Spoon

I didn't buy Dru and Sharon's friendship. Yes, they both hated Phyllis butit still felt forced and awkward to me.

Bit of an age difference.

Interesting how Ross/Justin and Mike/Ed were both lawyer/Doctor siblings. Ross and his BFF relationship basically filled the void of Mike. Too bad Mike didn't have a meatier return in 1997. I guess Don Stewart was difficult to work with, but still... After Peter Simon left would've been a great time for Mike to return, especially with his niece married to the mob. It would've been a great, additional angle to the Santos era. Strange that they brought in Robert Gentry back as Ed and basically treated him as a dayplayer. They probably didn't bother to ask the more popular Mart Hulswit.

Springfield. A lawyer, maybe in a practice with Ross.

Re: Days. I could easily see that being the outcome. Sounds real soapy.

GL,The Reardons: Bea. Maureen, Nola, Tony and Jim. AW: The McKinnons: Vince, Mary, Kathleen, mj. Cheryl and cousin Jake. Nobody mentioned SFT's McClearly clan yet. 🙃

Love the ego of Nate. He leaves medicine for two minutes and suddenly he thinks he an expert on business. Even moreso than Devon. Victoria is just using the sap as a puppet, joke on him.

The entire cast of b&b. Days: Sarah, Kristen, Susan,

Days: nuStephanie is a stunner. Also Chloe and Gabi. Y&R: Sally, Amanda and Ashley. Maybe Chloe. GH: Liz and Felicia.

That was around the time Beverley McKinsey left. Marj Dusay was very serviceable at first until mustache twirling Ron Raines came on as Alan. The two of them camped so hard, as the once nuanced characters became one-dimensional cartoons.

Maureen and Vanessa, GL Maureen and Roger, GL Ross and Ed. GL Vanessa and Jenna. GL Barbara and Lisa, ATWT

The Irna Big Three: Bauers, Hughes, Hortons. Spauldings, pre 1993. GL

Favorites: Phillip/Rick. GL Cass/Felicia. AW Victor/Col. Douglas. Y&R Luke/Robert. GH

Yeah, y&r plays it way too safe and predictable. This show needs a shot in the arm but that's not happening with these fools in charge. Won't happen, 'cause that would shake things up. Watch him be yet another rando with no family connections. Zzzz.

He was a doctor at memorial who was murdering patients. Bob was accused and son Chris took over as chief of staff making it look like an ambitious Chris was framing his dad. Chris was portrayed as real shady at this time.

Gina was one of my favorites on TGL as Dinah and she's a powerhouse but I feel as Phyllis she was a miscast. She just didn't feel like Phyllis at all. She lacked the sexuality and sinister aura of the character.

Always found the increasingly aging cast quite ironic, given the shows title.

Gina was good on the show but a terrible Phyllis. Would've been better as Victoria or someone else. JT is another one who isn't necessarily bad bit he's not a great fit for Billy.

I need to vent. This time of year I get sad thinking of this show that I grew up with. My mom would have it on when I came home from school. It grew on me as time went by. My mom would explain who was related to who and this fascinated me greatly and core families lasting generations are my favorite aspects of soaps in general. I wouldget excited during long credit days and the cast list and the "full" closing music. Oh, why couldn't GL get more respect in the late 80s and 90s? Seemed like Santa Barbara was getting more buzz (pun?) than GL. Everything seemed to be clicking in 1984. The revamping seemed to work although I would've kept more of a "core" or "foundation" to the show connecting it more with pre-1984 GL. I'd hear about past characters or characters I was too young to remember like Mike. The earliest stuff I remember was quint and Nora's exploits. Mom would refer to her movie fantasies. Quint/Nola and Another World's Cass/Kathleen were favorite couples of mine. They had a good thing going with the Reardons. Tony, Jim, Annabelle were all written out too soon. During the 90s GL was decent in bringing people back but it would've been interesting to see Tony or Jim return. Especially Tony who was with the show for a decent amount of time (5 years?). Reva was okay but they should've built her family up better, like give her another brother or sister (in the 80s). Especially with The Reardons and Bauers being de-emphasized. India was another memorable character I remember when I was young along with the Musketeers and lujack. It's a shame they didn't have VI on a longer contract. Lujack and Beth sparked the ratings during 84 where it was beating general hospital for four weeks as "Almost Paradise" played as they rode that motorcycle along the beach. They should've brought back Lujack somehow, Nick was a bore. The Beth recast was bad. BC's Beth was better when she returned in '97(?). We were supposed to root against her in favor as Harley? I couldn't do that after seeing their romance in the 80s. They were soulmates. Actually Lujack could've also been her soul mate but he died. India was another memorable character, thought she was good with Ross. This was during a period where I thought bloss was stale but blake/Ross were absolutely my second favorite gl couple. I was devastated when jvd/ross left the show after 25 or 26 years as he quickly became the shows elder statesman after only being on the show four or five years. GL really gutted too much of the cast during the early 80s. Loved the Anabelle story, one of my favorite umbrella stories which linked all the families together. I know their was continuity issues, but I sppreviated. Nola and Tony learning that their father didn't abandon them but met another fate. Hot take: the 1989 Alan Spaulding recast was a decent recast. I could see him as Alan and he still gave off some of the gravitas that CB had. Ron Raines was a joke. MD as Alex started off okay but really went off the rails as time went by, especially after Alan returned from prison. They should've given Rick Bauer children sooner. Him and Abigail were together for a decent amount of time, they should've had a child together.

The thing about y&r and its not necessarily a bad thing is with their cast stability there isn't a whole lot of fan favorites to bring back.. Dru, a return visit by Jill. 50th anniversary would be a good opportunity to reintroduce either the brooks or foster families If they choose to.

That would've been a good idea as it would've increased the presence.of the Bauers which was reduced to just Rick by the mid-00s. Although I think Alan would've been a little more plausible.

For y&r, I'd like to see SOMETHING happen. Maybe a character die in a car accident, bring back some popular actors and recast some past characters like Andy, Steve or any grown children/grandchildren from any of the Foster boys.

Sonny and Solita were twins, the writer strike then happened with the scabs having Solita's remains exhumed. When Long returned she had to make sense of the mess as her original story was altered.

Y&R should bring on some more of Snapper and Chris's kids or grandkids. Greg Snapper could've had grown kids or grandkids by now. If Paul appears more, you could give him nephews or nieces via brother Steven or half siblings via father Jim Bradley aka Carl Williams and his wife. Plus why are there so many next generation characters just collecting dust? Fen could be a spoiler to Summer/Kyle for one example. Reed should be active on canvas and they definitely should actually use Faith and Moses. For General Hospital there's lots of options like Tommy Hardy. For Days. Tommy Horton could've remarried and have grown kids out there, since he hasn't been on canvas in like 40 years. For Bold, there's no reason why RJ, the one child of Brooke and Ridge should not be driving major story. It's practically a crime. Have him get I to a rivalry with half brother/cousin Jack. Lots of missed opportunities out there to build on legacy instead of creating one rando character after another.