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The Best Song in the World Today
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NPR The Bryant Park Project
04-18-2008
The Best Song in the World Today
Host: RACHEL MARTIN
Time 7:00-8:00 AM
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RACHEL MARTIN, host:
Here it is. Special music.
ALISON STEWART, host:
Yep. Web editor Laura Conaway has snuck into the studio to tell us what's happening on the blog. Laura.
LAURA CONAWAY: Good morning.
STEWART: Radio-sweethearts? Do ...
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The Best Song in the World Today
NPR The Bryant Park Project
; RACHEL MARTIN NPR The Bryant Park Project 04-18-2008 The Best Song in the World Today Host: RACHEL MARTIN Time 7:00-8:00 AM Play Audio RACHEL MARTIN ... you know, Public Radio hotties. He's always reading the news from his, like, barko lounger. CONAWAY: Ira Glass gets a ...
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The Best Song In The World Today
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; ... she heard while she was over there is The Best Song In The World Today, and Laura is in the studio to tell me more ... Aida Sal (ph). And that brings me to The Best Song In The World Today. (Soundbite of song "Djiergenjieuf") SILVER: So Aida, Henda ... English, in ...
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SINGH'S SONG ON ANNIKA OUT OF TUNE IN TODAY'S WORLD
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; ... Does he have a point? "Vell, he vould iv the PGA stood vor Piggish Golv Association. Heh, heh. Ve don't get a lot ov golving news in ze psychiatric journals - except vor a surprising number ov articles about zis Phil Mickelson - but my understandink is ze ...
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TV TUNES We're stuck on 'em They're not chart-toppers - but try forgetting them; Sing it out loud! We'll give you the song and the first line. Can you give us the second line? 1. "Rawhide": "Keep movin', movin', movin', though they're disapprovin' . . . " 2. "The Brady Bunch": "Here's the story of a lovely lady; who was bringing up three very lovely girls . . . " 3. "Have Gun Will Travel": "Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man . . . " 4. "Cheers": "Makin' your way in the world today takes everything you've got . . . " 5. "Mighty Mouse": "Here I come to save the day . . . " 6. "The Patty Duke Show": "Meet Kathy who's lived most everywhere, from Zanzibar to Berkeley Square . . . " 7. "The Adventures of Robin Hood": "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen, Robin Hood, Robin Hood with his band of men . . . " 8. "Laverne and Shirley": "Give us a chance, we'll take it . . . " 9. "Yogi Bear": "Yogi Bear is smarter than the average bear . . . "; Give us a jingle! (we'll give you one back) Call 223-2585, then press the number that's indicated Lucy's smiling because she knows you can hum the "I Love Lucy" theme in your sleep. Test your knowledge of other TV songs with our Pressline quiz. Call 223-2585, then press the numbers below to hear some tunes (there's a hint for each). Can you guess the shows? 1. This series ran for two decades despite a complete turnover in cast. Press 3141. 2. This show was the origin of one of TV's most beloved detectives. Press 3142. 3. This show "returned" on cable decades after its original run. Press 3143. 4. This show eventually spun off one of its characters into a separate series. Press 3144. 5. There was a winner and a loser in every episode of this series. Press 3145.; Toon answers Check Your Tube Toon I.Q. 1. "Magnum P.I.," "Rockford Files" and "Hill Street Blues" 2. "Ballad of Davy Crockett" 3. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" 4. "M.A.S.H." 5. "I Love Lucy" 6. "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets 7. "Georgia On My Mind" 8. Bill Conti 9. "Moonlighting" 10. "The Andy Griffith Show" 11. Hercules. The description comes from the theme song "The Mighty Hercules."; Sing it out loud! 1. "Yogi Bear is smarter than the average bear . . . Yogi Bear is always in the Ranger's hair." 2. "Here's the story of a lovely lady; who was bringing up three very lovely girls . . . All of them had hair of gold like their mother, the youngest one in curls." 3. "Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man . . . A knight without armor in a savage land." 4. "Makin' your way in the world today takes everything you've got . . . Takin' a break from all your worries sure would help a lot." 5. "Here I come to save the day . . . That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way." 6. "Meet Kathy who's lived most everywhere, from Zanzibar to Berkeley Square . . . But Patty's only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights." 7. "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen, Robin Hood, Robin Hood with his band of men . . . Feared by the bad, loved by the good, Robin Hood." 8. "Give us a chance, we'll take it . . . Read us any rule, we'll break it." 9. "Keep movin', movin', movin', though they're disapprovin' . . . Keep them dogies movin', Rawhide!"; The Pressline Jingles 1. "Lassie" 2. "NBC Mystery Movie" 3. "Outer Limits" 4. "Little House On the Prairie" 5. "People's Court"
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THEY SANG ABOUT THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY MUSIC CLASS DISCOVERS HOW OLD SONGS REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WORLD NOW
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