Lol well this is back in an era, when men could poetically pursue women. I met my first college gf, by rushing to the courtyard after class, where I knew she'd be, then acting casual as if our being there simultaneously was coincidental. When I eventually told her, she thought it was romantic. She'd visit me at my side job, in return. This practice was once viewed as charming, and romantic. Every word said wasn't taken as literal, nor litigious-ly. I'm talking 2005-6.
I think he was one of those performers, like Cary Grant and Robin Williams, that the Academy takes for granted because of their charismatic personalities.
@@msminmichigan You're right. I still believe the film industry was dismissive of his comedy (they were perfectly happy to profit from it, but they seemed to devalue it because his quickness implied talent rather than labor), but they could appreciate his dramatic ability.
Robert Preston is the epitome of charm in this movie. I've loved this movie ever since I was a little kid (which was a long time ago!). So impressed with Preston's dancing, too -- as light on his feet as the pro dancers who were probably half his age. Wow!
The jaunty "I love, you, dear" and the MADLY MADLY MADLYS and then the ambient stamping and walking which make up the background noise and then the creative rhyming with Marion make this so strangely and immensely catchy
This is just so damn awesome. The way the lyrics play into the music, the acting from both the main actors and all the background actors, the tempo of the music that plays straight into Marian's character. All of it. Just beautiful.
Especially the part just after Marion runs up the steps and yells "Tommy". The hopscotch jumps and the screaming trumpets..............................YEAH............................(8^)
'Would you please make your selection and leave?!' 'Oh but have.' 'What do you want to take out?' 'The librarian...The librarian. Your not listening Marian.' 😍😜😂😃😄
Madam Librarian What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear I love you madly, madly Madam Librarian...Marian Heaven help us if the library caught on fire And the Volunteer Hose Brigademen Had to whisper the news to Marian...Madam Librarian! What can I say, my dear, to make it clear I need you badly, badly, Madam Librarian...Marian If I stumbled and I busted my what-you-may-call-it I could lie on your floor 'Till my body had turned to carrion....Madam Librarian. Now in the moonlight, a man could sing it In the moonlight And a fellow would know that his darling Had heard ev'ry word of his song With the moonlight helping along. But when I try in here to tell you, dear I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian...Marian It's a long lost cause I can never win For the civilized world accepts as unforgivable sin Any talking out loud with any librarian Such as Marian.....Madam Librarian.
A shame to cut off the number, just as it's getting its steam up. I've maintained for many years, and still hold it to be true, that this is one of the sexiest scenes in all film history. Such a gift, that we got as good a movie version of this show as we did. Robert Preston had truly honed his portrayal, and is simply delicious throughout the movie.
Skipped the toe tapping part which is honestly one of the best parts. Crazy how I watched this as a kid in music class and remember every song so vividly.
+Charlene McClintock I always thought he was woefully under-rated in the Hollywood "media"....but read that his "Peers" thought the world of him and his talent!
This guy always creeped me out, even when I was kid he made me uneasy 😬 I still love this movie though and I do like this song because it is so catchy. 😊
[Movie Dialogue] Harold: It's alright, I know everything and it doesn't make any difference. Marian: I don't know what you're talking about. Harold: Mister Madison! You were probably very young... Anyone can make a mistake. Marian: ...What? Harold: No apologizes, no explanations... You see, I'll only be in town for a short while, and uh... The sadder but wiser girl for me... Marian: Would you please make your selection and leave? Harold: I have! Marian: What do you wanna take out? Harold: The librarian! People: SHHHHHH!!! Marian: Be quiet, please... Harold: (Quietly) The librarian...! Harold: You're not listening, Marian... Look... (Starts singing) Marian... Harold: Marbles; Sixteens, eight aggies, a dozen pee-wee's, and one great big glassy with an American flag in the middle... I think I'll drop them! Marian: NO! Harold: SHHHHHHHH!! [Harold starts singing again] Madam Librarian... What can I say, my dear, to catch your ear I love you madly, madly Madam Librarian... Marian! Heaven help us, if the library caught on fire And the Volunteer Hose Brigade men Had to whisper the news to Marian... Madam Librarian... What can I say, my dear, to make it clear I need you badly, badly, Madam Librarian... Marian! If I stumbled and I busted my what-you-may-call-it I could lie on your floor unnoticed 'Till my body had turned to carrion... Madam Librarian... Now in the moonlight, a man could sing it In the moonlight And a fellow would know that his darling Had heard ev'ry word of his song With the moonlight helping along. But when I try in here to tell you, dear I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian... Marian! It's a long lost cause I can never win For the civilized world accepts as unforgivable sin Any talking out loud with any librarian Such as Marian... Madam Librarian...
excellent picture quality after more than 50 years when I watched the movie 'The Music Man ' after school, I was fully enjoying the process the actor who was a salesman before was organizing a brass band in a small town in America, I had a strong favorite of trombone since then
I wish you could have done the whole sequence. I know copyright issues. Still, it would have been nice. Robert Preston and Shirley Jones had the best version.
