Spoon

Be careful what you wish for.

Lol, I got Claire and Alan in bed on my YT feed the other day. Sign that it was time to clear watch history.

Stafford went to the Bart Simpson school of television acting: "Repetition is my job. My job. Repetiveness is my job."

Was Vivica always this bad at acting. Sounds like she's still in a CarShield commercial.

RR was just a poor fit for Alan. Maybe he would've been decent in a different role but he was just way too hammy for Alan. On the bright side, the role of Rusty was a dud and didn't last terribly long. The late 80s needed Hope over duds like Meredith, Rae and Dana. I would've had Hope and either another Reardon sister or a Lainie Marler recast. Appearance wise, Nicolete Goulet's Meredith should've been a Reardon-- I didn't forget that Jim Reardon is also a doctor.

Why didn't the show utilize PFS when they briefly had her? Was it a clash with Kobe or did Kobe come in with Long in a 2-for-1 deal from Texas? I always admired FPS skill at building family units over at GH and Days and integrating them into the canvas.

In 1985, GL was only really in bad shape for a year or so. It was up against a weakened GH and upstart SB-- other than an hour of game shows, what could they replace GL with? An expanded Capitol in '87? A 30 minute Capitol followed by Press Your Luck or something?

GL was pretty good in 1984. Considering how long NBC let AW die a long and painful death-- GL was still very salvagable thru about '98. The mid-80s just needed P&G to stick with a creative team-- ride it out for consistency. They should've snagged Pat Falken Smith in 1986 or Gary Tomlin- i really enjoyed his mid-80s HW stint at AW.

I wasn't particilarly a Manny fan (they were okay from time to time), but JL's Michelle at least had charisma and chemistry with her costars- all of which NSA severly lacked. We talked about Hope and Stacy. If you needed to recast Mike or Ed, who would you choose? Would Nicholas Coster have been a decent Mike Bauer? Strike that, I just thought of SB's Lionel Lockridge being Gina's dad. I guess its working for Tamara Braun and the guy who plays Noah on Y&R.

I thought Peter Simon's 2002 return was terrific until ConJob entered the picture six months later. They never got to explore the teased PTSD Ed had from Africa.

Give 'em a contract-- problem solved. 😉

I remember that. I recently read that they cast a Beth Bonner as Michelle-- they had a play a small, short role instead. Martha Madison auditioned for Marah years earlier, I believe it was when Lindsey McKeon won the role. I know NSA was technically there as a guest star at the end, it like a wake at the end with past actors paying their respects: Peter simon, Lisa Brown, etc. Michelle would've returned to town without Danny-- i wonder who they would've paired her with?

Grady was such scum and hated by viewers, that Phillip killing him with no repercussions was pure fan service.

By the Peapeck era, Rick was useless and was only there because they didn't want to write out the Bauers-- but they might as well have. Phillip wasn't there, sister Michelle wasn't there, Mel was with Cyrus and they didn't bother with a new romantic partner. He was basically OLTL's Larry Wolek-- just there to doctor to people by the end. They should've brought back Mindy (recast for $$$ reasons) for Rick around 2006 or 2007. I'd actually bring in an adult Stacy who I'd have set around Dinah's age.

Yes, ppl were angrier at Rick than Phillip. Mainly because Phillip was off the show still.