Franko

So, Tuesdays at 9:30* starting, oh, March 6**? *I have a hunch The Mayor won't be around for much longer. **After the Olympics, with opportunities to plug the show during the Oscars. Nine straight weeks, incidentally, would have the season ending on May 1.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/frank-sinatra-hoodlum-cold-open/n8796?snl=1 (When life starts resembling a one-joke sketch ...)

Definitely an unflattering screen cap. Raggedy Ann, the drunken years. Here's some of the scene in question: Of course, no discussion of 1980's satin caps is complete without Bette Midler's motivational hallucination in Ruthless People, which I can't find a photo or clip of.

Yup, when La Mirage opened:

I wonder how many long-time CBS viewers saw that promo from '88 and felt nostalgic/bitter over Edge of Night not being on? I'm 80 percent sure that's the same Cincinnati skyline.

I don't know if Evie was so much pissed as she was shy. The photos taken ended up being used for the "Women to Watch" contest. Evie was finalist no. #9: I had a funny moment a few weeks ago with Teri Eoff (Suzy, seen primping in the screengrab). I totally forgot that for a few years, she was the adult female hostess of the Mickey Mouse Club re-reboot.

That was the first thought that came to my mind, too. I guess the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Sherry definitely comes across as the sweetheart of the group.

The guy who uploaded the live episode also uploaded backstage footage from the show's last days at Reeves Teletape (February 1985). If you like watching productions crews having fun (and grumbling about having their paychecks delayed a day), it's pretty cool, but the stars only make brief appearances. -- He typed her name as Mary "Stewart." -- Sherry and Marcia in hair-rollers. -- Sherry seems the most willing to play. She gives a bottle of Chivas Regal as a going away present and also does a mock awards speech. -- Peter Haskell also plays to the camera a bit, telling the "five stages of an actor's career" joke. -- Angela Bassett! -- Of note, Jerry Adler (whom I remember as Mr. Wicker on Mad About You) was the stage manager at the time. -- Teenage Jane vamps a little, joking that she'll end up in porn. -- Some brief, non-dialogue footage of the climax to the Vargas storyline.

Well, now that I've finished watching ... -- Hel-lo, Michael Corbett's body. -- Warren's office/temporary bedroom was giving me uncomfortable reminders of the third season of Batman. I guess it's more of a lighting problem than anything else, but I felt like I was watching those scenes being performed in a black box theater. -- Was Wendy having a pregnancy scare? -- I know the show wouldn't really go there, but when Danny started talking about Janet not approving of his best friend, I wondered if they were teasing a gay storyline. -- Ai yi, Rhonda Sue's accent was getting on my nerves. I don't blame Stephanie for wanting her to stop talking. -- Maree wins my crown for this episode, although Larry isn't far behind. -- IMDB says that's Jennifer Gatti as Angela. NBA, that's indeed Damion Scheller as Joshua. Looks like he made the rounds on most of the P&G shows. -- Sneakers off the couch, Joshua. Domesticated enough to be the family cook ... -- Angela and Danny are so going to hook up, right? -- What a music cue during Stu's big speech. -- I didn't notice any line issues. Susan Scannell comes close around 30:00, but it also comes off as natural sounding. -- That's interesting that they didn't show Liza singing. I wonder if it was planned, or a result of wanting to not overextend themselves with this episode. -- Oof, I felt bad when the last filmed insert didn't cue as perfectly as intended.

I may or may not have let out a squeal upon the discovery. Am watching it now -- the party line isn't nearly as intrusive as I feared.

Holy cow, one of the show's video engineers uploaded the live episode from 1983:

And then, to apparently twist the knife a little, NBC ran promos like the one at 0:40:

So who ponied up the bucks and/or dished out the blackmail to keep Robin around one extra year? Reading that interview, I'm picturing her making tally marks on the dressing room wall.

Wasn't that around the time more and more affiliates began time-shifting (which I've never understood, you don't pull that crap in primetime)?

I don't know if there were cancellation rumors, but it's interesting to speculate what would have happened next had GL, rather than Capitol, been axed during the '86-'87 season. Would we have ended up with a Y&R/B&B/ATWT/Cap lineup? And what would have gone at 3:30? Press Your Luck? Another soap?

Thank you!

Wait, Marcia Strassman was on All My Children?! When was this?

Is it possible Tom went to visit Lisa? A month later, Frankie Michaels would be off doing the out-of-town tryout for Mame. When Tom returned to the canvas (May '66, says soapcentral), he was played by Richard Thomas.

Favorite has to be the Ana Alicia, Lorenzo and Jane trio, although that's not a bad photo of Kim Novak. I see Margaret Ladd ticked off the stylist ...

Yikes! He didn't hold back at all.

Gallison wins the hunk crown for me too. I'm also struck by Constance Ford's slight resemblance to Dorothy Malone.

Yay! Thank you for all your excellent work in contacting these folks. And I couldn't agree more with your assessment of why the ensemble works.

Well, thank goodness for virtuous Adam Drake.

Ah, that Silverman! He and his youth-courting. Hope Augusta had a few laughs when he flamed out so spectacularly at NBC.