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21 minutes ago, Marissa Gallant said:

Now, let's cast the Count. Who would have had chemistry with Judith McConnell?

I dunno. All the "dashing" actors from daytime then that I can think of were all on other soaps. Can we throw out non-daytime names?

Lemay was a talented writer to be sure, but his ego and gigantic sense of self-importance were on full display in that memoir. Not only to the aforementioned actors, but to the fans who wrote in.

2 hours ago, Darn said:

The show at the time had a very Passions tone. The weird dialogue from Blair that you mentioned @FrenchBug82 was part of that. Every line has to hint to the plot or a secret, even if the person saying it has no idea what that secret is.

Other than Live week the show never cared how Blair felt about the baby switch, it was all about Todd's antics and RH hamming it up. I also think they kept it light because what Todd did was monstrous and if they played it straight he'd be done for and you know the rapist was the most important character the last 15 years of the show. 

You hit the nail right on the head.

25 minutes ago, Vee said:

 

He's not missed here in Cleveland, where he hadn't gone full-blown conspiracy theorist, but almost. Thank you, Kyrie, for the 3-pointer that won Cleveland its first championship since 1964, but I'm glad you're barred from playing now. Good for the Nets for not backing down.

There were so many holes and discrepancies in this story that it felt like the Dobsons were writing it as they went along instead of having a cohesive plot already written out. Of course, most of their stories had that slapped-together feeling.

1 hour ago, AlexElizabeth said:

Ahhh... I wonder if Guy expects the Bloodbath audience to do the work for him too?

*rimshot*

1 hour ago, titan1978 said:

And JJ says he is willing to return to the show, they just haven’t brought him back.  Which is a shame.

It is, but given the state of the writing maybe it's for the best right now.

He sure hasn't grown a brain since he left the White House.

15 minutes ago, Marissa Gallant said:

That was not a worthy story for JM. 

No, and it wasn't for Robin Wright, either. No wonder she left in the middle of it (though of course she was going to leave no matter what).

2 minutes ago, Nixor said:

I think he’s done for anything other than a small guest stint. He’s married and living in Amsterdam and seems happy there. I could see him coming back for a day or two if JJ’s Lucky came back (which itself seems near impossible) or if/when the show ends. But fully agree I loved Luke right up until the early 2000s and then I detested him.

Thanks for clarifying. I never did understand why he won all those Emmys post-2000, except for name recognition.

It really seems like he projected his contempt for certain actors onto their characters. 

Thank you, @Faulkner. I did hear about that...I thought something else horrific had happened in the last couple of hours.

Speaking of RHOBH, Eileen Davidson's hubby is going to be a guest on Alan Locher's show next week:

This may be my favorite picture of Liz Hubbard as Althea:

58 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Oh, and Lisa Rinna is trending again...this time for reasons that are not good.

What did she do this time? I looked but didn't see anything I hadn't already heard.

I watched - pretty interesting.

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

They were glazing over a lot in those first few years to push other storylines that frankly did not need to be told.

It would have been better than TJ.

Tonight, Dan and Louise's wedding:

https://ew.com/tv/the-conners-john-goodman-katey-sagal-wedding-first-look/

On 10/7/2021 at 2:11 PM, SoapDope said:

Greg Wrangler (Ex-Steve Y&R) and various other soaps (Edge, GL, B&B, AMC etc...) in a 1980/81 Three Musketeers ad. He became famous for the Folgers Christmas commercial as Peter that ran for decades starting in 1986.

 

I wonder whatever happened to him. Loved seeing that Folgers ad every holiday season.

8 hours ago, te. said:

I'm currently watching Dark Shadows and it becomes really obvious at some points that they're restricted by having max six characters

Probably one of the reasons they had the actors play multiple characters (DS novice here).

8 minutes ago, TVFAN1144 said:

I don’t remember a lot about Mary Mathews. But it doesn’t seem like she was a real strong dominant matriarch like a Nancy Hugh’s or Alice Horton

No, and from synopses it seems that right from the start she was overshadowed by a much flashier character, the other Mrs. Matthews - Liz.

33 minutes ago, Mitch said:

Not only roasted, but can you imagine if that happened now and the lawsuit which would ensue..especially with her being so bold and proud about firing a man who was ill?

Especially the ALS community, families, caregivers...

I do wonder why they never cast Count Armonti. Another wasted opportunity, I guess.

35 minutes ago, Chris 2 said:

Yep, in the US.

Thanks. It was during the early 2000s, I believe.