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His longest running regular role was 2 seasons of Rat Patrol. Otherwise he did a ton of guest parts.

Great find @Wendy . I am very fond of Harley's work on GL (he was Derek, the long, long-suffering stick in the mud boyfriend of Hillary Bauer while she pined for Kelly and Tony - I would have chosen Derek any day), and I can see why he was liked by the network, but Glenn Gordon Caron was right to press for Bruce Willis. Bruce had more of a unique appeal which overcame how offputting the writing for David could have been. Harley reminds me of the late, lamented Charles Rocket, who ended up playing David's brother.

One of the reasons I despised the framing of this story as some kind of brave and daring gay material - with anyone who objected to it being seen as homophobic - was that the show made sure Adam was seen as using Rafe rather than any sexual or romantic interest being involved. We were meant to be agog at how wild the show was, but never tried for any ambiguity in the storytelling. We never saw anything, aside from the infamous shot of Muhney's paw on mouthbreathing Rafe's bottom lip, and they made clear that Adam was still only interested in women. That Nelson Branco paraded Muhney, MAB, etc. as some kind of equality heroes still angers me, 15 years later.

Thanks @victoria foxton . A nice surprise to see some of those included clips, even if the clips were nothing special (Steve's is oddly prescient as he talks about running whatever drugs he has to run in order to survive). Eileen really did love to tell that grandmother clause story, much to her later regret. Kathryn Hays using the whole feature to just plug her cabaret act was clever. She had a lovely voice.

Sorry to hear about the kids show not going forward anytime soon, if not surprised. Much of RTD's heart is in that genre, so I'm sure if he ever can he'll try.

I never thought Eva was a particularly good or appealing performer, on Y&R or on the wildly overrated Desperate Housewives, but I don't understand why Eric Braeden is spending his time on Twitter dragging her. Aren't these his golden years?

I got unexpectedly upset at seeing Heather Tom...even after all these years, the show has suffered so much from the crass treatment they used to force her off the show. I had no idea if Tom Hallick was even still around. Too bad they can't have briefly reunite with Janice Lynde oncamera, but then I guess she isn't even back for the 50th. Nice to see Jaime Lyn Bauer, even if she seems to be wearing some old hotel curtains. Lovely to see Jess Walton. Nice to see Phil Morris too. I had to laugh at J Eddie Peck and his "guest" seemingly wandering in looking for a Yellowstone audition. No light in TSJ's eyes. Sad. Jason Thompson looks miserable. Veronica Redd manages to put the young ones to shame by making a style that reminds me of a Doctor Who support character from 1987 work so well. Adrienne Frantz (I was just thinking of her yesterday, oddly enough) doesn't look as OTT as she might have. Of all the ladies who tried to be a bit...gauche in their outfits, I think Barbara Crampton is the only one who pulls it off.

Not specifically Neighbours related, but still, it's fun and has a few mentions. And as several comments remind, she has way more to say and do here than she did in the finale.

I knew Reddick most from Oz, where he brought a great deal of commitment and raw charisma to a very hackneyed piece of melodrama. Sorry to hear he's passed away, especially so young and at a career high.

I've heard some praise for the writers around 93-94, like Peggy Sloane, but I haven't watched a great deal of that period.

I always think of Maeve on St. Patrick's Day.

Nate Silver's long, painful slide continues.

This is so good. @Vee

I don't think I've ever seen anyone who was a fan of Anne Logan. Even going back to when the Daytime to Remember episodes aired in 1997, most of the comments I saw were from people who had never liked her.

Did they stretch Cameron Mathison's head?

Yes, only to vanish afterward. Christine was a real headache at times. I wonder if the Gabrielle Carteris character might have ever stayed on.

Eddie Drueding has been uploading 1988 episodes - I think some were already on Youtube in chunks but for me individual episodes are preferable. For anyone, like me, who is fascinated by strike-based material, 1988 AW will be one of the few mostly complete periods on Youtube (along with 1981 RH I suppose - and maybe 1981 AW) to show the effects of a writers strike. Episodes starting from April 12, 1988 were in the strike period. This will go through early/mid-October.

Good luck. I stopped watching again.

Probably a combo of being afraid of alienating their remaining audience, and Peacock not exactly having a lot of cutting-edge material anyway. Ron's idea of cutting edge is a gay man trying to rape two straight men instead of one.

I'm hoping they may just give her stories outside of her love life and keep her with Mike offcamera, but of course I can understand why they may not want to do that.

https://www.backtothebay.net/news/2023/03/15/neighbours-interview-alan-fletcher-and-ryan-moloney-discuss-ramsay-street-return/