Get On Your Feet

Got a quick start this morning with breakfast and two classic Disney cartoons. It's "Food for Feudin'" when Chip and Dale have to retrieve their nuts that accidentally ended up in Pluto's doghouse. Mickey enters Pluto in a "Society Dog Show," but Pluto is more interested in flirting with Fifi and is too clumsy for the snooty judges. He proves his worth when he rescues Fifi from a burning building.

Headed off to work shortly after "Society Dog Show" ended. Thankfully, unlike last week, my seven hour work day went just fine. We weren't even that busy. I had no trouble keeping up with the carts. The mess last week must have been a combination of nor'easter panic and a holiday weekend. The weather was pretty decent, too, warm and sunny. After work, I refilled my prescription for the high blood pressure medication and found boxes of the fall limited-edition maple leaf cookies on clearance for $1.99. 

When I got home, I watched the 1958 TV version of Hansel and Gretel. I go further into this retelling of the Grimm's Fairy Tale with Red Buttons and Barbara Cook as the title children and Hans Conried as the witch at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.

Musicals On TV - Hansel and Gretel (1958)

Finished the night with the Saturday Match Game marathon. There was an awful lot of talk about feet on this show, from questions about sentient shoes to Gene showing off a pair of wing tips he was especially proud of. There were also the golf shoes Gene removed the spikes from, and the red suede shoes he wore on a PM episode. That PM episode really got wild. It ended with Richard Paul, Brett Somers, and Charles Nelson Reilly singing a paen to Texas while the contestant ended up in Jamie Lee Curtis' lap.

Of course, not all shoes looked as nice as Gene's wing tips. Once, the zipper on his boot broke during an episode. He had to stop and get them off with help from the panelists. Charles Nelson Reilly would occasionally put his sock-less shoe-clad feet on the desk, to the annoyance of Brett who did not want to smell his feet! 

Poor Eva Gabor had her own trouble with her feet during a nighttime episode. She did get "__ and Proper" on the Head-to-Head, but the Air Force officer was so eager to greet her, he kicked her foot and took off her toenail! She did the remaining syndicated episode for that week with her foot on ice and would discuss the incident a few weeks later, saying he took her toenail off, but it did save on her pedicure!

Get on your feet and show your fancy shoes when you dance along to this hilarious marathon!

Match Game Saturday Classics - The Foot Blank Marathon