well, That's Show Biz, 04-20-2024 4-3 420: Getting High

420: Getting High

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

4-20-2025

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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 was pre-recorded as I am getting ready for a medical procedure.

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• <Play “Reefer Madness>

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• You just heard the title song to the musical Reefer Madness which is a musical satire of the 1936 anti marijuana propaganda film.

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•  Today is April 20th, 4/20, and for those that understand that reference, today’s theme is about getting high. We make no judgements here, just Broadway songs about getting high.

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• Opening our first set we have the song “Pot at a Funeral” from a folk-pop musical called A Little More Alive about two estranged brothers who reunite after their mother’s funeral. We will follow that with the song “Hashish” from the original rock musical Hair. And we will close the set with “Now (It’s Just the Gas)” from Little Shop of Horrors. Here’s “Pot at a Funeral” from A Little More Alive.

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• We are listening to songs about getting high and you just heard “Pot at a Funeral” from A Little More Alive, “Hashish” from Hair, and “Now (It’s Just the Gas)” from Little Shop of Horrors.

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• <PSA>

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• Today is 4/20 which is a number that refers to smoking marijuana so today’s theme is songs about getting high.

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• We begin our second set with the song “Wish I Were Here” from Next To Normal, a musical about a mother struggling with bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family. Then we will hear the song “Chillin’ the Regrets” from Alice By Heart, a musical inspired by the children’s book Alice In Wonderland. We will follow that with “Morphine Tango” from Kiss of the Spider Woman and we will end this set with “Acid Queen” from The Who’s Tommy, Here’s “Wish I Were Here” from Next To Normal.

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• You just heard “Wish I Were Here” from Next To Normal, “Chillin’ the Regrets” from Alice By Heart, “Morphine Tango” from Kiss of the Spider Woman, and “Acid Queen” from The Who’s Tommy as we listen to songs about getting high for 4/20 today, April 20th, on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• <Station Promo or Underwriting>

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

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• Today is April 20th, 420,and those who understand that reference will understand why we are playing Broadway songs about getting high. And we do this without making judgements.

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• Leading off our third set, we have “The Brownie Song” from Reefer Madness. We will follow that with “Walking in Space” from Hair. And we will close out this set with “The Garden Path to Hell” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Princess Puffer relates the tale of the circumstances of her life leading her to run an opium den.  Here’s “The Brownie Song” from Reefer Madness.

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• We are listening to Broadway songs about getting high today and you just heard “The Brownie Song” from Reefer Madness, “Walking in Space” from Hair, and “The Garden Path to Hell” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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• <Donation Copy> AND <Other Show Promo>

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• And now for our concluding set of songs about getting high, we have “There is Only One Paris for That” from Irma La Douce which references buying marijuana. Then we have Andre DeShields performing “The Viper’s Drag” from Ain’t Misbehavin’, and we end with the delinquent’s song “Gee, Officer Krupke” from West Side Story which also mentions smoking Marijuana. Here’s “There is Only One Paris for That” from Irma La Douce.

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• We just heard “There is Only One Paris for That” from Irma La Douce, “The Viper’s Drag” from Ain’t Misbehavin’, and “Gee, Officer Krupke” from West Side Story.

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• Next week we will recognize April as Jazz Appreciation Month. We will be playing songs from shows influenced by Jazz.

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