Daily Inspiration Quote by Brett Somers

Brett Somers delivers this as a classic showbiz love letter with a needle tucked inside. The opening pile-on of praise ("most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth") is so extravagantly absolute it signals comedy, not canonization. It’s the kind of hyperbole performers use when they’re half-grateful and half-performing gratitude because the room expects charm. Somers was a panel-show virtuoso; she knew that sincerity lands best when it’s wearing a wink.

The joke turns on hierarchy. A musical director is, in theory, the behind-the-scenes professional who makes the star sound good: the arranger, the fixer, the adult in the room. Somers starts by elevating Mark Cherry to near-divine status, then yanks him down into the realm of "janitorial chores". That last line collapses the glamour of entertainment into its unglamorous labor, implying the real work of making a production run is both creative and menial. It’s an insider nod: everyone in show business ends up mopping something, metaphorically or literally, and the ones who keep it all together rarely get top billing.

There’s also affectionate power-play. By crediting him with "everything", she’s publicly acknowledging dependence while keeping control of the comic framing. The subtext is generous but unsentimental: talent is essential, gratitude is real, and the whole machine is ridiculous enough to laugh at while you’re inside it.