Talking To Plants

Recorded on Easter of 2025: Kim cedes the host-throne to Kath Merchant to compete against Isley Villnerve and Will Merchant in a battle of musical trivia!

Theme written and produced by Will Merchant.

Excerpts from:

- 'Memory' from Cats (1999) performed by Elaine Page

- 'The Phantom of the Opera' from The Phantom of the Opera (2011) performed by Ramon Karimloo

- 'A Song For Roxanne (The Turtle Song)' from Cyrano de Burgershack performed by Paul W. Thompson

- 'Mamma Mia' by Abba

- 'Be Like the Bluebird' from Anything Goes (2011) performed by Joel Grey

- 'Blackout' from In The Heights (2008) performed by the Original Broadway Company

- 'Cell Block Tango' from Chicago (2002) performed by the Motion Picture Cast

- 'Chip On My Shoulder' from Legally Blonde (2007) performed by Christian Boyle

- 'Freeze Your Brain' from Heathers (2014) performed by Ryan McCartan

- 'Dentist' from Little Shop of Horrors (1986) performed by Steve Martin

- 'Let It Go' from Frozen (2013) performed by Idina Menzel

- 'Kansasland' from Curtains (2007) performed by the Original Broadway Cast

- 'Michael in the Bathroom' from Be More Chill (2015) performed by George Salazar

- 'Rainbow Connection' from The Muppet Movie (1979) performed by Jim Henson

- 'Rent' from Rent (2005) performed by Anthony Rapp

- 'Stars' from Les Miserables (1995) performed by Philip Quast

- 'The Greatest Show' from The Greatest Showman (2017) performed by Hugh Jackman

- 'There's a Fine, Fine Line' from Avenue Q (2003) performed by Stephanie d'Abruzzo

- 'Wait for It' from Hamilton (2015) performed by Leslie Odom Jr.

- 'America' from West Side Story

- 'Wie wir man seinen Schatten los?' from Mozart das Musical (2015) performed by Oedo Kupierst

- 'You've Never Had Chocolate Like This' from Wonka (2023) performed by Timothée Chalamet

Kim invites Zeda on to talk about Into the Woods!

Theme written and produced by Will Merchant

Kim invites Tyson, Kath Merchant, and Mary Hicks to compete against each other in musical trivia!

Theme written and produced by Will Merchant

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Excerpts from:

- 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again' from The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Live at the Royal Albert Hall

- 'Chip on My Shoulder' from the Legally Blonde Original Cast Album

- 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' from the 1996 movie release of Evita

- 'I Just Can't Wait To Be King' from the 1994 Disney film The Lion King

- 'Footloose' from the 1984 movie release of Footloose

- 'Master of the House' from Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary

- 'My Baby Elf' from the 2005 episode of VeggieTales titled Lord of the Beans

- 'One Thing' from the original cast recording of 36 Questions

- 'I Wish/Into the Woods' from the 2014 movie release of Into The Woods

- 'One Hand, One Heart' from the 1961 movie release of West Side Story

Kim Merchant talks to Suzanne Rickard about the "masterpiece" that is the Phantom of the Opera semi-sequel.

Theme composed by Will Merchant.

Excerpts from:

- Love Never Dies (2011) movie soundtrack

- 'Overture' from Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

- 'Til I Hear You Sing' sung by Ramon Karimloo

- 'Point of No Return' from the Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Live at the Royal Albert Hall sung by Ramon Karimloo and Sierra Boggess

Kim Merchant speaks with Tom Zhang about what makes the Phantom tick, in both the book and stage production.

Theme produced by Will Merchant.

Excerpts from:

- 'Dies Irae' from Requiem Canticles, performed by Alessio Randon

- Excerpts from Phantom of the Opera's Live 25th Anniversary Production Live at the Royal Albert Hall featuring Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, and Ramin Karimloo (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber)

Kim sits down with her brother Will Merchant to discuss the "Dies Irae", a Gregorian chant that now runs rampant through media and musicals alike.

Theme music produced by Will Merchant

Excerpts from:

- 'Dies Irae' from Requiem Canticles performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

- 'Dies Irae' performed by Alessio Randon

- Excerpts from Sweeney Todd from the Original Broadway Cast recording

- 'Making Christmas' from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas

- The Lion King (1994) hyenas chasing Samba soundtrack

- 'Burning Homestead' from Star Wars: A New Hope

- Excerpts from The Phantom of the Opera's 25th Anniversary Production featuring Sierra Bogess and Ramin Karimloo

- Excerpts from Les Miserables featuring Joe Jonas, Earl Carpenter, and the 25th Anniversary cast

- 'Bring Him Home' from Les Miserables featuring Colm Wilkinson

- 'The Doomsday Machine' from Star Trek: The Original Series

Kim Merchant is joined by her sister Kath Merchant in discussing the hit 2005 musical masterpiece that is "Veggie Tales: Lord of the Beans"

This is a pilot episode!

Lord of the Beans is directed by Mike Nawrocki, produced by David Pitts, written by Phil Vischer, with music by Kurt Heinecke; it is distributed by Sony Wonder.