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MrEdge80s is posting clips of 1983 GH on YT this evening along with some Daytime Dilemmas. I took this screenshoot of Jimmy Lee from when he was in GH following an accident on the docks. Apparently, something happened to his nipples

And famous Hollywood actress (and recovering addict) Victoria Lane went to Santa Barbara Public High with that whole crew. Ric (no K) and Carmen Castillo may have also gone to SB High, however, Kelly and everyone their age seems to have to memory of them. I'm starting to believe that with all of the disappearances (Pearl, Ric, Nick Hartley, Cassie) and, residents not remembering other townspeople from their youth, that there was an underlying X-files-esque mystery going on in Santa Barbara that we as an audience were never clued into at the time. Why else would half of Kelly's lovers disappear without a mention?

Here's an odd fact: according to the French Santa Barbara Online site, they were filming in Paris exactly 30 years ago this week. The shooting in the French capital took place for six days, from April 10th to 16th 1989, for a total of 55 sequences, spread on six episodes of 45 minutes. The shooting required the presence of 30 persons, actors included, and a budget of more than 500 000 dollars ! It was an interesting remote because it was a big splashy story that wound up having very little impact. Kelly (now Carrington Garland) was living in Paris and Eden got the psychic premonition that her baby Adriana was in France. So she hightailed it Paris, Kelly went undercover as Adriana's nanny (not Eden as suggested on the French website). It turned out that Adriana was living was Cruz's con artist brother Ric (no K) Castillo and his wife Hollis. By the end of the sequence, Hollis had jumped in the Seine and Ric decided to move to Santa Barbara. Ric worked for Bunny and seemed to have never stolen any cash for himself while in Paris. Then Robert Barr comes back to town and Ric winds up disappearing.

The Post said she is writing a book, so I think she will leave most of the story there to be published around the time she returns in the fall. Especially because there is no Oprah, Barbra Walters, or Diane Sawyer to go to in 2019 for a tell-all interview. She seems like she wants to control the narrative. As the complexity of their business, she doesn't work for QVC anymore, and she is not pursuing other productions like when she had her gameshow on GSN, So it may not be as complex as it once was. Certainly, this is the end of his career in production; who would give him a reference? I think it will be a milestone when she allows celebrities, and her audience, to comment on her strength. I remember when Rosie O'Donnell lost 5lbs on her show and every actor commented on her slightly svelter image. If Wendy allows an actor to say that they are proud of her, it will be an interesting way to acknowledge what is going on. But my bet is that she has to say something about the divorce on Monday, even if she demurs from details.

In one of Andy Cohen's books, he describes an odd interaction with Wendy's husband. They had pitched an idea to Andy for a pop culture judge show, he was encouraged, then she never returned his calls. Until a month later her husband called and said that they didn't want to do business with Andy and they never spoke again. This was after they had socialized at Anderson's book party and Andy express in the book that it started a one-sided feud. She never booked either Andy or Anderson on her show again and she never spoke to them. Later, when Charlemagne was on radioAndy, they both agreed that the only thing holding Wendy back in her career was her husband. Which is interesting when you consider that she is the only single-hosted daytime talkshow on currently,(other than Ellen which is more of a variety show these days), and she has lasted more than 10 years. However, I think how she handles this news with her audience is crucial. The NY Post is already reporting on every side comment she makes on air, and her show has not been live since she filed on Thursday. So, I think her fans have given her space, but they will expect a statement. I thought it was very powerful when she was discussing the half-way house and she noted that people may have negative expectations of her housemates, but that she was the face of how addiction can look. There is potential for her to pull a full-Oprah and change the direction of her show, or she could adjust to try to be just a bit more compassionate. I know I am compelled to watch it, but I don't know for how long if this experience is not reflected in the kind of entertainment that she wants to make once she is in recovery.

So we'll never get to Kristen's Most Eligible Bachelor Party ...

Question: Are the Kardashian babies' stylists big Myrna Clegg fans?

