Rainy Day at Home

Slept so late, it was noon by the time I finally got to breakfast and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. "Goofy's Gone," so the "Go-Getters," Detective Minnie, Secret Spy Daisy, and Captain Clarabelle, follow the trail of huge footprints to find him. Donald's feet are too big to be the footprints. Pete claims he saw a monster who scared him and got him tangled in his hammock. The girls figure Pete saw something, but they're not sure what until they follow the honey and see a familiar figure in a wet suit...

I had originally planned on going for some kind of a walk. One look at the weather ended that idea. It was pouring, and would continue to rain hard off and on pretty much for the rest of the day. This was not the time to be wandering around. Not to mention, my left shoulder and wrist and my knees remain really sore from that fall yesterday.

Got my schedule for the upcoming week next instead. Not bad. Three days off, more hours. I suspect I'm working all next weekend including Friday due to the Super Bowl. That's always a big deal regardless of who's playing, but it'll be even crazier with the Eagles involved.

Puttered around online a bit, then decided to do an Mystery Science Theater 3000 marathon as I ate lunch. Began with Joel and Manhunt In Space. Actually, the episode really began with a bit of TV history, an episode of General Hospital from shortly after it went on the air in 1963. One doctor is invited to the engagement party of the woman he's having an affair with, while another reports a woman's diagnosis.

Even the early form of my parents' favorite soap opera was more interesting than the main feature. This movie compilation of three episodes from the 50's sci-fi series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger shows its TV origins all too plainly. The special effects are minimal, mainly miniatures against a painting. While I admit I did like the head pirate and their leader Queen Vena, everyone else (including Rocky Jones) were bland or stereotypes. Nothing I'd recommend without robot wisecracks unless you're a huge fan of 50's sci-fi.

Worked on writing later in the afternoon. Sir Michael Redmayne, Prince Andrew's gentle tutor, neither trusts Kathleen, nor believes she's the one who can help them. He and Mother Nature explain that he's now little more than a shadow, his voice too soft to hear. He can only appear in a human form when it's dark enough for shadows to emerge. 

Switched to Match Game Syndicated after the movie ended as I ate a late dinner. We started off with the week featuring Fred Travelena and his 800 voices in the first seat, next to Brett. Goofy Betty Kennedy and deadpan Robert Donner weren't any weirder than he was, including Robert's actually quite good artwork on his cards. We briefly got the week with Don Galloway and Holly Hallstrom before they moved on to Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Eva Gabor, and a plethora of Gabor sisters jokes.

Finished the night back at Mystery Science Theater 3000 with a Mike episode. Samson and the Vampire Women had nothing to do with anything biblical. The last episode of the sixth season is actually a Mexican horror film featuring beloved masked wrestler El Santo, who rescues a beautiful young woman from a coven of female vampires who gain their youth from the blood of their victims. Seems the lady is an ancestor of their kind, and they want her to be their queen. This one is a bit more fun, with slightly better special effects and the genuine spectacle of watching a huge masked wrestler throwing guys in black capes around. No wonder El Santo apparently remains a legend in Mexico. Not the greatest thing in the universe, but fun with or without robot wisecracks if you're into vampire movies or other Santo films.