The video captures an informal family backyard concert where multiple family members perform a playful, improvised rendition of the song "I Know It's Today" from Shrek the Musical. Speakers A‑E assume the roles of Princess Fiona at different ages (young, medium, adult) and other fairy‑tale characters, adding spontaneous dialogue, red‑hair and ogre pretenses, and a running gag of counting "day numbers" that reference an imagined timeline. The performance blends sung verses with spoken narration, parodying classic fairy‑tale motifs (princesses, princes, curses) while interjecting humorous asides and meta‑comments about the rehearsal process. The tone is light‑hearted, conversational, and deliberately chaotic, reflecting a family’s love of musical theater and their collaborative, improvisational style.
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Hello! Our family does a lot of theater, so pretty much everything that our family sings is from musicals. So this song that we're about to sing is from Shrek the Musical, and it is called "I Know It's Today," sung by Princess Fiona, the younger version, the medium version, and the adult version of her. And we definitely just barely decided we were gonna do it earlier today, so it's gonna be really, really good. Also pretend we all have storybooks books.
And red hair.
And red hair. Pretend I have red hair and that I'm an ogre.
I'm not an ogre yet.
I'm going to turn this on. I don't— I think it's just kicked on.
Okay, um, Camry, tell me when to come in. Oh, I don't remember.
It's 5 past.
Okay, he's coming. He start talking after the 2.
Settle in, girls, it's story time. There's a princess in a tower. Oh my gosh, that's just like me. Poor Rapunzel needs a haircut, but the witch won't set her free. She passes time by singing like someone else I know. As years go by, she sits and waits. As years go by?
Uh-oh.
A torturous existence. I don't remember this part. She wishes she were dead. Skip ahead, skip ahead.
But—
But in the end, the princess finds a millionaire. The prince is good at climbing and braiding golden hair. So I know he'll appear, 'cause there are rules and there are strictures. Then on the storybooks I read by candlelight, my white knight and his steed will look just like these pictures. Pictures.
It won't be long now, I guarantee.
Day number 23. I know it's today. I know it's today.
Here's a good one. It's a classic. There's a princess in a coma. Glad it's her instead of me. Pretty maiden in a glass box. How I wonder does she pee. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Poison apple. Boring, boring. Evil queen. Filler, filler. Been there, read that. Seven shorties on the scene. Skip ahead, skip ahead. But in the end, the princess wakes up with a start. The prince is good at kissing and melting Snow White's heart. So I know. He'll appear and his armor will be blinding. As shining as his perfect teeth and manly hose. He'll propose on one knee and our prenup will be binding.
About time we set a wedding date.
Day number 958. I know it's too late. He'll show up today.
He'll show up today.
There's a princess, any princess, take your pick. They're all like me. Not exactly. I'm still waiting. They're out living happily ever after. Better get here. I want love in seconds.
Cut the villains, cut the vamping, cut this fairy tale.
Cut the peril and the pitfalls, cut the puppet and the whale. Cut the monsters, cut the curses, keep the intro. Cut the verses and the waiting, the waiting, the waiting, the waiting, the waiting. But I know he'll appear, though I seem a bit bipolar. And I'm a vandal now as well. Hope he won't mind. I'm a find. I'm a catch. And a very gifted bowler. It won't be long now, I guarantee. Day number— Are you there, God? It's me, Fiona. It's me, Fiona. Now I know he'll appear, 'cause there are rules and there are strictures. I believe the storybooks I read by candlelight. My white knight, my knight and his steed, will look just like these pictures. It won't be long now, I guarantee.
Day number 20.
Day number 9.
Day number 8,423.
I know it's today.
I know it's— I know it's today. I know it's— I know it's today. I know it's today.
