Halloween Spooky Spectacular

[00:25] You are listening to W-O-R-T-F-M, Madison 89.9.

[00:31] This is Better Living Through Show Tunes.

[00:34] I'm your host, Katie.

[00:35] Today in the studio, we also have Margaret and Bill

[00:38] helping out with the pledge drive.

[00:39] If you've been listening,

[00:41] you know that it's happening right now.

[00:43] So if you feel so inclined to make a pledge

[00:46] to help WART continue to do what we do here,

[00:51] give us a call.

[00:52] We would love to hear from you

[00:54] and collect those monies, you know.

[00:57] You can call 608-256-2001,

[01:03] extension one,

[01:05] or you can also make a pledge online

[01:08] at www.wartfm.org.

[01:13] We're gonna start out today's Show Tunes show

[01:16] with a little rocky whore.

[01:20] Hope you love it.

[02:00] I would like, if I may,

[02:02] to take you on a strange journey.

[03:08] In just a minute.

[05:20] That was a little ditty from Rocky Horror Picture Show

[05:22] called Over at the Frankenstein Place.

[05:25] Since it's October,

[05:26] I decided to kinda go with an evil spooky scary theme.

[05:30] So a lot of these songs may be from musicals

[05:33] that you don't know or some that you do recognize.

[05:35] A lot of them are movies turned musicals.

[05:38] Those make the best crazy random songs

[05:42] that you'd never thought you'd hear from, right?

[05:45] So like I mentioned,

[05:48] we have Bill helping us out today

[05:50] with the pledge drive and Margaret is here as well.

[05:55] So I'm gonna let Bill talk a little bit

[05:57] about what is happening and how you can donate today.

[06:01] Thank you, Katie, it's nice to be here.

[06:04] Before I say anything else,

[06:05] I'm just gonna remind you that the phone number

[06:07] is 608-256-2001, extension one,

[06:11] or else you can go online to WORTFM.org

[06:14] and click the donate button.

[06:16] And I think that war is like the light in the darkness,

[06:22] just to draw on the previous song.

[06:26] There's a light over at the Frankenstein Place.

[06:29] Here we are at WORT, our light is shining bright,

[06:33] but we need your help, listeners.

[06:36] This is Listen to Sponsored Radio

[06:38] and we need to pay for stuff.

[06:40] And this is how we do it.

[06:41] We don't have commercials that are louder than the music

[06:46] interfering with your enjoyment.

[06:48] We come to you three or four times a year

[06:50] asking for money straight out upfront, blam.

[06:53] Please give us money because we need to keep the lights on.

[06:57] It costs money to keep that light

[06:59] glowing in the darkness at the Frankenstein Place.

[07:02] And we have done some great things

[07:05] with listener support over the past few years.

[07:07] You've heard about the sound boards, they are luxurious,

[07:10] but sturdy is the thing.

[07:13] You had to get a new roof on this building

[07:14] because there was water coming in.

[07:16] And now we're looking to fix the elevator

[07:22] and do a little updating on the exterior of the building.

[07:27] I think that the paint needs a little bit of fixing,

[07:32] as well as keeping the lights on all day every day

[07:35] with the wonderful music and news and talk

[07:38] that war brings you 608-256-2001 or WRTFM.org.

[07:45] Thanks, Bill.

[07:46] The next song we're going to play is from the musical Wicked,

[07:49] sung by Adina Menzel, No Good Deed.

[08:44] Don't even know what I'm reading.

[08:46] I don't even know what trick I ought to try.

[08:50] Fear, where are you?

[08:52] Already dead or bleeding?

[08:54] One more disaster I can add to mine.

[08:57] Generous supply goes unpunished.

[09:12] No act of charity goes unrepresented.

[09:16] No good deed goes unpunished.

[09:20] That's my new career.

[09:28] No good hurts.

[10:02] Too much, too much to mention.

[10:05] Was I really seeking good or just seeking attention?

[10:09] Is that all good deeds are when looked at

[10:11] when an ice cold die?

[10:14] If that's all good deeds are, maybe that's it.

[10:46] Let all laws be agreed.

[10:48] I'm wicked through and through

[10:50] since I cannot succeed.

[10:53] Fiero saving you, I promise no good deed.

[10:57] Will you attempt to do it?

[11:29] Evil's lurking in the dark.

[11:37] The insight that almost stops your heart.

