Top Ten Out-Of-Context G&S Lines

[chanaleh]

When mitgsp put on a Spontaneous Iolanthe singthrough in January 2002, scwang & co. decreed that the casting was to be Attainable by Competitive Examination, and supplied a list of essay questions.

I was so eager* to sing the role of Iolanthe that I actually put a fair bit of energy into my response. And not only did I succeed, but scwang reported later that mine

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[zenala]

Hehehe... I still have the program to that... I can't believe we had a program for that, honestly... What was I? Fleta?

[greenlily]

Yep, you were Fleta. I still have the program someplace, too. (Which I should probably Xerox for the MITG&SP archive.) I remember chanaleh brought glittery makeup and painted it on the faces of all the fairies. :)

[zenala]

Is that where my tube of glitter came from? I don't remember actually buying it ever, but I've had it for a while...

Nostalgic for the old EC

[cmouse]

We had so much fun with that quiz!

[scholargipsy]

This made me laugh so hard: thank you.

When I did Pirates, we were also fond of "Oh, is there not one maiden breast?", prompting the inevitable "I sure hope there are two!"

[chanaleh]

Men's Pocky! Someone brought that to Pup's party (and a couple other kinds, including Pocky G, of which Tiger Boy said "Yes, that's the Rapper Pocky").

[chanaleh]

*snork* I don't know that one! I only managed to pull out lines I personally already knew, with the exception of the one Mikado line that I caught on a cursory skim-through. That would totally have beaten out "penal servitude", though.

[mrmorse]

Princess Ida. The chorus music during the battle between the brothers and the trio. We changed the text last time around, and you may not have been singing that section anyway.

[goljerp]

Hmm... what does it mean that I recognized 50% of those lines, and could hum the tune of 20% (some are dialog, not songs, so that's more impressive that that sounds)?

tenors have enough issues with their masculinity as it is.
Hee. I, personally, have no issues with my masculinity... but I'm probably not a real tenor.

[chanaleh]

Only three of ten have tunes.

Not true. #1 (TBJ) is in Edwin's recit., but it still has a tune.

[zenala]

At one Cornell TBJ rehearsal last spring...

Me: You know that refers to lips, right?

Them: *pause*... Huh?... *pause*... Ohhhhhh...