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Jasmine on the Tony Awards: (Also, I'm crushin' hard on Patrick Cassidy.)

Rewinding back to Lesley and Monica for a second, I think this is a nice scene.

Co-signed! That 1987 episode was a treat. It's fun watching Tony get wrapped around Lucy's finger. Their courtship was relatively slow-burning (at this point, Tania's been dead for two months), but they still got married by the fall.

I always love when a photo just seems to capture a person and I'm really feeling it with the one of Ellen and Mark (or, Katherine and Mark if you prefer).

Can we confirm? Is this Marcia McCabe? If so, she's the second P&G actress appearing in this commercial break. CZP (or else a great lookalike) shows up at 25:11.

It's a battle of the P&G actresses! We've got Colleen* promoting department store goods and at 30:51, Marcia McCabe** hawking jewelry. Come for the soap actresses, stay for the array of promos and commercials for 1983's, uh, eclectic batch of Christmas releases. I guess the ads for Yentl and Terms of Endearment were airing during Knots Landing's breaks. *I'm 90 percent sure it's her. **This one I'm less sure of.

I thought the pool portion was pretty hot. No so much the group dancing. Oddly enough, the speedos were presented to the men by Ridge. It really adds to the missed potential of having him be a guy who'd [!@#$%^&*] anything that moves.

While not exactly what we're looking for, I do enjoy Alan and Monica's first dinner party as newlyweds. (Tracy laying it on thick, whether hyping Mitch or trying to worm her way into Lesley's confidence, is just great.)

I kinda like the idea that there's a still-formidable branch of the Quartermaines out there in Southhampton. Wasn't that where the family's roots were before Alan arrived in Port Charles?

I liked Kassie, although it helped that her portrayal of Blair was the first I'd seen. I had a similar preference for Robin Mattson as Janet on AMC. As an adult, I can now appreciate Mia and Kate, but it's hard to discount a first and lasting impression.

Nothing against Norman, but if you told me even 10 years ago that he'd have evolved in this downright deified elder statesman, I'd have been skeptical. It pays to get older.

Good question. If A was still determined to leave the show, they could have brought Marcy back to escort him off.

Plus Jodie and Reese.

I have to imagine (read: hope) they wouldn't want to further a situation that already brought them some bad p.r.

Three Sam Fowlers, two Hudson daughters and a Paulina whose body type changed! On the fourth day of '91, AW gave to me ... Hearing about moments like this always makes me think of Victoria Woods' Making of Acorn Antiques sketch. With today's lack of budget or prep time, you know they'd just rerun the footage of Judi and Anne, no questions asked.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it that P&G always wanted Judi Evans and was more than happy to drop Cali Timmins? A new Paulina, a new Vicky, a new Grant ...

Which begs the questions, was Smith's daughter the least-engaged viewer known to man or was GH really that dull?

She did mention doing dayplayer work on other soaps. I feel like she would have thrived on Ryan's Hope. And, in her defense, how the hell does one make giving birth "attractive"?

This just makes me want to watch Kathleen's episodes and catch her sneaking a glance at the cue cards. I do like her, I swear, but she mostly comes off condescending.

That's just too sweet.

I'd be curious to read/hear his reviews. Five years later, Good Morning America had Jonathan Winters as its film critic. Imagine if they came calling to Joel once he joined Edge?

Three looks from Trisha, of Loving. I like the first one best. Did something happen to Jeff's suit?

Did someone say "weird headpieces"? I forgot the creme de la creme. Poor Elsie Mae -- I mean, Tiffany -- looks like she's wearing a baby's bonnet.

I like to think it's studio footage of VW having a "can you believe this guy?" moment with GR.

Yes, I scrolled back and realized you were a fan. (Meanwhile, I'm waging a tireless search for the Men of Another World gettin' down.)