I just barely had enough time to rush out and head to the Collingswood Farm Market. They were starting to close as I arrived. The summer produce is at its zenith now. Blueberries are gone, but I saw eggplant, summer squash, melons, Chinese beans, grapes, apples, and every variation on tomatoes you could possibly imagine. I had just enough time to grab plums, small Gala apples, grapes, and raspberries before rushing home.
Had a quick lunch while watching What's New, Scooby Doo? The gang ends up at a "Fright House of a Lighthouse" in Wisconsin when local ships can't get through and Fred's uncle has to close his cheese store. Velma is more concerned about obnoxious Verona Dempsey, another store owner who keeps finding clues about the ghosts of a haunted lighthouse keeper and the lost ship The Dauntless before Velma does.
Ran to work shortly after the cartoon ended. Got there just in time...which was a moot point. We weren't really that busy. It was too nice for anyone to be shopping! The weather remains perfect, sunny, windy, dry, and in the lower 80's. Couldn't be nicer for late August. I swept floors, pushed carts, and put cold items away. I did have a hard time keeping up with the carts early on, but it was easier as the night went on.
When I got home, I changed, had dinner, and went straight into tonight's Match Game marathon. This time, we jumped back a year to explore some of the most famous winners in 1974. The year kicked off with the almost frighteningly energetic Dorothy Zinni. Though she never attacked Gene the way some other overly excited contestants did, she did jump around in her seat so much, she accidentally hit the laid-back contestant next to her. Even Richard Dawson was afraid to get near her.
Marlena was another excitable contestant who turned up the week after Dorothy. This time, it was her screams and her baby voice that really scared people. She got so excited when Morey Amsterdam won her the Head-to-Head, she lost her shoe when she went to thank him.
CB Farnsworth was a long, lean police officer who won big money mid-way through the year. He was a sweet and charming fellow with a big, hearty handshake...a little too hearty for Richard, who shook his hand out every time he helped him with the Head-to-Head. Charles and Richard even performed their own song for him, basically trying to avoid getting tickets from the tall gentleman.
The year's biggest winner was sweet, adorable Janet Finn. She won for almost two weeks and would go home with over 18,000. She started out on the week with Dr. Joyce Brothers and Greg Morris, but she really picked up steam when Donald Ross appeared with his wife Patti Deusch. She mostly kept going to Charles for her Head-to-Head, which worked well almost all of the time (but one). The others were more concerned about Donald's matching psychedelic ties and shirts and the violently plaid coats worn by another contestant.
Get to know the big winners of '74 in this hilarious and energetic marathon!
Finished the night with The Emperor's New Clothes from 1967 at YouTube. I go further into the funniest Prince Street Players musical yet at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
And speaking of The Emperor's New Clothes, that's the basis behind my newest Remember WENN fairy tale idea. The wrap-around is set shortly after "Some Time, Some Station." Scott and Victor may not always agree on how to run a station, but they do wish Pruitt had caused a heck of a lot less trouble. They imagine themselves as the con-men with the invisible cloth who pull the non-existent wool over the eyes of extravagant emperor Pruitt.
He's not only taxed his own kingdom into near-poverty to pay for his lavish wardrobe, but has annexed several local kingdoms and taxed them as well. Mackie was the ruler of one of those kingdoms, but after Pruitt took over his land and reduced them to poverty. He and his daughters Betty and Maple are so poor, they end up working in Pruitt's kitchens. They and Hilary and Jeff, nobles who have also been reduced in circumstances by Pruitt's taxes, are more than willing to help show this emperor the truth - that there's more to life than money and dressing the part.
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