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It would be nice if Holly had another reason to pop in, but I agree there's not much story purpose to tie Sasha to any old characters. If they want to do that, they should come up with someone from the show's first few decades, to help celebrate the anniversary.

If you mean Debbie, it's been confirmed she's not coming back. Whatever happened backstage with the show and Charley Webb clearly took precedence even over an occasion like this. There have been much worse retcons. It seems like she's just sad because he loved his family and was a patriarch and so forth. Given her own issues (like a drunken father and her horrible relationship with her son), I can believe it. I'm glad they find ways to humanize Kim.

It's sickening even by their standards.

I wasn't into One Direction, way out of my age range, but I knew of them, as you almost had to at one point. I remember seeing some clips of Liam and was impressed by what a clear, pure voice he had. It seemed like he took badly to fame, as many do, and then became such a punching bag for many fans. I saw a clip going around recently of him attending Niall's concert, with many mocking him again. You could see something wasn't quite right. If this is true, it's heartbreaking. I know he has a young child, and his family must be in agony right now. I'm so sorry to any of his fans who are on here.

That and budget. There's no place for gay characters on today's GH besides plot devices like Brad. There was never any real place on GH for gay characters. Somehow the most effective is still poor Jon Hanley, who died 30 years ago. Lucas has no real ties to anyone on the canvas (he's not going to get story from hugging Carly or Maxie) and is just a PR exercise. I wouldn't be surprised if he's gone by spring.

Didn't Ryan not want to return?

Texas also seems to have issues (and I suppose this is also true for OK) where many of the people who move there are hatemongers, swamping even those who were born in the state. IIRC exit polls (whatever those are worth) from the 2018 Senate race had Beto O'Rourke winning votes of people who were native Texans, and Cruz won transplants. There's a reason why scum like Elon and Joe Rogan and all his creepy cronies are flocking in.

@vetsoapfan That's a great point about the difference with a theater actor and a soap actor. It reminds me of when Mimi Torchin would complain about the Emmy nomination given to Uta Hagen for essentially being Uta Hagen even as she just had a small guest spot on a soap (OLTL) and didn't do all that great a job. And thanks to you and @Mona Kane Croft for answering my question about Susan's casting.

Texas does seem to be fool's gold. I think Cruz will not lose with Trump on the ticket, but I hope he does. Hopefully Cruz will underperform polling the way he did in 2018. Nevada is another state where polling is often off, but in favor of Democrats. Hopefully that will be the case this year as it seems to be a dead heat (some Culinary Union person said last week that if the election was held that day, Trump would win). https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2024/10/15/what-the-campaign-feels-like-in-nevada-00183798 An interesting article on the history of Nebraska's separate electoral vote. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/14/nebraska-2nd-district-battleground-00183400

I've posted on here at times, I think it's just so hard to see as the thread is many pages.

Someone in one of the episodes Eddie Drueding uploaded a few days ago (a January 1989 episode) mentioned watching it when it aired in Ireland. I can't remember if we know much about AW's history in the UK or not.

I'd say it would be good soap drama if it wasn't all likely to be forgotten in a month.

Going back to Elisabeth Finch, the writer who lied about her health (skipping a lot here) - there was a Peacock documentary about her, leading Finch to apologize on her Instagram. Elisabeth Finch Posts Apology In Response To Peacock Doc About Her (deadline.com) Elisabeth Finch (@erfinchie) • Instagram photos and videos

It interested me mostly because I know that a lot of Obama people are on her campaign, and he's not saying anything a number of others haven't been saying about people not knowing her.

Thanks. I'd never even heard of this. Nancy Feldman must be one of the soap roles that is most overpowered in terms of impact on the show compared to the careers of the ladies who played her.

I get the sense he was ashamed of actresses who had a broader popular appeal and were not among an elite theater crowd. He was so tied to that elite he didn't realize how rare it was to find a Beverly Penberthy or Susan Sullivan (and I'm not sure he was even involved in Sullivan's casting [obviously he wasn't in Penberthy's]). I have only seen a bit of the Marianne who replaced Ariane, but nothing I saw suggested she was a stronger performer.

Thanks.

They chose some of the dullest episodes, but then Soapnet didn't keep AW long enough either (wasn't it just a few years) even though 87-91 had some high spots.

I'm still surprised any time I am reminded of that photo. People used to be a decent magazine, for what it was, in the '80s and '90s. That they even got the first Blake involved is so nice. You have to respect Elizabeth Denehy for being willing to participate even after being fired. Sometimes I forget just how young Sherry was when she took over as Blake.

I wonder if Chad and Willow fans really have any say or if it's just the type of story Frank would have always been averse to...or maybe Korte/CVE. They seem reluctant to write nuanced storylines. Or are just incapable. Can you imagine telling someone 30-35 years ago that Jeff Kober, Michael E Knight and Genie Francis would be playing siblings, and no one would give a [!@#$%^&*]. (or do people enjoy Laura with them? I am not a Laura fan so I have no idea)

I think what may have hurt (I'm aware we disagree on whether this hurt her campaign or not) is there was a gap where she did interviews, which allowed the media and Trump to paint her with the label of being afraid. Then when she did start doing more formal interviews, so much expectation was put onto them and Trump, with help from the press, was able to pick them apart and blunt any major positive comment (earlier today I saw that even 'entertainment' sites like Deadline were mentioning the edit in her interview on 60 Minutes). Meanwhile, Trump can dance at a rally and get praise from the NYT, can cancel an interview in a place like Squawk Box that should have been a layup for him, and the usual suspects run cover with a tiny caveat: I think Harris should have either done major interviews immediately or stuck to a plan of avoiding major media and doing smaller outlets (ditto for Walz, who has just been cocooned to the point where the main time I hear about him beyond all the "knucklehead" stuff is ugly smears from grifters/bigots and a hateful impression from Jim Gaffigan on SNL). I saw a Politico interview with Bill Daley, who used to be Obama's chief of staff, saying it's Trump's race to lose, she is an underdog, she has to become better known because the campaign is so short. I assume given his ties to Obama a number of the people at the campaign feel this way and that's why this frantic push is happening after a lull, but I fear that the path taken may be the worst of both worlds and allows her moves to be spun as reactionary even if they are likely not.