104 What's EGOT That I Ain't Got?

Have you ever imagined yourself winning a Grammy Award. Or an Oscar? An Emmy? Or Tony? IMAGINE if you'd won ALL FOUR?!? THEN you'd be an EGOT!! Gimme an "E" for EMMY AWARD: for television (established 1949) Gimme a "G" for GRAMMY AWARD: for music (established 1959) Gimme an "O" for OSCAR (Academy Award): for movies (established 1929) Gimme a "T" for Tony Award: for theatre (established 1947 WHATS THAT SPELL? Egot! WHATS THAT SPELL? Egot! WHAT'S THAT SPELL? Egot! WHATS THAT SPELL? Egot!   Currently, in the world today, there are LESS THAN two dozen people who can lay claim to winning all four of these competitive awards  A mere six, all of whom won three of the Awards competitively, are the recipients of the Non-Competitive EGOT: 1. Barbra Streisand (never won a competitive Tony but was awarded one in 1970 for being "Artist Of The Decade") 2. Liza Minnelli (never won a competitive Grammy but was awarded a Grammy Legend Award for her body of work) 3. James Earl Jones (aka DARTH VADER!!) never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded an honorary Academy Award for his body of work) 4. Harry Belafonte (never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded an honorary Academy Award for a lifetime of Humanitarian service) 5. Quincy Jones (never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded an honorary Academy Award for a lifetime of Humanitarian service) 6. Frank Marshall (never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Oscar Award for his enduring career as an outstanding Producer in the field of motion pictures) Wanna know who's the BEST OF THE BEST as voted by their peers in the competitive EGOT Awards? Listen and find out! ALL THIS...and More! In the latest episode of The GXO music podcast, your trusted, insider source for everything music, pop culture and current affairs. Offending the masses since 1966!   *THE MUSIC  The show begins and ends with the one, the only (the world could not handle TWO of her): Dame Ethel Merman. Known for her distinctive, powerful voice as well as numerous leading roles in Musical Theatre, she is often simply called "the undisputed FIRST LADY of the musical comedy stage in America".    Today's show features not one but TWO versions of the unofficial theme song to the entertainment industry itself:   "There's No Business Like Show Business" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/theres-no-business-like-show/1290856946?i=1290857361   And, in closing, the same song, performed in a contemporary setting, from her wildly outrageous The Ethel Merman Disco Album from 1979 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/theres-no-business-like-show-business/1443567805?i=1443567809   Also featured during the show is Academy Award winning Actor Marlon Brando and his performance from the 1955 musical film Guys and Dolls https://music.apple.com/ca/album/luck-be-a-lady/547115517?i=547115708    Do you have a burning desire to send us an email? Please do! [email protected]   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly email update, we promise! We're far too lazy to do any more. Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the Official Generation X Offender GXO website at www.gxopodcast.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the "Fair Use" doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original. Copyright Disclaimer - Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "Fair Use" is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.