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If you haven't seen it, you may enjoy this old Suzanne Disney special, Totally Minnie. An old staple of mine and an intro for me into many Disney classics. My personal favorite segment is "Shopping," which starts around 39 minutes, and also features a great use of Robert Carradine's Carradine smolder.

I was never very involved with Three's Company, so my awareness of Suzanne came more in the years when she was mostly known as herself, along with Step by Step. She pulled off what Goldie Hawn did in films, in transitioning out of dumb blonde roles while still maintaining the air of innocence that helped make her a star. She even managed to become known as a Thighmaster queen without it tarnishing her image the way similar infomercials did to names like Cher. She fought so many battles, not just cancer, but from the industry, and survived the Hollywood machine that boots you off as soon as you forget your place.

She also had to play second fiddle to her brother. The scene where she reunites with Pete is lovely; that's about all I take out of the second season with Catharine.

Does anyone else feel like the Prince Albert story sounds much worse than it actually was? I am normally one to criticize the movie ripoff stories, especially all the changes ABC mandated around that time, but the story was fairly quick and gave Delia a number of vulnerable moments which Randall Edwards sold well. I don't think it was much sillier than, say, the faking blindness story. I have barely seen Patrick #4, but I will always have a soft spot for John Blazo. Interesting that Ilene had to keep Sarah under control. I don't remember them even working together very often in the six months or so they overlapped.

Piper's work as Catherine, especially in the first season before they lost focus with the character, was electric. I always think of the incredibly glamorous publicity shot with Piper and Joan Chen dressed to the nines, injecting style as the primetime soaps had become so garish in their dying years. She ran all over season 1, spreading wickedness, incredibly frank sexuality for a woman her age, and some real belly laughs (the scene where she leads the lodge convention-goers in some kind of weird dance to make it look like Leland is not having a psychotic breakdown is one of the show's best moments of dark humor). One of my all time favorite scenes on the show, or any show, was the moment near the end of season 1 where Catherine realizes that Pete, the husband she'd always looked down on, was the only one who had ever cared about her. Piper and Jack Nance could break your heart and build it back up again.

I know them best for their cover of "Now That We Found Love," but they clearly have such a deep legacy. Thanks for telling us about his passing.

Phyllis Coates Dead: Lois Lane Actress Was 96 – The Hollywood Reporter Very sad to hear of her passing away. Phyllis was probably my favorite Lois Lane.

Two missing Till Death Us Do Part episodes found - British Comedy Guide

Now that the story has opened up with Paul finding out about them and Byron's past being exposed, I'm more involved than I was. It's about middle for my list of stories (if I ever feel like it I was going to rank the stories so far).

Wait until you see her outfit on today's episode! I'm enjoying the show overall, I think it's gotten better after a somewhat questionable choice of stories to focus on for that first week (namely, the Toadie/Terese marriage and how it was handled), but I would agree with the Prospect Park comment, especially when it comes to the hotel. As one of the people who has no real knowledge of Mischa Barton beyond her tabloid travails (never watched much of OC), I haven't minded her in the role, but as the part starts to become more complicated you can see the flatness in the performance. I will say the new Byron is working more for me than he was initially, even if I still wish they'd managed to hang onto the first actor.

@Vee Thank you for shining more of a light on Keith Giffen. I don't have the full experiences with his work that you do, but I still remember reading through the Darkseid issues he and Paul Levitz created in the early '80s. The Legion were moribund for a very long time, but Giffen and Levitz gave them a sense of not only purpose, but of wonder, alongside an increasingly complex outline of their world. I think what I remember most about the Great Darkness issues are how well they used poor, long-maligned Supergirl, and how much they seemed to influence the tone taken in some of the Crisis - life and death stakes among bleak space rocks. I also have to give a lot of credit to Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis for what they did with the Justice League. As one of the people who enjoyed the disastrously received reboot with Vibe, Gypsy, Vixen, etc. the shift to the wacky humor wasn't entirely to my taste, but I appreciated the spotlight on lesser known characters and the shift to Europe and international waters. Their Justice League run felt very, very much on the nose for that time and place, yet without chasing the grimdark highs or event-mania that would go on to gut comics to their core in the '90s.

https://deadline.com/2023/10/anthony-hickox-dead-horror-director-of-waxwork-hellraiser-iii-was-64-1235568541/

Five of Tim Ballard’s Alleged Victims Have Filed a Lawsuit Against Him (vice.com)

@I Am A Swede You might enjoy this. Something else I think you'll genuinely enjoy.

I think there was just a photo, or glimpses in flashbacks near the end.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/07/lost-holy-grail-film-of-life-in-brazil-amazon-100-years-ago-resurfaces

I've read about some of the strikes (I think Walgreens workers walked off their jobs just a day or two ago) but have been guilty of not focusing more on it. It doesn't help that Twitter is now almost fully unreliable and that was one of my main sources of links due to how biased the news channels and pages are.

Thank you @Faulkner for gathering all this together I never would have seen otherwise.

That's a very good point. You wouldn't get a month-long birthday runup for Heather's Lily. I felt like there was a lot of wheel-spinning as well (I struggle to even remember what voice Lily had by the late '80s - she went back to Dusty, then sort of with Caleb, but sort of not, then got a scar, then was sort of in business, etc.). Using the Derek story to harden Lily (which was dropped early on with Heather - not sure how it would have played out with Martha) was an interesting choice, potentially. I think the break from Lily was good for Martha for a while, and vice/versa.

I'm sure Taibbi can still get more embarrassing than this, but it's going to take work.

I think that period of time had some of the strongest Lily/Holden stories in terms of writing (Angel's struggles, the Walsh takeover, Lily's miscarriage, The Truth About Aaron). Martha and Jon had more chemistry, but I never thought most of their stories together were that interesting, even with Marland there. (I'm one of the few who never understood why Lily would choose Holden over Dusty)

More NYT fawning and whitewashing.

Loni never found another part as good as Jennifer. She was in so many TV-movies and failed shows or dying shows (the one that interests me most is her show with Lynda Carter - not enough to actually watch it, admittedly). By the '80s she seemed to be more known for her marriage. Sometimes I forget Linda is 83 now. I don't know how these ladies do it. You're right that Melrose went on for a number of years after that. I think that's when I stopped watching.

Did Kyle say people came up to her and told her that her marriage was an inspiration?