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I dont understand why Locher thinks a group of 5 works !?! His best reunions are the smaller ones -- fewer tech issues, fewer ppl talking over each other and more depth / time for each person to talk. You would think he would have learned this by now... And would he PLEASE stop asking what they are up to during quarantine ! We have enough issues with our own homeschooling we don't need to hear about theirs. Alan, please keep it to stories about GL 🙏🏻

Agreed and the host asked for Vincent's memories of John today as well...with no mention of Marj Dusay. He has asked about John in every episode. Clearly, he is confused as to John's role on AMC. Yes, it was appropriate to discuss John w/ Eva and even Kelly, but it should have stopped there. John did NOT play a legacy character and there are many actors far more important to AMC's legacy that should be remember before John C. Certainly David Canary deserves the touching tributes, but Jill Larson should have been asked about James Mitchell, Vincent about Marj, etc. I am hoping Susan is not asked about John C. She should certainly remember David, but Larkin Malloy, Mark LaMura and Frances Heflin all worked much more extensively with Susan than John C.

Debi Morgan will be live w/ Entertainment Weekly tomorrow (Fri)...now all we need is Julia Barr !

Agreed wish Darnell would have been asked about Jesse and Angie. And Jill should have been asked about James Mitchell. I'd rate Ep 1 higher -- the smaller group allows for more time for each to speak. Today MEK and Darnell weren't given enough time...they were the show's leads for decades, and could have carried their own episode just the two of them. Especially Darnell who we rarely hear from. MEK has done several interviews in the last year -- he's a chatterbox one-on-one. Today, he gallantly deferred to his female counterparts -- and Jennifer, Cady and Jill were amazing. But I do wish the guys had been given more time to contribute. But overall, these AMC reunions are excellent ! Very well done and although he's too young to remember AMC in its 80s heyday, Gerry Hall is doing well as hose / interviewer.

Enjoyed the stories about Larkin and Jordan Clarke today...and MOL's story of crushing on Krista while they were in their working together early on. Alan's ability to access these actors is amazing...but agree he needs help w/ his interviewing skills. At one point today, Krista and MOL jumped in to ask questions. The Loving reunion hosts had solicited questions from fans in advance and it prompted great conversation. ALL questions related to their time on Loving and each person was asked their own question -- no discussion of home-schooling during quarantine, gardening under lockdown or the student films they did back in 82 thankfully ! The AMC reunions on EW.com this week have been very well done too...everything is all about AMC.

Very entertaining and polished interview ! The interviewer kept it all about AMC -- the reason we were all there. Hopefully The Locher Room will take note...we do NOT need to hear about home-schooling and other non-soap related quarantine activities Alan...

Is there a link for the AMC reunion on EW.com this morning ? I don't see anything on the EW.com homepage. HELP ! It's live @ 10am EST.

These photos aren't showing up for me -- would love to see them.

In Friday's Locher Room reunion, Jacob Young said Tony Geary got involved in the re-casting of Lucky -- and had "approval" of the Lucky recast. So possibly TG felt Jacob Young was a better fit for him than Will Estes.

There was a great profile in LIFE magazine at the time -- lots of BTS pix of the series startup including the location shoots. Wish someone would post this somewhere...

Did Will Estes audition for Lucky ? Love Will Estes -- I am sure he doesn't regret the path his career has taken. He's had great roles in Prime Time.

The Capitol pilot was shot on location in DC.

CAPITOL had a top notch cast -- they all went onto other shows. Nicholas Walker, Marj Dusay, Tonja Walker, Catherine Hickland, Jess Walton, Chris Durham, etc. Todd Curtis as Jordy Clegg was a natural as the rich playboy. He shoulda done more -- just a natural in the clips above.

@FAULKNER Agree w/ your notes. Here are a few of my own: Interesting that Julia Barr and Cady McClain both won for their work w/ Canary but he didn't win. I'm actually glad someone else won that year...he had already won 3 times by then. Nice understated speech by A Martinez -- just perfect and a refreshing change from the melodrama so many actors bring to their acceptances (looking at you Cady...). Baffled by the Henry Darrow win. His clip seemed weak, he wasn't known as a soap actor...and he was competing against soap opera royalty -- Ver Dorn and Kristoff went on to win in later years, but Robert Gentry, Roscoe Born, Redeker and Kin Shriner (beloved in the industry) never won and all appeared on multiple soaps ! And why 7 nominees in this category when supporting actress only had 5 ? The mens acting categories always had more nominees than the womens. I loved Andy Kavovit, but his win reminds that the remarkable Scotty D never won. If they couldn't find enough younger men to nominate this year, where was Scotty D ? Certainly if Andy won an Emmy...then Scotty deserved a win at some point in his career. But he went home w/ Maura so I guess that's his win ! The Joan Rivers acceptance speech is raw and an historic moment in TV. You really feel Joan's pain. The pecking order of Conboy over JFP is interesting...when he gets on stage he makes a point to greet Nicholas Walker who he made a star on Capitol. Didn't like Conboy's speech and he was dumped by TPTB the following year for not improving SB's ratings. Proves ratings are more important than awards. And why didn't the actors come on stage for Best Show back then ?!

Scotty D. was a hero today ! His reverence and love for Kathy and Don was touching...He clearly understands and appreciates how the show and Don and Kathy changed the course of his life. Wise move by Alan to get him in there -- as wonderful as it was to see Kim and Dr. Bob again, I don't think they could have carried the interview for an hour, and I bet they were glad to have someone else to share memories and do some of the talking.

Denise said in her Locher Room interview how surprised she was that they used that clip at the ceremony for GL's Best Show Emmy. It was pretty steamy and Greg B was delicious. Not sure why he didn't go further with his career. Always enjoyed him...

The 82 Emmy wins were in large part to Doug Marland's brilliant headwriting. The travesty was that none of the GL actors were nominated...the acting categories were dominated by ABC.

Today's tech issues were only minor -- for sure, today was one of Locher's better shows. The smaller groups are easier for Alan to control. And for this one, he allowed the actors to focus on memories of GL in the 80s, without any overlong discussion of quarantine pastimes, etc. The four actors, especially Elvera, seemed to really enjoy discussing their time on GL / their co-stars.