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GOOD!!

Too bad you weren't on the writing staff of TD in 1975!! I like your ideas.

I know that Francesca James directed, produced and acted (not to mention sang) on AMC. Did she ever write for the show?

These are great - thanks! I have another suggestion...Patrick Horgan!

Just in the past year, there have been two characters back "from the dead" (Karen, Mike) who have waged angry custody battles over their children (Erich, Michael Paul) and are harboring bitter hatred against their respective children's stepparents (Carolee, Alan). You have two characters who have taken to hitting the bottle (Alan, Stacy) after being rejected by their objects of affections (Toni, Rico). You have two women who have apparent fear of sex (Ann, Stacy). Then you have that passive-aggressive idiot Steve side with his first two vipers, ahem, wives, over Carolee and accuse her of being the vicious liar. Of course, we went through all that chapter and verse not two years ago (one year ago Retro time) with Medea, ahem, Mona. The past few weeks of episodes have featured more yelling than your average episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. I am totally ready for the change in writers.

God bless Bethel. I can just see her signature side eye from when she was on The Doctors while reading that. 😊

Melba did much better on the R&B charts - at least one solo #1 and some hit duets with Freddie Jackson. She never made the Hot 100 - ever!! 😨

Wasn't he also the creator of Somerset?

He was on TD from July 1970 to January 1971, and actually reauditioned for the role in 1975. They did create some memorable characters like Hank, Lauri, Ann, Toni, Cathy, John and more. They did not create Penny, but got her characterization down cold. Julia Duffy just picked right up in 1973 where Jami Fields had left off in 1969. I won't miss their overuse of flashbacks (and flashback effects like flashing lights), and writing the men as verbally abusive or passive aggressive while the women are wishy-washy and self-destructive. Plus, I think the Pollocks were just plain burned out. It will be interesting to see the upcoming episodes and see how they are different from the work the Pollocks/Joe Stuart did. The last seven years of the show suffered from major turnover with writers AND producers (and no doubt network interference), lousy timeslots and affiliates who dropped it like a hot potato. It still has to be light years better than the remaining soaps are now. It sure is, and Anna Stuart was very vocal to the soap press about her dissatisfaction about the ruination of her character. Who could blame her?

@Khan, I think you just answered your own question!! 😨

HA!!! I'm with you on that one. 😝

This time Mona is in it for the long haul...Meg Mundy stayed until 1982!!

Prior to Genie's win in the Supporting Actress category in 2006, she'd only been nominated for an Emmy ONCE before - for Lead Actress in 1997. (Her future Y&R co-star, Jess Walton, won.) Speaking of the 1999 Emmys, I still think it's unfair that Liz Herbst lost the Younger Actress Emmy to Heather Tom. Her work in the rape storyline was compelling and realistic. At least she got a Digest award that year.

Stacy really is as dumb as a post. Thank goodness Penny and MJ are on the canvas because they actually have brains!!

That would be Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. According to their website, Mary Ellen's husband, Mark Lewis (who played Kurt on GL), is still the head of the drama department. https://www.wheaton.edu/life-at-wheaton/arts/arena-theater/contact-us/

The reveal of what his dad had done to his mom before he was born and how it impacted Lucky was must-see TV. "The Cowboy" had always had such a hero worship for Luke. Those scenes where Lucky confronted Luke and Laura (separately) were some of the best work of the Francis/Geary/Jackson triumvirate. The dynamic was never the same after JJ left (though he came back years later).

I noticed that the sitcom was never brought up in her episode of Unsung.

Yes, that's exactly right. Of course, he's not the only arrogant guy to find himself in this situation.

Well, that came out wrong. I meant that he should have kept quiet if he didn't want to draw attention to himself. But it's good for these women and the public in general that he shot himself in the foot like this.

I knew GL was popular in Germany (with the main family being named Bauer, it's probably not a surprise), but didn't know how successful it was in other non-U.S. countries. That was a great tribute. Thanks for sharing the link. 😎

He should have kept his big trap shut.

That's true, but if they are musical artists, I tend not to count musical/variety shows. I tend to count sitcoms and dramas, where they are out of their comfort zone.

Trump calling someone else sanctimonious? That's rich.

I didn't get that, either.