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This is the type of headline which annoys me. How is Romney "clawing his way back" when he always had the most money, media support, endorsements...? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-usa-campaign-debate-idUSTRE81L0AD20120223

Somewhere, Will Smith is breathing a sigh of relief. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-usa-campaign-debate-idUSTRE81L0AD20120223

He mostly just played the material of Quint pursuing Nola, and added his own flair. Nola basically vanished after Brown was written out in 1998. She was never mentioned again, until she returned for a few days at the end. Lisa supposedly ad-libbed lines to make viewers feel that she had reunited with Quint. She ad-libbed a lot of important stuff, supposedly. That type of thing is why I can never see Ellen Wheeler as the demon many made her out to be. Rauch, JFP, etc. never would have let Brown do any of that.

Tylo first appeared in February or March 1996, for Henry's funeral. Longtime fans had been angry about the writing for Quint (leaving Nola for a young assistant), and Quint returned with this woman for the funeral. The show belatedly realized that they should bring him back permanently, and he came back around early fall, trying to win Nola back. Michael Tylo was gone for a while in November and December, I think, which is when Josh Taylor filled in. (At the time some fans preferred Taylor, as he had more spark, at least - he was nothing like the corpse he's been over the last decade). Tylo returned and was then fired by paul Rauch; his last appearances were in January 1997, at the Cedars ball.

He played a different character, basically.

He said he stopped because of Andrea Evans leaving and then repeatedly said he asked for her to be brought back in 2008. I hope he enjoyed her 2011 return more than that 2008...thing. It seems like OLTL had little going for it anywhere in 1990, and if you weren't a specific fan of say, Gabrielle, Bo, Viki, or Megan, then you probably weren't going to watch.

I'd never seen that. Thanks for finding it. So he dropped OLTL in 1990...another fan who seemed to be driven away by that year. Actually Jessica wasn't really "aged rapidly" at all, compared to other characters. That's one of the only kind things I can say about the show's treatment of that character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGnoFMmQERw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ_pZz24Wtk&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of2bYtTaolk&feature=channel

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/five-ways-rick-santorum-blew-it-in-arizona.php?ref=fpa

Once again the media power brokers seem to be making their preference clear. Drudge ran a story on Santorum talking about America and Satan. http://www.ology.com/politics/drudge-report-brings-down-hammer-santorum-over-satan-comments/02212012 It's interesting to me, because this is clearly seen as a big deal (with Sarah Palin, and her usual inane commentary, being the most vocal Republican to question these attacks), but the media cares little, if at all, about Romney and his religion baptizing the dead. http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/14/elie_wiesel_to_mitt_romney_tell_mormon_church_to_stop_baptizing_jews_who_died_in_holocaust.html I can't stand Santorum's views and I have seen him as a very malicious presence on social issues for a long time now, but I am increasingly annoyed at the idea of some big contrast between Santorum and Romney, when Romney really just seems like the exact same person who just speaks out less on social issues. If anything Romney will likely do more against the pet hates of the far right, because he is seen as "moderate", for reasons I have never understood, and will have more ground. I guess once his big money finishes kicking in he will win Michigan and do well enough in the rest of the states, and we will hear about his toughenss and what a comeback and now the party loves him, and so on.

Wow I had forgotten that. Weird coincidence. Happy birthday to Donald.

I just wonder why this would change Sebastian's mind, as I doubt this is the first gay teen suicide he's seen, and he seemed sociopathic before this episode. It all seems by the numbers.

