Summertime Matches

Began the morning with breakfast and the British cast album for Passion Flower Hotel. I really and truly never heard of either the book or this show before. Five young ladies from a girl's school and five gentlemen from a boy's school create a "Syndicate" in order to teach the opposite sex how to be more passionate and have more fun on dates. Not only does it not really work, but the teachers and headmistress and head master are suspicious. Despite John Barry writing the music, this isn't great by any means, but it does have some charming or adorably naughty songs. The ballads "Something Different" and "I Love My Love" and the kids' ensemble numbers "Naughty, Naughty," "Don't Stop the Show," "Tick Which Apples," and the title song aren't too bad. Probably nothing you need to go out of your way to find, but it's a pleasant enough hour's listening if you do run into it. 

Headed to work after the album ended. Thankfully, considering what last week was like, I spent most of the day outside. I did get stuck putting away a cart full of cold items when I should have been putting carts away. Otherwise, there were no really major problems. They usually have at least two other baggers working on Sundays. I got to enjoy the fabulous dry, breezy, sunny, mid-80's weather. 

Went straight home and into Hilary and the Beasts. Hilary and the ladies call Mackie on Armistice Day (now known as Veterans Day). He'd been in World War I, and they wanted to touch base with him and honor his service. He appreciates hearing from them and misses them all something terrible, even though he enjoys spending time with his son. Hilary convinces him to join C.J in keeping an eye on Pavla. Mackie is reluctant, to say the least. He's heard the things that she does to producers, including black magic. In fact, the producer she's been stringing along has vanished. Hilary insists that if they all don't do something, Pavla may do worse things, to other producers and to their friends.

Listened to my Aerosmith two-disc CD set A Little South of Sanity while I worked. Turns out this is a live album with recordings from their then-current 1997 tour and an earlier tour from around 1994. I was just glad it featured many of my favorite songs of theirs. Among my favorites here are "Rag Doll," "Walk This Way," "Same Old Song and Dance," "Walk On Down," "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," and "Sweet Emotion."

Finished the night with a quick dinner, shower, and today's Match Game marathon. Match Game Productions stuck to honoring Loni Anderson, this time with her appearances on Match Game. She did three weeks on the show, two in 1978 and one in 1979, and would be the only actor from WKRP In Cincinnati to appear during the original 1973-1982 run. By far the most famous of her daytime appearances was Gene's attempt to auction off her infamous bathing suit poster in late 1978. Charles ended up buying it! Poor Joyce Bulifant protested him laying it down behind her, as it made her feel quite inadequate. Bob Barker was hilarious during her other week in 1978, giving Gene a wig to run his fingers through instead of his hair and joking about selling the audience refrigerators. 

My favorite of Anderson's three nighttime episodes was the hilarious go-around with the contestant in blue. Someone answered "Code of __" in the Audience Match with "Code of Arms," which got some protests. Later on, it did turn up on the Audience Match survey, to everyone's surprise! Charles actually yanked his name off the Star Wheel in protest. Later on, he drew the contestant's own "code of arms" after Joyce Bulifant helped him with the Head-to-Head "Mill ___." 

We're livin' on the air with Cincinnati's favorite radio secretary in this charming and hilarious marathon!

Match Game Sunday Classics - Loni Anderson Tribute