[11:42] You try to scream,

[11:45] but terror takes the sound before you make it.

[11:52] You start to free.

[11:55] As horror looks you right between the eyes.

[12:00] You're paralyzed.

[12:03] I guess this is thrillers

[12:11] and no one's gonna see it.

[12:13] From the beast of Dr. Strike,

[12:15] you know it's thrilling.

[12:22] You're fighting for your life inside a killer.

[12:26] Thriller doesn't know where left to run.

[12:46] See the sun, you close your eyes.

[12:52] Just imagination keeping up behind.

[15:28] I think you might recognize that one.

[15:29] It was a thriller from MJ the Musical.

[15:32] How fun, I'm a big Michael Jackson fan.

[15:34] So I was excited to get to play that one

[15:37] because it's actually from a musical.

[15:39] I don't know if anyone got to see it

[15:41] either in New York or on a tour.

[15:43] I did see the tour when it came to the Overture Center

[15:45] and I was blown away by the impersonations.

[15:49] Just so magical and a little name drop.

[15:51] My friend Jason Michael Webb was the orchestrator

[15:54] and musical director for MJ the Musical on Broadway.

[15:56] So I especially have a special place

[15:59] in that of this show in my heart.

[16:02] So I wanna introduce you to Margaret.

[16:04] She is gonna be joining us

[16:06] in the Better Living Through Show Tunes family.

[16:11] Yes, that's the family now.

[16:13] Yeah, Margaret, tell us about why you decided

[16:15] to come to Ward and be a DJ.

[16:18] Yes, thank you.

[16:19] My name is Margaret and I'm really excited to get started.

[16:22] I'm a little nervous, I won't lie.

[16:24] But everybody has been very welcoming

[16:28] and I'm super excited to do Better Living Through Show Tunes.

[16:32] I've been listening for years and years

[16:34] and so this is pretty exciting and awesome for me.

[16:37] It's a very unique program.

[16:40] I don't know of any other radio station

[16:42] that plays show tunes.

[16:43] It's just a wonderful break

[16:46] and just dance around the living room on a Sunday

[16:50] with your favorite musicals.

[16:52] And so I'm very excited to be here.

[16:56] I think it's-

[16:56] And you think people should call us 608-256-2001.

[16:59] I absolutely do, yes, yes.

[17:01] It's such a unique show.

[17:03] So excited to be here and yes,

[17:05] please think about making a pledge.

[17:08] Any amount is so welcome.

[17:11] You can pledge to the phone number 608-256-2001,

[17:15] extension one, or online at wrtfm.org.

[17:20] And I've got news.

[17:21] What's the news, what's the news?

[17:25] We have a new donor, yay!

[17:27] Awesome.

[17:29] Thank you, Eric, from Madison.

[17:33] You helped us meet our goal already.

[17:35] We had a goal of getting one first-time donor

[17:37] and you did it, so-

[17:38] Hey, awesome.

[17:39] Thank you, Eric.

[17:40] Welcome to the WRT community.

[17:43] I love that.

[17:44] I am making goals.

[17:45] Eric says his favorite shows

[17:48] are Better Living Through Show Tunes and La Junta.

[17:51] Oh, thanks, Eric.

[17:53] Yes, thank you, Eric.

[17:54] That's awesome.

[17:56] Well, let's celebrate Eric with another fun song.

[18:02] This one is called Fright of Their Lives

[18:04] and it is from Beetlejuice, the musical.

[18:07] And I just noticed on the Isthmus cover this week

[18:11] that there is a screening of Beetlejuice.

[18:14] So I'm gonna have to find out where that's happening

[18:17] because I definitely need to go.

[18:18] Love that movie, love this musical.

[18:20] Here is Fright of Their Lives.

[18:28] I would like, if I may, to take-

[18:38] Listen up, I'm not gonna lie.

[18:42] Couldn't frighten a flight.

[19:04] Your place is her ahead.

[19:11] Preferably someone you know.

[19:14] Not to me, I'm so scary.

[19:17] Don't be so vanilla, put a little anger kill ya.

[19:20] Come on, drop your panties.

[19:21] I'm trying to fill ya with wisdom.

[19:27] I don't want to kill anyone.

[19:28] Fine, but somehow, some way, you gotta make them see ya.

