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Part of a very rarely seen pilot featuring Jack Stauffer and Ellen Weston, among others.

Another reason, along with the bill saying doctors in Florida can let people die for moral reasons, to avoid that armpit state at all costs. They are making it very clear what they want to do.

Certainly a very chic and daring actor...given the drudgery these days we could use more of them. Odd timing as I was just reading about that heroin movie he did (The Tunnel)...probably not far off his real life around that point.

I would agree. I did lose some interest by the final few seasons (which was true for the show as a whole - I am not even sure how much of late season 13 and 14 I have gone through), but I do not think I could have gotten through 1988-1991 without Devane. He managed to make what was on paper a very unsympathetic character feel very genuine to me, especially his love for his daughters. I knew that my moral compass for Knots-world had been shattered for good when I kept willing him to take Meg back from the home of happy DIRTY COP DIRTY COP DIRTY COP sanctimony.

I think many of the reports about Feinstein and her health are true (I don't believe the claims from her money-grubbing ex aide who got feted by the Beltway), but Republicans have made it clear they won't accept anyone in her place on the Judiciary Committee. Democrats have to have her casting those votes for as long as she can. That so many of the "DO SOMETHING" leftists object to this tell you that they are bad actors and not genuinely interested in moving this country forward.

I don't see any sexual vibes there, but it's nice to get the Looking reunion (the cast was always better than the show itself). I wish Russell Tovey could pop in too. I can't work up any interest in RTD-related Doctor Who anymore, but I hope it goes well, even if I don't watch.

I think most actors probably won't be striking.

That was a gut punch. As they mentioned in the story, so few can even afford that type of policy, and in spite of her years of planning, they still made sure she couldn't access the money she had paid in. Spending her last months guilt-ridden and frightened, on top of her terminal illness, is just wrong.

@safe Thanks for the rundown. I think it was Richard who told the story about Sarah Felder. I was glad to hear that she let them have it. Richard also said that when actors were fired, they were given Tiffany boxes. He said that he'd already been fired from soaps twice up to that point and this was his best firing. Rose mentioned that Louise Shaffer (I think?) later told her by the time she was fired they'd stopped giving the boxes, and that Rose was right about the party being stupid. Rose also had a bottle of perfume that Nancy Addison had given her (either that or maybe a favorite perfume of Nancy's). Gordon credited the show with helping him get Dynasty and with getting him out of Canada. He mentioned that he was glad when "taciturn" (I think that's what he said) Helen Gallagher praised his work after one scene. Karen also said that she had been asked to return to RH before she did, but hadn't been interested. She finally did when Claire asked her for those final episodes. I remember you and others mentioning Rose's Soapnet stories. I was glad to finally get to hear them for myself. She also mentioned that Lela Swift was very unpleasant toward her, and she was grateful to Louise Shaffer for telling her others were treated the same way. You could tell she was STILL hurt over her treatment, and clearly had a much more negative experience at the show than anyone else on the panel, which led to a bit of pushback with Karen. She dominated a lot of the conversation, lots of rambling, which annoyed some in the comments, but I was glad to get to see her. She and Karen looked very good for their ages. As always I wish we'd gotten more story questions but I know Alan doesn't really do those, and to be fair, actors don't often remember stories anyway.

Eh. I don't think she was ever in the league that Kim was (and I wasn't a Kim devotee). It seems like the show gave up on her a long time ago but never cared enough to recast the way they did with Robyn.

Watching Locher Room now and Rose Alaio (the main reason I wanted to tune in, along with Richard Backus) is having terrible tech problems...I swear I'm cursing these when I watch them.

Along with the usual bad news (a 12 week abortion ban going through in North Carolina due to a turncoat grifter state rep), there was some good news in various elections tonight. Colorado Springs was long one of the reddest strongholds of the state, the playground of ghouls like Marilyn Musgrave and Ted Haggard. Jacksonville, Florida WAS the largest city run by a Republican. Pennsylvania also had a special election over who would maintain control of the state house. The Democrat won. Here is the GOP resonse: You can find more details here:

I imagine it's going to end up as a cautionary tale, but who knows. My problem with this story, as with pretty much all the show, is I don't believe it. The Slater home is full of people who work regular jobs and aren't splashing cash around. There are good ideas, but the execution and heart just aren't there for me. I feel completely disconnected from the show.

These parodies are pretty played out by and large but this one has some fun moments and performances.

I could see it working along the lines of the visits Anna and Robert made to Robin when Stone was dying.

I don't think she was ever mentioned again.

A look at the mystery, and controversy, surrounding a "lost" Jeopardy winner. https://www.theringer.com/tv/2023/5/2/23705821/jeopardy-lost-tapes-barbara-lowe-mystery-champion

I know they didn't have much luck creating Somerset and shipping Lahoma/Missy/Sam over, but does anyone else think if NBC actually had spun off Carolee and Steve, it might have worked?

Thanks. I can see why they may just not want to make the effort now on marketing new people, although that will hurt them in the long run.

When did this start where songs just hang on for dear life, months and months? That racist being at the top every week tells you a lot about just how little it takes for a certain type of "artist" to thrive.

I think the show [!@#$%^&*] the bed with anything involving Lulu, Nik or Lucky after JJ's first departure. I'm not sure entirely why - the contempt Guza had for Laura and L&L, the contempt Tony Geary had for L&L and for Luke being a father, the horrible writing for women, the disdain the show had for any Lucky not played by JJ (and then upon his return completely forgetting what made JJ popular in the role), Tyler Christopher's many personal problems and how checked out he was of the part after returning in 2003, JMB being just plain unlikeable onscreen and having no chemistry with men... At this point, even though I doubt Chavez will stay on much longer (if GH stays on much longer that is), focusing story on Spencer and the other kids of Lucky and Lulu might not be a bad idea, and center Laura as a reliable part of their lives.

I think some of us at the time were speculating on that, especially when Sonny shot Dante...but then someone (Frons I assume) chickened out, as per usual. Someone who has watched the last decade much more closely than I have could write a good paper on how the show has changed - for better or worse - due to the vacuum caused by Steve Burton's absences and dismantling of the inevitable (Sonny being put out to pasture and Jason and the various loves of his life being in the main spotlight).

Viewers are going to wonder why Salem stopped pumping in gay men who want to rape straight men. That story was also hated by fans, which reminds you how much Ron and his clique respect viewers.