I was just going to hang around online again, but...ehh. Snow or no snow, I was bored. I had a little time before the after-school program started. They went in two hours late this time instead of closing. I grabbed a heavy coat, wrapped up, and headed out.
On one hand, the day was beautiful, sunny, and not windy at all. It was also literally Antarctic, barely in the 20's. Though Johnson and the White Horse Pike had been cleared and cleared well, East Clinton still had ice on it. Most sidewalks had been cleared, but some of them were still icy, and some of the sidewalks on the Pike were still covered in snow. I had to pick my way carefully, especially since my knee continues to be sore.
I'd never seen Dunkin's have so many donuts in the middle of the day. It was past 2 by the time I got there, but the donut racks were almost full. I'm guessing most people are either staying inside or just getting hot drinks at the drive-through. I still have the gift cards I got from the kids for Christmas, so I got a breakfast sandwich with egg, cheese, bacon, and "bacon jam," a cream donut, a vanilla-frosted donut, and a hot chocolate. Yum. The croissant the sandwich was on was a little burned, but it was edible. The hot chocolate was great, warm, chocolatey, and sweet. The vanilla frosted was ok, but the chocolate-frosted cream was tasty.
I picked up the Uber at Dunkin's. They arrived in 9 minutes, not bad for the state the roads are still in. No traffic anywhere, not even at the corner of the White Horse Pike and Collingswood. I was slightly late to the Thomas Sharp School, but nothing outrageous.
The kids must have spent the last three days running themselves ragged outside in the snow, because they honestly could have been worse. My group gave me no trouble in the bathroom. To keep them from running around in the hall, I did poses for them to imitate. They loved it, especially the flexible young ladies who take ballet and dance. They did start to get rowdy when we moved them to the library. Some of them thought it would be funny to hide under the tables, but the head teacher quickly ended that idea. I sat in the back with the kids working on Duplo towers. By the time I finished, we were down to three younger kids. I helped them move them and their toys and art supplies back to the cafeteria before I headed out.
Hit the bathroom fast, then called Uber. They arrived in 11 minutes, not bad for rush hour on a day when many roads are icy. And unlike Oaklyn, all but Collings and the area around the Thomas Sharp School did seem to be in pretty bad shape in West Collingswood. No wonder the kids had that delay. It took a tiny bit longer to get home than it had been to get there, but not that much.
I watched Sunny and had dinner after I managed to get the trash and recycling out in the ice-covered snow. I go further into this charming early talkie about a bareback rider in an English circus who follows her crush to the US on a cruise ship at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Switched to Remember WENN after a shower. It's "Two for the Price of One" when Pruitt's secretary Miss Cosgrave (Audrie Neenan) signs a contract requiring Betty and the actors to create shows for radio station WEEP and their own. Though Gertie the receptionist (Margaret Hall) enjoys doing her gardening show, it proves to be too much for the staff and for CJ the engineer (CJ Byrnes). Mr. Crawley (Lee Wilkof), the owner of WEEP, is so impressed, he takes all their shows for his own. It's Scott who finally comes up with the idea of mixing the shows and the broadcasts, so no one knows which station is which.
Hilary's having her own problems in "Mr. and Mrs. Singer." Jeff keeps trying to call her and warn her about something, but he just can't get through to her. As it turns out, he has good reason to worry. Czech refugee Pavla Nemcova (Karen Travis) claims Jeff married her in London and even brings a letter backing up her statement. Hilary's devastated, until Scott, Betty, Mr. Foley, and CJ turn the tables and show Pavla for the gold-digger she truly is.
Finished the night working on the Sunny review while listening to the Disney Legacy Collection Disneyland CDs. This is especially fascinating for me. I went to Disney World twice in the 80's and early 90's, but I've never been to the original Disneyland. I've never even been to California. Some of these songs and rides - The Country Bears, the Tiki Room, It's a Small World, Haunted Mansion with its "Grim Grinning Ghosts," "Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me" - I know very well, as they can still be found in many of the parks to this day. Others, like the theme from The Twilight Zone and the music from Star Tours, are based on familiar properties Disney borrowed or owns.
Others are from older versions or rides that no longer exist. "Miracles from Molecules" is from Adventures Thru Inner Space, which closed in the 80's. "Nation On Wheels" is from the Peoplemover, which hasn't moved anyone at Disneyland since the early 2000's. (They attempted to turn it into a roller coaster and abandoned the tracks when that didn't work. It's apparently still at Disney World, though.) The dreamy "Rainbow Caverns" would be replaced by the more dynamic Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in the 70's. The "Swisskapolka" was the music heard in the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, until Disney gave it a only-in-Disneyland Tarzan theme...which was replaced in 2022 by a variation on the original.
If you love Disney Parks history or theme park history, or have actually been to Disneyland between 1955 and 2015, you'll absolutely want to look around for this collection of songs from some of the most beloved properties, shows, and rides to ever grace the "Happiest Place On Earth."
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