[19:32] I'm talking jump scares, the jerky Japanese ghost walk,

[19:35] plus-

[19:36] I don't know if you stole your friends.

[19:38] But the party-

[19:38] No, that is cool.

[19:40] I wanna do that.

[19:43] For it takes to make-

[20:42] Brilliant.

[20:43] Try it again, maybe this time pretend

[20:45] like you mean it.

[20:48] That was even, I can kinda hear you.

[21:29] Yeah?

[21:30] Well, that was a soliloquy.

[21:31] So you're the one who's being rude.

[21:33] Whatever it takes-

[25:30] That was Good and Evil from,

[25:32] oh my God, I'm blanking.

[25:33] Jekyll and Hyde, there we go.

[25:35] So that one is

[25:39] sung by Christian Noll.

[25:41] And before that, like I said, we had the Beetlejuice.

[25:46] And Bill, what can people get

[25:48] with their donation?

[25:50] Do they get little prizes and stuff

[25:52] for making certain donations?

[25:53] That's a great leading question, Katie.

[25:55] Thank you so much.

[25:58] Of course, the main reward you get

[25:59] is continued different radio.

[26:02] We are, WORT is different than any other station

[26:06] you can find in the area.

[26:08] Where else are you gonna find show tunes?

[26:11] We play international music.

[26:13] We play, we have a,

[26:15] I like the Universal Soul Explosion

[26:16] that comes down at midnight.

[26:18] Oh yeah.

[26:18] On Saturday or Sunday, whatever you think of it,

[26:21] however you think of that.

[26:22] But in addition to the great music,

[26:25] we have some gifts.

[26:27] We have, and you can go online to wortfm.org

[26:34] and look at the pictures of them.

[26:35] But at the $20 level, we have a WORT bumper sticker.

[26:40] This has been a design that's been consistent

[26:42] for a number of years.

[26:44] But now, added at the $40 level

[26:46] is a WORT Keychain Bagcharm Zipper Pull

[26:50] that matches the bumper sticker,

[26:52] but you can use it,

[26:54] you can put it in your pocket

[26:55] or put it on your backpack

[26:56] or your luggage, whatever you wanna do.

[27:00] So everyone you're supporting WORT shall come off.

[27:02] That's right.

[27:04] Then at the $60 level,

[27:05] we've got a lightweight bag

[27:07] with the WORT Globe logo on it.

[27:11] It's black or royal blue, lightweight,

[27:15] has pocket school lower

[27:16] and can be worn cross body for added ease.

[27:19] It's perfect for walks, traveling,

[27:21] or anytime you leave your house

[27:22] and wanna move lightly.

[27:24] It's got the WORT logo on the front of the bag.

[27:26] Fine.

[27:27] And then, all right, the big deal though

[27:29] is at the $100 level,

[27:31] we've got the skull baseball hat.

[27:33] And some people might call it a skull cap,

[27:36] but that's not the exact same thing.

[27:39] This one has a WORT embroidered on the top of the cap.

[27:44] And the O is a skeleton with its earphones on.

[27:48] Thank you.

[27:49] And this is the last time these are gonna be offered.

[27:52] And we have a batch of red and warm gray.

[27:56] And...

[27:57] Perfect for today's theme.

[27:59] Right.

[28:00] And then at that $100 level,

[28:03] we've got the weird different long sleeve t-shirt.

[28:06] It's got the WORT mythological beast

[28:09] with the head of a cow,

[28:11] the body of the front part of a zebra,

[28:14] duck feet, wings of some sort,

[28:17] rhinoceros back end, rooster tail,

[28:20] and a spare bird.

[28:21] I love this design.

[28:22] It's pretty awesome.

[28:24] And this is our design for fall 2026.

[28:28] Get it now or you miss out

[28:31] because we order these according to the number of people

[28:33] who pledge or donate for them.

[28:36] And so once the pledge drive is over,

[28:40] your chance is gone.

[28:42] You are not gonna wanna miss out on this one.

[28:44] FOMO is real.

[28:45] So make those pledges so that you don't miss out on that.

[28:49] 608-256-2001 or extension one,

[28:52] or wrtfm.org.

[28:55] Awesome.

[28:56] Let's get back to some music.

[28:58] Get you some time to get your donations ready

[29:02] and figure it out.

[29:03] Be like Eric.

[29:04] Yes, be like Eric.

[29:06] Another shout out to Eric.

