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Shoot, even the ghost of Bobby Martin got in on that action.

Megan mentioning Kim Zimmer's I'm Just Sayin' as a book similar to hers makes me wonder if she was hoping Kim would give a dust jacket endorsement.

Tiffany was the other prominent poison victim.

Seeing those Fusion clips just makes me want to throw several buckets of dirty mop water.

Two very quick digressions ... 1. I'm hoping to soon write a book about my former job (nine years as a reporter in southwest North Dakota), and have been waffling between a memoir or roman à clef. MMT kinda makes me want to go the burn-it-all-down, nuke-the-bridges route. 2. Can someone please pass the brain bleach so I can forget how Susan Keith is mentioned there?

This might be more appropriate for the general retro thread, but I think it can't be overstated: executives, producers and/or writers who wouldn't let daytime be daytime and felt the need to chase after primetime, and then cable, did way too much damage to the soaps. I'm a fan of Robin's Janet, so I might have enjoyed seeing that Risa storyline play out.

Here you go, @Vee https://lovingsoapopera.wordpress.com/2023/02/10/character-profile-jonathan-matalaine/ Oh, and thank you, @DRW50, for the tag. I'll have to find some time to watch the video.

I always forget how much longer Rafe is around. When did Bo switch from the Banner to the Llanview police?

Our beloved benefactor strikes again, this time with a late July 1984 episode. I'm certain it's from the week of July 23-27, and believe it might be from Friday, July 27 (notice David Hartman plugging next week's episodes of Good Morning America, as opposed to the next day's).

And I call myself a theater fan. I didn't know that, either. I just knew McKenna played one of Kevin Kline's students in In & Out. Why not, indeed. The idea of Joey being bi and compassionate (maybe a local counselor, or involved with a LGBTQIA+ group that's also religious) might be "boring" to hack soap writers, but it's slice of life storytelling.

Oh, how I wish OLTL made Joey daytime's first gaymer.

Hot take? Patrick Duffy is the MVP of the 1981-82 season. Compromised Bobby is a hell of a lot more interesting than white knight Bobby.

All My Hot Messes.

The show was definitely asking a lot from longtime fans with that one.

Shoot, man, thanks to that damn movie, people were calling me "Uncle Frank" long before any kids were actually born. I feel like I should recognize the actress playing Kate's roommate.

Interesting. When I pitched my idea, I imagined Stacey moving to Pine Valley in 1993. Does your scenario happen in 1995? Would Liza still come back in this timeline?

Thanks for the tag, @DRW50. Interesting to see Gerry Bamman as Kate's doctor two years before playing evil Rev. Ford.

Yup, Janet was recovering from the experimental plastic surgery and dreamt of Trevor, Dixie, Hayley, etc. (and Harold!) recounting her misdeeds. I feel like Stacey could/should have taken Laurel's role on the canvas.

That was great! I was too young to see it originally (it would have given me nightmares BITD, that's for sure). On the other hand, I vividly remember Janet's This Is Your Life nightmare the following year. (Someone at AMC was fond of surreal dream sequences.)

Did Ray Gardner return in 2001? I just remember him from Tad's 1994 visit to Heaven, when he was knocked unconscious after being hit by the Martins' front door, which blew off in the tornado. The 1994 visit, if I remember right, had Jenny, Jesse, Nola Orsini, and Ray. A while back, I joked that the 2001 visit should have had Lauren-Marie Taylor as an extra. A little Easter egg for Loving fans, showing that people from Corinth made it to Heaven, too. Yup, Viki's angel Gilbert (John Fiedler) made some earthly appearances, as late as 1992.

Thank you. I do remember the Heaven sequence getting positive feedback. If I recall, Gillian encountered Jesse, Cindy, Travis, Jeremy, Natalie, and Harold the dog.

What was "dog boy"?

The partial episode from 4:04:50 to 4:19:08 is from Friday, Nov. 8. I wish I could be of more help, but in some cases, the episodes seem to be going in reverse order or out of sequence.

I just watched it for the first time. What was the deal with those old people? And why does the husband remind me of Dana Elcar (I know it's not Dana, who was working on MacGyver at this time)?

I'm actually surprised by this. For whatever reason, I assumed that Cassie & Andrew was always going to happen. I was trying to figure out if there was a night that sex, lies and videotape and The Donna Reed Show were both on cable. It'll be nice to have the real Max back.