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Hunt would have made much more sense as Rick. This was after her EON run. I wonder if he's ever talked about his ATWT work. Maybe some interviews in his early years at DAYS? I don't know. I guess hardcore Peter fans might know more. I put up a few clips of him a while back.

I think I remember him best for his male stripper role in a TV movie called Ladykillers.

This was probably put up at some point given the 7 years but I didn't remember seeing it so I will post it.

Thanks. No wonder she was familiar. Who could forget twitchy Emily. I don't think I've seen a lot of Thomas' AW run but it's hard to believe they tried to pair him with Jacquie Courtney.

Thanks @NothinButAttitude This period often has characters I barely know or don't know and seemingly had no impact on the canvas. Most of these doctors (aside from Jeff and ever sorrowful Annie), for instance. Gary Hudson was so different from Con Roche as Rick Ryan. They probably should have kept him on. I wonder if he did his own stunt at the end. The psychiatrist looks familiar. He reminds me of the annoying guy on the first season of Newhart, although I assume that's not him. I had to laugh at him showing off a ton of his chest hair...just because. Ah, the early '80s. The other doctors all blur to me. The woman at 5 minutes is so familiar to me too from elsewhere. Sofia is another of those interchangeable heroines of this period (I think she was soon replaced by Miranda's daughter Bilan), although she has more personality here than in the other bits I've seen of her. And Eric and Hayley, soon to leave. It's a credit to Karen that she managed to survive this churn. The material with David is interesting. Nice to see Henderson Forsythe getting to act. I also greatly enjoyed John downplaying and turning around his role in David's breakdown, as Lyla looks on in judgment. Anne Sward was a pro at those types of looks. Ellen always reminds me of a drum majorette in that outfit.

I love that. Silent films used to have different hues for scenes to show the emotional state of the moment.

@Franko Thanks for pointing that out. I wondered how long it lasted. I much prefer it to the squiggly corner lines - it adds more character. I appreciate the effort they made compared to most soaps, which often just threw them onscreen.

@Forever8 @SFK @Paul Raven @Vee @slick jones @FrenchFan @vetsoapfan @Franko @Soapsuds @Khan @TheyStartedOnSoaps @j swift @soapfan770 Funny to hear Erica saying Kent is "a real Southern gentleman." She wouldn't be saying that much longer. I can see why they recast as he does not read as a cosmetics king at all, although he's not awful. Considering Lee Godart was allegedly one of the few co-stars Lucci didn't get along with (IIRC) I wonder how she felt about the change. Poor Donna is such a puppy dog for Chuck. This must be November 2 or 3.

Luke is probably one factor. I think the Dobsons may have also been attempting to recreate Roger Thorpe and failing miserably. I'd give Calhoun and Susan Bedsow Horgan a lot of credit too. The show in late 1984/early 1985 seemed to improve markedly and many pieces they put in place Marland could use to his advantage. If he had taken over in 1982 or 1983 I'm not sure what might have happened. Even when you watch his work in the brief period he was writing around 1979, although it's much better than what is to come, the incredibly moribund nature of that time and the large amount of deadly dull characters shine through.

You can see where Faux News is scrambling from not having as many connections to the rotting base of the alt right without Tucker there. Jesse Watters is also incapable of making his persona believable. The toxic elements are instead just road testing everything on social media and then it will eventually bubble up further. The one I saw going around on Twitter was faux outrage over some Kamala backers saying [!@#$%^&*] white women in an old video.

Thanks so much @Forever8 Marcy Walker is chillingly good as Liza - all the more amazing that she managed to play Eden Capwell, such a different character. The way she knows just what to say to trigger the vile Enid is extremely strong writing. The acting in those scenes from Marcy and Natalie Ross is especially striking when compared to the poor work from Mike Minor later on... Speaking of Natalie Ross, I am assuming her last credit is NOT her, but can anyone confirm? Rage (1999) - IMDb

I don't know what will happen but since you seemed to suggest I thought he was going to win big in PA, I was saying I think if he does it will just be by a few points. There's just too much for me surrounding Shapiro - the cover up stuff stinks of a lot of the Clinton era baggage which rightly or wrongly will overshadow him.