I just did this show with my highschool for our spring musical I was casted as alma hix ( pick a little lady) everyone just absolutely adored the show and still can't get over their PMMD (Post Music Man depression) anybody I'm friends with from the show still makes references every chance they get it really became pretty much everyone's favorite musical they'd ever been in by the end of it no matter what grade or how much experience pretty much everyone had the best time and everyone really fit their role not a single miscasting and no matter how small a part everyone truly made it their own and really made the saying "there are no small parts only small actors" true if you are interested in acting at all and have the opportunity to be on the music man I highly suggest doing it you won't regret it!!
My folks saw the road show of Music Man in Chicago when I was barely more than a toddler. They also must have bought the cast recording. My earliest memory is walking around the house, mixing up lyrics I didn't understand with a few of my dad's "bluer" phrases that I also didn't understand: "You can bitch, you can bicker. You can bicker, you can bitch. You can bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bicker, bicker, bicker, bicker..."
I was one when this film came out, but my parents bought the soundtrack, and I would listen to it growing up, even before I saw the movie. By the time I saw it, I could easily sing along with all the songs. Imagine my surprise, when I found out my mother went to high school with Robert Preston and even dated him once. That made this movie all the more fascinating to me.
Anyone truly interested in The Music Man should read Meredith Willson's book, "But He Doesn't Know the Territory." It's a magical recounting of how the musical came to be written and finally staged on Broadway.
probably my favorite memory with my family of all time was in 5th grade- we just saw this musical and then the movie so one night we decided to act out all the songs and video taped the whole thing my mom always said I was a good Marian :) I just wish I knew where the video tape ended up :(
I saw the recent Broadway revival with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster with my wife and brother. My wife is a librarian. I got so caught up in the moment I started singing along and got shushed by someone in the row ahead of us. Funny but true story.
"What do you want to take out?"
"The Librarian".
Best line ever.
Brian Nahodil ...yes, perfection...
Not really.
@@EmilyGloeggler7984
picky
Kinda seems like harassment.
I totally agree
"What would you like to take out?"
"The librarian"
What a pickup line
I'd go out with a guy if he was that smooth...and if I was a librarian...and if I was desirable.
I know! I was just about to say that was smooth as all get out...
Nathan Goedeke One of the relatively few romantic songs containing the word "carrion"...
+Nathan Goedeke Right?! Smooth as all get-out!
Nathan Goedeke ikr lol
Interrupt her work day and threaten to die on her floor. now that's the secret to picking up girls
It is if you're Robert Preston!
Lucy M don’t forget lighting her work place on fire
Lol well this is back in an era, when men could poetically pursue women. I met my first college gf, by rushing to the courtyard after class, where I knew she'd be, then acting casual as if our being there simultaneously was coincidental. When I eventually told her, she thought it was romantic. She'd visit me at my side job, in return. This practice was once viewed as charming, and romantic. Every word said wasn't taken as literal, nor litigious-ly. I'm talking 2005-6.
To be fair, this scene isn’t supposed to present Harold in a positive light, he’s still a con man at this point.
Don't forget romantically rhyming her name with rotting corpses.
First movie my wife, Marion, and I ever watched together was the Music Man. We had 38 awesome years before she passed.
probably one of the most clever musicals ever.
this is by far the most catchiest song I've ever heard
are you serious? this is literally the gayest song ive ever heard. it should be in the top ten dumbest and gayest songs ever made
2edgy4me
+whisperinthewind1986 Lol, he's talking to Marian. Clearly he's straight XD also, then why are you here
HIS SCREEN NAME IS WHISPERINTHEWIND!!!! I this he doth protest to much....right Mary?
Kitsune Yuki good grammar skills
Love this sequence. Robert Preston should've got at least an Oscar nomination for his performance.
I think he was one of those performers, like Cary Grant and Robin Williams, that the Academy takes for granted because of their charismatic personalities.
