Dreaming Big
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Hosted by Maureen Miner
Playlist
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Happy New Year
— Rent
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Carrying the Banner
— Newsies
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For Good
— Wicked
(Idina Menzel)
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Gee, Officer Krupke
— West Side Story
[20:39]
Happiness
— You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
[26:11]
What If
— If/Then
(Idina Menzel; recommended by Michael)
[29:35]
Extraordinary
— Pippin
(John’s favorite)
[31:35]
Somewhere That’s Green
— Little Shop of Horrors
[36:35]
Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul)
— The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(dedicated to Taco Tony)
[40:20]
The Impossible Dream
— Man of La Mancha
(John’s favorite show)
[43:40]
Go, Go, Go Joseph
— Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
[49:27]
Hot Dog
— Bullets Over Broadway
(as introduced by Rosemary; title uncertain in transcript)
[52:25]
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
— Spamalot
[57:30]
You’ll Be Back
— Hamilton
(closing song)
Transcript
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For listening to WRT, 89.9 FM in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Arracular Studios invites you to their production of 12 Angry Jurors, coming to the Bartel Theater
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January 22nd through February 1st.
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A man is dead, murdered, allegedly by his own son with a switchblade through the heart.
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It falls to a jury of 12 to determine the boy's guilt.
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If he is found guilty, he will be sentenced to death.
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New lives hang in the balance in this American play about the fight for justice.
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Written by Reginald Rose, adapted by Sherman L. Sergil, and directed by Michael Kelly, Arracular
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Studios' production brings this classic drama into the modern age.
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12 Angry Jurors runs January 22nd through February 1st at the Bartel Theater.
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More information can be found at barteltheater.org.
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Keeping you plugged into the Madison Arts community, this is WRT 89.9 FM and WRT FM.org.
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Three and a half minutes, you're supposed to be working, that's for midnight, where
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are they?
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There isn't much time, maybe they're dressing for a party, that's also, I take the girl
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out of Hixville, but you can't take the Hixville out of the, or no gotta, for the
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chain that pulled it in.
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Check out the phone, no more chance, let me, I'll kiss your dog, mommy kiss your
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dog.
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Be okay, be your squatters, there's hope, but just in case, rope, we can hoist the
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line, to the fire escape, and tie all that, that bench, I can't take them as chums, start
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hoisting, wench, I think I should be laughing, yet I forget, forget how to begin, I'm feeling
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something inside, and yet I still decide, if I should hide on the, last week I wanted
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just to disappear, my life was dust, but now it just may be a happy new,
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James Bond, and pussy galore in person, pussy you can't prepare, I was a boy scout once,
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and a brownie, and so some brat got scared, aha money penny, my martini, well that's
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champagne too, oh that's shaken, not stirred, pussy the bolts, just say the word, two minutes
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left to execute our plan, why's everyone else playing spider-man, ironic close-up tight,
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on the phone machines red light, once the boho boys are gone, the power mysteriously
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comes on, happy new year, Miss Rosie, and you are listening to WORT 89.9 FM, in Madison
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Wisconsin, here on community sponsored, volunteer led, WRT, and this is Maureen Miner, you
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just heard Happy New Year from Rent, and fun fact, we're featuring some Edinum and
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Zell music today, and I didn't realize, but Edinum was played, or played Maureen, and that's
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my name, isn't that cool Rosemary?
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Yeah, so we are having fun, thanks for joining us, we have John Miner behind the scenes
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helping Rosemary and I out today, I'm gonna hear some hopeful music, some favorites of
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ours, and some titles that just looked interesting to Rosemary, so here we go with Carrying the
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Banner from Newsy's.
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Everything they read in the paper is about us cruddy JD's, so that's what we give them,
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some to believe in, hey you, who me, officer crucky, yeah you, good reason for not dragging
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you down the station house, you punk, dear kindly sergeant crucky, you gotta understand,
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it's just our bringing up key, that gets us out of hand, our mother's all our junkies,
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our father's all our drunks, golly moses, naturally we're punks, gee officer
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grump key, we're very upset, we never had the love that every child ought to get,
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we ain't no delinquent, we're misunderstood, peek down inside as there is good, there is good,
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there is good, there is good, there is untapped, like inside, the worst of us is good,
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head to the judge!
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Dear kindly judge your honor, my parents treat me rough, with all their marijuana,
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they won't give me a puff, they didn't want to have me, but somehow I was had,
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leap on lizards, that's why I'm so bad,
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like officer crucky or real square, this boy don't need a judge, he needs an analyst's cow,
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this sucks his neurosis, there oughta be coy, he psychologically destroyed,
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I'm destroyed, we're destroyed, we're destroyed, we're the most destroyed,
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like we're psychologically destroyed, in the opinion of escort,
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this child is the brave, out of county ain't had a normal home,
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hey I'm the brave donna can I'm the bride, so take him to a head sprinkle, you, who me?
