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Oh wow - so good to see Maeve. I will have to try to make that one. As it turns out it looks like Buzz did dress in drag at some point, maybe just not in 1994 as I had thought. (it's in a promo near the very end of this video). Of all the things for my memory to hold onto from that very alienating period...

Great to see your detailed overviews back @Vee . I had not noticed the shift in tone for Greg until you mentioned it, but you are right about how much the show did change around this point - more generic primetime soap, which means a coarser and less involving identity.

I found this on an old disc (in parts - at least I was finally able to remember how to combine clips). There is another version of this episode on Youtube but this one is about ten minutes longer, so I decided to upload. If anyone knows the exact date, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks for your comment. Any thoughts you have on it tomorrow I'd enjoy reading. I'm so far behind on anything Doctors related, finding that gave me more motivation to go back to where I left off (somewhere in 1969).

Thanks!

That's a fascinating part of history, especially with all the obstacles black talent have faced.

Thanks. That sounds interesting. With TV soaps becoming the norm I wonder if they wanted to give people a reminder of what you could only get on radio.

Thanks for commenting. Hopefully more 81/82 is around beyond what we already know of. I only remembered hours later how to combine clips, so if that was tough to watch in two videos I will try to put into one at some point.

Thanks @dc11786 . I have not seen that much of Generations but your summaries and analyses make me want to watch more.

Louise Lasser is interviewed around 50 minutes in. This is from 1971, pre-MHMH.

I got to watch the last 10-15 minutes - Colleen Zenk showed up as a guest and they had a nice reunion. They said that they had not actually seen each other in person since he was on ATWT. I think he said most of what he remembered about his time at ATWT was the car ride back and forth. He also mentioned his work as an acting teacher and how until recently he didn't even know there were web soaps. He went to the cast party for The Bay to see Dee Wallace Stone but felt like he was out of place and left early as Dee wasn't feeling well. He talked about how loyal soap fans are and how when he does tiktok lives he still often has comments from people who remember him as Paul.

Thanks @Skylover

Glad they were paid more respect than the Emmys bothered with... I always liked Christian Campbell and just thought he never quite found the right parts to suit him. I'm glad he's still doing something (in this case producing a revival of Reefer Madness). Kristen Bell And Christian Campbell Talk 'Reefer Madness: The Musical' (deadline.com)

I found an old upload of the 1981 Christmas episode (not sure of the exact date) on a disc. I looked on Youtube and Dailymotion and didn't see it up anymore, so I decided to reupload it. If it is already up and I missed it - my apologies and I'll take it down. Sorry - I made a mistake with the first video. I'll post the fixed version.

Christine recently had an interview on The SNL Network if you want to see her (she couldn't remember most of her time on SNL but she could still sing the songs they wrote for her). I have thought highly of her talent ever since I saw her in those RH reruns on Soapnet, and am glad she pops up as often as she does. This is another pilot she did, Kid Mayor (or The Mayor). Sadly, in spite of the strong cast (the kids [Ben Feldman and Anna Kendrick] would go on to sitcom and film success and most of the adults were long established), it reeks of the worst of culture in the early '00s. Prison rape jokes, sexual harassment as comedy, and just overall crudity and desperation.

That's very true. And the rapid shifts then allow them to have more inner lives than a lot of the younger characters in the show's first decade - I like Steve, Stacey and Trisha well enough, but they are much more basic.

Trump has had such cognitive decline that the media is ignoring as much as possible, and even when they talk about it, much of the public goes "la la la" because they still think if you are loud and obnoxious that means you are a strong man.

Thanks @Franko . I am a fan of most of that cast so I will have to try it later. CBS had some interesting attempts at sitcoms in the late '80s, most of which didn't go anywhere.

June 1989. That was Kim Morgan Greene. Landry was the singing Nicole - tall, brunette, a bit matronly. I should probably try to watch more of the late '86 episodes to see how far they went.

Eddie Drueding's uploads have now covered pretty much all of Crystal Gayle's appearances. Still one of the most fascinating celebrity guest stints on a soap for me. She was never an actress, yet she agreed to do a whole week of episodes that involved violence and high drama. Given how devout she was, I'm surprised she was OK with the material, but it was certainly great promotion for her at a time when her mainstream career was winding down. Due to her status she probably ends up being the toughest opponent the Sin Stalker ever faced. Speaking of the Sin Stalker, I'm not sure if I'd feel that way if I didn't know he passed away a few years later, but David O'Brien looks so frail to me. It makes the story even more difficult to believe. Petronia Paley really sparkles in those last days of Quinn's romance with Zack. I think the worst part for me is knowing none of that story would have even happened if they weren't killing Quinn off. I hadn't realized just how heavily they went into grand passion and romance for Michael and Donna after Philece's debut - it feels much more Harlequin than Anna's Donna and Michael ever did. I guess they were hoping to capitalize on Philece's DAYS popularity but it's all so generic. I also didn't know Landry's Nicole never even got an exit. Peter and Nicole never got the respect or exploration they could have had as characters.

Thanks. I had totally forgotten about this. It's not as bad as I had expected, although that's mostly down to the extremely likeable cast - the writing itself is about as basic as you can get, in spite of Zweibel's pedigree. You can really see Christine Baranski's charisma and likeability shine through here, in a great reminder of why she's managed to have such a long career. Dan Vitale is a real trivia question. He was cast on SNL but barely seen all season because he was in rehab. https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/dan-vitale-snl-interview.html

Willie Mays, baseball’s electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93 - The Athletic (nytimes.com) A true legend.

Thanks @MissPalmer . What a bizarre, deeply unsettling sight...and that's just poor Jacquie Courtney having to rock a headband and sweatsuit in high drama. Was Pat on the way from an exercise class? OLTL in the early/mid '80s is so weird. I wish everything was available so we could do a deep dive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEh388O1Kyc The pilot for Coming to America, via Eddie Murphy's production company. Apparently this was written by people from Diff'rent Strokes and Webster, which...makes sense. Tommy Davidson, a few years before hitting it big with In Living Color, adopts a dubious Jamaican accent, but his high energy and charisma is the best part of this, along with seeing underrated actors like Hattie Winston and John Hancock (who passed only a few years later).