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I think it was a promo that aired after the show. Eplin was very hot for most of his AW run, especially the '80s. I didn't mind him with the weight gain later on (he said it was from an ankle injury), and I do think he fit in on ATWT. It's too bad they wasted him. it was sad to see AW's legacy just erased like that.

So glad Rita Simons tweeted this.

That doesn't work. Is it the underwear photo? I always liked that.

The thing with Bill is he's good at criticizing the plans of others, but his own plans were all over the place as POTUS.

I think I missed it. I watched at the time but maybe this was some episodes I missed? Someone said they had a version with women too. It's very cheesy, but does remind me AW had some of the hottest guys in those years...Mark Mortimer, Matt Crane, et al. This was around 1998 or early 1999 so it would be Chris Goutman. She did do her tedious "all men" episode in her run though (for Gary's bachelor party or someone's bachelor party).

I'd never seen this before. It's so cheesy but David Andrew Macdonald is so hot in it.

I enjoyed the Prince Albert story. I feel like it gets a lot of stick because of other issues on the show at the time. I hope you enjoy it too.

It looks like the can is being kicked down the road on repeal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/06/the-gop-is-getting-skittish-on-repealing-obamacare-right-away-which-is-probably-smart/?tid=pm_politics_pop&utm_term=.8ac995219177

Thanks. What would you do to improve the soaps?

Most of the house fire, which I'd always read about without seeing. A bit is missing. I never knew that a man hit Skye and left her unconscious. The scene itself is chilling (thanks in large part to hair and makeup on Robin Christopher + her performance...she could have done well in horror films). I did shake my head at all the contrivances to get Cindy zonked out in the house alone. The fantasy she has of Stuart telling her they've found a cure for AIDS and the scene where Brooke and Tom look at photos of Laura break my heart. This is the start of a long, long coma, and then faking a coma for Skye, right? It's such an odd storyline. But did Skye have any stories that weren't odd?

He knew Buster was having an affair. He didn't know it was Kathy. I'll just repost my Walford Web comments. Believe it or not I actually preferred this episode to most of last week, which was arguably better in quality, but had a lot more of the same unpleasant material day after day. At least this episode had a wider variety of uneven/poor material. I liked the Tina and Mick scenes. When he isn't written as her father or mentor, just as her annoyed but loving big brother, they have a great bond, a believable one on a show that has very few believable sibling (increasingly any relatives...) bonds at the moment. Seeing her crash her bike was a bit of light relief that actually made me smile, and seeing them talk about their debt-ridden childhood brought Mick's money worries home in a way that no amount of badly acted scenes of Mick shouting down the line can. The money woe scenes with Babe were probably about as good as they were ever going to be. As tiresome as money woe stories are, at least Mick's fears are well-founded and based in history. If this was the main Carter story, rather than Lee's shrug of a suicide attempt and the out of nowhere revival of the Buster affair, this would have easily been the strong point of the episode. The scene with Mick and Shirley was utterly ridiculous. I thought the whole point of SOC's "normal" and "back-to-basics" Eastenders was to believably pace stories, but instead, after months on end of repetitive, tedious Carter scenes that seemingly were there to make the Lee reveal something big, it's minimized after only a few episodes so that we can get Mick desperate for cash and Mick, inexplicably, telling Shirley that Buster knocked up Denise. This is a story that was dropped months and months ago, with zero followup since. No scenes of Mick uneasily watching Denise and Shirley and confiding in Linda about Buster's affair. No scenes of Mick confronting Denise. No scenes of Mick telling Tina and asking her what she knows. Instead, in the space of an episode, he blurts out this suspicion for [!@#$%^&*] all reason beyond Denise being shifty in the pub. I felt bad for Linda Henry, who had to pull out tears and other silent film heroine reactions because there was nothing else to go on. I can see where the show decided that having Mick resort to payday loans would be some type of dramatic bookend to Lee's debt problems (with payday loans getting them into this mess), but it doesn't work for me, in large part because the raid and the suicide attempt, both melodramatic bursts that there seems to be little interest in actually exploring, color Mick's behavior and make him extremely unsympathetic. I can't help wondering if Danny Dyer doesn't like the material, because his work in those scenes (like the one at the start of the episode) is noticeably poor compared to moments like his scenes with Tina. The teens (or "teens" as this episode seemed to set a record for Tilly Keeper trying to act much younger than she is via gurning) are about as dull as ever. I'm sure I could say Shakil is realistic, but there are plenty of realistic portrayals I don't have any interest in watching. I also don't believe Shakil, who pressured and emotionally blackmailed bex into sending him nude photos, would take such a strong stand against his idiot friend's predatory photos. If this is to set up a situation where he eventually publishes her photos out of spite, it felt forced. Phil seems as fed up of Sharon's baby talking and cooing as I thought he would be. Michelle in his house offering to cook him food seemed very unlike her. The scenes with the alcohol and not understanding why it was supposed to be in the wrong were closer to what I might be able to see. While she was talking with Sharon, I could see the connection between Letitia Dean and Jenna Russell, but I can't see them as Michelle and Sharon. I think it's because Jenna is a softer actress than Sue Tully, so the contrast isn't there. There's more of a contrast between Jenna Russell and Lacey Turner, which means in episodes like that one that involve being written like actual human beings rather than robots from 1955, they are very good together. I'm still left to wonder whether they should have just brought Jenna in as a new character. I was very relieved that the Jack toy-throwing scenes, AKA hey remember those women that died and made him turn red with rage, you know the saint and that nasty druggie, took up less airtime. Not only do I feel nothing for Jack at this point (even thought Scott Maslen is giving a decent performance), I also find myself resenting that Glenda was brought back just because the show needed yet another woman for him to berate. How many women does he have to verbally abuse before he finally [!@#$%^&*] off? Ronnie and Roxy were on the show for a decade and he was never anything more than their sperm donor. I don't care about how he feels, or about his beet red rage. I just want him to go away. And I want endlessly dragged out storylines to have conclusions that don't involve 40-year old man-children stamping their feet and making everything all about themselves.

