Out of This World Matches

Got a quick start this morning with breakfast and Wonderland. This 2011 modern Alice In Wonderland has a grown Alice following her daughter into a strange modern Wonderland, where the Cheshire Cat is a Hispanic guy who thinks he's invisible, the Caterpillar runs a head shop, and the White Knight looks distinctly like her ex-husband Jack. The Mad Hatter is the villain here, who takes Alice's daughter and then Jack and the others prisoner. Alice has to rescue them and her daughter by remembering that she was once a child, and that to love a child is to love ourselves. 

This wasn't a hit on Broadway, but I think it has some really interesting ideas and a couple of nice tunes. It is a little dark and very confusing, and not everything lands - some of the Mad Hatter's songs in particular are a bit awkward - and there's at least three climaxes too many. Still, this is worth hearing if you want to hear a unique version of Alice or love fantasy musicals.

Hurried downstairs to catch Uber soon as the CD ended. I needed to call Priority, but I managed to get one in 7 minutes that got me to work just in time. The one going home picked me up in 9 minutes and took a little longer to get me home. The driver had to stop at WaWa to use the bathroom.

That was the worst thing that happened all day. The Acme was unusually quiet for a Sunday. The only thing going on right now is March Madness. We're between holidays. Not to mention, it was an absolutely gorgeous day. It was in the 70's, breezy, and deliciously warm and sunny. I pushed carts for the first two hours and wondered how two Canadian geese could get away with sitting in puddles in the middle of the lot. I did have to take over sweeping after the Sunday morning bagger went home. Other than that, there were no problems whatsoever.

Went right in the shower when I got home, then had dinner and spent the rest of the evening watching tonight's Match Game marathon. The 70's-early 80's Match Game debuted around the same time as a boom in science fiction. The original Star Trek TV show was in re-runs, Doctor Who was delighting British telly fans on PBS, and movies like Logan's Run were astonishing audiences. Star Wars: A New Hope debuted in 1977, making science fiction even more popular. 

Many questions referred to what martians found when they landed on Earth, what they ate, or what they left laying around on Mars. There were Martian questions on the episode with the man with the bushy blonde beard Jo Anne Worley was nuts about and the little redheaded fellow who kept chasing all of the ladies, to the point where Charles and Richard had to "defend" them. There was also one on the early '73 episode with "Mama" Cass Elliot and Bill Cullen where Brett's insult to her husband Jack was pointed even for her, especially since Jack sat next to her that week. 

Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, appeared on the show twice. He did better his second week in 1975, which also featured major Broadway star (and friend of Charles Nelson Reilly) Julie Harris. While Gene gave a slightly nervous Harris a kiss, Shatner went after a very pretty contestant when she was trying to give Brett a hug. 

Have a little out-of-this world fun with Captain Kirk and travel to new frontiers with Gene and his wacky weirdos!

Match Game Sunday Classics - Travel Into Outer Space Marathon