Since I was already at Tubi, I moved to Murder She Wrote next. Jessica is initially delighted when the woman anchor of a local news show wants to interview her and see how she lives in Cabot Cove. The residents are thrilled, too...until another anchor with less interest in Jessica and small towns than in digging up big stories takes over the interview. It becomes an "Obituary for a Dead Anchor" when the boat the man rents blows to smithereens, and supposedly takes him with it. He's not as dead as he thinks, but the man who was killed removed him from a big story involving a drug-dealing art collector. Jessica has to save Cabot Cove's reputation, her own, and his when she tries to find out who really had it in for the producer.
Watched a quick Donald Duck short while eating lunch and getting ready for work. Donald lets Chip and Dale shovel his sidewalk in "Corn Chips." The duo retaliate by stealing his popcorn. His attempt to get it back just ends up making even more of a mess for him to shovel.
Called Uber a little early, after the cartoon ended. Thankfully, I was able to get one in 7 minutes going to work...because it took me 19 minutes going home at 6 PM. (And that was with normal weather.) At least there was no trouble or traffic either way.
Work was a madhouse today, with long lines for most of the afternoon. Everyone has seen the weather forecast. On one hand, even if we get a ton of snow, it'll likely be slushy or not really stick. It's been too warm lately for it to freeze up and linger like it did last month. It's the wind and colder temperatures later on Sunday and on Monday that concern me. Still not cold enough for it to freeze up or stick around, but cold enough for there to be some icy patches and the snow to get blown around and make visibility difficult. I was alone for most of the afternoon, too. The head bagger had a family emergency and went home early. They did get a college boy to help later, but he first had his break, then had to return to his original job handling self-checkout. At least it was sunny and warm, in the 50's, and I was able to buy my favorite Caramel Coconut Cookies from the Girl Scouts.
When I got home, I had dinner while watching Frosty Returns. I go further into this strange 1992 semi-sequel to the Rankin-Bass Frosty specials at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Finished the night making the bed while tonight's YouTube Match Game marathon was on. Though Mickey Mouse hadn't appeared in a theatrical short in over 20 years when the show started in 1973, he still occasionally turned up as the subject for questions. Most of them joked about his relationship with Minnie, what he really wanted more than anything, or him finally firing Donald Duck.
Fannie Flagg had a sequined Mickey Mouse shirt she wore at least twice during the original 1973-1979 run of the show. There were Mickey questions on the only episode to feature two male contestants in early 1977 (both of them very cute), and the wild week in 1973 with McLean Stevenson and Nancy Dussault. The first Mickey question appeared during the first week with Brett, Charles, Bert Convy, and Betty White. There would be another in 1979 with Convy and Robert Walden, too.
Celebrate Disney's big cheese with these hilarious episodes that will have you all ears!
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