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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.

On paper, I think Sonny/Emily was kind of an interesting idea. Jason had turned a blind eye to Sonny's selfishness and monstrous behavior for years, only to see this eventually point Sonny in the direction of his sister, one of the very few people Jason cared about. Sonny also had a history of exploiting younger women and abuse victims through his seedy club days, even if he was not intentionally exploiting Emily's vulnerability. (if you're asking what about Emily's integrity as a character, I'd say she never really had any in the first place) The show just wasn't willing to be that honest about what a predator and emotional parasite Sonny is and to do any real work on breaking down the Sonny/Jason relationship, which by that point was well past any point of interest anyway. (I remember some fans used to say Jason and Sonny were the characters truly in love, for years...I never saw it, and I'm someone who enjoys watching homoerotic male "friendships" that get away from the people who make them)

The first - many leftists rallied around Teixeira and called him a hero, like that loathsome baby talking grifter Krystal Ball. They don't even bother at this point to hide how much they hate us.

These were the dying days of the big budgets, and Gloria put every dollar onscreen here. I'm impressed at the way they managed to make a soap location feel cavernous and suffocating all at once the way the auditorium does. The disorientation and mania of the way that Brock and Bobbie fighting and Terri racing to get help draws you in in a way attempts at these types of stories in later years rarely did. I knew that Monty excelled at this type of presentation in the GH of the late '70s, but hadn't expected to see it in 1985. And Ginny packing heat contrasted with the chilling and oh-so-'80s jumbo screen concerned conservative mom speechifying. The random cut to Frisco serenading Felicia (probably the type of material many associate this era with) makes it even more unnerving.

The song is pretty (although the closing theme is nicer), but I can't believe that's not Luther. I know this was early in his more mainstream career, but that soundalike is still jarring. Deborah Adair left Y&R for this? The credits are rough. It's like if the Love Boat cast starred in a Bond film made by the producers of the Days of the Week.

Seems to be up again now. I'd forgotten about all those famiy ties. Finn seems to have had a lot of problems in recent years. My thoughts go to her.

I find her work acceptable enough, but I can also see that they had to generally write the character in a very limited way in order to help her. They may have already been going that route with Nicole even when Maeve was in the part, I have no idea, but Maeve was so chic and brought a chilly vibe to the part which helped her stand out.