Hurried off to work after the album ended. No trouble here whatsoever. There were two other baggers working today who did the trash and everything inside. I focused on the carts...and I wouldn't have wanted to do anything else. The weather was stunning, warm, windy, and sunny.
It helped that we weren't busy, not even before the Eagles game. I guess everyone decided to go out and enjoy the nice day, or went away for the holiday weekend. Or after 1, they were at home watching the Eagles. The Eagles apparently played much better, going on to beat the Browns 20-16. (Which is more than can be said for the Phillies, who lost the National League championship to the Mets 4-1.)
It was such a nice day, I took the long way home for the first time in ages. Even Nicholson Road wasn't bad. I saw more kids on bikes in Oaklyn than cars. It wasn't even heavy around the entrance to the mall, and only a little bit on the White Horse Pike.
Changed and listened to the Barbra Streisand CD Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway when I got in. This one is pretty recent, from the "movie partners" joining Streisand on selections from various musicals. Younger actresses Daisy Ridley and Anne Hathaway are probably more appropriate for "At the Ballet" from A Chorus Line than Streisand, while Anthony Newley is mismatched with her on his own "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)." On the other hand, she sounds sensational with Alec Baldwin on "The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened," from the rare Sondheim Road Show, and on "Take Me to the World" from the odd TV musical Evening Primrose with Antonio Banderas.
Finished the night at YouTube with Match Game Sunday Classics. Beloved comedienne Phyllis Diller didn't turn up on Match Game until the syndicated run, but found her way into some fun episodes anyway. She first appeared with Fred Travelena and his 800 voices next to her and got to see a make up man do Charles right there onstage. She was less than thrilled when Gene tried to give her that welcome to the show kiss!
She probably did her best and most memorable work on Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour. You never knew what she'd turn up in. In one episode, she wore what looked like a wig made of brown and tan yarn, a matching caftan, and enough huge bead necklaces to stock ten costume jewelry stores. In another episode, she had a pink wig and a pink feathered outfit that made her look like a demented flamingo. Another had her wearing a bright gold feathered cap and gold pantsuit.
She sported ostrich feathers for my favorite episode of the entire series, the one where the tic-tac-toe board broke down mid-way through the Hollywood Squares segment and everyone had to make X or O shapes with their arms. Needless to say, no one was very happy about that. Jay Leno spent the entire incident whining about calling his lawyer. Brian Stokes Mitchell wore increasingly huge boutonnieres, ending with Ellen Fry giving him a potted plant (and Jay playing with it).
She made her final appearances on Match Game '90...and wore her most memorable wig there, too. She sported sunglasses and a pink mohawk in imitation of Chuck Roast, Ronn Lucas' mouthy punk rock puppet. I think Chuck sort of liked her. (In so much as he ever seemed to like anyone.) She sure liked him. She flirted with him during the entire episode. She also won several people big money, both on Match Game '90 and the syndicated Match Game.
Bring your feathered wig and witty repartee to this marathon with everyone's favorite sarcastic queen of comedy!
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