♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ THEY THE BUILDERS
OF THE NATION ♪ ♪ BLAZING TRAILS
ALONG THE WAY ♪ ♪ STEPPING STONES
OF GENERATIONS, ♪ ♪ WERE THEIR DEEDS
OF EVERY DAY ♪ ♪ BUILDING NEW AND
FIRM FOUNDATIONS ♪ ♪ PUSHING ON THE
WILD FRONTIER ♪ ♪ FORGING ONWARD
EVER ONWARD ♪ ♪ BLESSED HONORED
PIONEER! ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ SERVICE EVER WAS
THEIR WATCH CRY ♪ ♪ LOVE BECAME THEIR
GUIDING STAR ♪ ♪ COURAGE THEIR
UNFAILING BEACON ♪ ♪ RADIATING NEAR
AND FAR ♪ ♪ EVERY DAY SOME
BURDEN LIFTED ♪ ♪ EVERY DAY SOME
HEART TO CHEER ♪ ♪ EVERY DAY SOME HOPE
THE BRIGHTER ♪ ♪ BLESSED HONORED
PIONEER! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ AS AN ENSIGN TO
THE NATION ♪ ♪ THEY UNFURLED
THE FLAG OF TRUTH, ♪ ♪ PILLAR GUIDE
AND INSPIRATION ♪ ♪ TO THE HOSTS
OF WAITING YOUTH ♪ ♪ HONOR PRAISE AND
VENERATION ♪ ♪ TO THE FOUNDERS
WE REVERE ♪ ♪ LIST OUR SONG
OF ADORATION ♪ ♪ BLESSED HONORED
PIONEER! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ LIST OUR SONG
OF ADORATION ♪ ♪ BLESSED HONORED
PIONEER! ♪ ♪ BLESSED PIONEER! ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ COME, COME YE SAINTS
NO TOIL NOR LABOR FEAR ♪ ♪ BUT WITH JOY
WEND YOUR WAY. ♪ ♪ THOUGH HARD TO YOU
THIS JOURNEY MAY APPEAR ♪ ♪ GRACE SHALL BE
AS YOUR DAY. ♪ ♪ 'TIS BETTER FAR
FOR US TO STRIVE ♪ ♪ OUR USELESS CARES
FROM US TO DRIVE; ♪ ♪ DO THIS AND JOY
YOUR HEARTS WILL SWELL ♪ ♪ ALL IS WELL, ♪ ALL IS WELL. ♪♪ ♪ WHY SHOULD WE MOURN
OR THINK OUR LOT IS HARD? ♪ ♪ 'TIS NOT SO,
ALL IS RIGHT. ♪ ♪ WHY SHOULD WE THINK
TO EARN A GREAT REWARD, ♪ ♪ IF WE NOW
SHUN THE FIGHT? ♪ ♪ GIRD UP YOUR LOINS,
FRESH COURAGE TAKE, ♪ ♪ OUR GOD WILL NEVER
US FORSAKE; ♪ ♪ AND SOON WE'LL HAVE
THIS TALE TO TELL ♪ ♪ ALL IS WELL, ♪ ALL IS WELL. ♪♪ ♪ WE'LL FIND THE PLACE
WHICH GOD FOR US PREPARED, ♪ ♪ FAR AWAY
IN THE WEST, ♪ ♪ WHERE NONE SHALL COME
TO HURT OR MAKE AFRAID, ♪ ♪ THERE THE SAINTS
WILL BE BLESSED. ♪ ♪ WE'LL MAKE THE AIR
WITH MUSIC RING, ♪ ♪ SHOUT PRAISES
TO OUR GOD AND KING; ♪ ♪ ABOVE THE REST
THESE WORDS WE'LL TELL ♪ ♪ ALL IS WELL, ♪ ALL IS WELL. ♪♪ ♪ AND SHOULD WE DIE
BEFORE OUR JOURNEY'S THROUGH, ♪ ♪ HAPPY DAY
ALL IS WELL. ♪ ♪ WE THEN ARE FREE
FROM TOIL AND SORROW, TOO; ♪ ♪ WITH THE JUST
WE SHALL DWELL. ♪ ♪ BUT IF OUR LIVES
ARE SPARED AGAIN ♪ ♪ TO SEE THE SAINTS
THEIR REST OBTAIN, ♪ ♪ O HOW WE'LL MAKE
THIS CHORUS SWELL ♪ ♪ ALL IS WELL, ♪ ALL IS WELL, ♪♪ ♪ HAPPY DAY! ♪ ALL IS WELL, ♪ ALL IS WELL! ♪ >> LLOYD: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME MR. OSCAR ANDREW HAMMERSTEIN III. >> OSCAR ANDREW HAMMERSTEIN III: GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU AND TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING THIS YEAR'S PIONEER DAY, THE 171ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINT PIONEERS IN THE SALT LAKE VALLEY. TONIGHT, WE BEGIN THIS CELEBRATION WITH MY GRANDFATHER'S LYRICS AND THE MUSIC OF RICHARD RODGERS, TWO PIONEERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER. THEY DESCRIBED A NIGHT JUST LIKE THIS ONE IN THEIR 1945 COLLABORATION, "STATE FAIR." "IT'S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING . . ." ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ IT'S A GRAND NIGHT
FOR SINGING ♪ ♪ THE MOON IS
FLYING HIGH. ♪ ♪ AND SOMEWHERE A BIRD
WHO IS BOUND HE'LL BE HEARD ♪ ♪ IS THROWING HIS HEART
AT THE SKY. ♪ ♪ IT'S A GRAND NIGHT
FOR SINGING ♪ ♪ THE STARS ARE
BRIGHT ABOVE ♪ ♪ THE EARTH IS AGLOW
AND TO ADD TO THE SHOW ♪ ♪ I THINK I AM
FALLING IN LOVE, ♪ ♪ FALLING, ♪ FALLING, ♪ IN LOVE. ♪♪ ♪ MAYBE IT'S
MORE THAN THE MOON. ♪ ♪ MAYBE IT'S
MORE THAN THE BIRDS. ♪ ♪ MAYBE IT'S
MORE THAN THE SIGHT ♪ ♪ OF THE NIGHT IN
A LIGHT, ♪ ♪ TOO LOVELY FOR WORDS. ♪ MAYBE IT'S
MORE THAN THE EARTH. ♪ ♪ SHINY IN SILVERY BLUE. ♪ MAYBE THE REASON
I'M FEELING THIS WAY ♪ ♪ HAS SOMETHING
TO DO WITH YOU. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ IT'S A GRAND NIGHT
FOR SINGING ♪ ♪ THE MOON IS FLYING HIGH,
FLYING HIGH ♪ ♪ AND SOMEWHERE A BIRD
WHO IS BOUND HE'LL BE HEARD ♪ ♪ IS THROWING HIS HEART
AT THE SKY. ♪ ♪ IT'S A GRAND NIGHT
FOR SINGING ♪ ♪ THE STARS ARE BRIGHT ABOVE,
BRIGHT ABOVE ♪ ♪ THE EARTH IS AGLOW
AND TO ADD TO THE SHOW ♪ ♪ I THINK I AM
FALLING IN LOVE, ♪ ♪ FALLING, ♪ FALLING, ♪ IN LOVE. ♪ >> MR. HAMMERSTEIN: THANK YOU. I AM HERE TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR THE SONGS OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN--SONGS THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE AND SING ALL THE TIME. I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT MAKES RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN. THEIR SONGS REMAIN AS POPULAR TODAY AS WHEN THEY WERE FIRST WRITTEN. THEIR LAST SONG, WRITTEN 70 YEARS AGO, WAS EDELWEISS. THESE SONGS ARE STILL PLAYED OVER AND OVER. THE NAMES RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN HAVE BECOME ESSENTIALLY ONE WORD. BUT BEFORE THEM, THERE WAS ROGERS WITH HART. AND THERE WAS HAMMERSTEIN WITH LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING JEROME KERN AND SIGMUND ROMBERG. SO, EACH HAD LIVES BEFORE THEY WORKED WITH EACH OTHER BEGINNING