“Sooomeone OPENED UP a windooow!” “OH SHUTUP!!!” Lmao! That part cracks me up every time!

@fannybuster

4 жыл бұрын

It is the heavy fellow from Maryland...?

@geordi5054

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he said, "Someone ought to open up a window"?

@PCCphoenix

3 жыл бұрын

1:26

@PCCphoenix

2 жыл бұрын

@@fannybuster Samuel Chase

@fannybuster

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the actor appeared in Amadeus ,The story about Mozart

Magnificent! The piddling and twiddling still continues....

2:39 Right around here, the voice of reason steps in. And her name is Abigail Adams. 😁

@PapaLobo94

3 жыл бұрын

Leave it to the wife to set the husband straight after acting like an ass

"But no, You sent us Congress; was that fair?" How true, Mr. Addams, how terribly true. Maybe he should've gone to that there tavern to find a spirit or two of sympathy.

@mazzeyy

10 ай бұрын

they sympathise with the family of the victims of the shootings

_Piddle, Twiddle, and Resolve_ *[John Adams]* Dear God! For one solid year they have been sitting here! A whole year! Doing nothing! I do believe you've laid a curse on North America A curse that we here now rehearse in Philadelphia A second flood, a simple famine Plagues of locusts everywhere Or a cataclysmic earthquake I'd accept with some despair But, no, you sent us Congress Good God, sir, was that fair? I say this with humility in Philadelphia We're your responsibility in Philadelphia If you don't want to see us hanging From some far-off British hill If you don't want the voice of independency Forever stilled Then God, sir, get thee to it For Congress never will! You see, we piddle, twiddle, and resolve Not one damn thing do we solve Piddle, twiddle, and resolve Nothing's ever solved in Foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia! *[Congress Member 1]* Someone oughta open up a window! *[John Adams]* Oh shut up! *[Congress Member 2]* We now call Congress’ attention to the petition of Mr. Melchior Meng, who claims twenty dollars compensation for his dead mule. It seems the animal was employed transporting luggage in the service of Congress. *[Congress Member 3]* The question, then, would appear to be one of occasion. For if the mule expired, not while carrying, but after being unloaded, then clearly the beast dropped dead on its own time. *[John Adams]* Oh, Good God! They may sit here for years and years in Philadelphia These indecisive grenadiers of Philadelphia They can't agree on what is right and wrong Or what is good or bad I'm convinced The only purpose this Congress ever had Was to gather here specifically To drive John Adams mad! You see, we piddle, twiddle, and resolve Not one damn thing do we solve Piddle, twiddle, and resolve Nothing's ever solved in Foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia!

This can be politics in a nutshell.

@PapaLobo94

3 жыл бұрын

“Can be”?

@SulliMike23

9 ай бұрын

@@PapaLobo94Ok good point

@RockyRepublican

Ай бұрын

Congress itself is a ficky and uphill slope. I’d say they aren’t the Piddle Twiddle some would make out them to be but I think they are rather a house divided too far and among itself.

It's all from the 1991 Pioneer Special Edition Laserdisc of '1776'

@ianluetkehans7822

4 жыл бұрын

I need that version

if you check out the new blu ray release, they restored the number abd really cleaned it up, the transitions are hardly noticeable

@Rgoid

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@oliverbrownlow5615

11 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

William Daniels was great in this Picture, I believe he is still alive in his 90s. The wife of Thomas Jefferson is Blythe Danner ,Mother of Gwyneth Paltrow Also know as Pepper Potts,from Iron Man

@1Cheytown

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Bill Daniels is still with ua...95 years young. It's funny...this was on TCM for the 4th. I was spending the day with my mom (who had never seen it) and I tuned in right after "But Mr Adams" so right when Blythe first appears and my mom thought it WAS Gwen because they looked so much alike. She actually enjoyed the film!!

Nothing has changed. Congress is still the same

@pyrorock8143

3 жыл бұрын

“Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.” -Mark Twain

I love this man. Phila...DELPHIA!!!!

Damn, mr feeny

I have the director's cut on dvd, but this number remained chopped up. They really did a number on this film to get it down to 2 hours and 20 minutes.

@randyjones3050

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing it wasn't restored because the film was not in good condition. However, with modern digital restoration techniques I'm thinking they might could convincingly reassemble it now.

@whitneybauswell2032

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was bummed about that but definitely some good moments they put back in. Seriously wonder what Franklin’s reaction would be to sit down John

@Rgoid

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend the Extended Cut on Blu Ray.

@Travlr013

Жыл бұрын

I think the original stage production ran close to 3 hours, so getting the film down to a more....comfortable length was pretty much a requirement for release (even with contemporary films of the time like Fiddler on The Roof and Lawrence of Arabia being closer to 4 hours).

How do you have this footage?

Great number!!!!

That's the senate and congressional halls right now sadly. 🙄

So true

Who knew that K.I.T.T. could sing???

@1Cheytown

2 жыл бұрын

Or better yet...Mr Feeny LOL

@oliverbrownlow5615

11 ай бұрын

Of course K.I.T.T. can sing. Haven't you ever heard of *Cats?*

@jakemanzi1203

4 күн бұрын

@@oliverbrownlow5615he was in Cats!

@oliverbrownlow5615

4 күн бұрын

@@jakemanzi1203 Not really. I was making a silly joke. But William Daniels was born into a family that was known as the "singing Daniels family," and before 1776, he had a singing role in the Broadway musical ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (1965).

I try to like other actors in this role, but Daniels owns it, like Robert Preston owned Harold Hill, or Yul Brynner, The Kind of Siam.

Honestly not a lot has changed.

@SulliMike23

8 ай бұрын

Even after 200 years. Yep.

Oh such truer lyrics were ever sung these days.

2:26 John Pesci/Joe Adams

Who wrote this weird work?

@Shadowman4710

Жыл бұрын

Sherman Edwards.

@oliverbrownlow5615

11 ай бұрын

With the book (dialogue) by Peter Stone.

@coloraturaElise

11 ай бұрын

You wish you did, troll!

What a lousy film musical.

@oliverbrownlow5615

11 ай бұрын

It's one of the greatest musicals of our time.

@coloraturaElise

11 ай бұрын

What a troll! Is that all you got?