Thanks for the Enten clip. The attempts at pushback were amusing. He is just a fundamentally awkward and deeply unlikeable person. His newest line about how Harris has a social media team who were bullied in school tells you how malevolent and insecure he is. I wouldn't claim he is up that much in PA. I do think it will be very tight in all those states and I won't be surprised if he wins them, but it won't be by more than a point or two. I just hope that type of polling doesn't influence a Shapiro choice, which seems like more and more of a bad bet.

Thanks!

You're not wrong but compared to what we often get from that time (Barbara worrying, Betsy fluffing her lines, Steve flaring his nostrils, a high camp moment from Karen or Ariel, and then sometimes Margo and Tom), I wasn't sorry. I have to admit I am not really that enthused about seeing more of 1980 ATWT (this is about the Melinda clips) but I'm glad for the newest as it's the only time I have seen Melinda with Kim or Betsy. Given that I never even remember Kim mentioning her, I appreciated the moment. And I was reminded again of how much I prefer Suzanne Davidson in the role, although I'm not surprised they recast with a more typical ingenue.

@Xanthe Thanks for the Italian video. I remember seeing one of those 4-5 years ago or more but could not remember the title. @mikeaw1978 Not sure if anything in that video can help AWHP.

Any Peter Reckell fans may want to know he pops up a bit here in his ATWT part. There isn't a ton of his role there available online.

Likely so, yes. It's OK. It's difficult to know about sites like that as they are good at fooling people. If you or anyone else ever want to see more of that particular story, the videos came from here: https://www.youtube.com/@WeLoveSoapsVideo

The article (in spite of not being all that well written) was poignant in seeing how much Biden was trying to help other people even as he was being torn apart by many in his party and facing the end of his career. This is such a cynical country, but Biden has never been guilty of the same. So many responses to this have just been focusing on Republicans and Trump saying that this somehow "proves" Putin is afraid of Trump or trying to gin up outrage over an out of context clip over Kamala Harris chiding people for saying Merry Christmas. Biden knew he'd get nothing in return for his actions, but he did it anyway because it was the right thing to do. In a country full of so many people who worship Trump and would let everyone else burn, I should appreciate that while I can.

Jill Larson really played the hell out of Ursula.

Amazing that DAYS has managed to waste Blake Berris three different times.

Thanks @soapfan770 for tagging me. I never went to the boards (and yes those MediaDomain boards were a mess too), but as others have said, Dan was very nice in the few times I interacted with him many years ago. None of the ego trips and nastiness of some soap board bigwigs. I just hope someone will save the recaps and profiles. Much as I complain about the fancruft in the profiles, they are still years of work and are some of the only resources around. I'd say this is the end of an era, but the era ended a long time ago. Still, it's a moment to mourn, and remember where we came from.

I thought the same but figured it was a repeat.

That's true. Add in an attempt to get John in earlier and you could have had some good conflict.

I suppose Margo's antics early on (like the affair with James) make Cricket seem modest but by this time she had centered herself and Cricket is still a mess. I think they only had her get pregnant this time because Lisa was pregnant, but it screams lack of interest/ideas. Given that they never bothered to bring her back later on (although at least they mentioned her, unlike Maggie), I appreciated these rare sisterly moments here. I know what you mean about the music. Reminds me of when AW suddenly couldn't get enough of Tangerine Dream in the mid '80s. Must be later than that as HBS arrived in November of 1983. Or bring Melinda back from the dead. Hell, even remember Frannie, Sabrina or Andy existed. Then again look what they did to Dani... I know I was frightened of Dusty in his last incarnation, albeit mainly due to that awful accent.