DRW50
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The Doctors Discussion Thread
I'd like to see him too. Hopefully some of that is still around. I have a few articles with him I will try to post sometime.
- All My Children Tribute Thread
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All My Children Tribute Thread
She was Hope on GL as well as AW, off and on for about 5+ years. I think she was also on How to Survive a Marriage around the same time. She looks a fair amount younger than Julia Barr. I wonder how viewers at the time felt about the recast. I still never remember whether it's "Ann" or "Anne."
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The Politics Thread
I think the problem is a lot of the cuts that are made are cuts which increase spending elsewhere. There's very little effort made to cut sensibly in ways that will make money in the future. People can blame Obama for the economy, or blame Clinton, but it was the tax cuts of 2001-2003 which were supposed to help us so much. But where have those led us? The idea is that if you give big employers more and more freedom, they will create jobs, but instead it seems like they just cut more jobs, and put more burden on those who are left, at the same salary, or a lower salary. WSJ even coined a cute name for them - McWorkers. I read somewhere that part of the "compromise" between cutting stuff like Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security is that there will be less of a tax break on corporate jets. Wow. What a sacrifice.
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EastEnders: Discussion Thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL2SNUP9PoU
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ALL: They Almost Became
Steve was awful as Jason Q and only OK as Jason Morgan early on when he got to rage and pout. I don't know how he would have dealt with Heather Tom. I guess you never know.
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One Life to Live Tribute Thread
I like her work in every clip I've seen, especially once they softened her up a bit. It made no sense to kill her off the first time - the second time was also stupid, mostly because the reason for her being killed was nonsensical and the story was one of the worst in OLTL history. I wish they'd at least just had Mari Lyn come back for a day and let Lee have a happy ending. Or they could have kept her and paired her with Clint. That would have been great drama.
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The Doctors Discussion Thread
I have that book somewhere but I lost it...
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ALL: They Almost Became
I never liked Ryan so I don't know if I would have felt differently with Steve Burton, but I think he would have been out of his depth. Yes, Zach was Taylor's brother.
- Y&R: Old Articles
- As The World Turns Discussion Thread
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Somerset Discussion Thread
I think they had something with concepts like older Ellen with a younger man and daughter Jill with an older man. And maybe the crime stuff. But you have to wonder if viewers felt they could get that better, elsewhere, with EON. I haven't checked the SOD synopses I have but looking through Bryna Laub's book for 1976, it looks like Picon/Sarah was one of those who was burglarized and attacked in a string of murders across Somerset. She helped clear Dale of the crime - the culprit was apparently a deranged man named Chris Kirby. There's a man named Dan Brisken, a retired millionaire, who buys the Register - he may have been related to Sarah. This was the first Digest I ever read. I read it at a neighbor's house years and years ago - they had it with their old books or something. It kind of painted a skewed picture of the show for me, as there is no mention (aside from the cast list) of Joel Crothers. So I was surprised when I learned he was a big star on the show.
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Somerset Discussion Thread
May 1976 Digest.
- All My Children Tribute Thread
- One Life to Live Tribute Thread
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Bright Promise
- Bright Promise
Some 1971 Afternoon TV interviews.- Edge of Night (EON) (No spoilers please)
This is so gorgeous.- The Politics Thread
It's whatever helps the rich. That's all that anyone in power cares about. The poor deserve to be poor, because they're just lazy and worthless. And what's left of the middle class also deserves to be poor. The only ones who deserve what they have are millionaires - they're the true victims, and are unfairly taxed.- One Life to Live Tribute Thread
- Guiding Light Discussion Thread
Was this after he left GL? Don seemed to be accepted so immediately when he took over as Mike, even though Gary Pillar must have been pretty popular in the role. I guess he had such a warm presence. One of those old soap magazines has him at a party in one of those white jumpsuits Elvis would have worn, super-tight. I miss the days when just about anyone would go out in that type of thing- Search For Tomorrow Discussion Thread
I have an interview with him somewhere. Apparently Terry the first time left because of money.- The Politics Thread
This debt ceiling drama seems to amount to Republicans kick the can down the road, Democrats say, "Why are you kicking that can?" and running after it. Republicans then kick the can again. And again. And again. So far it seems like we're just going to get more and more cuts. To Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid, and who knows what else. Have a decade of constant cuts done anything to help this country? I am at the point where I don't even know if I'm going to vote in 2012.- A World Apart
She looks younger in some other photos but she definitely doesn't look 17. Of course it's a better fit than a lot of what soaps started doing in the early 90's, where 30 year olds were passed off as teens. One of those old soap magazines was at a goodbye party thrown for A World Apart and they mentioned that Augusta Dabney had told them Susan was going to be a big star, and they said Augusta was never wrong in these predictions. I guess she wasn't!- Isidingo
- Bright Promise
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