@@TheAureliac Robin Williams won an Oscar
@@msminmichigan You're right. I still believe the film industry was dismissive of his comedy (they were perfectly happy to profit from it, but they seemed to devalue it because his quickness implied talent rather than labor), but they could appreciate his dramatic ability.
He won a Tony award for this role on Broadway. Still, yeah.
I wonder how much fun he had doing this scene
Who wouldn't have a ball doing this scene? Who wouldn't want to start a flashmob in a library?
I bet it was great. I'm ensemble in Music Man and I am so ready
"Please make your selection and leave."
"I have!"
"What do you want to take out?"
*"The librarian"*
That's what Chris Kyle said.
Axiom_ FAV
THE LIBRARIAN
*🅱ass 🅱oosted*
Robert Preston is the epitome of charm in this movie. I've loved this movie ever since I was a little kid (which was a long time ago!). So impressed with Preston's dancing, too -- as light on his feet as the pro dancers who were probably half his age. Wow!
Robert Preston, such an amazing talent! Loved his energy and dancing, it's like he was shot out of a cannon.
Back when actors had actual talent and didn’t need to have an explosion in the background every 5 minutes ...
@@douglasphillips1203 Robert Preston was the explosions! What a voice!
I use to work in a library as a full time shusher.
Can’t help but stare how perfectly this was done. Even the actions of the almost yet all but noticed background people’s actions r on beat.
The jaunty "I love, you, dear" and the MADLY MADLY MADLYS and then the ambient stamping and walking which make up the background noise and then the creative rhyming with Marion make this so strangely and immensely catchy
This is just so damn awesome. The way the lyrics play into the music, the acting from both the main actors and all the background actors, the tempo of the music that plays straight into Marian's character. All of it. Just beautiful.
Translation: Go out with me or I'll burn down the library like Milton from Office Space.
ROFLMAO
I immediately want to start dancing when I hear this, and it always puts a smile on my face! Meredith Wilson was an amazing song writer!
RacingGuy61 I just want to sing dancing ain’t my thing
Why Mr. Hill, you had me at carrion.
Robert Preston and Shirley Jones are INCREDIBLE!
Note to self, watch this movie
manbalex
bro my band class is actually watching this, we made it to this part today
almost all the songs are freaking catchy af XD
It's fantastic, I own it on DVD. :)
You cut off the dance sequence. It's the best part.
The part where she throws off her glasses...
No the music is the only part I wanna see
Especially the part just after Marion runs up the steps and yells "Tommy". The hopscotch jumps and the screaming trumpets..............................YEAH............................(8^)
'Would you please make your selection and leave?!' 'Oh but have.' 'What do you want to take out?' 'The librarian...The librarian. Your not listening Marian.' 😍😜😂😃😄
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The perfect timing of this number never fails to put a smile on my face.
Robert Preston has a special voice
And a special charm
Since a kid this is still one of my favorite pieces!
This is so perfect - down to every note, word, look, and movement.
And Shirley Jones, what a peach!
At 1:23 the marbles are actually marshmallows
No glassy with an American flag in the middle? My life is a lie!
I love both Shirley Jones and Robert Preston!!! The Matt Broderick version is NOTHING compared to this original... Haha Madame libraaaaaaaaaaaarian
The brillant Robert Preston! Great post...
Madam Librarian
What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear
I love you madly, madly Madam Librarian...Marian
Heaven help us if the library caught on fire
And the Volunteer Hose Brigademen
Had to whisper the news to Marian...Madam Librarian!
What can I say, my dear, to make it clear
I need you badly, badly, Madam Librarian...Marian
If I stumbled and I busted my what-you-may-call-it
I could lie on your floor
'Till my body had turned to carrion....Madam Librarian.
Now in the moonlight, a man could sing it
In the moonlight
And a fellow would know that his darling
Had heard ev'ry word of his song
With the moonlight helping along.
But when I try in here to tell you, dear
I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian...Marian
It's a long lost cause I can never win
For the civilized world accepts as unforgivable sin
Any talking out loud with any librarian
Such as Marian.....Madam Librarian.
my favorite number in the movie! watched it in my choir class and i loved it!
Sigh ... ~50 years later and I'm still in love with Shirley Jones.
She was beautiful! she was also pregnant in the movie!
I really liked the musical. I saw it live!
She bad as shit
I want to ask out my Marian in such a classy way. Especially if she's anything like Shirly Jones is in this.
