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Not always a bad thing - it is a soap after all - but I'm not too sure about that scene. Sorry if the earlier reference didn't make any sense, but here's Randy: Slim Jim ad with Randy "Macho Man" Savage

Thanks @Maxim That Todd and Marty scene is one I remember being mentioned quite a bit. I forgot Leanne is still there. A character who was surplus to requirements by this point. Ellen Bethea is a treasure. That scene with Asa and Blair is a great example of melodrama for the sake of melodrama. I shouldn't laugh, but Phil Carey sounds just like Macho Man Randy Savage. I kept expecting him to yell for Blair to "snap into a Slim Jim."

@Huntress Thanks for sharing all these channels. UU is geoblocked for me but the rest are available. A shame as I wanted to see what they were doing with Ringo and Easy.

@janea4old Thanks so much for sharing that here. In such a dark world I do hope it helps people, even for a moment.

Thanks for the extra details @Maxim Being ashamed of poverty and her mother and sister is a very old school melodramatic choice but one that is still more common today than you'd think. Something that soaps should tap into instead of the fantasy world of everyone looking perfect. The show has very polished visuals - it looks much better than a lot of stuff on now with their cheap, flat HD and/or being filmed like someone is peeking out from a closet.

A partial 1978 episode came up a few days ago, although that one has been around off and on, I think.

@applcin It's not inappropriate at all. Maybe the Soap Stars Where Are They Now thread could work alongside this one.

Not taking Ric back to being a heel-to-be-damned-by-our-righteous-heroes (yet) has been the most pleasant surprise this year. I hope it lasts.

I can hear it now. They should have done a story where Nancy ran for city council or the PTA board. She would have run them with an iron fist.

Someone should write a story about Nancy and Chris somehow ending up in the disco. Nancy would be aghast. Chris might enjoy himself.

Thanks so much for taking time to find all these clips @Maxim I guess that girl is her daughter? The actress has a way with a sneaky and cold stare. I did love how she brazenly pushed that guy off the construction even with so many people around. That's a true supervillain.

Nice to see you on here again. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. They aren't "new" per se but there are a few 1979 GL episodes I'd never seen on Youtube in full that I put in that thread, and a partial 1978 episode that I think had been up but hadn't seen in a while. That 1978 ATWT episode that has been put up for years I also put in the ATWT thread, as this was the complete episode, with ads, which I'd never seen before.

It's a really interesting layout change - very eye-catching. I like the different style, especially as we close the year out and bring in a new start.

You aren't wrong, but this also seems to be the way of the future. It may give the soap genre the next kick forward that is needed. I'm also glad they are actually using the word "soap," which is a no-no for some in the industry, to which I say - [!@#$%^&*] those people. Thanks for the article @Vee . Whatever happens I'm glad P&G is back in the soap game, as much as they will ever be. I still like to tell myself this is a fed up Irna Phillips using her supernatural abilities but that's very glib - there are some people at P&G who are seemingly making moves and I appreciate them. This may also mean that BtG is doing well enough for P&G to not pull back yet.

Ah. Shows how much attention I pay. They will probably say Marco has him held prisoner.

It was odd as Brad was gone for several years, then suddenly popped up again. I think this was at a time the show was getting heavily criticized by some fans for moving away from diversity, not sure if those are tied together but Terry Randolph was also taken out of the bit player cupboard around the same time. IIRC, Perry said the call was very abrupt. Then he was back for, what, a few months and Lucas came back, then broke up with him once and for all due to being tired of lies...so now that gives an opening for him to reunite with Brad because Brad is, I guess, a "good" liar. You'd think they would have had him back for at least one episode when Britt returned, but her return was so mishandled all around.

Thanks @Maxim I guess the lack of focus for Andrew and Cassie on their wedding day tells you how the show felt about them as a couple... All those extras, cast members, and the big cathedral reminds you of just how much budget soaps have lost. Susan Haskell was always an interesting actress. She could be very showy, very false (like some of the first half of this clip) and other times extremely visceral (the second half of the clip). They were doing too much with her to the point of self-parody (although I liked the bit where she kissed Cassie as a gift for Andrew), but the scenes of an equally devastated Viki staggering out with her are powerful. I also like that accepting, lost smirk from Clint during the vows. Very good work from Clint Ritchie. Eda sounds fascinating. I need to watch some of that show.

There will be a special episode where Phyllis causes controversy over an enraged tweet storm when her Doordash delivery doesn't show up on time.

This is a lovely set of scenes and has a humanity that seems so lost now. GH: Mary Mae reminds Laura to hope (2/11/94)

Ah. For some reason I thought DeVry had had support at some time. Thanks. Valentin sums up many of the reasons I haven't felt very invested in the Cassadines bar the first year or two of Stefan - the hype never matches the reality (unless you are played by Constance Towers). But I think the likes of Guza never would have put up with such a lightweight character who, like the old Desperate Housewives quote, probably cries during sex.

Even dying wouldn't have mattered. I suppose he is just the new version of the type of character some fans loved with Sebastian Roche's Jerry and William DeVry's Julian, just with more producer support (although didn't DeVry have some for a while). How would rank the three, if you had to rank?

I love the design for the Tommy and Marie ornaments. Given what a deeply sad life Tommy had, it somehow feels right that his ornament looks like a bubble gum wrapper.

I wonder if anything has changed with Valentin other than swapping Anna out with Carly. Doesn't he pop up for heavy focus when JPS is available and then vanishes again for months? It was tough for me to imagine Mulcahey managing to pry him out. JPS doesn't seem to be under the same rules that Easton and Howarth were when they were finally let go. I don't think it helps with regard to ratings that they probably have no idea who is responsible for any positive numbers. They likely just give credit to their favorites, or to themselves and assume viewers will be there as long as they don't rock the boat. And any minimal boat rocking done under Mulcahey (like lip service criticisms of Sonny that had a clear out) got the blame.

Most of the audience for that softcore show would never go near a daytime soap. I'm surprised that GH even had a few intimate moments for Marco and Lucas, but I guess we all knew that could never last. Carly and Sonny are always right and the show is mainly for socially conservative women who have been watching for 30-50 years. Lucas and Brad will show up once every other month to make bitchy comments with Britt.

Was it Henry? Wasn't there spec he was going to be Palmer's son? Thanks. Never seen this. I'm glad he had a happier life than Michael Delaney did. I can't help wondering how much more virulent the response to this story would be today. One of many reasons it won't happen.