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Shemar always seems like that in interviews, or awards. Not a big fan.

I think Carol and Tom were married at this time, yes, and having baby problems. Irna Phillips also said she wanted them to start their own farm, which I guess didn't happen.

Everyone had a talk show in the 90s. This was her big move after leaving (being fired?) 90210. Lasted one season. I've never seen this. Thanks.

It must have been odd viewing at the time, but then I wasn't there so I can't say. Do you remember the other stories going on at the time, how you felt about them at the time? Did you have an opinion on the Bob/Kim/Jennifer story?

At the time did you feel like the Stewarts were all being rushed off the show?

Thanks again for letting us know. The story is funny. I guess that refers to that Dominic story.

Who is on the slab?

Thanks. If so I wouldn't be too surprised. Rhys was destroyed as a character as soon as he was paired with Jacqui. He lost all personality and purpose. I just hope they didn't kill off Tony. That's all I care about.

Thanks for letting us know. I won't be watching this show until Brendan and Ste are both gone, but I hope that it works out for them. Who died?

Ugh. I'm sick of people trying to recreate Florida 2000, especially this ass. http://elections.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/13/1161032/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Live-Digest-11-13#20121113121909

She's not in that video anyway. I guess she's on the Facebook. I don't have Facebook so I can't say.

If anyone has money to burn, someone is trying to sell the OLTL gravestones again on ebay.

Looks like the GOP is using the old Gabby Giffords district to recreate Florida 2000. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/barber_mcsally_latino_precinct_ballots.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

Thanks. I had never heard of this. I'm glad she's still working. I would love to see her on TV again. I will watch this.

Commenting to myself, again - I'd forgotten that Hart was supposed to be very intelligent, loved classic literature, was a dreamer, etc. That character severely changed every time they recast him.

The media just loves Cantor, but he is a bumbler and suffers from severe tunnel vision and petulance. He went to a Britney Spears concert instead of going to a budget speech Obama held. I remember that 60 Minutes puff piece, complete with cozy sweaters straight out of a Colbert Christmas, that was spoiled because of one of his snappish aides.

The first clip of the wedding reception when everyone is worried about Viki has some Sheila/Troy/Rika (forgot the other guy's name), if anyone wants to see it. I can also sort of see what Linda Gottlieb meant about Wanda being a little too well dressed.

VickRobCal has put up several clips from the Viki-pretends-to-be-Niki story of early 1991. This has two promos. I hadn't seen these before. The first is horribly dated and strange.

I guess it's my old Vanessa/Billy feelings flaring up again but I don't remember being quite this weirded out by Vanessa/Fletcher the first time around. He's just way too clingy.

Sheila not only tortures Stephanie, she presents animals on the Tonight Show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGHZUyhP_AQ

I wish Obama had won Arizona by 1 vote (apparently he did in this woman's head).

I don't think Blake/Holly conflict would have worked as well with Keifer, as she was more vulnerable than Sherry. Holly just had no identity once she married Fletcher and got pregnant. She probably would have lost her identity anyway, because of what was changing on GL, but that was the time it happened. They hinted at one point during the Blake/Ben story that Holly might try to make a play for Ross, but that never happened.

I think there was a certain spark which was lost between the recasts, although with both Sherry and Keifer, I think Blake was always sort of a supporting character, and moved the stories of other people. While she still did so, the fact that she was allowed to be happy with Ross, and marry him, probably does show that Keifer was seen as a success by GL. Most of the other new actresses brought in at that time were given revolving door pairings, sometimes to a shocking degree (Tangie). I think Mindy was needed, but not for the reasons GL thought she was. Mindy was an important part of the Lewis family, and a vibrant young heroine, sometimes anti-heroine. GL instead assumed she was just Nick's girlfriend. Their female lineup in that age range was a big weak spot because they struggled to write women outside of these pairings.

I think part of that was down to the writing for Holly and Blake at that point, which was mostly Holly the protective, if flawed, mother, and Blake screwing up. The material which took Holly to a darker place was Keifer's. One of the only real flaws with GL at that time was when they used vital characters as plot devices (that's all Alan-Michael was for years and years). I think Blake suffered from that during much of Sherry's run. But her work with JvD was just incredible. I think some of it is fantasy on my part, because we never saw her in a daily relationship with him, as we did see Keifer, but they had such explosive chemistry. I missed it for a long time, even though Keifer and JvD were also great, and probably better suited in the long run.