Switched to Buzzr for the tail end of the late 70's Card Sharks. The guy was the champ, but the lady passed to him on the Sudden Death round, and he chose the wrong card. The guy did better on Press Your Luck. They were finishing up a Whammy-free first round when I left.
I had a bunch of errands to run, starting with a stop at Sprouts. They still have the vanilla unsweetened coconut milk I've been drinking on sale, and the breakfast cookies, too. Found unique bumpy "Golden Nugget" oranges that were four for a dollar. They looked like slightly smaller versions of the Sumo oranges that have turned up in the past few years. Grabbed peanut butter cookies on clearance.
Quickly stopped at the Haddon Township Library to drop off books, then dodged men trimming trees near the high school on my way to the Westmont Acme. Mainly needed yogurt here. Took advantage of online coupons to pick up Ratio and Oiko Triple Zero, the latter in a four-pack. Grabbed more granola bars. Kind bars were on sale, and I had an online coupon for the Make Good Bites. Apples in bags were cheaper here than anywhere else, and the mozzarella cheese I've been buying was on a good sale. Grabbed bagels for lunch this week.
Took the long way home across Newton Lake Park. I didn't have much of a choice about riding on the paths, despite them being busy with people walking their dogs or strolling and enjoying the beautiful day. The paths over the hills are clogged with mud leftover from the heavy rain earlier in the week. At least it's starting to look like spring. The grass in the park remains yellow, but the trees are starting to show the first buds.
Went straight home and into Let's Make a Deal while eating lunch and putting everything away. I have no idea why more than half the dealers wore Hawaiian or tropical get-ups, including a newlywed couple who were happy to win furniture for their new home. They understandably didn't want to give it up, but a very odd clown and a tourist did. Neither of them got the Big Deal, but she seemed to be happy with appliances and a grill, and he certainly wasn't going to complain about a stereo and bedroom furniture.
Got my schedule online around this point. In good news, two floral department days, no very long hours, and only Wednesday is early. However, I'm getting even less hours, the least I've gotten in almost a decade. It's not just me, either. Apparently, they're cutting hours across the board. I'm pleased and surprised I got into the floral department this week at all.
Switched to F-Troop while doing research on the publishing industry online. Yes, I'm aware that the publishing industry is hard to break into. It's still something that interests me.
It's "O'Rourke Vs. O'Reilly" when a lovely and intelligent lady (Lee Meriweather) buys the building across from O'Rourke and turns it into a saloon. Worse yet, she figures out what O'Rourke and Agorn are doing and tries to blackmail them. They drum up a women's temperance union to put their competition out of business.
Things get hairy for the duo when they have to hide their liquor still after an inspector general arrives to find out how the Hikawis are getting drunk. They try "The 86 Proof Spring," but as often happens with these two, it backfires.
Parameter thinks he's just doing his duty when he rescues Chief Wild Eagle's daughter from a Native her father doesn't approve of. The Chief's singing "Here Comes the Tribe" when he insists on Parameter marrying his daughter. The others try to find her lover and end the wedding.
Everyone at Fort Courage says "Iron Horse, Go Home" when the Hikawis sell their land to the railroads. With nowhere else to go, they end up at Fort Courage. Not only is it a rough fit, but the Army men aren't exactly used to Hikawi ways and rituals, and vice versa. They try to get the railroad to go around the land instead.
Agarn claims to have killed Geronimo in an attempt to impress a pretty lass (Jackie Joseph, who was actually married to Ken Berry at the time). The news spreads like wildfire around Fort Courage and the entire area, before "Our Here, What's His Name?" is up for a medal from Washington. The real Geronimo isn't as amused, and now he wants his revenge on Agarn.
Started writing around 5 PM. Bill introduces them to Nip-Tok (Nipsey Russell), the mechanical head of the Oz Army. Nip-Tok can wisecrack, recite poetry, and do excellent crowd control...when you keep his key wound. He claims he's nothing like the original head of the Army was. Richard thinks the head of the Army sounds too familiar...
Had Vega$ on while I worked. Things get scary at "The Pageant" when one of the contestants (Maureen McCormick) is raped while waiting for a date. Her horrified father (Robert Reed, her stepfather from The Brady Bunch) hires Dan to find out who did this to his daughter. The girl's testimony and description of the assailant helps them enough to use Bea as bait to lure this madman out of hiding.
Broke for dinner and Match Game Syndicated at 7 PM. We get jokes in the opening about Richard Paul's cowboy hat, while Joyce does her idea of a stripping routine when asked to take off her bright white coat. We also meet a contestant who is an expert at sign language, and Gene makes a reference to the then-exploding Mount St. Helens when a lady from Oregon mentions they're dealing with the fallout.
Took a shower, then watched two episodes of Charlie's Angels in honor of International Women's Day. The season 2 finale has them as "Antique Angels" when they track a new fuel that was stolen to an antique car rally. While Bosley falls for one of the female car owners, the other three ladies don Keystone Cops costumes to figure out which car owner came in late enough to have made the theft.
They're "Pretty Angels All In a Row" when they too join a pageant, in this case to find out who's been scaring the ladies off. Kris and Kelly become contestants, while Sabrina and Bosley are supposedly TV reporters. Turns out that someone's been bribing judges, and kidnap a judge who can't be bribed. The girls need to figure out who's been giving those bribes, before on of the contestants really get hurt.
Finished the night on YouTube with From This Moment On...Cole Porter in honor of singer Steve Lawrence, who passed away yesterday. He and his wife Eydie Gorme did this early 80's special in England. They're joined by two stars who actually did appear in Porter shows on Broadway and film, Ethel Merman and Bob Hope. Hope's around for the stage segment with Lawrence as Porter as they discuss his first Porter show on Broadway, Red, Hot, and Blue. Merman joins Lawrence and Hope onstage, then is the hostess for the type of "swellegant, elegant" parties Porter reportedly favored. We also get a lovely ballerina who dances in can-can costumes with Parisian types to instrumental versions of music from Can-Can.
I do wish they came up with a stronger finish than Lawrence and Gorme more-or-less repeating their Vegas act with Porter songs. It gets a little monotonous after a while. They didn't even bring Merman back in. Other than that, this is a really fun show if you love the four leads or Porter's music.
Here's the copy currently on YouTube; it comes with bonus Lawrence and Gorme performances at the very end.
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