Let Supermarket Sweep run while I got organized. I came in as they were doing the Five-Second Shoot Out mini-game from the later series. The Big Sweep got really wild. All three teams were relatively close in time and scores. Two of them got the frozen yogurt David wanted, and all found bonuses (including an adorable teddy bear with a mustache in a kilt). The team that won didn't do quite so well at the Bonus Round. The first answer tripped them up...but Arm & Hammer does make a lot of products...
Headed out after that. The weather was off-and-on cloudy, humid, and cooler than it has been, but far from cold. I was fine in my sage green knit sweater. Decided to celebrate the first day of spring with a ride into Westmont and a quick trip to Sprouts.
My first stop was the WaWa on the corner of Cuthbert and the White Horse Pike for money and a grape Propel. I wanted the money for Salvation Thrift, which doesn't take credit cards. Alas, I found nothing there, no matter how much I dodged the many ladies on their lunch breaks looking for deals. Nothing interesting at Party Fair, either. I eventually backtracked down the block to McMillan's Bakery and treated myself to one of their incredible, overstuffed cream donuts.
Headed across the street to Phidelity Records next. They were also relatively busy with guys chatting with the owner and looking for rock records and CDs. I eventually came up with three records:
Frank Sinatra - All the Way
Doris Day - Greatest Hits
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
And four CDs:
Train - My Private Nation
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
Miles Davis and Quincy Jones - Miles and Quincy: Live at Montreux
The Kinks - Come Dancing With the Kinks: The Best of the Kinks 1977-1986
Made my way down Cuthbert and around kids getting out of Haddon Township High School over to the Westmont Plaza. I needed to get my trip to Sprouts in, since I won't have time tomorrow. Unlike everywhere else, they weren't busy. The kids don't go in here. Sprouts has no seasonal section and only sells toys at Christmas. I was able to restock brown sugar and buy bananas, coconut milk, breakfast cookies, soda, and those raspberry-lemon dried mango slices in peace.
Went straight home after that. Put on From Justin to Kelly as I put everything away. I go further into this rush-job vehicle for American Idol stars Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guardini that's now regarded as one of the worst films of all time at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Mom called as I was settling down with the movie. I called her earlier to wish her a happy birthday. Neither of us have a lot going on right now. I told her about my stomach problems and long hours last month, my trip into Philly, and getting to see The Day the Earth Blew Up, and she told me how excited she was about the Eagles winning the Super Bowl. We discussed the Looney Tunes and the Eagles' chances of repeating next year as Keefe, Julia, and Aurora arrived home and she went to greet them.
Switched to Match Game Syndicated while eating dinner. The first week I saw featured Dick Martin, Elaine Joyce, and big George Kennedy. At one point, Gene got so into explaining the big bang to Dick, all of the panelists but Dick got up and left...and the camera panned out to reveal most of the crew had also left. The lights even went off at one point! Jimmie Walker's week is still MIA, so they skipped to the next week, with Robert Donner, Marcia Wallace, and a bubbly Betty Kennedy.
Finished the night with cast albums and soundtracks, the first in honor of spring. I have no idea who thought putting Seven Brides for Seven Brothers on the stage was a good idea. The 1985 London mounting lasted two months in two separate limited engagements and seems to have gone over slightly better than the 1982 Broadway cast, which barely made three days and wasn't recorded. Honestly, this is rather charming, with some decent new songs, including Adam explaining that "Love Never Goes Away" to Gideon and Milly and the brides and brothers cooing to the new baby that they're "Glad That You Were Born." Revised versions have done well in regional productions, so maybe this really just needed fine-tuning.
The reason I bought the soundtrack for the Disney Cinderella wasn't for the soundtrack itself, though I love "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "So This is Love," and "Bibbiti Bobbiti Boo." The deluxe CD I dug up from Mostly Books also includes seven songs that were written for the film, but not used. I originally heard them on the 2-disc Cinderella DVD I picked up in 2005, but could never find them on an audio disc until now. Of the cut numbers, the cute "I'm In the Middle of a Muddle" for Cinderella as she wishes she had more help for her chores and the lovely waltz "The Dress My Mother Wore" are my favorites. There's also the mice describing how happy they are to have their new clothes in "The Mouse Song," and "Dancing On a Cloud," which was intended to cover a sequence where Cinderella and the Prince dance into the heavens.
Oh, and once again, it was cloudy for much of the day, but wouldn't start pouring until well after dark. This time, we even got a bit of a thunderstorm. As far as I can tell, it's long gone now.
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