Began the morning with breakfast and Six: The Musical. One of the more unique shows on Broadway right now has the six wives of Henry the Eighth singing about their lives in the style of various current pop and R&B singers and divas. I don't know how well this show is going to date in a decade or so, but right now, the music is terrific and the performances on the studio cast recording I have are sensational. I especially like Christine Modestou's bubbly "Don't Lose Your Head" for Catherine of Aragon and Genesis Lyea's cocky "Get Down" for tough German Anna of Cleves.
Hurried out before the CD even ended. Work was absolutely no problem whatsoever. In fact, I spent almost the entire four hours outside, pushing carts. There were two college boys who work on weekends to do the sweeping and inside chores. A lot of people haven't gotten their beginning of the month money yet, the Eagles were off this week (and won't play again until next Monday), we're between holidays, and the weather was just too darn nice for shopping. It was gorgeous today, sunny, breezy, and blue, in the lower 60s.
Went straight home afterwards. After I changed, I took down the Halloween decorations and put up what I have for Thanksgiving. I've had luck with finding things for this holiday at yard sales and thrift shops over the past few years. My folksy wooden pilgrims in the cloth outfits are on either side of the TV with my mini Indian corn. Jodie gave me the pilgrim girl teddy bear after Dad died. I found the smaller resin pilgrim couple, the little stuffed pilgrim and Native girl, and the porcelain pilgrim turkey salt and pepper shakers at thrift shops.
My stuffed turkeys Plymouth and Mayflowers are leftover from when I collected Webkinz. The big stuffed turkey, the smaller one in the pilgrim hat, and the one with the dangling beaded legs came from Dad's collection. The 70's-era die-cut paper pilgrim girl, Snoopy and Woodstock Hallmark hanging, and gorgeous turkey print are yard sale finds. Mom made the "Happy Thanksgiving" turkey when she did graphics for the Lower Township schools in the early 2000's.
Listened to KPop Demon Hunters as I worked. I've heard "Soda Pop," "What It Sounds Like," "Golden," and "Your Idol" so much at the summer camp and after-school program, I had to get the soundtrack. Actually, my favorite song from this score is the dynamic "Takedown" that caused so much consternation in the movie. I also like "Strategy," here performed by Twice. Honestly, even if you're not a fan of Korean pop or Netflix animated films, the songs in this movie are so darn catchy, the soundtrack is still highly recommended.
Hit Explosion is one of two K-Tel releases from 1983 I picked up at Doc's Finds last week. There's a lot of heavy hitters of the time on this set, starting with the cheer spoof "Mickey" with Toni Basil and the Go-Gos on "Vacation." Other favorites here include "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart, "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson, "Abaracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band, "Hold On" by Santana, "Shadows of the Night" by Pat Benetar, and "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.
Finished the night with dinner, a shower, and the Match Game marathon. Though Disney itself was going through a slump during the run of the 1973-1982 show, they still made many references to Disney films or characters. There were a lot of jokes about Snow White, including one where they asked what was different about the Snow White balloon in the Macy's Parade, and Nipsey Russell said it looked a lot more like him. There was also a question during the Bill Macy week about who would play the Beast to Betty White's Beauty. Most people said Brett, though Betty's beloved hubby Allen Ludden did have his own formidable temper. Fannie Flagg had sequined t-shirts featuring Mickey, Minnie, and Dumbo that she wore fairly frequently in the mid-70's.
Whistle while you match with Gene's wacky weirdos in this hilarious marathon!
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