[29:07] Hehehehe.

[29:10] Right?

[29:10] I think it's upper time.

[29:15] If you want something removed in a hurry,

[29:17] it's best not to dispose of it on skid row.

[29:19] What are you talking about?

[29:20] This, a dentist uniform.

[29:23] He's got your number now.

[29:26] I saw it last week and didn't think twice.

[29:27] He knows just what you've done.

[29:30] And the little red dot seemed innocent enough.

[29:32] You got no place to hide.

[29:34] But now I catch you kissing the dentist girlfriend.

[29:37] You got nowhere to run.

[29:39] And it begins to look like a motive.

[29:41] He knows your life of crime.

[29:43] Once he's out of the way, you move in, right?

[29:46] I think it's upper time.

[29:50] I'm innocent.

[29:51] I'm innocent.

[29:52] Then come with me to the police and tell them that.

[29:55] He's got his facts all straight.

[29:57] Just so my conscience will rest easy.

[29:59] You know he's on your trail.

[30:02] If you don't, I'll have to go tell them myself.

[30:04] He's going to turn you in.

[30:07] Now will you come?

[30:08] They're going to put you in jail.

[30:12] OK.

[30:13] He's USDA pariah.

[30:15] Oh, my suppertime.

[30:20] I'll go lock up.

[30:21] We'll head over.

[30:22] Come on.

[30:26] Think about all those offers.

[30:28] Come on.

[30:29] Come on.

[30:30] Your future with Ottoman.

[30:35] Ain't no time to turn squeamish.

[30:37] Come on.

[30:38] Come on.

[30:39] I swear on all my s-

[30:40] OK, Seymour.

[30:48] Let's go.

[30:49] Uh, don't you want to collect today's receipts so you can deposit them in the morning?

[30:52] You put them in the safe, didn't you?

[30:54] Uh, no.

[30:55] Why not?

[30:56] I forgot the combination.

[30:57] It's thousands of dollars.

[30:58] Where is it?

[30:59] In the plant.

[31:00] In the plant?

[31:01] I thought it was the safest place.

[31:02] No thief would look in there, right?

[31:03] The money's inside the plant?

[31:04] Somehow am I supposed to get it?

[31:05] Just knock.

[31:06] Seymour.

[31:07] You came.

[31:08] You've all been for the living.

[31:09] Don't like the time warp.

[31:10] What?

[31:11] Only-

[31:13] Not till we're done the tube.

[31:23] What are you on, crack?

[32:20] After our dance, will it-

[32:26] OK.

[32:58] That was a weird one, right?

[32:59] Oh, no.

[33:00] No.

[33:56] No.

[33:57] No.

[34:02] No.

[34:03] No.

[34:04] No.

[34:58] That was a weird one, right?

[34:59] So that one is from Evil Dead, the musical, which I saw years ago.

[35:04] Oh my gosh.

[35:06] When they seat you, if you are in like the first 10 rows in the front, you get to wear

[35:14] a rain poncho, but it is not to protect you from rain.

[35:18] It is to protect you from all the blood splatter that is going to happen from that show.

[35:23] I don't know if you've seen that show.

[35:24] I hope that's the stage of blood.

[35:26] Uh, I know, right?

[35:27] I hope that it is stage blood tune.

[35:29] I'm pretty sure it is.

[35:30] But they definitely get soaked in the front.

[35:34] I stayed far back.

[35:35] I wanted to be able to continue my day

[35:38] after I saw that show, so I didn't want to be covered.

[35:41] But it was very crazy.

[35:43] That movie from the 80s with the guy

[35:45] has the chainsaw hand, that's Evil Dead,

[35:47] if you don't remember.

[35:49] Before that, you heard Supper Time

[35:50] from Little Shop of Hores.

[35:52] And I heard the phone ringing.

[35:54] Does that mean people are calling in?

[35:56] Well, we hope so.

[35:57] We have James and Lisa in the lobby

[36:00] answering phones to take your pledges.

[36:03] And they'd be happy to tell you about

[36:05] more details about the premiums,

[36:08] or thank you gifts, I should say.

[36:10] And they also would be able to tell you

[36:12] about the Evergreen donation,

[36:14] which if you don't want to call off

[36:16] and ask James and Lisa about that,

[36:17] I'm going to tell you right now.

[36:19] Awesome.

