Michael Owen

And so Ira was the one who came up with the line about bluebirds flying at the end, which is one of the more famous lines from the song.

And so Ira was the one who came up with the line about bluebirds flying at the end, which is one of the more famous lines from the song.

And so Ira was the one who came up with the line about bluebirds flying at the end, which is one of the more famous lines from the song.

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

Right. And I think that sums up the song in many ways. It sums up the film. It sums up Dorothy's journey. But I think he just was helping out his friends, and whether he got credit for that or not didn't really make that much difference to him.

Right. And I think that sums up the song in many ways. It sums up the film. It sums up Dorothy's journey. But I think he just was helping out his friends, and whether he got credit for that or not didn't really make that much difference to him.

Right. And I think that sums up the song in many ways. It sums up the film. It sums up Dorothy's journey. But I think he just was helping out his friends, and whether he got credit for that or not didn't really make that much difference to him.

And he did not get credit as a... He did not get credit, no, no. Why don't we just hear that coda, just hear the end of the song.

And he did not get credit as a... He did not get credit, no, no. Why don't we just hear that coda, just hear the end of the song.

And he did not get credit as a... He did not get credit, no, no. Why don't we just hear that coda, just hear the end of the song.

That was the end of Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, and we heard those last couple of lines, which were actually written by Ira Gershwin. Ira read so many books and wrote light verse, and some of the lyrics have really fun, funny literary references in them. An example for that is But Not For Me, which is a beautiful song.

That was the end of Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, and we heard those last couple of lines, which were actually written by Ira Gershwin. Ira read so many books and wrote light verse, and some of the lyrics have really fun, funny literary references in them. An example for that is But Not For Me, which is a beautiful song.

That was the end of Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, and we heard those last couple of lines, which were actually written by Ira Gershwin. Ira read so many books and wrote light verse, and some of the lyrics have really fun, funny literary references in them. An example for that is But Not For Me, which is a beautiful song.

And it has a line, I found more skies of gray than any Russian play can guarantee. One of his famous lines. Can you talk a little bit about that song and how it originated?

And it has a line, I found more skies of gray than any Russian play can guarantee. One of his famous lines. Can you talk a little bit about that song and how it originated?

And it has a line, I found more skies of gray than any Russian play can guarantee. One of his famous lines. Can you talk a little bit about that song and how it originated?

Well, Banant for me was one of the songs that was written for the 1930 musical Girl Crazy, which featured a very young Ginger Rogers. That was a song that Ginger Rogers sang in the show Ballad that she sang. And it was also the show that brought Ethel Merman to everybody's attention. So I got rhythm as in the same show.

Well, Banant for me was one of the songs that was written for the 1930 musical Girl Crazy, which featured a very young Ginger Rogers. That was a song that Ginger Rogers sang in the show Ballad that she sang. And it was also the show that brought Ethel Merman to everybody's attention. So I got rhythm as in the same show.