A shame to cut off the number, just as it's getting its steam up. I've maintained for many years, and still hold it to be true, that this is one of the sexiest scenes in all film history. Such a gift, that we got as good a movie version of this show as we did. Robert Preston had truly honed his portrayal, and is simply delicious throughout the movie.
Love that this song just with the sound of the books with cues of the song
After seeing this movie as a young boy, I was in love with Ms. Jones.
JohnnyUtah71 yeah my boyhood crush to
Skipped the toe tapping part which is honestly one of the best parts. Crazy how I watched this as a kid in music class and remember every song so vividly.
She is just MMM in this scene! That dress just hugs her in all the right ways.
My fav. The metre is remarkable...and turned to carrion? Pretty high brow!
1:32 “shh…………MADAM LIBRAAAAAA-“
I think I went deaf in my left ear with that one lmao
I think it's a crime in all 50 states to cut this before the dance sequence.
One if my favorite movies and the best song in the movie !!!
Madame Librarian 🎶🎼🎵
my family and I made a videotape of us acting out scenes from this movie and this one was by far my family's favorite. takes me back
Fell in love with Shirley Jones when I saw this movie. And that was a long time ago.
Sure wish you had the entire song. The dancing part is really cool, especially the way they choreograph the slap that Marian give Harold Hill LOL
I love this, especially how they do everything in time.
Remember seeing this film with my Mum when I was a kid and always remembered loads of the music.
Help! I'm obsessed with this song!
I love how the stamps match the rhythm XDDDD
Same
I remember this song from childhood and revisting it is so amazingly nostalgic.
Robert preston is so good in this!! He should have bern nominated for an Oscar
This is the best source of pickup lines. I'm surprised no one has used them before.
Exceptional Musical! Love this musical and Robert PresTon's Exceptional Talent and HiS VoiCe is cannot be copied!😉
Seen this back in 2002 and this song is still in my head in 2019
Robert Preston have a GREAT voice!!
+Charlene McClintock I always thought he was woefully under-rated in the Hollywood "media"....but read that his "Peers" thought the world of him and his talent!
He-she-it the s must fit.
ms. jones is the most beautiful annoyed woman i've ever seen... :D
We watched this movie in music class and my whole grade kept singing this! :)
love the sound of the books and stamps ! We miss the little things that make Musicals great with out spending way to much money on props !!!!!!!
Robert Preston was almost larger than life. Towering presence!
he's great--one of the best b'way perfomances
Christine McMillan he never made a film I hated great movies Fijian victor Victoria the last starfighter lovrmed them all
"Marbles.16 news a daddy's dozen pee-wee's and one great big glassing with an American flag in the middle. I think i'll drop em."
"No!"
"Shhh,"
She was beautiful looks just like my wife
Wait why are they all getting mad at them for talking when he is singing louder than he was talking?
its a movie from the 40s, logic doesnt exist lol
1962
1957 if you count the first Broadway performance.
You don’t really get musicals do you?
You should watch With Cat-Like Tread.
I love the coloring of the clothing, flowers, wall color, etc. in this scene. It’s just beautiful - muted, as libraries are supposed to be. Brilliant!
Best. Version. Ever.
This show seems so effortlessly brilliant. It kind of pisses me off how good it is.
Shirley Jones is adorable in this
This guy always creeped me out, even when I was kid he made me uneasy 😬 I still love this movie though and I do like this song because it is so catchy. 😊
My favorite scene !
See I just finished a music man production for my school (I was the constible) and I've hit post-musical depression and need the songs back in my life
At age of 42, still rocking as one of my favorite musicals
My life is now complete with this video on youtube
This song is straight fire
He's kinda a creeper by today's standards but the other dudes in the library are totally epic wingmen
I play in bass clarinet in the pit for this song in school! Best song ever cuz it's the only song ever that I got a solo lol!
Awesome! My high-school did this and I played marcellus, and the band was very good
If there’s one thing the films have taught us, it’s that libraries are the perfect place for wooing!
Darn! It just got to the good part then ended! That's the very best part: when everyone begins dancing!
How I love Robert Preston's voice. And charisma.
[Movie Dialogue]
Harold: It's alright, I know everything and it doesn't make any difference.
Marian: I don't know what you're talking about.
Harold: Mister Madison! You were probably very young... Anyone can make a mistake.
Marian: ...What?
Harold: No apologizes, no explanations... You see, I'll only be in town for a short while, and uh... The sadder but wiser girl for me...
Marian: Would you please make your selection and leave?
Harold: I have!
