Ruth's (u)OWBC: The World Is But... (11/10)

General Reference
This website has plot synopses, full script and lyrics, and sound files for all works by Gilbert & Sullivan, even the bad ones. I use it for reference all the time.


Chapter 1: Not based on any specific show
When Fred'ric was a little lad (from The Pirates of Penzance)
Miyasama/A more humane Mikado (from The Mikado)
The flowers that bloom in the spring (from The Mikado)
The "Mikado" was played by Mifune Sanders.
The "Suspiciously Un-Japanese-Looking 'Gentleman Of Japan,' Who Had to Use The Little Samurai's Room" was played by Simon Couderc.

Chapter 2: Not based on any specific show
Brightly dawns our wedding day (from The Mikado)

Chapter 3: Not based on any specific show
My eyes are fully open (from Ruddigore) -- this song is also known as the "Matter Patter"

Chapter 4: Not based on any specific show
I have a song to sing, O! (from The Yeomen of the Guard)

Ruth Tells A Story #1: The Mikado, or, The Town of Titipu
Please note: Not all of these are from the same production. They're all good versions, though.
Act I
"A wand'ring minstrel I"
"Our great Mikado, virtuous man"
"As someday it may happen" -- or you could try this version, or this one, or just look it up on Youtube...
"Three little maids from school are we"
"Were you not to Koko plighted"
"I am so proud"
"With aspect stern and gloomy stride" (and Part 2) -- Act I finale (Only watch if you've got a quarter-hour you don't particularly need)
Act II
"Brightly dawns our wedding day"
"Here's a how-de-do!"
"A more humane Mikado" (Another long one -- the Mikado is rather excessive, but it's Descartes' favorite version)
"On a tree by a river" (This is a good version, but it has a tendency to freeze. If it does, try this one instead.)
"There is beauty in the bellow of the blast" (Technically from The Hot Mikado, but that's just an adaptation of The Mikado reorchestrated to sound more jazzy in the 1930s. The plot, lyrics, and melodies are the same.)
"For he's gone and married Yum-Yum" -- Act II finale
Recommended Filmed Versions
1982 BBC version
1984 Canadian version (Best. Pooh-Bah. EVAR!)
1987 British version (with Eric Idle as Koko, and a wonderfully dignified Katisha)
1987 Australian version

Chapter 5: Not based on any specific show
"If you give me your attention" from Princess Ida

Chapter 6:Not based on any specific show
"When I was a lad" from HMS Pinafore

Chapter 7: Not based on any specific show
"So go to him and say to him" from Patience -- The poet doesn't usually dance around like a boxer, but this is otherwise a good rendition

Ruth Tells A Story #2: The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty
Please note: Not all of these are from the same production. They're not even all from professional productions. They're all good versions, though.
Act I
"Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry"
"Oh, better far to live and die"
"Climbing over rocky mountain"
"Oh, is there not one maiden breast"
"How beautifully blue the sky" (Most productions have a few more sisters than this...)
"Hold, monsters!"
"I am the very model of a modern Major-General"
Act II
"When the foeman bares his steel"
"When you had left our pirate fold" (Also known as the "Paradox Trio")
"Away, Away! My heart's on fire!"
And a bonus song for you: "When a felon's not engaged in his employment" I didn't work the song in to my story, but I couldn't resist: this version has the best dancing Police Sergeant EVER.
"With cat-like tread"
Recommended Filmed Versions
1982 BBC version -- Uninspired but competently performed and a very good introduction
1983 version with Kevin Kline -- A good version if you can get past the very 80's orchestration

Chapter 8: Not based on any specific show
"Take a pair of sparkling eyes" from The Gondoliers

Chapter 9: Not based on any specific show
"When the night wind howls" from Ruddigore
"the gloaming (noun): the low light that is seen in the evening as the sun sets" (according to learnersdictionary.com, a Merriam-Webster product)

Myrna, or, Oakapple's Own: Based on Patience, or, Bunthorne's Bride
Some fun songs from Act I:
"If you're anxious for to shine"
"Long years ago" -- Patience has excellent enunciation!
"Prithee, pretty maiden" -- amateur camerawork, but fun
Act I finale -- This is only about half the finale, but it's the best version out there
Some fun songs from Act II:
"A magnet hung in a hardware shop"
"It's clear that medieval art alone retains its zest" -- amateur camerawork, but fun
"If Saphir I choose to marry"
"So go to him and say to him"
"When I go out of door" -- overexposed, but good singing
Act II finale -- the fellow in the top hat is the same one who was in the pink pants in the previous clip
Related:
"Barbie Girl" by Aqua

