Since the weather continues to hold out and I wanted to take Uber later, I walked to the dentist. It was a beautiful day for a brisk hike down Johnson and Cuthbert. The sun was out, the sky was blue, and while the wind had returned, all those clouds from yesterday disappeared overnight. I should have left earlier, though. Even with no traffic on Cuthbert and moving fast as I could, I still dashed in the dentist's office literally as the technician popped her head out and called my name.
Everything went just fine after that. Cleaning my teeth took 20 minutes. Finding a doctor to check my teeth after that didn't even take a minute. He checked my teeth, declared that I had no cavities, and I moved on in a little over a half-hour. I'm in such good shape, I won't need to see them again until late April.
Stopped briefly for a Diet Pepsi at Dollar Tree, then had lunch at the Bagel Shop. Considering it was 12:30 by that point, they were pretty busy. I still didn't have to wait long for my spinach and feta omelet, chocolate chip bagel, and home fries. Grabbed a chocolate chip cookie on the way out for the movies later.
Walked over to Target, where I picked up Uber. Considering it was the height of the noon rush hour, I was surprised it didn't even take a minute to get a driver. There was no traffic on the back roads of Haddon Township or on the White Horse Pike. After I directed him in front of the theater (I don't know why the GPS keeps sending all the drivers in the back), he dropped me off at the Cinemark within 20 minutes.
I had just enough time to buy my tickets and slide into my seat, with five minutes to spare before the commercials for Better Man began. I go further into this unique biography of British rock star Robbie Williams that presents him as a CGI ape at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
And rather disappointingly, not much of interest in the commercials. It was mainly horror that's too scary for me and dour thrillers that looked all the same. The only movie I even liked the look of was the last Mission: Impossible that's set to debut in May.
Didn't get much out of my trip to Walmart, either. They still don't have much in the way of records, their doll clothes seemed pretty thin, too, and I need to watch the TV show sets I have before I start picking up more. I just bought Propel mix and those Junkless granola bars before picking up the bus home in front of Taco Bell.
After I took out the trash, I worked on the Seasonal inventory. Added The Ultimate Christmas Album Volumes Five and Six and A Very Special Christmas 2 and 3. Ultimate Christmas Album Volume Five goes back the furthest of this batch. In fact, it goes back so far, I have no idea where it came from anymore. I think it might have been sold in the Wildwood CVS or Acme in the early 2000's, before I moved. Either that, or I got it from FYE around the same time.
Watched Match Game '73 while I worked and as I ate dinner. After finishing out the week with Robert Q. Lewis and Joyce Bulifant, they moved on to the next week with Judy Carne and Fannie Flagg...for one episode. The episode after that skipped a week and a half to Christmas 1973. Jack Cassidy made his first of three appearances on the show before his untimely death, while June Lockhart was so warm and personable, I wish she came back.
Finished the night with the soundtrack from The Pirate Movie in honor of a new Broadway revival of The Pirates of Penzance set to debut on Broadway this spring. Yes, I'm aware that this goofy spoof of Penzance has never been popular with the critics, who don't appreciate the jokey tone or weird cast. No, I don't care. While Mabel and Fredrick's pop ballads are bland and silly, the chorus numbers old and new are first-rate. The upbeat "Happy Endings" is more palatable without the slightly salacious choreography in the film's finale, "Modern Major General" has hilarious updated lyrics, and the ensemble songs "We Are the Pirates," "Tarantara," and "Come Friends, Who Plough the Sea" are delights.
I got lucky and dug this out of the dollar bin at Innergroove years ago, but it's still worth poking around eBay for if you're a fan of the film like me or love 80's action spoofs.
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