Called Uber after "Wise Little Hen" ended. It was too late to ride the bike, not to mention too hot. I had grocery shopping to do later, too. No trouble getting anywhere whatsoever. The drive picked me up in 5 minutes. The one going home didn't even take 2 minutes. No traffic either way.
No trouble at work, either. It did get a little busy around 11:30-12, but we were mostly pretty quiet for a Saturday. Though it was sunny and not quite as hot, it remains murderously humid. Most people probably went on vacation or are hiding in their pools or air conditioning. I swept and gathered carts with no problems.
Did my grocery shopping after work ended. I mainly needed to restock yogurt, peaches, and soda. Peaches in particular are in season and were on a really good sale. Found small strawberry cake rolls on the bakery clearance racks and thought I'd try them. Likewise, the Cliffs kids granola bars were also on a good sale. Grabbed blueberries, too. Bought bagels for lunch this week.
Put everything away and had lunch while watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Plus. Professor Ludwig Von Drake has created a camera that can revert the subject to childhood. They do it to turn Pluto into a cute "Puppy Pluto" and let him revisit his puppy years. Unfortunately, before the Professor can change him back, he turns the camera on himself and turns into a baby. Now the others have to figure out how to change them both back.
Spent the rest of the afternoon listening to The Beatles: Live at the BBC. From March 1962 to June 1965, the Beatles appeared quite frequently on BBC radio and TV. They mostly recorded classic rock standards, including ones like "Sweet Little Sixteen," "To Know Her Is to Love Her," "A Taste of Honey," and "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" that never found their way onto their regular records (or wouldn't until many years later). Alas, the Beatles finally became bored with BBC recording after their last session in 1965 was especially difficult. Apparently, the BBC's recording standards were primitive compared with their regular recording studio EMI. Still, this two-disc CD set is worth digging up for major fans, particularly of their early years.
Worked on Hilary and the Beasts as the music ran. Later that evening, Hilary and Troll are enjoying the fish Bear and Betty caught outside. Hilary's not having much luck with him. He says he can't tell her who his first and second wives are, and he continues to ask her to marry him and say he'll provide for her. She turns him down...but then he rubs her hand in a way that reminds her so much of Jeff, it hurts.
She's about to get closer to him when they hear Maple's happy cheer over their heads. When they look up, they see Eagle soaring above them, an utterly thrilled Maple on his back. She's had more luck talking to him in the sky than Hilary did with Troll. He's managed to get across the gist that he needs Troll and Bear's help to decode his papers, so they can be given to the authorities...but neither are thinking well enough to do it. Eagle explains how he'd tried to push the papers and books at Bear after he was attacked, only for him to not recognize either them or his friend. Maple comforts him, assuring him that it's terrible what happened and she'd be devastated if her siblings didn't know her.
Hilary thinks this is all adorable. Troll is less amused. He wants Eagle to focus on his work, not on flying around with frivolous musicians. That leads into another argument when Hilary continues to insist that she wants her sisters taken care of my more than animals, and Troll angrily argues over her obsession with appearances.
Switched to YouTube next for tonight's Match Game marathon. Gary Burghoff started off on Match Game in late 1973, but he really came into his own when he replaced Charles Nelson Reilly from late 1974 through mid-1975 when Charles was directing a show on Broadway. He may have annoyed Brett, but he proved to be almost as unpredictable as his MASH cast mate McLean Stevenson. He'd chase Gene around, jump around onstage, help tie Gene up, and join Richard Dawson in drooling over pretty girls (despite being married at the time). One audience member even gave him a teddy bear, knowing how much his character on MASH, Radar O'Reilly, loved them.
Gary continued to be a semi-regular well into the syndicated era, even after he was long gone from MASH. His last appearances were in 1981. (He'd later do a week on Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour as well.) He got to see a contestant manage to turn his feet around (which looked gross and painful), and became one of the few men to sit in all three seats when he spent a few weeks in the smart guy seat Richard finally vacated around 1980.
Raise your own teddy bear to the sweetest private of the 4077th in this hilarious marathon!
And here's my review for The Smurfs, which I saw on Tuesday.
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