It seems unfair that Danny also went to Lyman Prep but his sister Santana had to go to public school with Keith and Cruz. Unfortunately, a good education didn't help Danny when he became one of the many who disappeared from Santa Barbara...

Kelly had just turned 21 at her engagement party to Peter Flint in the pilot in 1984. My recollection is that she and Joe dated steadily in high school, but they weren't engaged. Joe was the same age as Warren and Channing because he was a scholarship student at their school who had to do janitorial duties as his work study (which doesn't excuse Augusta from being the first woman to sleep with Joe when he was released from prison, given that he was her son's age). Also, it doesn't explain why Brick was older than Warren, if Warren and Channing were the same age? However, it is never explained why Eden went to a different high school, (with Robert Barr, but not his twin) than her siblings, except that she was still in Pine Valley when the series premiered. And Cruz must have gone to another, (presumedly public school), with Keith Timmons, Keith's dead sister, and Santana. The one that really stands out is Elena Nikolas. If Pamela was pregnant when CC forced her to move to Europe, then wouldn't Elena have been older than Channing/Brick? However, they played Sherilyn Wolter as if she was the same age as Eden. As for Sofia, my question remains as to if she and Lionel only hooked up before Channing/Brick, and after Ted, or were they hooking up the whole time? And when did she meet and marry the Count (who happened to have adopted a German son whose parents may have been shot by CC during WWII) after the yacht in 1969 or after shooting Channing in 1979? If she met him in 1969, they were together longer than she was with CC. I found two more clues. In the 1984 episodes, Ted says that he was five when Sofia disappeared, which is why he didn't recognize her immediately. However, in 1991, it is revealed that the precipitating incident to Eden's "split personality" was that she saw Sophia fall off of the Lockridge yacht. This would mean it occurred when she was around 8 but in the flashback Eden was a teenager (also it doesn't explain why she wasn't triggered when she lived on Cruz's boat, or when she was held captive by Kirk Cranston at Marineland)?

I was in a UK Tabloid wiki-hole last night and became fascinated with Abi Titmuss. She is a former nurse and poker player who had a sex tape released of her and a former morning tv host, John Leslie. Her wedding, baby, and her new house have all been documented by the BritTabs, and in every article, she and her husband are credited as stars of Days of Our Lives. Abi played a nurse (I think she tended to Rafe during his coma) and her husband Ari played a hitman (I think he may have been the guy who shot EJ). However, it is as if there is an alternate universe where these two were the stars of the show; especially in comparison to the coverage of actual contracted actors of DAYS. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3867475/abi-titmuss-days-of-our-lives-husband-ari-welkom-baby/ https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2017051438912/abi-titmuss-ari-welkom-share-wedding-photos/ It was remarkable to me that this woman has made a side career out of work as an extra on DAYS. She also has published two books

I don't recognize the face nor do I remember his storylines. However, his brow makes him a passible bro to Eddie Cibrian

I have always been confused about Sophia's pre-SB timeline. In the early 1960s, she dated CC's brother, then Lionel, and then married CC in 1961 while pregnant with Channing/Brick. I say 1961 because Channing was 18 at the time of his death in 1979. They stay married for 7-8 more years while she had Eden, Kelly, and Ted. Then, does she restart the affair with Lionel after Ted was born? That would be around 1968 if Ted was 16 in 1984 when the series premiered. So, she falls off the Lockridge yacht in 1968, meets Count Armonti and his son and moves to Italy. Then, she comes back in 1979 to shoot Channing (by mistake), goes back to Italy and then returns in 1984? So did she have an affair with Lionel at two different times (before CC and after Ted's birth)? And did she meet the Count in 1968 or after Channing's shooting in 1979? Why was an internationally known actress like Sofia never recognized in Europe? Also, isn't odd that the writers never explored a current Lionel/Sofia coupling considering how obsessed they were with each other in the past? Sofia seemed to totally forget her passion for Lionel after she stopped cross-dressing as a drag king. Finally, back to Ted, isn't odd that CC was so devoted to his children that demanded custody of Mason from Pamela, he never dated while a single parent, and he mostly worked from home, but he totally ignores Ted and never imposes the same expectations on to his youngest that he does with Mason and Eden, (fanfic, wouldn't it have been interesting if CC treated Ted differently because he thought that Lionel might be his real father)? The whole issue of CC's single fatherhood was never mentioned even though it was remarkable for the time. Nina and Palmer Courtland (AMC) discussed his role as a single father much more than CC and Eden ever did.

