If You're Confined to the Couch...

Yesterday, Maria was kind enough to say she was impressed that I was still blogging even though I was sick. I confessed the posts may not be meaty in any way. And today's may be proof that. Bless you all for reading.

I'm not a very good patient. (That noise you hear is Ryan shouting his agreement.) Some of it is because I'm just kind of pitiful, but the bulk of it is because I hate letting people down. And when I'm down on the couch, not working, I'm letting people down. I'm not driving kids to school, I'm not volunteering, I'm not cooking, I'm not cleaning and other lives are affected because I'm moaning on the couch about how I hope no one is ever as sick as I am. (Hey, Jenny! Tell Jeff I stole his line.)

So I do my best to be productive from the couch. I did my devos, I tried to work on some writing, I read in my book, but I did watch a lot of TV. Some new stuff, but it was also my chance to watch some vintage TV. So today...vintage TV is on my mind!

* I know there's some new version of this show out now (and I've not seen it) but did anyone else ever watch Rescue 911 back in the day? I loved that show when I was a kid. I had no idea William Shatner had any kind of acting other than hosting Rescue 911.

* We've watched about 800 episodes of Family Feud this week. That may be my favorite gameshow because it's the one I stand a chance of actually guessing some answers. My sister loves Wheel of Fortune, and Ryan has told me he can't believe I don't like that one. The only reason I don't is because if I see a (wrong) phrase in my mind, I can't clear it to make way for the right phrase. For being a word person, I'm surprisingly terrible at all word games. Do you have a favorite gameshow?

* Speaking of gameshows, Ryan and I also watched the documentary on the guy who outsmarted Press Your Luck. Did you see that or hear about it back in the day? I remember watching Press Your Luck when my mom used to clean houses, and I'd tag along. I would watch TV while she cleaned, and it was one of the shows on at that time of day. I loved yelling NO WHAMMY! Anyway, apparently there was a guy who studied tapes of the show for hours on end and learned the patterns and ended up winning an insane amount of cash and prizes. It was interesting!

* I watched a bunch of old episodes of Diagnosis Murder, too. I used to love that show. Do you remember it? It starred Dick Van Dyke and his son, Barry - and they played father and son on the show, too. Dick played a doctor who had a side gig of consulting for the police department. Barry played a detective in the aforementioned department. The two worked together to solve homicide cases. I loved the original Dick Van Dyke show, and I loved this one too.

* I'm not sure if it was on the same channel as Diagnosis Murder, but there was also a show called Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye. Seen it? It was based on the life of an actual woman named Sue Thomas who worked for the FBI by reading lips for them. (She was deaf, but a brilliant lip reader.) Oh! And there was another one on the same network (I think) called Doc that starred Billy Ray Cyrus. I loved that one, too.

* Though I didn't see them this week, back in my high school and college days, I also loved Little House on the Prairie (but I think you knew that) and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Apparently prairie shows were my thing! Anyone else with me?

Like I said, this may not be the most earth shattering post you've read this week, but I've taken a lot of cold and flu meds and bathed in a lot of oils, so thanks for your grace in knowing this is all I've got for today. And tell me your favorite TV shows of yore!

(I just typed "your" instead of "yore." Clearly very medicated.)