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Her father, before devoting himself full time to trying to keep Longshot in the Mojoverse, left office scandal-ridden and unpopular. She has zero accomplishments to her name, zero charisma, zero brains in her oversized head. The only thing anyone ever remembers her for, beyond never being able to find a dress that properly fit, was getting kicked out of a restaurant and being humiliated so badly by a standup comic at a press club dinner that they never had one again. She couldn't even manage to make a facial expression that didn't look like someone had just belched the contents of a rotting refrigerator right in front of her.

Putin will have them tortured and killed. This is very brave of them, especially since they likely know it will accomplish nothing but are trying anyway. Fathead Newt Gingrich is now trying to compare them to Trump supporters in his latest attempt to get Trump free of any punishment for his many crimes. Just when you think these pieces of garbage can't get any more craven, they find a new level.

I hope they paid that guy (was that Clay's old chauffeur?) extra money to have to give conviction to that "Phoebe Wallingford AND Claudia Cohen..." line. Unless he was glued to Regis & Kathie Lee every morning I doubt he would have known who she even was. This was a clever way to show just how powerful and influential the Alden name was, and I especially like the dueling phone call with Claudia and Phoebe (Ruth Warrick must have gotten a kick out of this since by this point Phoebe wasn't used as much on AMC in this capacity), but it really is bizarre they had her not interact with Jeremy at all. I don't think they were close on AMC, but still, why not use the connection that's there? Loving: A Visit from Phoebe Wallingford - YouTube @SFK @All My Shadows @Pine Charles @Jonathan

Other than helping to ruin a decent soap, I have little to no history with her. I guess kudos to her for avoiding my radar more than the truly wretched Rachel (who has stunk up the airwaves for 30 years) and her dead-eyed, failed politician husband with closet case vibes.

I knew there was a reason I never liked her. Non-acting, squeaky flop.

I had read about a New York Times editor being fired this week due to conservative backlash. I had wondered why, only to learn that it's because she said she got chills from seeing Biden's plane take off, and also made and then deleted a tweet about Trump not letting him have Air Force One. That's it. She is getting ugly threats, on top of losing her job, and the "paper of record" kicks her when she's down. This is a "paper of record" that, among other things, currently has a truly mind-boggling scandal involving Michael Barbaro (someone I actually had some respect for, but not a whole lot at this point) and his reaction to criticism of the downright dangerous and fradulent Caliphate podcast. https://www.npr.org/2021/01/12/955873886/public-radio-stations-rebuke-times-for-ethical-lapses-related-to-caliphate-podca

Needless to say some are already trying to work up a lather over the dog not being his. I hope no one buys into that fake controversy. When I saw the ads I flashed back to the Michael Steele puppy ad in Maryland's 2006 Senate race, which got a lot of praise but did nothing to help him in his run for the Senate. I'm glad it worked out better for Warnock (it helps that Warnock was a stronger candidate and the ads were not anywhere near as 'cute').

She really did alienate all sides - she got on a high horse about her value to Faux News, underestimating just how much non-Faux viewers disliked her for years of racism (and also because she's cold, hard and phony). She belly flopped at NBC - from day one she was a failure. She tried to get mainstream attention again last year with the Tara Reade interview, which went nowhere fast. Now she is in the podcast grift game, whining with other bridge-burners like Glenn Greenwald or Bari Weiss about what victims they are.

Lovely moment with Ava and Egypt in this promo (I'd never seen it before). It's a shame they trashed Egypt in her return. Good Morning America & Loving promos, 1990 - YouTube

One Life to Live & Growing Pains/Doogie Howser MD promos, 1990 - YouTube Episodes ad, 1990 - YouTube

Loving: Angie Can't Bowl - YouTube A rare light moment for Angie. Robert Tyler almost loses it a few times.

I can see why Marland and Calhoun (was it still Calhoun then?) didn't keep Robert Tyler, but Loving was very smart to pick him up. He became a decent actor, and was very likeable, along with being prime eye candy.

"Thought leaders" like the loathsome and deeply phony Matt Taibbi. What a joke. I never thought much of Larry King as an interviewer (he was mostly an anti-interviewer), but he could be entertaining. Norm Macdonald's impression of him on SNL never gets old. More right wing media shilling. It makes me more mad every time this stuff is pushed. They will do anything to help Republicans.

That felt like something from Soapdish. I'm surprised it got through even in 1987.

This paper's desperate adoration of the GOP gets worse and worse. I hope Biden freezes them out at every level.

Just the start, but it's a good step. @NothinButAttitude @KMan101

@Mitch I think this is tied to that clap story you mentioned. GL Promo - May 6, 1986 (Running From the Truth) - YouTube

I agree, although I think Marland did manage to write some very rich, complex ingenues at GH (Laura) and GL (Morgan #1). Not sure what happened after that. Perhaps that was more down to other writers at the shows, as you suggest.

It's just part of business as usual for CNN. Jeff Zucker bragged about what Trump did for their ratings. Van Jones cried on air about Trump "becoming President" when he launched an airstrike against Syria. They need Republicans in power. They did anything they could to help Trump and the GOP. They won't stop. There is a push from the media at large, who would have sold their children for 4 more years of Trump, to pat themselves on the back and make sure everyone focuses on how terrible Biden and the Democrats are, so that we will see they are "above the fray" and all the rest. This is just beginning.

Courtney had relatable problems compared to Marland's main pretty princesses (Lily, Rosanna), and I think there is something to be said with her struggling with her body image, with Andy's inability to break out of toxic patterns, etc. The main reason I don't care for her is because onscreen, I just don't think this was very interesting to watch. She spent years being unhappy, with little to no personality trait beyond being unhappy. Whether she was with her brother, or Ellen, or Andy, or Evan, that was all you got. She had no real personality or inner life. That's why when she married Andy, her story was essentially over, and we got odd writing choices like her becoming a cop, which I never remember her caring about before that point. Andy was one of my favorite characters, but I generally was more drawn into his stories when they had some type of ugly dramatic element, whether it be the consequences of his drinking, or his relationships with "bad girls." I'm not saying Courtney had to be "bad" to be interesting (Iva, Connor, etc. weren't), I'm just saying the Courtney we got, in writing and acting, felt like a drag to me. As time passes I blame that more on Marland's problem writing for ingenues, and less on Hayley Barr, who went on to do some good temp work on GL (to the point where a number of fans who were tired of Beth Ehlers wanted her to take over the part).

I think a lot of the criticisms of WHO are fair...I just hope that with rejoining, we will address some of these instead of only handing money out.

@victoria foxton I saw the video of them going around, patrolling the streets, smashing up the headquarters, scrawling "[!@#$%^&*] Biden" on the wall, etc. These people just end up giving extremist Republicans ammunition. I also hear some on the left say that this is fine because it pushes the movement forward, and challenges the establishment, etc. when all this really does is just create even more resistance to change.

True, but then he has plenty of experience obstructing. Democrats tend to be behind the eight ball on most matters in the Senate in particular.