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1 hour ago, carolineg said:

At least she got her Popularity Emmy in 2002 so I am sure Vanessa is fine with that. 

She did have some good material, but Robin Christopher should have won. 

5 hours ago, Nicholas Blair said:

The sense of flow was unusually good. For instance, after Walter Curtin prosecutes Missy for Danny Fargo's murder, then he begins to court Lenore. The episode of Lenore and Walter's wedding, though the sound and video quality are poor, shows how several of the stories connect. Alice meets Steven Frame; Lee feels that she can't marry Sam because of the LSD and lets Lahoma catch the bouquet; and the opulence of the wedding makes Rachel more unhappy about the contrast with her own wedding and her life with Russ. Marrying a rich woman makes Walter feel the need to make more money than he gets on his salary as D.A., so he falls into Wayne Addison's trap, setting up the next major storyline.

Even the simple motif that "Rachel wants to be Lenore" played big dividends. Russ's salary as an intern can't satisfy Rachel's need for luxury. Rachel pushes herself into Lenore's company, and Lenore is too polite and well-bred to turn away Rachel completely. Rachel brags about being Lenore's best friend, although Lenore is closer to Pat and Alice and probably numerous others as well. When Lenore is on trial for the murder of Wayne Addison, Walter tries to create reasonable doubt by showing that other people had motive, including Steven Frame.

Rachel is called as a witness to demonstrate Steven's motives for murder, but under cross-examination, feeling a need to protect Steven, Rachel ends up loudly denying that Steven could possibly have any reason to kill Addison, and she makes the situation much worse for Lenore. I still remember the look on Judith Barcroft's face as she said, "And she calls herself my best friend."

That was an awesome summary. Thank you.

5 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Wow, we stated this at virtually the same time!

Great minds, my friend!

3 hours ago, TVFAN1144 said:

Which she regretted letting him get away the rest of her life

It's nice that it was played that way. He truly was the one that got away.

4 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

Trump has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame??!!  

For what?? I know he did The Apprentice, but surely that can't have been enough to warrant a star?! 

 

Here's a brief history:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2018/09/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-vandalized-history

Like @dragonflies said, all one really needs to get a star is lots of dough. Pitiful.

I did an image search and here are some examples of recent vandalism (excepting the dog that supposedly relieved itself on it!):

9 hours ago, carolineg said:

In fact if you think about it PC got all the good 20 something GH new hires in that era with Eve, Julie, Karen, etc so that might be a casting issue as well.

Definitely.

7 minutes ago, j swift said:

So, she was never very good at picking the right kind of guy.

Well, she did once (Bob) but was too selfish then and let him get away.

Good for that artist. That must be the only star on the Walk of Fame that needs constant security.

8 minutes ago, Ponds said:

Trump (the Republicans) would have already selected the persons to primary those two!

 

Yup!

19 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Considering the fact that AT&T have been bad actor almost consistently for years, I won't hold my breath on that one.

I know, but it's nice to hope...a little.

11 hours ago, FrenchBug82 said:

to the surprise of no one who watched, Theresa was on all the time.

Nope!

1 hour ago, vetsoapfan said:

Yes, Lemay wrote Alice's and Steve's first wedding in September of 1971 and later their May of 1974 remarriage. 

Those had to have been awesome episodes. Too bad they most likely no longer exist anywhere.

Definitely the most-hated people in DC. I admire the Democrats' restraint.

8 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Well this was a time when 'relevance' was one of the soap trends.

I think Love of Life had a 'drugs on campus' story around that time.

Didn't Tom Hughes have a drug issue also  around this time on ATWT?

Not to mention The Doctors gave Dr. Mike Powers two addiction stories - an addiction to an experimental drug (Compound D!) in 1971, and an addiction to pills after losing his first patient in 1972.

8 hours ago, j swift said:

So, it may not have been about trying cast the right actor as much as trying to find a purpose for Curtis to be in Correnth.

You've got a good point. Since the characterization of Curtis varied wildly with each actor who played him, it's very likely they were trying to find a purpose for him.

7 hours ago, SoapDope said:

Geoffrey Scott with John Beck in the Pabst ad.

 

I love the old commercials. Thanks.

1 hour ago, Vee said:

Is there? I don't know one, I thought Gloria purged the Jeromes.

I thought the Jeromes were out before the Eckerts came in, but I could be wrong.

41 minutes ago, carolineg said:

but they were suddenly stuck without any heroine's in that mid 20's age range besides Carly.

In the late 1990s, Carly was more of an antiheroine/antagonist, but I see your point.

7 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

I believe Cenedella was writing at this point.

Per AWHP, he was. He was headwriter from February 1969 to August 1971, and Lee was killed off in May 1969.

17 minutes ago, lilyredd said:

Yup. Lucinda came to town to avenge Martin’s suicide which was blamed on Whit bankrupting his company. Marland changed it to he killed himself because of the fact Lily was illegally adopted. 

Thank you.

The only pairing that Skipper aka Kung Fu Chick aka Courtney had that worked was with AJ, so of course they torpedoed it and ruined him in the process. 

Wasn't the Whit McColl story how Lucinda came to town in the first place?

1 hour ago, SFK said:

Susan Lucci said RW used to run around the studio in a mink coat flashing people. 

57 minutes ago, will81 said:

@Paul Raven Here are the articles on Mary. One stating she appears in 3 of the 5 shows per week and another from Sep 67 giving the episode count of the show and her episode count at that time

 

Thanks!!!

Ah, their precious filibuster. God forbid anything should happen to that.