Spent the rest of the morning watching the 1955 TV version of The Desert Song. I go further into this retelling of the sword-and-sand operetta with Nelson Eddy at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse during lunch. Daisy gets her Indiana Jones on to search for "The Golden Boo Boo" during Adventure Day at the Clubhouse. She and Mickey have to collect puzzle pieces from some very shady characters, including Mysterious Minnie and Safari Pete, before they can find where the golden chicken statue is hidden.
Hurried out for my appointment at South Jersey Radiology after Mickey ended. This time, I left early enough that I was only three minutes late. Checking my lower stomach went a lot better than my visit to the gynecologist did. In fact, the lady rubbing my stomach for the ultrasound, other than her pushing hard in some spots, felt more like she was giving me a really expensive massage. I was in and out in about a half-hour.
Since I was already nearby, I headed to the Westmont Acme after my appointment. I mainly needed yogurt, granola bars, and soda here. Kind was having really good sales. Got two containers of granola this time (Nature Valley was the good sale here). Treated myself to chocolate chip sandwich cookies from the bakery.
I needed even less at Sprouts. Just restocked coconut milk and sparkling water here, along with peanut butter cookies off the clearance rack. Dried cranberries in the bulk section were on a good sale. Everyone must either be on vacation or taking advantage of a cool, gloomy day to be elsewhere. Neither store was remotely busy or had anything resembling lines.
Went straight home and into working on Hilary and the Beasts. Hilary talks to Mackie on Christmas morning while Betty makes breakfast and C.J and Maple exclaim over their gifts. Mackie asks Hilary about the pressed rose bookmark he made her. She tells him about Troll and his love of roses. He's more concerned about her wanting to confront Pavla at the Nixon. He's heard that she's a black witch who uses her magic on those who get in her way. Hilary assures her father that she can take care of herself, and she wants to find out once and for all what happened to Jeff and the guys.
Listened to The Music Man while I worked. I went with the original cast from 1957, with Robert Preston as con-man Professor Harold Hill and Barbara Cook as Marian the Librarian. Though I actually like Preston better in the 1962 film, Cook is a radiant Marian here. In fact, this would finally make her a star after years of her appearing in supporting roles. Her "My White Knight" and "Till There Was You" are especially lovely.
Switched to Match Game Syndicated during dinner. The episodes I saw is their Game Show Hosts week, where all the panelists but Brett either had been game show hosts (Bill Cullen, Dick Martin, Peter Marshall) or would be eventually (Elaine Joyce, Betty White). This was also the week Elaine and Betty got to admire a handsome young man from Alaska who had worked on the pipelines up there.
Watched more of the Storybook International episodes on Tubi after dinner. "The Solider Who Didn't Wash" is "Bearskin" without the bearskin and transported to Russia. Here, it's a Russian soldier who makes a deal with the devil to get money, and the Czar who offers the dirty soldier his daughter if he'll give him some. "The Well at the World's End" is a Scottish cross between "The Frog Prince" and "Valiska the Fair." The young woman who must gather water from the title well in a sieve gets advice on how to pull it off from a toad who insists on going home with her.
Finished the night with more of The Desert Song. My favorite version I have on record is the British Angel studio album from the 1950's. In addition to Edmund Hockeridge making an especially macho Red Shadow, we get a delightful Bruce Forsyth in two rare recordings of comedy numbers from this show, "It" and "One Good Boy Gone Wrong."
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