I'm the Greatest Star Streisand imagining herself in a radiant future in 'I'm the Greatest Star,' an appealingly quirky song, is not only Fanny Brice but all young performers believing in their destinies". Commenting on a 1991 performance by Pia Zadora in the lead role, "Los Angeles Times" critics noted "She has the requisite pluck for 'I'm the Greatest Star. I'm the Greatest Star "I'm the Greatest Star" is a popular song from the 1964 musical "Funny Girl". The show tune was composed by written by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill. Barbra Streisand performed it in the role of Fanny Brice, first
Fanny Brice do a show until it's on the air, kid") but always snapped into it on the air, losing herself completely in the character: "While she was on the air she was Baby Snooks. And... for an hour after the show, she was still Baby Snooks. The Snooks voice disappeared, of course, but the Snooks temperament, thinking, actions were all there." Brice and Stafford brought Baby Snooks and Daddy to television only once, an appearance in June 1950 on CBS-TV's "Popsicle Parade of Stars". This was Fanny Brice's only appearance on television. Brice handled herself well on the live TV broadcast