Not So Dumb Matches

Got a really quick start today with breakfast and the Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits CD. I'm going to keep this, but I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I mainly bought it to get the movie songs. "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia and "Secret Garden" from Jerry Maguire are two of Springsteen's best tracks from the 90's. There's also four songs created directly for the album; "This Hard Land" and "Murder Incorporated" are the best of the newer material. I'm a little disappointed that there's nothing from The Wild, the Innocent, and the E-Street Shuffle or Greetings from Asbury Park. The hit title song from Tunnel of Love is also surprisingly missing. On the other hand, we have favorites like "Born to Run" and "Glory Days," and songs that you might not think of, like "Atlantic City" and "Brilliant Disguise." 

Hurried out the door even before the CD ended. I'd already planned on taking Uber today once I found out what the weather was supposed to be like. I definitely made the right choice. It was cloudy, cold, and windy today, in the lower 50's. I called too late. The ride going to work took 13 minutes to arrive. I ended up being late. The one going home took 12.

The Acme was quiet when I arrived at 9 AM. It didn't pick up until past 11:30, when I was an hour and a half from leaving. They did send out one of the college-age cashiers to help me later in the day when it got busier. Otherwise, I just swept, gathered carts, and avoided the weather when it started. It might also have picked up because it finally started raining around the same time. It would rain off and on for most of the afternoon.

Soon as I got home, I changed, finished Greatest Hits, and had lunch. After I ate, I went down for a much-needed nap. I've had a really long couple of weeks, and I've been up too late a lot this week. I'm dead tired. I went to bed at 3 PM and slept until past 5:30. The rain was long gone by that point. In fact, there was a gorgeous sunset later, and some people online reported seeing a rainbow. 

Took a shower after I got up, had dinner, and finished the night with today's Match Game marathon. Dumb Dora is one of the most famous of the "characters" who turned up in questions. She and her male equivalent Dumb Donald were created to show off what you'd bring instead of the usual thing, or things that a normal person wouldn't attempt. The first Dumb Dora question turned up late in 1973 and were heard pretty much through the entire run of Match Game. There was at least one Dumb Dora question on the Too Close for Comfort week of Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, and a few on Match Game '90, notably on the famous Veteran's Day week with Marines playing. 

There was a Dumb Dora question on the first week featuring host Peter Marshall from Hollywood Squares during the syndicated run, and one on the week with Darryl Hickman from Lou Grant and his long putty nose. Shecky Greene got to answer one during his one week in 1976, and comedian Tom Gerson in 1978. There was one on the episode with the cute British contestant with the perky pigtails in 1974 and when Scoey Mitchelll took off for the bathroom later in '76. 

You're no dummy if you check out this hilarious marathon featuring one of the show's most enduring characters!

Match Game Sunday Classics - Dumb Dora Marathon