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I think A.J. was very peripherally involved because he did "date" or try to date Brenda for a minute before she hooked up with Sonny. Wasn't he hooking up with Julia around this time as well?

OMG! I am stupid. I totally forgot she was hooking up with Jason🤣 I don't think she was ever tested with AJ though. It was just random that Alan/Rhonda had all those scenes.

Taylor would always be hanging around. I haven't watched the full show from that era in years, but she randomly pops up all the time in John/Marlena/Roman edits. And she seemed to have a crush on both Roman and Bo, but I always assumed she would hook up with a scorned Roman post affair. I want to say the actress changed a few times as well. I can't find any info on her because it obviously defaults to Taylor Walker in any search, but I think the 'main' actress did a pretty long interview with SOD complaining about her lack of story. Anyway, this is probably for the Days Classic thread. I just always thought she was going to be more important than she was lol.

Thank you for filling in the blanks! I go off memory a lot and am wrong often lol. Literally, none of this rings a bell for me, but I do remember Taylor and thinking the character was going to be more important than she was. The show seemed to hang on to Carly/Bo longer than necessary and it seemed everyone was tired of it. I remember Marlena getting mugged going to the abortion clinic and Wendy. Random lol.

I thought they were possibly going to make Karen Alan's daughter. They spent a bit of time on Rhonda/Alan and Alan offered to pay for Karen's schooling lol. I am not sure why the rewrite happened but I think Cari Shayne left because ASJ did. I believe it might have been earlier then when her contract was actually up because she only stayed on the show for 2 years and most newbie contracts were 3 back then. Idk, but I think Labine had plans for Karen/Jagger that weren't realized. The show married them off quick and you would assume the plan was to keep them around for Stone's death. So I think there was an actual idea for Scottie/Karen it just got derailed by actor departures.

I think it's been said that Carson Boatman isn't exactly Marlon Brando, but it has to be hard for even the actors to follow this [!@#$%^&*] show of a story. I think Deidre and Drake are just good vets and read their lines and say [!@#$%^&*] it, but it's probably hard for newbie actors to understand this mess. I don't know why Craig would ever fall for Leo. He's gay. He hasn't lost complete sense of his personal taste. Anyhow, I don't feel bad for him. He deserves what he gets.

Wait...what? I don't remember this at all. All I remember is him being married to Madison and giggled at the fact Duke/Carly were a former couple.

This Possession story makes me want to go on a rant about how the initial Possession was high quality art. And I hate the Possession, but there was a story told from beginning, middle, to end. This apparently is my low bar because I don't think any story is being told like that today. I can't even blame MM for this being bad. Belle's "Possession" should be epic and it's so dull.

I already have the Marlena barbie and I am not even ashamed to say that lol. It's on display in my dining room like a boss. My family just ignores it. 🤣 It looks like I can get an autographed cook book for 30 bucks from Dee? Nothing about her screams top chef but it's an option lol. I feel like everyone is ignoring the obvious with Johnny, but Marlena/John are trying to perform an exorcism without religious help so I guess they are distracted.

Yeah, I still don't know why Sonny/Will care this much. It's 2 adults in a relationship now being messed with by 3 other grown men. It seems like a lot of effort for something that's not really that big of a deal. Maybe if they were working with Nancy or something it would make a little more sense? ETA-the thread title got changed back. I guess we have to talk about current days now. I guess I will just google how to join Dee's fanclub and the swag she gives out in the meantime lol.

The Torres family stuff is generally very boring. Idk if the show had an idea about John/Marlena having an affair back then, but it was basically an excuse for Roman to undercover in a variety of wacky costumes and for Marlena to be pissed at him and to explain Bo's absence. I think the show wanted to make the family the new big bad guys, but the entire family was forgettable.

We can always move over to the past Days thread if we have to, but IIRC Bo was kidnapped by the Torres family and Roman went undercover to get him back. He was gone for a minute then reappeared as RKK. He mostly finished up the Carly story which went on for about another year. Billie appeared as a drug addict and was in Carrie/Austin's story. There was a lot of hand wringing over Billie's addiction and Austin had to box to pay off her debts or something. I know John/Marlena helped Billie out as well, which was an issue with Roman. I am sure I am missing some details, but Billie was introduced as Carrie's peer basically. The show didn't move her over to Bo until Curtis Reed's death.