IN 1943. MET OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, HE WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN THE PRE-EMINENT BROADWAY COMPOSER OF THE ERA. HE STARTED OUT IN 1925 WITH A SHOW CALLED GARRICK GAIETY, WRITTEN WITH LARRY HART, HIS LONGTIME COLLABORATOR. EVEN IN HIS FIRST SHOW AT THE AGE OF 23, RODGERS WROTE A SONG THAT WOULD STAY IMMORTAL: "I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN." HE AND LARRY WROTE SONGS THAT REMAIN PART OF THE STANDARD CATALOGUE TODAY. THEY WROTE "MY "FUNNY VALENTINE," "BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED," AND "BLUE MOON," AMONG MANY OTHERS. EVEN THOUGH THEY ENJOYED AN UNBROKEN STRING OF SUCCESSES, THE RELATIONSHIP OF RICHARD RODGERS AND LARRY HART WAS CRUMBLING. RICHARD RODGERS KNEW HE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING. NOW TO MOVE OVER TO HAMMERSTEIN. HE STARTED HIS CAREER EARLIER, IN 1920. THROUGHOUT THE 20S HE DID WELL. HE HAD TWO LARGE HITS: "ROSEMARIE" AND "SHOWBOAT." BUT THE 30S WERE TOUGH FOR OSCAR. HE FOUND THAT BY THE END OF THE 1930S PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH HIM. SO, LIKE ANY GOOD AMATEUR, HE NEVER STOPPED WORKING. HE KEPT WORKING FOR HIMSELF. HE STARTED BY TRYING TO ADAPT BIZET'S OPERA, "CARMEN." WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THAT OPERA, WORLD WAR II RAGED, AND PARIS FELL TO THE NAZIS. OSCAR WAS SO BROKENHEARTED ABOUT THIS SITUATION, HE FELT HE HAD TO WRITE SOMETHING TO COMMEMORATE HIS FEELINGS-- ABOUT WHAT HE REMEMBERED IN PARIS. SO, HE WROTE "THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS." THAT SONG WON AN OSCAR. FOR OSCAR, LOOKING AT HIS OSCAR WAS LIKE LOOKING AT A RETIREMENT POCKET WATCH. IT WAS, "DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT." WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON "CARMEN JONES" BY HIMSELF, HE GETS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. THE KNOCK WAS RICHARD RODGER INVITING HIMSELF OVER FOR LUNCH. IT'S 1942. RICHARD RODGERS POURS HIS HEART OUT TO OSCAR AND TELLS HIM THAT LARRY HART, HIS COLLABORATOR, IS KILLING HIMSELF WITH DRINK. WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT IT? RICHARD RODGERS ASKS IF OSCAR WOULD BE WILLING TO GHOST WRITE FOR LARRY HART, SINCE HE CAN'T WORK ON HIS OWN. OSCAR SAYS "NO, I WOULD NEVER GHOST WRITE, NOR WOULD I EVER BREAK UP THE THEN MOST SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATOR DUO IN BROADWAY HISTORY. BUT," OSCAR SAID, "IF THERE EVER CAME A POINT WHEN LARRY HART COULDN'T WORK AND YOU NEED SOMEBODY, I WOULD BE GLAD TO STEP IN AND TRY TO BE HELPFUL." AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS HISTORY. ♪♪ >> LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, PLEASE
WELCOME MATTHEW MORRISON. HONEY LAMB AND I SIT ALONE AND TALK AND WATCH A HAWK MAKIN' LAZY CIRCLES IN THE SKY ♪WE KNOW WE BELONG TO THE LAND ♪ AND THE LAND WE BELONG TO IS
GRAND ♪ ♪ AND WHEN WE SAY YEOW A YIP I O
EE AY ♪ ♪ WE'RE ONLY SAYIN' YOU'RE DOIN'
FINE OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA OK ♪ ♪♪ ♪ OKLAHOMA WHERE THE WIND COMES
SWEEPIN' DOWN THE PLAIN ♪ ♪ OKLAHOMA WHERE THE WAVIN'
WHEAT ♪ ♪ CAN SURE SMELL SWEET WHEN THE
WIND COMES RIGHT BEHIND THE RAIN
♪ ♪O- KLAHOMA ♪ EV'RY NIGHT MY HONEY LAMB AND I EV'RY NIGHT WE SIT ALONE AND TALK AND WATCH A HAWK MAKIN' LAZY CIRCLES IN THE SKY ♪ WE KNOW WE BELONG TO THE LAND
♪ ♪ YO HO AND THE LAND WE BELONG ♪ TO IS GRAND YIPPY YI YIPPY YI
♪ ♪ YIPPY YI YIPPY YI YIPPY YI
YIPPY ♪ ♪ YIIIII AND WHEN WE SAY YEOW ♪ A YIP I O EE AY WE'RE ONLY ♪ SAYIN' YOU'RE DOIN' FINE ♪ OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA OK ♪ OKLA HOMA OKLA HOMA OKLA HOMA
♪ ♪ OKLA HOMA OKLA HOMA OKLA HOMA
♪ ♪ WE KNOW WE BELONG TO THE LAND
♪ ♪ AND THE LAND WE BELONG TO IS
GRAND ♪ ♪ ALL AND WHEN WE SAY YEOW ♪ A YIP I O EE AY ♪ WE'RE ONLY SAYIN'
YOU'RE DOIN' FINE ♪ ♪ OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA ♪ O K L A H O M A OKLAHO MA YEOW
♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MATTHEW MORRISON: THANK YOU. WOW! WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE SINGING WITH THIS MAGNIFICENT CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA. AND TO SHARE SUCH AN ICONIC PIECE FROM THE MUSICAL THEATER REPERTOIRE! "OKLAHOMA!" WAS A PIONEERING EFFORT IN SO MANY WAYS. RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN ALSO PIONEERED NEW TECHNIQUES OF MUSICAL STORY TELLING. THEIR PLOTS DID SO MUCH MORE THAN LOOSELY TIE TOGETHER A COLLECTION OF HITS SONGS. EVERY SONG AND DANCE WAS ESSENTIAL TO DEVELOPING THE CHARACTERS AND THE PLOT. RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN ALSO PIONEERED WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED THE NOT-YET-IN-THE-ARMS-OF-LOVE SONG. A SONG FORECASTING THE POSSIBILITY OF LOVE, LONG BEFORE THE CHARACTERS WERE IN A POSITION TO FULLY ACT ON THEIR ROMANTIC FEELINGS. BUT, OF COURSE, I CAN'T SHARE THOSE SONGS WITH YOU BY MYSELF! SO, FRIENDS, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OLIVIER AWARD WINNER, STAR OF THE LONDON AND BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF MARY POPPINS, MY CO-STAR IN "FINDING NEVERLAND," THE INCOMPARABLE LAURA MICHELLE KELLY. [APPLAUSE] >> MICHELLE KELLY: THANK YOU, MATTHEW. WOW. 21,000 GLORIOUS FACES. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SING A CLASSIC RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S LOVE SONG-- IN THIS CASE, THE BEAUTIFUL DUET SUNG BY CURLY AND LAURIE IN ACT I OF "OKLAHOMA!": "PEOPLE WILL SAY WE'RE IN LOVE." SHALL WE, MATTHEW? ♪♪ ♪ WHY DO THEY THINK UP STORIES
