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You have to laugh at promos where all the actors are recast less than a year later. I never knew Amy and Brick had their own promo.

Sort of a weird ad.

When I was watching some of a 1989 episode, they had scenes where Jim, John, and Scott told Cricket that they had given Jessica an overdose of pills to end her suffering. She was shocked, but grateful to them. I thought this was a little jarring - I don't remember hearing about this, and it was kind of a questionable message for the show to send. There were also scenes of Cassandra getting ready to leave the Rawlins mansion, with flashbacks of gifts George had given her. I'd never noticed how Nina Arvesen played Cassandra as girlish, Marilyn Monroe-esque, in those types of scenes. Great work from her. And her last look back as she left the mansion was heartbreaking.

Peggy will be back for one episode. http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a496627/eastenders-barbara-windsor-to-make-one-off-return-as-peggy-mitchell.html?utm_source=frms&utm_medium=dsf&utm_campaign=forums

Richard Council as a temp Hal recast. I'd never seen him. He's OK, not that good. Don't like the Supercuts hair. I wonder what happened with Ben. Looks like he was in at least two episodes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqG4tOZgYac&lc=MGjV2NiqG4PhDW118EiCvTHzKFQPVdOV5OOC0g4TIVc http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183573/

March 1989 scenes. Earl's killer revealed. I never knew we saw flashbacks of his death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqG4tOZgYac&lc=MGjV2NiqG4PhDW118EiCvTHzKFQPVdOV5OOC0g4TIVc

This made me laugh (may be NSFW, not sure). http://wonkette.com/521723/good-conservative-colorado-republican-only-wrote-erotica-to-help-support-her-family-duh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d5zWfTTV2s

Sam was a worthless role no matter who played it. It's too bad Marx wasn't hired in another role.

Stephen Nichols was considered for the role of GH's Damian Smith. Mary Beth Evans told SOD that he turned it down because he had other projects; GH said it was a money issue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXw3ao-DMEw

Such a detailed writeup. She has so much potential as an interesting character. I'm sorry it never went anywhere. I wonder if any of that ever went into Valerie Grant, or if none of that was from Bill Bell.

Neither had I. The whole, "I bet you didn't know soaps did this" is always difficult for me because most soaps didn't present abortions the way the Maude episode did. How long was Rega on the show?

North Carolina is now pushing for the same ban, tacking it onto a bill against sharia law. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/07/north-carolinas-anti-sharia-bill-now-also-anti-abortion/66812/

Looks like Ken's exit has been revealed.

That's surprising. I know he wasn't a huge star, but he seemed to work consistently, and he didn't have fond memories of his Eastenders days, or at least I got that impression. He's marrying a dancer from Strictly Come Dancing (former dancer - she quit the show this year), so maybe he wants money to start a family. I do like him, but I'm not sure how he'll fit in here. It's a good start that they aren't casting him as some relative or acquaintance of Dev's, which they have done with almost every South Asian actor over the last fifteen years, and which is a huge sinkhole.

Promo poster. http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2013/07/season-4-comic-con-banner.php I really need Daryl to get a haircut. TWD and Laurie Holden won Saturn awards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ERmgTnSD0

Wasn't he Jack Duckworth's long-lost son? I can't remember. His biggest story was being involved with Sally and beating the stuffing out of her.

More whining over being called a bigot. Using people who now say they were wrong to oppose gay marriage as an example doesn't make sense to me, but I'm not the intended audience anyway. http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/06/ralph-reed-was-obama-a-bigot-months-ago-167393.html?hp=r1 Talk of how something bad will happen somewhere, someday. I guess they are taking a break from the "This will ruin your children and destroy your church!", at least on morning TV. http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/06/nom-lawyer-scotus-prop-doma-decisions-were-judicial-167390.html?hp=r2_b1

Ben Hendrickson car ad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmgOHb7iJAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loE2-Vrt4i8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewcfhNIbiE I have no idea which videos upload and which don't here. I'm just totally lost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LuuOfgICKs

1994 promo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdRJLJKCL-o

Promo for the beating scene later mentioned in the January 94 episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gTPZgw2fRc Second half of a November 2005 episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8m1rQ_oi_M