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I also loved them, but you're right. I don't know how many times I ever remember seeing them in happy scenes.

Feel free. I would enjoy reading them. I have never seen this far back. My viewing mostly just went to the Africa Channel days.

Thank you to @vote4llama for telling me of this and @Toups for reopening the thread. The first 51 episodes of Isidingo are now on Youtube!

A sitcom pilot featuring Laurie Heineman a year or so after she left AW.

I think that was another case of an actor abruptly leaving, which is probably why they still had the whole hostage crisis with Laurel and his father after he was already gone. I have a feeling the show, or Claire King, may feel Kim has aged out of affair stories with much younger men, but I agree Billy/Kim would have made sense at one point.

Thanks. I don't remember hearing of this show. Or if I did I've forgotten it. The early '90s is such a clear identity crisis for primetime soaps as they try to move into what was seen as a more scaled-back, "intelligent" era. It would take Melrose Place blowing up (in more ways than one) for that to stop.

Sometimes I am disappointed because the stuff I want to see is never likely to materialize, but I should be happy with any new find. Speaking of which: Fans get rare chance to see lost Billy Connolly Big Banana Feet film (bbc.com)

Thanks for your help.

Glad it was new to you. You can see why the ratings were strong at that time. There was so much going on, new stories building even as old stories were winding down. Not a moment to breathe yet the canvas doesn't feel cold and dead due to constant heavy plots.

I assume these episodes are already around in English, as much of this period seems to be, but if not I thought some might enjoy:

I saw someone saying that many want to assign values of nobility to many Russian decisions that can really be boiled down to just wanting savagery. That is probably not entirely fair, but I would say it is in the case of Putin and a number of other leaders before him. We see that over and over with so many in the West who hate their countries and cling to Putin as some embattled hero fighting for their future, only for him to say, over and over, it's not about any of that - he just wants to conquer and conquer and conquer. There is not going to be any moment of uprising or reckoning for Putin, especially not from his own people. I can understand why Navalny, who likely knew he and his family were facing death if he did stay away, may have wanted to return and possibly be part of that change, even at cost of his own life, but it won't happen. Putin waged decimation against millions of Ukranians and yet so many inside and outside of Russia still cheer him all the way. This type of response, against Grandpa Bernie (who is now part of the evil establishment), sums up today's left:

This starts with a loud, annoying song. The interview is probably several years old.

That's great for Margaret.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

I do wonder if she thought there would be more interest in her love life, especially the tease about being into women. It seemed like the main reaction was apathy or calling out a stunt. Kyle was probably a decade or so late to the trend (maybe longer).

Thanks for warning me. I generally can deal with most of these elements...although I really despise 'ironic" racism, homophobia, etc. that is seen as so cool in recent years.

@DramatistDreamer Thank you for sharing that. I've never seen Diva, although someone has been suggesting it to me lately. I really should. That was a lovely tribute to Fernandez.

If you see more morons telling you how liberal MSNBC is:

Watching an old Denise Pence video from a decade ago and I had forgotten she mentioned auditioning as Jackie Marler. They decided she was too young but created Katie for her. (this is for Guiding Light, of course)

I know this one used to be up as I recognize it well, but I don't think it is at the moment. They also uploaded an episode that turns out was already available but was harder to find as the date wasn't given on the original upload. It's February 5, 1982: Those Margo/Mr. Big/Tom scenes are so loopy and are played like everyone involved was dealing with carbon monoxide poisoning. Odd stuff. I rarely say Justin Deas is the calming presence in a scene... I do love the scene where Ellen refuses to put up with John's digs or his attempts to backtrack. When I complain about Hogan Sheffer and Hunt Block's Craig and the one-sided writing that always made sure we remembered the "man with balls" won out, scenes like this are what I wanted to see and never got. Ellen may be a hypocrite or do-gooder to people, and John may be "real," but she was still allowed to give him hell.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-68286968 I put a very rare Jeopardy episode in the game shows thread.