Another '90s episode. I hope someone enjoys. All I have right now - sorry.

You don't have to live in rural Iowa or be a coal miner to talk about decency, but I think the way she chose to make her comments and the tone of the awards in general meant they were tailored for a narrow audience. I share many of their views and I'm likely as horrified by Trump as they are, but I felt like I was watching people in a protected bubble. The jokes from some about all the "foreigners" in the room who would be endangered were especially odd to me, because most (certainly not all) are rich and white and have nothing in common with those who will be under threat from the incoming Congress and POTUS and state legislatures. So yes, I see that as elitist. It doesn't mean I think only Minnie Pearl of 2017 can speak in a common voice, just that when I see these types of speeches, I can't really connect to them.

I do think that the speech had elitist elements. It was a glitzy awards show and she made comments to the effect of if we didn't have the arts people would have to watch football or MMA. I don't watch football or MMA either, but she was obviously speaking to an echo chamber, as are most of the celebrities who talk about Trump. I can't really compare it to Michelle Obama because I felt like she was trying to speak to all people, even if many of them were too ignorant or in denial to listen. But that's our society today - most of us only talk to echo chambers. For Meryl Streep to pretend she's Carrie of the Coal Miners, or whatever, would have been phony as hell. That's why we need fresh voices who can speak to people. The Democratic Party needs vitality more than they need anything. And no I don't mean Bernie.

Thanks for sharing all these with us. What do you think of the logo?

It sounds more like he named the first two actresses he could think of. I can't see him enjoying most of her films. (frankly I struggle to enjoy most of them myself)

Snopes is always fascinating. http://www.snopes.com/trackdown-trump-character-wall/

It's unfortunate, but typical JFP, that she got lip service scenes (brilliantly written and acted as they were) when the story was really about Ed's pain and suffering.

That makes sense, but I thought there was a quote with comments like "foreigners" and "the press."

Unless Justina Machado has lost any ability to act, I'd be surprised if she's the new Eva Longoria.

Thanks for the Sheryl video. That ceiling fan scene is for me her best work with Twin Peaks so it's good to know the process behind it.

He did until Trump started ignoring him. Now it just seems like attention-seeking to me. I also don't think it's the greatest idea to make comedic hay out of what Russia is now. But I'll admit I'm already biased because I wish most of the Baldwins would go back to 1987.

Nothing against Meryl Streep, but my eyes went way back in my head when she and Hugh Laurie pretty much said the room was full of the people who were most endangered by Trump. It shows just how out of touch the average star is. I have to assume the director was trolling her by cutting to Annette Bening (who is about as establishment as you can get) yukking it up. It's disappointing, if not surprising, to see Hollywood make it all about themselves, and to see annoying media whores like Alec Baldwin mugging away with his Russian hat. The people who are getting screwed over don't have the luxury to have a chuckle on Twitter or Instagram.

I don't think Russia has that type of money to throw around. They're using it to build up their armies and whatever else. I guess some of Trump's advisers may have gotten a cut, but I think most of this was done by Putin through flattery and "bullshine," which is all Trump needed. I think if you play pals with Trump he won't want to bomb you. That's as deep as he goes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zg3Yol47I