DramatistDreamer

I tried to get past it and focus solely on Eileen but man, it's a challenge when the host is so inept at maintaining conversation threads. He would just stop the conversation cold, he's so stilted. I was grateful that Don could come on, that helped give the conversation more texture, it felt natural.

I have to be honest and go on ahead and admit that I don't know all that much about old Hollywood. Most of the things that I've learned have been in recent years. I can tell you about scripts and some production histories of certain films and especially plays, but personal lives...not so much.

Don mentioning that actors would be pulled if Irna Phillips said she didn't want to see them again, lol. Eileen talking about Elaine Stritch and it went right over Alan's head, lol. At the very least, Alan is respectful and is giving her space to speak.

Don Hastings. Really nice to see. Things are picking up. Now, can we get another host/moderator?

I just wish there were a better host/interviewer to focus this, but I guess for someone who's never read about Fulton or seen/read any interviews these are brand new insights. The photo of Lisa and Earl is a nice touch. More photos and some clips would probably help. Still, it's very nice to see Ms. Fulton. Worth putting up with Alan.

How many times have we heard "That's crazy!" so far. I'm just here for Eileen. That's it!

AIDS? Or HIV? There is a serious difference, like, life and death. Let's not pretend that Marland didn't know how to write a sexy scene. Maybe not 90s Marland, but 80s Marland sure as hell did.

$10K for Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, I can possibly see but for someone who practically sleepwalks through scenes??

Looking back at these earliest episodes, it really is obvious why these particular actors were chosen to portray the Logan family- the bone structure, along the jawline in particular, is very similar, and when you add in Judith Baldwin, the actress who played the original Beth Logan, the pattern of facial similarities between the actors who portrayed the Logans is magnified that much more. I'm not saying they look identical, just that the bone structure, especially along the jawline is strikingly similar.

It's weird how all these soap blogs that normally feast on rumors are so mum in instances like these.

Well damn, how many Hollywood leading men have abused Natalie Wood?!

Apt.

Speaking of Boehlert, this makes me wonder whether the Democratic party is equipped to do this, because the lying only seems to be getting worse with little acknowledgement from most media.

More on the Peng Shuai sexual assault allegations and the ensuing censorship by the Chinese government.

Ooh, it's been awhile since I procured a script for a television show, lol. I used to get scripts in the regular when I was in graduate school when I took a sitcom writing course. I have a small library of film scripts though.

As someone who grew up on Y&R but no longer watches, part of me thinks that maybe I have no right to answer this question, but I did see Burton's first run on Y&R and honestly, I wouldn't be interested in a Dylan return, the character had become dead weight by the time of Burton's exit. An initial return might give Nikki something to do initially, but with JG's writing, that would last all of a week. Paul's no longer on the canvas, Sharon has Rey, who is basically a Dylan replacement. The Chance aspect has effectively taken the place of Dylan's disappearance. Also, if he is not vaccinated, what's the point? Y&R probably has more elder actors on the show than GH. Why put them at risk for a minor character who wasn't even known to the show's longtime fans until a few years ago? Not worth the trouble, imo.

"...long defined the state", you mean the country, right? Where has Politico been?

Unless the WHO and the CDC is putting people in front of a Congressional committee for hours on end, asking them to "name names" of the suspected unvaccinated, I think the analogy to McCarthyism is a poor one. I spent time reading about writers and artist who actually suffered under the blacklists, many had to move to Mexico and Europe just to make a living. Having conservatives in Congress dragging someone before a committee, badgering them to name other people who may or may not have a political affiliation is different from a private company that sets it's own policies. Also, Communism may have been seen as a scourge but it wasn't a highly transmissible, deadly disease that could kill within days. If anything, at least tuberculosis and the scare it produced in the late 19th, early 20th century might have made a more apt analogy.

No, just lonely (from being isolated on that ranch in New Mexico) and stressed out. Of course, Meg was willing to do whatever it took to "alleviate" Dusty's stress, especially if it meant driving a permanent wedge between Dusty and Lily. It's odd, considering the tight bond Lisa had with Kim and Bob that she wouldn't have that with Chris, especially since Lisa was known for easily bonding with the young adults in town. It's sad when history is forgotten. It's what I appreciate when seeing that 1986 episode where Bob throws in that barb about Lisa taking motherhood so casually and Bob's contrite demeanor once he sees how wounded Lisa is by his words. That history was deftly inserted in that scene, just for a moment. One of the things I appreciated about ATWT the most when it was really good were those subtleties.

@Soapsuds mentioned Dylan Bruce who played Chris Hughes in the "Where Are They Now?" thread, which reminded me of a question that came to mind yesterday, with all this talk of Eileen Fulton and Lisa: Was Lisa active in Chris's life when he became an adult? I know that she was his godmother. As many of you may know, my viewing became sparse by the late 90s (and ultimately, dropped off in subsequent years afterward), so I really don't remember Lisa having a very close relationship with Chris, but perhaps someone else paid more attention during that final stretch of the series.

Speaking of Chris Hughes, I had a question but I'd better reserve that for the ATWT thread, I think.

I mean, if she trusts the writers to handle the topic with grace, anything is possible given enough time, I guess.

Would she be okay with that though? It could easily end up being exploitative, especially since it just happened.