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Thanks for the tag @slick jones I'm glad I typed those out rather than scanned them as many of my scans left here years ago...

Not Y&R related, but it's an interview with the lovely Marguerite Ray from when she was on Sanford.

I feel like this has been the case with Crossroads for a long time - it's mostly seen as a joke, just those who are fans are passionate about pointing out the positives. And as you said, the only way more gets through to the public is if a big name like RTD has something to say. Unfortunately, in this case, that seems to just be Helena Botham Carter doing her drag act yet again.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2023/01/16/1915-akron-movie-the-portage-trail-found-in-los-angeles/69802093007/

LaSalle is likely another judge in the vein of those who struck down maps that would have helped Democrats keep the House. I can see now why many on the left don't care for Jeffries.

Even if the trailer doesn't look very good, the article is very much worth a read. RTD always has intelligent comments to make about soaps and their value.

There's been a movement among some in the industry (I've seen a lot of tweets from Frances Fisher - others like Meredith Viera and Dule Hill seemed to just cut and paste tweets) to try to get attention for Andrea Riseborough, which has led to some amusing takes. This is one based on Kate Winslet saying it's the best film performance she's ever seen by an actress.

Thanks.

She was a wonderful actress, and that's just in the flat material I've seen of her last few years as Pat. AW made a huge mistake getting rid of her. She would have easily fit into the more chic '80s Bay City. A part of me wishes they'd tried pairing her with Mac, instead of going for Mac/Alice. Imagine Cecile's reaction to that.

I think many of these decisions were based on Lemay's hubris, rather than just wanting to promote Victoria Wyndham. He wasn't close to Jacqueline Courtney the way he was to Susan Sullivan, Victoria, or Constance Ford, and he and Rauch arrogantly assumed she could be replaced. He also seemingly assumed a number of theater actors he had take big roles on the show would stay long-term. This led to a rot where Victoria was one of the only popular actresses who was staying long-term. And as the canvas was so empty, that made it even easier for P&G to run through dumping based on ageism, like what happened to Beverly Penberthy. As for Beverlee, wasn't she burnt out of playing Iris the way she had to play her and just burnt out at AW, period? One of the best parts of Lemay's 1988 return was that he wrote her much more aggressively - there's a fantastic scene which is probably not on Youtube where Rachel icily cuts Liz out of the family after she blurts out to Matt the truth about his conception.

Fans pointed this out at the time. The show's response was to claim Cecile and Cass had had some hookup on the Continent, or something, before that point...although it later turned out Cecile was lying anyway. Great writing all around.

There are many examples of this, but one that comes to mind quickly is Tess and Bill on Love of Life, who got a ton of press, and I think maybe even records, but were both completely off the show a few years later, never to return.

Oh that's right - "poor Val." I think that story was not great in the long term, but certainly a strong set of scenes for a finale.

Maybe the last strong season finale the show had...although there's one with Paige going off in a car I think I liked? I can't remember.

Thanks @janea4old

I never knew that. I wonder if that type of personality affected her time, or character demise, on Knots. What did you think of her (or the movie)?

I finally found this one again - the fight between Siobhan and Jack at the end of this (with Mary slowly realizing what has been happening between her husband and sister) is one of my favorite soap scenes.

Jack was such a real character - funny, stern, warm, cold, tough, vulnerable. The softness under the bluster, with those Jack cared about, is what I will remember most fondly. Even as RH began to spin out of control around 1979-1981, I still never stopped caring about Jack the way I did some others. Michael brought all of his heart to the role. A truly unique character in a genre that increasingly became divided between generic heroes and "sexy" rapists. I will never forget how much the chemistry between Michael Levin and Sarah Felder blew me away - so raw, so exquisite that it almost hurt to watch. Jack and Siobhan will always, always be one of my "what might have been" pairings.

From what I've read, Pat was deeply upset, and this was the excuse given for her exit when they fired Beverly Penberthy.

1968. This was before there was a Daytime Emmys. It was the year Joan Bennett was nominated for Dark Shadows. Celeste Holm and Macdonald Carey were also nominated.

He seems to be on All Rise. I mostly just remember wishing somebody would give him a sandwich.

I don't know, that DC story telling me what a movie star Wilson Bethel would be sure came true... Years ago, the Emmys would sometimes just not give the award to anyone in the category. There would be no award given. I used to find this insulting. Now, I think it might not be such a bad idea.