Almost Vacation

Began the morning with breakfast and The Busy World of Richard Scarry. "The Knights of Busytown" need a maiden in distress to rescue, but Sally's tired of being stuck in a tower. She gathers her own friends to build a castle faster than her brother and his crew...but it turns out that their two buildings work better when they're together. Two "Cave Pigs" invent things like tables, plates, and manners, but they aren't appreciated by their fellow neander-pigs...at least until they come up with the wheel! Huckle and Lowly think there's a "Bucketman In Busytown" after they see a sci-fi movie and think an alien is running loose, but there's a more likely explanation for the stranger in the painted garbage can running around town.

Headed off to work after the cartoon ended. Work began fairly well. I was able to keep up with the sweeping and carts until mid-way through the day. One of those people who pay for their food with the health insurance cards either didn't have enough to pay, or bought the wrong things. I had to split putting away the cold items with the boy working the self-checkout lane because there was so much and then do the regular ones myself. I did get the sweeping done, but fell behind with the carts and didn't get to them at all in the last hour.

Needless to say, after all that, I was more than happy to rush home via Nicholson Road and start my vacation. Changed and had a snack while watching Sale of the Century. Came in just as a sweet older lady chose a Jamaican vacation on the Prize Board. She said she'd been there before, but would gladly go back. The second episode featured another contestant that went all the way and won every prize they had. This time, it was a sweet woman from Las Vegas. Like the guy yesterday, she bought no Instant Bargains and won the main game by a wide margin.

Switched to A Symposium on Popular Songs while moving books and office supplies around to do deep dusting in my bedroom. I go further into this short with Professor Ludwig Von Drake taking us through 60 years of American music in honor of the late Richard Sherman at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.

A Salute to the Sherman Brothers - A Symposium on Popular Songs

Spent the rest of the afternoon and evening watching one of the most creative Match Game marathons yet. It was an "Alphabet Stew" as we saw a panelist, a question, or a joke that represented a letter in the alphabet. For instance, Allen Ludden made his second appearance on the show, his first with his wife Betty White, in the first episode. Brian Patrick Clark of Eight Is Enough did his only week during the syndicated series in the second. Connie Stevens made her first appearance in the third near the end of 1977, while David Doyle sat in a different seat than usual during another syndicated week. Eva Gabor got to show off her pretty blue dress with the swirling skirt in syndication. Fred Travalena channeled his inner Elvis during Match Game '90. 

Not all of the letters corresponded to people. X had Bill Daily making a few jokes about taking off his clothes during a syndicated Head-to-Head getting X-rated. Donald Ross' answer of a "Little Yellow Spot" nearly leads to a riot during a 1974 episode when "spot" doesn't match as well. His wife Patti Deutsch is even less happy with having to answer "__ Zoo" during a Head-to-Head in a 1979 nighttime episode.

Learn your letters the Match Game way with this hilarious and unique marathon!

Match Game Saturday Night Classics - Alphabet Stew: A to Z of Match Game