The Eagles Steamroll the Bengals

Began the morning with a quick breakfast and that original cast album CD for the 1966 Annie Get Your Gun Lincoln Center revival. Original star Ethel Merman joins Bruce Yarnell as Frank Butler and Jerry Orbach as Buffalo Bill's manager Charlie here. It loses the two numbers for the ingenues in the original and 1999 revival, but keeps "Indian Too" and adds what would be the last new Irving Berlin song heard on a stage. Frank wants "An Old-Fashioned Wedding," but Annie basically says to go big with the ceremony, or go home. It's Berlin's last attempt at two songs performed in counterpoint to each other, and it's absolutely hilarious.

Hurried out to work after that. It was basically a repeat of yesterday - quiet in the morning, picking up to become much steadier by early afternoon. It remained busy even after the Eagles - Bengals game started. Once again, I got so caught up doing other things in the last hour, I barely had the chance to do carts. This time, they wanted me to put away a cart full of cold items. Which put me behind on gathering the carts. I never did get to the ones at the main entrance.

At least I did get to see Rose and Finley doing their own grocery shopping today. They'd just come from the small Walmart in Audubon Crossings. Finley had a unique black metallic stuffed balloon-style dog. They'll be doing trick-or-treating and the Oaklyn Halloween Parade, and otherwise seem to be doing just fine. (Oh, and Finley is going to be an evil fairy for Halloween.)

Rushed straight home after work and into the Eagles - Bengals game on Paramount Plus. Fortunately, they were on halftime when I arrived. The Eagles were up 17-10 when I got home and dominated the game from then on. The Bengals tried, but kept getting steamrolled. It was a glorious game, played on no less than the Bengals' home turf. The Eagles eventually beat the tight pants off the Bengals, 37 - 17.

Went from the Eagles game right into dinner and tonight's Match Game marathon. This one was themed around Halloween, either having episodes that were filmed or debuted at Halloween or mentioned Dracula and Frankenstein in some way. The closest the 70's-80's show got to having a Halloween episode was the time Charles Nelson Reilly was late and head Boss Mark Goodson briefly filled in for him. Later in the episode, there was a question about what Charles' Halloween costume would be. There was also the syndicated show where Gene wore a white wig and called himself Old Man Periwinkle, and another when he had his head wrapped mummy-style. 

Match Game wouldn't attempt an actual Halloween episode until 1990. This one went all out, with decorations and costumes for the contestants and the entire panel. Host Ross Schafer was Dracula. Charles went as Superman, complete with inflatable muscles. Brett was a little girl with a big pink bow. The two soap opera actors that week were a wizard and Miss Liberty. Vicki was Little Red Riding Hood in a scandalously short dress. It was ventriloquist Ronn Lucas and his dragon friend Scorch, though, who managed to come up with the scariest costume of all.

Celebrate Halloween the Match Game way with these spooktacuarly hilarious episodes!

Match Game Sunday Night Classics - Match Game Halloween Costume Party