Since I wasn't sure what the weather was going to do later, I took Uber. The driver in the morning arrived in 6 minutes. I went through two drivers in the afternoon after the first canceled, but the second arrived in 7 minutes. No traffic either way, and that was with fog in spots this morning.
No trouble this morning at all. The fog must have scared off our customers. It was misty, cloudy, and warmer than it has been, almost in the 50's. Even after the fog and mist vanished later in the afternoon, it remained cloudy and humid. We were quiet for most of the morning. I pushed carts, swept the store, and dodged a lot of rearranging going on. (Including in the floral department.) Wonder if they were going to repair floors in certain departments, since there were spots where they removed displays and shelves. (Including the floral department.)
After I bought a snack and another Zevia (creamy root beer), I hiked to the shopping center in the back of the Acme. I'd been wanting to deliver a bag of donations to Goodwill for weeks, but I hadn't had the time to get back there. Figured I'd finally do it today. After I dropped the bag in one of the carts behind the store, I went around front to see if they had any pants for work or interesting records. No in both cases, but I still came up with the film soundtrack from Moulin Rouge for 99 cents on CD and the supremely weird Gene Autry serial The Phantom Empire.
Put WKRP In Cincinnati on when I got home. Everyone's excited in "Baby, If You've Ever Wondered" when the Arbitron ratings come in and they learn they've moved from number 16 in the ratings to number 14. Andy is disappointed that the move isn't higher, but Venus reminds him that any upward move for this failing station is a good thing.
"Bailey's Big Break" has her as assistant newscaster to Les. Les, however, is not willing to share the spotlight with Bailey, who is genuinely good. He keeps pushing her aside, until Andy has to intervene.
Real-life former Cincinnati Reds coach "Sparky" Anderson is hired by Arthur Carlson to do his own sports interview show. Trouble is, the show is a disaster. Anderson lacks on-the-air presence, and they either have no callers, or inappropriate ones. Carlson is devastated when it looks like he'll have to fire the man whom he considers to be his hero.
"God Talks to Johnny," and Johnny thinks he's going crazy. He's about ready to check into an insane asylum, and the others wish he'd just stop driving them crazy talking about it. It's Arthur who finally reminds him that maybe he's not as looney as he thinks. (At least, not about this.)
Worked on writing for a while after that. Joyce and her friends are excited when they get out of the woods, but not when they come across a field of poppies. Joyce tries to run through them quickly, but they prove to be too overwhelming for her...
Broke for dinner and Match Game '79 at 7 PM. Grand Ol' Opry cowboy Guich Kooch gets to read a question about what a Texan who likes things big puts in his drink in the first episode. Debralee Scott ends up doing the Head-to-Head twice, but she has more luck with "__ Talks" than "Very __." Meanwhile, Gene scolds Charles for eating on the air during the second episode.
Finished the night with The Love Boat on Paramount Plus. In the fourth season opener, a young Tom Hanks is Gopher's overbearing college buddy who bested him at everything. He tells him Julie is his girlfriend...and then the two "Friends and Lovers" actually fall for each other. A single mother-to-be (Shelley Smith) is nervous to tell the guy she's fallen for (Dennis Cole) that she's about to become "Miss Mother." Three former Army pals (Nipsey Russell, Harvey Lembeck, and Jack Somack) wishes "Sergeant Bull" (Vic Taylor) would stop acting like they're back in the tank corps. They recruit a kindly housekeeper (Doris Roberts) to get him off their backs.
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