DramatistDreamer

But wasn't Singapore already prone to strict penalties for things like gum chewing? Other countries are also harshly penalizing people who violate curfew and/stay-in-place rules right now. A few of these clips came across my TL and I thought she brought up some issues that need more amplification.

Seems like he had a lot of good things to say about Marland, who was definitely well liked by actors, from what I continually hear.

Is Robert talking about Doug Marland?

That rosé is hitting! 😁

Betty Rea knew her stuff. She'd weep at Y&R's casting choices. Yeah, that's what I thought too.

Wow, Robert Newman said he auditioned on the same day that Scott Bryce auditioned and he got cast for GL and Bryce got cast for ATWT!

Getting used to Maureen not having red hair but she basically looks the same. Everybody looks pretty good. Nice to see. I'm glad that at least 1,000 people are watching. Hopefully more people watch as it goes along and the replay. This is just making me want them to keep doing these.

The only other good news (beside Bernie dropping the heck out) on an otherwise solemn day for me. Hopefully the rest of the NY tri-state area will follow suit.

Cool! Hopefully there are some more 'Golden Era' actors in the mix.

This is why I'm side-eye all the fawning and hagiography surrounding Gov. Cuomo these days. Cuomo and DeBlasio have a history of squabbling and pettiness toward each other, leaving issues unresolved at even the best of times. And this fawning is too reminiscent of the hagiography surrounding Giuliani after 9/11 (not comparing to two, Giuliani has always been horrible) which makes me very uncomfortable.

Watching videos are fine but people really need to read.

I'm going to try to catch this live. The ATWT livestream has about 9700 views. If that could somehow be bumped up to 10,000 perhaps it might encourage Locher (or someone else) to do more of these. If people have a lot of soap fans on their social media (outside of this board), maybe they can get them to watch/listen. If there is a sense that a respectable number of people are interested via the view count, who knows? Someone might decide that there is enough interest to engage fans of these shows a bit more, down the road.

Then I must be in that minority too because I would love to hear from all those you mentioned, especially in their own words, unfiltered. Boy I hope Locher (or someone) can make these type of livestream events a regular thing because I'd also love to hear from people like Scott Bryce, Hillary Bailey Smith, Melanie Smith, etc. I like hearing insightful anecdotes and stories on their characters, how they got their roles, storylines that surprised them, etc. So much fun.

Life is hard enough right now. I'm not trying to study those Bernie-bots. I'm trying to maintain whatever good health I can manage right now.

EleVEN by Venus has a YouTube page that has archived all her IG workouts. Haha, I see you Sloane! Okay, maybe that's not Sloane herself...maybe.

^^None of us are surprised by that, right? OTOH Japan seems to have acted somewhat late (like most wealthy countries) at the same time the Japanese government appears to be learning from the missteps of other countries. This was done in countries like S. Korea and Taiwan with success. Even China did this, eventually, which seemed to be credited (along with lockdown measures) for flattening the curve.

I try not to get too personal on social media but a friend of mine lost three patients in the space of 12 hours in Brooklyn. A relative, who is a nurse is currently recovering from COVID-19 after being hospitalized. I try not to get angry over things I cannot control but scientists have been talking about pandemics for decades now and yet the "rich" countries in particular have by and large, handled this pandemic poorly, with deadly results. People need to start realizing that their votes have life or death consequences, it not to be taken lightly. Do your homework before you cast your vote, someone's life (someone close to you, if not your own) will likely depend on it. Allowing incompetent leaders like Johnson and Trump into office while shrugging your shoulders and hoping that only others suffer will come back on you.

The people who now surmise that Johnson must've deteriorated fast could not have seen what he looked like the last time he was on camera. He'd still had a fever after 10 days, which is not, under any circumstances a good sign. Also, with his build, he was likely to have underlying health issues.

Yes, I enjoyed both too. Shannon still looks great!

I was speaking specifically as to why I think Sony/Y&R wouldn't want to stream on YouTube. I think if even Y&R were to permanently go off the air, say, this summer, they'd be more inclined to sell/stream seasons on a digital platform (especially if they could get paid for it) than P&G ever was with their soaps because unlike P&G's most celebrated soaps, Y&R has its full library of episodes from Day 1 preserved and intact, no missing episodes. It's a good point you make about not having enough current episodes to fill their time by the end of spring but CBS has that All Access platform so should they wish to stream classic episodes, there is a ready-made platform. There will probably be complaining as there always is among some soap fans who want their soaps delivered on network television but for the rest that are glued to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and the like, if they haven't completely dropped the soaps, they'd probably be open to watching some classics on a streaming platform.

OMG. The letter that Tommy Lee published on his social media (Open Letter to Trump).😵 Originally it was published by someone else but Lee amplified it by putting it on his social media. That caused some confusion.