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In this 1977 GH clip you can see a Chuck/Donna kiss at about 4 minutes.

No relation. I always feel disappointed that we know so little about the Siegels and that they just disappeared. I wonder how fans at the time felt, if the years and years of Julie's sexual hangups got on their nerves. Millee, aside from the writings stints, is best known for being Janet on Search for Tomorrow for most of the 70's. I just don't know who she was on OLTL. I don't know that much about Tim either pre Tom Berenger.

For some reason he reminds me of Dolph Sweet (I don't know why). I can never remember who Millee Taggart was on this show. I guess the guy beside Lee Warrick was the first Tim Seigel?

Is Martin the one for Susan then? Was Frazer at Ringo's funeral?

This is what's on the mind of the power brokers in today's GOP - gay marriage, abortion, Obamacare, Reagan, and of course, a birth certifcate joke. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/wires/faith_freedom_wire/faith_freedom_wire.html#41

February 1971 Daytime TV.

What I kind of notice in that 1987 clip is how childish Gwyn and Ann seem, and how Cabot has to keep them in line. I guess I can see where they were going (it's a bit Quartermaine-ish) but I do wonder if there was some wasted potential in making so much of the Gwyn/Shana/Ann conflict about men and petulance, instead of more complicated dynamics between the three.

Some more Another Life clips, from 1982. Who was Jill and what was her story? She's not fantastic but there is some raw talent. The only really bad work is from the man in the jail scene - shocking. And she's being wooed by Al Franken! The makeover is way too Small Wonder or Darla from Little Rascals.

Oh, and it's kind of tacky for Trisha to upstage Jeremy's funeral and lecture everyone about appreciating their memories. I wanted someone to smack her. I remembered Gilbert being in this but for some reason I just thought he was at the funeral. I didn't know he had some lines. AMC and OLTL ads - boo hiss middle-aged Bobby and Anita.

On the first or second clip? I didn't realize just how much they did try to acknowledge Jeremy's Pine Valley past when he died. I remembered that Gwyn called Erica (offcamera), but I didn't know he had mentioned Caera. I wish they'd gone into the PV stuff a little more, and his relationship with Angie (I didn't know they were close), but at least they did try. I kind of laughed when they kept pausing the tape. Poor Jeremy! Christine Tudor's work in that story was just spellbinding. The mention of Soho was very clunky, but generally the City characters were well-integrated into Loving's final months. Noelle Beck is very good here. I wonder if they ever asked her to go to The City. Ugh I still can't stand Tony.

Episode from towards the end of the Corinth serial killer saga. When were Jeremy and Angie friends? I guess they mean because they were both from Pine Valley? Were they close on AMC?

Yikes bad hair day for Nikki. video gone

Wow, someone has put up some more Loving from 1987. Only about 8 or 9 minutes, excluding commercials, but it's still great!! Christine Tudor was very theatrical as "bad" Gwyn, wasn't she? Ann is dressed like a Solid Gold dancer. It's so weird seeing Burke Moses as Curtis. I don't know if he quite suits the role. I most enjoyed him as Bulge on OLTL. And it has Matthew Cowles as Eban Japes. Do you think he played the role similar to Billy Clyde? Kate <3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_pELXcEJxQ

Whatever pays the bills, Tom. It's nice to see him again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhJ8QUFUfW0

I guess Corrie isn't done turning Violet into an adulterous, abusive homophobe. Can't wait. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a322752/coronation-street-actress-jenny-platt-to-return.html

