I’m glad the kids enjoyed it; I certainly did.

Cheers–

MRE 

No, but I’ve heard a million other things sung to it. One of the funniest would make no sense to anyone but someone living in Arkansas twenty years ago. There is a semi-annual event put on in Little Rock on off-election years called the Farkleberry Follies that lampoons all the politicians in office and all the politician wannabes. It is great fun and most of the politicians themselves show up–Clinton always attended. During the most of the years that Clinton was governor, the attorney general was a guy named Steve Clark. Mr. Clark ultimately resigned in disgrace over fleecing the state of a bunch of money by turning in bogus expense reports. Mr. Clark had one of those goody goody faces that we’re all familiar with; the perfect face for a politician. (I’m sure if you google his name and arkansas and attorney general you’ll turn up a pic and see what I mean.) One of the acts at the Farkleberry Follies one year while Clark was riding high was called the Pirate of Pissant (which was a perfect characterization) and was sung to the tune of I am a Modern Major General but was about I an a modern Attorney General. It was hilarious and I would give anything for a recording of it.

Cheers–

MRE

I am a fairly accomplished musician, and grew up listening to Gilbert & Sullivan, but I could never, ever, EVER sing that fast. Can Mrs. Dr. Eades sing it?

Hi Karen–

I asked Mrs. Dr. Eades, who has one of the fastest mouths in the West, if she could sing it.  She said she thought if she really worked on it that she could.

Cheers–

MRE 

The G&S version is incredibly creative, and I haven’t been able to get the tune out of my head since first watching it.  Fortunately, we white males don’t have a lot of ‘back’ to worry about.  What we’ve got if we don’t watch our carbs is ‘front.’

Cheers–

MRE

Barb

Glad you enjoyed it. 

If you like them and rap, Del tha Funkee Homosapien might be your style. Not too foul mouthed, but the guy has a vocabulary up to any dictionary. Nice flow too.

I’m not a big fan of rap.  I gave Del tha Funkee Homosapien a try on YouTube, and, you’re right, he does have an interesting vocabulary, but it still didn’t convert me to being a rap fan.

Cheers–

MRE 

1) gee Dr. Mike, you sure are square! Gilbert and Sullivan? oh my god…

2) it seems like you could do this with any kind of music, good or bad. Picture the same thing with, say, Satisfaction, or Whole Lotta Love, or Born to Run, or Rocky Mountain High, or Bad Bad LeRoy Brown, or….

all that said, it was pretty funny…

I’m sure it could be done with any music, but it WAS done with Baby Got Back.  I don’t think it would be as funny with some of the other songs you mentioned because there isn’t the wide disparity in style of music.

Cheers–

MRE 

I had it stuck in my head all day yesterday, so I know what you mean. 

Cheer–

MRE