[36:21] Maybe $100 for the skull baseball cap

[36:24] or the t-shirt seems like more money

[36:26] than you have in your account right now.

[36:28] I understand that feeling very well.

[36:31] But if you would like to help us out

[36:35] by giving a small amount every month,

[36:41] then you can earn your premium thank you gift that way.

[36:44] Oh, that's nice.

[36:46] Perfect.

[36:46] For example, the $100 dollar level

[36:49] breaks down to $8.33 a month.

[36:52] So if you signed up for $8.33 a month,

[36:57] you could get the t-shirt or the skull cap right now.

[37:01] And we trust that you will continue to pay.

[37:04] And that amount comes out of your bank account every month.

[37:09] We don't take that information over the phone right now.

[37:12] We take your desire to join the Evergreen Society.

[37:16] Then a staff person will contact you

[37:19] in a secure method and get the necessary information

[37:22] that money starts coming out of your account,

[37:25] either the first part of the month

[37:26] or the middle of the month.

[37:27] Nice, so you don't have to have that full amount

[37:29] that you want to give to WART right away.

[37:32] You can break it down

[37:33] and it's a little bit more digestible

[37:35] throughout the year.

[37:37] That's financial pain.

[37:38] And I've been doing that for years.

[37:42] It's a set it and forget it kind of thing.

[37:45] Great idea.

[37:46] And like, usually I have $5 in my bank account

[37:50] that can go to WART at the beginning of the month.

[37:53] So that's worked out for me.

[37:55] Yeah, and what a good feeling to give

[37:57] to something that you listen to

[37:59] that supports the community,

[38:02] that entertains the community,

[38:03] that informs the community that you live in.

[38:07] Just, that is such a good feeling.

[38:08] So if you want to make a pledge

[38:10] and have that feeling in your heart as well,

[38:13] you can call 608-256-2001, extension one.

[38:18] And again, you can pledge online as well at wartfm.org.

[38:24] Should we continue with some music?

[38:26] Some more weird, creepy, freaky.

[38:29] It's spooky music. Let's do it.

[38:31] Yeah.

[38:32] All right.

[38:33] This one is from Dracula, the musical.

[38:36] It's called Fresh Blood.

[39:15] I don't have some light.

[39:16] Can you not hear the secret music?

[39:19] The master of the boy yard.

[39:20] I summoned him from near and far

[39:22] to make intoxicating music.

[39:25] But it's time now to leave him.

[39:28] I must follow my plan.

[39:31] I shall have to be leave him.

[39:34] I need pastures new.

[39:36] What I'm needing is fresh blood to revive me.

[39:40] Fresh blood in my veins.

[39:43] No one will survive me

[39:46] in those dark souls.

[39:49] In your English name, I'll be a stranger everywhere.

[40:01] No one will recognize my features.

[40:04] I'll go out hunting all night long.

[40:06] Just one more pale face on the front,

[40:08] turning them all into my creatures.

[40:11] Hear the people of near me.

[40:14] Their defenses are strong.

[40:18] They refuse to come near me.

[40:21] I need pastures new.

[40:23] What I'm needing is fresh blood on my keyboard.

[40:27] Don't call it a sin.

[40:31] The net of unjust hate

[40:36] will live forever.

[40:48] The terror it must ring.

[40:51] We need a sacrifice, a most reason

[41:01] for all the riches I am giving.

[41:04] We are the children of the night,

[41:07] and we must hide ourselves from night,

[41:09] but we must feast upon the living.

[41:12] We can take our soldiers.

[41:14] We can take our soldiers.

[41:15] We won't run out of time.

[41:16] We won't run out of time.

[41:19] We won't run out of time.

[41:20] London's full of fame.

[41:23] I can sense it.

[41:25] Monsters awake.

[42:05] I go.

[42:06] We have to come up with some sort of diversion

[42:07] and fast before...

[42:08] Ed about the Foxtrot.

[42:15] Throw away the waltz.

[42:18] Take away that two-step

[42:20] and all that other schmaltz.

[42:24] Who ready for what's been going on?

[42:33] It's a doozy.

[42:36] Makes you woozy.

[42:38] It's the new phenomenon.

[42:44] The mania.

[42:48] If not, then let me explainia.

[42:50] Yes, sir.

[42:51] It's the Transylvania.

[42:53] Mania.

[42:54] Whether you're in Ruritania

[42:56] or a dance-all in Albania.

