It was so late when I finally got moving, I called Uber to get me there. Plus, I had grocery shopping to do later. Unfortunately, I couldn't get one for 13 minutes and ended up being late. Ironically, I had no trouble getting home at 1:30. I got a driver in 5 minutes. No traffic either way.
The Acme wasn't busy when I arrived. I didn't really have much to do until it started to pick up by 11:30. By that time, I was more than half-way through my shift. Most people probably went to yard sales or farm markets in the morning, then did their grocery shopping later. It was a gorgeous day, too, sunny, breezy, and warm, but not scorching hot like it's supposed to be next week. Honestly, there were no major problems, and the morning went quickly.
Went straight into grocery shopping after I finished. I mainly needed to restock yogurt, granola, granola bars, soda, coconut milk, and fruit. Had online coupons for apples, strawberries, bakery sugar cookies, and Made Good granola bars. Grabbed a slice of cookies and cream cake for a treat tonight. Fortunately, it slowed down enough by this point for there to be no line at the self-checkout lanes.
Put everything away and had lunch while watching the first season finales of two animated series. Little Bear and his friends put on "The Rain Dance Play" to bring rain for their corn. His parents teach him to write so he can sign his letters to Emily "Your Friend, Little Bear" with the pen she gave him. His "Fall Dream" has him and Emily playing throughout all the seasons when she visits him on the weekend.
The action-packed first season finale of The Pirates of Dark Water introduces "The Dark Dweller," who controls the Dark Water and lives under it. When Tula falls into the Dark Water, Ren and Niddler follow to rescue her. Meanwhile, Ioz deals with Bloth when he raids the Wraith looking for Ren's treasures.
Went down for a nap after the cartoon ended. I debated going out to enjoy that warm weather and check out yard sales but...I'm tired. I'm really, really tired. I've had a long couple of months, let alone weeks. I went down at 3:30, woke up briefly at 4, then slept again until 5:30.
I started to watch the British stage version of Top Hat that just ran on PBS until the Match Game marathon came on. (I'll finish Top Hat on Monday.) Match Game moved into 1977 at the absolute top of its game, so to speak. It was the number-one show on daytime, and one of the most popular shows on TV, period. Cracks were beginning to show, however, notably with Richard Dawson. Richard had just started hosting Family Feud the fall before, and he was demanding more money and to be a star alongside host Gene Rayburn. His fatigue from hosting two hit shows and frustration over his lower status on Match Game turned up in several episodes. There was the time he wrote "sat" when he meant "ate" and argued over it with judge and producer Ira Skutch, and the infamous "School Riot" episode where he, Debralee Scott, and Patti Deusch argued that their "finishing school" and "night school" should match the contestant's "school."
Richard's outbursts were far from the only memorable moments that year. He was far more pleasant when Charles gave him a huge furry Russian hat that was too tight for his toupee. Betty White sat in Charles Nelson Reilly's 3rd seat and imitated him, complete with glasses, hat, and pipe (which she later said tasted awful). Scoey Mitchelll once walked out of a question to use the bathroom. Charles insulted director Marc Breslow, who then positioned the camera over his head for a few shots, and he complained about not being able to play Santa Claus. (He did that once, in 1973.) In one especially wild episode, an audience member gave Richard and Charles ties with the names of popular panelists, Charles asked for the camera to not be on him while he set up a Native gag, and Gene went on to assault that cameraman. The camera smacked him on the head while he was messing around with it.
See how the shenanigans went down 49 years ago in this wild and wacky marathon!
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