Handle With Care

Good morning, puzzlers! Today's Billie Truitt offering is called "Handle With Care". My thoughts below:

20A: Skillful handling of many jobs (BALANCING ACT). Every morning on Lifetime TV, there is a TV show by the same name. Because I am flipping the remote between mindless sitcom reruns at 7 a.m., I have never watched it. The show its supposed to celebrate women in all walks of life from family to empowerment and actually looks interesting.

39A: Problem requiring tact (TRICKY SITUATION). This calls for a cute cartoon:

52A: Unstable structure (HOUSE OF CARDS). Remember the "Brady Bunch" episode when the boys and girls compete against each other for a book of trading stamps? The winners had a chance to pick out their dream prize before the redemption center goes out of business. The girls wanted a sewing machine and the boys wanted a rowboat. Talk about gender stereotypes! I couldn't find the episode on You Tube, but you can click on the link below:

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-brady-bunch/watch/54-40-and-fight-4640/

And here's a still from the episode:

 

In the end, the girls won and got a present the entire family would enjoy. How I hate happy endings!

Hopefully I can make it to the gym tonight. My favorite Zumba instructor Marsha has been out with a torn calf muscle. She is finally getting around and hopefully she'll be back soon. Her replacements weren't too shabby, but everyone misses her.

I miss the cryptoquote, too.

Till tomorrow. . . .

Signing off,
The Puzzlechick