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Before Jamaal Bowman loses tonight (very possibly by a crushing margin), here's a quote that sums up so much of the stunt-laden dead end left. Jamaal Bowman’s Primary Is Confusing Progressives to the Very End - NOTUS (Allbritton Journalism Institute)

Thanks. Yes, 3-4 months I could see.

Does that mean Siobhan is returning from the dead? I know it says "long run," but the more I hear about this the more I wonder if this is just a temporary return. If he has relocated to Ireland with 5-6 kids and a wife (however many kids they had), he's not going to want to be back in LA that long.

I wonder if that story is still happening. (if it isn't, I don't blame JJ - I just blame the show's general fear-based approach) I wonder if that's mutual. What does JJ even do now? Go on the road? Based on the mixed response I've seen to the news so far I wouldn't be that shocked if they end up dropping him the way they drop most of their toys that aren't from Frank's OLTL days.

I do see some praise for him on Twitter, so maybe that's their place (then again if it were we'd be getting a lot more of some other characters).

One of many changes ITV made in the early '10s that destroyed what was left of the show.

Absolutely. It was one of the most disgusting things I've ever heard on a soap from someone who was meant to be a hero. It's JR Ewing-speak. Anyway, I'm happy for everyone who wanted JJ back. I do think he is a good (if overrated) actor, but I feel like the moment for him to have any impact on the canvas has been gone for many years now. I feel like characters along the lines of Dante now fill his role, and Dante is barely used as it is. Maybe he can get Laura to dump Heather off in a clinic somewhere in Siberia. At least the current show will remember to not have erotic fantasies of Carly with him, presumably.

Thanks! (and to everyone else who answered as well). I'll mention it to the uploader. I knew the mother was familiar...should have remembered from Bob Newhart.

Thank you. That sounds very poignant. Sometimes I wonder if John sabotaged his marriage to Pat because of all the grief and guilt over outliving his daughter.

Great work @slick jones and such a classy tribute to Barbara Rucker. This is the first time I've ever seen Leisure Suit Larry reference in a soap listing... If you ever need a trivia question - the reason Tom Arnold hosted his second 1992 SNL episode is because Gary Oldman, the original host, dropped out after Malcolm Macdowell (who had an infamous episode in 1980) told him it was a bad idea. I hope we can find out more on the later life paths of Lionel Johnston and Christopher J Brown as I've become curious now, especially after finding Brown endearing in his AW clips. So I guess A Case of Rape had two AW Lemay alums (I think John Fitzpatrick was in it too.

Is this Mary Frann (and Jane Rose as her mother)? It doesn't entirely look like her but the voice and some of the facial structure remind me of her.

Sorry - the mention of color photos to replace B&W on AWHP. The first Barbara Weaver (I believe) and the first Angie also have B&W photos on AWHP so I was wondering if they'd be added in along with the new photos of Brown's Michael, the first Willis, etc. Thank you for answering my question about Willis. Did John mention Lee much after she was killed?

MSW got a brief mention on Neighbours last week. Erinsborough had a spate of poisonings, and a very impulsive and messy young woman, Holly, (wrongly) decided the podcaster endlessly "reporting" on the crime was responsible and tried to get evidence against the podcaster. She ended up pepper spraying the podcaster and got arrested before charges were dropped. Her father, Karl, warned her against her "Jessica Fletcher" activities. Holly's response was, "Who's Jessica Fletcher?"

https://apnews.com/article/assange-plea-deal-wikileaks-justice-department-d329ba4614dbfa77b5eb968d07fd9bd0 Naturally there's been a number of claims Biden did this to try to help him against Trump. I have my doubts - the "free speech" advocates who are groupies for Assange will just find some reason to doubt his deal (I'm already seeing some say "oh something isn't right") or claim they need to vote for Trump so Trump will pardon him. There was an article saying the PM of Australia had asked Biden to send Assange back to Australia due to his failing health. I could see Biden deciding to be compassionate, and possibly give Trump a poke in the eye.

That might be what I remember from his book. I guess Lemay just wrote the younger characters through their parents or the older characters in the story - Marianne repeating Pat's stories, Blaine as a young Rachel. Not the worst idea but probably helps explain why the younger set was so wan by the end of the decade. (and why characters like Joey never seemed to have the stories that suited them) Eddie is the best. He's always quick to respond to e-mails too.

@Vee That was beautifully written - maybe your best of the recaps. I haven't really gone to rush to fill in the gaps of the Dallas periods I missed, but you do make this sound compelling.

Wasn't he a darker character under Fitzpatrick (scheming against Steve or trying to get Alice, and a toxic relationship with Angie)? I'm trying to remember if Lemay said anything about the change in his book.

I definitely would have gotten rid of Frank over Jerry. I wonder if that was a money issue. Lillian I am mostly surprised lasted through the '90s. When Beth returned she did have more of a role.

I was wondering about the first Angie Perrini and Barbara Weaver too.

Going on from what @DramatistDreamer was saying in the AW thread about cast uploading clips/episodes, I was reminded again that somebody about a decade ago uploaded the closing credits of an episode (was it from 1976?) they found in a relative's house as they were a cast member or something along those lines. Sadly, I don't think they ever put up the rest of the episode.

I think this is the first time I've seen John Fitzpatrick as Willis. In synopses he was such a heel that it's good to see him in the flesh to know how he was able to win people over. I never really got from synopses how close Pat and her kids were to the Frames - I just assumed they were all in bubbles, like soaps in recent decades (or like the Bell soaps often were). Thank you for posting, and for everything you help with at AWHP. Without that site I don't think I would love AW as much as I do. It was my gateway, all the way back in the mid/late '90s, and I've never stopped reading it. I think it's a big reason why we still all discuss AW so much, more than we discuss shows that are currently on the air.

That's what I meant, yes. Thanks. I do remember Munker being more of a day-to-day mood actress on ATWT (that role still could have gone so many places). The family conversations hold up so much better than scenes of people worrying about a serial killer. I'd forgotten about Leah. By that point I wasn't even watching the show. And this at the same time as Daisy had not aged in a decade. Mike and Pat being reunited is a great idea. Remembering how Michael Malone had to give an interview saying they weren't interested in writing for older characters (which was clearly NBC/P&G mandated), and older meant Sharlene or John, if someone had asked about bringing back Pat, an executive might have keeled over.

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She's right - the climate in America today makes it likely he could come back in no time at all. What hurts him is that he has simply aged out of his market. His attempt at moving to earthy country or whatever the hell Man in the Woods was flopped. His comeback into R&B also flopped. He's just not that special to anyone outside of his oldies circuit, and he doesn't have any respect from artists coming up. He is a has been. I won't be that shocked if he ends up going the Pat Boone route, just with a falsetto.