Worked on updating Once Upon a Time In the Land of WENN for the next few hours. The day after the demon attack, Gertie shows Betty a golden sword inlaid with crystal, which once belonged to her mother Nora before she was killed by the Shadow Realm. Nora was the Light Guardian, who could manipulate light waves and sunlight with her magic. The older woman had trained Betty's mother, and now intends to train Betty herself.
Unfortunately, the mind-controlled guards of the Shadow Realm turn up in Pittsburgh Village just two weeks later, banging on the women's door and demanding they give up their magical artifacts. Not only is Betty shocked by their appearance, she's even more on the floor when she realizes that the Black Knight, Sir Johnathan Arnold, is really the supposedly dead King Victor. Victor quickly explains that he was recruited by Brittanica to spy on Pruitt and the Shadow Realm's clandestine activities. Betty is able to use her magic to flee, but Gertie isn't so lucky...
Ran The Stork Club while I worked. I go further into this tuneful vehicle for brash comedienne Betty Hutton as a hat-check girl at the elegant New York nightclub at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Put on PAW Patrol while eating lunch. Marshall is ready to adopt an adorable gosling who got separated from his mother in "Pup Pup Goose," but he learns how hard it is to care for a little one when the gosling wanders off in Adventure Bay. The pups search try to reunite him with his flock, before they fly south for the winter. Mayor Humdinger makes his debut on the show in "Pup Pup and Away." The pups first have to fix Mayor Goodway's hot air balloon, then get Ryder into the basket after she accidentally take off, so (for the first of many, many times) they can beat Humdinger at his own game.
Headed to the school after the cartoon ended. The school band was still meeting in the gym when we arrived, so they had to crowd the kids into the small library for a half-hour or so. I'm so proud of the trio who sat at the table with me. They played with a car one of the boys brought, and when the head teacher said for them to play The Quiet Game, they did so. They didn't get up and tattle on those who did talk either, like so many of the kids did, and were able to help choose the game they all took part in later on the playground. (I did have to confiscate the toy car briefly to calm them down, though I returned it to its owner after we were in the cafeteria.)
I'm so glad the kids were able to get outside! They all had a ball pretending to be crabs and chasing each other around the playground, and I had a ball watching them. They were so funny. It was a beautiful day, too, sunny and just warm enough, probably in the lower 70's. When we went inside, the remaining kids played with magnetic blocks, and then played Guess the Animal (basically animal charades) until they all went home.
Made a really quick stop at the CVS on the border of Collingswood and Oaklyn on the way home. I picked up vitamins buy one, get one half-off. Got a drink for the ride home, too.
When I got in, I watched Remember WENN while getting organized. "Scott Sherwood of the FBI" has told his Aunt Agatha (Jan Miner) that he's the head of their organization. He and Betty almost literally jump through hoops to keep Scott's only real family from finding out his deception, at least until an actual agent shows up and seems to think it's all real.
Had dinner while watching Match Game '76. Tom Poston made his only appearance on the 70's run of the show, and Barbara Shawma her only appearance period this week. Patti Deustch joins in with her unique answers, while Charles Nelson Reilly is just glad the contestants are picking people other than Richard for the Head-to-Head for a change.
Finished the night listening to Sesame Street Gold while working on the Stork Club review. Pretty much all of the most beloved songs recorded for the show before 1977 can be found here, from Ernie's "Rubber Duckie" to "The People In Your Neighborhood" to the kids singing the theme. Some of the songs that aren't as well-remembered today were worth noting, too. My favorite was "I've Got Two," as Big Bird, Oscar, Mr. Hooper, and their neighbors acknowledge that, despite our differences, we all have two eyes, two ears, two arms and legs, and a loving heart.
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