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I think this is Jacqueline Schultz (Dee) in the Leggs commercial.

In a reboot I just don't see Val having sold the house that she loved to someone who wasn't family. I can see one of her children living there. Maybe Gary got the ranch back in the years after the 1997 reunion and that's where they live now. I wonder if one of the twins would inherit Gary's demons with the bottle ? I think it would be interesting it was Betsy who did instead of the too obvious male child Bobby. Maybe Betsy is a writer like Val, but she works in the TV industry writing screenplays or maybe for daytime soaps. Her personal life is a mess with a failed marriage behind her and raising 2 children on her own. She starts off as a closet drinker that gradually spirals out of control. She is jealous of her brother Bobby who seems to have it all together with a long standing marriage and seemingly perfect family life and home (the home where she grew up and is resentful Bobby now owns it).

The show could exist on it's own with good writing, but parts of the old show here and there would be nice to give it a foundation to build from. Most of the actors from the original are getting up there in years, so time is running out for them to be involved with guest appearances if someone wanted to do a new series.

Maybe one of Val & Gary's twins, lets say Bobby is living in their old house with a family of his own. In a one episode a real estate agent stops by to try to talk them into selling and gets turned away with a door (those familiar doors of the Ewing home) slam by Bobby. One of the kids is listening and asks their Dad about it and what's the big deal. Bobby then tells them the story of the house and how it was a gift from their great grandmother (Miss Ellie) to their grandparents (Gary & Val) and how he and his sister grew up there. Now they are another generation of Ewing's growing up there. He also mentions it was the first real home that his Mom (Val) had ever had.

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Dallas was circling the drain during those final years. I guess Katzman felt as long as Hagman and Duffy were still around viewers would continue to watch whatever stupid crappy storylines they were throwing out there. Duffy returning to the show was a huge mistake. They bent over backwards to pay him an outlandish amount of money so Hagman could go back to the boys club/ playground behind the scenes at the cost of losing the rest of their original cast. Katzman had rid of Capice and did whatever he wanted. I found Duffy downright insufferable after his return. He had this smug arrogance about him and bled over into his portrayal of Bobby.

They also brought on Melinda Culea who I thought was pointless. Speaking of Judith Light's husband joining the cast, I always wanted to see Judith herself on the show and have scenes with Joan Van Ark.

Late 1969 (aired January 14, 1970) episode of Medical Center. Robert Gentry ( ex-Ed) plays the fiancé of Tyne Daly. Tyne plays Jennifer Lochner the daughter of Dr. Lochner (played by Tyne's real life Dad James Daly). This was not too long after Gentry left GL.

1994: Hard Copy coverage of Bob Barker's affair with Dian Parkinson.

You would think in this day ad age it would be a continuing drama, but most younger people have the attention span of a gnat. They will fast forward if something big is not happening every 5 minutes. That's the reason soaps are a dying breed. Younger generations are not willing to invest years on end watching a series slowly unfold. Remember when soaps would have days worth of scenes of just people sitting around chit chatting over breakfast, dinner, at the office etc...? I tried showing a younger person Dallas and they could not believe people actually sat around and watched that stuff.

Maybe Lucy eventually had a child and they come to live with grandparents Gary and Val. There is also Kenny & Ginger's daughter Erin.

I wish LK had stayed on as Rita and had a long term feud with MK's Vanessa.

It's hard to know what Bell had planned unless there is a story bible or outline somewhere that gave clues. MTS was pregnant in real life and Bell quickly paired her with Braeden. Maybe Bell did intend to have his 2 pet actors (Braeden & Bauer) to be a super couple, but Bauer was exhausted after 9 years of being front burner. As much as I respect Bell as a writer, sometimes he would do weird stuff or lose interest and drop a storyline mid way. Bell also took a shine to MTS. Within months of coming on the show in the late 70's, he quickly married Nikki into one of the main families (Foster). Greg & Nikki could have been made into a super couple if it were not for Wings Hauser in the role of Greg. He was just a casting mistake. His acting was atrocious and he was nothing to look at. James Houghton's Greg and MTS Nikki could have been a very sexy couple that would have made the covers of soap magazines. I can picture them in swimsuits running along the beaches of St. Croix like Tom & Erica on AMC.

Heather Thomas would have been interesting. Surprisingly Melody Thomas Scott said she was being considered for Lucy, but lost out to Charlene.

Yes. There were so many cringe worthy scenes with her. The episode where she runs out of the house and starts hitting Ray when he pulled the plug on Mickey is one that comes to mind. Pamela Sue Martin's early bitchy/catty Fallon is what Lucy should have been. Charlene tried it in the mini series and it fell flat. Jacobs and Katzman realized they had screwed up with casting her. I guess they were fond of her, so they rewrote the character to fit to keep her around. Heather Locklear is another that could have played Lucy. David Jacobs said he envisioned Stepfanie Kramer as Lucy (which is interesting), but Katzman etc...said Lucy needed to be a nifty little blonde.

Y&R: Jill grabbing and squeezing David's junk in the hospital may be seen as crossing the line, but it was comical. Santa Barbara did some over the top stuff. Dr. Zack Kelton for example.

Yes I remember that. She will probably have him eventually. The Brooke character has been so degraded that anything goes.

🤣...so twisted. Ridge had the attitude of " Hey it's OK, sex happens."

B&B....when Oliver nailed Brooke at a costume party thinking it was Hope. Ridge forgives Brooke because it was a honest mistake. Y&R....Malcom raping Dru while she was under the influence of cold medication. GL......Roger and Holly hooking up in the 90's after he raped her in the 70's. Y&R.....The sperm saga. ATWT....Bob gets Jennifer and her sister Kim pregnant at the same time in 1972.

Re: Nikki past used against her. I remember when Lorie Brooks returned in the early 2000's she and Nikki exchanged barbs. Nikki had a dress on that exposed her cleavage and Lorie remarked something like " It looks like your still Victor's project. You can take the girl out of the Bayou, but cant take the Bayou out of the girl. Nikki then remarked " Look at you former best selling author". "You haven't written anything that's been a hit in years". Lorie then licked her finger and made mark and said " Chalk one up for the stripper". Nikki then replied " Why is it anytime we run into each other you insist on taking us back to another time and another place" ?

When someone starts talking about KL, they always mention how much they hated Diana......🤣 I loved it when Eric slapped her and Olivia was taking notes about Abby instigating the trouble between mother and daughter.

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Dentyne (1969): with Victoria Principal. I saw this in a B&W kinescope of an episode of American Bandstand which was dates it to 1969. Here is the original color version.

Here is the complete unedited live concert session from Olivia Newton Johns 1978 TV special. Guests: Abba & Andy Gibb. Segments of this made it into the aired TV version.