Here's an odd factoid that I've committed to memory for no particular reason. When Queen Elizabeth II came for a visit during Bush Jr's presidency the administration could not get any Hollywood stars to attend. Since WWII, the Queen has had an understanding that Presidents in their first four years went to the Palace for a state dinner and then, if they get a second term, the Queen comes to DC for state dinner. Unfortunately, the only media types at her State Dinner that year were The View's Elizabeth Hasselbeck (in a cape recycled from her wedding) and a still-in-the-closet Robyn Roberts, (she was doing a behind the scenes story for ABC). By contrast, Obama's last state dinner had Georgio Armani, Beyonce, and Jerry Seinfeld - and it was for an Italian President who was voted out of office two months later. The Obama's were not only the first administration to invite gay couples to state dinners, but they also had a gay couple at the head table of every state dinner, including for countries with a history of poor civil rights for gay citizens. The Republican Speaker of the House was invited to every Obama dinner and rejected every invitation. The latest knucklehead has only had one state dinner in DC; once again not star-studded. Every other foreign leader that has visited didn't get a formal dinner and they had to stay at his hotel. This may be because the first family has to pay for each state dinner. He is going for his state dinner in England in June before the G20 summit this year. Nancy Reagan had a state dinner every six weeks until Ronnie was shot. They were the last couple to entertain bipartisan crowds.

I've read most of the excerpts and interviews for Ramin Setoodeh's Ladies who Punch and I am surprised that original View producer Bill Geddie seems to be getting a pass versus Barbara Walters. I recall Rosie saying on her radio show that Geddie was a conservative who fed reports to Elizabeth to repeat on air. However, in today's Jenny McCarthy show the focus was on what a bum deal he got when he was fired. I watched this week because I have been reading all the excerpts and I was struck by the insincerity of Abby Huntsman. I get the sense from many of these "neo-cons" who are not political scientists, or ideologues, and whose doctrinaire seems so narrow, are being provocative in order to gain a media presence. There seems to be no logical reason or educational basis for her conservatism. It feels as if it is just shocking to hear an attractive woman say things that aren't in her best interest, including her right to privacy with her doctor. Ann Coulter has spawned a cult of blonde women who will say awful things just to be on TV, which to me undermines their credibility. As a test, I dare anyone to find an actual woman in her mid-20s who feels that constitutional originalism is a virtue.

Now I'm forgetting the order of Mac's progeny. Is it Iris, Sandy, Paulina, Amanda, (Matthew)? Paulina would have to be 5-7 yrs older than Amanda for Mac to have an affair in Argentina before he came to Bay City, correct? Also, did anyone ever notice that soaps in the 70s referred to male impotence, as either erectile dysfunction or a low sperm count? Because when Craig Montgomery was impotent during his marriage to Betsy Stewart on ATWT it meant that he couldn't perform his husbandly duties but, considering he later fathered children, we can assume that his sperm count was intact. However, when Mac's impotency was revealed in court, (which proved that Mitch sired Matthew), it was assumed that he didn't know because he was still having sex with Rachel and Janice. All of which is to say that DNA tests were a godsend for soap writers. So, yeah considering that Nancy was also 5-7 years older, Judi would have made a good Nancy, and her resemblance to Connie Ford would have made sense, (no tea, no shade).

