The Doctor Is In for Matches

Began the day with breakfast and the Growing Pains album. These are all songs produced, written, and/or performed by Steven Dorff. The version of the Growing Pains theme "As Long as We've Got Each Other" included here is the slightly more rock-ish version performed by B.J Thomas and Dusty Springfield from the 4th season. (He performs it solo or with Jennifer Warrens for the rest of the series.) The other memorable theme here is the lovely "Room Enough for Two" from My Sister Sam. We even get instrumental themes for the mystery Spencer for Hire and for the comedy-drama Murphy Brown. There's even two rarities. According to Wikipedia, the cop comedy The Oldest Rookie lasted four months from September 1987 through January 1988. Whattley By the Bay never made it past the pilot stage. The pilot ended up being shown as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse in August 1988. 

Springtime Favorites is Disney's second try at an Easter album after their Peter Cottontail from the 70's. This CD from 1998 is much better. It kicks off with a re-written, spring-related "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah." "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" is here, too, and we have a charming "Easter Parade." The early 20th century hits "When You Wore a Tulip" and "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along" are performed in the style they would have been when they debuted, the latter by what sounds like a barbershop quartet. "It's a Sunny, Sunny Day" is a weird one - an upbeat number performed by a man with a bass voice that sounds like it should be singing dirges.

Took off on the bike after the CD ended. Alas, I got a later start than I should have and was late to work. Not a good thing. I don't know what the Sunday morning bagger was doing, but the carts were empty on both sides when I arrived. It was busy enough that I never managed to catch up with them, either. I didn't get to the pharmacy door side until the end of the day. We were short on help, too. One of the cashiers called out. They got one of the college boys to help me around 3:30, then pulled him when they needed cashiers. I was just happy when I headed home. 

At least the weather wasn't bad. It started out cold and gloomy again. If it rained, it did it early in the morning. By the time I finished, it was sunny, breezy, and in the lower 60's. 

Changed, had dinner, and spent the rest of the night watching today's Match Game marathon. Colds and getting sick turned up a lot in questions, usual as a joke about what doctors do that causes people to undress, even if it's for a small reason like a hangnail. Gene at least twice during the 70's run played when he had a cold or was sick. In fact, he was so sick on the first day Bonnie Franklin of One Day at a Time played, he couldn't give her a welcoming kiss. It was the only time during the series Richard got to kiss the "new kid on the block" ingenue. 

There was a question about colds in the hilarious nighttime episode where Gene stripped off his jacket and vest and showed off his body when a contestant answered a question about weak bodies with him. In an episode from 1974, McLean Stevenson started off sitting at the contestant's desk, complaining about Brett not hearing the question all week, and ended by chasing Gene Rayburn around the studio. Fannie Flagg heard two of them the week she sat in for Brett in late '77-early '78, including the nighttime episode. Questions about illnesses turned up as late as 1990 on the week with Sally Struthers, Bill Kirkenbauer, and Rebecca Arthur and her cute little poodle Emmy.

Let Match Game help you through the springtime sniffles with these hilariously funny cures for the April blues!

Match Game Sunday Classics - Catch a Cold Marathon