well, That's Show Biz, 02-25-2024 2-48 Hello & Goodbye

Hello & Goodbye

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

02-25-2024

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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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• Today’s show is about opposites, Hello & Goodbye, Songs of Welcome and Songs of Farewell.

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• Our first set contains the Hellos and Welcomes. We are going to open with “Hello!”, the opening song from the hilarious Book Of Mormon. Next, the original Anna Leonowens from The King & I, Gertrude Lawrence, welcomes her students with the song “Getting to Know You”. Then the wolf greets Red Riding Hood with “Hello, Little Girl” from Into The Woods. And we will finish with Ben Vereen and the original cast of Pippin greeting the audience with “Magic To Do”. Here’s “Hello!” from The Book of Mormon.

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• You just heard “Hello!” from The Book Of Mormon, “getting to Know You” from The King & I, “Hello, Little Girl” from Into The Woods, and “Magic To Do” from Pippin as we highlight songs of Welcome and Farewell today.

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• Today’s theme is Hello & Goodbye, Songs of Welcome and Songs of Farewell. Set one was about Welcome and set two will be about Farewell.

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• We are going to open with Barbra Streisand singing “So Long Dearie” from the film version of Hello, Dolly!. Next we will hear the farewell song, “Grand Knowing You” from the 2016 revival of She Loves Me. Then, we will hear “Goodbye, Old Girl” from Damn Yankees, as character Joe Boyd gets transformed into baseball player Joe Hardy after he makes a deal with the devil. And we close the set with “Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love” from Dreamgirls. Here’s “So Long Dearie” from Hello, Dolly!.

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• You just heard the Farewell songs, “So Long Dearie” from Hello, Dolly!, “Grand Knowing You” from She Loves Me, “Goodbye, Old Girl” from Damn Yankees, and “Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love” from Dreamgirls as we focus on songs about Hello & Goodbye 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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• We are listening to songs of Welcome and Farewell today and in Set 3 we go back to Welcome. We are going to open with “Welcome to the Renaissance” from Something Rotten!. Next, we will hear “Happy To Make Your Acquaintance” from The Most Happy Fella. What cool about this recording is that includes most of the dialog from the show as well. Then we will hear the little Munchkin ditty from The Wizard Of Oz, “We Welcome You to Munchkinland”. And we will conclude with the welcome song “Consider Yourself” from Oliver!. Here’s “Welcome to the Renaissance” from Something Rotten!.

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• Today’s theme is Hello & Goodbye and you just heard the Welcome songs “Welcome to the Renaissance” from Something Rotten!, “Happy To Make Your Acquaintance” from The Most Happy Fella, “We Welcome You to Munchkinland” from The Wizard Of Oz, and “Consider Yourself” from Oliver!.

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• If you would like to help out with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. I am also looking for your lists of favorite musicals as well. You can send your lists to wruushowbiz@gmail.com as well. And if you are enjoying today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• For our concluding set of Hello & Goodbye songs, we are going back to Farewell songs. We are going to open with “So Long, Farewell” from the film version of The Sound Of Music. Next we will hear the devastating “Far from the Home I Love” from Fiddler On The Roof. The Hugh Jackman sings “Once Before I Go” from The Boy From Oz. And we will close with Robert Preston as Mack Sennett singing “I Promise You a Happy Ending” from Mack & Mabel. Here’s “So Long, Farewell” from The Sound Of Music.

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• You just heard “So Long Farewell” from The Sound Of Music, “Far from the Home I Love” from Fiddler On The Roof, “Once Before I Go” from The Boy From Oz, and “I Promise You a Happy Ending” from Mack & Mabel as we finish today’s theme of Hello & Goodbye.

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• I am asking for your lists of favorite musicals that I can collate and create a show around. Send me your lists to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1 pm on WRUU, 107.5 FM in Savannah, or streaming at WRUU.org. See you next week.