Headed out to work soon as the cartoon ended. Work was even quieter than yesterday. It started out a little cloudy, but by the time I finished, it was sunny, breezy, and warm for late October. Things probably won't pick up until this weekend, when a lot of people will be having Halloween parties and the Eagles play at 1 PM (for the last time until New Year's Eve). I spent the day sweeping, pushing carts, and gathering trash with no trouble whatsoever.
Once again took the long way home down Nicholson Road. No wonder we weren't busy. There was a little traffic around the entrance to the mall, but otherwise, no trouble here, either. Even Nicholson and the White Horse Pike were fairly quiet. Everyone must be out looking at the fall foliage. The larger trees are finally starting to turn colors here. The smaller ones are already stunning shades of scarlet, bright gold, and pale green.
It was so nice, I went back out after I changed into a t-shirt and shorts. Took a brief walk to the pretzel shop down the street to buy a can of Diet Coke, a pretzel, and a cheesesteak-stuffed pretzel for lunch. I wasn't the only one, either. Two girls came in just as I left.
Had lunch while watching the Laverne & Shirley second season episode "Haunted House." Hoping to score a cheap couch, Laverne and Shirley check out the aging Ramsdale Manor, which is about to be demolished. Shirley's convinced that some huge monster will take their heads off. Laverne insists that there's no such thing as ghosts and they need furniture...but even she starts to wonder when they hear spooky noises, the doors lock suddenly, and Lenny and Squiggy disappear.
After that. I went down for a long nap. I'm just not used to getting up early anymore. I was so tired, I was out from 3 PM until past 5:30.
Went into writing when I did finally emerge. Re-wrote the opening. Cora is a princess, but she's not a flashy or stunningly gorgeous type. She is smart, though. Her father has engaged her to King Darrian, ruler of the largest and wealthiest kingdom in their world. He's said to be a good man, fair and just with his people, and quite handsome besides. Cora just wants someone to talk to, as she's very lonely.
Broke for dinner at 7 PM. Watched Match Game '79 as I ate. Gene scolds Charles for eating cookies in the opening, after which Charles discusses National Vision Week. Later, Paul Williams comes up with lyrics to the show's instrumental theme song.
Finished the night after a shower with more vintage Halloween or horror TV show episodes. It's the "Night of the Wolf" on The Wild Wild West. Jim West and Artemis Gordon are supposed to guard a Balkan nobleman who is about to be crowned king. Evil nobleman Talamantes assigns his huge wolves - supposedly werewolves - to attack his men and kidnap his daughter Leandra. His scheme is to control the daughter and kill her father, so she controls the throne. Artemis uses his disguises to confuse Talamantes, while Jim figures out how to break his hold on the new queen.
"Trick or Treatment" in the 11th season of MASH is their only Halloween episode. Most of the members of the 4077th are gearing up for their Halloween party when they get wounded from the front and another party. Winchester isn't happy about dealing with a guy who got a pool ball stuck in his mouth (George Wendt) and another who drove through a chicken coop (Andrew Dice Clay). Meanwhile, Hunnicut helps a young soldier who won't eat after witnessing his troop get killed during a big meal and the others discover a soldier isn't as dead as he seems.
The ladies on The Facts of Life are having their own spooky "Halloween Show." An old man in a loud plaid coat shows up at their door and claims their building was once owned by four sisters, one of whom killed the others. When the girls find a knife and a slipper in Mrs. Garrett's room, they wonder if she might be possessed. Natalie, however, may know more than she's telling...
Samantha has her own spooky goings on during the second season of Bewitched. When Darren won't let her go on a Halloween trip with her mother Endorra and one of his clients sends them stereotypical witch decorations, Endorra uses "Trick or Treat" to turn Darren into a werewolf. While Darren tries to hide his transformation from their new novelty company client, Samantha locks her now-child mother in a room until she performs the spell to change him back.
Finished the night back at Amazon Prime with the Halloween episode of Perfect Strangers. Larry is the only one who stays up on Halloween night to watch a 12-hour horror movie marathon. He ends up having a strange nightmare that Balki and their girlfriends are "Aliens" from the planet Mypos who are bent on taking over the world!
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