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I always remember Beah for her episode of Designing Women.

June 24, 1980 Digest

Tylo probably would have been better off on AMC a few years later, when Trevor was around, but overall I think he mostly just seemed to suit one role (Quint). He and Hunter reconciled once or twice but then split for good. Her latest husband, there was all sorts of unfortunate drama. Was that Lisa Gay Hamilton from The Practice or is she the friend on Ally McBeal who had a breakdown? Or is it someone else entirely?

Moments like last night are when I start to believe those who feel that this has been set up for Romney all along and everyone else is just doing a dance to make him seem more statesmanlike. It's all so contrived. I did laugh at this. http://www.cbsnews.c...ghts-in-debate/ That's one of the most cynical and hollow answers I have ever heard from a politician. I wish they'd asked him about this: http://thinkprogress...ible/?mobile=nc

June 3, 1980 Digest

This is the 5-13-80 recap...Edwina again.

I got that Edwina fireplace picture recap wrong again... THIS is the 3-11-80 Digest recap

There's a fun little scene in one of those Dec. 1986 episodes where Nina teases Ross about being "turned on" by Natalie. It's the type of thing I wish we saw more of with Nina, as all the true love forever stuff with Cliff seems so worn out.

That was a very good interview. I appreciated hearing the stories about behind the scenes, and all the friendships. It's nice how even though Susan Lucci was the star, she was so welcoming. I think he dodged a bullet not getting the Madden role, although I can see why he wouldn't feel that way. It's kind of odd McTavish thought people would only remember him as Matt. Matt is probably one of the biggest forgotten characters.

Ad at about 40 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBwwlOozyWM

Byron looks like fun as Skye. Robin Christopher is so dour. The woman at Tempo is hilariously bad. She seems to be in an Excedrin headache ad.

I was going to ask - were you a Cliff/Nina fan back in the day? Or did you start watching after they were gone? It's interesting, as I am watching the 12/18/86 episode, and they just seem so played out. I get the feeling the show had no interest in Nina after the disastrous recasts and only brought her back when they were trying to figure out what to do with Cliff, or for nostalgia purposes. They seem pleasant enough but the contrast between them at this time and the innocence and pure love in the flashback is striking. There are 3 women on the show at this time with poofy brown hair (Hillary/Skye/Erica). How far did the show go in the Matt/Erica pairing? It reminds me of Erica/Stamp - people bellowing at each other in a somewhat stagey manner. I wonder why they didn't just make Michael Tylo play a Quint type character again. Who was this Roy that Hillary was arguing with? He seems to be Paul Lynde Jr. They were recycling Tad/Dottie with Tad/Skye. Poor Natalie was made to look so blowsy, and has way too much hair. I wonder when they made her over. That hair makes poor Hillary look like a poodle. And it makes her look about 12. I think Tonya Crowe looked about this age on Knots Landing - only with better hair and makeup. And she was on drugs at the time. The scene with Hillary and the talking teddy was...creepy, and sad. And creepy. The older kid in the Tylenol ad played Kevin on OLTL at this time.

4/22/80 Digest

4/1/80 Digest

Sorry, wrong again.

It's a good reminder of how charismatic and dominant he was in his run on the show - his last weeks were incredibly well done.

2/19/80 Digest recap

THIS is the 11-27-79 Digest. The one above is from 1-5-80.

Did anyone at the time laugh when Lily (of all people) called Molly a professional victim? Did Carly and CC Molly have a lot of scenes? Did Carly blame Molly for Jack's "death"?

I'd never heard that about the poll. I would be surprised if that were the case - I'm not sure she would have been popular enough to win a fan poll.

GLAAD puts up with a lot from shows that they think give prestige. They certainly did with Grey's Anatomy. If you're anti-gay with style, then you get a pass. Most TV shows have negative views of gay or bi men, so this show doing the same doesn't surprise me. I think most people watch for Madeline Stowe and EVC anyway, not Tyler (where the actor seemed to totally disagree with most fan interpretation anyway - didn't he think Tyler was straight?), or Nolan of the various personalities and self-righteous nagging.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/01/little-gay-problem-revenge/47024/

You'd think Wilma would have hated Natalie more, as Natalie was more beautiful than Wilma or Janet, and Natalie made it out of a place she hated. Did Wilma ever have any scenes when Natalie and Janet were both on the show?

Never mind, not sure if that's the right one.