Spoon

I rewatched some of that 30th anniversary episode, that's how you do an anniversary episode! Reminded me of how good this show could be at times. On the account of the anniversary yesterday, what are everyone's favorite moments and characters? John Dixon, natch. Dr. Bob, the older guard in general. John's revenge on Lisa was one of my favorite moments. Another take down moment that was pretty delicious was when Molly exposed Katie at the Endicot Awards. I did a similar list on the GL forum, but its a shame we didn't get grown versions of... Bob's niece, Christina Hughes (Don/Mary) MJ Dixon (John/Ivy) Hope Dixon (Andy/Denise) Daniel Hughes (Tom/Emily) Natalie Snyder (Holden/Lilly) ATWT wasn't nearly as baby crazy as GL, but I probably missed someone. Also, it was before my time but I've heard reference to the Stewart quintuplets? It would've been a good way to re-establish the Stewart clan. It's a shame how the Stewart clan was phased out in the 90s.

I could just imagine an 80-ish Reva chasing around teen Colin, as she's still acting like the vixen that all men desire.

To all the bitter MSW fans, the show had a great run. The later success of Diagnosis Murder shows that the MSW audience was still there, but at the same time 12 seasons is nothing to sneeze at. Sure, it was sabotage, but MSW opposite Friends made sense from a counter-programming move. Cybil/Almost Perfect would be DOA Thursday, and Wednesday was a comedy death slot- with the exception of The Nanny which eventually moved to Monday.

Evening Shade (and to a lesser extent, Nurses) was a victim of Burt and Loni's ugly divorce. The ratings were still solid in 1994 and IRC Nurses had decent retention from Empty Nest. David Rasche was the funny guy on the show and he bounce off of Loni rather well, like Frank Bonner on WKRP.

Ouch at Harry. Roomies started out promising, winning its time slot at #47.

Don't worry, by the time 2027 most of us might have forgotten by then. LOL She'll probably play some rando, but it would be nice if she was a legacy character or had a meaningful connection to the canvas in some way.

I don't want to see BTG get a multi-year renewal yet, because they still need to tweak things around. They can't afford to get complacent like the Bell soaps. More romance, maybe a second med-large family unit, cut what's not working, hire more soap names where it feels natural and not forced.

Just saw that today in soap history-- April 2, 2009 is when Reva gave birth to Collin O'Neill. Happy 17th birthday to Reva's youngest child!

That sounds right, thanks.

I'm not imagining the Erica Kirk parallels with Willow? Willow sure came along way from the basket case she was when I last watched back in the Fall. I like it.

I was wondering about Tony and Anabwlle, but was not sure. Also, iirc Prince Alionzo's demon seed was named Will. Anybody remember the name of Edmund's retconned dead daughter? I'm sure she would've turned up alive to stir trouble for Shayne and Marina. No man deserved bland Marina.

Alan and Beth are really disgusting, espescially knowing that he was in cahoots with Bradley at times.

Lol. My brother and I used to mock him.. "I wanna be a COP, like muh DAD!" Wanted to add, that I liked Gus. I'm glad he wasn't Selina and Miguel's son-- nobody deserves that. After Dinah left in 99, would've been a good time to bring in Stacy-- Vanessa's troublesome niece stirring shizz up. Its all too soaplike to replace one character with a new character that fills the same void. Stacy would perhaps be spoiled, globetrotting with her dad, while Nola and Quint were apart. I don't know where Nola was supposed to be in '99, according to @alwaysAMC recaps, it seems like she may have still been in town, but offscreen until Company is sold to BUZZard?

Re: Dorie. India mentioned Doroe getting married soon, she easily could've had a child. I'd also like to think that Tony/Annabelle had a few kids and Johnny/Rosie. I'd have Mindy and Rick adopt... from an unwed young mother (for maximum soapiness).

I always found it funny how all of Alan's grandchildren are biological Marlers.

April 1, 1980. Roger "died" in San Domingo.

Selina's grown lawyer son with Miguel Santos who was hinted to be Gus Aitoro for over a year, but was changed by the HW-team of Taggart/Culliton. Having a cop discover that he was the son of the local mobster family would basically be Danto on GH, changing course was the right decision. Taggart/Culliton were smartly de-emphasising/ phasing out the mob during their brief run.

With all of the kids hatched in the 90s and 00s, there'd be a plethora of adult legacy characters. Maureen Reardon II (Matt/Vanessa) Peter Reardon (Bridget/Hart) Clarissa Marler (Ross/Blake) Jason Marler (Ross/Blake) Kevin Marler (Ross/Blake) Francessca (Frankie) Cooper (Frank/Natalia) Rocky Cooper (adopted by Buzz) Emma Spaulding (Phillip/Olivia) Peyton Spaulding (Alan/Beth) Sarah Randall (Lizzie/Jonathan) Baby girl Lewis (Shayne/Edmund's dead daughter) Baby girl Lewis (Bill/Lizzie, seen but unnamed in finale) Leah Bauer (Rick/Felicia) Zach Spaulding (Phillip/Harley) Jude Bauer (Rick/Harley) announced Bordreaux pregnancy in finale? (Remy/Christina) Robbie Santos (Michelle/Danny) Hope Santos (Michelle/Danny) RJ Winslow (Cassie/Hart) that demon kid that Cassie adopted, the bio father was Prince Alonso-- Edmund's real brother Colin O'Neal (Reva/Jeffrey) Stacy Chamberlain (Nola/Quint) any that I missed?

I remember that when GA returned as Phillip, the mags reported that CBS suits were watching to see if there'd be a ratings bump. Apparently, that was GL's last chance. IMO, Phillip's return was easily the highlight of the final years, but the experimental format chased away too many grandmas, I guess. I would've liked to have seen GL continue on PBS (because of historical importance), but with P&G ownership-- that would never happen. Also, Wheeler's pitch to reboot was horrible for CBS but could've worked on public television with fewer episodes a week.

April 1, 2009. The axe fell on our beloved GL. Its hard to see how GL could've gone on much longer than it did, considering what little budget they had.

Unlike Mendorra on Rauch's OLTL, San Cristobel just goes on and on. It was like how will they resolve the island plot-- will there be a coup sending all these new characters to Springfield? No, they'll just go back and forth like it was a trip Cedars to Company.

I saw Kristina namedropping Blaise to Ya-cinda, I don't suppose there's any shot of her coming for her brother's funeral. I'm catching up on Hulu, I think I'm in the middle of last week now.

They should've brought back Morgan as a spoiler for Josh and Reva. Maybe instead of Josh/Olivia because Josh had history with Morgan. Kelly Nelson could return to town as new chief of staff at cedars, have a fling with Reva while Josh is with Morgan.

It was long forgotten, but during the John Bolger era-- Reva and Phillip were friends. I'm kinda surprised she didn't have e a strong friendship with Danny. They seemed like they'd get along well. Reva's the type who could've used a "gay" or "gay-coded" male bestie, like Henry to Katie on ATWT. Either that or a height-impaired character like Wallingford on AW. Also, its probably more realistic for Reva not to have close-friends but friendly acquaintances like Holly, Lillian, Harley. I'm the same way, I don't really have close "friends" but I have plenty of friendly acquaintances via work or social media.

which characters do you wish returned full-time? Hope, Rita, kelly nelson, Lucy, MH as Ed, Ross, Sam Marler, Melinda Sue, Roxie, Judi Evans as Beth