[42:58] Yes, sir.

[42:59] It's the Transylvania.

[43:01] Mania.

[43:02] Everybody who's been you

[43:04] and it can't resist its appeal.

[43:07] Everybody's out there

[43:09] doing it.

[43:10] Millionaire and Schlemiel.

[43:11] So join the fun.

[43:12] Let's all be zania.

[43:14] Even Litton.

[43:15] Lithuania.

[43:16] Love it.

[43:17] It's the latest rage.

[43:20] Whose end?

[43:22] Don't complainia.

[43:23] Hit the dance floor.

[43:24] Feel no painia.

[43:25] Love it.

[43:26] Do the Transylvania.

[43:27] Mania.

[43:29] Just accept it.

[43:30] Don't refrainia.

[43:31] Don't resist it.

[43:32] Come on, kids.

[43:34] Let's raise some cania.

[43:35] Yes, sir.

[43:36] Yes, sir.

[43:39] Yes, raise.

[44:07] I without the pits.

[44:08] It's a weekend.

[44:09] It's all the rage with the French and Brits.

[44:12] The Transylvania and mania.

[44:14] It's the newest quit from Algonquin wits.

[44:16] It's the win-win.

[44:17] It's the poply cosh with an ice-cold glitz.

[44:21] Feel the Transylvania.

[44:22] I think I know what that bell means.

[46:36] Woo-hoo!

[46:39] What?

[46:40] I know what it means because I hit the bell.

[46:41] So, woo-hoo!

[46:42] The magic of radio, right?

[46:44] We are celebrating.

[46:45] You didn't even know that that was me doing that,

[46:47] but I told you.

[46:49] So, Juliana, thank you so much.

[46:52] Yay.

[46:53] Thank you, Juliana.

[46:55] Yes.

[46:56] Donation, always, always appreciated.

[46:59] Get your name.

[47:00] Get a shout-out on the radio.

[47:02] Juliana loves Mel and Floyd and all folk and all experimental musicals.

[47:08] Music.

[47:09] Music, sorry.

[47:10] Yay, experimental music.

[47:11] I'm like, got musicals on the mind.

[47:12] So, thank you for calling in or doing it online.

[47:16] Thank you.

[47:17] Actually, you were online.

[47:18] So, appreciate your support here at WART.

[47:21] You can be like Juliana and like Eric

[47:23] and go to WARTFM.org.

[47:26] Click on that great big happy donate button

[47:30] and support your local community radio station.

[47:33] We may not even be local to you

[47:35] because now WART is available all around the world

[47:38] anywhere that you have internet.

[47:39] You can hear WART

[47:41] and it's probably, I'm going to guess,

[47:43] I'm going to completely speculate here

[47:46] that this is one of the widest varieties

[47:49] of music programming anywhere in the world.

[47:51] Absolutely.

[47:52] Oh, it's got to be, right?

[47:53] We have everything from wild experimental music

[47:57] like Juliana likes and like I like.

[48:00] Sunday night, Sunday at 9 p.m.

[48:02] It's just eight great hours of experimental radio.

[48:06] And so, we've got everything from the completely...

[48:10] It's pretty special.

[48:12] ...experimental new to shows like Rockin' John.

[48:15] You know, well-established music from the 50s and 60s

[48:18] and what fits up through 2026.

[48:20] Good old rock and roll.

[48:22] You can join Eric and Juliana by calling

[48:26] 608-256-2001, extension 1.

[48:29] Our wonderful phone answer is James and Lisa

[48:31] will be happy to take your pledge.

[48:33] Or you can go online to WARTFM.org

[48:37] and pick up a nice gift while you're at it.

[48:40] So fun.

[48:42] We've only got a little bit of time here left.

[48:45] And we need two more donors to reach our goal.

[48:48] So, we've got 12 minutes.

[48:52] We've been loving Katie's music here in the studio.

[48:55] We've been dancing in our chairs.

[48:58] Even though it's show tunes, right,

[49:00] you still hear like a huge variety

[49:02] everywhere from like the morbid craziness

[49:05] to that last one that we heard,

[49:07] which was Transylvania Mania from Young Frankenstein,

[49:12] which is Mel Brooks' musical.

[49:13] Love that.

[49:14] So, yeah, just all over the place, right?

[49:18] This next one is from a musical called Bat Boy.

