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The way the show handled the relationship between Andrew and Megan - that Andrew was in love with Megan, and that this was fine and good, and that Megan understood and also loved Andrew (just not as much as she could ever love Jake) is so incredibly mature and so incredibly tender and moving. There was no fear of ship wars, or of psycho stans threatening cast and crew. No soap of recent years would ever allow for this type of nuance, and it just breaks my heart.

Charles Grodin on the Tonight Show. There's a funny joke at the end of this first segment - just wait for it.

An old Nightline on Iran hostages. I had no idea Netenyahu had been so tied to American media interests for this many years. (there are also commercials from the military cable channel in Okinawa, so that's interesting to watch)

I had no idea that the Rorschach guy looked so much like David Tom.

He's always looked like a heap of melted plastic to me. Candace Owens can have him.

The idea of anyone watching Hollyoaks to see how anything is done is hilarious.

I guess the fashion magazines have well and truly seen better days. I do like the outfits though.

I know Yolanda has had her health problems but surely Kris Jenner shouldn't be better at modeling than she is.

The above makes me even worried about when he will take us to war. de Blasio is out: Did he ever really live up to his promise, or was he just able to run a very slick campaign for mayor?

The feud between Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis in Florida continues to take scalps. This one might help Trump lose Florida (vote-rigging aside). https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/20/trump-desantis-florida-susie-wiles-1504981

Kasi was on AW and ATWT.

I agree. Dan never did well with picking out vehicles, which is too bad, as he's a solid actor in both comedy and drama. I hope he gets a chance here. I'm glad John Goodman is looking better than last season, where he was, at times, worryingly frail.

What confuses me is why they included Zack's character, which isn't needed, if they had no plans to even contact the actor involved. I've heard some say who does MPG think he is, and so on, but if I were him I'd have the same reaction.

Sanders gets so many passes for this type of stuff. I think because a lot of people seem to see themselves as him and make him what they want to be. It's very Trump-ish.

@slick jones not sure if you already know about this but there's a full cast list on the Loving credits around 2 minutes.

I notice many on the left see Nancy Pelosi as an equal to Trump and believe that if only she were as badass as they believe they are, everything would be wonderful. They endlessly speculate that she is beholden to him, or they are working together, or she's just a coward. They feasted on some article yesterday claiming that he feels like he can do what he wants and she won't respond. Never mind that he is going to feel that way no matter what because he's a narcissist and completely unhinged mentally.

Me too. Beverly Penberthy was very adept at playing Pat's pain and sorrow, but she could have done so much more. Nobody wants to hear discourse about how stupid it was to let her go, so I won't bother...

Yes - and the guy who wooed her and dumped her (Philip, I think his name was) was in love with Pat, which led her to spend episode after episode after episode spewing bile about "poor Pat." Lots of laughs, really.

I think Susan wanted to leave. I'm not sure. I felt like Cecile was already very conniving, although I haven't watched much of 1981. In 1980 she was running rings around people. Susan Keith seemed to be carrying wide swathes of the show at the time, along with Laura Malone and Vicky and Douglass.

Probably the only tough thing they did against Ford was, in their last episode before the election, playing the video of him pardoning Nixon. https://onesnladay.com/2018/08/06/october-30-1976-buck-henry-the-band-s2-e6/ If you or anyone else is ever bored, this site reviews every SNL episode, day by day. They're up to 94-95 now.

Bauers. I remember reading in a 1986 or 1987 SOD that were plans to bring Hope back. Too bad they didn't.

True. You'd probably have to have somehow managed to catch Spitting Image episodes...by flying to the UK I guess.

I sometimes wonder if fans would have accepted them if more effort had been made, or if it was just a bridge too far.

I think that's the sketch that Hillary complained about (rightly so). Just insane. That whole period of watching is insane. The Real Stories of the Arkansas Highway Patrol/COPS double bill with Bill and Hillary is probably the most vicious political piece I've ever seen on the show. It's just nobody cared as that was typical of the time. Now if you say boo, you have Trumpers boycotting. I tend to see Ebersol's era as nonpolitical, but you have a point. Outside of the very dark Michael O'Donoghue material in Ebersol's first season, this is probably the closest his run came to political punches. Mostly down to Harry Shearer, who always did whatever he wanted anyway: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-chosen-pray/n9267