well, That's Show Biz, 03-09-2025 3-48 I Am Day

I Am Day

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

3-09-2025

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

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• <Play “Why Am I Me?>

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• You just heard “Why Am I Me?’ from Shenandoah which is appropriate for today’s theme. Today is National I Am Day and so to celebrate we are playing I Am songs. These are songs that establish a character’s personality, role in the plot, and/or motivations right away.

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• We are going to open our first set with Jim Dale declaring he’s “The Prince of Humbug” from Barnum. We will follow that with Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells singing “You and Me (But Mostly Me)” from The Book of Mormon. Then we will hear the original, Ethel Merman, sing “Some People” from Gypsy. And we will conclude this set with the title song from Little Me. Here’s “The Prince of Humbug” from Barnum.

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• We are celebrating National I Am Day today and you just heard “The Prince of Humbug” from Barnum, “You and Me (But Mostly Me)” from The Book of Mormon, “Some People” from Gypsy, and the title song from Little Me.

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• For our second set for National I Am Day, we begin with Barbra Streisand declaring “I’m the Greatest Star” from the film version of Funny Girl. Then we are going to hear “All I Care About” from the 1996 revival of Chicago. We are going to follow that with Mary Martin, “A Cockeyed Optimist” from South Pacific, and we will close with the “Jet Song” from West Side Story. Here’s “I’m the Greatest Star” from Funny Girl.

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• You just heard “I’m the Greatest Star” from Funny Girl, “All I Care About” from Chicago, “A Cockeyed Optimist” from South Pacific, and “Jet Song” from West Side Story as we celebrate National I Am Day today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• Today is National I Am Day so we are celebrating with I Am songs from Broadway. I Am songs are songs that establish a character’s personality, role in the plot, and/or motivations right away.

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• For our third set, we are going to open with Tim Curry singing “Sweet Transvestite” from the film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. We will follow that with Leslie Ann Warren singing “In My Own Little Corner” from the 1965 Television version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. And we will end this set with Queen Latifah singing “Big, Blonde and Beautiful” from the film version of Hairspray. Here’s “Sweet Transvestite” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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• Today is National I Am Day and you just heard “Sweet Transvestite” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, “In My Own Little Corner” from Cinderella, and “Big, Blonde and Beautiful” from Hairspray. 

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• And now for our final set for National I Am Day, we begin with Gwen Verdon singing “A Little Brains - a Little Talent” from Damn Yankees. Then we will hear John Rubenstein searching for his “Corner Of The Sky” from Pippin. We follow that with Howard McGillin revealing “A Man Could Go Quite Mad” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood. And we will close out National I Am Day with George Hearn declaring “I Am What I Am” from La Cage Aux Folles. Here’s “A Little Brains - a Little Talent” from Damn Yankees.

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• You just heard “A Little Brains - a Little Talent” from Damn Yankees, “Corner Of The Sky” from Pippin, “A Man Could Go Quite Mad” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and “I Am What I Am” from La Cage Aux Folles.

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• And that concludes today’s show for National I Am Day.

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