All My Shadows

Duly noted, guys! I'll get started ASAP.

Unfortunately.

Guess I'll be spending my Saturday night watching those Xmas episodes. Thanks for sharing, Steve. LMFAO!! Tom's thighs, tho...

All right, the semester's coming to a close, I'm missing my fallen soaps AMC and ATWT. Whenever I want to delve into classic AMC, I have a set of episodes that I go to watch on YT, but I've yet to find a period of ATWT that I can watch chronologically, with episodes that are close enough for me to "follow" the story without actually having daily episodes. Of course, most of what's available for classic ATWT is from the Marland era, but my question is this, what particular year (month, even) should I start with. I could begin with 1984/1985, but what would yall say would be the best place to start? I'm in 1983 with AMC, and I'm head over heels in love with it, and it's deepening my love for my favorite soap, so I want to experience the same with my #2, ATWT.

Good God, she is BEAUTIFUL. How long was this character on the show?

This has such an 80s vibe to it, and I'm usually not too crazy about 80s music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zwZDvj565g

The Fannie Battle Home for Unwed Mothers just sounds like a sitcom that really, really needed to happen.

I watched Wednesday's hour-long episode. Strangely enough, I found myself interested in Corrie for the first time in a long time. Definitely the first full ep I've watched in a good two years (besides old 60s/70s episodes). I usually can't get through a half-hour ep. The Kirsty/Tyrone thing is very creepy and scary, and I've yet to see Kirsty actually beat him. She just has this abusive vibe to her, and Tyrone's gotten extremely weak. I feel like every line of dialogue in this story can be placed in a man-beats-wife story. Don't know if that's good or bad. I also feel like Fiz could easily beat the crap out of Kirsty. I had no idea Lewis had returned to the show. I also have no clue what happened between him and Audreh and why she said he's "not her problem" anymore. Gail, as always, is an idiot. Glad to see they've chilled David out a bit. I know he shouldn't be, but he's always been one of my favorites. Now that all of the trashy stuff with Becky is done, do people like Kylie now? I can get behind her, David, and Max being a family unit. Gary :wub: I totally dug those tight sky blue jeans he was wearing. I still can't stand the Armstrongs, though, and it'd be awesome if Gary and Jason just struck out on their own with a little building empire. What was up with Dev being a prick to everyone in the shop?

I need to catch up on this damn show so bad.

You Can't Take it With You

Travis Garland

Varnado

He's a Heartache (Lookin' for a Place to Happen) -- Janie Fricke

Debbie

OK wow, an interview with Mark! You can tell just from those few responses that he's extremely intelligent about lots of things, but he chooses to only a let a little bit of what he thinks out. He writes off his daytime career as a paycheck, but it's also clear that he believed in the work. That daytime industry, he didn't love. The potential of what it could have been, though? He was probably dismayed by a lot of what he saw, especially now that the genre is dead. Glad to see that he and his wife are still together! I'd love love love to see a new nighttime soap with him as the family patriarch.

Yeah, I haven't liked the long seasons, either. Honestly, they should have just expanded the show to 60-minute episodes instead of doing the telenovela thing in the summer. Switch hour-long episodes and do regular Sept-May seasons. 12 does look pretty interesting with Eli as an aspiring writer, Adam's romance with the Christian girl, and the new gay guy Tristan. Not crazy about Eli and Clare getting back together, as I hate Clare's granny guts and thought they were annoying together.

Has anyone been tuning in? I'm understanding that a lot of the "new" characters have been phased out for another round of "newer" characters, correct? Still wondering why in the figgity frack this show is still on, 12 seasons and about 300 episodes later.

The Man from UNCLE would be pretty flimsy, too, I think.

And Dick Cavett is from Forrest Gump. That whole cast list is random, to be honest. Melissa Archer, David Gregory, Tom Pelphrey, Christopher Lloyd, Jerry Stiller. Did a bunch of older male actors decide "Hey let's go do a movie with out-of-work soap stars!"

I was only able to watch a little bit of last night's episode so far, but I did catch the great Grayson family scene where it became extremely clear how dysfunctional the family really is. I love how this season is delving more into the family dynamics. Conrad's such a bitch, and I love it! Almost as much as I love it when Victoria speaks in that voice when she's amused/pissed off.

The melody of this song is so haunting and sad, especially those raw parts where he drops down to the lower register. "Just when I thought I was over you, I see your face, and it just ain't true. No, it just ain't true." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4jXavFbOc

Yeah, I was wondering where Michelle was on your list I'm sorry, but I wouldn't dare keep her while writing out Mary. I haven't watched current Corrie in forever (but I've been loving any opportunity I get to watch a few old eps), so I couldn't fairly make a list of who to get rid of. Graeme is long gone, so I'm good.

Tom/Erica :wub: What if she ended up pregnant even though she was secretly on the pills? They could have been recalled or something. Josh should have been the child of Tom and Erica, damn it.

Yikes, Carl! Mary and Norris, too??

Praise Jesus! I'm completely unfamiliar with Blackburn's work. Is this a good or bad thing? I'm assuming, though, that if he's been with Emmerdale recently, it's probably not good. LMFAO at ITV still trying to hype up that ridiculous tram crash. I guess I'm a character who died in the crash.