The Contest
[00:00.53] I am Adolfo Pirelli
[00:02.65] Da king of da barbers
[00:03.72] Da barber of kings
[00:04.78] E Buon Giorno, good day
[00:06.64] I blow you a kiss
[00:09.02] And I, da so famous Pirelli
[00:11.68] I wish-a to know-a who has-a the nerve-a to say
[00:16.19] My elixir is piss!
[00:19.38] Who says this?
[00:22.30] I do. I’m Mr. Sweeney Todd from Fleet Street. I have opened a bottle of Pirelli’s Elixir and I say to you, it is nothing but
[00:35.05] An arrant fraud, concocted from piss and ink. Furthermore, Signor, I have serviced no kings, yet I wager that I can shave a
[00:47.80] Cheek with ten times more dexterity than any street mountebank
[00:53.38] You hear dis foolish man? Now please you will see how he will-a regret-a his-a folly!
[01:01.89] Who’s for a free shave? Will Beadle Bamford be the judge?
[01:08.00] Glad, as always to oblige my friends and neighbors. The fastest, smoothest shave, is the winner!
[01:38.54] Now signorini, signori
[01:39.87] We mix-a da lather
[01:40.94] But first-a you gather
[01:42.53] Around signorini, signori
[01:44.12] You looking a man
[01:44.91] Who have had-a da glory
[01:45.98] To shave-a da pope
[01:47.04] Mister Sweeney, whoever
[01:48.10] I beg-a your pardon
[01:49.16] You’ll probably say it was only a cardinal
[01:51.83] NOPE!
[01:53.42] It was-a da Pope!
[01:57.67] To shave-a da face
[02:00.32] To cut-a da hair
[02:02.71] Require a grace
[02:05.11] Require da flare
[02:07.76] For if-a you slip
[02:09.09] You nick da skin
[02:10.15] You clip-a da chin
[02:11.21] You rip-a the lip a bit beyond-a repair
[02:16.00] To shave-a da face
[02:18.93] Or even a part
[02:21.05] Widout it-a smart
[02:23.18] Require da heart
[02:26.37] Not just-a da flash
[02:29.03] It take-a panache
[02:31.15] It take-a da passion for da art
[02:36.46] To shave-a da face
[02:38.85] To trim-a da beard
[02:41.24] To make-a da bristle
[02:43.37] Clean like a whistle
[02:45.49] Dis is from early infancy
[02:48.15] Da talent give to me by God
[02:58.51] It take-a da skill
[03:00.63] It take-a da brains
[03:02.76] It take-a da will
[03:05.17] To take-a da pains
[03:09.15] It take-a da pace
[03:11.54] It take-a da graaaaaaaaaaaaace
[03:22.43] The winner—is Todd!
