10/31/17

Sheree enjoyed a whirlwind night, being crowned Miss Hydrangea at the Elks Lodge #471, but the next morning did have to acknowledge that sleeping in her tiara wasn't the most comfortable thing she'd ever done...

And so Mr. Nye found out the hard way that letting his basketball team drink a 1% beer or two after a game didn't mix well with his boys (who'd also managed to get into Mrs. Nye's handbag when she wasn't looking!)

LaVonne's stepfather said she could have a few friends over to their beach house while he and her mother went up to Boca Raton to shop and have dinner, so she put the word out!

Bonus Pic: Lonnie's stepdad also said he could have a few friends over to their beach house while he and his mother went up to Boca Raton to shop and have dinner, so he, too, put the word out!

10/26/17

Cathy got exactly what she wanted for Christmas, a Talky Tina doll, but somehow that very morning there seemed to be a distinct change in her, and there was right up until the house burnt down...

And so Rae Ellen learned the hard way not to pose between the wheels of heavy machinery at the Spring Flats Agriculture Expo, especially when the keys were still in the ignition!

As the holiday loomed, Wendell asked his wife Lenore what she might like for Christmas, but anything he might buy for her was gravy since she'd already arranged with Santa Claus to have her most coveted possession delivered to her stocking... a diaphragm!

10/24/17

Janetta was willing to risk her new poly-satin pants suit in order to hit the floor and pose with sister Jeanne next to Jeanne's Christmas tree, but she knew that eventually they were going to have to have a talk about how garland should be properly applied to the branches...

Tammy could hardly wait to introduce her new boyfriend Craig Javaman to her aunts, Polly and Maybelle, and it turned out that they actually liked him far more than she'd initially anticipated from the two hardened divorcees...

Jeremy was surprisingly interested in hearing all about Tanya's success with Mary Kay cosmetics, but Edd checked out only about 3 minutes in and proceeded to fiddle with his drink until the subject finally was changed.

10/19/17

Darleen and Conrad made great activities directors at Trippin Falls Resort & Hide-A-Way, but things did take a brief downward turn when they staged The Limbo just a hair too close to the deep end of the pool...

Frankie loved lounging in the crook of this mature tree in his parents' backyard, but there was one pesky limb that blocked his view of neighbor Diane's bedroom window, so he took a saw too it one afternoon.

It took Estelle months to find just the right cotton swim cap to match her bathing ensemble (which also happened to match her and Harvey's boat), so she was downright furious the day after this snapshot was taken to find that her husband had used it as a chamois to wipe lake water off the sides of his prized possession!

BONUS PIC: He thought he'd grown out of it long ago, but sophomoric shenanigans with his male classmates on the campus of Big Rock University started to reignite certain stirrings for Clinton...

10/17/17

Elaine took a moment for a quick photo op before the Miss Frostbite Pageant at Jade Garden, but her satin wound up wrinkled on one side when an unexpected spurt of fountain water got her on the right flank!

The first ever round of contestants on local UHF game show "The Price is Close" were generally pleased with the prizes offered, though, after three middling weeks, host Martin Winkerdale was replaced for not being able to work without a script in hand...

Shrapnel wasn't the only thing that Jimmy Parkinson brought back with him from The Philippines. Marita ended up being a far more pleasant memento of his days at sea during the war.

10/12/17

A very groggy Emily woke up Saturday morning with little memory of the booze-soaked night before, but, to both her relief and dismay, Vern the elevator man from her building was on hand in the bathroom to jog her memory!

And so, a scant four months after her brother Tad had run over her feet with the family car, Patty was once again ready to try venturing out again, but this time BEHIND the wheel!

Jonathan Triplett knew he had his work cut out for him if he wanted to be elected as the first gay mayor of Hot Springs, Arkansas, so he enlisted every attention-getting tactic he could dream up, including the Dozen Man March through the principle shopping district.

10/10/17

St. Patrick's Day crept up on Shannon so swiftly that she forgot her kilt was still at the dry cleaners, so she was forced to improvise an outfit on the fly before the big pub crawl that night.

As much as Rex was looking forward to a fun day at the lake, he hadn't forgotten the nasty sunburn he'd received on the tops of his feet the month before, so he took steps to make sure it didn't happen again.

Regardless of the fact that a rousing cocktail party was happening at the house of her son and daughter-in-law, with whom she lived, Nadine had no intention of missing this week's episode of Medical Center on the only TV in the house!

10/5/17

Sharon had to scurry to put the final touches on her planned romantic evening with Garry because it was 10:58pm and he was almost done with his shift at 7-Eleven!

Shirley simply couldn't believe her good fortune in being asked by one of the assistant managers at Loew's Cinema II to be his date for the premiere of Goldfinger... in Springfield, Illinois.

On his way to The Bunklemann's 40th Anniversary Dinner, being held in the Shore Haven Reception Center, Chip took a wrong turn and wound up at Leon & Reggie's Autumn Bacchanal... and refused to leave!

10/3/17

In the early days, long before Snow White stumbled upon them, the Seven Dwarfs found getting ready for bed to be far less enjoyable than it was once she moved in and began to read them stories each night...

Latrice and Joelle enjoyed finding new ways to sport red, white and blue at the annual Memorial Day car show and pot luck buffet, but their mom Marianne chose to stick to more traditional methods.

This was only the second week that Charlie had been taking Vitamin E and zinc supplements (mixed with a tiny dash of Miracle-Gro) and neither he, nor Barnaby could believe the fast results!