OzFrog

The above posts are exactly why I have had issues in recent weeks with the way the UK has redefined reported COVID deaths. They will now only consider a COVID death reportable if it was within 28 days of a positive test. This has led to (IMO) an artificially low death count where we all know damn well that deaths from COVID can occur well after 28 days, especially in light of the above “long COVID” cases that are arising. This in turn is leading certain leading figures in the UK to declare that we are getting the pandemic in the UK under control, which couldn’t be any further from the truth - we experienced an almost 100% spike in one day over the weekend, and fears are that it is about to go higher. On top of that, the UK is running out of available tests - people are being directed to testing sites 10s or even 100s of miles away from where they live, due to a shortage. That is also a major cause for concern. I’m afraid every day that the UK is about to go through another lockdown, on top of the mess that is Brexit. The next 12 months are not looking very good, unfortunately.

How is this for some vintage Eric Braeden?

Speaking of parodies of Brenda Dickson, the first time I ever saw any footage of her was when Deven Green (of Mrs Betty Bowers fame) came out with the Welcome To My Home dub-over in the mid-2000s, and I was in awe (not to mention insane laughter) at how utterly bizarre it was. And then when I watched the original Welcome To My Home, I was just as weirded out. Anyhoo, here’s the Deven Green dub-over...

oMg iT wAs sUcH aN aCcIdEnT eVeRYOnE’s oVeRaCtInG oMg... 😏 Novak needs to get in the bin 🚮

I believe it was Deborah Adair’s Jill who was originally fired from Jabot by one of the Abbotts, if the 1981 synopses are anything to go by, so yes DA was working at Jabot. I haven’t see any footage, so I can’t attest to level of professionalism. With all the chatter about how detached Brenda Dickson seems in her scenes (and yes I notice it too), there is only one person whom I’ve noticed she doesn’t do this with and actually seems human around - Beau Kayser. You visibly see her relax and just enjoy herself. Any 80s scene I’ve watched thus far between Jill and Brock shows Brenda Dickson to be almost a completely different person from when she shares scenes with any other Y&R actors, even Jeanne Cooper. I don’t know whether that’s just how she plays the Jill character or whether there was something deeper there.

And this is why I have always loved PB & ED’s Jack and Ashley (you can probably tell that by my profile pic). Their scenes together are always dynamite. When she arrived in 1982, ED was a little green, but then by 1984, she was ON. It’s a shame TPTB can’t bring her back for some solid story.

This is an absolute goldmine. SOD recaps of SFT from 1975 up till the show finished. These should help you! https://classicsodsft.tumblr.com/

I’m surprised they never had a scene with Douglas and Derek at Victor’s wedding. That would have been rather entertaining.

Can vampires survive COVID?

I just checked out the SOD recaps from 1981. Andy and Danny are both mentioned for the first time in the update dated September 15, but the updates are typically 2-3 weeks behind, so they both debuted around late August to early September 1981. Broderick is right that Andy’s debut was him bartending at the Bayou in the midst of the Nikki/Edward storyline, while Danny is someone that Patty meets at the cafe, around the same time that Patty also meets Jack.

Andy arrived in July 1981 according to Wikipedia. Danny’s first year is quoted as 1980 by both Wikipedia and Soapcentral.

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On a slight tangent to Jill and Nikki, one of the 1985 clips has a rare scene with Victor and Jill interacting extensively at the Abbott mansion after Ashley went missing. It was really intriguing watching Eric Braeden and Brenda Dickson together in the same scene - one of the only times I think that ever happened on Y&R.

I saw that tweet, but only because Nate Silver himself has come out with guns blazing to say just how inaccurate it is.

Trump appears to be losing the troops...

Obviously the state polls will be the ones to watch, especially with some saying that Trump and Biden are neck and neck in places like MI and WI. But like some others on here, I believe that as long as Biden can maintain the wide national margin that he has right now, I think we will start to see some states widen their margins somewhat. Only time will tell though, we can hope.

I wonder if that’s why they started to push Matt Miller into the Victor/Nikki/Ashley triangle, to make up for Jack’s absence.

It only just struck me now that Chadwick Boseman was the original Reggie on AMC. There is an old clip that’s just been posted in the AMC thread of his performance there.

@Vee that Parker Molloy thread was absolutely brutal. Unfortunately she’s right when she says that Maggie Haberman will not have the humility or decency to say that she was wrong.

The rain confrontation comes in around December 1986, so would not have been uploaded in the clips yet (we’re still on mid-1985). Rose DeVille is also 1986-7 (at least for Nina’s involvement).

Some questions I have about the Brent/Ashley storyline thus far: One of the creepy truck drivers was about to attempt to attack Ashley in the motel while she was sleeping, but the subsequent clips seemed to skip over the outcome of that. What happened there? It seems that Victor knows that Brent is Ashley’s father, but how would he have found that out? Was it Dina who told him? If so, how did it come about that Dina told Victor in the first place?

A Eurodance banger from the early 90s that sampled an old Simple Minds track...

1985’s getting good! Finally get to see the aftermath of Ashley learning the truth about her paternity. I’m impressed by the effort they went to with all the outdoor shots in the pouring rain. She played the distraught woman really well, and the way she is behaving would make sense considering what she has just learned. Also surprised at just how much involvement Kay had in that storyline, particularly the romantic involvement with Brent. What I’d love to know is - did there end up being any confrontation scene between Ashley and Dina once she had recovered from her amnesia? ETA: also interesting to see Nikki’s jealousy of Ashley start to come to the fore when Victor mentions Ashley’s invitation to the Torchlight Club. The quadrangle is kicking into gear...