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Interview segment with John Karlen, Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Selby and Lara Parker around 37 minutes.

That's a good point, but as the Dobsons wrote so much of her weak Santana I wonder if they would have fallen back into old habits.

I liked Gina Gallego but her Santana was so weak, Jed would have blown her off the screen.

Maybe Beyonce and Jay can buy Y&R next. If I were her I wouldn't want to mention my ties to Y&R either.

Back when the show started I remember some here, like @Chris B, talking about her, and among other things people mentioned how bad her previous shows had been and that she clearly had no idea how to produce a soap. It was a failure from the start, due to a) a lack of care and b) yet another example of industry people who are ashamed of soaps and do whatever they can to not incorporate the soap genre even if it means the most generic oatmeal possible.

He looks like Nixon...

The longer this story goes on the more obviously shoehorned it feels to have him tied to the Dingles (especially since Jeff Hordley has even said he's tired of feud stories).

That's a great idea. Due to the recent ITV3 repeats, Steve gained some fans too, who tweet about that era a lot.

I don't think it helped that their younger cast sucked.

In the interview quote I saw he basically said he wanted to do a few episodes to give them a chance to write his character out. I guess that's what will happen.

I think the rights issues and the Bill Cosby issues are a big factor.

Is it me or does Megan give off big Tracy Quartermaine vibes there? Just if Jane Elliot was more OTT. Even the laugh (albeit enhanced by sound effects there).

And changing Lucy's HIV test results. I remember at the time I wondered if they were laying the groundwork for him to stay when they brought his sister in and brought up his childhood abuse. He did make the right decision, although I'm sorry he never really got any strong roles after GL. Thanks for the recap @BoldRestless with so many extra details I'd never heard about.

Thanks @BoldRestless that's wonderful. I was looking at some old movie reviews and saw one for some movie called Polycarp, with Justin Deas. It is apparently just terrible. If he was doing this at the same time as he was on GL he really was taking anything for the cash (to support his family).

Disappointing to see that the state legislator in Nebraska who got attention over filibustering hate legislation is another Sinema/Fetterman/Squad type optics/attention whore. Just another reason to be wary of hero worship for politicians.

Neither had I. I didn't know they had a disco-type close for that theme too. It's a nice way to end a day. Another reminder of how much "beauty shots" can add to an episode...or in this case, seemingly give us the only time Rebecca Staab gave a lively performance on GL. (insert joke about being a better love interest than Simon)

She was.

Looks like The Sun broke a big embargo. Details aren't clear, but

Jim Brown had such a huge impact on American life in a way that sports figures are hard to come by now.

Glad to see Archive still has some rarities going up. It's a half-hour interview with Addison Powell. I forgot how much I love that DS ditty we so often heard at the start of episodes. Addison Powell Interviewed by Jonathan Harrison : Jonathan Harrison : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive @slick jones In this Addison claims he was on Secret Storm for 7 years.

Didn't see this one on Youtube. Guiding Light - April 10, 1986 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

He didn't say. I'd guess Pat or Bucky.

Barney McFadden auditioned for Ryan's Hope before taking the role of Andrew Norris on Guiding Light. He said he nearly said yes to RH, but as RH was new and GL was established, he went with GL.