Called Uber even before the last record ended. No trouble here. The first one came in 8 minutes. The one going home arrived in 7 minutes, and that was with the heavier shower. No traffic, either, and I arrived right on time.
No trouble at work, either. In fact, it was a bit boring. We were busy between about 10:30 and 1, and then it died out. Not only was it relatively dead, but there was actually too much help, for once. The Sunday bagger was already there when I came, and the afternoon bagger arrived around 11. They took care of sweeping, carts, and the trash. I was so bored by 2:30, and there was so little to do outside, I spent the last hour putting away unwanted items.
The weather didn't help. It was just humid and in the lower 70's when I arrived at work, chilly for August. It showered lightly around 10, but that barely showed up on the sidewalk. The rain didn't really start coming down until I went home around 3:30. It's been showering heavily off and on ever since.
I needed a few things I forgot on Friday after work. I had a good online coupon for honey, and bagged spinach is part of the same dollar produce sale as those small containers of blueberries and raspberries. Got more shredded chicken for dinner later this week, too.
When I got home, I changed, put everything away, finished out Rockin' Easy, then spent the rest of the night watching today's Match Game YouTube marathon. Game show hosts of the time were a common sight on Match Game panels well into the 90's. It was often hilarious to see them divorced from their own shows and watch them keep up with the matching.
Four of the most popular became semi-regulars in their own right. Bob Barker of The Price Is Right first appeared during the second week of the show in 1973 and would continue turning up through the early syndicated run in 1980. He usually spent his episodes joking about selling refrigerators to the crowd and ogling women, like when Gene told a cue card girl to cover her slit skirt because Bob was drooling. Dancer Bobby Van appeared sporadically from 1973 through 1977, with and without his wife Elaine Joyce. He went on to host Showoffs and Make Me Laugh.
Genial Bill Cullen, the Dean of Game Shows himself, first turned up on a memorable week in 1973 that also featured "Mama" Cass Elliot and Brett sitting next to her then-husband Jack Klugman. He continued to appear on the show through the later syndicated episodes in 1981. Bert Convy of Tattletales and Super Password first showed up on the same week as Charles, Brett, and Betty in 1973. He lent his debonair presence frequently through 1975, with his final appearances being early in the 1979 syndicated run.
Other hosts of the time showed up for one or two weeks. Comedian Robert Q. Lewis had a lot of fun during his one week late in 1973. Likewise, Jack Narz of Concentration and Now You See It had a ball during his one week near the end of 1974. Legendary announcer Gene Wood, who also turned up in 1974, hosted Beat the Clock after Narz dropped out in 1972. Wesley Eure, who would later go on to host the Nickelodeon show Finders Keepers, cuddled with Brett in 1980. Tom Kennedy, Narz's younger brother and host of Name That Tune, Body Language, and the later seasons of Password Plus, made his only appearance near the end of the syndicated run in 1981.
Steve Allen hosted a few game shows in the 50's and had been a mentor to Gene Rayburn. He made his only appearance during a memorable week early in 1974. Everyman Larry Blyden of Broadway and the syndicated What's My Line also turned up early in 1974. Peter Marshall, master of the Hollywood Squares, did two hilarious weeks during the syndicated run in 1980. (He and Gene insisted during his first week that they looked alike. Personally, I don't see it.)
They're the hosts with the mostess on the ball in this hilarious marathon that lets favorite vintage hosts and announcers match their blank off!
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