I wish I could see Susan's parents. So they were around again when Susan returned? When she returned in the late 80's they were never mentioned. I love hearing your praise for Marie Masters. I'm glad she stayed to the final episode but I agree she never gained enough recognition. I think she is a wonderful actress, in that she can convey vulnerability underneath toughness and she has such a wry sense of humor. She really isn't the typical Doug Marland actress, yet in the late 80's episodes you can see how he initially brought her in just for the anniversary, and clearly something in her work, even though Susan was just back as the acidic deadbeat mother, made him bring her in permanently. In 1987 and 1988 it's fascinating to see Susan go from this brittle outsider, commenting on the haves of Oakdale, to slowly befriending Bob, falling in love with John even though he would never really want her beyond convenience, the love affair with Bob, which was never written as Bob somehow being seduced by her, then finally her relationship with Larry, where she finally got to have her own identity and own relationship for the first time ever. You usually just hear some of the bad of ATWT in the early 70's but it sounds like there was also a lot of good. I wish some of these characters from the early 70's, like Liz or Paul, had stayed a bit longer. What did you think of Paul? I saw an interview with the last actor from when he was still on ATWT, and he had this awful, awful toupee. I will have to scan it to show how bad it was. After he was fired and killed off, he did another magazine interview (I posted that a while back) and he finally showed his natural hair.

Oh good. If there's one thing I felt Emmerdale was missing at the moment, it was nasty, hostile females in the 18-34 range. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a322842/emmerdale-casts-feisty-newcomer-rachel.html

Thanks again for telling us all of this. So Ellen and David weren't written out at this time? This sounds like such heavy stuff - Dan really went through pure hell for months and months. I wonder if viewers felt cheated at not seeing more of a resolution. I never knew of this Peggy. I wonder what happened to her, and to Susan's father.

I think he's very attractive, although that was mostly when he got a better haircut and I realized what a nice ass he had (points to him for choosing tight trousers instead of the horrible pirate getup they wanted him to wear). Anyway, I do love Nina and I'm sorry she isn't getting more recognition for her performances, which are so riveting and also embrace the melodramatic, theatrical elements without going too far (as Becky on Corrie does). She also has such believable relationships with the Masoods. It's even more amazing when you realize what close friends they all are in real life. The most interesting part is that generally the Masood stories only heavily involve the Masoods - when other characters come in it sometimes feels way off (like Phil's involvement). It's what Eastenders tried to do with the Ferrieras, family drama based on the customs and beliefs of their world, but failed miserably at. It annoys me when they are onscreen for a week or two and people say "Enough." The family has gone for months on end without any stories - in some cases, years. They're one of the best parts of the show at the moment, along with Janine and a few others. I do hope they can get good stuff for Kat soon too. I was reading some comments from Kat fans and they said they'd given up watching. I guess I can't blame them.

It's OK. Some feel it glamorizes prostitution but really anyone who sees this as a real example of prostitution is too stupid to leave their home. The main story is a bit weak, but Billie is OK and the guy who plays her boyfriend is good. The most interesting thing is the guest parade of johns. She even got to nail the Doctor (Matt Smith).

It's great to see you posting her again. Thanks for letting us know more about the taping schedules. Wow that must have been a real headache having to tape so much in mid-1973, since the show was going through a lot of upheaval at the time. Were you watching when this episode initially aired? I was also going to ask about something I read from Marie Masters. She said that when John Colenback wanted out to do a play, they brought the entire family in and fired them. She said it seemed funny now but at the time she wasn't thrilled. This was, what, 1973 or 1974? Then she said she returned when they recast Dan. Did they also fire Ellen and David at this time or did she just mean they wrote out Dan, Susan, Emily, and Betsy?

I thought he was very attractive (and not very well used) on the Sarah Jane Adventures. It was so bewildering when I realized he was on Eastenders, although he makes the characters seem very different. He was also in some Secret Diary of a Call Girl episodes, as Billie Piper's favorite john.

Interview with Nina Wadia and Ace Bhatti. I love seeing Nina interviewed, she's so entertaining and down to earth. Ace is so very very shy - it's adorable.

I can't believe he's still pretending he's going to run for President. Palin looks so awkward around him. The whole thing is such a stunt. It's damn pathetic the way the media pants over these carnival barkers while the country burns. Palin has said nothing and is basically just wandering around the country, and yet the media can't get enough. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56062.html