Kicked off the day with Buzzr. Three dentists were under scrutiny in To Tell the Truth. I agreed with the panel that it was the first man...and as it turned out, we were all wrong. It was number 2, the hippie-ish looking fellow with the flowing hair and mustache and brilliant smile. The panel on What's My Line didn't do any better with a man who invented a speedometer for skiers.
Work started out fairly well. It never really got busy, but I did end up in a register to take someone's break, then for an hour when they said they had no help. The previous cashier finished for the day, and we'd had a call-out. I was supposed to be doing carts and sweeping the store. I never got to the latter, though I did spend the last hour of the day doing the former. The weather was so weird today, too. It would be sunny, then all of a sudden, dark clouds would move in, and there would be a squall, and then the sun would come out again.
Maybe it's just as well I couldn't get a lot of sweeping done. They're rearranging the store. I don't know why they're rearranging the store, since they just remodeled three years ago, but they felt the need to do it. There's people, crates, and carts all over the place, clogging up the aisles, and no one knows where anything is.
I'm glad I got at least one sweep in earlier. While I swept, I got to see where everything is now, including the dishwashing liquid. I just ran out at home. Ended up grabbing the Acme's generic clear natural brand. Treated myself to a soft pretzel and that yummy Turkey Hill Trio'politain Coffee Cake ice cream on clearance.
Went into writing when I finally got home. Bill Cullen's best customer is Marcia Wallace, a teacher in town. Brett recognizes her and calls her "Beauty." She says she prefers to go under her own name now. She left Nerdocrumbesia because she didn't agree with the evil queen's politics or her high taxes and suspected she might come after her. Bill the wolf hears Brett call her Beauty and tries to find out more about her. She just scratches his head and assumes he's a dog.
Broke for dinner at 6. Made scrambled eggs with broccoli, cheddar cheese, and mushrooms and potato hash browns for dinner while watching two episodes of Match Game. Jack Albertson of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Chico and the Man joined the panel in these 1975 episodes. Moved on to Sale of the Century after dinner. They finished the "End of Summer" week with a sweet Asian girl winning that day's prize. Alas, she didn't get the jeep; that went to the baskeball player from earlier in the week, who chose the highest number on the final game.
Finished the night with Candleshoe on Disney Plus. I haven't seen this 1977 mystery-adventure since I was a kid. Foster kid Casey (Jodie Foster) is taken from LA to England by a pair of con artists, who want to pass her off as the long-lost granddaughter of Lady St. Edmund (Helen Hayes). They're desperate to have her solve clues and find the treasure of the lady's pirate ancestor that's said to be hidden in Candleshoe, her ancient family home. Trouble is, turns out Candleshoe's in financial trouble. Her butler Priory (David Niven) and the four orphans whom she took in sell vegetables and give tours of the property to make money, but it's not enough. When she sees what dire straights they're in and how good they all are to her, Casey begins to rethink her stance on just how important friends and family are.
My sisters and I loved this one when we were younger, and it's still a lot of fun today. I especially love Niven and the many identities he creates in order to fool Lady St. Edward into believing they still have many servants and how Casey uses her head - and later, the others' too - to figure out the clues. I also love the cinematography - exterior shots were filmed at an actual ancient mansion in England. Admittedly, the orphans can come off as generic, it's occasionally too cutesy (like when Casey helps them sell their produce faster at the market), and we never do find out if Casey is really the Lady's granddaughter or not. For the most part, this is still a fun romp if you're a fan of mysteries or the older Disney films or you have kids who like mysteries.
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