Headed out to work right as the cartoon ended. We were pretty busy for a Wednesday, likely due to this being the beginning of the month. It sure wasn't because of the weather. It was gorgeous today, hot, sunny, and breezy. I rather enjoyed pushing carts, when I wasn't sweating up a storm. I also cleaned the bathrooms and the employee room and quickly wiped up a sticky red juice in the bakery department. (I later found what I believe to be the culprit in one of the carts - an empty PopIce tube. Someone must have given it to their kid to cool them off, and the kid made a mess without anyone noticing.)
Went straight home after work. Changed and watched Let's Make a Deal while settling down. This time, Monty opened with a nurse, a leprechaun, and a cat handing the leprechaun money or taking something on the display floor. The cat ended up with a "night mare" zonk (a horse in pajamas, accompanied by a sleepy model), the nurse got a little money, and the leprechaun got a lot. A "wolf" in Granny's nightgown got himself a VCR and camera that was very high-end for the era, while a penguin held onto a box. The penguin finally gave up the box for the Big Deal of the Day...which proved to be a smart thing, as it had garlic inside! While neither the penguin nor the nurse got the Big Deal, the nurse did get money that was more than what she began with, and the penguin got a fur coat.
Relaxed while watching more Vega$. Dan's Native friend Harlon Twoleaf (Will Sampson) figures heavily into both of these episodes. Someone wants to "Kill Dan Tanna!" when he sets a bomb in Dan's home that hurts him and leaves Phyllis' beloved little girl in a coma. Dan and Harlon pound the streets of Vegas to find out who had it in for Dan. Turns out that Dan disobeying Captain North's (Kyle Richards) orders in Vietnam saved their men, but ended with North crippled for life, and now North wants revenge.
Harlon is the one in trouble on "Death Mountain." He, Dan, his friend Chief Gray Bear, and Gray Bear's grandson are fishing on the lake in the Native reservation when Gray Bear is run over by a trio of motorcyclists. They were hired by a Japanese businessman (Keye Luke) to keep Gray Bear from stalling over a construction project on the reservation. Dan and Harlon turn to a friend (Ken Curtis) who knows the reservation to help figure out what's going on.
Did a little bit of job searching after "Death Mountain" ended. When I came up empty, I tried some writing. Lady Jacqueline was holding a dog when Kathleen saw her, and one that wasn't happy to be there. I think I might change it to another animal. I do want a magical animal companion for Kathleen. I just can't decide which would be right for the story.
Broke for dinner and Match Game '77 at 7 PM. Lee Merriweather and George Kennedy joined in to see Gene fight his way through the door in the opening. They have far less luck with "Boots ___" in the Audience Match, including Gene claiming a certain Nancy Sinatra song wasn't that big of a hit. For some reason, they skipped an episode, moving to the one after the tall guy lost. Everyone's a bit nervous when the lights on the champ's seat stop working and no one knows her score. They have a bit more luck with "__ & M" on the Audience Match here.
Finished the night at the Shout! TV website with Mystery Science Theater 3000. I'm a sucker for not only James Bond movies, but the spy caper films and TV shows made in the 60's and 70's that imitated them. Danger! Death Ray, an Italian spy flick from 1967, was definitely up my alley. Enemy agents disguised as NATO operatives kidnap a scientist and steal his ray gun. Super spy Bart Fago (Gordon Scott) is called upon to rescue him. He ends up having to rescue Lucile (Delfi Maruo) as well when he ducks into her apartment and gets her involved.
For all the campy elements, like a helicopter landing on a submarine and then being abandoned, this moves waaaayy too slow for an action-packed spy film. There's way too much of Bart flirting and everyone standing around talking and not enough actually doing stuff. Even Mike and the robots complained about how slow it moved. It takes almost a half-hour for the actual plot to kick in. Not the best movie ever, but if you're a fan of campy spy tales like me, it's worth checking out once, with or without robot wisecracks.
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