with a smile. "You see, I already am a father in a way. My wife Joyce has two previous children from her marriage with James MacArthur, Charlie and Mary. They are living with us now, and well, I am acting in the role of father to them. "But as to how I feel about the coming of my child, well, of course, at first when i heard the news from my wife I was very excited. But now, as time has passed, well, I'm used to it. Although..." and again he gives a smile, a twinkle in his eyes "...s-o-o=n...well then I'll be numb, and nervous and everything." Asked just how he felt about being a father to Charlie and Mary, Edward was slower to respond, and one could see that he was trying to give as honest an answer as possible. He began, "It's not easy. Sometimes it's like a tug-of-war. I mean it's a difficult role having to bring up someone else's children. But really it all works out nicely. We're all very friendly, and I do believe that we have very good relationships. But it is quite a responsibility having an instant family. I always keep trying to tell myself to just let things happen...not to push. "I am not by nature a rigid person myself, but I do believe in order and instilling this to the children. I mean in life there are times when you have to do certain things. At formal dinner parties you wear formal dinner jackets. And children too, must be aware that they cannot leave their Popsicle sticks around the house. "Now Charlie," he continues, thinking very carefully about his step-son, "he's got what I call natural curiosity. The other day I took him up in my model airplane and he loved it. He was a perfect adult all the way through the trip. But back on the ground with his mother around he reverted back to his age-group. "But he's a very talented young boy. We were all especially proud of him this year because he wrote this very long, involved and really good script, The Night Before Christmas. Well the entire family made a project out of it. Joyce and I got involved and the kids played in it and we got our nieces and nephews in on it, and we put the whole thing on film with music. There were 35 different step-ups. Believe me it was spectacular...and I spent hours working hard and editing this thing. But what fun and what a wonderful thing to do." Edward plays the role of Bill Horton in Days of Our Lives, and for the actor it's sometimes difficult to separate himself from the character. "You know there are times," Edward says, "when I'm driving back from the studio and I'm in a bad mood and I don't know why and then I realize it's because Bill Horton's had a rough day. I use a lot of myself for the part...I draw from inside of myself. "You know because you use yourself while acting you can be more of yourself in the part. I mean that Edward Mallory might be afraid to cry, but Bill Horton very well might be afraid to cry in a scene. "I like Bill, but as I say, sometimes he's with me and I don't know about it. I've told my analyst about it. As a matter of fact all I keep talking about with my analyst is show biz talk. He seems more interested in what's going on with show biz somehow. "I go to an analyst...well, to know more about myself...to use as much of myself as I can. We know ourselves only so much. There are times when I get depressed and I don't know why. I guess I want some kind of greater fulfillment. I suppose I'm moderately successful right now, but that's not enough. I'm restless. Always having to do this or that, and yet, somehow I've the notion that I'm lazy. "Acting isn't enough for me! One of the things that I've devoted much of the past few years to has been Theatre East which began about ten years ago. I was one of its beginning board members and the first official president. It has been called an 'artistic gymnasium' for actors, writers, and directors where public projects have been put on. I just directed a play called The Happiness Bench which almost made Broadway It got as far as Philadelphia. I've been working for that play a long time. I believe in it. "It's strange, where as an actor I am calm, as a director I get the butterflies. But it's very satisfying for me. It's not hard for me...acting and directing. You know I always have to be something. Home life can be very seducing and I could just settle down to fixing the barn. "I was always a different sort of kid anyway. I was 'the nut' of Cumberland, Maryland. There was no theater there but I always knew that acting turned me on. I must say though that I didn't know I wanted to become an actor. I decided to make the Army my career. I had a military school background. "But even in the Army with an OCS commission...I was teaching...and I was more interested in mock wars and building sets. I realize I guess then that I wanted to be an actor so I left. I studied at Carnegie Tech. "I lived in New York for a while. I found it very stimulating, but a Hollywood contract brought me out here and well now I guess I have my roots in Granada Hills." We asked Ed just who he thought he was and what he would like to be. He looked back suspiciously and then began to smile. "W-e-l-l...let's see. I come from a Catholic background and my childhood has had this feeling to it...as though I was were a bad boy. But right now you might say," and he laughs again, "I am smart, a wit, moderately successful...someone who pretends to be more modest than he really is...And Edward Mallory would like to be...an authority on something. I don't know...I'd like to go on Dick Cavett and be able to speak about something with some amount of something." But judging from what other daytime TV stars say about him and his work, Theatre East, Edward Mallory is an immensely talented, well-loved man and certainly an authority on what theater's all about. But the next time you see him...the name is Edward, not Ed!

