well, That's Show Biz, 07-21-2024 3-16 Be Someone Day

Be Someone Day

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

07-21-2024

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and each 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, July 21st, is National Be Someone Day.

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• <Play “Why Am I Me”>

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• Today is National Be Someone Day and you just heard “Why Am I Me” from Shenandoah. Today’s theme for National Be Someone Day is songs about being someone or aspiring to be someone.

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• We are going to open our first set with Robert Morse and Company singing “I Believe in You” from the original Broadway production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Then we will hear the title song to Little Me. And we will conclude with “Be a Lion” from The Wiz. Here’s “I Believe in You” from How to Succeed.

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• It’s National Be Someone Day and you just heard “I Believe in You” from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the title song to Little Me, and “Be a Lion” from The Wiz.

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• <PSA>

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• It’s National Be Someone Day so we are playing songs about being someone or aspiring to be someone.

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• For our next set, we are going to open with Brian Stokes Mitchell and Ernie Sabella singing “Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)” from the 2002 Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha. Next, Robert Goulet as Sir Lancelot sings “C’est moi”, It’s me, from Camelot. Then, Jodi Benson imagines being “Part of Your World” from the original animated film version of The Little Mermaid. And we will conclude this set with Colm Wilkinson asking “Who Am I?” from Les Miserables. Here’s the title song to Man of La Mancha.

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• You just heard the title song to Man of La Mancha, “C’est moi” from Camelot, “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid, and “Who Am I?” from Les Miserables as we celebrate National Be Someone Day today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• <Underwriting>

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

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• Today is National Be Someone Day and we are listening to songs about being someone or aspiring to be someone.

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• We open our third set with the original cast of Sweet Charity singing “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This”. Then we will hear “All I Need Is the Girl” from the original cast album of Gypsy. And we will conclude with Jennifer Hudson from the film version of Dreamgirls singing “I Am Changing”. Here’s “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” from Sweet Charity.

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• It’s National Be Someone Day and you just heard “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” from Sweet Charity, “All I Need Is the Girl” from Gypsy, and “I Am Changing” from Dreamgirls.

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• <Other Show Promo>

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• <Donation Copy>

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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 and if you are enjoying today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And now to conclude our show on National Be Someone Day, first up we have “Expressing Yourself” from Billy Elliot. Then Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme starred in a musical in 1968 called Golden Rainbow which produced the popular song “I Gotta Be Me” made famous by Sammy Davis Jr.. I found no recording of that show but we will hear Steve Lawrence singing “I Gotta Be Me” from one of his albums. And we will conclude with the senior class from the movie Fame performing their graduation piece, “I Sing the Body Electric”. Here’s “Expressing Yourself” from Billy Elliot.

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• You just heard “Expressing Yourself” from Billy Elliot, Steve Lawrence with “I Gotta Be Me” originally from Golden Rainbow, and “I Sing the Body Electric” from Fame which concludes our celebration of National Be Someone Day.

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• If you would like to help out with a future show, you can send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm for more of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [Station ID]. See you next week.