THAT LINK MY NAME WITH YOURS? ♪ ♪ WHY DO THE NEIGHBORS CHATTER
ALL DAY BEHIND THEIR DOORS ♪ ♪ I KNOW A WAY TO PROVE
WHAT THEY SAY IS QUITE UNTRUE. ♪ ♪ HERE IS THE GIST A PRACTICAL
LIST OF DON'TS FOR YOU: ♪ ♪ DON'T THROW BOUQUETS
AT ME ♪ ♪ DON'T PLEASE
MY FOLKS TOO MUCH ♪ ♪ DON'T LAUGH AT MY JOKES
TOO MUCH ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WILL SAY
WE'RE IN LOVE ♪ ♪ DON'T SIGH
AND GAZE AT ME ♪ ♪ YOUR SIGHS
ARE SO LIKE MINE ♪ ♪ YOUR EYES MUSTN'T
GLOW LIKE MINE ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WILL SAY
WE'RE IN LOVE ♪ ♪♪ ♪ DON'T START
COLLECTING THINGS ♪ ♪ GIVE ME MY ROSE
AND MY GLOVE ♪ ♪ SWEETHEART THEY'RE
SUSPECTING THINGS ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WILL SAY
WE'RE IN LOVE ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SOME PEOPLE CLAIM THAT YOU
ARE TO BLAME AS MUCH AS I ♪ ♪ WHY DO YOU TAKE THE TROUBLE
TO BAKE MY FAV'RITE PIE? ♪ ♪ GRANTIN' YOUR WISH I CARVED
OUR INITIALS ON THE TREE! ♪ ♪ JUST KEEP A SLICE OF ALL THE
ADVICE YOU GIVE SO FREE. ♪ ♪ DON'T PRAISE
MY CHARM TOO MUCH. ♪ ♪ DON'T LOOK
SO VAIN WITH ME. ♪ ♪ DON'T STAND
IN THE RAIN WITH ME. ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WILL SAY
WE'RE IN LOVE. ♪ ♪ DON'T TAKE
MY ARM TOO MUCH. ♪ ♪ DON'T KEEP
YOUR HAND IN MINE. ♪ ♪ YOUR HAND FEELS
SO GRAND IN MINE ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WILL SAY
WE'RE IN LOVE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ DON'T DANCE ALL NIGHT
WITH ME ♪ ♪ TILL THE STARS
FADE FROM ABOVE ♪ ♪ THEY'LL SEE
IT'S ALRIGHT WITH ME ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WILL SAY
WE'RE IN LOVE ♪♪ >> MS. KELLY: THIS NEXT SONG, "WHEN I MARRY MISTER SNOW," IS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT IN<i>CAROUSEL</i> WHEN CARRIE FINALLY TELLS JULIE, HER BEST FRIEND, ABOUT THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. AND, TO BE HONEST, THE THOUGHT OF SINGING THIS SONG MAKES ME TEAR UP A BIT, BECAUSE I RECENTLY GOT ENGAGED, [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. HE HAS MY HEART SO I'M THINKING OF HIM WHEN I'M SINGING THIS TO YOU. WHEN I MARRY MR. SNOW. ♪ HIS NAME
IS MISTER SNOW ♪ ♪ AND AN UPSTANDING MAN
IS HE ♪ ♪ HE COMES HOME
EVERY NIGHT ♪ ♪ IN HIS ROUND
BOTTOM'D BOAT ♪ ♪ WITH A NET FULL OF
HERRING FROM THE SEA ♪ ♪♪ ♪ AN ALMOST
PERFECT BEAU ♪ ♪ AS REFINED AS A GIRL
COULD WISH ♪ ♪ BUT HE SPENDS SO MUCH TIME
IN HIS ROUND BOTTOM'D BOAT ♪ ♪ THAT HE CAN'T SEEM
TO LOSE THE SMELL OF FISH! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ THE FIRST TIME
HE KISSED ME ♪ ♪ THE WHIFF
OF HIS CLOTHES ♪ ♪ KNOCK'D ME FLAT ON
THE FLOOR OF THE ROOM ♪ ♪ BUT NOW THAT I LOVE HIM ♪ MY HEART'S IN MY NOSE AND NOW
FISH IS MY FAVORITE PERFUME ♪ ♪ LAST NIGHT
HE SPOKE QUITE LOW ♪ ♪ AND A FAIR SPOKEN MAN
IS HE; ♪ ♪ AND HE SAID MISS PIPPERIDGE
I'D LIKE IT FINE ♪ ♪ IF I COULD BE WED
WITH A WIFE. ♪ ♪ AND INDEED MISS PIPPERIDGE
IF YOU'LL BE MINE ♪ ♪ I'LL BE YOURS FOR
THE REST OF MY LIFE ♪ ♪ NEXT MOMENT
WE WERE PROMISED! ♪ ♪ AND NOW MY MIND'S
IN A MAZE ♪ ♪ FOR ALL I CAN DO ♪ IS LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
WONDERFUL DAY OF DAYS ♪ ♪ WHEN I MARRY MISTER SNOW. ♪ THE FLOWER'S'LL BE BUZZIN'
WITH THE HUM OF BEES. ♪ ♪ THE BIRDS'LL MAKE A RACKET
IN THE CHURCHYARD TREES ♪ ♪ WHEN I MARRY MISTER SNOW. ♪♪ ♪ THEN IT'S OFF
TO WORK WE'LL GO ♪ ♪ AND BOTH OF US'LL LOOK
A LITTLE DREAMY EYED A-DRIVIN' ♪ ♪ TO A COTTAGE BY THE OCEAN SIDE
WHERE THE SALTY BREEZES BLOW ♪ ♪ HE'LL CARRY ME 'CROSS
THE THRESHOLD ♪ ♪ AND I'LL BE AS MEEK
AS A LAMB ♪ ♪ THEN HE'LL SET ME ON MY FEET
AND I'LL SAY KINDA SWEET ♪ ♪ WELL MISTER SNOW
HERE I AM ♪ ♪ THEN I'LL KISS HIM ♪ SO HE'LL KNOW THAT EVERYTHING
WILL BE AS RIGHT AS RIGHT ♪ ♪ CAN BE A-LIVIN' IN A COTTAGE
BY THE SEA WITH ME ♪ ♪ FOR I LOVE
THAT MISTER SNOW ♪ ♪ THAT YOUNG SEAFARIN'
BOLD AND DARIN' ♪ ♪ BIG BEWHISKER'DOVER BEARIN'
DARLIN' MISTER SNOW ♪♪ BUT OSCAR HATED CHILDREN. NOT REALLY, I'M KIDDING. HOW CAN YOU WRITE THE NEXT GREAT MUSICAL WHEN THERE ARE CHILDREN RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE? HE BROUGHT TWO CHILDREN INTO THE MARRIAGE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER, DOROTHY, AND SHE BROUGHT TWO CHILDREN TOO, AND THEY HAD MY FATHER JAMIE. SO, THERE WERE FIVE CHILDREN, A HALF A DOZEN COUSINS RUNNING AROUND THE PLACE DURING THE WAR, MAKING A RACKET, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO WORK. SO, OSCAR, ON THE FARM IN BUCK'S COUNTY, HAD A SET OF FLAGS HE WOULD FLY OUT THE WINDOW. AND A BLACK FLAG MEANT, "STAY AWAY IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE." A RED FLAG MEANT, "ANYONE WANT TO PLAY TENNIS?" THERE WERE 8 OR 9 DIFFERENT
