Playtime In Oaklyn

Began the morning with breakfast and Alice's Wonderland Bakery. Harried and frustrated after a particularly bad day, Fergie says "Freeze!" when he tosses his watch on top of Alice's freezer. When that freezes time itself, he and Alice have to retrieve the watch and defrost it, so their Wondertag Day can go on. Alice is excited to make a Caramel-Chocolate Bundt Cake for the Mad Hatter and March Hare's "Friend-versary" Tea Party with the King of Hearts. They call themselves "The A-Team," but run into trouble when they decide to make their recipes separately and only end up with cake, rather than cake and caramel sauce.

Hurried off after the cartoon ended. I wanted to get my shopping at Sprouts done before I joined the kids and their caretakers. Didn't need much here anyway, mainly coconut milk, soda, and golden raisins. Found more of those tasty cherry shortbread bakery cookies on clearance. Picked up a turkey sandwich for lunch. I was here and back in less than 40 minutes.

Put everything away when I got home, then worked on Hilary and the Beasts while watching Remember WENN. "Two for the Price Of One" has Pruitt's secretary Miss Cosgrave (Audrie Neenan) has WENN providing shows for another station, WEEP, as well as their own. Gertie's gardening show goes over especially well, but it proves too much to handle...until WEEP's owner Chuck Crowley (Lee Wilkoff) decides he wants not only the shows they created for his station, but WENN's shows, too. It takes a Scott scheme to mix up their programming and bring everyone together singing "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "Deuichland Uber Allies" to prove that you can have too much of a good thing.

Betty's delighted when she gets an offer to work at The New Yorker, but not so much when she has to make a decision right away. The staff tries to prove they can get along without her, with Pruitt turning every show into a financial guide. They finally learn "The Importance of Being Betty" when Betty has to rescue her favorite show "This Girl's Kinfolk" from Pruitt's interference. 

In Hilary and the Beasts, Maple and Betty come running when they hear Hilary screaming from her nightmare. They compare notes, discovering just how similar their nightmares were...including all three men being turned into either monstrous slaves or tame pets by the end of 1930. Hilary in particular is convinced that Pavla has everything to do with it, and that Jeff, Victor, and Scott were her next victims. Hilary assigns Maple to translate Eagle's "wing talk" and find out what his research in Europe was about and Betty to continue her reading lessons with Bear and try to unlock whatever painful darkness is blocking his brain. Hilary says she'll have further discussions with Troll about his two wives and who really owns the house.

Put on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Plus while getting ready for work. Clarabelle is beside herself when she knocks down her chicken coop, and all her chickens get loose. The others not only help repair "Clarabelle's Chicken Coop," they find things for the chickens to do to keep them from running away again, too. 

Headed to the summer camp after the cartoon ended. Fortunately, it's at the Oaklyn School on the other side of town, two blocks from Rose's house in one direction and from the West Clinton Shopping District in another. It took me a few minutes to figure out how to get in. When I did, Miss Mary led me to a much larger cafeteria/gym than the one at Thomas Sharp School. The kids were having snack time when I arrived. After they ate, the younger kids went to the smaller auditorium to play. I stayed with the older kids, playing Bingo, Jenga, and an animal card guessing game with them and drawing Bear Scott, Eagle Victor, and Troll Jeff on large sheets of paper left out on a table for the kids to draw on.

Since it's two blocks away, I grabbed a treat at Common Grounds Coffee House next. Enjoyed an iced Matcha Tea Latte with a huge s'mores cookie - a giant soft chocolate cookie with sticky marshmallow and chocolate in the center. It was ok. There wasn't really all that much marshmallow, and the cookie was too dry.

Went home to continue working on Hilary and the Beasts and watch Gold Diggers In Paris. I go further into the latter at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog. 

Gold Diggers In Paris

Put on Match Game '76 during dinner, then finished the night with The Best of Spike Jones and His City Slickers. I was inspired to listen to this one after enjoying The Schnitzel Brothers earlier on Gold Diggers In Paris. "Cocktails for Two" and their hilarious "Der Fuehrer's Face" are probably the big ones here. Of the songs I don't have elsewhere, I think Jones and the guys have the most fun with "Laura," a hilarious "Hawaiian War Chant," and "My Old Flame."