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Postmortem, did anyone ever verify the interview?

2 highlights of the episode - (1) We get bitchy Felicia, it's easy to forget that Felicia had an ax to grind when she arrived in Bay City, and (2) Stephen Yates in short shorts Also Blaine and Clarisse were really victimized by their time in Bay City. They were both raped, they were scorned, and they were beaten. I forgot how violent the late 70's soaps were to women until I re-read Blaine's history.

I keep forgetting that Josh became a minister. Josh Lewis, the guy who was introduced seducing models away from their husbands and running a country music label eventually worked in a grey office as a minister? IMHO, Josh was never even that nice of a guy. He always had a chip on his shoulder, he was never a significant asset to Lewis Oil, and I don't recall him having many friends. Billy had Hamp, Buzz and Frank were close, but nobody hung out with Josh. I recall that he had a religious conversion after a medical crisis but, given his history, I would think Josh was as likely to run a church as Alexandra would run a day care center.

Here's the thing about old soaps. I started with Beth/Philip/Mindy/Rick, I left daily watching around the Cooper period, I checked back in to giggle at San Cristobal and stare agog at Peapack. But, at the end, (spoiler alert) I still shed a genuine tear when Philip found Alan dead.

Today's random thought was about Rick and Leslie's house. Please correct/fill in my memories. Leslie lived in the house when Laura was a murderous teen, Then Rick moved in, married Leslie, and she "died" in a car crash. Rick continued to live in the house with Ginny until she left. I recall Tony living there. I know Lucy lived there, with Colton and her Aunt, because her infamous Red Hat Wedding to Alan happened in the Ol' Webber House. Now Mac lives there and raised Maxie and Robin in that house. How did Mac get the house? Did Lucy move in after her affair with Tony? Didn't Felicia own it at one point? Wasn't Ginny's baby daddy Lawrence Barrington the uncle of PC Alison Barrington? I wonder if they'll ever bring Ginny's kid back to make up for Rafe?

That's why Robert Barr never worked for me. SB had never really played the tension between Kelly and Eden. Kelly never seemed ambitious and Eden never liked any of Kelly's boyfriends, thus they both stayed in their lanes. So, when Robert returns to SB and re-ignites this feud between the sisters it didn't hold water. The timeline was weird of when he and Eden met, why Eden never knew he was a twin, why Kelly acted as if she had never met Robert, coupled with the extreme subtlety in difference between Robert and Quinn that made them impossible to tell them apart resulted in a story/character a dud for me. Flame was good but couldn't save it for me. Was Flame re-cast and at what point in the story was she re-cast?

The suddenness of the new sets was coupled with tons of exposition about the character's placement. E.g.; "look, we're at the hospital" (which is just one room, and less modern than last week), "now we're at Lewis Oil" (which now looks like mechanic shop), and now let's head over to Reva's (but she no longer lives at Reva-bend, she's moved into a one-room shack) - it lacked glamour. @Khan I agree that the transition needed a plot devise so that we weren't just staring at industrial looking rooms; like if Billy Lewis bought Springfield and evicted everyone. It was clear as a long time viewer that those 1970's European spies would be much less comfortable in the "New Springfield."

Another example that Anna has been a terrible mother to Robin. She deserted her at a young age with Philomena, gave her three deadbeat godfathers who've never kept in touch, and I doubt she ever reimbursed Mac for Robin's college and med school expenses! I think Anna's long lost children would better off raised by anyone else.

It's an odd, and obviously true, fact that Carol Burnett was such an AMC fan because Y&R was on CBS , like Carol, and they both taped at Television City.

It stands to reason that Blake wasn't conceived to be Christina because the detail of an adult renaming themselves always bothered me. Who does that? Except of course for Charlotte "Raven" Alexander, William "Snapper" Foster Jr., and Jeannie "Theresa" Donovan.

Remember this? 'Sex and the City' Costume Designer Patricia Field Joins CBS Daytime Drama 'Guiding Light' as Consulting Costume Designer Posted, 2002-08-09 NEW YORK, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmy award-winning costume designer Patricia Field, best known for her work on HBO's Sex and the City, has been named Consulting Designer to Guiding Light, the CBS daytime drama, effective Monday, August 12, announced the show's Executive Producer Paul Rauch. I don't recall how she dressed Reva

Does anyone recall what happened to Buzz and Sandy Stryker? Dr. Buzz was Jimmy Lee's best friend from Colorado and Sandy was his nursing student daughter. At one point Buzz was so important that he and Sean Donnally were named by Felicia as two of her godfathers for her wedding to Frisco. Meanwhile, I doubt Buzz even sent a gift by the time Maxie was born. Also were Sean and Buzz Felicia's godfathers or Robin's? And who were the other godfathers?

That's all in her book. It's instructive when Ms. Zimmer writes that she understood the criticism of the clone story but she really appreciated the screen time. We assume that actors share the audience's taste but I will attach this as a reminder that it is not always true.

I feel like every soap boutique needs two things: (1) a magical dressing room where as soon as a customer enters people in the store can talk and nobody hears them, and (2) hat boxes; because every long shopping trip is always indicated by an abundance of hat boxes

I am enticed by it as an intro for Eden. CC's focus is always on Kelly or Channing. I would have been thrilled if Eden's longing for CC's attention was more of a motivation for that character. Although IRL I'm sure they just hadn't cast Eden when the promo was shot, this would have been an excellent jumping off point for an Eden who may have been more of an understanding ally to Mason, or at least more conflicted about her relationship with CC. I feel like Sofia touches on these issues in the first year when CC is on life support but it didn't remain an issue for Eden. It is as if latter on when she keeps getting kidnapped and victimized, the writers forgot that Eden was the one who jumped out of a plane as her entrance into town.