FLAGS TO DESCRIBE HIS MOOD. IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED LITTLE SEMAPHORE SET UP, BUT THE CHILDREN UNDERSTOOD. BUT FOR A GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE CHILDREN, HE SURE SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH A LOT OF THEM. ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN WAS A FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S NAMED STEVE. LITTLE STEVIE WOULD GROW UP TO BECOME STEPHEN SONDHEIM. HE WAS OSCAR'S ONLY STUDENT. AND THOUGH THEY WERE VERY DIFFERENT, STEPHEN SONDHEIM WAS ONCE ASKED, "DO YOU THINK OF OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN AS YOUR HERO?" AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM QUICKLY REPLIED, "NO, HE IS NOT MY HERO, HE IS MY SAVIOR." STEVIE CAME FROM A TROUBLED FAMILY AND OUR FAMILY SORT OF ADOPTED HIM INTO OUR HOUSEHOLD. HE'S OFTEN SAID THAT IF OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICIAN, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICIAN. WHICH IS NICE, BUT HE HAPPENED TO BE ONE THE MOST FAMOUS LYRICISTS OF HIS DAY, SO STEPHEN WOULD GO ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LYRICISTS IN HIS DAY. SO, I'VE BEEN MENTIONING ALL THE FACTORS THAT HAVE GOING INTO MAKING THE ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN A SUCCESS, AND I WOULD SAY THAT YOU CANNOT ESCAPE THE TRUTH ABOUT OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN WAS A MAN WHO ESPOUSED CAUSES, AND CARED ABOUT HIS FELLOWMEN. IT COMES OUT IN ALL OF HIS LYRICS. HE WAS A MAN OF COMPASSION AND HE WAS A MAN OF CONVICTION. LET'S LISTEN TO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. ♪♪ >> THIS SHOW WAS WRITTEN IN THE 50S AND HAS SO MUCH TO SAY TODAY. ♪♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE TAUGHT
TO HATE AND FEAR ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE TAUGHT
FROM YEAR TO YEAR ♪ ♪ IT'S GOT TO BE DRUMMED
IN YOUR DEAR LITTLE EAR ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFULLY TAUGHT ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE TAUGHT
TO TO BE AFRAID ♪ ♪ OF PEOPLE WHOSE EYES
ARE ODDLY MADE ♪ ♪ AND PEOPLE WHOSE SKIN
IS A DIFFERENT SHADE ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFULLY TAUGHT. ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE TAUGHT
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE ♪ ♪ BEFORE YOU ARE SIX
OR SEVEN OR EIGHT ♪ ♪ TO HATE ALL THE PEOPLE
YOUR RELATIVES HATE ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFULLY TAUGHT. ♪ ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFULLY TAUGHT. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ SOME ENCHANTED
EVENING ♪ ♪ YOU MAY SEE
A STRANGER ♪ ♪ YOU MAY SEE
A STRANGER ♪ ♪ ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM ♪ AND SOMEHOW
YOU'LL KNOW, ♪ ♪ YOU'LL KNOW EVEN THEN, ♪ THAT SOMEWHERE
YOU'LL SEE HER ♪ ♪ AGAIN AND AGAIN. ♪♪ ♪ SOME ENCHANTED
EVENING ♪ ♪ SOMEONE MAY BE
LAUGHING ♪ ♪ YOU MAY HEAR
HER LAUGHING ♪ ♪ ACROSS A CROWDED
ROOM ♪ ♪ AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT ♪ AS STRANGE AS
IT SEEMS ♪ ♪ THE SOUND
OF HER LAUGHTER ♪ ♪ WILL SING
IN YOUR DREAMS. ♪ ♪ WHO CAN
EXPLAIN IT ♪ ♪ WHO CAN TELL
YOU WHY ♪ ♪ FOOLS GIVE
YOU REASONS ♪ ♪ WISE MEN
NEVER TRY ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SOME ENCHANTED
EVENING ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU FIND
YOUR TRUE LOVE ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU FEEL HER
CALL YOU ♪ ♪ ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM ♪ THEN FLY
TO HER SIDE ♪ ♪ AND MAKE HER YOUR OWN ♪ OR ALL THROUGH
YOUR LIFE ♪ ♪ YOU MAY DREAM
ALL ALONE ♪ ♪ ONCE YOU HAVE FOUND HER
NEVER LET HER GO ♪ ♪ ONCE YOU HAVE FOUND HER
NEVER LET HER GO. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MR. MORRISON THANKS, MOM. I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF PLAYING LIEUTENANT JOSEPH CABLE PLAYING LIEUTENANT JOSEPH CABLE PLAYING LIEUTENANT JOSEPH CABLE IN THE FIRST AND ONLY REVIVAL OF IN THE FIRST AND ONLY REVIVAL OF IN THE FIRST AND ONLY REVIVAL OF <i>SOUTH PACIFIC</i>ON BROADWAY. <i>SOUTH PACIFIC</i>ON BROADWAY. <i>SOUTH PACIFIC</i>ON BROADWAY. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TONIGHT TO AND IT'S A PLEASURE TONIGHT TO AND IT'S A PLEASURE TONIGHT TO BRING THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC OF BRING THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC OF BRING THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC OF THIS REMARKABLE MUSICAL TO YOU. THIS REMARKABLE MUSICAL TO YOU. THIS REMARKABLE MUSICAL TO YOU. THIS SHOW WAS WRITTEN IN 1949, THIS SHOW WAS WRITTEN IN 1949, THIS SHOW WAS WRITTEN IN 1949, BUT IT STILL HAS SO MUCH BUT IT STILL HAS SO MUCH BUT IT STILL HAS SO MUCH TO SAY TO US TODAY. TO SAY TO US TODAY. TO SAY TO US TODAY. I LOVE THIS MUSICAL AND I AM SO I LOVE THIS MUSICAL AND I AM SO I LOVE THIS MUSICAL AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF A LITTLE PROUD TO BE A PART OF A LITTLE PROUD TO BE A PART OF A LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY. PIECE OF HISTORY. ♪♪ ♪ YOUNGER THAN