Chapter 10: Partially based on The Sorcerer
"Silvered is the raven hair" from Patience
"Welcome joy, adieu to sadness" from The Sorcerer
"Sprites of earth and air" (Also known as "The Incantation") from The Sorcerer
"Now to the banquet we press" from The Sorcerer -- Technically, this clip is from Act I, but it's reprised as the closing of Act II
And a bonus song that I didn't work in, but that's a lot of fun:
"My name is John Wellington Wells" from The Sorcerer

Chapter 11: Not based on any particular show
"You understand?" from Ruddigore And the Vincent Price version, which I don't like as well, but which has VINCENT PRICE

Arbitration: Based on Trial by Jury
"All hail great Judge!"/"When I, good friends, was called to the bar" (I couldn't work it in, but the second song is well worth a look)
Finale (contains "I love him, I love him!", "The question, gentlemen, is one of liquor," and "Oh, joy unbounded")
In fact, if you've got half an hour to spare, the entirety of the production I chose has been uploaded and is worth watching, although the pieces are somewhat out of order.

Chapter 12: Not based on any particular show
Since I have nothing else to offer here, check out the lyrics for "Dear friends, take pity on my lot" from The Sorcerer

Chapter 13: Not based on any particular show
"A maiden fair to see" from HMS Pinafore

Chapter 14: Not based on any particular show
Finale, Act 1 from The Mikado -- Ruth's favorite part begins at 6:03; all non-Katisha parts have been edited out by the poster
"In enterprise of martial kind" from The Gondoliers
"Farewell, my own!" from HMS Pinafore

Chapter 15: Not based on any particular show
"Three little maids from school are we" from The Mikado

Chapter 16: Not based on any particular show
"Hereupon we're both agreed" from The Yeomen of the Guard
"Fair moon, to thee I sing" from HMS Pinafore

Chapter 17: Not based on any particular show
"Now hearken to my strict command" from Princess Ida (production values are not so great, and the orchestra is out of tune, but it's not a popular song)

Chapter 18: Not based on any particular show
Strange adventure! from The Yeomen of the Guard
You can find the full citation that was omitted from the footnote here.

Chapter 19: Not based on any particular show
Since I have nothing else to offer, here are the lyrics to the cut song from The Yeomen of the Guard that I used for the title.

The Order of the Llama, or, The Performer and her Pianist: based on The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and His Maid
Some fun songs from Act I:
"When maiden loves she sits and sighs"
"I have a song to sing, O!"
"How say you maiden, will you wed?"
"I've jibe and joke"
"Tis done! I am a bride!"
"Were I thy bride"
"Oh, Seargent Meryll, is it true?", "Leonard!", and "My lord, I know not how to tell the news I bear!" -- from different productions, but together comprising the entire finale to Act I, since nobody appears to have uploaded the whole thing. One note: the male soloist in the Yeomen's uniform is the same character in all three clips.
And one I like a lot but omitted because it's irrelevant to a Sims game: "When our gallant Norman foes"
Some fun songs from Act II:
"Oh, a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon" (from a modern-dress production)
"Hereupon we're both agreed"
"Hark! What was that, sir?" (which I always think of as "the creeping, creeping, crawling song")
"A man who would woo a fair maid" -- A bit overexposed, but the "business" is perfect! (Phoebe Meryll is the one on the far stage left)
"Comes the pretty young bride" (Finale Act II)
And an alternate version with the same cast as the Act I song, so you can see just how "I have a song to sing, O!" changes
Related:
"I Wanna Be Loved By You" by Marilyn Monroe
"I Wanna Be Loved By You" by Helen Kane

Chapter 20: Not based on any particular show
"Bridegroom and bride!" (and "When a merry maiden marries") from The Gondoliers

Chapter 21: Not based on any particular show
"My gallant crew, good morning!" from HMS Pinafore

OFB Farmstand, based on HMS Pinafore
"We sail the ocean blue"
"Refrain, audacious tar!"
"Kind captain, I've important information"
"Carefully on tiptoe stealing" (Josephine is off, but it's the best option out there with something to look at while you listen)
"A many years ago"
Finale, Act II
There are lots and lots of good songs in this show, so I recommend going to YouTube, typing in "MHS Pinafore," and watching just about everything that comes up.

