Soaplovers

I remember mention of the two families being neighbors at the Bauer Barbeque in 1991 when Michelle wondered over to the Spauldings with Mo trying to find her with Blake causally mentioning she saw Michelle next door at the Spauldings. Shame more wasn't done or mentioned about the two being neighbors when Jenna won the company and mansion in 1993 and than Roger marrying and moving into the mansion in late 1993. Would have been a lot of awkward encounters between Ed/Holly & Roger/Jenna had the fact they were neighbors was mentioned.

I wish that The Articulettes backstory and drama had borrowed more from the Klymaxx backstory instead of the Supremes. There was a lot of tension/strife in the Klymaxx that still plays out to this day in that group long after their time in the 80s. I could have seen Sharon pull a Cheryl Cooley.. which gets Anita and Tracy back together to fight her while their late band-mate could have been a Bernadette type or even a Joyce type that had passed away after being kicked out of the group.... which would have given SPS/Leslie more motivation to be a thorn in Anita's side as a way to pay back the woman she viewed as driving her mother out of the group and out of getting her cut of coin.

The moment Madonna hooked up with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake was the moment when she surrendered being a trend setter and following the trends. Rumor has it she's doing a COADF Part 2 for her 2026 album drop... time will tell if that will work. What COADF so good was that she used two of her favorite things from the 70s (Abba and Saturday Night Fever) and updated them into the 2000s. I wonder what her inspiration will be for this sequel to that album.

I wouldn't call myself a Swiftie, but I have known and listened to her going all the way back to 2006/7 when she was country lite. A few of my fav Taylor songs through the years (20 years in 2026 since she came onto the scene). All five of these songs have played in my head on and off over the years.. and that's how I can determine if I like a song or not :)

I always viewed two major events that changed Alan Michael into the scheming and torture individual that we saw in 1992 to 1996. 1) The kidnapping and torture he endured when he was kidnapped on his honeymoon with Blake. Yes, this was introduced due to a recast needing to be done, but I remember Alan Michael being more intense in the weeks/months after that ordeal than he was before that. 2) Finding out that not only did Blake cheat on him, but that she lied about being pregnant with his child. So he naturally divorced her and left Blake with a nice settlement. For awhile, Alan Michael/Blake did hook up while working toegether in 1991/1992... but I also remember him being tested with Eleni. In fact, Blake ended up being the one responsible for Eleni/Alan Michael's green card marriage and once Holly spilled the beans on that.. Blake's sights turned from Alan Michael over to seeking revenge against Holly by seducing Ross. And once he saw that Eleni was truly interested in Frank, his scheming Spaulding side kicked in and he became less of a nice guy and more like a Spaulding.

While the show hit pay dirt with Dani/Andre... they best not over-use them at the expense of other characters.. or the show will truly be like Santa Barbara and their over-reliance on Cruz/Eden and the Capwells at the expense of other characters/families. I have to wonder if some of these shifts had to do with the show not being sure if they would get a season 2 pick up hence why Hayley's con artist past was exposed, Derek's 'deception' was discovered, and clues being planted that SPS/Leslie would be exposed in her part in Laura's hit and run were done so if they didn't get a pick up, the show could tie up the plots... but once they got a season 2 pick up.. the show had to pivot (hence why the Winterfest didn't end up revealing anything major). I have a feeling Hayley switching gears and listening to Joey ensures she can stay on the canvas longer, SPS looking Marcel's way ensures she doesn't get fixated on Ted, and I'm sure Tomas trying to get Kat to commit to him more is going to lead to him being written out once she realizes she only stayed with him to stick it to Eva (who has since moved on). I'm hoping for season 2 that Eva/Kat don't fight over another guy (Izaiah) and that they co-exist in a truce of sorts... while Eva has to contend with the disapproval of Izaiah's family while Kat focuses back on her business with Chelsea and has more work related stories.

The first few months of Texas is the show realizing what was working and what wasn't working and starting to course correct in December 1980. Originally Dawn/Dennis were supposed to be the Romeo & Juliet love story with Dawn hating the Wheelers for stealing their house and causing her father to kill himself while not realizing that Dennis is actually a Wheeler. Paige seemed designed originally to be the anti-heroine and her character seemed designed to be the antagonist in Terry and Clipton's relationship... but the show realized that wasn't working and moved Paige into the Iris/Dennis orbit and being the one Iris despises instead of Dawn.

My mom told me about another tv movie starring Suzanne Pleshette called Fantasies about a killer that stalks and kills soap performers on a show that might be connected to the head-writer played by Suzanne.

I can't fault Marj for going where a contract was going to be offered. Soaps save money keeping performers recurring, but they also risk losing them if said performers get another job that offers a contract.

MVJ did work on B & B... so wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that happens a long way down the line.

Falcon Crest is now on Tubi, which has less ads than Plex.

When it comes to Madonna, I found after Ray of Light.. her albums had two or three songs I loved with the rest of each album being Eh LOL My non-single fav Madonna songs:

Vanessa was better written before the newest co headwriter took over, but in regards to Ashley.. I think the show is trying to reset her character. As @Maxim stated, the actress is doing as much as she can with an under-written part.. and the show keeps introducing potential story threads for her at work only to drop it. Hopefully season 2 will bring a more focused arc for her character away from Derek and Andre. Vernon/Anita do have that moral center vibe to them for sure... but I'll see her as Jessica Griffin with a much more vibrant wardrobe :)

I actually think instead of doing the whole Sally's friend... maybe Ginger could have been the ex wife and/or relationship of Danny. She would have had ties to Karen, Val, Gary, and Mac... and it could have potentially opened up more story about how she went from being Kenny's wife to ending up with Danny.

Let's see if they have chemistry before we dimissed this potential coupling. And maybe it's a red herring and he's intended for someone else.