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2 hours ago, dc11786 said:

I was watching Christmas 1983 and Christmas Eve 1984 episodes I received on DVD a while back. I had forgotten how quickly Joanna Lee departed "Search for Tomorrow." Her hiring is announced in February, 1983, but she is gone by Christmas. Barrett is credited as the executive producer in the Christmas episode. I like Ellen Barrett's work on "Ryan's Hope," which I know isn't a popular opinion. I also am aware that Barrett's work on "Search for Tomorrow" wasn't beloved by fans. This also means the date rape episode was under Barrett. I thought the date rape episode had occurred under Lee. I guess its entirely possible it was still in the cards when she was there. Also in the Christmas episode, a bunch of characters on their way out of town. Cathy Phillips has offered Tom Bergman a job in Washington he is accepting, Rhonda Sue Huckaby is leaving to sing in Nashville, the Moreno family is heading out to California to see Barbara's sister, and, from my reading, Cain Devore's days as Danny Walton are numbered. It was nice to see Elizabeth Swankhammer as Suzy so I have a visual, but she isn't given much to do. 

 

Seeing more and more from the 1980s, I get it. Maree Cheatham continues to be a delightful revelation in the role of Stephanie and I can see why people were furious when Louise Shaffer replaced her. I love Shaffer, but Stephanie isn't the role for her. Like Lambie, I think it would have been fun to cast her as Stephanie's sister, a sort of faux high society type who comes to town down on her luck looking to sponge off of her sister and to make a play for Lloyd. Anyway, I loved what I saw of the Lloyd / Stephanie (with Maree Cheatham) pairing. Did that go very far? Did Steve have a say in any of it?

 

Anyway, Christmas 1983 was a mixed bag. There was some good drama with Wendy as she has lost her and Warren's baby. Lisa Peluso is a bit overwrought as Wendy, but Jay Avocone does a nice job as Wendy's big brother. Knowing where its going is interesting, but it isn't really working. There is a bit with Sunny in jail for the holidays and some Hogan / Sunny scenes. Both actors are appealing but the writing is a little flat for me. Laurie Klatcher (the first Natalie on "The Doctors") plays Sunny's working girl cell mate who hits on Hogan. There is a nice little bit where Hogan brings Sunny a gift which she thinks is from him. McCabe plays it like she knows its from Hogan, but I believe later we learn its from Jack Benton. 

 

There are some little moments I like. The Martin / Lloyd exchange is fun. Lloyd and Stephanie have some fun interplay. Jo and Martin share a moment. The Stu / Josh relationship is incredibly sweet and its a bit heartbreaking knowing he's leaving town with Barbara in the next couple of episodes. I just think there is too much going on. Warren, Kristen, and Suzy all appear in the background and Ringo has some moments with Rhonda Sue. The cast is really big at this point so I see why they were trimming it down. Barrett says the cuts were planned before she arrived. Who knows.

 

There are elements of the 1984 Christmas episode which are a bit more appealing. The action bit isn't appealing. Kentucky is having a heart attack midflight which requires Liza to land the plane. That doesn't do much for me. In Liza's absence, though, Lloyd has come to the Sentell home to tell TR the big Christmas miracle; she is Rebecca Kendall. Instead, Lloyd learns that the adoption went through and now TR is happy to be a Sentell. TR is snipy, Lloyd is devastated, and Stu has to play mediator. Lloyd leaves without ruining TR's Christmas. By the time he shows up to Stephanie's, the younger set has already arrived. Alec is thrown by Stephanie's glee about his new relationship with Wendy. The problem is they aren't dating and Wendy failed to let Alec know about the lie. There is a little more of the Chase / Justine interaction. This is clearly the post-Adair story plans for the Kendall boys. The Alec / Wendy angle has potential. I wonder if the plan was to play a Justine / Chase / Adair triangle which got lost when Stephanie Braxton and Paul Avila Mayer arrived. They quickly write out Justine and Chase / Adair never really have much conflict after that do they? 

 

There seems to be more story in the 1984 episode, but I think that might be because of the difference between a Christmas Eve vs a Christmas day episode. Anyway, I'd be curious to see what Christmas 1985 looked like. Didn't Wendy actually leave on Christmas Eve?

14 hours ago, j swift said:

I'm watching the Eden story finale that has been recently uploaded.  I know the whole thing is ridiculous but, why was the Republic of Eden having their Tricentennial Celebration in upstate New York?  It is such an odd detail that they repeat in two different scenes.  As an audience, we knew that they weren't in Paris or St. Moritz.  So why not go to Eden?

 

That being said, I would watch any scene with Geraldine, Raven, Mitzi, or Jodi.  Geraldine is especially great in these episodes.  Her TV station has a liberal leave policy as both Jodi and Nicole need time off from their live daily shows to go to the Eden party.  She never moves, she is nice to everyone, and she is super cool about telling Jodi to go have fun at a summer party while she still young but to be careful.

Doesn't seem like a story Henry Slesar would write. I wonder if TPTP forced him to write that mess? It's so pitiful that Edge couldn't shoot those scenes on location. Those in studio ''location'' scenes looked really bad. After the Republic of Eden mess. Nora Fulton will begin her reign of terror on the Cavanaugh's. Which is amazing stuff.

http://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2018/07/20/roseanne-barr-talk-show/  'Roseanne Barr' to Do Talk Show

3 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Can anyone tell me why Toni named her son Michael - Paul?

Toni gave her son her late father's Paolo name as his middle name. 

Dr. Paul Summers has made his first appearances. On the May 11,1976 episode. 

https://t.co/KzwuuXyWS4   An interview Nadezhda (Nadya) Tolokonnikova who spent 22 months in a Siberian prison camp for a 2012 performance

Elizabeth Lawrence has debut as Virginia Dancy on the April 21, 1976 episode. 

https://logo.to/2NBYt10   Roseanne Barr Planning to Interview Herself on YouTube

1 hour ago, JarrodMFiresofLove said:

 

Thanks. And how many Aldriches do we eventually see? Do all of Steve's children get aged?

The Aldrich were never a huge family. Steve, Mona and Jason. Steve had Erich with Karen. Stephanie was Carolee's daughter with Steve. Jason had a step daughter Stacy from his marriage to Doreen. A daughter Jessica from Nola. I guess at some point Steve adopted Billy. By the end of the Doctors Erich was a college student. 

2 minutes ago, JarrodMFiresofLove said:

 

So how many Dancys were there altogether? Were any of them still on the show in 1982?

The parents Virginia and Barney. Their children Joan,Jerry,Sarah, Nola and Luke. By the end only Luke was still on the show.

18 minutes ago, MonaCroft said:

 

I can't possibly think of what kind of plot points would keep her around for another year.

 

Out of the Conard family Eleanor was the most interesting. So i can see why they kept her. Scott and Wendy were both dull as dishwater. I read on this tread that Eleanor ended up Luke Dancy's sugar mama.

I like SFT's smooth jazz opening.  

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