My Heart Belongs to Matches

Started off the morning with breakfast and "Miss Kitt to You." This greatest hits collection for Earth Kitt mainly features songs from the height of her early success in the 50's and 60's. Seven of the songs come from Broadway musicals, two of which, New Faces of 1952 and Shinbone Alley, Kitt herself starred in. "Monotonous" was her big number from New Faces. "A Woman Wouldn't Be a Woman" is from the little-known flop Shinbone Alley. There's a lot of numbers sung in or partially in French, too - "Je Churche Un Homme," "C'est Bon," "Avril Un Portugal," "Tojour Gai." "St. Louis Blues" and "Just an Old-Fashioned Girl" are also fun.

Hurried off to work after I finished eating and just barely got there on time. Thank heavens that was the worst thing that happened all day. I spent the entirety of a gorgeous, sunny, breezy afternoon outside pushing carts. The Sunday morning bagger and afternoon bagger helped me with carts and took over the indoor chores, including sweeping and the trash. I wasn't too happy when one older man who thought he was funny made snide comments wondering why the Acme had a woman pushing carts. This was offset by a lovely Hispanic woman who complimented my haircut and a nice older lady who was genuinely grateful when I offered to put her cart away for her.

Went straight home to finish the night with dinner and Match Game. For a daytime program from the 1970's, there was an awful lot of talk about, well, how to put this delicately? About throwing up. It was mentioned in a 1973 episode with game show hostess Ruta Lee and in a 1976 episode that introduced an adorable little old lady named Johnnie. In 1975, a lady contestant gave Gary Burghoff, whose character Radar on MASH was known for his fondness for his teddy bear, a cute little bear of his own. 

The funniest episode of the entire 1973 - 1979 CBS run hinged around an upchucking question. Gene was only asking the celebrities on the lower tier a question, so they took the roles of their counterparts over their heads. Richard Dawson did make a funny Brett, but the real winners were Jo Ann Pflug's wide gleaming smile as Dick Gautier and Fannie Flagg's utterly perfect Charles. 

Some funny nighttime shows featured similar questions. Another memorable contestant from a 1977 nighttime show was a little old gentleman named Henry with a twinkle in his eye and a crush on Brett. He was thrilled to give Brett a kiss, and they enjoyed it so much, Gene had to separate them. Elaine Joyce somehow ended up making out in the opening of a show from 1979. 

Settle your stomach troubles with these wild episodes that will go down smooth and not come up in the morning.

Match Game Sunday Classics - The Upchucking Marathon