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Thanks. The announcements were made so long ago I forgot we'd be getting Stephen Schnetzer and Gloria Loring. Even with this tragedy it still makes me happy to see Stephen again. I'm glad they remembered the feud between Marie and Liz, even if Marie was the wonderful Lanna Saunders at the time.

I thought so too. It was nice to see some different characters. I am trying to remember if I've seen either of the guys (Warren or Marty) elsewhere. Earl Montgomery as Marty (if IMDB is accurate) was living a rough life for 32 years old. At first, I wasn't sure if that was Grant Richards as Warren as when I looked up Richards he seemed to be doing a William Powell homage in the late '30s, but his "daddy" vibes here do match how he looked in a Rifleman episode I found on Youtube. I'm always glad for glimpses of Peggy McCay and Jean McBride too - in episodes like this they are styled similarly enough to where the good sister/bad sister vibes come through even more. I loved the shot of the tea service too. There's something so effortlessly cool and camp with Jean. For anyone like me who could not remember what was going on with the 10K Vanessa needed, a few years ago the channel put up an episode which gives the reason why. One thing that does confuse me is this episode (on another channel) is dated May 22 but seems to have very different storylines. Is one of the episodes misdated?

And then there's the Liason fans...poor Sasha would be a pile of ashes.

I remember your analysis of the early scenes. I think you were right. It is unfortunate they never got the balance right...and the whole thing was so isolated. If that was the plan for Sasha, then the irony is they've put her in an even weaker position due to Chad Duell leaving. I have no idea what they are going to do with her character now.

I don't think they'd have to trash Laura, but I think it could have made for some character-based drama - Laura clinging to some quasi-family tie, trying to "save" Heather the way no one save her when she was repeatedly vulnerable (and put away for years), the way she couldn't save Lucky or Lulu, etc. And there could have been natural conflict with other characters. But I know it probably wouldn't have been written that way.

I don't think she'd ever go against her the way she did Jenny Eckert, I just wonder if they may use her to scheme against a Cody/Lulu relationship. They could come up with reasons if they wanted to make some effort (maybe Lulu no longer feels close to her after her years in a coma, maybe Tracy feels very lonely and resents her bond with Cody being taken away, etc.) but if they want to just keep the close bond Tracy and Lulu used to have that would be nice too. I've always assumed they will reveal Sasha isn't actually a Scorpio, but I never do know if they have any idea what their long term story plans are.

The posturing against Sonny was a road to nowhere. I remember when they made a show of Laura "turning against" Sonny after Lucky's death, and beyond her wandering around the hospital for a year looking sad I can't remember anything of note happening. There was a more natural story in place if they had actually had opposition against Laura over her enabling Heather, involved the people Heather hurt, and gone forward with the story they hinted at with Jordan running against her as mayor. None of that happened, partly because Frank and the "historian" didn't give a [!@#$%^&*], partly because they seem afraid to remind viewers of just how many terrible things Heather has done.

There would also be story for Tracy if she is torn over trying to help the woman she loves as a daughter, although it would be tough to watch if she ends up becoming bitter or jealous (which wouldn't be out of character but I don't know if I trust the GH of recent years). I agree that it would be a shame to see a friendship ruined for the same of a forced love triangle.

I don't think it would be right to recast Monica. Yes, Jason is around, and she could be in story, but it wouldn't be the same without Leslie. If Leslie can't continue in the role I would kill the character off. If they don't want to do that until Leslie is ready then I would say have her leave town - maybe they get a shock when they learn she has sold the mansion to someone (maybe Lucy or Scotty or a brand new mystery character...? I don't know. Anyone but Carly.) I think Dante and Cody might be the two best male leads in their age range on the canvas at present - for whatever that's worth.

Sorry for the mixup - we were talking about the show under Jean Holloway in 78/79. I agree those shows were still funny.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jim-abrahams-dead-airplane-naked-gun-hot-shots-1236071689/ Airplane is such a fun movie, and Police Squad holds up well on the occasions I rewatch. Naked Gun too, although I haven't seen that one in a while. Kentucky Fried Movie is a real guilty pleasure.

The pill story ends up getting greater stature than likely intended at the time as it was edited into the 50th anniversary special's package on "social issues," as we hear Vanessa talking about how she relies on pills while we see some scene of her looking catatonic. I haven't dived heavily into that period but for a long time I thought it must have been a bigger story than it was. At least they found good clips to showcase Maeve.

Oh I know it must be bad (I know the idea is it was written like a radio soap but many radio soaps were good)...just morbidly curious.

Very sad news. What a long life and what a legend. Even if she clearly couldn't remember most of the details of her career, I'm glad she was on Locher Room earlier last year. I can't imagine anyone else as Maeve. She played all the colors of the rainbow and invented a few more. The scenes I remember most are when Edmond's death led her to quietly weep as she remembered the babies she and Johnny had lost.

He was a real gem, yes. I can't remember what the story plans they supposedly had for him were.

You may still enjoy the scenes as they do a lot of heavy work, in the usual very heavy-handed Marland way, of establishing the "fun" person Carrie was initially presented as being. You also get to see some of Jane's chemistry with Jerry. You have likely seen all of this before, but if you want more of her role in the Diane exit story, there are a number of clips of just that in this set.

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Tons of GL from those years is not available on Youtube. You may have to pick through. I think this is the first appearance of hers that is on Youtube. (as someone mentioned on the last page, the Soapcentral arrival date of March is wrong - she's getting "welcome to Springfield" in August)

That makes sense. I know DAYS and GL also have periods where a lot of episodes are available.

Thanks for letting us know. That channel hasn't had any soap content up in a while. I suppose it is something of a blessing that enough episodes have been uploaded from 1952/1953 that I wasn't sure if this was new to us or not. I never do know why some periods have a lot of survival data and others don't.

Given that Search started over a decade before and I think most of the time Jo ran a hotel was before Crossroads started, I always wondered about the opposite. I guess Jo does start a hotel up again sometime in the '70s or '80s though. I haven't watched Nolly yet as I just have a great deal of RTD and Helena Botham Carter fatigue, but I might someday.

@Maxim That scene with Amanda and Iris is very good. Thanks. Much of the time Iris in her second run had to just react so it's nice to see her in scheming mode. Donna Swajeski also made it to where Amanda was more of an equal to Iris. I understand why, but it belies the reality that Amanda was a year out of boarding school and Iris was a successful businesswoman (even if that was a personality tweak) decades her senior. There was a lot of complex family history the show missed out on due to Lemay leaving. I can't remember if this was DePriest - it may have been Shari Anderson - but the episode with Reginald's will reading is worth watching. I will always give Vicky credit for being one of the few soap characters who inherited millions and held onto all of it, even if I think part is down to later writers just not remembering she was a multi-millionaire.

@P.J. to mention your brief comment about Anna Stuart...I do love Anna Stuart's work as Donna, and what I've seen of her as Vanessa is OK too, but one thing with her in those heiress parts is she often plays into the humiliation and weakness of the character. And in Marland's tenure Vanessa was often humiliated. Maeve could be campy and silly too in that period, but she played against some of the degradation - you could see Vanessa essentially chewing her cheek and pondering her next move.

Roger was already gone, but I do think Alan should have had more fallout beyond marriage woes. I suppose you could say he suffered by losing the company to Amanda for a brief spell.