I can't recall when Tiffany went from calling him Scorpio to calling him Robert, but I can recall her drawl when calling for him. I searched the actress who played Prunella the other day when the topic first appeared. She was in Number 96 which is one of the first Aussie soaps. Her character was the pantyhose killer. Perhaps Aussie actors didn't complain to producers about things like stories being preposterous?

There's an inherent "fourth wall" problem with Potomac. Given that all of the women tape their interviews in front of a green screen, Karen could live on Mars and the background of her confessionals would stay the same. The BH lost footage episode this season confirmed what I have suspected for a long time; all interviews are now filmed in studio with a green screen shot of their homes. Remember when Kyle shows up to do LVP's makeup touch-up and then later in the episode LVP pops into Kyle's interview? They weren't at each other homes. They were scheduled after each other to film interviews in the production studio. That is why the time of day behind them never changes in the interviews. It is also why the women look a little weird they wear reflective makeup because it messes with green screen. Finally, if you look closely you'll notice that all of the ladies in every city sit on the same chair to be interviewed. If Karen was being filmed in her own home for interviews then production would know where she lives. Thus, the Potomac women are left debating an issue that could be easily solved just by asking a producer. This creates a fourth wall issue which is always frustrating as a viewer because they cannot address it directly.

@Soapsuds @KhanWhat happened to the actual store once Barbara started designing? Did Lisa buy it originally after her bookshop?

Please help me to remember the provenance of the fashion boutique of Oakdale. My memory is that Lisa owned the store, then she partnered with Barbara, then Barbara took it over, then Barbara started her own line with Hank as the designer, then the focus switched from the store to the clothes business and eventually Carly designed for the company. BUT What was the name of Barbara's store and the clothing company? Were they both called Fashions (like AMC's eponymous Boutique)? Wasn't there also a Simply Barbara line of clothes? What happened to the original store? How did Lisa get it and why did she sell it? Wasn't Daryl Crawford or Brock Lombard somehow involved with the fashion company? Was Barbara still in the fashion biz at the end?

At what point did they stop referring to Tristan Roger's character as Scorpio and started calling him Robert? Was it Holly or Anna who first called him Robert? Or was it Mac, in order to facilitate the differentiation of the Scorpio brothers? Bonus points if anyone can answer my other question about what happened between Tristan and the actress that played Prunella? Extra bonus points if anyone can tell me why Kevin doesn't live in the lighthouse he bought from Bill Eckart on Port Charles (besides the obvious that the set was destroyed years ago, I mean have they addressed it in the story)?

I think the issue with all the Kevin and Joey's is that (1) there was never an established narrative to differentiate the boy's personality. (2) Neither son had a specialization that was vital to the plot. And (3) Kevin was burdened with a family too early in his story so he seemed like a deadbeat when he was romancing women and neglecting Duke. They were also poorly transitioned from Bo and Clint. The Buch Bros dominated stories as leading men and when it was their turn to become older statesmen, Kevin or Joey were obvious leading man material. However, Clint "went off to the London office" once too often and, Bo was de-aged to be so close to Kevin that both guys dated Cassie. As a result, neither boy had any conflict or special relationship with the prior generation; like Bo and Rex would share in latter years. Joey needed to a male version of Kelly; a spoiled irresponsible playboy. While Kevin should have developed an antagonism toward Clint for trying to adopt him and erase the memory of his father; as well as all how Clint cheated on Vicky. Kevin should have stayed a journalist, like his father Joe, and always threatening to expose Buchanan family secrets (sort of like Todd and The Sun). Vicky could have been constantly torn between her devotion toward her two sons. Instead, Vicky's daughters got much more airtime and they became better defined than her sons. In fact, the final decade contains a bunch of Kevin and Joey stand-in characters who were mentored by Vicky, Bo, or Clint when they should have maintained a focus on those two.

Mary Vernon, Katrina and Brad's baby that was switched for Jenny Wolek's baby, would have been the perfect kid to SORAS and return to exact her revenge on those that had caused her to have attachment issues. First ,with her mother and, then in her relationships; except by the time Mary grew up everyone involved had left Llandview and there had been numerous baby switches since her birth. A Mary Vernon/Steve Grande-McGillis/CJ Roberts triangle is my fanfic dream; imagine an all switched-at-brith triangle.

Dylan Fergus played an adult/hunky Tim in 2002; he was only on for a month

In 1991 there is a sudden shift in many of the stories that summer including the sudden departures of Stephanie Hesser and the Medina family (Gabrielle's mother and sister who never fit with her origin story; but I digress). Does anyone recall the backstage changes that lead to this sudden shift?

At point did they go from preempting a soap for live news coverage to rescheduling the episode for late night? For example, in Los Angeles during the OJ trial and beyond the soaps would be shown at 2am rather than actually skipping a day. I understand that there are always planned preemptions from holidays and sports but at some point the networks seemed to have decided to reschedule rather than preempt for live news coverage; at least on the west coast.