No trouble at all with Uber today. It remains too hot for biking! The one going there in the morning arrived in 7 minutes. Thankfully, I left earlier and was there in plenty of time. The one going home didn't even need a minute to arrive. No traffic either way.
It's too hot for shopping, too. The Acme was pretty dead all morning. It remains murderously hot, sunny, and humid here. I'd sweep, then would go outside and get all the carts done that I dared, then would go inside for drinks or to put loose items away. No problems whatever. By the time the heat and the crowds started picking up, I was finishing my shift and on my way home.
Since I was already used to the heat from work, I changed, then went right back out again. I had planned on spending the rest of the day outside, so I figured I'd get a short walk in. Headed to the A&A Pretzel Shop to pick up lunch. Grabbed two regular pretzels, a cheesesteak-stuffed pretzel, and a Diet Pepsi, then headed home.
Watched What's New, Scooby Doo? while I had lunch. "Mummy Scares Best" when the gang joins Fred's idol Melbourne O'Reilly at a dig in Egypt. Turns out a mummy has been supposedly turning the tourists into zombie minions. No one believes this at first...until even Mystery Inc is hypnotized, and it's up to Shaggy and Scooby to save the day!
Spent pretty much the rest of the afternoon and evening doing things online and working on Hilary and the Beasts. Doug Thompson turns up at the door with flowers to take Betty out. Betty is not interested in going out. She's writing scripts and claims she doesn't have time for skating and outings. Hilary has no trouble pushing her at Doug. She'd rather see her with Doug than someone like, oh, her ex-husband's perpetually lying manager Scott Sherwood. Betty claims Scott had tried to hit on her, but she wasn't interested...even though there's a bit of hurt in her eyes, like she almost wished she could have been, if he'd just tell the truth for once.
Maple flings through the door at this point, all tears and anger. The only thing the boss at the Crimson Follies was interested in was getting her on his couch. She tells her sisters, and when C.J comes in, brother, that she wants to be seen as more than just a pretty face and body. Her siblings assure that they, at least, give her nothing but respect.
Mackie arrives next, wild-eyed and horrified. He stayed at a palatial old Gothic mansion overnight when it turned out that there was no theater job. He never saw any of the servants, but he heard voices and the purr of a cat. Someone brought him a fine meal and led him to an enormous bedroom to sleep, but he never saw anyone. He did go to a green house in the back garden to find a rose for Hilary. The moment he took the rose, he was attacked by a towering, disgustingly ugly troll-monster with greenish skin, curly horns, and a warty face. The creature threatens to send him to the cops for stealing his property unless he gives up his oldest daughter as payment.
Hilary is determined to square this debt for her father, but Maple insists on them all going. It sounds like a great adventure to her. After all, how often will they get to see a Lon Chaney monster up close? Betty's far more reluctant to join in. Someone has to stay and watch Mackie. C.J finally says that he'll do it. He'll also ask questions about the mysterious mansion and monster sightings at the theater where he works. Maple finally talks Betty into it on the suggestion that she do research for her radio scripts.
Watched Remember WENN first as I worked. "The Birth of a Station" was controversial when it first debuted. A pregnant young woman (Debra Wiseman) turns up at the station during a transit strike. Not only does she go into labor, but she's determined that Young Dr. Talbot should take care of her. Trouble is, he's the character Jeff plays on the show of that title. Jeff has to be the doctor for real, while the others try to find a way to get her to the hospital.
"The Follies of WENN" was originally intended to be an hour, but was dialed back to a half-hour due to AMC's meddling during the 4th season. Scott agrees to take $1000 from an old buddy who wants a burlesque show on the radio to pay for a failing orphanage. All of the WENN ladies are recruited, and some get more into it than others...much to the annoyance of Jeff and Scott!
Switched to records after WENN ended. Secret Love is a wide-ranging collection of ballads, some going back to the 60's. I remember seeing commercials for this when I was a kid. Though I do have a lot of these elsewhere, there's some that I don't have yet - "Get Closer" by Seals & Croft, "I'll Never Love This Way Again" by Dionne Warwick, "If I Could Reach You" by the Fifth Dimension, and "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" by the Casinos.
Moved to Match Game '73 during dinner. Came just in time to catch the tail end of the very first episode of the series. Michael Landon made his only appearance, Richard Dawson his first. The next episode skipped way ahead to later in the year. Pat Harrington joined a far more typical panel that included Brett, Charles, Richard, and Betty White.
Finished the night with Meatballs at Tubi. It's shaping up to being the wildest summer on record at Camp North Star in the backwoods of Canada, what with Rudy, a lonely camper (Chris Makepeace) running away on the first day and Tripper (Bill Murray), the head counselor living to break rules. Not to mention, there's all the counselors in training, every single last one of whom are horny, opposite-sex crazy, and ready to break rules. Things really heat up during the Olympiad, the big end-of-the-summer competition with wealthy Camp Mohawk. Mohawk either out-guns them or cheats, until Tripper reminds them that it just doesn't matter, and the best thing about any competition is having fun.
Murray and Makepeace basically steal this wholesale as the confused nice kid who spends the summer bonding and running with Tripper. They were such a hit, they actually added more scenes with them (including them playing cards).
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