Mycanid said:Oh ... G&S ... actually not too well. I am not very familiar with musicals, even the older stuff.
I actually thought you were referring to Winnie the "Pooh Bear"!
Pooh-Bah is from "The Mikado." Its set in a small Japanese villiage, and Pooh-Bah is an arrogant ass of a noble who holds every title in town (except Lord High Executioner). I like it better than "Penzance," even if its not as well known. Here's a brief bit of his dialogue:
Pooh-Bah. Don't mention it. I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering. But I struggle hard to overcome this defect. I mortify my pride continually. When all the great officers of State resigned in a body because they were too proud to serve under an ex-tailor, did I not unhesitatingly accept all their posts at once?
Pish-Tush. And the salaries attached to them? You did.
Pooh-Bah. It is consequently my degrading duty to serve this upstart as First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. And at a salary! A Pooh-Bah paid for his services! I a salaried minion! But I do it! It revolts me, but I do it!
... did you just type all that from memory?
