I Think I'm Gonna Like This 'Geist.

Last week I blogged about the fact that my house has a poltergeist. The poltergeist was obvious to everyone except my husband, who had a logical (pfft, whatever) explanation for both of the strange happenings at my house.

I ended the post with the observation that these types of occurrences come in threes and (so far) I'd only noticed two weird things. I've spent the last week on edge, just waiting for the third poltergeist activity to show itself.

Thursday night, the poltergeist returned.

How do I know this bit of information? The TV was tuned into the Game Show Network. Paranormal activity is the only logical explanation I can find as to why my husband suddenly found himself watching The Newlywed Game on the Game Show Network.

He doesn't hold game shows of any kind in the high regard that I do. Simply put, I love game shows as much as I love Breyer's all natural vanilla ice cream, Diet Coke, and Elvis.

(I love game shows.)

(A lot.)

And few things take me back to my childhood like The Newlywed Game hosted by a long side burn/mutton chop sporting Bob Eubanks. He used to work the phrase "make whoopee" into every episode. The studio audience would giggle nervously at Bob's risqué term while the bride or groom blushed on stage and stammered through an answer.

It was classic television gold.

Imagine hearing the phrase "make whoopee" daily via Bob Eubanks on TV and then going to the store with your mom and seeing an impressive selection of whoopee pies in the snack food aisle.

Childhood was a very confusing time for me.

Once The Newlywed Game was on last night, I couldn't watch enough. It was the latest version hosted by a Miss Sherry Shepard and (to my immense relief) she never once uttered the phrase "make whoopee".

My husband asked me several times to change the channel, but I declined by pointing out that changing the channel to say … NOVA (his choice) … might anger the poltergeist whose taste in TV shows are clearly more aligned with mine.

Poltergeist/Jen = 1
Husband/NOVA = 0

A game show loving poltergeist? Heck ya!

I think I'm gonna like this 'geist.

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