Not-Heiress Rose[/], based on Princess Ida
"Today we meet"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUFqWFtah1c"I%20am%20a%20maiden"
"A woman of the wisest wit" (The volume on this recording is a little low)
"Would you know the kind of maid"
Finale Act III (This was a version set in the 1960s)
And just because I like them: "This helmet, I suppose" and "Whene'er I spoke"

Chapter 22: Not based on any particular show
"Rising early in the morning" from The Gondoliers

Ruth Tells A Story #3: Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri
Please note: Not all of these are from the same production
Act I
"Tripping hither, tripping thither" (I did warn you about the dancing)
"Good morrow, good mother!"
"Loudly let the trumpet bray" (Also known as "The March of the Peers")
"The Law is the true embodiment"
"When darkly looms the day"


Act II
"When all night long a chap remains"
"Strephon's a member of Parliament"
"When Britain really ruled the waves" (This singer does the best job I've ever heard)
"In vain to us you plead" (Also known as "Don't Go")
"Oh, foolish fay"
Phyllis, Mountararat, and Tolloller dialog (played straight)
Phyllis, Mountararat, and Tolloller dialog (played more as I interpreted it)
"Though p'r'aps I may incur your blame"
"Love, unrequited" (Also known as the "Nightmare Song")
"If you go in"
"If we're weak enough to tarry"
Finale, Act II

I cannot recommend any filmed versions. The BBC Production from the 1980s, alas, is only a cure for insomnia.

Chapter 23: Not based on any particular show
"The world is but a broken toy" from Princess Ida

Post a Story (3): So far, so good.
Alien via legit abduction (3)
One generation (birth to birth) with NO promotions at all (3): Check (Buttercup --> Leila)
Guardian gnome (3): Check
Every HoH and spouse must have a gold Robotics badge (3): Ryan - check, Ruth - check, Old Adam - check, Myrna - check, Lisa - check
Run a business the whole time (3)
Make a servo (3): Check :-|
Every HoH must complete Uni (3): Ruth - check, Old Adam - check, Lisa - check
Every HoH must learn the xylophone trick before adulthood (3): Ruth - check, Old Adam - check, Lisa - check
Make a zombie (3): Check (Oakapple) :sick:
Boolprop names (10)
Buttercup, Old Adam, Oakapple
Leila, Lisa, Phoebe, Rose
Olga, Pitti-Sing, C
Boolprop Clubhouse (10)
-Founder must open a venue: Check
-Family must run it continuously
-Must get to Level 10 by the end: Level 10/10 - check!
Family Scrapbook (10)
-Founder and all three heirs must write a novel: Ruth - check, Old Adam - check, Lisa - check
-By the end, the house must contain a picture of everyone who ever lived there
+Picture #1: Ryan, Buttercup, Valerie, Aren, Ruth, and Old Adam (in utero)
+Picture #2: Old Adam, Oakapple, Ruth, Ryan, Buttercup
+Picture #3: Myrna, Phoebe (in utero), Lisa, Ryan, Old Adam, Leila, Ruth
+Picture #4: Old Adam, Phoebe, Rose, Ryan, Leila, Lisa, Myrna
+Picture #5: Rose, Leila, Lisa, Myrna, Phoebe, Old Adam
Workaholics Anonymous (15)
-Biotech Station
-Jumbok
*Hydroponic Garden: Aren, Valerie
*Execuputter: Ryan
*Education Bookshelf: Ryan
*Fingerprint Scanner: Ryan
*Resurect-O-Nomitron: Myrna
*Tele Prompter: Myrna
*Chocolate Manufacturing Facility: Old Adam
*Coconut Pinball Machine: Myrna
*Cow Plant: Old Adam
*Punching Bag: Old Adam
*Surgical Training Station: Rose
*Lie Finder: Phoebe
*Obstacle Course: Rose
*Antique Camera: Glen
*The Rock Hammer: Glen
*"I Object" Litigator Podium: Phoebe
*Automated Cosmetic Surgeon: Lisa
*Gootentagen Award: Glen