Headed out around 10:30, after the episode ended. It was a gorgeous day for a walk around Collingswood and Westmont. The sun was shining, the sky was a hazy white-blue, and a soft breeze ruffled the green waters of Newton Lake. Though it was hot, in the upper 80's, it was also dry without a hint of humidity in sight.
We started things off with lunch at the Pop Shop. It's now or never to eat there. They'll be shutting down for remodeling and a complete revamp of their menu at the end of the month. They were really busy when we arrived around 11 with a fairly large graduation party in their big dining area. Lauren and I passed the time watching the little kids at the party run around and their parents chase after them before the harried waitress finally brought us our meals. They were worth the wait. Lauren had a "Magill" grilled cheese with three types of cheese. I had a "Calvert" with provolone cheese, turkey, bacon, and avocado spread. We both enjoyed their crispy, salty tater tots, but decided it was too busy to stick around for ice cream.
Spent the next two hours strolling up and down Haddon Avenue. Clutter and Occasionette were fun to look at, but most of their wares were expensive and too hard to carry home. Lauren found a Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic toy for a friend at Time Lapses. I picked up the book The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and another small Care Bear. I Care Bear is a marbled blue-green, with a tummy symbol representing a rainbow connecting a heart and the Earth. I'm guessing he's for Earth Day. I'll dial his name down to Earth Bear and will keep him out as a spring decoration.
I did even better at Innergroove Records. While Lauren chatted about vintage wrestling with the owner, I dug three out of the $2 bin, plus one that was a bit pricey, but I'd wanted it for a while:
Michael Nesmith - Compilation (This was the expensive one at $17.99, but I've been looking for more of Mike's solo work.)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook and Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbook
After we got out, we moved along to Secret Comics further down Haddon Avenue. There was nothing of interest for me here (other than some really cute Bluey books), but Lauren loves comics, especially Batman and Nightwing. She didn't see anything she really wanted, and we moved along.
Our next stop was Samaritan Thrift in Westmont after grabbing sodas at WaWa. The tiny shop was packed with older women looking for good deals before the store closed at 3 PM. Neither of us found anything we could live without and got out of there quickly.
Primo's Water Ice across the street was also busy, with long lines of kids and parents hoping to get cold treats. I decided I had too heavy of a lunch for ice cream and went with chocolate peanut butter water ice. Lauren had soft-serve raspberry ice cream. Yum! I didn't taste much peanut butter in there, but I sure tasted chocolate. Lauren said she really enjoyed hers, too.
Our next stop was Phidelity Records on the next block. Once again, Lauren didn't get anything, but I made a few finds. Fished three records out of the two-dollar bin and a $15 CD set featuring the Billboards Top Hits collections from 1985 through 1989. I've had 1989 for more than 20 years and gave the new copy to Lauren, but kept the others. The records were:
Tale Spinners for Children: Robin Hood
Anne Murray - Anne Murray's Greatest Hits
Spike Jones and His City Slickers - The Best of Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Next up was a long walk down Cuthbert Road to Sprouts. There are no Sprouts in Lauren's area, so I had to introduce it to her. She bought five sodas and energy drinks for the week along with banana chips from the bulk bins and a cute little stuffed cherry. I got coconut milk, yogurt, three sodas and a fancy tea, raspberry-lemon mango slices and small bars of bitter dark chocolate from the bulk bins, and white chocolate macadamia cookies on clearance.
By the time we got out of Sprouts, it was past 4 PM. Not only were we tired of walking, but it was the height of rush hour, and we had heavy bags of groceries. I called Uber to get us home. He arrived within ten minutes, not bad for rush hour on busy Cuthbert Road, and got us back in less than 5.
I put on Remember WENN while we put everything away, relaxed, and had dinner. "A Capitol Idea" introduces brash new station manager Scott Sherwood, who claims Victor sent him as his replacement. Scott gains new sponsors by weaving the ads into the stories until he basically invents infomercials...which makes the shows all sound alike. Betty says she'll resign, Mr. Eldridge won't come in at all, and Ceila ends up getting hired to do promotions. The others mix up the shows in the hope of getting Betty and Mr. Eldridge back.
Scott's "Popping the Question" when he comes up with a rigged game show over a decade before Barry and Enright produced their first quiz. Mackie, Hilary, Jeff, and Betty work together to prove that shows work best when they're honest to their listeners. Meanwhile, sweet lawyer Doug Thompson is waiting (and waiting) for Betty to remember their date.
"World of Tomorrow" has Scott and Betty coming up with an imitation Wizard of Oz fantasy story for a big show at the 1939 World's Fair. Betty would love Jeff Singer to be their Voice of Tomorrow, but Jeff has been called to London by Victor Comstock to broadcast with him. Scott finds a way to make Jeff a part of the program anyway...but then a bomb falls on the studio where Jeff and Victor are broadcasting, and their feed is cut off...
We find out what happened to the duo in the second-season opener "Radio Silence." Jeff sustained injuries, but lived, to Hilary's delight. Victor wasn't so lucky. Betty is taking his death badly, writing script after script where nothing bad happens and regretting having never told Victor her feelings for him. Fed up with her hiding and her insisting on a moment of silence every hour for Victor, Scott finally flat-out tells the despondent young woman that you can't honor anyone by wallowing in grief.
Watched Match Game on Buzzr next. Caught the tail end of Match Game PM, then Match Game '91. Loved hearing Sally Struthers talk about her role as the voice of Rebecca Cunningham on Tale Spin. That was one of my favorite cartoons around this time (and I still love it).
Worked on Land of WENN as I watched. Jeff is Victor's contact...and he's horrified to find that Pavla is holding him prisoner in the office, chained to a chair and drained of his air magic. Jeff agrees to marry Pavla to avoid further damage to Victor, but the bound king knows that the Candy Witch has no intention of keeping her end of the bargain...
Finished the night at The Roku Channel for Hart to Hart. In the second-season finale "The Blue Chip Murder," the Harts return home one night to find their house robbed. Turns out the thieves were looking for something specific. The Harts find a secret room under their house, a room where the previous owner was said to keep a fortune in bonds. They ask an older lady who knew the owner of the house about the bonds...but it's a young stockbroker who is ready to cash his discovery by any means necessary.
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