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Watching the GL Watch Party on Locher Room, and Nancy Curlee briefly mentioned a stint consulting for ABC. She said she was going to write a menopause story for Erica, only to be told that Erica would never be going through menopause.

Watching this right now. Nancy is doing most of the talking when they get to talk - such an intelligent woman with such a wonderful voice. I don't think I appreciated until now how much Southern women kept the show going through that '80s and early '90s revival era. That's interesting to me. I think it sort of shows the unique flair and vitality GL had compared to other soaps.

I haven't watched the Hayley Barr Locher Room interview yet - was she asked about the rumors that they were going to have her play Harley full time if Beth had left in 2000?

If anyone's going to be apologizing it should be him for his last 15 years of shitty, homophobic writing.

Great rundown @Vee and adding details to episodes I haven't seen in such a long time. I never knew the Empire Valley story got such a negative response - to me espionage plots, no matter how muddled, are more interesting than, say, anything involving Joshua. I feel like viewers of primetime soaps had a very limited stomach for espionage stories though - similar plots flopped on Falcon Crest, Dallas and Dynasty in this period of time. I also never knew how uneasy Ava Gardner was at the work. As you mention, you sure couldn't tell onscreen.

I thought he didn't know it was her.

That voiceover sounds like AI.

Disgusting propaganda on display here.

Charlotte deserves better than a hack like RC.

Pathetic beyond words.

@Vee It would be nice to see her again. Such a great actress.

Thanks @slick jones That's certainly a rare, unique promo. The art is...questionable (Sandy and Lisa are identical twins), but such a great document for a lost era anyway.

Linda Thorson (ex-OLTL, Emmerdale).

I read that Jen Shah's lawyer is now representing Jonathan Majors. I suppose that case was always going to be tough to beat but I'm surprised she got more work from it. I haven't heard great things about his defense as of yet either...

I think once outside of the bubble that Bill Bell and Kay Alden had Eileen in, it was more difficult to hide what a harsh presence she is (this was also an issue when she returned to Y&R, I think). She was all wrong as a Capwell kid, who, aside from Terry Lester's Mason I suppose, were generally smoother on the surface and cracked underneath.

I've assumed so, as I don't believe she did any acting post-AMC, and I think it was spun as her wanting to leave, but I'm not completely sure. I doubt McTavish would have written her out, as she created the character and gave her a lovely exit. I thought she and Dimitri worked much better than they should have (not a big fan of the Tad pairing - or Tad in general...), but probably not a hit with viewers. I think the Adam and Alec pairings worked in terms of high drama, but not romance. It was very plot-driven material, as so much of AMC was in that period (like Janet sleeping with Palmer).

Kristina's answer is a heartbreaker.

Overall I preferred J Eddie Peck as Jake, at least once the pairing with Greenlee (just about the only person Rebecca Budig had chemistry with - on any of her soaps) got involved. I eventually learned to tolerate Lowry but he never did anything for me. His godawful intro story did not help.

Jackie Collins on the Lottery, starting 5 minutes in.

Paul O'Grady was so prominent in UK pop culture for so many years, I'm shocked by the news of his passing. He was a very funny, warm presence, who was an increasingly popular public figure in very dangerous years for gay people. He also loved animals and spent much of his time fighting for them.