Headed out to work after the CD ended. I got there just in time and spent the entire day pushing carts and gathering trash. There were college boys who could handle the inside chores. I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else. It was cold and cloudy when I went to work, but the clouds broke up around noon, and by the time I finished, it was a gorgeous, sunny, warm early spring day.
After I got home, I changed and climbed into bed to rest and read Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey. Listened to Miles & Quincy: Live at Montreaux while I did. No less than Quincy Jones produced this classic 1983 jazz album for Miles Davis' comeback at the Montreaux Jazz Festival. You can hear why Jones wanted to work with Davis in songs like "Springsville," "The Pan Piper," and a medley of numbers from Porgy and Bess.
Switched to With the Beatles when I went online. This would be the Beatles' second album, almost evenly split between new songs written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison and covers. In fact, "Don't Bother Me" was George's first composition. "All My Loving" was the hit here; it, "Bother Me," and "I Wanna Be Your Man" are the best of the originals. Honestly, they have more fun with the covers. George gets an awesome "Roll Over Beethoven," John really gets into "Money (That's What I Want)," and Paul sings a lovely "'Til There Was You."
Finished the night at YouTube with tonight's Match Game marathon. There were quite a few male contestants named Robert or Bob who appeared on the show from 1973 to 1982. The most frequent was probably Price Is Right host Bob Barker. He started on the second week in 1973 and continued appearing fairly often through 1980. His first week also featured the only members of The Waltons to appear on the show, Michael Lerned and Richard Thomas. In 1980, he had to deal with a chair that dropped below the desks and wasn't happy when Gene covered the slit skirt on one of the women backstage.
Robert Pine, best known today for starring in the entire run of CHIPs and as the father of actor Chris Pine, did a week in 1980 with Bob Barker. Amiable Robert began late in 1978 and ran through 1981. Robert Donner of Mork and Mindy started late in 1979 and would also continue appearing through 1981. with a few last weeks on The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour. Donner's totally deadpan humor and his nifty artwork on his cards really livened up his later episodes. Hunky Robert Walden was playing a cocky reporter on the drama Lou Grant when he first turned up in 1978. He would continue to turn women's heads (including Patty Duke's) through early 1981. Dancer and host Bobby Van first started in 1973 with his wife Elaine Joyce and would appear sporadically with and without Elaine through 1977.
Other Roberts appeared less often on the show. Robert Culp had far less fun during his one week in 1973 than the other newcomer that week Pat Carroll. Host and comedian Robert Q. Lewis enjoyed himself more later that year on Joyce Bulifant's first week. Goofy stage actor Robert Morse did one memorable week in 1974, including an episode where he inadvertently blurted an answer and the question had to be replaced. TV star Robert Vaughn first turned up in one of the best weeks of 1973 with Nancy Dussault and McLean Stevenson and would reappear again in 1975.
What about a couple of guys named Bob? They're all here in this hilarious marathon!
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