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they were very father like figures, but you know, i'm always going, "oh, it's stephen sondheim it's stephento make small talk with stephen sondheim to bond our absolute imminent friendship and i remember saying to him, there's nothing you can say that isn't stupid so, i said to him -- if you've ever heard the score for "a little night music," the first three songs in that show are called, "now," "soon," and "later," each sung by different people and then amazingly they are all sung at the same time and they fit over each other and you hear snippets of the lyrics from each one that make it brilliant and i remember, you know, saying, hey, i'm going to have an artist-to-artist conversation with steve sondheim. i said, "steve, the first time you heard 'now,' 'soon,' and 'later' sung over each other, were you like amazed that it worked?" and he looked at me like i was from another planet and went, "no. i knew it would work i knew it would work." [ laughter ] and that was my uphill climb for every conversation trying to impress stephen sondheim with something, anything that i could desperately gr

stephen sondheim. you know, because he writes the words and music, you know, which is ridiculous.pliments you gave me, and also thank you for that lovely tune that you invented, which i can't wait to steal! wow! oh, my goodness. oh, dear, that's wonderful. that is deeply wonderful, thank you so much for doing that. soft piano music lets have a look at the weather now with matt. the changeable conditions we have seen has been driven by massive temperature contrast across the usa and canada. and call and snow fall across northern of the new case —— of the us, and in between are very active jet stream which charging across the atlantic is picking up areas of low pressure. this one contains the remnants of hurricane. around the centre of it we could see winds touching 100 mph but that stays way to the north—west. but it will influence our weather and push some other windy conditions at times but nothing untoward. some heavy rain and rough seas in the west but lately in the week, things will turn milder. later in the week, probably warmer than at the moment, plenty of showers into the

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stephen sondheim. you know, he... he writes the words and music, you know, which is ridiculous.ey, this is stephen sondheim, and ijust wanted to thank you so much for the compliments you gave me, and also thank you for that lovely tune that you invented... dear, oh, dear. ..which i can't wait to steal. he chuckles. wow! thank you so much. wow. dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. i didn't think there was any more surprises. the great man himself — the great man himself, wow. tell him — for him, he can have that tune with pleasure! anybody else i'd charge for it, but, you know. wow. oh, my goodness. oh, dear! that's wonderful. that is deeply wonderful. thank you so much for doing that. paul's track will be released as a single next week, the money going to two charities — the alzheimer's society and music for dementia. what do you reckon, christmas number one? oh, my goodness, yes! 0h! well, we're going to aim for that. in the video, we could get you dressed up as father christmas. they laugh. 0h, oh, that's beautiful. nothing like bringing a tearto oh, that's beautiful. nothing like bringi

more than two dozen of broadway's biggest stars singing sunday from stephen sondheim's musical in theedible. the performers taking to that famous red staircase in times square, the surprise event organized by nyc net, a group of volunteers producing live spontaneous events across the city, all donations going to benefit the actors fund that's aimed at helping artists make ends meet during this difficult time. amazing performance and more to come, we hear. >>> also this morning get ready for "sister act 3," you guys. sister mary clarence, whoopi goldberg, confirming the news saying she is working diligently to get the gang back together. the first "sister act" hit theaters, gosh, 28 years ago starring whoopi as lounge singer deloris van cartier. she enters the witness protection program and goes to a convent into hiding and made over $230 million worldwide. "sister act 2" came out a year later and was just as popular. fans have been asking for years for a follow-up. whoopi was always committed to something or noncommittal about doing the project until now. say prayer, guys, that the re