"She's a darling girl. She's seventeen, a senior in high school and she wants to go into modeling." Judging from the way she looks, we told Rachel there'd be no problem. She's tall and slender and has a very charming quality to her. Her mother agreed that her daughter certainly is a stunner. And how's Sue taking to having a younger sister (by 17 years)? "Well, I think she's somewhat floored by the whole thing. You know the difference between myself and my younger sister is eleven years, so we both grew up kind of as only children. I don't believe in only children so if I can I would like to have more than one. Years ago I wanted to adopt a child." Why, after all of this time, a child? "Well, I've been married now for two years, and my husband's never had any children...and so we both wanted children. I don't believe that a child is imperative to a marriage. As a matter of fact, many marriages do not want to have children included. In our case, we both feel that the child makes our marriage more complete. "Actually, neither of us really believe it. We've done nothing in the way of buying anything for it. I hope it will be a boy, but...if it's a boy he will be called Terence. It's interesting how we arrived at that name. When I told people on the show that I was pregnant, they would all ask me how Clarence was. That was the baby's nickname. And so from that came Terence. "If it's a girl her name will be Christine. The middle names will have more family significance. And Lucille Wall (also on General Hospital) will be the godmother. "We hope to have the baby christened in a beautiful little chapel nearby. It's very pretty...like a little English church. My husband is a Catholic, I am not, but I do believe that it is good for the baby to come into life with some kind of religion." She was strong on this point. Rachel sat up in bed looking younger and prettier than ever. "Well, I feel just fine. As a matter of fact, I feel so much better with this pregnancy than with Sue's. That first time around I was always sick...no energy. But this time it's different. Of course times have changed and there are all kinds of vitamins and wonder drugs. It's incredible. And this one's a small, but a very active child "I've got to watch out not to stay too still. The doctors say I must move around as much as possible while in bed. Oh but I am anxious to go back to work. I've been getting all kinds of fan letters, and people don't know why I'm off the air. There was just a general announcement that due to illness, I was being replaced, but lots of folks missed it. "What they've done now is to start using flashbacks of scenes with myself, and just recently, I've taped a few scenes. I just did a long telephone conversation. But I don't know when I will be appearing regularly on the show or if they will use my baby. "The fact that I am pregnant is written into the script. And that's funny. You see it had already been established that my character would never have any children. Of course, I could be written off the show at anytime because the character I play, Audrey, has a disease, Lymphoma. "The cast of General Hospital have all been wonderful to me...calling me up and keeping in touch. They're all terribly excited for me. I've been with the show seven years now and we're all like one, big family. "I'm curious to see how the storyline changes. I wouldn't mind it all if they use my child on the show. As a matter of fact, my doctor was all set to have them come into St. John's Hospital. "I am a little bit nervous about the Cesarian. I didn't have one with Sue so all of this is new and I suppose a bit tricky. I just hope the old wives' tale that once you've had one you have to keep having children that way is not true. "In a way it's kind of nice to be able to pick your own day...and then of course, there is no labor involved. At any rate, in two days I shall have my baby. "I should be in the hospital for a week or tend days. The child may have to stay longer since it will be in an incubator. I was in an incubator for ten days. They say that we make for the healthiest babies. I've seen the incubator facilities at St. John's and it's just amazing what they have. I especially wanted to have my baby there. "If it had been a normal pregnancy...the baby would have been born somewhere between late January and mid-February. "As for any ideas on how to bring up a child...I guess my husband and I will just have to play that by ear. I think he will tend to be more strict with the child, whereas I probably will tend to be more liberal. I think that the important thing to remember is while you don't want to smother a child with love, you do want to make it feel very secure." That day in December we left Rachel, propped up in her bed, smiling and waiting... And so now, little Christine is almost three months old and Rachel Ames by now is used to being a mother again. But what a beautiful story it is...of what a woman will go through for the well-being of her child.

