well, That's Show Biz, 08-09-2026 5-19 Optimism

Optimism

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

8-09-2026

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and every week I bring you music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme.

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• The theme for today is Optimism and you just heard “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” from the musical Spamalot and originally featured at the end of the Monty Python film The Life of Brian.

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• It’s a perfect opening for our theme of Optimism.

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• Our first set opens with “Something’s Coming” from the 1961 film version of West Side Story. Then we will hear “When I Grow Up” from the Broadway cast recording of Matilda. And we will close this Optimistic set with “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” from the 1969 film version of Sweet Charity. Here’s “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story.

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• We are listening to songs of Optimism today and you just heard “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story, “When I Grow Up” from Matilda, and “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” from Sweet Charity.

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• Things are looking up. For our next set of Optimistic songs, we have “Put On a Happy Face” from the film version of Bye Bye Birdie. Then Bernadette Peters tells us that “I Got The Sun In The Morning” from the 1999 Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun. And we will close the set with “Brotherhood of Man” from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Here’s “Put On a Happy Face” from Bye Bye Birdie.

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• You just heard “Put On a Happy Face” from Bye Bye Birdie, “I Got The Sun In The Morning” from Annie Get Your Gun, and “Brotherhood of Man” from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

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• Are you feeling more confident? Stick with us as we play more Optimistic songs today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [Station ID].

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• Today is about Optimism, looking at the positive. For this set, we begin with “The Lady’s Improving” from The Prom. Next we will hear “I Got Plenty of Nothing” from Porgy and Bess. Then we will hear Frank Sinatra sing the Grammy nominated and Oscar winning song “High Hopes” originally from the 1959 film A Hole in the Head. And we will end this Optimistic set with “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde the Musical. Here’s “The Lady’s Improving” from The Prom.

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• Our theme today is Optimism and you just heard “The Lady’s Improving” from The Prom, “I Got Plenty of Nothing” from Porgy and Bess, Frank Sinatra singing the song “High Hopes”, and “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde the Musical.

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• And now for our last set for Optimism followed by one final song.

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• We start with Julie Andrews singing “I Have Confidence” from the film version of The Sound of Music. Richard Rodgers wrote the music AND lyrics for this song as it was written specifically for the movie and after Oscar Hammerstein’s death. We will follow that with the song “I Believe” from The Book of Mormon. And we will close with Lena Horne singing “If You Believe” from her one woman show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. Remember, we have one last song after this set. Here’s “I Have Confidence” from The Sound of Music.

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• You just heard “I Have Confidence” from The Sound of Music, “I Believe” from The Book of Mormon, and “If You Believe” from Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.

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• My mother used to tell me that no matter how bad things get “the sun always comes out”. For our final song for Optimism, here is Andrea McArdle and “Tomorrow” from Annie.

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• You just heard “Tomorrow” from Annie which concludes today’s show about Optimism.

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• And that concludes this week’s edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to assist with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm for more of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU-LP, Savannah, GA, 107.5FM and WRUU.org.  We are Savannah Soundings, Community Radio with Global Soul.

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• Please stay tuned for “Music At The Movies”, coming up next, hosted by Aiden Peck and I will see you next week. So long.