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I think in this case the nomination is what really matters anyway as it helps get the show attention.

This helps explain just why his performance of the bi guy who left his wife for another man in Boys in the Band felt so real. That's still the main place I know him from - wonderful work. He, Keith Prentice and Peter White were so enthralling to watch. Reading a bit about it on DL it reads as if he might blame his brief flings with men on being groomed when he was a teenager, so I guess he may not see himself as bi anyway. Also seems to be some revelations about more tense moments with Lucille Ball...sadly, that's not a surprise.

Those scenes with Dex remind me of those deeply embarrassing scenes on Ryan's Hope with Ann Gillespie training for the force by running around cones to wacky music. At least he doesn't look like he's on his way back to his Dreamhouse, I guess.

I think you have a fair point. Maureen was essentially just used to make Roger look better. Ellen Parker and Michael Zaslow and the scripting team made it work. If Maureen had lived I think she probably would have ended up changing her views considering how much Roger was regressed as a character by the mid-90s.

Thank you. Just saw your reply. I appreciate it.

That was addressed near the end of the interview. He didn't until a few people in the comments mentioned it and Locher read them (for instance Locher didn't know that a lot of 80-81 episodes were put out by P&G back in the late '00s). Locher did mention the Youtube episodes that are available.

I could see him being a good partner for Laura, or Tracy, or Alexis. Or another Jeff Webber recast.

Oh he did also talk briefly about Paul Rauch - just that he was someone that had a big reputation or people were afraid of, in so many words. (paraphrasing) And he said for favorite TV, he mostly likes to watch TCM.

I did get to watch most of the Richard Bekins Locher Room today. He still looks great for being a few months from 70. He mentioned being from California and said he wasn't sure why he was hired for a New York show, but he stayed in New York from then on, and still lives there. He talked about Maude as one of his first TV roles. He said he was intimidated by Bea Arthur, but Rue McClanahan was very nice. He screen tested for the Hardy Boys and lost out to Parker Stevenson. He didn't screen test for AW, they just hired him after his audition. His first scene was with Constance Ford in Ada's kitchen and had a lot of props. He said she was a wonderful mentor and so helpful to him. He also spoke highly of Nancy Frangione and Chris Rich. (Locher said Chris played Blaine - wrong) He also mentioned Rick Porter. He was asked about Kyra Sedgwick and just said she was great and fun. He said he could never read the crawl/teleprompter as he's nearsighted, so he had to memorize his lines. He mentioned that he and others changed their lines if they didn't like something, but Beverlee McKinsey and Douglass Watson never did. He also talked about the heavy tape schedule during that year when Jamie was on constantly, as scenes were shot continuously then. He said after he finished his brief role on GL, Beverlee called him, and she called him again a few other times after she moved to Santa Barbara. He said he'd still be glad to do a soap (he mentioned GH). He said he isn't really in touch with anyone he worked with at AW, as many have died, or they didn't stay in New York. He mentioned working with Meryl Streep in a film, and more about his theater and primetime career. He said his favorite primetime roles were on shows like L&O. He said he didn't really know how popular he was as Jamie until the response he got in an airport. He mentioned how popular the show was in Canada. They joked about how often he would be shirtless or in his underwear as Jamie. He talked about putting a lot of his insecurities into Jamie, and how he would have dreams as Jamie, in the Cory living room set. He said his favorite story, of what he remembered, was the dynamic between Jamie, Rachel and Mac. He knows people enjoyed his scenes with Rachel. He mentioned being gay and how it just wasn't talked about. He never opened up to anyone about being gay. He regrets it but just wasn't ready. He said he left AW because he wanted to do other things. He said Constance Ford and Paul Stevens encouraged him to leave and told him if he didn't, he'd be stuck there forever like they were. He had saved all his money at AW so was able to just go into residential theater for a long time. He didn't really say much about his ATWT or OLTL roles (he mentioned possibly being a love interest for Robin Strasser on OLTL). He lived in the same apartment from ages 25-65 and then moved to the West Village. He said he's not sure if he will be able to go to AW's 60th anniversary or not. Nothing that detailed, but even with the usual issues with the Locher format it was nice to see him, and I got the feeling he was surprised to even still have fans after all this time.

He sounds decent (maybe just not the right use in that clip) - it's more comic characters don't age, so when the voice actors do, you notice more.

Watching this "Washington is broken" Today Show segment from 32 years ago (it's about 11 minutes in) reminds me of just how much nothing changes, other than getting worse. Now the GOP are such rabid dogs they are trying to take out a speaker over foreign aid.

