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A pilot for Star Connection, hosted by Charles Nelson Reilly. The most interesting part is the short appearances by a number of soap names (Michele Lee, Joan Collins, David Hasselhoff, Tony Geary).

Thank you so much!!

Very sorry to hear about your uncle.

I agree - the whole scene is very amateurish, especially the end.

I don't watch DAYS very often now but I'm glad John maintained a presence and Drake had his role to focus on in his last year. Drake always seemed to have a sense of humor about himself and the absurdity that was John Black, which along with his charisma and good looks helped keep John a key part of the show for nearly four decades. He replaced a beloved actor in a way that looked deceptively easy and navigated so many eras...few characters were as entertaining, even if sometimes not for reasons the show intended. I'm sure we're all thinking of his loved ones and co-workers, the latter of whom have already had such a horrible few years.

As the original account that uploaded several partial ATWT episodes hasn't come back yet I decided to reupload them for the time being. Do any of you remember the airdates for these?

That's good news. I hope they will keep coming as the smaller moments are what led the GOP to where they are now in at many state houses. Gallup doesn't do as much electoral polling now but did put this out, which mostly states the obvious about how many factors are helping Republicans this year. Not posting this to say the election is over, as it is very close if Trump isn't being undercounted again, but as a reminder of why this is such a tight race even with Trump being so wretched and so decayed from even four years ago. https://news.gallup.com/poll/651092/2024-election-environment-favorable-gop.aspx More Politico articles, but I think they are worth reading (the latter is about Harris' struggles in PA but doesn't just go on about Josh Shapiro): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/28/jd-vance-press-hostile-00181455 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/27/pennsylvania-harris-2024-election-00180099

I think on paper Labine should have fit GL, but she had a lot of odd writing choices at OLTL and then again at GL that make me unsure. As I also found myself confused and not thrilled with where she took RH starting around late 1979 and 1980 (admittedly the networks have a huge say in all of this) I have to give Wendy Riche a lot of credit for how productive their team was at GH.

Some names in an ATWT episode dated January 13, 1982. Bud - Graham Beckell Fiddler - Ron King Tina - Doris Gramovet Yvette - Eliza De Croes Policeman - Barney Laverty Sargeant - Herb Duncan Lt. Savage - Lloyd Alan Receptions - Susan Batson

I guess this episode must have been up at some point (or still is in some other form but if so I didn't see it). Jim Muneco put this up today. My favorite part is the Tom and Lisa conversation about his love life - so much fun to see Deas and Eileen here as there is a looseness rather than later versions of Tom mostly tolerating daffy Lisa.

Pieces are still there to make a revival work but I agree 10-15 years ago would have made the most sense.

Thanks for all the info @slick jones @Paul Raven Rest in peace, Deborah.

Thank you @janea4old for all the info on Stevie's statement and her new song. I think Buttigieg is probably done in the Cabinet after this year - I don't think he would be confirmed by the Senate if it goes into Republican hands. I have a feeling he will become a cable news pundit and maybe run for Congress in a blue state someday. Either that or if Harris wins, he might join her staff in some capacity. This level of blatantly dishonest pandering at a time his party is on a witch hunt against gay parents just pisses me the [!@#$%^&*] off. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-campaign-universal-ivf-access-gay-couples-rcna172821

Shouldn't Lucas be in his 40s? I imagine it will be short term, not because they have a short-term story planned, but because they likely have no plans for him, and this feels like tokenism to try to stave off backlash over over purging the show of most content that isn't completely straight. Even Hansis' statement claiming that he's glad to be joining a show where he isn't the only gay character reads as such, given that the show's queer presence amounts to a single Kristina and a rarely seen Brad. Based on the half-assed Lucky return and the choices to continue to write around Laura as often as possible, this Spencer buildup seems to be lip service. I have no real idea what purpose Lucas would have in a Spencer family today. Bobbie is gone. He had few ties with the rest of the family. Is he going to tell us how wonderful Carly is? Given how most of Lucas' close relatives are gone or going I have no idea why he is returning, beyond the show getting to tweet about how inclusive they are before he disappears in six months. Van was never very good on ATWT (he tended to be very overwrought, which worked for a while given what a ham Martha Byrne was and that the character was meant to be going through a crisis), although he was OK at the end when challenged more. I haven't kept up with him since. He's not going to have an actual part on here so I guess I will say congratulations to him for getting paid for a while. After ATWT was gutted in part due to dumping so many ABC actors on it I am at least smiling as an ATWT actor makes his way to GH for a brief time. (hopefully he will have better luck than Byrne did)

This is up in clip form but Jim Muneco has it in more of an episodic form. This clip has the very start, which adds to the disturbing nature of the funhouse.

Thanks. For some reason I remembered more.

Terrible news. Such a tragedy. https://people.com/prince-dancer-choreographer-cat-glover-dead-age-62-8718372

I just have a hard time imagining a world where she loses PA and wins NC.

That was Labine who wrote the parrot, yes. That was a mess. IIRC both Patti and Anthony Addabbo (RIP) blamed Labine in the press, which threw me as I'd rarely seen two actors go that far at the same time. I wondered and still wonder if Rauch set that up to try to get Labine out (which eventually worked). I do think some of the stories of her era actually were hers - Blake became Lucy Coe, and the mob violence was so specific to her (there had been mob violence before and after her but some elements, like the shootout in the Bauer kitchen, felt much more like some of her choices like the shootout in Luke and Laura's home on GH).

They clearly are at a complete loss over what to do with Jason...again. I guess we'll have all the Jason vs Valentin stan wars to look forward to.

More alleged animal cruelty from the GOP: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/project-2025-kevin-roberts-killed-dog