Marian: What do you wanna take out?
Harold: The librarian!
People: SHHHHHH!!!
Marian: Be quiet, please...
Harold: (Quietly) The librarian...!
Harold: You're not listening, Marian...
Look...
(Starts singing) Marian...
Harold: Marbles; Sixteens, eight aggies, a dozen pee-wee's, and one great big glassy with an American flag in the middle... I think I'll drop them!
Marian: NO!
Harold: SHHHHHHHH!!
[Harold starts singing again]
Madam Librarian...
What can I say, my dear, to catch your ear I love you madly, madly
Madam Librarian...
Marian!
Heaven help us, if the library caught on fire
And the Volunteer Hose Brigade men
Had to whisper the news to Marian...
Madam Librarian...
What can I say, my dear, to make it clear I need you badly, badly,
Madam Librarian...
Marian!
If I stumbled and I busted my what-you-may-call-it
I could lie on your floor unnoticed
'Till my body had turned to carrion...
Madam Librarian...
Now in the moonlight, a man could sing it In the moonlight
And a fellow would know that his darling
Had heard ev'ry word of his song
With the moonlight helping along.
But when I try in here to tell you, dear
I love you madly, madly,
Madam Librarian...
Marian!
It's a long lost cause I can never win
For the civilized world accepts as unforgivable sin
Any talking out loud with any librarian
Such as Marian...
Madam Librarian...
excellent picture quality after more than 50 years when I watched the movie 'The Music Man ' after school, I was fully enjoying the process the actor who was a salesman before was organizing a brass band in a small town in America, I had a strong favorite of trombone since then
I played Harold Hill in an eighth grade play of this. Loved it.
I love this part! lol!
I wish you could have done the whole sequence. I know copyright issues. Still, it would have been nice. Robert Preston and Shirley Jones had the best version.
I just did this show with my highschool for our spring musical I was casted as alma hix ( pick a little lady) everyone just absolutely adored the show and still can't get over their PMMD (Post Music Man depression) anybody I'm friends with from the show still makes references every chance they get it really became pretty much everyone's favorite musical they'd ever been in by the end of it no matter what grade or how much experience pretty much everyone had the best time and everyone really fit their role not a single miscasting and no matter how small a part everyone truly made it their own and really made the saying "there are no small parts only small actors" true if you are interested in acting at all and have the opportunity to be on the music man I highly suggest doing it you won't regret it!!
My folks saw the road show of Music Man in Chicago when I was barely more than a toddler. They also must have bought the cast recording. My earliest memory is walking around the house, mixing up lyrics I didn't understand with a few of my dad's "bluer" phrases that I also didn't understand: "You can bitch, you can bicker. You can bicker, you can bitch. You can bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bicker, bicker, bicker, bicker..."
I had the vhs of this, I watched it so many times as a young child that it stopped playing.
why on earth did you cut off the dance sequence?!?!?
My school is doing this show and this number is by far one of my favorites!!
I was one when this film came out, but my parents bought the soundtrack, and I would listen to it growing up, even before I saw the movie. By the time I saw it, I could easily sing along with all the songs. Imagine my surprise, when I found out my mother went to high school with Robert Preston and even dated him once. That made this movie all the more fascinating to me.
It has been my lifelong dream to have someone sing this to me in a library...except my name's not Marian. ;)
my dad used to sing it to my mom.
My absolute favorite song along with Carmen Habana
Anyone truly interested in The Music Man should read Meredith Willson's book, "But He Doesn't Know the Territory." It's a magical recounting of how the musical came to be written and finally staged on Broadway.
I've never seen this, but I remember singing it in 5th or 6th grade and it still gets stuck in my head (10th grade now-)
my favorite of the music man.
Ikr i watched this in music class and we never got finish until last year we finished
probably my favorite memory with my family of all time was in 5th grade- we just saw this musical and then the movie so one night we decided to act out all the songs and video taped the whole thing
my mom always said I was a good Marian :) I just wish I knew where the video tape ended up :(
were watching this in school. i love this part and song.
What would you like to take out?
The librarian
Shhhh
The librarian
I'm such a sucker for 12/8 time. What a song.
I saw the recent Broadway revival with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster with my wife and brother. My wife is a librarian. I got so caught up in the moment I started singing along and got shushed by someone in the row ahead of us. Funny but true story.
I love music man
Lets get real! This was way better then the disney tv remake
For choir our homework was to make a flashback and video tape it so my group did this in a library it was awesome
best pick up attempt ever