erilyn: gabe and mikey's hips (buffy)
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I'm going to see the Opera Australia production of Pirates of Penzance later in the year, but I'm not sure even Anthony Warlow can supplant Jon English as the Pirate King of my heart.



It's about 2:15 onwards that's especially fun. I really need to get this on dvd, to update our much loved VHS copy. It does not seem widely available though, which is annoying.

This is my new favourite taken-out-of-context tweet: jambajim @EWMichaelSlezak In other words, you are my wife.

I had a 1 hour massage this afternoon, which was pretty damn good. Though I swear it was 30-40 minutes max, when she said it was done, I wanted to be like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, keep going.

Date: 2010-07-17 11:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydia-petze.livejournal.com
Oh, I don't know. I saw PoP with Jon English here in Newcastle several years ago, and it was the most fun I've ever had at the theatre. I know Warlos is great, but I don't think he can outdo Jon.

Date: 2010-07-17 11:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydia-petze.livejournal.com
Hey, can I ask you how you embedded that? EWver since YT changed up their format, I can't bloody figure out how! I know it'll be something simple.

Date: 2010-07-17 11:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talietha.livejournal.com
Warlow is a magnificent Pirate King. Saw him last year & am going again this. He was del-ic-i-ous. There was even a gentle channeling of Captain Jack.

Ahhhhhh......

Date: 2010-07-17 11:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
Exactly!

Date: 2010-07-17 11:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
Click the embed button below the number of views, it should make a text box with the embed code appear.

I didn't find any of the changes that they made an improvement. Change for change sake it seemed to be.

Date: 2010-07-17 11:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
Sparrow or Harkness? :)

Date: 2010-07-17 11:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydia-petze.livejournal.com
Argh, I thought I was going insane. Something in my Firefox was preventing me from seeing it, but I opened it in IE and there it was. Thankyou ;-)

Date: 2010-07-17 11:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
Are you running any scriptblock programs or something like that in FF?

Date: 2010-07-17 11:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydia-petze.livejournal.com
Yeah, but I disabled them all and it still didn't bloody work. IDK. Solved for the moment, even though it's a workaround.

Date: 2010-07-17 11:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydia-petze.livejournal.com
/dies

That little hip wiggle at 4.47! I keep having to run the vid back and watch it over and over!

Date: 2010-07-17 03:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talietha.livejournal.com
Sparrow!

Date: 2010-07-17 03:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shinetheway.livejournal.com
My parents have the DVD, and they WILL NOT SHARE.

[sulks]

Without doubt, Jon English is the best Pirate King EVER.

Date: 2010-07-17 05:28 pm (UTC)
nic: (Elaine)
From: [personal profile] nic
...wow.

I never found Jon English sexy until right now. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VID.

Now I need to go watch it a few more times.

Date: 2010-07-18 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
ooooh, thank you. I shall have to decide between that ($10 cheaper) and a PAL copy direct from the official website http://www.essgee.com/html/NEWSHOPPINGMALLPAGE1.html :)

Date: 2010-07-18 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
A friend found this for me, and it's region 1 dvds that ship to the US, if you're really keen on your own copy :)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/pirates-penzance-new-dvd-sealed-/250657657793?cmd=ViewItem&pt=AU_Movies_Movies_TV_Shows&hash=item3a5c5c53c1

Date: 2010-07-18 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
Have you never seen this production? Yay for introducing someone to it \o/ I love it so much!

We first saw it on tv on ABC, and part way through, we realised how awesome it was and taped the rest of the broadcast. Fortunately, we were able to eventually buy a video of it. Then they did another tour and we saw it live at the State Theatre in Sydney, and it was AMAZING :) There are more clips on youtube, it is too much fun.

Date: 2010-07-18 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
Pity it isn't both ;)

Date: 2010-07-18 01:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydia-petze.livejournal.com
I blame you for th Opera Australia ticket I just bought. It's very conveniently on while I'm on annual leave. Oops.

Date: 2010-07-18 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
I am happy to accept that particular blame, heh. When are you going?

Date: 2010-07-18 03:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lydia-petze.livejournal.com
25th August. Managed to get an A Reserve seat. That's West Side Story, Stephen Fry and Pirates all inside 5 weeks. Not bad ;)

Date: 2010-07-18 11:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erilyn.livejournal.com
Hahahahahaha - my family is going on the 26th :) Which night are you seeing Stephen Fry? I'm going on Wed 28th.

But I'm not seeing WSS - I've never loved it, despite my love for a lot of musicals and enjoying a number of the WSS songs, probably cause from a young age I was firmly convinced that Romeo and Juliet were a irredeemably stupid pair of twits for whom I felt no sympathy, which then coloured my perceptions of anything R&J-derived. I did love the Baz version of R&J though...

Date: 2010-07-18 06:07 pm (UTC)
nic: (Elaine)
From: [personal profile] nic
It's one of those shows that has been on my 'Must get around to seeing this' list for a while, and this clip only cemented in my mind how AWESOME it must be! (I've never seen any of it, just ads.)

Someday.... :D Although I might go hunting Youtube now.

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