Since it was already past 11 AM and the showing for A Complete Unknown I wanted to catch was at 12:35 , I took Uber to Somerdale. The lady arrived within 4 minutes. No trouble on the road, no traffic anywhere. She did drive around the back of the buildings with the theater and shops and restaurants. For some reason, she thought I was going to Walmart. I did want to hit Walmart, but not right then. I finally got off at the theater instead.
Hit Dollar Tree quickly for a huge bottle of Propel-style electrolyte water and a small bag of popcorn, then had lunch at Applebee's. Considering how quiet they were, I must have been one of the first people there. My fried chicken sandwich with tomatoes, lettuce, and pickles was delicious, very hot, tender, and juicy. It was much better than their grilled sandwiches tend to be. The fries were nice and hot and crispy, too.
Even with lunch and the short stop at Dollar Tree, I was still 10 minutes early. The Cinemark was a lot busier than usual for a Tuesday afternoon. I was far from the only person spending the day after Christmas seeing a movie. Even the R-rated Complete Unknown only had a few seats left. It's a good thing I got my snacks elsewhere, too. The line at the concession stand stretched all the way around to the very end of the queue. By the time I got my snacks, the movie would have been half-over.
As for A Complete Unknown, I go further into this excellent biography of legendary folk-rock musician Bob Dylan at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Oh, and of the many commercials in front of the movie, the winners were Better Man and Captain America: Brave New World. Looks like next year is going to be a good one for nice-guy superheroes. I'm dying to see the next installment of the Captain America series, especially with Harrison Ford playing the president and the Red Hulk. Better Man is another rock star biography, this one of British star Robbie Williams. Looks like it's also going to try for something unique by depicting Williams as an upright-walking chimpanzee. Better Man will likely be my first movie in the theater of 2025; Captain America will be fun for the week after Valentine's Day.
Headed right up the hill to Walmart after the movie let out. I didn't see any records or books that interested me and decided I already had enough TV shows I hadn't finished watching and just opted to do my grocery shopping here. Restocked yogurt, Propel drink mix, and cough drops. This is one of the few places I can find those Junkless granola bars. The Made Good bars are cheaper here, too.
Went down the hill to wait for the bus in front of Taco Bell on the White Horse Pike. They were slightly late, but nothing outrageous for the 4:30 rush hour. At least the weather was nice to wait around in. It was sunny, dry, and chilly but not overly so for this time of year. The bus wasn't terribly busy despite the hour and pulled into Oaklyn within 10 minutes.
Went straight into Match Game Syndicated when I got home. They're up to the week with opera star Diana Sorvino, a friend of Charles'. It's too bad they never got her back, or any other opera singers. She was not only pretty funny, she and Betty White got to serve spaghetti to the panelists. Gary Crosby, Marjorie Wallace, and Fred Grandy return in the last episode.
I also got one last present from my mom. The Swiss Colony box she mentioned earlier in the month finally appeared. It was a bit squished, and so was the chocolate-covered Dobosh torte. The other torte was fine, and it's hard to damage fake and real blocks of cheese and tubs of cheese spread. The cheese and sausage will be great for New Year's Eve.
Worked on the Seasonal inventory while the shows ran. Finished the Happy Holidays series with Volumes 31 through 35 and 39. I picked all of these but 39 up when they came out from Swain's Hardware in Cape May. Volume 39 came from a yard sale in Audubon around 2011.
Went to YouTube after dinner for more holiday game shows. The contestant who won so much money on the 1978 Card Sharks yesterday was defeated by a pretty, perky miss, who didn't do quite that well, but still picked up her own considerable amount. Christmas 1987 on the Bob Eubanks Card Sharks coincided with their Young People's Week. The kids not only played for cash to be put in a trust fund, but a trip to Hawaii.
By 1980, Family Feud got far more into Christmas. Richard heard one family sing for him, and several gave him gifts. The questions were also a lot more holiday-oriented as well. This time, both families did well at the Fast Money round, the first winning it with plenty of room on the board to spare.
The day after Christmas on Match Game '76 introduced George, a kindly young man with a lovely wide smile who would become one of the longest-running winners the show ever had, lasting well into the New Year. Rip Taylor flipped his wig on Match Game '90 when he used it to smack Fred Travalena for doing a poor imitation of him. Marcia Wallace turned up in the beginning heavily bandaged, once again with a goofy explanation that had something to do with the games she and her hubby played at night.
Things didn't go nearly as well on either of the Passwords. The celebrities missed an easy puzzle that almost everyone in the chat got on Password Plus. David Doyle got nervous and badly fluffed his and Dick Gautier's shot at the Alphabetics round. Mary Ann Mobley and Gary Collins weren't much better on Super Password, though Mary Ann did get one that almost everyone else missed.
Finished the night back at The Roku Channel for Charlie's Angels. The girls are shocked to hear a message from a friend of Charlie's who is killed telling him that someone is out for an Angels' blood in "Angels Belong In Heaven." They think it's Sabrina after she's attacked, but Kelly is beginning to think that her best friend's new fiancee sounds awfully sketchy.
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