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The character of Major-General Stanley was widely taken to be a caricature of the popular general Sir Garnet Wolseley.The biographer Michael Ainger, however, doubts that Gilbert intended a caricature of Wolseley, identifying instead the older General Henry Turner, an uncle of Gilbert's wife whom Gilbert disliked, as a more likely inspiration for the satire.
The show resumes with Archibald Asparagus singing Gilbert and Sullivan's "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General". Rusty begins to lash out at Ventril-o-Matic. At the last second, Larry steps into the performance room, and sings "You Are My Sunshine", with Junior Asparagus and a flower chorus. Rusty is in bliss and requests to watch an ...
At a military parade ("Entrance of the Peers"), Dick sees the Sorcerer speaking with the Pirate King. There, Nanki sees his evil twin brother Poo (same), who is picking pockets. Dick goes for backup to headquarters, the Hexagon ("Here's a how-dee-do"), finding the Captain and the Major-General ("I am the very model of a modern major general").
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance – "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" (Major-General Stanley) [7] Sullivan: Princess Ida – "If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am" (King Gama) [5] Sullivan: Ruddigore – "My boy, you may take it from me" (Robin) [5]
VeggieTales is an American Christian CGI-animated series and franchise for children created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment.The series stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber leading a variety of fruit and vegetable characters as they retell stories from the Bible and parody pop culture while also teaching life lessons according to a biblical world view.
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."
Big Idea Productions, LLC (formerly known as Big Idea Productions, Inc., Big Idea, Inc. and Big Idea Entertainment, LLC; also known simply as Big Idea) is an American animation production company and is currently an in-name only unit, best known for its animated VeggieTales series of Christian-themed home videos.
For example, Gimbels department store had a campaign sung to the tune of the "Major-General's Song" that began, "We are the very model of a modern big department store." [ 99 ] in a 2011 Geico commercial, a couple that wants to save money, but still listen to musicals, finds a roommate, dressed as the Major General, who awkwardly begins the ...