monsters in the morning

No need to adjust the tv!

That's just Drew Carey funning around as a ghost on "The Price Is Right", don't ya know.

This is one of the shows I like to eat brunch with and I particularly like it when there's a theme week!

All the shows are repeats from years past - no live audiences during a pandemic, don't ya know.

George, the announcer and sometimes even the floor model, had an especially fun time with this Halloween monster theme!

Every time he announced a contestant's name, he'd make sure to howl whenever possible.

He was quite good at working in a werewolf sound into each sentence, don't ya know.

Even the contestants were able to be part of the fun!

Notice that green flash of lightning running from the upper right to the row of bidders.

The one on the far left, a young woman from Atlanta, was just "struck" by it, exposing her skeleton.

I'd be willing to bet she didn't even notice!

She'd been too busy trying to get up to the stage, don't ya know.
 

The game she played was kin to the Rat Race, but had been retooled as the Bat Race, with the five colorful mice outfitted with little black wings.

Very cute!

This little pink one, which just so happened to match her shirt, even won first place...

and she won the car, don't ya know.

Very nice!

Then, in the second half of the show, another pink-topped woman, in the same place on the row of contestants, won a place on stage with a one-dollar bid, don't ya know.

I wonder what the odds are of two bidders wearing the same color, in the same position, getting to play a game with Drew.

But, wait, it gets even better.

Not only did Irene get to play a game, but it was a game with a car as the prize, don't ya know.

And she won it!!!

Now what are the odds of that???

Two pink-shirted women, each with a winning bid from the far left position, each playing a game with a car as the prize, and each winning???

I think the witch, Frankenstein, the vampire, and the mummy would all be interested in knowing, too.
(smile!)

Maybe some of their mojo rubbed off on me and that's why I ended up in this pink top.

(smile!)

Maybe it was Mama looking out for me, to make me look presentable before I left the house.

All I can say for sure is that it was not my intention to color-coordinate with my mask - it's just all my other masks were in the laundry.

In fact, it was Amber at Sandfly that pointed out how well my shirt and mask matched!

I'm glad I was there on a Thursday, so she and I could chat.

(smile!)

"tŭf, trŏf θɹu thō"

I bet that got the old brain jumping, don't ya know.

"tuff tr-off threw th-oh" 

Does that help reveal the words?

She and I actually happened to talk about those, each containing an -ough on their back end, each pronouncing totally differently, making English very difficult to learn, especially for a non-native speaker like her.

"tough trough through though"

Those are the actual words in that line that looks like it might be Greek.

They came back to mind when I was dining at Texas Roadhouse, helping them celebrate their first anniversary at their Montgomery Cross Road location.

And I must say, though, that the trough cut through these ribs revealed them to not be tough at all.

(smile!)
 

Now, if you'll pardon me, I'm seeing red right now.

That would be the movie, don't ya know...

I got you good with that one, didn't I?

Nice little pun to wrap up this post, and my evening, too.

Hope your day ends on a high note!

Later!