All My Shadows

OK, so I watched it. The acting was WAY better than I thought it would be. Just about everyone brought it, especially Dallas and Eli. I love that Clare was only on for a brief moment of the episode. I wish we would have seen more of Cam before he killed himself, but I guess they wouldn't want to be accused of being a "how-to video" for teen suicide. The reactions were heartbreaking, and I loved the little touches on taking little moments to focus on various people from Cam's storylines, like when they showed Tristan sitting on the wall. I'd say my favorite scene was actually the one with Eli and that other guy at home with the popcorn. Eli's definitely grown into one of the more enjoyable characters, and it's interesting how he's responding to being "the one" to find the body. This little two-parter was different from previous Degerassi tragedies, it seems. When JT died, it was all about JT and how his friends felt about losing him. With Campbell, it was more about how his friends reacted and where they all placed the blame. Two very different deaths, of course, but interesting to see how they were covered differently.

I'm not crazy about the name, either, and long ago thought they should have called her Manuela once she "matured." SFK, I believe I'm gonna get back into Degrassi Junior High and High soon. I really did enjoy the first season, which I watched 2 and a half years ago, but I'm so lazy and slow with watching stuff. Considering it's so easy to get your hands on episodes, I might as well continue through. I'm eager to see them as high schoolers.

Yeah, I only liked Ashley for a very brief period in the early, early seasons, before the show really got good in S3. She was just a mopey mess from then on, it was obvious Melissa McIntyre was over doing the show, etc. I'd have rather them killed her off than write Terri out. Spinner/Manny made no sense, but anything that pitted Degrassi's greatest bitches, Manny and Paige, against each other was fine with me.

Riley was the Greek with the fugly hair that only looked good when he cut it for half-a-season. Popped-collar Marco embodies everything I loved about that character early on. Ol' fine Italian ass. They saddled him with Paige's boring brother when they should have had him seeing a star athlete from another school. My definitive Degrassi pairings for the old crew would be Manny/Craig, Hazel/Jimmy, Ellie/Sean, Paige/Spinner, Liberty/JT, and clearly they should have put Emma and Toby together. !@#$%^&*] Ashley, I hated her.

LMFAO!! How about him beating the crap out of the CPR teacher......who just happened to be gay.

I was NOT a Zane/Riley fan. AK was a horrible actor, and the story was just so inconsistent and full of holes. Granted, I only watched the beginning through to them becoming a couple, so I can't speak on anything after that. I loved Marco until they graduated.

I watched the first part of Bittersweet Sympathy this morning and got very invested in the stories, particularly with Cam/Maya/Zig, and it looks like it doesn't turn out so well for Cam! Jeez, Degrassi, I appreciate you going there, but damn. Can't wait to watch, though. I would try to watch some of the previous eps of this season, but that would take me forever. Truly, though, I was able to watch the entire half-hour and enjoy it all the way through. Never thought I'd be so interested in Degrassi again. How long does it take for them to put the new episodes on their site?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDAoSDsAS4

I've been itching to get back into Degrassi for months now, and I'm tardily realizing that The-N still posts the new episodes on their site. I skimmed through a few this morning, and I do have to say that the show looks and feels a lot like the glory years again. I can NOT deal, however, with Alli being smart/bookish. The Tristan heart attack story was sad and awkward but so true to life. Fab wasn't even that cute.

I've been geeking out over my old high school band days, lately, listening to various tunes that my school and others would play... We'd play this going into pep rallies and whenever our football team was playing offense. Just the sound of this in my community gets people hyped up. Go braves!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vpfblTqng Another school, not necessarily a rival -- because we always did get along (and often had flirted with each other -- ah, good ol' band days) -- played this because their mascot was Trojans, and they'd have some random bitch on a horse riding across the field at the beginning of each home game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHMrGx_jG0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r4S4npaT3k

I wish some of you were here in south LA to get wasted with me for Mardi Gras!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEtXT9w9AYU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAMr3V5lN4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccu2_MRMF5Y

Adrian Bellani could easily play Jordi V.'s brother on nuAMC.

"Woman to Woman" + "From His Woman to You" + "From Barbara to Shirley" = Irna Goes Soul Train!