SPRINGTIME ARE YOU ♪ ♪ SOFTER THAN STARLIGHT
ARE YOU ♪ WARMER
THAN WINDS OF JUNE ♪ ♪ ARE THE GENTLE LIPS
YOU GAVE ME. ♪ ♪ GAYER THAN LAUGHTER
ARE YOU ♪ ♪ SWEETER THAN MUSIC
ARE YOU ♪ ANGEL AND LOVER
HEAVEN ON EARTH ARE YOU TO ME ♪ ♪ AND WHEN YOUR YOUTH
HEAAND JOY INVADE MY ARMS ♪ME ♪ ♪ AND WHEN YOUR YOUTH
AND JOY INVADE MY ARMS ♪ ♪ AND FILL MY HEART
AS NOW THEY DO THEN ♪ ♪ YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME
AM I ♪ ♪ GAYER THAN LAUGHTER
AM I ♪ ♪ ANGEL AND LOVER,
HEAVEN AND EARTH AM I ♪ ♪ WITH YOU. ♪♪ ♪ YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME
AM I ♪ ♪ GAYER THAN LAUGHTER
AM I ♪ ♪ ANGEL AND LOVER,
HEAVEN AND EARTH AM I ♪ ♪ WITH YOU. ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MR. MORRISON: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE, THE LOVELY, THE ENCHANTING LAURA MICHELLE KELLY. [APPLAUSE] >> MS. KELLY: THANK YOU, MATT. YOU'RE QUITE LOVELY IN YOUR OWN RIGHT, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? [APPLAUSE] DO YOU MIND IF I TAKE MY SHOES OFF? ♪♪ ♪ I EXPECT EV'RY
ONE OF MY CROWD ♪ ♪ TO MAKE FUN OF MY PROUD
PROTESTATIONS ♪ ♪ OF FAITH IN
ROMANCE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ AND THEY'LL SAY
I'M NAÏVE ♪ ♪ AS A BABE
TO BELIEVE ♪ ♪ ANY FABLE I HEAR
FROM A PERSON IN PANTS. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ FEARLESSLY I'LL FACE THEM
AND ARGUE THEIR DOUBTS AWAY ♪ ♪ LOUDLY I'LL SING ABOUT
FLOWERS AND SPRING ♪ ♪ FLATLY I'LL STAND ON MY LITTLE
FLAT FEET AND SAY ♪ ♪ LOVE IS A GRAND
AND A BEAUTIFUL THING ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'M NOT ASHAMED
TO REVEAL ♪ ♪ THE WORLD FAMOUS
FEELING I FEEL. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'M AS CORNY AS KANSAS
IN AUGUST ♪ ♪ I'M AS NORMAL
AS BLUEBERRY PIE ♪ ♪ NO MORE A SMART LITTLE GIRL
WITH NO HEART ♪ ♪ I HAVE FOUND ME
A WONDERFUL GUY! ♪ ♪ I AM IN A
CONVENTIONAL DITHER ♪ ♪ WITH A CONVENTIONAL STAR
IN MY EYE ♪ ♪ AND YOU WILL NOTE
THERE'S A LUMP IN MY THROAT ♪ ♪ WHEN I SPEAK OF THAT
WONDERFUL GUY! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'M AS TRITE AND AS GAY
AS A DAISY IN MAY ♪ ♪ A CLICHÉ COMING TRUE! ♪ I'M BROMIDIC AND BRIGHT
AS A MOON-HAPPY NIGHT ♪ ♪ POURING LIGHT ON THE DEW! ♪ I'M AS CORNY
AS KANSAS IN AUGUST ♪ ♪ HIGH AS A FLAG ON
THE FOURTH OF JULY ♪ ♪ IF YOU'LL EXCUSE AN
EXPRESSION I USE, ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE,
I'M IN LOVE, ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE,
I'M IN LOVE, ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE WITH
A WONDERFUL GUY ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'M AS TRITE AND AS GAY
AS A DAISY IN MAY ♪ ♪ A CLICHÉ COMING TRUE ♪ I'M BROMIDIC AND BRIGHT AS
A MOON-HAPPY NIGHT ♪ ♪ SPREADING LIGHT
ON THE DEW ♪ ♪ I'M AS CORNY
AS KANSAS IN AUGUST ♪ ♪ HIGH AS A FLAG ON
THE FOURTH OF JULY ♪ ♪ IF YOU'LL EXCUSE
AN EXPRESSION I USE ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE,
I'M IN LOVE, ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE,
I'M IN LOVE, ♪ ♪ WITH A
WONDERFUL LOVE, ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE,
I'M IN LOVE, ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE,
I'M IN LOVE ♪ ♪ I'M IN LOVE WITH
A WONDERFUL GUY. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MR. HAMMERSTEIN: FRESH ON THE HEELS OF THEIR ENORMOUS SUCCESS WITH SOUTH PACIFIC, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN WERE APPROACHED BY A SUPERSTAR AT THE TIME NAMED GERTRUDE LAWRENCE. GERTRUDE LAWRENCE WAS SUCH A POWERFUL FORCE, SUCH A SUPERSTAR, THAT WHEN SHE APPROACHED THEM, SHE WAS APPROACHING THEM ESSENTIALLY WITH A STAR VEHICLE FOR HERSELF. SHE HAD BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO THE STORY OF "ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM," THE STORY OF A TEACHER AT THE COURT OF THE KING OF SIAM. SHE WAS SO IMPORTANT, THAT HER NAME WENT ABOVE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN IN THE PROGRAM AND IN THE SHEET MUSIC--THAT'S THE KIND OF ROCK STAR SHE WAS. IT'S FUNNY--THE FICKLE FINGERS OF FATE! WE DON'T REALLY REMEMBER MUCH OF GERTRUDE LAWRENCE, BUT WE CAN'T NOT REMEMBER THE KING, YUL BRYNNER. YUL BRYNNER HAS THE MOST INTERESTING I COULD POSSIBLE SHARE-- I'M GOING TO TELL IT TO YOU. HERE'S HOW HIS LIFE BEGAN: HE WAS BORN IN RUSSIA, EDUCATED IN CHINA, HE WAS THE SON OF GYPSIES AND LEARNED TUMBLING, ACROBATICS, AND CABARET SINGING. HE DID EVERYTHING IN THE CIRCUS. BUT HE HAD A BAD FALL AS A YOUNG MAN AND, AS A RESULT, HE BECAME ADDICTED TO MORPHINE. NOW, WHEN YOU BECAME ADDICTED TO MORPHINE IN THOSE DAYS, YOU'D "DRY OUT" IN SWITZERLAND. SO, WHEN YUL BRYNNER WENT TO SWITZERLAND TO "DRY OUT," AND HE RAN INTO (ALSO DRYING OUT) COLETTE AND MARCEL MARCEAU, WHEN THEY SAW YUL BRYNNER, THEY SAID, "YOU HAVE THE EYE OF THE TIGER, SIR. YOU SHOULD GET INTO THE THEATRE." SO, HE CAME TO AMERICA AND GOT A JOB AS A TRANSLATOR FOR THE U.S. PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE HE SPOKE CHINESE, RUSSIAN, AND ENGLISH. THEN HE GOT A JOB AS A DIRECTOR FOR A TV OMNIBUS SERIES, WHICH WAS VERY WELL