your left shoulder three times, cross yourself three times and cross the ground three times." By that time, you may decide you didn't really want to go any place anyway and go back where you came from. "Sometimes I hesitate to talk of the occult," Maeve confessed, "because it makes me sound like a nut. But the truth is that most people believe in it to some degree. Do you know anyone who has no superstitions at all? Or who hasn't felt a brush with the supernatural at some point in his life? Or who hasn't debated the theory of reincarnation? Or who doesn't think of astrological readings and forecasts as more than just fun?" She had me there. "I do believe in the occult sciences," she continued, "but with it all, I think I'm a pretty practical person." Pretty practical - and extremely interesting, I'd say, for Maeve can converse on any number of subjects. An avid reader, she doesn't confine her library to books on the supernatural. The shelves that line her walls bulge with tomes on numerous topics. And between segments of "Gumbo Ya-Ya," Maeve is perusing Mary, Queen of Scots, Zorba, The Greek, and Body Language. "I love to read," she said, handing one of her many volumes with loving care. "I enjoy just being around books. If I weren't working at acting, I'd like to be employed in a book shop - just selling there would be nice." It might be nice but we doubt that the talented Miss McGuire's future lies in selling books. She has worked too long and too hard at acting to abandon it now - especially since she's reaping such ripe fruits from her labors. Two years ago, she created the role of Nicole Travis on The Edge Of Night and since then, she has become one of daytime drama's most popular actresses. With each passing month she gains in popularity. When she took a few weeks vacation this past October (her first since she started on the serial), there was a roar of protest from viewers who feared she was deserting the show. Maeve may be a relative newcomer to daytime TV but she started acting on local radio in her hometown, Cleveland, at the age of eight. Her mother, an amateur actress, and her father (now deceased), an executive in the lumber business and president of the Cleveland branch of the American Automobile Association, were actively working members of the Cleveland Playhouse so both parents encouraged Maeve in her theatrical efforts. However, even they had reservations when she settled in New York, after her graduation from Sarah Lawrence College, determined to pursue a career in acting. But Maeve had no reservations. She knew she'd eventually land a job because she had no time limit. She decided to break into show business even if it took a lifetime. Luckily, it only took a couple of years. In the interim, she alternated between modeling jobs and part-time office work. In 1961, she became a resident actress in summer stock at Boothbay, Maine. She was so successful, she worked there two more seasons (in 1962 and 1965). In 1963, she played Hippolytus in Phaedra for the New York Stage Company and the same year started a two-season run at the Nantucket Theatre Festival. Too tall for ingenue roles (Maeve is 5' 8 1/2'' without shoes), she did a variety of young characters and leading women. She went on to appear as Candace in Cyrano de Bergerac with the Lincoln Repertory Company and followed that with a role in their production of The Miser. She made her TV debut in a series of Shakespeare plays presented by the Actors Company on educational television. And for a time, she danced in an off-off Broadway revue at New York's famous La Mama Cafe. She's had small roles in a couple of films: For The Love of Ivy and The End Of The Road. Two years ago, she missed out on a featured part on the daytime drama, Hidden Faces, and that proved to be a blessing in disguise because just a few weeks later she landed the role of Nicole Travis on The Edge Of Night. Since then, Hidden Faces has gone off the air and had she been on it, she might be unemployed at the moment - instead of so busy with TV chores that she has little time for outside activity. Maeve is working diligently on other project at the moment. She's in the process of giving up smoking. But, she's ashamed to admit, she's been "in the process" for months now. "I've dwindled from two packs a day to ten cigarettes," she said sheepishly as she produced one from a group she had carefully stored in a wad of facial tissue. "But I just can't seem to take the final step - and quit cold. Hypnosis seems to be a fairly common way to break the habit. At least, I've heard about many people on whom it's worked, like Fran Sharon (Cookie on The Edge Of Night). Of course, when I talk about it - with my interest in the occult - it begins to sound like black magic. Actually, I'm anti-black magic - white magic is better." She differentiated for me. "White magic is constructive and black magic is destructive." Had she ever stuck pins in a voodoo doll I wanted to know. She debated whether or not to answer my question, then she didn't. But she did confide: "Black magic is a very personal thing. It's better not to discuss it. I wouldn't want to divulge formulas that do more harm instead of good. "You see," she laughed gayly, "if I were a witch - and I'm not, but I believe in witches and I think it would be great fun to be one - I'd want to be a good witch - like Billie Burke in The Wizard Of Oz. "I'm so lucky to have a real fireplace in New York," Maeve commented. "I've often debated moving into a luxury apartment but I'm so comfortable here - even if it is small (just one room, kitchen and bath) and a three-flight walk-up. It's quiet and all my neighbors are so friendly. One of them visited the other night and I took out the ouija board. It was very exciting. We made contact with my great-grandmother who communicated with me in German. I don't speak German but luckily my friend does and she translated for me. "We could take out the ouija board now," she suggested. "Would you like to try it?" Not as adventuresome as Maeve, I decided to let well enough alone and take my leave. But I promised to return one day and next time maybe she'll break down and tell me all about that voodoo doll. Let's see now; you take a snip of hair, a bit of fingernail, some pins...

May 1971 TV Radio Show

May 1971 TV Radio Show

May 1971 TV Radio Show

I guess to me that goal isn't really filled with the pacing of his character, but then I have never understood most of the characterization on the show. I feel like they want to do this PSA stuff but also like to have shock value, so everything is jumbled around and around. I'm also never sure when bullying is or isn't bad on this show, as some characters, like Rachel, were heavily implied to deserve bullying and to be laughed at.

He wasn't treated that way at the time, but within the season, Kurt forgave him, and now they're close, with Kurt being in the wrong for not supporting him enough. I do think there is room for redemption in people and that people sometimes do horrible things and then learn to grow, but someone like Sebastian almost blinded a person only a few episodes ago and yet now he seems to be written as an A-OK guy and Blaine has gotten over the whole thing. It's great to have layers, but what layers does he even have? Didn't he just basically show up as a small player and then he wants Blaine and throws rock salt in his eye?

About the 1995 episode - that woman with Cass was Laurie Michaels, wasn't she? What was her initial story supposed to be? I know she ended up losing her son and sued the hospital and tried to kill people, or something. Vicky seems to have so much personality here, which was kind of missing after JFP took over. I liked Jake and Vicky well enough as a couple but I enjoy their friendship here. Wow Paulina moved on from Jake very quickly.

Did he tell her the Earth is round?

Jessica Tuck is superb in the end of that first clip. I'd never seen the Megan/Max scene in the second clip. JDP and Tuck had such strong chemistry, but that scene has...very disturbing undertones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IE2M6HNc-M&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4ap5nX_N0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms0HgsxZR08&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKTEsRnzBM0&feature=channel

I think some of this Max/Gabrielle scene was taken off Youtube before, so enjoy it while you can. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ-dPddHrb4&feature=channel