Let it run into the 1986 Card Sharks while I got organized and made a grocery list. I came in for the second half of a game played by a college girl and the teeniest, tiniest older lady I'd ever seen. Turned out size really doesn't matter. The lady won the previous four games and had no problems winning this one. She didn't pick up a ton at the Money Cards, but she did find the car.
Headed out shortly after the show ended. I had a lot of errands to run today, starting with a quick dash to behind the Audubon Goodwill. I wanted to go there yesterday, but decided I wasn't up to it. Rode in the back, dropped the small bag in the bin with the rest of the bags, and headed off.
Took the back way past the baseball field and down Market Street. I was originally going to get a drink at WaWa, but then I passed the Brown Dog Cafe and saw that it was actually open. Turns out they close early, with 3 being the latest they're open on weekdays. They're pretty much the same deal as Common Ground Coffee House in Oaklyn with a slightly larger seating area and less varied menu. The peanut butter chocolate banana protein smoothie I had was very yummy, though! Hit the spot on a warm day.
The other reason I wanted to run errands on my bike today was the gorgeous weather. While it was warmer than yesterday, it was also windier, with a bright blue sky and fluffy white clouds. I took the long way down Market Street to Hopkins Road to avoid the lunch traffic.
My next stop was Sprouts. I'll do my shopping at the Acme with Lauren on Monday. Grabbed the usual coconut milk. They had buy one, get one half-off with blueberries and strawberries. Got one of each. Found blueberry lemon cookies on clearance. Their yogurt prices weren't all that much higher than the Acme's. I bought five Chobani sugar free or low sugar and decided to try two of their own brand. Had online coupons for the Ollipop sodas and Lemon Perfect water. A lady at a sample booth offered me blueberries in a cup and two Biscoff sandwich cookies.
Cut across Collingswood this time to avoid the traffic. Needed to make one last stop at PNC Bank to get money for the rent. Rode up to one of the outdoor ATMs, got the money I needed, and headed home.
Had lunch while watching Sale of the Century. These episodes completed the run of the young man who won big the other day. He bought three prizes during the first episode, including a TV and a really cool modular desk-shelving unit, but still earned the last $10,000 prize in the end. He bought nothing else in the second episode, but still won with points to spare and picked up $50,000 more.
Let The Price Is Right run while I thoroughly dusted the front room, making sure to go under all the books, DVDs, and stuffed animals. This episode featured an odd pricing game I didn't remember. Apparently, "On the Nose" was in the rotation for a little over a year. The contestant guesses which one of four prices came closest to being the price of a car or large prize. The closer they get, the more balls they receive for a sport - basketball in this episode. While the lady here got lucky and sunk her very first basket, not everyone is all that great at sports, and this would be one of the few times it was won.
Switched to Strangers On a Train after finishing the dusting and putting away the CDs. Tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) first meets seemingly amiable Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) on a train going to his hometown Metcalf. Bruno suggests they "swap" murders. He'll kill Guy's controlling wife Miriam (Kasey Rogers) who won't divorce him and let him marry Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), and Guy will kill his father (Johnathan Hale) who stiffles his lavish lifestyle.
Guy thinks Bruno is kidding, but it turns out to be no joke when Bruno does kill Miriam. Guy can't bring himself to murder Mr. Antony and backs out of the deal. Now the police think Guy did it, and Bruno's stalking him, including almost killing Anne's sister Barbara (Patricia Hitchcock) who looks like Miriam at a party. Guy manages to avoid the police after a tennis match, following Bruno out of town. While Anne tries to tell Bruno's mother (Marion Lorne) that she's raised a psychopath, Guy and Bruno's showdown at the same carnival where he killed Miriam ends up being far more tragic than either would ever have suspected.
Tense Hitchcock thriller benefits from the moody black and white cinematography and the strong performances by its two leads. It's too bad Wagner already had major problems with drugs and alcohol and died a little over two months after the film's release. He usually played sweet, boyish young men like Jerome Kern in 'Til the Clouds Roll By, but here, he's absolutely chilling as the handsome but obviously insane young man who will literally kill - and have others kill for him - to keep up his lavish lifestyle.
If you're a Hitchcock fan or love a good thriller, this one is highly recommended and really interesting to watch.
Checked my schedule next after taking a shower. Yep, I got next week off for vacation, starting Sunday. Good. If nothing else, it'll be nice to have a full Sunday off. I almost never get Sunday off. Lauren's not arriving until 6:30.
Broke for dinner and Match Game Syndicated at 7 PM. Buzzr keeps jumping around. In the first episode, Rita Moreno's actually happy to get that "new kid on the block" kiss from Gene, but she gets into trouble when she accidentally blurts an answer and they have to throw out the question. In the second episode, Gene's more than thrilled to welcome Randi Oakes from ChiPs with a kiss that he claims is going to take a full minute! The others try to figure out "All You Need Is ___" in the Audience Match.
Finished the night on Tubi with my old favorite One Crazy Summer. Hoops McCann (John Cusack) joins his best friend George (Joel Murray) and his sister at their grandmother's (Billie Bird) house on Nantucket Island, hoping to learn about love so he can illustrate a romance comic and get into design school. He falls for Cassandra Eldridge (Demi Moore) on the way to Nantucket and vows to help when he learns that smarmy seafood restaurant owner Aguilla Beckersted (Mark Metcalf) wants to tear down her grandfather's boarding house.
Even when they do manage to earn the money for the house, he still buys it out from under them. George, Hoops, Cassandra, and their friends the Stork twins (Bob Goldthwait and Tom Villard) and Ack Ack (Curtis Armstrong) join the local Regatta in order to trade the first prize cup with Aguilla's spoiled son Teddy (Matt Mulhern)...if Hoops can even go out on the water due to his fear of boats!
Cusack ably helms this spoofy variation on the slobs-vs-snobs comedies of the 80's and early 90's. Villard and Goldthwait steal the show as the very unalike Stork twins, while Metcalf has some nice moments as the scheming villain. Recommended if you love Cusack, similar comedies from this era, or director "Savage" Steve Holland's other work.
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