Music and Matches

Began the morning with breakfast and the Broadway original cast album for Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair. This 1997 stage version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's only musical made for film mostly uses songs taken from lesser-known projects along with all of the songs written for the original film and one for its 1962 remake. Of the additions, my favorites are the gorgeous ballad "So Far" for Wayne and Emily from the experimental Allegro and two songs from Pipe Dream, "The Man I Used to Be" for Pat and "The Next Time It Happens" for Margie. Nothing you absolutely must hear unless you're a huge fan of the film, but a pleasant enough listen if you run across it.

Kitty's Kisses goes back even further. In this recently-restored 1926 musical, Kitty is a young woman posing as a married woman to get a hotel room...and is mistaken for another married woman. Not the most exciting story, but some of the songs are charming. The opening "Walking the Track" is adorable, and the trio "I Don't Want Him" is absolutely hilarious. Once again, not the greatest thing ever, but worth checking out at least once if you're into the musicals of the 20's. 

Listened to the Eagles-Rams game on my scan mini-radio before I went to work. The Eagles started off badly, with the Rams out-running them. The Rams had just pulled ahead when I went to work. I later heard from several co-workers that the Eagles made a last-minute play that won them the game 33-26.

Work was surprisingly busy, considering the game was still on when I arrived. I had trouble gathering carts all day. I'd go out and fill them, go inside to sweep, and then go back out, and they'd be empty again. It had finally just started slowing down a little bit when I finished. 

Hurried home, took a shower, grabbed leftovers for dinner, and finished the night watching tonight's Match Game marathon on YouTube. Jo Ann Worley is best known today for appearing on the first four seasons of Laugh-In and for her animation voices, including as the Wardrobe in the original Disney Beauty and the Beast and Hoppo in The Wuzzles. She started off in 1974 and would appear sporadically through 1976. She mooned over a handsome mountain man sporting long hair and thick beard and heard a question asking what Frankenstein's monster would do if he had Brett's brain. 

She probably did her best work in the 1990-1991 show. There, she got to show off her soprano voice, joke with Charles about appearing with him in The Mikado, and flirt with handsome contestants in mullets. She did really well by those guys, winning them money in the Head-to-Head at least four times. 

Bring your fan and your own operatic aria to honor this lady who makes music and laughter in equal measure! 

Match Game Sunday Classics - With Jo Ann Worley on the Panel