DramatistDreamer

Biz Markie's music hearkens back to a time when there was room for humor in hip hop. R.I.P.

The hairstyle on Svitolina looks quite matronly but hey, that's what she likes.

Okay, inquiring minds want to know now. WGA rules seem very specific to the point of rigidity, but perhaps the rules were looser at that time? I would think that even a writer of Marland's caliber, the lawyers would keep a sharp eye on the contract, so that no writer runs away with the show's assets. I think what a headwriter/creator would have more leverage than a head writer, but perhaps after two Emmys for show and multiple nominations, P&G were willing to loosens the purse strings enough to release that perk. Also, I wonder whether perhaps upon his death something would have changed in terms of ownership but if he had a very Beckettian estate, they would've kept very tight control over the terms. I was doing a quick search to see if I can find out who is the executor of his estate and was stopped in my tracks when I saw a link to Douglas Marland et al, vs. Donald Trump. Immediately I thought theory about Tad Channing being based off of Trump had been proven correct but I think it's a different Douglas Marland, who might be in real estate as the lawsuit appears to be pending.

I don't agree with the lack of mask wearing though, not with all these variants. And deep cleaning should happen weekly, at least.

Isn't this what I've been saying for at least a year?!!

Did Irna Phillips or her estate get royalties for the characters she created? If anyone was entitled to royalties, certainly it would've been her. The more I think about it, the less likely I am to truly believe that the characters were pulled because of royalties (if he even had such an agreement). Sometimes executives say things and/or pass a rumor around, but it may be just that, a rumor. I got a chance to listen to the interview I got a chance to listen to the, shall we call it an interview? Yeah, I agree that Alan talked over Suzenne a lot. It seemed as though, just when she was able to collect her thoughts and begin to talk, Alan was interjecting his thoughts. I got some enjoyment out of it, but like everyone else, I wish a more skilled host would have conducted this conversation. Another thing that struck me is how memories can sometimes get tangled because Suzenne mentioned that she believed that she was the first actor on a soap of that era (i.e. since cigarette smoking was banned on TV) to smoke onscreen but I remember a few years prior to her Julie, I saw Leanna Love on Y&R light up onscreen during her debut during the late 1980s. I am not sure where she would have gotten that information.

Sometimes I pretend that most of that didn't happen. If ATWT were ever to be fortunate enough to get any type of retool or revisit, a la All My Children/Pine Valley, I would definitely want to see a re-telling if certain stories. The last decade, in particular was pretty lousy story-wise. I'd be barraging whomever with story ideas for repairing the damage, because I've got tons.

ICYMI, because I know I did.

Is this real?

Could royalties be the reason behind why Eileen Fulton and so many other senior veterans got so little storylines in the show's final years? Or was it just garden variety ageism?

I've got to check out the playback later. I hope he can get Jennifer Ashe. You all must be tired if me bringing up that I have wanted someone to talk with her and Peter Boynton.

Is that Liz Kiefer at around the 27:26 minute mark?? Also, Mark Printer was on Guiding Light? He really traversed the P&G serial universe!

So sorry to hear about Charlie Robinson's passing. Yes, he is no longer in pain and suffering but, for fans who had hoped there could have been, even a quasi-reunion (which would have been hard without Harry Anderson) seems to make no sense with two pivotal characters now gone. May Robinson rest in peace.

As I said, it might be easier to track who is actually going to the Olympics, rather than who's not.

At this point, it's probably a lot easier to keep track of who's actually going to this thing.

This is going to lead to more conspiracy theories and less vaccinated people. Ridiculous.

They were probably assuming or hoping that no daytime drama fans would be reading that article. What those comments told me though, was that, whether pursue that particular model, they are clearly looking for a way in to using "television"/streaming or whatever the latest model will be to sell their product via entertainment on some screen. All while leaving their history behind, hopefully forgotten.

I think the U.S. Open trophies have always been closest to the display trophy in size. I remember in 2000 when Marat Safin and Venus Williams won, Safin said something about struggling to fit his trophy in the overhead compartment, as he was insistent that he was bringing it on the plane, not checking in baggage.

I think, up until the very early 00s, the winner's trophy used to be the same size as the display trophy. I can't remember what year they began to give those mini replicas. I want to guess, maybe by 2005, or 2006? I'm too lazy to try to check when.

Even with ads, you could experiment with the sequence and whether to front-load or put more ads on the backend. Streaming services like Peacock, Roku and even YouTube (although YT is somewhat heavy-handed and clumsy with their placement of ads) do this. Networks have shown us that they are not into trying anything different, whether it would be successful or not. I had to guffaw when I read that article a few years ago, when P&G claimed to believe that 'Choose Your Own Adventure" would be the wave of the future, when they produced soaps, with the exception of a few years, here and there, they appeared to be one of the most risk-averse production companies I could think of.

😅 Followed by noticeable silence and a drag in conversation. Somehow I heard the "that's crazy" exactly in his voice.😂