REGARDED. SO, THAT WAS HIS STRANGE RESUME SO, THAT WAS HIS STRANGE RESUME WHEN HE CAME TO AUDITION FOR THE WHEN HE CAME TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF THE KING. HE CAME INTO THE AUDITION, DICK AND OSCAR ARE SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW, HE'S WEARING PAJAMA'S, HE PULLS OUT A SEVEN-STRING GUITAR, SITS CROSS-LEGGED IN HIS PAJAMA'S, WHACKS OUT AN OPEN E CHORD AND START'S HOWLING LIKE A WOLF. [LAUGHTER] OSCAR AND DICK TURNED TO EACH OTHER AND SAY, "THAT'S OUR KING." BUT THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A KIND OF A "TRUTH-TO-POWER" STORY, WHERE THE WOMAN STANDS UP TO THE KING. NOW THE KING IN THE ORIGINAL ITERATION, THE REAL KING, WAS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A KIM JONG-UN--UGLY AND MEAN, LIKE THIS. BUT WHEN THEY SAW YUL BRYNNER, THEY WERE LIKE, "THAT'S OUR BOY, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CHANGES." SO THEY WENT BACK AND REWROTE IT. IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A LOVE STORY, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT AUDITION, TO A GREAT EXTENT BECAUSE OF YUL BRYNNER, "THE KING AND I" BECAME A LOVE STORY. I CAN THINK OF NO ONE ON EARTH WHO IS MORE IDENTIFIED WITH ONE ROLE THAN YUL BRYNNER. ONE CAN'T THINK OF THE KING WITHOUT THINKING OF HIM. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME GREAT SONGS COMING UP FROM THAT SHOW, AND REMEMBER, BE SURE TO WHISTLE ALONG! ♪♪ ♪ (WHISTLING) ♪ WHENEVER
I FEEL AFRAID ♪ ♪ I HOLD MY HEAD ERECT AND
WHISTLE A HAPPY TUNE ♪ ♪ SO NO ONE WILL SUSPECT
I'M AFRAID ♪ ♪♪ ♪ WHILE SHIVERING
IN MY SHOES ♪ ♪ I STRIKE
A CARELESS POSE ♪ ♪ AND WHISTLE A HAPPY TUNE SO
NO ONE EVER KNOWS I'M AFRAID ♪ ♪♪ ♪ THE RESULT OF THIS DECEPTION
IS VERY STRANGE TO TELL ♪ ♪ FOR WHEN I FOOL
THE PEOPLE I FEAR, ♪ ♪ I FOOL MYSELF AS WELL. ♪ I WHISTLE
A HAPPY TUNE ♪ ♪ WHISTLE
A HAPPY TUNE ♪ ♪ AND EV'RY SINGLE TIME ♪ AND EV'RY SINGLE TIME ♪ THE HAPPINESS IN THE
TUNE CONVINCES ME ♪ ♪ THAT I'M NOT AFRAID. ♪♪ ♪ MAKE BELIEVE
YOU'RE BRAVE ♪ ♪ AND THE TRICK
WILL TAKE YOU FAR, ♪ ♪ YOU MAY BE AS BRAVE
AS YOU MAKE BELIEVE YOU ARE ♪ ♪ (WHISTLING) ♪ YOU MAY BE AS BRAVE
AS YOU MAKE BELIEVE YOU ARE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ THE RESULT OF THIS
DECEPTION ♪ ♪ IS VERY STRANGE
TO TELL ♪ ♪ FOR WHEN I FOOL
THE PEOPLE I FEAR ♪ ♪ I FOOL MYSELF AS WELL. ♪ WHENEVER I FEEL AFRAID ♪ I HOLD MY HEAD ERECT ♪ AND WHISTLE
A HAPPY TUNE ♪ ♪ SO NO ONE WILL SUSPECT
I'M AFRAID. ♪ ♪ AND WHISTLE
A HAPPY TUNE ♪ ♪ AND THE TRICK WILL
TAKE YOU FAR ♪ ♪ YOU MAY BE AS BRAVE AS
YOU MAKE BELIEVE YOU ARE ♪ ♪ (WHISTLING) ♪ YOU MAY BE AS BRAVE AS
YOU MAKE BELIEVE YOU ARE. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪ WHEN I THINK OF TOM
I THINK ABOUT A NIGHT ♪ ♪ WHEN THE EARTH SMELLED
OF SUMMER ♪ ♪ AND THE SKY WAS STREAKED
WITH WHITE ♪ ♪ AND THE SOFT MIST OF ENGLAND
WAS SLEEPING ON A HILL, ♪ ♪ I REMEMBER THIS
AND I ALWAYS WILL. ♪ ♪ THERE ARE NEW LOVERS NOW
ON THE SAME SILENT HILL ♪ ♪ LOOKING ON THE
SAME BLUE SEA, ♪ ♪ AND I KNOW TOM AND I
ARE A PART OF THEM ALL, ♪ ♪ AND THEY'RE ALL A PART
OF TOM AND ME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ HELLO YOUNG LOVERS,
WHOEVER YOU ARE, ♪ ♪ I HOPE YOUR TROUBLES
ARE FEW. ♪ ♪ ALL MY GOOD WISHES
GO WITH YOU TONIGHT, ♪ ♪ I'VE BEEN
IN LOVE LIKE YOU. ♪ ♪ BE BRAVE, YOUNG LOVERS,
AND FOLLOW YOUR STAR, ♪ ♪ BE BRAVE AND FAITHFUL
AND TRUE. ♪ ♪ CLING VERY CLOSE TO
EACH OTHER TONIGHT, ♪ ♪ I'VE BEEN IN LOVE LIKE YOU. ♪ I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE
WINGS ON YOUR HEELS ♪ ♪ AND TO FLY DOWN
A STREET IN A TRANCE ♪ ♪ YOU FLY DOWN A STREET ON THE
CHANCE THAT YOU'LL MEET, ♪ ♪ AND YOU MEET NOT
REALLY BY CHANCE. ♪ ♪ DON'T CRY, YOUNG LOVERS,
WHATEVER YOU DO, ♪ ♪ DON'T CRY BECAUSE
I'M ALONE. ♪ ♪ ALL OF MY MEM'RIES
ARE HAPPY TONIGHT. ♪ ♪ I'VE HAD A LOVE
OF MY OWN ♪ ♪ I'VE HAD A LOVE
OF MY OWN LIKE YOURS, ♪ ♪ I'VE HAD A LOVE
OF MY OWN. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MS. KELLY: THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING <i>ANNA AND THE KING</i>ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES--WE PLAYED 40 STATES--BUT WE NEVER MADE IT TO UTAH. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CITY HERE. BUT NOW, I'M FINALLY HERE IN THIS AMAZING CITY, WITH SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE ... AND WITH THIS CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA! AND, AS IF TO PUT A CHERRY ON TOP, I GET TO PERFORM AGAIN WITH ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS, SO NOW IT'S MY TURN TO WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE, THE CHARMING, THE TALENTED MATTHEW MORRISON! [LAUGHTER] ♪♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED THAT
YOUR ARMS ARE LOVELY. ♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED WHAT
A JOY YOU'LL BE. ♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED EV'RY WORD
YOU'LL WHISPER ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE
CLOSE TO ME. ♪ ♪ HOW YOU'LL LOOK
IN THE GLOW OF EVENING ♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED AND
