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I'd forgotten Iva ever lived outside of the farm, aside from the last few years when she had her own apartment. The scenes with Emily wanting Steve - I wonder if that story was ever meant to go further. Colleen McDermott was a decent actress (if a little hard), but she was probably too young-looking for what they wanted Emily to be. The James/Emily relationship, which was always gross anyway, is even grosser with her in the role. Marland really doubled down on the stuff with James and young women - I don't remember that being such a thing before him.

I think that 1964 episode is one taken at the Paley Center - Eddie Drueding may have had it up at one point. I wish they could make these episodes more easily available (P&G/NBC), but good luck there.

Yeah, the character became much more of a cartoon after McTavish came in - I don't think the original plan was for him to have been responsible for the plane crash. I know at the time there was speculation Born left because of the change but looking back I think he may have had a breakdown, especially since he didn't work for a few years and when he did again it was in small P&G soap roles that seemed to be given to him as a kindness. I had a lot of problems with AMC in 1996 and 1997, but I did feel like James and Broderick were pulling the show together in late summer and early fall. I always had mixed feelings about McTavish, so I did give her a chance, and I didn't think the show really bottomed out until the Kit Fisher rape garbage, but I do wish they'd given Broderick more time. (I still don't know why they had Forsyth briefly appear as Jim's crippled twin brother...just another of those WTF moments that pop up in so much of McTavish's writing)

This is based on (sorry, the first tweet isn't included) a Chicago radio station being jammed with Serbian music last night - the same music heard during the Christchurch shootings.

No.

I think Judi had always been their choice for Paulina and they were waiting for her DAYS contract to end.

Was Mitchell Dru, the character she shipped onto most of her shows, meant to be Jewish?

Thanks. I always get that mixed up. I wish we could have seen the plans Irna had for Amy. She spent her last 5 years in daytime trying to add more Asian/Amerasian representation - something that the soaps never really bothered with.

I'd think some of the 15-minute soaps had two-handers, out of budget, but I'm not sure. I just loved Cali Timmins.

Amid all the outside agitators this is one positive moment. (this isn't to ignore that, sadly, shamefully, a number of sights important to the anti-slavery and civil rights movements in Nashville were vandalized and destroyed today)

From that 1989 episode on Youtube with the two Clays, I think Alex had assumed Clay was dead, but I can't remember now. I haven't watched this since it was first uploaded.

I agree this period seems very male-heavy. I guess it doesn't help that other than Susan (who was on her way out) and poor Ellen, we rarely see any women in major roles (and Ellen's role is very degrading in that the men around her are always trying to "handle" her). We don't see any of Kim as of yet, we have seen none of Jennifer here, Lisa...and Lisa seems like a real mess at this point. It seems like Kim was Irna's main POV female in this run, and maybe Carol? Irna also brought back Penny and her daughter Amy-Lin, although I'm not sure how prominent they were. (wait - was it Irna who brought Penny back?) I'd never seen Judge Lowell either. I think Irna saw the characters as her creations and her creations alone, and that superseded all else. Killing them was, as she told GL fans upset over Kathy Roberts' death, simply a part of the cycle of life.

Were those promos that aired outside of the episodes and they're just put together here?

I wish that story was around to see - I think there's one episode available with Edith. They could have recast the character in later years, to further drama, but I suppose there wasn't much point since Ellen and Chris would have been the only people who would have reacted to her. I remember in Schemering's book he said Edith returned for Christmas appearances - I wonder what her last visit was (obviously they had to end before 1970). If anyone wants to see Ruth on GL, I posted a 1953 episode with her in the GL thread yesterday. Irna had so many fascinating contradictions and did try to break complex psychological ground. We hear a lot about stories she wanted to do but they wouldn't let her - we don't hear as much about stories she fought to do and managed to get on the air.

He ended up being beaten up, arrested, and having his car torched. People keep calling him Hawkeye (as if that character hasn't been degraded enough), but comic Clint would never be doing this trash...

Thanks for letting me know. I am glad they wrote Minnie similar to her old self and let her have a real discussion with Alex about what he'd done to Egypt. I just wish the story hadn't had to happen... That video store set is so detailed, and we even got a day player and an extra. What a world.

Of all the soaps I think GL and EON could be the most easily revived today, but that may be bias on my part. I agree with your ideas. @chrisml thanks for posting that for us. I agree with many of their points. Not about Mallet. That dullard was shoved all over the screen in JFP's tenure. If he was not getting airtime by this point it's likely because they knew Mark was leaving.

Her episodes start in this playlist. She isn't in every one but she features heavily. There are two story arcs for her - the first one where she's mostly drunk and dealing with her kids/stepkids and loser husband, which mostly gets into the good stuff when she begins filming Mansion of the Damned, and then when she's alone and goes full psycho on Frances Fisher. I kept hearing Alex and Ava say she was with the kids - was she just offcamera all the time in this stint?

This channel has some rare Monty Python-related content.

Thanks for keeping an eye on the channel. I'll have to delve into those...

Interesting reading that - I see Walker Bregman, responsible for that piece (and a Trump endorser), is spending his day bitching about Kamala. These rich men banked so much on deadbeat Grandpa (and he won't even invite them to one of his houses I bet) and when it just ended up poisoning the well entirely rather than getting him the nomination, they still can't let go.

Here is Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, risking her life to try to keep some type of peace. It was only a month or two ago that she was being excoriated by the left for being out of touch and uncaring - many of whom, surprise surprise, don't give a damn about anything going on now, beyond recycling the same two MLK and Malcolm X quotes to talk about how hard it gets them seeing buildings on fire.

I think Schnessel, or whoever was with him, was able to keep the show going to a watchable level partly because of the great and fairly complex female characters like Gabrielle and Megan...the biggest drop in quality I'd say happens in 1990. That's also when the cheapness starts to become so noticeable - some of the stuff like Badderly just looks embarrassing.

The Rink was probably the peak of Liza's addiction problems.