I may be conflating the dates a bit, but it always seemed to me that Sunset Beach was a victim of poor casting circumstances. First, a couple of characters had to be recast within the early episodes of the show. Then, once the popular supercouples were established, Susan Ward and Eddie Cibrian left for other projects. The story seemed to stagnant while the production resolved the casting issues. Secondary characters, like Meg's sister, were not given "A" story material. As a result, the original conflicts of both Ben's first wife Maria and Cole's baby switch were unsuccessfully resolved because of the missing actors. I still don't know what Tess planned to do with Benjy as he grew up? Was she never planning on raising her own son?

Cali Timmons is a very engaging actress and I really liked her Paulina. Paulina changed so much when she was played by Judi Evans that they both could have stayed and Judi could have had her own part. The character went from a sophisticated con artist, born in South America and raised in Europe, to an old Italian lady with her own pasta sauce recipe, and an unknown child in Bay City; even though she had never been to town until Ken brought her when she was in her 20s.

In terms of the recent postings on YT that are listed by season, does anyone have any idea about the date(s) of season 2? The most recent listings are S2 E275 & S1 E22 The IMDB listings don't break the episodes into seasons so I am unsure if the date correspond.

I agree that Curtis was a woefully underdeveloped character. He started out like his father Clay, a little spoiled, neglected, and jealous of Jack's ease with women. Then, with each return, the character morphed into people depending on the story. I guess in the end Gwenyth's descent into madness explained the genetic link to psychosis in both Curtis and Tricia. I would also add that Carly never seemed like a reasonable threat to Ava's happiness. Ava had been through a lot and grown as a character, then Carly comes to town and she regresses to her teenaged self. However, I don't buy that Carly was that enticing to either Clay or Paul. She wasn't as smart or clever as Ava and her only quality seemed to be her ability to reproduce. The appeal of Dinahlee was obvious, but the attraction to Carly was a hard pass.

A quote for Soap Opera Digest at two months before the switch about Cali Timmons finding out she shot Jake

and 3 Sam Fowlers and storywise the "Who Shot Jake?" story just ended, so they had to re-shoot (no pun intended) their recollections of the event because the other Paulina shot him and the other Vicky ran from the scene to protect the other Marley.

According to the Classic SOD thread from 1990. Pat Crowley's contract was not renewed when the character was back-burner. Then in the final months of the show, producer Jorn Winther attempted to revamp the cast with a few big names including James Reynolds from Days, Robert Gentry from AMC and Dorothy Lyman who had just been on Mama's Family. Lyman was lured to NBC with the promise of a six-month contract and the ability to direct. Lyman later credited the deal with starting her sitcom directing career. Gentry was guaranteed primetime work and got a story arc on Hunter. However, Generations was canceled in early January of 1991 and off the air by MLK day. It was right around the time that the Dobson's won their suit and returned to Santa Barbara, and it was notably replaced by Faith Daniels (a former Today hostess) talkshow rather than another soap (one of the first times that a network gave up a soap slot rather than replace it).

After seeing Ramona's date (aka the personification of everything wrong with white male privilege, aka an ugly bald guy with a little cash who can still find eight women who wanted to marry him, aka I would jump off of a roof before I listened to one of his stories ), I understand that Tinsley might want to work things out with Scott. However, I don't get Scott's angle? He sent flowers to Miami after their first date, she seems willing to live in Chicago, and he seems available to holiday for weeks at a time. So, what's their problem and why hasn't he made a commitment? Sending a Bentley SUV from Chicago to NYC has got to be close to the price of a ring, so it can't be money. What is keeping these two from cohabitating?

Have you seen this yet? Joan in all her glory

I watched two episodes of season 1 and the most recent episode with Alexis and the fire. I can't stop wondering why it is called Dynasty? The characters have the same names, but the similarities stop there. It has none of the humor, or the glamour, of the original, it doesn't follow the same story, there is very little suspense, and they don't even live in Denver. I understand that the original does not hold up well, but I have no concept of why an 18-39 year old would be interested in a remake in name only of a twenty-year-old series?