ENJOYED THE VIEW. ♪ ♪ IN THESE DREAMS
I'VE LOVED YOU SO ♪ ♪ THAT BY NOW
I THINK I KNOW ♪ ♪ WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE LOVED BY YOU. ♪ ♪ I WILL LOVE BEING
LOVED BY YOU. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ALONE AND AWAKE
I'VE LOOKED AT THE STARS, ♪ ♪ THE SAME THAT SMILED
ON YOU. ♪ ♪ AND TIME AND AGAIN
I'VE THOUGHT ALL THE THINGS ♪ ♪ THAT YOU WERE
THINKING TOO. ♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED THAT
YOUR ARMS ARE LOVELY. ♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED WHAT A JOY
YOU'LL BE. ♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED EV'RY WORD
YOU'LL WHISPER ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE,
CLOSE TO ME. ♪ ♪ HOW YOU LOOK
IN THE GLOW OF EVENING. ♪ ♪ I HAVE DREAMED AND
ENJOYED THE VIEW ♪ ♪ IN THESE DREAMS
I'VE LOVED YOU SO ♪ ♪ THAT BY NOW
I THINK I KNOW ♪ ♪ WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE LOVED BY YOU. ♪ ♪ I WILL LOVE BEING
LOVED BY YOU. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MR. HAMMERSTEIN: THE PROBLEM WITH BEING ON TOP IS THAT NOBODY CAN STAY ON TOP FOREVER. THE 50S WERE TOUGH FOR RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN. BY THAT POINT THE COMPETITION HAD GOTTEN THE MESSAGE. WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS: "RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN SHOWS-- NOT REALLY BY RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN--WERE PROLIFERATING: "KISS ME KATE," "GUYS AND DOLLS," "MY FAIR LADY." AND IN THE MEANTIME THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP, WRITING "ME AND JULIET," "PIPE DREAM," AND "FLOWER DRUM SONG." SO, ANOTHER FACTOR IN SUCCESS IS PLAIN OLD "GOOD LUCK." IN 1957, THEY WERE APPROACHED BY CBS TELEVISION, WHICH HAD HAD AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS WITH A SHOW THEY HAD BROADCAST WITH MARY MARTIN: "PETER PAN." REMEMBER "CLAP FOR TINKERBELL?" WELL, THEY WANTED TO REPLICATE THAT SUCCESS, SO THEY APPROACHED RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD WRITE A CHILDREN'S OPERETTA OF "CINDERELLA." THEY HAD NEVER WORKED IN THE TV MEDIUM BEFORE AND THEY SAID, "SURE." SUCH WAS THE STAYING POWER OF THEIR FAME, THAT WHEN CINDERELLA WAS BROADCAST IN 1957. OF THE 175,000,000 WHO LIVED IN THIS COUNTRY, 107 MILLION OF THEM WERE WATCHING THAT SHOW ON 30 MILLION TV SETS. THAT IS TO SAY, AS THEY BROADCASTED "CINDERELLA" ON CHANNEL 2, CHANNELS 4, 5, 7, 9, AND 11, COULDN'T SELL ADD SPACE AND RAN TEST PATTERNS DURING THE PRESENTATION. AT THE VERY END, CHANNEL 4 PIGGY-BACKED ON THE SIGNAL, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT ON BOTH CHANNELS, IF YOUR RABBIT EARS WERE GOOD ON ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. [LAUGHTER] AND THEN THERE WAS MARY MARTIN WHO HAD BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO A STORY ABOUT A GOVERNESS WHO HAD FLED THE NAZIS IN AUSTRIA. SOUND FAMILIAR? SHE ASKED RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME OF THE MUSIC. EVENTUALLY THEY SAID, "SURE." THAT SHOW WAS "THE SOUND OF MUSIC", WHICH WAS A BIG COMMERCIAL SUCCESS ON BROADWAY. BUT REALLY, WHAT MADE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN LINGER SO LONG IN THE MEMORY OF AMERICA IS THE MOVIE, MADE IN 1965. IN 1965, "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" CAME OUT WITH JULIE ANDREWS AND CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, AND HELD THE RECORD FOR BOX-OFFICE REVENUES FOR 10 YEARS, UNTIL IT WAS FINALLY OVERTAKEN BY<i>JAWS</i>IN 1975. [LAUGHTER] NOW I'M GOING TO SHARE THE SECRET OF THEIR SUCCESS. THE METAPHOR OF "THE CHURCH ON A HILL." YOU WALK UP A HILL TO A CHURCH. YOU DON'T ENTER IT. YOU LOOK AT THE CHURCH, YOU LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOWS, AND THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S INSIDE AND ALL OF THE OTHER WINDOWS, TOO. NOW SAY TO YOURSELF, THOSE WINDOWS ARE THE SONGS, AND THE CHURCH IS THE STORY, AND WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE WINDOW, YOU SEE THE STORY AND YOU SEE ALL THE OTHER SONGS, TOO. THE REASON FOR THE SUCCESS OF THESE SONGS ISN'T JUST THE FACT THAT THEY ARE BRILLIANT AND INGENIOUS-IT IS ALSO THAT THEY ARE SET INTO WONDERFULLY, WELL-WRITTEN STORIES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TELL OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE SECRET OF THE SONGS IS THE SHOWS. SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LITTLE SPIN, UP THE TOP OF THAT HILL WITH JULIE ANDREWS. THANK YOU. ♪♪ ♪ THE HILLS
ARE ALIVE ♪ ♪ WITH THE SOUND
OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ WITH SONGS
THEY HAVE SUNG ♪ ♪ FOR A THOUSAND
YEARS ♪ ♪ THE HILLS
FILL MY HEART ♪ ♪ WITH THE SOUND
OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ MY HEART
WANTS TO SING ♪ ♪ EV'RY SONG
IT HEARS ♪ ♪ MY HEART
WANTS TO BEAT ♪ ♪ LIKE THE WINGS
OF THE BIRDS THAT RISE ♪ ♪ FROM THE LAKE
TO THE TREES ♪ ♪ MY HEART WANTS TO SIGH
LIKE A CHIME THAT FLIES ♪ ♪ FROM A CHURCH
ON A BREEZE ♪ ♪ TO LAUGH
LIKE A BROOK ♪ WHEN IT TRIPS
AND FALLS ♪ ♪ OVER STONES
ON ITS WAY ♪ ♪ TO SING THROUGH
THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ LIKE A LARK
WHO IS LEARNING TO PRAY ♪ ♪ I GO TO THE HILLS
WHEN MY HEART IS LONELY ♪ ♪ I KNOW I WILL HEAR
WHAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE ♪ ♪ MY HEART
WILL BE BLESSED ♪ ♪ WITH THE
SOUND OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ AND I'LL SING, ♪ AND I'LL SING, ♪ AND I'LL SING,
ONCE MORE ♪ ♪♪ ♪ MY HEART
WILL BE BLESSED ♪ ♪ WITH THE SOUND
OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ AND I'LL SING ♪ AND I'LL SING
ONCE MORE. ♪♪ ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪ BROWN PAPER PACKAGES
TIED UP WITH STRINGS ♪ ♪ THESE ARE A FEW
OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ CREAM COLORED PONIES
AND CRISP APPLE STRUDELS ♪ ♪ DOORBELLS AND SLEIGHBELLS
AND SCHNITZEL WITH NOODLES ♪ ♪ WILD GEESE THAT FLY WITH
THE MOON ON THEIR WINGS ♪ ♪ THESE ARE A FEW
OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES
WITH BLUE SATIN SASHES ♪ ♪ SNOWFLAKES THAT STAY
ON MY NOSE AND EYELASHES ♪ ♪ SILVER WHITE WINTERS
THAT MELT INTO SPRING. ♪ ♪ THESE ARE A FEW
OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ WHEN THE DOG BITES
WHEN THE BEE STINGS ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M FEELING,
FEELING SAD ♪ ♪ I SIMPLY REMEMBER
MY FAVORITE THINGS ♪ ♪ AND THEN I DON'T FEEL ♪ SO BAD. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? ♪ ♪ HOW DO YOU CATCH A CLOUD
AND PIN IT DOWN? ♪ ♪ HOW DO YOU FIND THE WORD
THAT MEANS MARIA? ♪ ♪ A FLIBBERTIJIBBET! ♪ A WILL-O-THE WISP! ♪ A CLOWN! ♪ MANY A THING YOU KNOW
YOU'D LIKE TO TELL HER ♪ ♪ MANY A THING SHE OUGHT
TO UNDERSTAND ♪ ♪ BUT HOW DO
YOU MAKE HER STAY ♪ ♪ AND LISTEN
TO ALL YOU SAY? ♪ ♪ HOW DO YOU KEEP A
WAVE UPON THE SAND? ♪ ♪ OH HOW DO YOU SOLVE
A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? ♪ ♪ HOW DO YOU HOLD A MOONBEAM
IN YOUR HAND? ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN, ♪ SEARCH HIGH AND LOW. ♪ FOLLOW EV'RY BYWAY, ♪ EV'RY PATH YOU KNOW. ♪ CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN; ♪ FORD EV'RY STREAM. ♪ FOLLOW EV'RY RAINBOW ♪ TILL YOU FIND
YOUR DREAM, ♪ ♪ A DREAM
THAT WILL NEED ♪ ♪ ALL THE LOVE
YOU CAN GIVE. ♪ ♪ EV'RY DAY
OF YOUR LIFE ♪ ♪ FOR AS LONG
AS YOU LIVE. ♪ ♪ CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN, ♪ FORD EV'RY STREAM. ♪ FOLLOW EV'RY RAINBOW ♪ TILL YOU FIND
YOUR DREAM, ♪ ♪ A DREAM
THAT WILL NEED ♪ ♪ ALL THE LOVE
YOU CAN GIVE. ♪ ♪ EV'RY DAY
OF YOUR LIFE ♪ ♪ FOR AS LONG
AS YOU LIVE. ♪ ♪ CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN, ♪ FORD EV'RY STREAM. ♪ FOLLOW EV'RY RAINBOW ♪ TILL YOU FIND
YOUR DREAM. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] >> MR. HAMMERSTEIN: ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS INTO REHEARSALS FOR "THE SOUND OF MUSIC," OSCAR LEARNED THAT HE HAD STOMACH CANCER. THE DAY BEFORE SURGERY, HE WENT TO THE STAGE DOOR AND HANDED MARY MARTIN A LITTLE SLIP OF PAPER. OF PAPER. ON IT WAS A LYRIC HE HOPED ON IT WAS A LYRIC HE HOPED WOULD BE USED SOMEWHERE IN THE PRODUCTION, THOUGH HE WASN'T SURE WHERE. IT CONTAINED AN EXPRESSION TYPICAL OF ALL TRUE PIONEERS: "A BELL IS NO BELL
TILL YOU RING IT, A SONG IS NO SONG
TILL YOU SING IT, AND LOVE IN YOUR HEART
WASN'T PUT THERE TO STAY- LOVE ISN'T LOVE
TILL YOU GIVE IT AWAY." AND SO IT IS. GRANDFATHER BELIEVED THAT EACH OF US DISCOVER THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BY HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AND WHAT WE CHOOSE TO GIVE OTHERS IN IT. WHEN WE EMBRACE THIS TRUTH, WE DISCOVER THAT NO MATTER HOW IMPOSING THE MOUNTAINS ARE BEFORE US, WE DO NOT CLIMB THEM BY OURSELVES. WE CLIMB THEM WITH OTHERS AND FOR OTHERS. AS WE DO, WE RECEIVE THE ASSURANCE GIVEN IN THE FINAL MOMENTS OF "CAROUSEL": "WALK ON, WALK ON
WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART AND YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE." TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN. ♪♪ ♪ WHEN YOU WALK
THROUGH A STORM ♪ ♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD
UP HIGH ♪ ♪ AND DON'T BE AFRAID
OF THE DARK. ♪ ♪ AT THE END OF THE STORM
IS A GOLDEN SKY ♪ ♪ AND THE SWEET SILVER SONG
OF THE LARK. ♪ ♪ WALK ON THROUGH
THE WIND, ♪ ♪ WALK ON THROUGH
THE RAIN ♪ ♪ THOUGH YOUR DREAMS
BE TOSSED AND BLOWN. ♪ ♪ WALK ON,
WALK ON, ♪ ♪ WALK ON WITH HOPE
IN YOUR HEART ♪ ♪ AND YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪ ♪ YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ WALK ON, WALK ON
WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART, ♪ ♪ AND YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪ ♪ YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪ ♪ YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪ WALK ON, WALK ON
WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART, ♪ ♪ AND YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪ ♪ YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪ ♪ YOU'LL NEVER
WALK ALONE. ♪♪ [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] CLOSED CAPTIONING BY
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
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