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my daddy beats my mommy, my mommy clubbers me, my grandpa is a commie, my grandma pushes tea,
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my sister wears a mustache, my brother wears a dress, goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess
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yes officer crucky, he shouldn't be here, this boy don't need a couch, he needs a useful career,
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society's played him a terrible trick, un-socialistically sick, I am sick, we are sick, we are sick,
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we are sick, sick, sick, like we're sociologically sick, woohoo, woohoo, in my opinion this child does
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not need to have his head shrunk at all, trauma delinquencies purely are social disease,
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hey I got a social disease, so take him to a social worker, which way?
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oh dear, kindly social worker, they tell me get a job, like be a soda jerker,
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which means I be a slob, it's not I'm anti-social, I'm only anti-work, glory, I'm not why I'm a jerk
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officer crocky, you've done it again, this boy don't need a job, he needs a year in,
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it ain't just a question of misunderstood, seat down, it's lazy, the trouble is he drinks,
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the trouble is he's crazy, the trouble is he stank, the trouble is he's growing, the trouble is he's grown,
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you're me, we are troubles of all of us, officer crocky, we're dynamic,
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cause no one wants a fella with a social disease, officer crocky, what are we to do, you are a sick
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little, just look at me, little, and just look at you, you can do all I've
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heard, it's people come into our lives, bringing something we must learn, and we are, us most grow,
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if we let them, and we help them in, well I don't know if I believe that's true,
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but I know I'm who I am today, because like a clock as it passes a sun, like a stream that meets a
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boulder, through the wood can send change, how much of me would I learn, like a hat,
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by a weight off the sea, like a siege wrought by a sky, life and shape, cause I know you,
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because I know you, and just to clear the air, I've done you, we know there's, I do believe I
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haven't changed, dropped her pencil, it has teeth marks all over it, she nibbles her pencil,
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she's human, it hasn't been such a bad day after all, happiness is finding a pencil,
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pizza with sausage, telling the time, happiness is learning to whistle,
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tie in your shoe for the very first time, and happiness is walking hand in hand,
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happiness is two kinds of ice cream, climbing a tree is five different, catching a firefly,
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setting in, this is morning and evening, daytime and nighttime too, your happiness is anyone,
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and anything at all, happiness is having a sister, getting a message, sing together when day is through,
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happiness is those who sing with you, happiness is anyone, and anything that's loved,
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loved, you're a good man, Charlie Brown, was happiness, and this is Rosemary,
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and you might have heard me before this show, that's right, Rosemary's already been on the
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radio with Miss Nikki and her infinite variety, but now you're tuned into better living through
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show tunes here on WRT 89.9 FM, thank you so much for listening and joining us today,
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we have the Miner family with you, and we're subbing for Kirk, so we had of course to play
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something from Wicked, which was for good, and G Africa Sir Krupke from Rent, that was before,
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West Side Story was before that, we selected some Indina Menzel music and you're going to hear
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What If from If Then, a new musical which I have not heard of, so thank you Michael for
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recommending that to us and enjoy the music.
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Every day your life starts again, one can say just how it just went,
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somehow the world inside out, each choice you make is a kind of a loss, each turn that you take,
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and each coin that you toss, you lose all the choices you don't get to make,
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you wander a battle, turns you don't take, so what if I'd, what if, and then what if I'd
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answered that, catching the roof and pitching the hay, is not my idea of a perfect day,
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when you're extraordinary, you gotta do extraordinary things, I'm not the top who
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loses sleep, over the size of the compost heap, when you're extraordinary, you think about
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extraordinary things, that's the reason I'll never be, the kind of man who's got into the tapestry,
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the dungeon smells, oh it's hard to feel special, it's hard to feel big, feeding the turtle and
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walking the pig, it's so secondary, won't stop leaking and the goat won't stop shrieking and
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the griffin keeps losing his hair, if the west wing is rotting and our best wine is
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clowning, well I'm terribly, someone would just tell me when the hell it is, oh give me my chance
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and give me my wings in the struggle, so I got a black eye and my arms in a cast, but he's got,
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and I dream of a place where we could be together, what kind of place is that honey,
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an emergency room, oh no, a daydream of mine, a little development I dream of, just off the
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interstate, fancy like Levittown, just a little street in a little suburb far far from urban Skid Row,
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the sweetest greenest place, where everybody has the same little lawn out front and the same little
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flagstone patio out back, houses are so neat and pretty, because they all look just alike,
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I dream about it all the time, as to me and the toaster and a sweet little guy, see more
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matchbox of a roll, no chain link, a grill out of a patio, disposal in the sea, a wash around
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and an irony, in the track tower that we share, where that's green, loves to monitor,
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in the pine song, where that's green, nine fifteen, watching a big, twelve ember bra,
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his father, he knows best, our kids watch howdy doody, as the sun sets in the west,
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a picture of his magazine, Skid Row will go, we are trying to stay positive here and keep dreams and
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hope alive these days, so you just heard somewhere that's green from Little Shop of Horrors,
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and before that was Extra Ordinary from Pippin, one of John's favorite songs,
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this is Maureen Miner, you're listening to Better Living Through Showtoons here on WRT,
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89.9 FM, and Rosemary has a special announcement. And here is something for Taco Tony.
