Indian Summer Matches

Began the morning with breakfast and The Scooby Doo Show. Mystery Inc visits Daphne's friend Arlene, who just inherited the family home in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween. The locals are riled when a witch suddenly appears in a graveyard who is a dead ringer for Arlene. When the caretaker tries to convince Arlene to leave town, Scooby and Shaggy go trick-or-treating and the others try to figure out what that witch is really after in "To Switch a Witch."

Hurried off to work after that. Work was absolutely no trouble. I did have to sweep and do bathrooms for the first hour or so. After a new bagger in training arrived, I left her to learn about the sweeping and bathrooms and spent the rest of the day pushing carts. I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else. The weather is even more gorgeous, sunny, warm, and breezy, into the lower 70's. No wonder we weren't busy at all. Not only are we between holidays, but it's way too nice for shopping. 

Went straight into Scooby Doo and the Goblin King when I got home and changed. I go further into this unique Scooby Doo direct-to-home-media movie at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog. 

Animation Celebration Saturday - Scooby Doo and the Goblin King

Finished the night with dinner and the Match Game Saturday Night Classics marathon. Three cast members of The Love Boat made prominent appearances on Match Game from 1978 through Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour in 1984. Bernie Koppel was around for the last week of the original set in 1978 and would turn up again during the syndicated era. Ted Lange first appeared on an episode in 1980 where he turned up and told Fred Grandy he wanted his white suit back. Fred proceeded to give it back to him right on the stage, stripping down to his shorts and t-shirt. Gene gave him his vest to look somewhat professional. He also tried to help McLean look more formal in a fancy white suit and cowboy hat, though he frankly looked more like he got lost on the way to the set of Dallas.

Future politician Fred Grandy turned up by far the most of the show. He made goat jokes on one PM episode and saw a gentleman from Brooklyn claim he wanted to bring the Dodgers back to the East Coast in another. He and Bart Braverman spent one week playing kazoos (and getting really annoying with them). Everyone had to put up with an audience full of drunk and riled UCLA students on another syndicated week. He was on the crazy episode of Match Game-Hollywood Squares where McLean kept complaining about getting marker on his pants. Gene gave him pants that were much too big, leading him to eventually show far more than anyone ever wanted to see of him to the camera!

Excitement is waiting for you as you set sail with the crew of the Pacific Princess in this ship-shape marathon!

Match Game Saturday Night Classics - Love Boat Stars On Match Game

Oh, and happy birthday to Lauren! She went back to Crossgates Mall with Rico and apparently had a great time running around in the two arcades with him.