Turkey on the Grill

Match Game

A very kind friend gave me the four disc DVD boxed set of The Match Game. We watched as much as we could - which was three discs last night. During the pilot episode, 1973, the males on the show were Gene Rayburn, Michael Landon, Richard Dawson and Jack Klugman. I said, "wow, how weird, all the men on the show are dead." Though I would have sworn otherwise, it turns out I was only half right. Thanks to Wikipedia, I now know that neither Jack Klugman or Richard Dawson are dead. Whoops.

Here are some other fun facts I learned.

Michael Landon - had nine children

Richard Dawson - married a contestant from Family Feud

Gene Rayburn - was the only child of Croatian immigrants.

Charles Nelson Reilly - he joked on a reunion gathering for The Early Show about the exact phenomenon I mention - everyone thinking he was dead. Turns out now he is.

Garage Quotes

The MCA has great quotes painted in their parking garage. I may have posted a few of these before, but they never cease to excite me when I see them again. Click photos to enlarge.

New Cartoon

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Halloween

I've been reading up on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for this year's above-pictured group Halloween costume. According to the book of Revelations (an old Bible of my mom's calls it the book of the Apocalypse) the four horsemen enter in the following order, with the following features - as a lamb opens envelopes:

Conquest - the only horseman actually named in the text. Wears a crown and carries a bow with no arrows. Rides a black horse. Judging by the photo above, apparently favors the Renaissance.

War - (we're out of order above) Carries a sword, rides a red horse. That's me - the horse has a red mane. I was going to be a Roman warrior, but decided a 60's-era American soldier is a more comfortable costume. You can't see them, but my boots have litte skulls on the sides. I loved that detail. The kids at the Halloween party were enthralled by my rifle and instantly wanted to start playing war. I felt really bad about this as their appropriately peace-loving parents tried to ignore the whole scene. (We also unintentionally forced them to explain to their 10 year-old kids what an apocalypse is.) Eventually I banned rifle borrowing for the evening.

Famine - Hungry. Rides a white horse. Sometimes depicted as death. Brian played the Phyllis Diller version above.

Pestilence - Rides a greenish horse. Also sometimes depicted as death. Click on photo above for larger version to appreciate the many bugs affixed to Cindy's gown. She wore them with grace. Also note pestilence-related wound on her hand and rat attacking her horse.

We won the most creative division of the costume party contest. It was great fun.