OzFrog

Yep according to synopses he did pretend to be the baby’s father initially, I believe this was when Liza and Travis initially found out that Cissy was Roger Lee’s mother. This was because Cissy didn’t want anyone finding out that Lee was his father (she didn’t want to hurt Lee and Sunny).

Jeff Meek is still looking pretty good nowadays. I’m probably in the minority here, but I actually liked the sibling chemistry that he had with Matt Ashford and David Forsyth on SFT. Each of them very different personalities and could hold their own in their individual stories, yet amazing together when it came to family stuff. Yes I know the McClearys pretty much dominated SFT for the last couple of years of its run, but I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if SFT had got a reprieve and stayed on the air.

This was Soho in London a few hours ago. God help us all...

I’ve wanted to ask you actually... what have you thought of Stefan Löfven’s leadership throughout this pandemic? Stockholm is one of my favourite cities in the whole world, and I have considered maybe shifting there in about 6 months, depending on what further unfolds with the pandemic. It’s a shame, because so many people have been affected by this lockdown that they’ve had enough and are looking for any excuse to go out and socialise, even if the death and case rate is still relatively high. And the government led by BoJo and his cronies have been vague in terms of their communication and justification for easing restrictions, to the point where I believe that if the rates spike up again (as has happened already up in Leicester), they are simply going to blame the public for “not following the rules”.

Personally that whole storyline was what got me hooked on watching SFT episodes on youtube. I’ve heard that P&G played silly buggers with CBS and NBC over SFT, and the affiliates had issues as well with timeslots. I’m not a betting man personally but I would wager theoretically that if it had been in a better timeslot during that storyline, ratings would have gone up massively.

Melbourne is where I lived for 12 years before I moved over to Europe a couple of years ago, and it is extremely heartbreaking to see what is happening down there. Most other cities in Oz have got their infection rates under control (and Melbourne was the same until this recent outbreak). So I really hope they clamp down on this and get it sorted out sooner rather than later. On a related note, England reopened its pubs, cafes, restaurants and hairdressers today, despite the fact that the UK as a whole still has a rolling average daily death rate of 100, and new case rate of 600. As perspective, the UK locked down in March with a death rate of 50. You can see why I might be a little apprehensive...

It just occurred to me... if there was ever a Harvey Weinstein biopic made for whatever reason, Chris Marcantel would be perfect from a resemblance perspective 🤔

I thought her middle name was also Erica, judging by the number of times she always proclaimed “I’m Erica, Erica Kane”... 😏

Sorry to bring it off topic for a moment, but I didn’t even realise until the other night reading old SFT synopses that Peter Simon was Scott Phillips to Courtney’s Kathy. It sounds like they had amazing chemistry and were a big factor in SFT’s popularity in the 70s. Yeah sadly the Bob TV channel got totally deleted 😢, which is a shame because he had some absolute gems up there, of which the Loving Murders was one. And like Vee, it was pure escapism for me in the first few weeks of lockdown here in London. So extremely grateful I got to watch them all.

So the other night I stumbled across a Tumblr full of SOD synopses for SFT, dating back to at least the 70s. And I promptly fell down a massive rabbit hole reading them all. If any of you are interested, they’re here: https://classicsodsft.tumblr.com/ From this, I have a few questions: I know Suzi was Eunice’s daughter, and John Wyatt was her main father figure. But was he actually her biological father? Was Suzi born onscreen? How long was Lewis Arlt on SFT for as David? I know John James played Tom Bergman in the late 70s, but did he reprise the role when Tom returned in the early 80s? Cheers in advance!

My God what is wrong with people?? And I thought gay guys wanting to hook up during lockdown was bad 😳

You just inspired me to watch a clip of Passions with Mo McCormick in it (I have only ever seen Andrea Evans as Rebecca). It certainly brings back the whole trope about casting mothers of characters who look old enough to be the character’s siblings.

New Zealand.

And the NYT bad takes continue...

Not sure if it’s already been mentioned here, but Corey Page (Richard Wilkins, Loving/The City) apparently starred in a streaming series late last year called The Third, which was about a a gay married couple who brought in a third guy to help “spice things up”. It seems ok from the snippets I’ve observed.

This weekly synopsis has the last mention of Ned... https://classicsodloving.tumblr.com/post/76887132063/week-of-november-9-november-13-1987, which seems in line with what you have posted above.

This is really sad. What this poor girl had to suffer all these years 😢

During a BLM protest in Missouri last night...

One of the most bizarre things I’ve watched recently. Just watch this... trust me, just watch...

Ok my curiosity is piqued by this. Whose name is being censored exactly?? It’s rushing way over my head here. PM me if you need to...

I guess he is now No-Vax DjoCovid 😏

LOL YAAAS! This is how I remember Doris... the one who always called Sharon “GUUUUURL!”. I noticed Liz Foster did that with Jill as well.

Thanks for posting the link @Soapsuds. Just watched that Locher Room instalment now, and OMG I was in stitches! Scott Bryce and Hillary B Smith could still do a sibling relationship even today (hell they even LOOK like siblings). Add can I just also say - Gregg Marx definitely has DILF qualities. His face (and his eyes especially) is just so easy to get lost in. I love how HBS keeps trying to get Gregg to “play with her” on various projects. So obvious that they still love each other so much. Oh! I also loved how they talked about one of my favourite ATWT scenes ever - when Craig’s crimes are finally exposed to Lyla and she went off on him. They even mentioned *the slap*. The scene in question start at 43:54