Hurried off to work soon as the cartoon ended. The first thing I did when I got there was get my schedule. I have far more hours and only two days off this time, one of them for a dental appointment on Tuesday. I couldn't figure out why, since there's nothing major going on between the Eagles game and Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. I asked a manager, who said something about "company" coming. She probably means there will be chief executives or head managers coming around to inspect us sometime during the week.
Work was busy when I came in. Good thing there were plenty of cashiers and the head bagger was actually helping me with the sweeping and inside chores. By the time I finished, it had slowed down to the point where we had no trouble keeping up with the carts. I was in and out with no trouble whatsoever. At least the weather was somewhat better. It was still gale-force windy, but slightly warmer, and the sun was in and out of clouds. It snowed a little bit overnight, but every last bit of that new snow was gone when I went home.
Grabbed a few things on my way out. I mainly wanted cards for my friends Linda and James Young, who are having a really rough time. Last time I checked Linda's Facebook page, he was in the hospital. I missed Linda's birthday last month, so she's getting a surprise, too. Also bought more bagels for lunch at work next week.
Spent the rest of the night at home, eating dinner and watching today's game show marathon on YouTube. Password Plus was in the spotlight today as we looked at the episodes from 1979, before Allen Ludden was diagnosed with cancer. Elizabeth Montgomery and Robert Foxworth were the first celebrities on the new series. They both played so well, they'd return several more times during the show's run. Allen's wife Betty White appeared at least three times that year. She twisted her ankle on her first day with Robert Pine and spent the rest of the week having to be carried around. The second week had her teasing Allen by smooching handsome John Phillip Law whenever she could.
She wasn't the only one who had a good time on the show, either. David Letterman, a protege of Allen's, got some of his earliest TV exposure during a week with Marian Ross. He played very well and showed the snarky wit that would make him a beloved late-night host years later. Mary Tyler Moore made a very rare game show appearance on a week with Bill Cullen. Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence played against each other on another week early in the year. The show ended the year with Brett Somers getting her rear handed to her by Ross Martin.
Of course, not everything on the show worked or has dated well. An episode with the KKK as an answer to a puzzle on the week with Nannette Fabray and John Schuck is now banned from the airwaves. Another one where "mafia" was the answer was censored even when the episode debuted. George Peppard ranted for so long about NBC's rules and regulations, they refused to air the episode and had to film another the next week to make up for it. (Needless to say, he was never invited back to any game show.)
Check out the best of Password Plus with Allen Ludden in this hilarious marathon!
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