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Marissa, all good thoughts! Also, not sure if you've seen this but here it is: https://youtu.be/8F-8BixM4yk

Ooh, just found out the Locher Room has an interview with her! I'll have to bookmark it and watch it later. It looks pretty long so I'm sure they talk about SB

I don't know why, but Pearl's accent really bothers me. It sounds like he is a New Englander trying to speak with a Midwestern accent. Is this how the actor speaks in real life? I guess I should YouTube some interviews with him. So I just read Robert Thaler's interview again on the French Santa Barbara site. It struck me again that he was thankful for Jill Farren Phelps and her contribution to the show. I have read so many things about her over the years - both positive and negative, that she ruined so many shows she touched as well as was so instrumental in just as many shows. I suppose you can't please everyone, but what's the consensus on her here?

What do you think about Jane? Where you're at, Jane and Brick will be leaving town shortly so they probably don't have much screen time left. I cannot help but think that I know someone in real life who is just like Jane as far as looks and demeanor and everything but I can't put my finger on it. I know this is super random but wanted to share

So you must be in the 800s then? Wow, you're going fast! I am nearing the 500th episode and I am watching about 1 per day. So far so good. I can't comment on your storyline as I don't remember Carmen was even on the canvas. Yes, this show has a lot of ridiculous stuff, but I am watching it for what it is. A piece of daytime history with some super good acting and some super good storytelling with very obvious flaws at times. I think Marcy Walker is a terrific actress and probably one of the best in this industry, even though I don't always like or root for her character. There was a bit too much Cruz and Eden for me, but I'm glad they changed it up a bit and focused on other characters even though they dropped them as easily as introduced them. I do remember from all those years ago that Cain was a bore as was Father Michael. I think their characters just dragged on for too long. I'll be sticking around here for a quite a while and I'm slow at watching, but it is my goal to finish in a few years

I wanted to post about how I appreciate the background music in a lot of the scenes in the first few years of SB. I'm not talking about the sickly sweet Eden and Cruz theme songs but just general instrumental music that is in many scenes especially when a crime is happening. I believe Dominic Messenger is responsible for many of those. There are some really memorable tunes. I feel like nowadays music in soaps is pretty forgettable

It seems to me - and it's still fresh in my mind as I watched this just a few months ago - that Jack Lee was supposed to have been in a triangle with Eden and Cruz but this was changed after Joel Crothers's death and they brought on his son, Kirk, instead. For a few weeks, while they weren't sure what Joel Crothers's status was gonna be, they had his assistant, whose name escapes me now, who followed Eden everywhere while she was settling into her role as Daddy's replacement at the helm of the company.

I have not gotten to where she's on screen yet, but from all those years ago I do remember when she was on she was on A LOT. I do not remember how she gets to exit. Is it one of those exits where writers don't know what to do with the character anymore?

Of all the actors here (am I supposed to add "and actresses here?") the lady who plays Sophia is the closest match! Also, I am guessing that is Eden wearing the same dress she and Gina both wore on that Halloween night when Eden almost "killed" CC. Marissa, the show in Russia initially began with episode 217 (which is the one where Cruz reenacts Channing's murder) so this scene is supposed to symbolize the start of SB over there. The earlier episodes were shown later. Initially, Russia's RTV channel only bought the arc that is episodes 217-247 as a tryout to see if the show would stick. It actually wasn't THAT popular in the very beginning (early 1992). It was competing against a way more popular Mexican soap Los Ricos Tambien Lloran on channel Ostankino which began a few months prior also shown in a primetime slot Is this supposed to be Cruz opposite the sobbing Sophia? Also who is supposed to be the bald guy? Marcello? And which one is Warren then? I think he was invited along with Augusta and Lionel

Whoa! Thank you for this. I have to wait until my free ration is reset again to read it but I saw the headline! Thank you!!

Still not able to see the message? It's a private message. I'm going to resend it. It is one of those "I can't believe it exists" Basically, an early Christmas present!

Marissa, I sent you a message

I have been watching some clips of All My Children on YouTube from a channel called Best of Marcy Walker. There is some seriously good acting in these. The period I am watching if from the mid-90s. Marcy Walker sure can play commandeering roles. Watch her interaction in this clip with Erica Kane. Also, Janet Green (aka Robin Mattson) makes an appearance here. This is 1995, two years after SB came to an end and Marcy is back in the role of Liza shortly after having also been on Guiding Light.. https://youtu.be/mmRFh_EMcX8

Thank you for this! His channel is almost like a blessing and a curse in one. On one hand, he has very nice interviews with very good guests, on the other hand, he may be the party responsible for our beloved YouTube channel being taken down...

Good to hear! I'm a YouTube premium member so I actually downloaded a bunch of playlists, but I think YouTube checks every 30 days for internet connection if I still have those episodes, so they may be deleted from my YouTube cache once the connection is established and it's confirmed that the playlists are gone, I made a copy of my YouTube cache just in case. And, like I mentioned, there's that Russian site. There are also other YouTubers who have uploaded something like 800 or 900 episodes. One of them is heavily focusing on episodes between 1000 and 2000 so I have high hopes I'll be watching for a while. I have to say the early years of SB have a lot going for it. Even if certain writing spots are patchy and iffy, storylines move pretty quickly. Even if there was no Cruz and Eden, Kelly, Sophia and CC, Gina and Keith, Lionel and Augusta, there is always Mason and his thousands of memorable lines that could be straight from Shakespeare. I am still in the Mason and Mary period but looking forward to Mason/Julia. Grahn is such a great actress. Anyone know why Harley Jane Kozak stopped writing her her detective series? She wrote about 4 books with the first couple gaining significant praise.