Night of the Sailor Guardians

Began my day with breakfast and a quick Disney short. Goofy wants to learn "How to Fish," but he's more likely to catch a tree than anything aquatic. His bait has more luck than he does.

Rushed off to work after the cartoon ended. Work was totally dead. I spent the morning sweeping, putting cold items away, taking the trash in the back, and gathering carts. One of the teen baggers arrived at 1 to take over sweeping. I focused totally on the few carts that needed to be returned. No problems whatsoever. The weather remains sunny but cold, with gale-force winds. 

It took me forever to decide on something to watch after I got home. Finally went with The Wild Wild West. "The Night of the Lord of the Limbo" has Jim pursuing crippled former Confederate captain Noel Vautrain (Ricardo Montalban) to his home in Vicksburg, Mississippi after Artemis disappears during his show. Vautrain is also a magician who has found a way to go back in time at his Vickburg plantation. He intends to take four of his former men and not only regain his legs, but murder Ulysses S. Grant and let the south win the war. 

Switched to doing the Seasonal inventory after the episode ended. Finished the collections with The Perfect Christmas: Holiday Music 2006, then added the CDs of colonial, Dixieland, and early American Christmas music and the Christmas bell and chime music. The Dixieland set goes the furthest back here. I think that was a Christmas present from Mom in the 2000's. I believe the others were all yard sale and thrift shop finds.

Watched Match Game while I worked. It started in 1973, with Lee Merriweather, Bert Convy, and comedienne Gail Fisher. For some reason, about half-way through the night, Buzzr jumped back to the syndicated episodes from 1980. Holly Halstrom and Dick Martin joined in as everyone felt Charles' shirt to see how soft it is. (This episode is also the source of Charles holding up the "boring" sign that's so often used in memes.)

Switched to Sailor Moon S: The Movie after the shows ended. Usagi and her friends have to stop Princess Snow Kaygula from freezing the Earth into one of her ornaments! Meanwhile, Usagi's cat Luna falls for a handsome, if sickly, scientist who has discovered the comet that Princess Kaygula sent. Luna's initially upset because he's already deeply in love with a woman astronaut. Sailor Moon finally finds a way to make both their dreams come true.

Finished the night at YouTube with the original Three Wishes for Cinderella from 1973. This charming Czech-German retelling follows the Grimm's version. Three hazelnuts that Cinderella cracks open to find outfits and gowns replace the fairy godmother. She also meets the prince well before the ball when she stops him and his friends from harming a doe in the woods. One of the outfits is a hunter's costume that allows her to see the prince and his friends again. The second is the famous ball gown. The third holds a wedding costume, so the prince can see his true bride. 

I love European fairy tale movies, and this one was no exception. No wonder this apparently remains popular in Eastern Europe as a Christmas movie. Cinderella was sweet and feisty, and there's some lovely medieval costumes. Well worth checking out for fans of fair tale variations like me who don't mind subtitles.