Second, got a quick start this morning with breakfast and the Casper the Friendly Ghost Thanksgiving short "Do Or Diet." Casper befriends a turkey who laments his fate on the Thanksgiving dinner table. He tries to help him slim down, but that turkey loves to eat too much! Casper proves more effective scaring the farmer away instead.
Hurried out to the final Collingswood Farm Market of the year after the short ended. Despite the chilly, windy day, they were elbow-to-elbow with people buying Christmas gifts from the craft tables and produce, cheese, apple cider, and bread from the produce and bakery booths. I grabbed small apples and apple cider from the orchard booth, cranberries from a booth largely selling vegetables, an apple cider donut from the Barclay Farms booth as a treat, and Thanksgiving flowers for a friend's table.
Rushed home after I finished. Watched Garfield's Thanksgiving as I got ready for work. Garfield's holiday is upended when not only does Liz the veterinarian put him on a diet the day before the holiday, but Jon invites her over for dinner. Jon can't cook something the size of a turkey to save his life, and Garfield messing around with the food because he can't eat it doesn't help. Good thing Grandma from the Christmas special knows what to do.
Went straight to work next. Work was crazy when I got in, to the point where I had a hard time keeping up with the carts. Good thing the head bagger was actually bagging today. They were testing out a lot of new cashiers and didn't need her there. I did have to sweep for the first couple of hours, until a college-age bagger arrived later and took over that. It slowed down enough by 5:30 for me to barely need to do anything outside.
After I got home, I went in the shower, then grabbed dinner and finished the night watching the Match Game Saturday Classics marathon. Richard Dawson had so many wonderful moments on the show, the marathon is in two parts. Richard was on the show from the very start, in the same seat between the ingenue and the comedienne. At least in the early years, he seemed to have a lot of fun, flirting with contestants and panelists alike.
In 1974, he gave "Trench Hand" as an answer for "Trench __." He and the others would continue to joke about eradicating "Trench Hand" over the years. He and Gary Burghoff happily flirted with a goofy single woman who claimed she "fooled around" in early 1975, and he saw Gary wearing a wig he claimed to get off Brett and Alejandro Rey flirt with a lovely Argentinian. He twice wore a sequined shirt to compete with well-endowed Fannie Flagg and her fancy sequined t-shirts next to him and applauded sweet ingenue Melinda O'Fee when she finally got an answer.
He could be even funnier in the nighttime episodes. One of the most hilarious Match Game episodes ever was a PM show from late 1975. He gave "Color Television" as an answer to "Admiral." Gene bet him that it wouldn't be on the board...but Richard always knew best.
Match along with one of the most beloved panelists on the show in this hilarious marathon!
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