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I haven't watched yet -- I do love the Wyldes but it's been tough to get back into the show. I have to admit that a part of me is in some way offended by the Jackson story. To cripple someone solely to make us weep for the guy who doesn't love him and who hit him -- come on! To not ever actually show us any of this relationship or develop Jackson, but to constantly make his devastating pain all about how Aaron suffers, is so cynical and depressing and shallow. It's like a modern version of the dying girlfriend of the month on Bonanza, and at least that show had more of an excuse. I'm glad you're posting more Ben, I always look forward to what you have to say.

From the November 8, 1994 Digest. K-III Magazine Co. The last photo is very timely...

From the November 8, 1994 Digest. K-III Magazine Co

From the November 8, 1994 Digest.

Thanks for catching that. Sorry for the confusion. I think his RH character was killed similar to the way Ryan's mother was...

Oops. I thought he'd passed away. You're right. He's still alive. Yeah I remember Constance's Y&R role. It wasn't much of a role, she deserved better, but she did a great job and she did get some dramatic moments. I think she was only on like one or two episodes. But Bell might have helped get her back in the spotlight, as she got a cameo on Sunset Beach after this, and that role is probably what led to her being cast as Helena.

I didn't know Lochran was on AW. He seemed to all but vanish after Capitol. I guess Deborah Farentino has gone on to quite a bit, although I haven't seen her in most of her projects. If P&G had focused on Conboy's record they would have hesitated about hiring him at GL when he clearly likes to focus on $$$$$$$$ above all else. That worked for him in the days of the soap boom, but those days were long gone by 2002.

Thanks for reading. I do apologize for the length of the text -- I decided to type it out because it was only two pages in the magazine and I didn't want to scan just for those as I've been doing that more lately and it takes up more room I should be using on pictures or whatever. I'm so glad you read it -- I wasn't totally sure if it was already out there but I didn't think it was. I thought Constance wrote a moving and grounded story, and she did her best to avoid any condescending colonialism. She also focused on how this could just as easily happen in the US. Thanks for posting the biography on Carolyn (does A&E still even do Biography now, or is not "hip" enough for them). It's a sign of her talents that after seeing her as Myrna I totally forgot she even played Morticia, and I wondered why John Astin (RIP) was interviewed. It's nice to hear the stories from Constance. Even though Capitol was a relatively short part of Constance's life, you can see how much she loved some of her co-stars, through this and through her singing at Richard Egan's funeral. I know a lot of women say playing good girls is boring but I think that Constance, and Lara Parker, among others, both managed to make a good girl more interesting because they could play her with backbone.

From the December 17, 1985 Digest. Network Publishing Co I will type up the other two pages.

Does Bart still look like a middle-aged man?

That seems very bizarre and also disappointing. I guess it's a good reminder that just because someone acts in a pro-gay storyline, it doesn't necessarily translate. It's a shame because I think Adam Thomas is one of the only young people Blyth has brought in who can act, and I had wanted to see more of his character, but this type of thing just brings bad PR.

I never knew that. Fascinating. Do you think they made a mistake? Or was the actress playing Ann not that relevant because the character was done? Khan, I remember reading that Lezlie left GL for theater work -- perhaps she just stayed there.

The interview with Amanda was pure class. She had such wonderful comments to make and you can see how much effort she put into the role, to the point of even staying longer just to make sure the story was done justice. I'm really going to miss her.

Do you put anything in the rumors that Lauren is being written out?

I don't know if she was ever very popular. I liked her best with the first Nicole from the little I've seen of her. I think she fit what Nicole probably should have been, flighty, vulnerable party girl.

I think it was Ross's...I know they abducted him and took his clothes. Maybe it wasn't Ross then.

Thanks. I guess those aren't online. I wonder why they made the change in 2007? I wish I could remember if I had them. I taped over some 1981 stuff as I was not fond of that year, to say the least. I really appreciate you telling us about this. I hope I haven't posted any articles or anything you already did. I loved the stuff you posted earlier this year.

Oh. Thanks. I wonder if I kept any of those last 1981 episodes or not. I can't remember if I saw those. So was that 10 episodes, or 5?

Thanks for giving us a heads up. That's a shame. I wanted to see the extra episodes one last time, as I think I taped over mine. The last episode of that run was, I believe, EJ working as Barbara's assistant and being caught in her dressing room or something.

The list is starting to get a bit too focused on modern characters, with Simon Barlow (who stopped working once they wrote him as too self-aware) at #35 and Sian Powers (!) at #33. Sadly I am also not even sure about whether Carla should have been on the list. She was fantastic in 2008 but has not had any interesting storyline since.

That's sad to hear. I always looked forward to seeing her on GL. She had such a warm, comforting presence, and helped lend a dose of humanity to some OTT pregnancy stories.

Diane last returned for Frank's funeral. She is a lesbian now. Her biggest story was being homeless. And dumping a child on Ricky and Bianca in 1997.

Janine's mother died of cancer when she was 4. Janine went to live with her mother's sister, Clare, before going to live with Frank.

Grayson McCouch was teaching acting??