Frozen Winds

The weather was down to clouds when I opened my eyes this morning. Sun just broke through as I had breakfast and went to Tubi for Jem. The elusive rock star will need a little "Broadway Magic" when she and the Holograms win the leads in a big musical. The Misfits are their understudies...and they'll do anything to get those lead roles, including letting their sleazy manager Eric Raymond claim he'll give 100,000 to whomever can figure out Jem's identity. 

Switched to writing after the cartoon ended. Brett first tries lashing out at Goodson, but she's a distraction for Gene and Richard hitting him at the same time! They finally get Goodson to give up the keys to Jack's prison, but now they have to find Charles...

Broke to get ready for work at 11. Watched The Cat In the Hat Knows a Lot About That as I got organized and made dinner. Sally learns about "Flower Power" when her mom has a cold and she wants to pick flowers for her. The Cat takes her and Nick to Fah-Fah-Zoom in order to learn about beautiful flowers and the animals who rely on them for food or shelter. The kids are upset when their snow-Cat starts to melt, so the Cat takes them to Freeze-Your-Knees Snowland to keep him in one piece. The kids learn about snow, why it melts, and how ice is formed.

It took less than five minutes to get an Uber driver to work. The Acme was pretty much dead all afternoon. It got a little busy during rush hour, but never really horrible. I rounded up carts, gathered trash and recycling, and swept up a food mess someone left by the employees' outside picnic table. By the end of the night, I had help from two teenagers and a college student and not much of anything to do. Other than it was cold and windy and the clouds returned by the time I was at work, there were no problems whatsoever. 

After I got home, I tried calling Rose. She called me at work. She never called me about my bike earlier. I really should have called her. I've whittled it down to two bikes, an Electra and a Sun. Alas, I didn't get her this evening, either. I'll try again tomorrow.

Watched Match Game PM as I warmed up and had a snack. A goofy, jumpy contestant really livened things up on the show tonight. Brett and Charles fussed at each other over their answers and Richard Paul took a nap while a nervous Patti Deustch tried to help the gentleman win 15,000 with "__ Zoo."

Sale of the Century was close for the first half of the game, even after the champ bought a chance at the Instant Cash. It wasn't until the Speed Round that he jumped ahead. Alas, he still couldn't figure out the Bonus Round and just missed getting it.

Finished the night with TV shows online. Started at The Roku Channel with "A New Kind of High" from the first season of Hart to Hart. Two chemists at a Hart Corporation-owned chemical company have discovered a new kind of drug that gives you major highs. The woman wants to sell it to the highest bidder. The guy is so crazy about her, he just wants to do whatever she wants. Johnathan catches wise when they kill their supervisor, who was about to blow the whistle on them. He starts asking questions about the missing formula as Jennifer goes in disguise to make her own inquiries.

Moved to Hulu for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Ironically, I chose the 4th season opener "The Lars Affair" on a whim before I learned Cloris Leachman passed away tonight. It's now a tribute to her and to Betty White, whose birthday was not long ago. White made her debut in the show as Sue Ann Nivens, the man-hungry hostess of "The Happy Homemaker Show." Phyllis discovers at one of Mary Richards' (Moore) parties that Sue Ann is having an affair with her husband Lars. She tries to rationalize or ignore it...until Mary convinces her to confront Sue Ann on the set of her show.