BetterForgotten

The only version of this song that I care about. Definitely not Aretha's overrated whaling.

Yeah, looks like that was JFP's first episode, very interesting to see how the switch may have impacted the show in the beginning now...

On a sidenote, I always wished ATWT and GL did some type of corporate crossover storyline in the late 80's/early 90's. I would have loved to see Beverlee and Elizabeth Hubbard in scenes together and bitching it up in their oh so classy ways...

Bev also accomplished an incredible feat if you think about it - Iris was such a definitive and iconic soap role, to then have similar success and create another strong character is not an easy task. I wonder how AW fans felt seeing her in a different role at this point. I know she given the choice to return to AW as Iris in the late 80's, but refused and wanted to continue as Alexandra. GL had such an amazing cast of women during this time - Bev, Maureen Garrett, Maeve Kinkead, Ellen Parker, etc. All so different, but amazing in their own right.

No one f.ucks with Ms. McKinsey! I'm surprised at just how great the picture quality is in this video.

Cady did her best work in daytime during her first stint as Rosanna.

Much like Sherry Stringfield's Blake, I never accepted anyone else except Kimberly Simms as Mindy.

Things seemed very messy at AW in the late 90's - If I remember correctly, JFP left on her own accord and gave an exit interview where she alluded or talked about what a challenge it was to work on the show and how that there were a ton of cooks in that kitchen...

Well, look at the soap that replaced AW, and the success they had with Reilly's DAYS in the 90's...

The Carters were ruined to begin with. I will always applaud him for killing off Ronnie and Roxy with no remorse...

I remember disgruntled OLTL fans at the time saying that Lindsay was JFP projecting herself as a character on the show. The character was VERY unpopular during the JFP era with a lot of longtime fans.

I wonder if Yorke may actually stick around longer than this "temporary" basis if they can't find someone to replace SOC. Remember when Loraine Newman was supposed to be temporary as well?

Jensen absolutely ruined Marley (and Vicky, if we want to be honest).

Wait, so John Yorke is back on a temporary basis? As much as I love the early 00's, the show has tried and has never been able to recreate it. Yorke keeps coming back in some capacity...

Watros was more like Anne's Vicky in those few episodes than Jensen ever was.

Didn't Lemay actually mentor Marland at AW? Maybe Marland was just being grateful and giving him a job. Actually, would have been interesting if Lemay actually got to HW GL. I wonder how he would've fared with this type of show.

I don't know, I think Sherry was just a hard act to follow and LK, though competent, just didn't have the same appeal/charisma. I don't think I ever stopped missing Sherry's interpretation of Blake.

The scenes with Ross and David at the diner after his acquittal were also touching:

If I remember correctly, the story also had an indirect impact on quite a number of characters on the show at the time, and it felt like all of Spingfield was united behind David (even Roger!).