JackPeyton

I miss Cali Timmins.

Lorna/Matt broke up and she is breaking my heart! I really hope its not the end for them, but it feels so final. Also, i love Robin C and cant wait to see her take on Lorna, but i am assuming Lorna changes a lot? I cant see Robin playing THIS Lorna. Who is the actress that is playing Lorna and does she go onto anything else? Shes fantastic. Cold but heartbreaking at the same time. A true talent. I am begining to see why Sandra Ferguson would wanna try other things. Amanda has been a bore since getting back with Sam. I miss the Amanda who took on Carl & Iris and stood up to her mother. Shes just so... happy, and content.

^Thats sad, i really like Jake and would be intersted to see him in a family dynamic

I forgot how many people Days tested for Philip. It really came down to the wire with him and Days. Cali Timmons as Tina on OLTL? Would have been perfect. Sandra Ferguson as Lily... odd. I wonder if she was reading for it or if she was just thought of by the casting depo, because i recently interviewed her and i higly doubt she woulda went back a NY soap. LMAO At Christie Clark & Erin presley as Victoria, it woulda been much worse than what we got!

I never thought about that opening like that before.... Nicole Love? I couldnt stand what i seen of her. I did love that guy tho... her and donnas father i think... He was awesome. Franky also came back, god help me. I hate her.

Yay! The truth is finally out! Olivia told Dennis he is the father, told Sam he is not, and Marley knows everything and is trying to adopt the kid anyways. This is a really good storyline. I love Dennis. Actually, i love the men on AW. Men on soaps usually.. suck. But on here they are great. Have lots of layers and depth. It is nice. Also, Ryans dad just told him Grant took the money, not him. And Ryan knows Viki/Grant have a thing. This is also all very good drama right now. Sam/Amanda are cute. Love them. Its also nice to see such balance. Nobody dominates this show. And, i cant belive this, JB is growing on me, a lot.

I remember him being angry over that, but just seems so long ago for him to hold onto. He just comes off as an ass to me. What jamie did yall like the most? And is Matt crane the only Matt?

Very true all around. I do think that that ER style opening was representative of what JFP was trying to do. Didnt she do the makeover of the hospital and make it sleep, modern, and have a lot of flow? I thinks he was out to streamline AW into a primetime soap format, from what i have seen of her run. I could be way off and trying to analyze something i have not seen enough of, but from what ive seen thats what i remember/how i feel. (As ive stated, ir eally only KNOW of AW from 88-92, where i am now, and the last year but thats fuzzy as i was like 10) I do like the paintbox opening a lot, but even when it came on it was a little dated and by where i am now, 92, its very dated. even the colors. i cant belive this runs until 96!

Random thoughts from episodes im currently watching (March 1992) This kelsey harrison girl need to get out. shes annoying already. and shes being paired with Jamie it seems, at least i can skip by them together. im so confused, so grant was viki who is with ryan. viki seems to really love ryan but shes always fighting with paulina, over grant it seems. then there is jamie who hates paulina and i have no idea why, unless its because she was with jake? im not sure. i think i missed a batch of episodes along the way. Jensen & Anna have good chem as mother/daughter. I almost feel bad for Marley because i know this whole baby thing isnt gonna turn out well, but i cant. hes being stupid. She knows Sam & Amanda want to be involved... Jenna is so annoying she almost makes me miss Josie, almost. Lucas is also annoying with whole "im not ejnnas dad, blahblahblah, cass might be. im so jealous" speach. Dean is also still annoying, but i do understand him and where he is coming from. Matt & Lorna <3, but did they drop Lorna/Carl? Sam is so freggin annoying. He is all woe is me, i cant pait, blah blah blah. lashing out at Amanda because of Olivia. Umm, its your own fault. The fact that Olivia is lying to him doesnt even make me feel bad for him. I am also torn on this sam. He is a decent actor, but ive yet to accept him and care for him as am. Paul Michael Valley as Ryan is fantastic. Honestly, the only soap heros i have loved as much as him are Original Roman on Days and Paul Williams on Y&R. (and more recently, rafe on days - but i far from love him as much). Awe man, just relaizied i skipped a lot. I went from halloween to new years to valentiens day. i realize this now, because i remember i always try to stop at an event and start again but i got my events mixed up. damn.

^Peter failed a grade. Also, the show has pulled a One Tree Hill in terms of multipliable seasons = one year.

i LOVE JFP's AW opening. LOVE it.

How long does this opening last? Because im in 1992 and its ok right now, but it would be very old by 94! Rachel & Carl, idk if i will be able to get behind them. I hope so tho. (amanda/carly & viki/carl & lorna/carl are all amazing!)