Fair. I am not saying Wayne is traditionally that attractive, but he had a rough and unrefined quality that I liked. Just very blue collar. You know he was treating Marlena right lol...until she met John. I am all for LR/WN and what could of been. But do you guys remember that blonde cop they seemed to be testing with Wayne and RKK? Taylor I think? I wonder why they dropped that.

How were you guys sleeping on Wayne? He was hella hot when he first appeared on Days. 1992 Wayne? Not so much. I actually thought KA and JT had some chemistry...I know.🤷‍♀️ I'll never mention that again.

Her son not herself. I have no idea the outcome of this lawsuit or anything, but it's interesting. The fan club president moved across country to be closer to DH, so, yeah, that's weird. She did legitimately run a decent website. I remember it from back in the day.

😍 Just kidding....... This a a solid read. Deidre Hall sues former fan club president | Days of our Lives on Soap Central If you deep dive this lawsuit it says Dee would make her photo shop pics of her kids to be thinner. I mean, she needs a follow up movie for this stuff.

We aren't friends anymore. That movie is legendary.. The vanity of creating your own made for tv bio is amazing to me. That's why 7000 a month in makeup absolutely checks out for me.

I actually am intrigued with what you get. Maybe it's a signed copy of Never Say Never? Anyone part of the Dee Hall fan club on this board? I am pretty sure this was just a hardball tactic to get money from her ex because he didn't want to pay her at all IIRC. Eric wasn't answering the phone......that's not a joke. That was the literal excuse.

I think that is true. Idk, I would prefer CR hitting on her dad over MM lol. At least that was entertaining even if it was in a bad way. Belle Black hasn't entertained me since Sami tried to sell her.

I am debating on whether or not to join this fanclub. I might get a cool gift lol.

I have always felt MM was miscast as Belle. Outside from looking like Deidre Hall-she brings nothing to the table. She acted like she was 45 when she was 25. I think she's an okay actress, but I think multiple shows struggle with casting a supercouple kid. They are rarely as good as their parents. 1993 is really great. 1991 has a ton of problems, but it's still more watchable than 1992. Nothing really happens in 1992. Literally the show doesn't get going again until Marlena gets thrown in a pit.

Yes, but it wasn't all Days fault. The Cruise of Deception was really good. They lost quite a few cast members back then and it was a rough transition from 80's supercouples to the 90's. The Tale of 2 Romans was awful and unpopular and the show became very Carly focused. I think 1992 was worse than 1991 with the awful Roman/Mrs. Doubtfire undercover story, The Bo recast transition, Kayla/Shane, PP's issues, John's wonky ass jewelry thief past, Jack/Jennifer being swindled by a con artist, Michael Easton as the new hero etc. Once they killed off Isabella the show starting getting a lot better. When the show starts moving toward the affair it's golden. They got CC back as Carrie, aged Sami, brought on Austin/Billie, introduced Kate and re-cast Laura-the show was fantastic by 1993. I know you've said that before lol, but I can't remember why you dislike her. I make fun of MM/Belle all the time so I was trying to say something nice lol.

I really feel like MM is a lovely person. I feel bad I hate Belle so much. I definitely have this VHS somewhere as well. Which is great, but I haven't owned a VCR in 15 years. I wish this was available for free so the masses could enjoy it. Wasn't this divorce super messy? Like he was openly on a dating website while still married? I feel like 7000 on makeup is reasonable lol. Didn't Deidre sue her fan club president too? What an icon.

Again, Belle had such a critical timeline of birth it was foolish to age her. I know these parents weren't on the canvas, but you could have aged Stephanie, Theresa/Jeannie, Andrew etc. I guess they all are related to Shawn and I truly get the Belle/Shawn idea. I don't have a problem with Phillip being aged. Belle/Brady are the just more problematic and the fact they aged Brady much later and made him an [!@#$%^&*] is always annoying. Like,dude, it's totally sad your mom died, but Marlena raised you since you were like 1-calm the [!@#$%^&*] down. They tried to make it like he had a troubled childhood and we have never had any proof he wasn't going to the park with Chelsea the nanny all day. And also, Kyle Lowder looks like he could be Marlena's child, not John/Isabella's at all. Anyhow, neither here nor there because I do think EM vaguely reminds me of Drake so it's fine. He's just about 10 years too old. He should not be the same age as Sami/Eric.

I will just leave at this so we can all remember when Sonny was hot and cool.