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Thank you as always @slick jones

It does feel like Judi's Paulina replaced Nancy - even Nancy could have played out most of the Paulina/Jake romance that Judi played. Jane Cameron makes Nancy a very spiky, unique character compared to what is on the page. This is something most of the ingenues on AW did not have after her. I can imagine her having some real clashes with Anne Heche's Vicky.

I'd love to see them bring EON back. I didn't think of it because I didn't know if it would just be called "copaganda" in today's climate but with a few tweaks the potential is there. For me, of the CBS soaps, EON, ATWT or GL could all make sense as revivals. There were many 30 minute soaps much better than B&B. Even at its best B&B was never that good.

As I've never met anyone who watched LMAD I would be glad to see it replaced by a soap and seeing the old P&G soaps again (I'd even take Search). I keep having to remind myself we're still not even fully sure about The Gates getting on rather than just another talk show or game show or repeats.

Can't believe it's been so long. I still roll my eyes at Brad Pitt being mentioned as an AW name. I suppose they knew what would get eyeballs. I don't watch Locher too often but I may to see Richard Bekins. Richard's work holds up so well. I wish they had gotten him back in the show's later years. (I also think he was genuinely more attractive than the piece of ass Jamies they cast after him, although Yates and Todd weren't shabby).

Where is that "it's happening" Ron Paul gif, or should we not jinx it? Suck it, Les Moonves, whatever billion dollar hideaway you're in as I type this.

I didn't feel like it was that balanced then either, and I also thought the show was dull as hell from about '99 on, but I am probably an outlier.

I may be biased, but I don't think Maurice can do any better. I didn't think he was very good when he came back in the late '90s. I would hear about what a great actor he was meant to be but I never saw it. When I go back to his earlier work, the charisma is there, and certainly he was capable of stronger work (as shown in Stone's death), but even then, I don't see a good actor. I think Maurice was a good-looking guy with star power and that carried him a long way. That can be enough, especially on soaps. It's not with Sonny because he's such an overexposed, repulsive, pathetic manchild of a non-character. I think Guza ruined this when he came back in the late '90s. I never felt like I stopped seeing Jason, and when I didn't see Jason, I was hearing about Jason. It was usually either that, Sonny, Luke the noble rapist, or some other side story with Brenda or the Cassadines (which would usually end up with Jason or Luke). Or filler like teen romances or Ned/Alexis/Jax/Chloe that he clearly had no interest in.

I think there's drama in people in their 60s or older who are in a community - you could probably make a riveting show based off all the drama that happens in The Villages - but I'm not sure how many of these characters will wear well so many years later. Most of them didn't even manage to last for the length of the original run.

Thrilled to know Maree will be there. I really wish they would have Marie on the show in a semi-regular capacity while they still can.

Neither did I - apparently it was said in this video.

Several Daytime Dilemma moments, and a duet between Ruth Warrick and Richard Dawson near the end.

A clip of Jack/Lily/Curtis in this Daytime Dilemma video, midway through. It repeats later, with better audio.

A number of RH moments in this "daytime dilemma" video compilation.

Marc Cherry was such a bad writer - is he involved in this?

I'd totally forgotten Dario existed. Did he also dress like a slut?

Again? I guess Laura Leighton is trying to set a record for how many times Sydney can return from the dead. Hopefully Heather is in a better place now and this might help her.

Wow. I had never heard this. I guess it could make sense as Jane was leaving GH around this point and she ended up as a producer on Loving - the only time I remember her working in that capacity (I may be wrong). I would have been interested in seeing Jane in the part...but imagine Terry Lester, Jane Elliot, Liz Hubbard AND Mary Kay Adams all in the same family? Typical of daytime, especially P&G, to ask Brooke to audition again. AW asked Ellen Wheeler to audition again for Vicky/Marley. She did and they still didn't hire her. I didn't hate Sherri but she was much colder compared to Brooke and the character had no inner life. I do get the sense the atmosphere changed for the worse after Calhoun left - I think we got some hints of that with HBS, among others.

Thanks @Soapsuds . I will try to watch sometime. I thought Tom and Brooke had such great chemistry. I know there were claims of her not being able to remember her lines (not sure if that was mentioned here) but I still think the show was wrong to get rid of her.

They claimed that was a clean start, but I agree with you.

I guess they used David Canary's photo as he was known to Soapnet viewers through AMC. Not sure why they used a bootleg "The Music Sounds Better With You."