Its also very triking what a difference there is between young characters like Dean/Matt/Jenna/Lorna and todays younger soap characters. The only young set who seems half as interesting, complex, and layered as those ones are Maxie/Lulu on General Hospital, and thats only when the show commits to both characters and the actress actually deliver, and thats damn rare. I believe, where im at, that jenna is about to make a porn video and she seems oddly unaware of whats going on. lorna/matt are together but he still has feelings for jenna. jenna/dean are together and annoying as can be. i hate dean. actually, its RPG... I LOVE that Sharlene is gone! Iris is with.. i cant think of his name, the dad of Ryan & Grant. Spencer! She and Spencer are actually very good together and Carmen Duncan is simply fantastic. It seems like they have Rachel in story limbo right now, but damn Wyndham is one hell of an actress. Donna & John are about to start shacking up, and i find it bizzare and dont buy it at all. Jake/Paulina/Grant/Viki is a lot of fun to watch. Viki & Paulina just got into a catfight in a pond at a Valentines day ball! lol. Also, I have a very hard time feeling anything for this Jamie. He has been playing Jamie for some time now, and hes an ok actor, but his jamie just comes off sleezy and i cant get behind him. I <3 this opening.

Wow, watching a scene from Feb 27, 1992 between marley, Amanda, & Olivia (i think thats her name). Olivia is prego, claiming it sams and its not, and going to get an abortion. Amanda & Marley went to stop her and Amanda told her how she almost got an abortion herself. Marley told her about wanting a baby but not being able to have one and then Olviia offered Marley her baby. Jensen is actuially very good as Marley in this scene. I was confused for awhile as to if i hated her viki or her marley, and after watching a bacth of episodes i remember, i HATE her Viki and like her Marley. Anyways, its a very intense, emotional scene. I miss scenes like this on soaps. I miss characters this layered. If current daytime wants to know whats wrong, take note.

^I found the ellie/marco/paige episodes much easier to watch. i like how they were more mature but still young. They really shoulda used it as a backdoor pilot for a dorm degrassi. I found the emma/manny/lib ones stupid, they may as well still had been in highschool.

The part that struck me the most was how she almost took over fulltime on B&B as Brooke. I had no idea she ever more than anything than a temp replacement. Id love it if it had happened, because KKL has lost the only thing shes ever had going for her, IMHO, her sex appeal. But i also doubt Sandra would still be there, idk. Also the story about when her and RKK went to Toronto and a fan stuck his hand up her dress - the eff?! fans have always been insane, i guess.

Thank you. She was one of my fave interviees, up there with Suzanne Rogers, Ali Sweeney (who has a real good view and understanding on the current state of daytime, i wish she wasnt so PC in her interviews!), and Joe Moscolo (who throws it all out there. I was very surprised at how detailed her answers were, usually i have to fish for those kind of in depth answers, but she just went for it! Also, i was going to bring up Thomas Gibson if she didnt! I agree about her trying not to go back. I was nervous about how it might come across on text, because she wasnt saying it in a im too good or above that now kind of way, i honestly think if the show was in LA she wouldnt have had much of an issue going back. As she said, she just got a new house and wasnt even unpacked yet... And yes, she is so spot on with GH! Tristan Rogers has said almost the same thing about it, as well, and speaking of him and her look at this picture of thw two of them from The Bay-

Here is my interview with Sandra Robinson!

update on PMV from 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102102041.html/ Schnetzer is fantastic. He goes over the top and he plays subtle when needed.

Thats INSANE! She wasnt that good in the role! Ill post a link once its published. I kind of want her book now. Also, PMV <3! Where has he been all these years? I HATE her Viki, but i like her Marley. I think the thing with JB is she is trying way to hard too play the two so different. he goes big, over the top, loud for Viki and quite, tame, small for Marley. The writing is good enough to seperate the two and Hace simply played them as they were written. It was obvious with her in the roles they were twins because she played them a lot alike, yet totally different. Jensen cant seem to find that middle ground and its like shes sunk all the fun into viki and all the serious into marley. idk if any of this makes since... lol. i get what ur saying,

What? They paid her travel expenses? Not surprised, soaps use to do this a lot. In my interview with her, Sandra Ferguson admits to making ridiculous demands before returning and they gave into them all - including flying her to LA twice a month. I wish people would realize that Brown benifited more from fantastic writing/story/costars more than her talent. No doubt she was talented, but she has has an edge over anyone else in the role because all others carlys were reduced to prop work for onny. Braun is by far better, imho, because once she found her footing she turned bad writing into something amazing to watch.

Dear god, that poor woman. What awful things to happen to her. it amazes me how good Jensen Buchanan is as Marley and how bad she is as Viki.

Honestly, before watching AW i always wrote her of as that crazy lady.... Now, i see shes a powerhouse actress. Her book sounds heartbreaking.

Do you remember much about Sandy Corey? Apparently, he was a male hooker. I cant find info on him aside from that. Also, whats up with Spencer Harrison and Amanda? He seems to like her and gets angry when iris is mean to her, but im not sure why. This is long before Amanda mixes it up with his kids.

Is it true that David Forsyth (John Hudson) and Anne Heche (Vicky Hudson) had a thing?!