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I'm glad he's gone, but this also reads like ABC cutting their losses, knowing Ingo being written out won't hurt them much, and keeping Steve Burton. I'd be surprised if this is the first time Ingo said anything on social media over the line. Anyway, I'm sure a job with Kirk Cameron awaits.

Thanks @victoria foxton. This seems to be the end of one episode and then another, with a few minutes of GL in between. I think that GL episode is on Youtube so that may help us with the date. That first episode has a transition shot between that googly-eyed, mustached baddie in the James story (who ends up kidnapping Barbara eventually - one of her 500 kidnappings in these years) and Brad, also googly-eyed and mustached. One was meant to be wicked, the other was meant to be our hero. Funnily enough I think the baddie is much more charismatic and attractive even though he is obviously not meant to be. What a live wire Joyce is. You can just feel the tortured energy from her and even as you are sympathetic toward her, you aren't surprised that Nancy, who spent her life trying not to be that type of woman, absolutely detests her. That ATWT fired Barbara Rodell and let Helen Wagner quit in this period, while parading a series of ingenues so wan they make Rosanna look like Lucinda Walsh, is truly sad. Did they intend to dress Dee like Alice in Wonderland? The dress, the headband, everything. Jacquie Schulz has an appeal to her, it's just what they do with her that is so dull. Nice to see more of early Lyla, and of course Cricket, with her special line readings... Veleka Gray reminds me of Lois Nettleton. @Mitch you might enjoy this one too.

Pretty much sums up the media coverage. I don't think the public cares about Afghanistan, but the media will never let it go, because Biden took away what made them feel special - "saving" the poor brown people - as well as book deals, and the lucrative ties they had to the military-industrial complex. It gives them an easy narrative to hang their negatives on - they can will people into believing Afghanistan was the reason, because they control the copy. I'm not saying this to claim that Biden was wrong to pass the infrastructure bill or to say it will be pointless. Something had to pass. The media that lies about the economy and obsesses over a Trump-loving family who must bathe in milk will downplay this and say it's a gift to Republicans and so on, but at least it's a building block. A lot of parents don't want their kids to learn actual history. They want what makes them feel special. That's the allure of the anti-CRT hysteria. It makes parents feel like loving and tough guys and gals who are fighting the out of touch elites. It doesn't matter if you say CRT isn't being taught, because they need that high anyway.

I hope so. I think Manchin and Sinema will drag as long as possible. I'm glad something, anything passed, but the way the infrastructure bill passed sets up a very ugly path for more progressive legislation.

Look, everybody - MORE can-kicking!

I did not realize what an open secret this was until around the time Kirk Douglas died. Michael's response really says it all.

That is still on Robert Sharp's channel, if anyone wants to see the original upload.

When I watched the interview, Eileen reminded me in certain moments of some of my aunts and my grandmother (some of whom watched ATWT) who have been gone a long time. It makes me feel emotional. I'm glad she seemed to be enjoying the moments and while the interviewing style was very clunky, it didn't feel hurried or forced. Most of all I'm just glad that we got to have the goodbye with Lisa that Chris Goutman was too spiteful to let us have.

Before Don left, he asked for Eileen's number, so I guess she really has been out of the loop. I do hope this can lead to more. And yeah I'd be thrilled to see Larry. I do agree with the criticisms of Alan, and I don't think we need to pretend he is better than he is - it's just I always end up having mixed feelings because he is pretty much the only reason we're even seeing these people.

Don Hastings (after a very clunky intro from the host) is now on too. I'm glad he could do this.

I don't even know how much Eileen is interested in more detailed interviews - this feels more like her just wanting to relive some fun old times, which is alright with me. There had been years of fan worry about her - a decade. I hope this might lead to more for Eileen and if it takes a place she felt comfortable with I can go along with it.

Just another reminder of how stupid most coddled celebrity athletes are (his girlfriend, a dime a dozen actress who starred in a flop Hunger Games-esque series I believe, eats clay because a taxi driver told her so):

I don't know if anyone would argue it was a writing choice as we know the circumstances of this recast.

I think that uploader spliced two episodes together.

Wasn't it just a year ago he was going on about the evils of Jews in the industry? Time flies...

The Debra Wilson sketches are in many cases wonderful, and extremely funny. Most sketch shows from Oprah's heyday barely even had black women in the role, and the one that did I hesitate to upload, even though I think it's entertaining, because it's mostly just fat jokes (it's the one Kim Wayans did on In Living Color). SNL had Oprah parodies about a dozen times, but this is the only one I would say really works (it's less about her than her banshee audience): I should also mention the infamous confrontation between James Frey and Oprah. It was queasily compelling, because you knew how much she was seething at not only his lies, but also the damage he had done to her sprawling empire.

Oprah recording her own theme song. The shows she broadcast from Texas while she was being sued by the beef industry - and her running around, victorious. The blooper reel of Oprah and various women marching down the street, ready to throw undergarments into a trash can fire, chanting and holding placards, until Oprah abruptly stopped and said, basically, "What in the hell are we doing?"

I think another version of that was uploaded about 7 years ago, although this one may be better quality, I don't know.

I don't understand how someone who was hyped as the epitome of glamour looks so completely wretched in how she styles herself and mugs so grotesquely. She looks like a parasite wearing a Sally Kirkland skinsuit.

One of the brain dead money-grubbers at CNN had a piece on the EVULS OF INFLATION, which misled viewers about the amount of money a family was making, did not ell them that the father is a big Republican, lied about the price of milk, etc. As always with the Beltway, the boo hoo babies can't take a second of criticism. The corporate media is our main enemy in this country, and has been for many years.

I can't find the link now, but Nia Long did a video on her five favorite roles. I was hoping she'd pick Kat, but I guess I can't be surprised she didn't, especially with her lack of use by the end.