Women and Matches

Began the morning with breakfast and The Pirates of Dark Water. It's death before "Dishonor" as the crew of the Wraith hides from pirate captain Bloth in the caves where the race of beings known as the Pale Warriors make their home. Ren tries to insist they're trustworthy, but they end up in jail anyway after Ioz steals the king's treasures. They get to prove their worthiness when Bloth turns up and takes the king hostage to get the treasures himself.

No trouble with Uber today. Got the one going to work in 10 minutes - just made it to work in time. The one going home took 11, which wasn't bad just as the night rush hour was peaking. No trouble either way, no traffic anywhere.

No trouble with work, either, other than I was there for a tiring 8 1/2 hours. We were busy for a lot of the day, with long lines. I mostly swept the store and pushed carts. When I fell behind pushing carts, they pulled one of the college boys from cashiering to help me. The weather wasn't the most fun for it. Though it never rained, it was cloudy, chilly, and breezy the entire day. I even ran across two of the kids from the after-school program and their parents later in the day. The younger one gave me a great big hug! The older boy told me they'd gone to Sonic, and he had a Blue Coconut slush. (I figured something like that when I saw his blue lips and tongue.)

After I finished, I went grocery shopping. They were having a "buck a bag" sale on produce. Didn't need apples, so I got two bags of oranges and more of those black jam grapes. Got bakery sugar cookies, too. Restocked yogurt, cheese, chicken, soda, and coconut milk. There were really good sales on granola bars buy 3, get them for $1.99 and buy two bags of granola, get them for $3.50. Was almost out of shave lotion, so I grabbed another good sale.

When I got home, I put everything away, then finished the night with a late Match Game marathon. Some of the most popular women in show business appeared on Match Game in the 70's and early 80's. Admittedly, most big female stars, like Minnie Pearl of the Grand Ol' Opry and Suzanne Sommers early in the run of Three's Company, only did one week. Semi-regular female stars of the time included Broadway legend Ethel Merman, Oscar-winner Patty Duke, comediennes Patti Deusch, Dolly Martin, and Phyllis Diller, dancers Rita Moreno and Elaine Joyce, former Catwoman Lee Merriweather, writer and humorist Fannie Flagg, and sweet character actresses Lynda Day George and Joyce Bulifant. 

Ladies from other game shows tried their hand at Match Game, too. Arlene Francis of Blind Date and What's My Line wasn't the best at matching, but she was funny and had a great time flirting with Gene. Price Is Right models Anitra Ford and Janice Pennington did one week each in 1976. Feisty little Holly Halstrom got the most out of her time on the show, becoming a semi-regular during the syndicated run. In fact, she probably appeared the most of any Price regular besides her boss Bob Barker. 

Celebrate International Women's Day tomorrow with some of the most beloved women to appear on Match Game!

Match Game Saturday Classics - International Women's Day Marathon

And don't forget to set your clocks back tonight!