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Henry Lytton as the Major-General (1919) Drawing from 1884 children's Pirates "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" (often referred to as the "Major-General's Song" or "Modern Major-General's Song") is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance.
George Grossmith as General Stanley, wearing Wolseley's trademark moustache. Pirates premiered on 31 December 1879 in New York and was an immediate hit. [20] On 2 January 1880, Sullivan wrote, in another letter to his mother from New York, "The libretto is ingenious, clever, wonderfully funny in parts, and sometimes brilliant in dialogue – beautifully written for music, as is all Gilbert ...
The Pirates of Penzance is a 1983 romantic musical comedy film written and directed by Wilford Leach based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera of the same name.The story takes place in the 1870s and centers around the pirate apprentice, Frederic, who leaves a Penzance-based pirate band of tenderhearted orphans and soon falls in love with Mabel, the daughter of an incompetent Major-General.
The film ends with the entire cast singing "Rock Monster", a parody of The B-52's' hit "Rock Lobster". Once they are done singing, Bob the Tomato finally makes his appearance, as the director. Later, Robert is arrested by the King for his crimes as he is shown dancing to the music during the credits along with his imprisoned henchmen.
The comically convoluted plot, by Robin Miller and Leo Rost, with additional material by Gene Thompson and Victor Spinetti, is a pastiche of many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, particularly Trial by Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe and The Mikado, in which the protagonist, Able Seaman Dick ...
Michell was born in Adelaide, and brought up in Warnertown, near Port Pirie.His parents were Joseph, a cabinet-maker, and Alice (née Aslat). Educated at Port Pirie High School, Adelaide Teachers' College and Adelaide University, he began his career as an art teacher and made his professional acting debut in 1947 in the comedy Lover's Leap, by Bill Daily, at Adelaide's Playbox Theatre.
Voiced by Phil Vischer (1993–2022) and Joe Zieja (2022–present); Bob the Tomato is a friendly but slightly high-strung tomato and host of VeggieTales.As the creator and original voice of the character, Phil Vischer often cites Bob as being "my inner Mr. Rogers...though a frustrated Mr. Rogers, because he couldn’t get things to go as smoothly."
Major-General Stanley's song, "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in Act 1 of The Pirates of Penzance (1879); the Lord Chancellor's "Nightmare song", "When you're lying awake" in Act 2 of Iolanthe (1882); the Sorcerer's song, "My Name is John Wellington Wells" in Act 1 of The Sorcerer (1877);