Began the morning with yogurt and fruit and What's New, Scooby Doo? The gang visits a renaissance fair in Scotland, only to discover there's a "Large Dragon at Large." The dragon supposedly guards a treasure in the castle, and it kidnaps fairy damsel Velma and traps her up there. There's also the former TV actor who keeps trying to rescue everyone, and the resentful fair regular who wanted to be king of the fair. The others have to get Velma out of the tower and figure out the real story behind the gold that's supposedly hidden in the castle, before the dragon burns the entire fair...and them with it.
Headed out to Collingswood after Scooby ended. I didn't have a big breakfast because I wanted to try the new Stardust Cafe, the replacement for the Pop Shop. The bold pastels and vintage photos of the Pop Shop had been replaced by gold, cream, ash brown, and black. The tables and chairs were still 50's-60's chrome, but the chairs had tan vinyl upholstery instead of turquoise and white. I had a huge, moist waffle with chocolate chips and strawberries and something called Lemonade Flight. This turned out to be three different flavors of lemonade. The peach and lavender weren't bad, but my favorite was the sweet and fruit punch-y dragon fruit. Surprisingly, considering it was noon and they just reopened not long ago, they weren't busy at all. I figured there would be a lot more people around, checking them out.
Checked out Time Lapse, the vintage collectibles store next. When I didn't see anything there that interested me, I moved on to the Collingswood Library to check out their book sale and use the bathroom, and then to Innergroove Records. Dug out a London cast album I'd never even heard of, plus two more from the $2 bin:
The original London cast for Passion Flower Hotel (Apparently, this is based on a once-naughty novel about a group of shy girls at an all-girl school who hire escorts from the boys' school nearby.)
Fun Rock - A four-disc collection of novelty and dance numbers from the 50's, 60's, and early 70's. It's got everything from "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" to "Alley Oop" to "A Boy Named Sue."
Anne Murray - Let's Keep It That Way
After I got out of Innergroove, I made my way back to behind the Senior Center. Rode my bike down Atlantic Avenue, dodging traffic into Westmont. Hit Phidelity Records after I parked my bike. Innergroove and Phidelity were pretty busy, especially for close to 2 PM. I ducked around people trying to argue record prices long enough to pick up:
Anne Murray - Love Songs
Bachman Turner Overdrive - The Best of B.T.O
Children's readings of The Jungle Book, Rikki Tikki Tavi, and Letting In the Jungle
The Story of Who Framed Roger Rabbit - No idea this existed. It's music and dialogue from the film. Given the film is still really funny and has held up well over the years, this should be interesting.
It was getting late. The kids went on a big field trip to Funzilla Amusement Park in Mt. Laurel this morning, but they would be back by 3. I hurried home, put the records away, retrieved my water bottle, then hurried to Oaklyn. I arrived the minute before the buses with the kids pulled up in front of the school.
We went straight into snacks when everyone got inside and settled down. After that, we had a slightly truncated free play session. I started out building airplanes with Legos, but when the boys got too rowdy (and I couldn't figure out what else to build), I moved to drawing. Did Maple holding on to Eagle Victor's back and going flying in the sequence from the part of Hilary and the Beasts I worked on last night, then summer flowers when we started to run out of time for drawing.
Headed home after that. I already ate out, and anyway, it was too cool to do much else. Cool, cloudy, and humid. I'll take that over hot, sunny, and humid, but the air was still pretty thick.
Put on Remember WENN when I got in. "Birth of a Station" was a bit controversial when it debuted. Mired down by a transportation strike, Betty is really scared when a pregnant young woman named Cora (Debra Wiseman) turns up at the station, wanting to see Young Dr. Talbot. Trouble is, he's the title character on one of their hospital shows. While Jeff is dressed to resemble him and Hilary annoys the heck out of Cora, the others try to find some way, any way to get her to the hospital and Betty hears from Mackie on the road.
Scott sets up "The Follies of WENN" when a buddy of his wants to see a burlesque show on a Sunday. Maple and Eugenia are thrilled, especially Eugenia, who really gets into her number with Mr. Foley. Scott and Jeff are a lot less happy with Betty and Hilary's dance routines! Betty and Maple want to move into fancier digs at the Barbican Hotel for Women, but they have to pass the board committee first. It looks like Betty may lose her home and Maple her chance, until a certain Mr. Hardy (Mickey Rooney) who works for the board says he might take the show to Broadway...
Worked on Hilary and the Beasts for the rest of the evening. Hilary, Maple, and Betty have one last shared dream together...but it's now colder and windier in the rose garden. The roses are wilting, and not entirely because of fall. Jeff, still in his tux, hurries to Hilary to warn her. Pavla will take all of them as slaves or pets by the end of the year if she can't find them and make sure their work gets to the authorities. Pavla already has his other two friends. To Betty and Maple's horror, her monsters drag them over, bound, chained, and in the case of the man in the white tuxedo, muzzled. The three women jump at the monsters, with Hilary hitting Pavla before she's once again knocked out.
Watched Match Game '76 while I worked. Richard and Gary Burghoff's heads were turned by a charming young Korean girl in these episodes. Mary Wickes and Betty White toss in their own sarcastic commentary.
Finished the night at YouTube with one of the episodes of Shirley Temple's Storybook Theater. I really wish more of this show would turn up online! Of the episodes currently on YouTube, "Rapunzel" is one of the most atmospheric. Agnes Moorehead is a very scary witch who hypnotizes gentle Rapunzel into staying in the tower, until the prince climbs up and falls for her. This is a fairly straightforward retelling, with a few added details (like the prince is supposed to be married to another princess, but falls for Rapunzel instead. The witch thinks that once the prince is blinded, Rapunzel won't love him anymore...but she underestimated just how strong their feelings for each other are.
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