Lovely Afternoon In Oaklyn

Got a late start with brunch and The Scooby Doo Show. "Scooby's Chinese Fortune Kooky Caper" has the gang stranded at a palace in Rampoo, China. Kim, the young owner, is about to inherit the castle's treasures...if the Moon Monster doesn't cast its shadow on him and turn him to stone! His uncle and the old caretaker insist that the only way to appease the Moon Monster is to throw the treasures in the river, but the kids suspect there's something more at work here than pleasing a legendary creature.

Scooby's All-Star Laugh-a-Lympics started off in "Florida" with the Really Rottens actually managing to win the swamp buggy race semi-legitimately. That was the last time they'd win anything for the entire episode. They got caught putting two Mumblys in the water skiing contest and using a crane to eliminate Hokey Wolf from the stock car race. Their rickshaw fell apart before they could finish that race in "China." No one was going to beat Grape Ape at gymnastics, and Blue Falcon pointed out that using Orly Octopus's eight arms and a magnet was not the fairest way to play ping pong.

Headed out to run errands after the cartoon ended. Though it was windier and a bit colder than yesterday, it also remained sunny and bright...and still not freezing like last week! Alas, CVS didn't have anything I wanted. I just bought a Propel there when my allergies started acting up. Stopped at a quiet Crown Chicken and Gyro to get a tilapia sandwich, fries, and can of Diet Pepsi for lunch.

Ate lunch, then worked on fixing my teal cardigan (and eventually gave up on it - it has too many holes) while watching The Legend of Su-Ling on Tubi. I go further into this charming direct-to-video animated Asian fairy tale from 1998 at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.

Honoring Chinese New Year - The Legend of Su-Ling

Watched the second half of The Price Is Right while working on the cardigan. Came just in time to catch a lady make a very big win on a "Second Chance" card during the Grand Game. The Hispanic guy who picked up a unique and very 80's bed on the Range Game eventually ended up in the Showcase Showdown. The first one had a rare combination trip and boat. The second was a hilarious take on "The Frog Prince." Princesses Dian and Janice would rather take gifts than kiss Prince Johnny, but feisty little Princess Holly doesn't care what their announcer looks like...and gets the car and the sweet announcer. 

Switched to Match Game Syndicated while eating dinner and moving older work from my Google Drive to a flash drive. They finished up the game show host week with Peter Marshall and Bill Cullen, then moved to the only week with comedienne Louise Sorrell (who looked and acted a bit like Bette Midler), along with Bill Daily, Joyce Bulifant, and Richard Deacon. Fred Grandy took over for Charles while he was out directing an opera. The last episode and the entire week afterwards are now missing due to Jimmie Walker forgetting to clear his syndicated appearances, so they went straight into the week with TV favorites Charles Siebert, Phyllis Davis, and Robert Donner for the last hour.

Finished the night with one of my children's fairy tale readings on LP. Snow White and Rose Red and The Goose Girl comes from England's Wonderland Records. They're charming musical retellings of the Grimm Fairy Tales, with Celia Johnson of Brief Encounter doing all the voices for the latter. Snow White and Rose Red has been one of my favorite fairy tales for years, and it's especially lovely, with the girls sweet even around the very annoying troll.