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Charles Strouse

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258 total appearances

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Norman Lear... wanted to have a theme, but he couldn't afford a big orchestra. And I brought up the fact that when I was a kid, we all used to sit around and my mother used to play. And so that's how I wrote it. But boy, the tunes Glenn Miller played, songs that made the hit parade. Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days, and you knew where you were going. That she made up herself.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use the Herbert Hooper again. But the song itself, as did the program, became very successful.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use the Herbert Hooper again. But the song itself, as did the program, became very successful.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use the Herbert Hooper again. But the song itself, as did the program, became very successful.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Yeah. You know, there's this huge framed picture of Jay-Z and the framed CD and cassette tape from the album that says, Volume 2, Hard Knock Life. Oh, it says from 1998. It's the hard knock life.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Yeah. You know, there's this huge framed picture of Jay-Z and the framed CD and cassette tape from the album that says, Volume 2, Hard Knock Life. Oh, it says from 1998. It's the hard knock life.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Yeah. You know, there's this huge framed picture of Jay-Z and the framed CD and cassette tape from the album that says, Volume 2, Hard Knock Life. Oh, it says from 1998. It's the hard knock life.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Well, what was it like working with Jay-Z? There he is. He was surrounded by... Bodyguards and all kinds of people. There was finally one point in my life where we got together and sat and talked.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Well, what was it like working with Jay-Z? There he is. He was surrounded by... Bodyguards and all kinds of people. There was finally one point in my life where we got together and sat and talked.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Well, what was it like working with Jay-Z? There he is. He was surrounded by... Bodyguards and all kinds of people. There was finally one point in my life where we got together and sat and talked.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Oh, because he also produced the most recent Annie movie remake from 2014.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Oh, because he also produced the most recent Annie movie remake from 2014.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

Oh, because he also produced the most recent Annie movie remake from 2014.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

I do remember I kind of won his heart. in a way, when I said, you've got to bring your wife with you. You know, I was being kind of snotty, and he must have told her that. Beyonce? Yeah, it was a nice relationship. But most of the time, he was... He was beyond such a small person as me.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

I do remember I kind of won his heart. in a way, when I said, you've got to bring your wife with you. You know, I was being kind of snotty, and he must have told her that. Beyonce? Yeah, it was a nice relationship. But most of the time, he was... He was beyond such a small person as me.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

I do remember I kind of won his heart. in a way, when I said, you've got to bring your wife with you. You know, I was being kind of snotty, and he must have told her that. Beyonce? Yeah, it was a nice relationship. But most of the time, he was... He was beyond such a small person as me.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

You know, in one of the boxes, where is it? We found a letter from Stephen Sondheim. And there's a funny part to it. Do you mind if I read it? Yeah? Okay. So this is dated July 22nd, 2008. And he says, congratulations on your memoir that was just published. And then he says, quote, I bought a copy yesterday and naturally immediately looked up references to myself.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

You know, in one of the boxes, where is it? We found a letter from Stephen Sondheim. And there's a funny part to it. Do you mind if I read it? Yeah? Okay. So this is dated July 22nd, 2008. And he says, congratulations on your memoir that was just published. And then he says, quote, I bought a copy yesterday and naturally immediately looked up references to myself.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

You know, in one of the boxes, where is it? We found a letter from Stephen Sondheim. And there's a funny part to it. Do you mind if I read it? Yeah? Okay. So this is dated July 22nd, 2008. And he says, congratulations on your memoir that was just published. And then he says, quote, I bought a copy yesterday and naturally immediately looked up references to myself.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Louisa Thomas on a Ballplayer’s Epic Final Game; Plus, Remembering the Composer of “Annie”

And then he supplies two corrections for you in case there are any future reprintings, he says. Was that kind of thing in character for him?