It was also the beginnings of experiments like the truly bizarre Stephan Sondheim show "Anyone Can Whistle" that pushed the boundaries of what a musical could be. England invaded too for the first time since the 1920's with the success of Oliver and Stop the World - I Want to Get Off. Other still-beloved songs from this era include "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy, "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music, the title songs from Camelot and Hello Dolly, "Comedy Tonight" from A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, "People" from Funny Girl, "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler On the Roof, and "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha.
Called Uber after I got a quick lunch together. Unfortunately, I waited too long. It took 13 minutes for one to arrive, and I was late for work. I had a much easier time getting home, even at 6 PM as it was getting dark. Got a driver in 7 minutes.
It was insane at work when I got there. The parking lot was so full with people and cars all trying to leave at once. I was at the cart corral and didn't see exactly what happened, but I heard the crunch when one car trying to get out at the same time as a van ran into it. No one was hurt, but the white car in the back had a damaged front and lost the grill. The mothers driving the cars were furious and were still arguing when I went inside to sweep the store.
Thank heavens it started to slow down around 4 PM, even as they pulled a college boy from the self-checkouts to help me with the rapidly-emptying carts. The weather could have been worse, too. It was in the lower 70's, with warm air but a stiff, chilly wind that meant I still had to wear a sweater. Though it remained cloudy all day, it has yet to rain like it was supposed to. Other than having to put away a few things when I needed to get outside, I had no trouble.
Once I got home, I had a shower, got dinner, and went straight into tonight's Match Game marathon. Considering the goofy-sexy tone of the show, underwear jokes abounded throughout the entire run. If people weren't almost taking their clothes off, they were giving "undies" or "panties" as answers to questions about what Raquel lost in a poker game or what the conventioneers threw out a window. An "underwear" question helped Carolyn become the all-time biggest champ on the show in 1979 and during the wild week with Foster Brooks earlier in the year. There was one on the week in 1975 with the lady who wanted to win enough to buy a piano (and did), and on one of the last episodes with statuesque Darlene, the long, lean blonde whom Richard had once won a date with on The Dating Game in the late 60's.
We salute your shorts and take it all off in this hilarious and provocative marathon!
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