Alphabet Matches

Began a cloudy morning with breakfast and Prime Time Musicals. I picked up this collection of songs from rare TV musicals of the 50's and 60's from eBay back in 2020. I really wish more of these musicals were currently available somewhere. There's some great songs here. Music from TV shows and films that are lost or not currently online including the robust title song of No Man Can Tame Me, the sweet "Listen To Your Heart" from a version of Pinocchio with Mickey Rooney as the wooden boy, "Much Too Happy Dancing" from a Hansel and Gretel that originally featured Red Buttons and Barbara Cook, and the gorgeous "Ride On a Rainbow" from a musical Ruggles of Red Gap. 

Rushed off to work before the CD ended. We were even busier when I got in at 11 than we were yesterday, but this time, I had more help. The morning bagger swept the store until he left at 3. I only had to do it for the last half-hour. It's a good thing I was able to focus on the carts. They kept disappearing. I wouldn't get close to catching up until the Eagles-Commanders game started at 3 and cleared out our customers. Helped that the weather was largely better, too. While cloudy, it was also warmer and less windy. 

Hurried straight home and checked the score of the Eagles game, and would continue to do so all night. Unlike the last time the Eagles played the Commanders a few weeks ago, they dominated the game full-stop. The Commanders never had a chance. The Eagles steamrolled over them in one of the highest-scoring games in NFC Championship history, 55-23. (The Chiefs-Bills game was apparently a lot more interesting. The Chiefs just barely beat the Bills 32-29. Looks like the Super Bowl on February 9th is going to be a rematch of two years ago. This is going to be really interesting.)

I would eventually have dinner and take a shower, but I mostly spent the rest of the night on YouTube watching the Match Game marathon. We had another alphabet-themed marathon, with each episode having a panelist or theme that corresponded to a letter. In the first episode, for instance, A was for Arlene Francis and Avery Schriberer. Soap star Brenda Dickson represented B, singer Connie Stevens and host Bill Cullen C. D was for Dick Smothers, E was for Ethel Merman. 

The later letters were harder to find. T was for Tom Bosley, who did one fun week at Easter 1975. U was for the lady who accidentally flashed her underwear while hugging Richard in a very early 1973 episode. Vicki Lawrence was V in her 1978 week. William Shatner, who did two weeks in 1975, was W. X marked the crosses on the front of the lower tier desks from mid-1978 through 1982. Y was for the Audience Match "You've Gotta Be __" in a 1981 syndicated episode. Z was for Zorro, who was mentioned in a question in a 1975 episode with Louisa Moritz and Sheldon Leonard. Gene had to demonstrate who Zorro was when a sweet Japanese-American lady didn't recognize him.

Learn your ABCs the Match Game way in this hilarious marathon!

Match Game Sunday Classics - The ABCs of Match Game Countdown