Began the morning with breakfast and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Glimmer convinces Angella to let her, Bow, and Adora travel to "The Sea Gate" and convince Mermista of Salineas to join the Alliance. Glimmer hires roguish Captain Sea Hawk to get them there. Bow is delighted by his stories of adventure, but the girls don't believe a word and scold him for showing off. It's Glimmer who finally figures out how he can help when Catra and the Horde attack the Sea Gate while She-Ra is repairing it.
Spent the rest of the morning dressing the dolls for what will hopefully be a much warmer June. Barbara Jean wears the purple paisley mini dress she came in (what amounts to her "Meet" dress) with lace stockings (her original ones are too fragile to wear) and her own white strap shoes. Josefina wears one of her prettiest camisa outfits, the lovely Harvest dress with the maroon flowered skirt and ribbon trim. Samantha is in her tight pink Frilly Frock with the pearly lavender boots. Ariel celebrates Pride Month in her rainbow-trimmed terrycloth romper and roller skates. Kit gets her second meet outfit, the turquoise sundress with the white collar and pink flower print.
Molly's rickrack-trimmed birthday dress is too thin for her actual birthday in April and is far more appropriate for warmer weather. Whitney is dressed for tea in 1960 in her purple and pink rose-print dress and shiny purple shoes. Felicity is in the white gown with the blue roses I picked up from a booth at the Deptford Mall almost 15 years ago. Jessa also wears an outfit from a booth, a white hoodie with an embroidered flamingo patch, Jean shorts, and the striped socks and turquoise sneakers from the early 2000's modern meet outfit.
Watched Walk the Line while I dressed the dolls, and later as I had lunch. I go further into this classic biopic on the relationship between country legends Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoneix) and June Carter (Reece Witherspoon) at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
It was cloudy, cool, and windy when I left for the Thomas Sharp School, but not damp or raining. I figured I'd be fine to ride my bike. Got there just in time. We had 31 kids jammed into the cafeteria today. Thank heavens they were all allowed to go outside, especially since it's unlikely they will be able to tomorrow. They were pretty good at the table before that, too. After we got in, I pulled out markers and colored pencils and let them color in Hello Kitty coloring pages until it was time for them to go.
Had dinner and got started on the third season of Remember WENN when I got home. Betty is still trying to figure out how the formerly dead Victor Comstock showed up "In the WENN Small Hours." Turns out he's a double spy working in England under the name Johnathan Arnold, and Betty can't tell anyone. When they're caught by explorer Cutter Dunlap (Malcom Gets), the duo have to make up some pretty crazy stuff to keep Victor and Cutter's reputation alive on the airwaves. Oh, and Victor leaves behind one rather big cliffhanger involving his so-called friendship with Scott Sherwood...
Worked on Land of WENN next. I was originally going to depict how Scott ended up being cursed, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. I think I might leave it at him being caught after Betty rejects him and save that idea for the next round of flashbacks.
Watched Match Game Syndicated while I wrote. We started off with the last episode of the week with big Jim Staal and Anita Gillette, the latter making her first appearance on the show since 1973. Bart Braverman and Debralee Scott spent the week arguing over answers and alternating between flirting with and annoying each other.
Legendary comedienne Phyllis Diller made her first appearance on the show the next week. She wasn't too happy when Gene leaned in for that new-kid-on-the-block kiss! Fred Travalena made his second appearance, this time in the fifth "smart guy" seat next to Diller.
Finished the night listening to my newly-acquired cast albums while working on the Walk the Line review. I Can Get It For You Wholesale revolves around ambitious and obnoxious businessman Harry Bogen (Elliot Gould), who rockets across New York's Garment District in the 30's like a searing comet. He's determined to make something of himself, even if he has to lie to his mother (Lillian Roth), his girlfriend Ruthie (Marilyn Cooper), and his secretary Miss Marmelstein (Barbra Streisand) to do it.
Some of the songs aren't bad, notably "Who Knows?" for Cooper, "Have I Told You Lately" for second couple Ken Le Roy and Bambi Lynn, and "The Way Things Are" for Gould as Harry explains his desire for wealth...but really, Streisand blows everyone away with her classic "Miss Marmelstein," the lament of the underappreciated secretary who can type like no one's business but can't land a man. Not the best thing ever, but not horrible if you come across it and are a fan of Streisand or darker musicals.
New Faces of 1952 was just that - a revue celebrating unknown and relatively new talent. Leonard Sillman had been doing New Faces revues off and on since 1934 (and I believe they'd continue into the 60's), but this is probably the most famous. Among the "New Faces" - Frenchman Robert Clary (who would later star on Hogan's Heroes), Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, June Carroll, Ronny Graham, and Eartha Kitt. The last-named would feature in the show's biggest hit, her take on celebrity, "Monotonous." Other good ones include Carroll's "Penny Candy" and "Love Is a Simple Thing."
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