It's fine, don't worry about it. I do appreciate the handful of strong scenes with Stella and at the grave - not with Joss as I don't believe having Trina call herself a bitch for not holding Joss' hand is done in service to the character, just as her returning to try to prop Joss/Dex this week is in service to her (as some of her fans said on Twitter, she barely even knows Dex, yet she has to act like they are close friends). I do think that PM would write more for Trina if he could. Unfortunately, I think that Frank and ABC do not see that as worthwhile, similar to Mulcahey's GL run where JFP and P&G never let David or Gilly be too prominent or in pairings with white characters. I am not saying that being paired with a white character should be treated the ideal. I'm just saying the show saw it as the ideal and saw black characters as unworthy. As we likely have on GH now. I don't think that Trina and Spencer were a supercouple compared to L&L, or any of the big GH couples for a few decades after, but I do think they were the most talked about couple on the show since Patrick and Robin. All in spite of the show's best efforts.

I'd have to respectfully disagree there. Compared to what many would have had in that position, one half of a supercouple dying, it felt like the bare minimum. I guess I could praise the show for at least doing that... I'm sure PM would want to do more, but, for the reasons you've mentioned, I don't think Frank will go very far. GH has never had a history of being interested in black women anyway - I think the most successful subversion was Mary Mae, who could fill a matriarchal role without seeming solely like a matriarchal character due to Rosalind Cash.

I think you will get an improvement on what came before - I wouldn't question that. I just think the fans who want real changes, like moving away from Carly/Jason/Sonny being the center of the universe, aren't likely to get them. If they were big fans of GH around 1998-2000, then this vision may ultimately appeal to them, even if I don't think Carly will ever work the same way as she did back then (although I don't believe the show even really wanted her to become as prominent as she did at the time). Fans who are, for instance, clamoring for more Trina are also likely to be let down.

Thanks for the promo. I have to admit it's a bit distracting hearing Logan verging on Burgess Meredith.

I think with the leads GH has, Valentini's issues, and as others have mentioned, the incredibly fear-based nature of the show when it comes to diversity or avoiding the status quo, you are never going to get a huge leap forward. I never really thought Billy and Sarah had any chemistry, although that wasn't helped by the show telling us 50000 times that they were the new Alan and Monica. The problem was that Guza had (to me anyway) such blatant contempt for Alan and Monica, so when we kept hearing this, how was I meant to react? Were we meant to hope for a future of Carly and AJ repeating "this is my house/I gave it to you" every time they were onscreen? The show would just make her a hate figure ruining Joss' happiness.

If we were talking about the 84-85 turnover, Peter had left during that period.

I too wish we could have had a 30 minute soap, or potentially two 30 minute soaps. I suppose that's too cost-prohibitive, and a 60 minute soap makes more sense financially, but I genuinely am not sure if a public now trained to watch ass-shaking on tiktok for 10 seconds can watch a 60 minute soap. I'm going to be as positive and supportive as I can be, unless MVJ decides to do her own version of the Passions Princess Diana moment, because this role is so groundbreaking and Michele has such a long history in the industry worthy of respect. It's also been so long since we have had a soap that isn't choked on decades of malaise, we have to have a whole new approach to this show.

Considering that when I told someone about the show earlier today, they asked me why the show was called "The Gays," I tend to agree. (if anyone does want to start a soap called "The Gays," [not you, Ryan Murphy], I'll support it)

It's probably even more dramatic, as you at least had Jeanne Cooper for continuity. I've said this so many times now, but much as I adore Ross Marler and Jerry ver Dorn, in no logical soap world is a 5-year character the elder statesman of a 45 year old show.

I love Dark Shadows, but that was revived multiple times and just didn't work. I can't argue with you, and to be honest I don't expect either show to return, but I do think the basic core of each show along with their longevity and history could still work today. I think GL in particular had something special - there was always a streak of instability and wildness alongside the tradition. It's America, essentially. When I listen to radio episodes from 1950, Meta's neuroses and her toxic relationships hold up just as well today as they did at the time.

So many loathsome, hateful people there - Ken Klippenstein and Ryan Grim possibly the worst. Someone said it's like Gawker's ending all over again, especially the delusion. Speaking of loathsome, hateful people, here is the NYT platforming one of the scummiest grifters and liars around. I would say I'm shocked, but that paper would clone Hitler if it got them another book deal.

Bundy is so twitchy and flighty even in the LSD episodes that you'd think she is the one having a breakdown. I too wish more of Starrett was around. I can see why fans seemingly did not accept her replacement.