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To read the unreached other star, this is my quest, to follow that star matter or less,
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to fight for the ride, without question or pause, to be willing to march into her nest,
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be better for the, that one man, scorned and covered with scar, still strong,
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last sounds occur, they are each other, and his orch's he used were flung to very frightened men,
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but if you can, the key is to, your dreams, though I cannot guarantee, I'll have a go,
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a trend of a vine, I picked some grapes, and I crushed them, gave them to Pharaoh,
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who drank from my cup, I tried to interpret, but I had to give up, be free my friend,
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do not work anymore, let you out of here, you did before, those who tell history,
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with baskets of bread, I saw birds overhead, who flew to the baskets, and ate every slice,
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give me the message, like his would be nigh, say your dream is not, the kind of dream I'd like to get,
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has it in fear, don't rely on all I said I saw, just that I have not been wrong before,
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was of course, go go go Joseph, from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
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we are dreaming big today, that was before that, was a possible dream,
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from one of John's favorite shows, Man in La Mancha, and we are here today, thank you so much,
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speaking of dreams, we are celebrating the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr., and he, as we all
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know, had great dreams, which unfortunately today are still not coming true, so hopefully
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we can get past that, let's give some shout outs to some events that are happening,
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tonight is the MLK Ecumenical Service from 4.30 to 6 at First Baptist Church on Franklin Avenue,
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I believe, so look that up, we'll be there, tomorrow, Monday, January 19th, it's a youth day of service
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from noon to 5, and you can find more information at ulgm.org, and that's happening at the Madison
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Central Library, also the state of Wisconsin's 46th longest running annual tribute and ceremony
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is from noon to 2 at the state capitol in the rotunda, always a beautiful service
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and celebration, and then the 41st annual city of Madison and Dane County MLK
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Day observance is from 5 to 7.30 at Overture Center Capitol Theatre, and again lots of great
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music that they feature there as well, and now from Bullets Over Broadway, what is this
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next song called Rosemary?
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But if I like the service, I would come back, I'm willing to pay, so listen to the words I
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want a hot dog for my role, I want it hot, I don't want it cold, a big one, that's what I said,
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oh it will fit, hot dog for my role, instead, interpretive dancing, cause the audience used
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to interpret it one way, and the Catholic Church interpreted it another, to a charisma,
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now picture this, the hot dog man comes on, and when I say hot dog, I don't mean cocktail Frank,
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oh here's a dog that's short and lean, that ain't the kind of dog I'm in, oh here's a dog that's
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short and fat, you better show me something, here's my role as your dog, that role you got
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would hold half a heart, why yes I can, I'm known as the champion, this is a total bloody disaster,
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all my nights have fled, and we're lost in a dark and very expensive forest, well it could be worse,
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well how could it possibly be worse, oh cheer up sire, you know what they say, what do they say pixie,
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some things in life are bad, they can really make you mad, other things just make you swear and curse,
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when you're chewing on life's gristle, don't crumble, give a whistle, and this will help
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things turn out for the best, always look on the bright side of life, always look on the right side
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of life, you give it a try, if life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten,
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and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing, when you're feeling in the dumps,
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don't be silly chumps, just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing, and always look on the
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bright side of life, look on the right side of life, well life is quite absurd, and death's the final
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word, you must always face the curtain with a bow, forget about your sin, give the audience a grin,
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enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow, always look on the bright side of death, just life's a laugh
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and death's a joke it's true, you'll see it's all a show, keep on laughing as you go, just remember
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that the last laugh is on you, look on the bright side of life, it's quite absurd, and death's the
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final word, you always face the curtain with a bow, excuse me, is that a shrubbery, oh yes,
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I'm throwing it out, chat won't leave it alone, well what a strike of luck, I'll take it off your hands,
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hey little lady patsy, I hope you enjoyed always look on the bright side of life,
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we're gonna leave with that today, that one of course was from Spamalot, and we hope you had a
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good time listening to the Miner Family here on Better Living Through Showtoons on WORT 89.9 FM,
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and we wish you a wonderful rest of the weekend, and Rosemary will close us out.
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Thank you for listening to today, have a good day.
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cry in your tea, what you heard in the sea, when you see me go by, why so sad, remember we
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made an arrangement when you went away, now you're making me mad, remember despite our estrangement,
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I'm your man, you'll be back, soon you'll see, you'll remember you belong to me,
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you'll be back, time will tell, remember that I served you well, oceans rise, empires fall,
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we have seen each other through it all, and when push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed
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battalion to remind you of my ada, Brits of Jews, be back like before, I will fight the fight and
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win the war, for your love, for your praise, and I'll love you till my dying day,
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when he uses family to remind you of my lies,human you're listening to WORT 89.9 FM
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