Looking at the episode guide on the show's Wiki page, it's amazing to me how many of these "unsung" talents contributed to the soundtrack of my childhood than the usual big names. Con Funk Shun ("Loooong night. Caaaan't sleep. Toooo worried toooo eat. Gotta call'a up. Diiiiiial that nuuuuuumber, and nooooo one aaaaaanswers til two'a'clock."), Angela Winbush ("If anythiiiiing I'd miss, I never could resist your smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile."), Heatwave ("Always and foreverrrr, each moment with youuuu feels like a dream to meeee that somehow came truuuue."), Teddy Pendergass ("It's soooooo good loving somebody and that somebody loves you back! Said not 60/40, not 20/80...talkin' 'bout 50/50 looove."), etc. Besides Betty, they need to get to work on episodes about the Brothers Johnson, Tyrone Davis, First Choice, The Emotions, Loleatta Holloway. Also, maybe an episode where they profile several of the one/two-hit wonders from the 70s like Shirley Brown, Dorothy Moore, Jean Knight, Barbara Mason, Lenny Williams, Luther Ingram, etc.

ANOTHER good one was Cherelle and Alexander O'Neal of "sundaymondaytuesdaywednesdaythursdayfridaysaturDAAAAAY Love" fame. Both of them are hot ass messes nowadays.

I watched a bunch of episodes on YouTube back-to-back-to-back on a Sunday afternoon about a year and a half ago, and I absolutely loved them. My faves were Tammi Terrell, Shalamar, Evelyn Champagne King, Deniece Williams, Rose Royce, Heatwave, and Sylvester. ECK, if I remember right, went through some bad things, but she was such a vibrant, fun personality all throughout the episode, still can sing well, and she even performs with her husband. Definitely a happy ending. The Rose Royce episode was SO sad, and nobody died. It was just all about how the guys all got together first, then their label put Gwen Dickey in as the "face" of the group, and the guys all resented her and treated her like sh!t because they were jealous. She left the group and, even though she's proud of the work she did with them, she's basically chosen to rise above them and not have anything to do with them anymore. The Shalamar ep bugged me a bit. They all acknowledged that they were pretty young and stupid with their money and fame, but it seemed like they still stood by some of their stupidity, especially Howard Hewitt. And that sucka said he hated disco! And Tammi Terrell...just tragic I NEED to see the Millie episode. That's my girl! And they need to make a Betty Wright episode.

I WANT HIM SO, SO, SO MUCH!!!! I believe AshBash (original Mac on Y&R) left the show to pursue education, so I guess it's safe to say she's through with acting. David Lago is probably playing naked bongos on a treetop somewhere.

GOD, you really have no clue how much I'd love to see some scenes between these two in that apartment. Young, enterprising Erica up against this woman who "seen some thangs." Classic AMC at its best.

MARGO!!! On a regular basis, I am desperately searching for as much as a two-second clip of Margo. She's the AMC character I most want to see more of, and I will not stop until I get some!! When you say they used a new version of the theme on that one episode, are you referring to the premiere of the arrangement they'd end up using throughout the rest of the 70s and through the 80s, or was it a short-lived arrangement that's been lost? I seem to recall WoST having two short arrangements of the classic theme that haven't shown up anywhere else.

YES, please listen to Carl. I don't want to be too vocal about it, but it's incredibly easy to find tons of episodes from the 60s-90s, when this show had life and character and an effect unlike other soaps.

Emmerdale, which also airs on ITV (Corrie's network), airs every week night (twice on Thursdays), so there wouldn't be much room for Corrie to air every night without it having to go up against EastEnders. At least, that's what I've always assumed is the reason why they do the double episodes. Here is the current schedule of English nighttime soaps: Monday 6:30pm: Hollyoaks (CH4) 7:00pm: Emmerdale (ITV) 7:30pm: Coronation Street 1 (ITV) 8:00pm: EastEnders (BBC) 8:30pm: Coronation Street 2 (ITV) Tuesday 6:30pm: Hollyoaks (CH4) 7:00pm: Emmerdale (ITV) 7:30pm: EastEnders (BBC) Wednesday 6:30pm: Hollyoaks (CH4) 7:00pm: Emmerdale (ITV) 7:30pm: Coronation Street (ITV) Thursday 6:30pm: Hollyoaks (CH4) 7:00pm: Emmerdale (ITV) 7:30pm: EastEnders (BBC) 8:00pm: Emmerdale (ITV) Friday 6:30pm: Hollyoaks (CH4) 7:00pm: Emmerdale (ITV) 7:30pm: Coronation Street (ITV) 8:00pm: EastEnders (BBC) 8:30pm: Coronation Street (ITV)

Corrie airs five 30-minute episodes a week: two on Mondays, one on Wednesdays, and two on Fridays. The Mon/Fri episodes usually air a half-hour or so apart. Sometimes there are special hour-long episodes.

Those pictures were used in the People Magazine tribute to AMC. IDK if they were done specifically for People or if People just decided to use them.

This gives me so, so much life. Love Miss Betty with all my heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ssMVL9I1Q