[49:23] And I thought, you know, bats, Halloween.

[49:26] Perfect.

[49:27] Perfect.

[49:28] All of that.

[49:29] It kind of fits together.

[49:30] So, we'll give this one a play.

[49:31] Go first, call 608-256-2001, extension 1.

[49:34] Or go online to WARTFM.org

[49:37] and celebrate the spooky and weird with us.

[49:39] Exactly.

[49:40] By supporting WART.

[49:41] What Bill said.

[51:57] Melissa Boy.

[51:58] Welcome back to WART,

[53:47] Better Living Through Show Tunes.

[53:48] My name is Bill,

[53:49] and I'm your pledge wrapper for the day.

[53:51] I'm here to remind you that you can make a pledge

[53:53] to support this wonderful community jewel

[53:56] by calling 608-256-2001, extension 1.

[54:00] Or going online to WARTFM.org.

[54:05] And we have a goal of four gifts this hour.

[54:09] And so far we have two.

[54:11] We've got about six minutes left,

[54:12] so that means we have, we need two calls

[54:15] or online donations in the next six minutes

[54:18] to meet our goal.

[54:20] Can't wait to hear from you.

[54:23] Yeah.

[54:25] I've received intelligence that both of my brothers

[54:27] have been listening.

[54:29] So, Bob, Mike, we'd like to hear from you.

[54:32] Pressure's on.

[54:34] Especially I think both of my brothers

[54:36] will be happy to learn that our staff here at WART

[54:39] is organized in a union.

[54:42] And I'm very proud of that,

[54:44] that we have union representation here

[54:46] at the community radio station.

[54:48] It gives the staff some footing

[54:50] when it comes to the operation of this station.

[54:53] So if you are a union supporter,

[54:55] this is a union organization.

[54:57] You can give us a call at 608-256-2001, extension 1.

[55:01] Or go online to WARTFM.org.

[55:04] And support Better Living Through Show Tunes.

[55:06] Support experimental music.

[55:08] And support classical music.

[55:10] Support the best news and talk in the city.

[55:14] Love that.

[55:17] Thank you guys so much for listening

[55:19] to Better Living Through Show Tunes this week.

[55:22] My name is Katie.

[55:24] I am usually here on the second Sunday of the month.

[55:27] So you'll catch me next week here,

[55:29] again, at 2 o'clock on Sunday.

[55:31] But today, just filling in

[55:34] and kind of showing Margaret the Ropes

[55:37] and also getting all your pledges

[55:40] and welcoming those with Bill as well.

[55:44] Welcome, Eric. Thank you, Juliana.

[55:46] Yes, thank you so much.

[55:48] We hope you have a beautiful Sunday.

[55:50] And I think we're gonna

[55:52] sign out with this last song from Phantom of the Opera.

[55:55] And next up is On the Horizon,

[55:57] so stay tuned and get your

[55:59] pledge fingers ready for that as well.

[56:02] Call before the top of the hour,

[56:04] 608-256-2001, extension 1,

[56:06] to show your love for Better Living Through Show Tunes.

[56:09] Or go online to wrtfm.org.

[56:12] Thank you.

[56:14] Hey, Rockin' John, who do you think of

[60:54] when I say Madison Rock and Roll?

[60:56] I'd have to say the Rowsers.

[60:58] Perfect, because the Rowsers

[61:00] are playing at Wood Music Hall

[61:03] Friday, October 23rd.

[61:05] The Rowsers are definitely

[61:07] one of Madison's most enduring

[61:08] and beloved Glutes Rock bands,

[61:10] rocking the Midwest since 1984.

[61:13] Blending Rock and Roll with

[61:15] Honky Tonk Country Blues,

[61:17] the Rowsers have built a reputation

[61:19] for energetic musicianship,

[61:21] timeless original songs,

[61:23] and exciting live shows.

[61:25] The Rowsers have remained a fixture

[61:27] on regional stages for over four decades.

[61:29] The Rowsers continue to

[61:31] attract loyal fans while

[61:33] introducing new listeners to

[61:35] the rich catalog of

[61:37] American music,

[61:39] as will be on full display

[61:41] Friday, October 23rd at

[61:43] Atwood Music Hall.

[61:45] You're listening to

[61:47] WORT 89.9 FM Madison,

[61:49] and I'm ready to Rock and Roll.

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