DramatistDreamer

Well, damn, I was watching that CBS Daytime video and the news anchor interrupted with a special announcement about Arthur Ashe.😢

I watched a bunch of episodes from 1994 and I honestly think that the cast and crew must have been in mourning after Marland's death because in most of the episodes, almost everyone looks to be wearing black or dark colors of some sort. I remember watching an episode where the sole person wearing any color was Shannon, who was wearing a red dress. Everyone else was in various hues of black black and white, dark greys and browns. The makeup and hair looked so severe and I've already given my opinion on how drab and dour I thought the sets looked. Am I wrong to think that once the show hit the mid-90s, there just weren't a whole lot of places for the Holden character to go, storywise? I know it's kind of sacrilege to say it but I found Dusty to be a much more interesting character in terms of story possibilities. Also, can I say it? Brian Bloom was just a flat-out better actor.

Greta slapping Emily was one of the clips I added to the Great Soap Slaps thread...doesn't anybody remember? 😂 Along with Sierra slapping the sh*t out of Tonio like, three times.

Oops, I completely forgot to watch last night! I'm going to have to check out the replay on CBS.com.😂

Wow, why aren't more hospitals using more elastomeric masks? Sounds as if they are at least as effective as the N95 masks and cost far less to stock.

Turzai should be arrested as should anyone who knew and helped to conceal his status.

Just clicked on and Alan looks like a deer caught in headlights, lol. I'll have to catch the rest later.

Alan is in PR, which is wonderful for securing guests but doesn't necessarily make for effective hosting skills. Someone like Roger Newcomb from We Love Soaps would be well suited to hosting something like this, not to mention that he's done a lot of indie soap stuff so he's more inclined to be able to finesse a situation that goes haywire.

The show likely would have invested more in Mindy and Rusty, had Krista not left since Rose was and that whole relationship with Rusty was a dud and ended up being relatively short-lived in terms of impact.

Oh boy, do I even want to try to click onto this livestream?

Oh okay. And what about the Law and Order of CBS, CSI? Is one of their 50 spinoffs still on?

Is Criminal Minds still on the air?!

Venus is likely promoting her show with Gronkowski. It's incredible that this show was originally set to air on the CBS Sports Network but due to the effect that the pandemic has had on network television programming, has been 'upgraded' to the main CBS network and as a result is being promoted all over the CBS programming universe. After just releasing her new line of sunscreen after hosting her IG workouts, Venus is having a surprisingly active season during this lockdown.

Just finished reading this very interesting Op-Ed piece.

This seems important. Dude fell off my radar ages ago, so it really hadn't occurred to me to think about when was the last time I heard anything from him. I guess there are still fools out there willing to believe in his grift.

Continuing a pattern started by this wretched administration in 2017 that begun with those tax breaks that went to the wealthiest persons and corporations, the organizations that appear to be in the least amount of need get the lion-share of the money from the government. "Hospitals that serve a greater proportion of wealthier, privately insured patients got twice as much relief as those focused on low-income patients with Medicaid or no coverage at all."

By the way, here's the interview with Amelia Marshall. Truthfully, I have yet to listen so this is more of a bookmark for me to remember to listen.

The WHO announced that it is suspending clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine. Trump claims he is no longer taking the drug. Incidentally, if anyone actually believes that Trump was taking hydroxychloroquine, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell ya!

Someone joked that in Staten Island, that's called being nice, lol. Seriously though, people forget that S.I. is a part of NYC and given the enormous losses that NYC suffered, it is likely that most of the people in that supermarket probably knows someone who got sick or died from COVID-19. Emotions are likely running quite high.

Out of all the soaps that were around in the second Golden Age, Capitol seemed like it was the soap that would have been the most relevant today (provided they had the benefit of a strong "with it" writing staff) but I get the feeling as though Capitol didn't have the support from they needed from network in order to remain on-air.

This seemed to happen consistently until at least the mid 90s, I think. GL played Janet Jackson's "Diamonds" on more than one occasion. Recently I watched an episode where it was played in a scene at Company where Roxie was working. I also remember hearing Bruce Springsteen in a sultry scene between Reva and Josh, but who can forget Wrecks-n-Effect's "Rumpshaker" leading off a scene that took place in Bridget's bedroom? And as controlling as Prince was said to be over his music, he and/or his record company did give As The World Turns permission to use "Let's Go Crazy" from the Purple Rain album/soundtrack in at least one of that show's scenes.

To those who may not be aware S.I. is a cop-friendly, GOP stronghold and has been for decades.

^^ This is the type of messaging Joe Biden should be focused on, not glib statements and/or stupid flat jokes on radio shows or lying about endorsements from the NAACP. Stick to the facts, please.

Images to remember from this catastrophic crisis.