Joseph

43 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Unfortunately, the one person who deserved to get slapped this year more than anyone, didn't get one 

As for other slaps, I do remember Obrecht slapping Liz

Who That Would Be? 

And thanks for the info, I tried searching but no luck

53 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Dang!  I actually didn’t know that about Bonds boyfriend…how shameful he took those!

I read about it, not sure he took them or Destroyed them in a fight though  

3 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

Haha you’re probably right! He probably also doesn’t want to pay anymore residuals to Ronn Moss

Even So, There Were Ten Freaking Years he could have chose from! 6 months old episode? Sorry he's probably getting demented like his dad

Did the show have any slaps this year? I barely watched not gonna lie

OK So Apart From Anna Slapping Valentin, There Were ANY other Slaps On GH this year? 

I was very fortunate a friend gave Me access to his personal collection, and managed to watch some this year, so I wanna do a Slaps Retrospective for this CRAZY YEAR, and include all that I can! 

2 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

Nah, Princess Gina tossed her out the window of the bistro. The stairs were already long gone. The only things I remember they used the staircase for was at the very beginning when Jack returned and literally fell over the ledge, and I think Nicole had some sort of baby breakdown re: Daniel & Jennifer at one point.  The whole thing looked too cardboardy as it is. I think the whole thing shook when a closeted Will pressed a dude up against it when he had his first male-on-male make-out moment. 

Yep Nicole Fought with Jen And Fell, Then she blamed Jenn for the Baby Being Stillborn when she already knew the child was dead prior to that, I don't think she was fully aware of That Though she Was Suffering from some kind of PTSD

And please elaborate the Will stuff

DOOL got a Lot of Slaps this year, I'm planning A Retrospective but need A Little Help, I Remember:

Sloan Vs Nicole in January

Chanel Slapping Sloan

Chloe Slapping Xander a couple of times

Belle Slapping Shawn

Gwen Punching Leo

Did I Forget Any?

18 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

??? What should I see? Sharon admiring his tushy?

I was thinking about doing one of those Soap Slaps Retrospectives, For 2023 how many did Y&R Have? I only recall Diane Vs Phyllis and Summer Slapping Kyle, Any others?

31 minutes ago, yrfan1983 said:

I can't believe that Jack is still stringing Mari Jo along as of 12/20/94! And letting her still wear the engagement ring. After he has welcomed Keemo as his son, and had this grand party to introduce Luan to the Abbotts.

I used to have the impression that she was the "villain" for keeping Jack and Luan apart, but now I'm Team #MariJo. 

(though she does gets points deducted for keeping Rick's return from the dead a secret...)

PS how can Sharon be on recurring when Matt and Amy are on contract...?

Nowadays, A Lot Of Bell's Stories come across as Chauvinistic, Lots of Jack's Problems with Women were his own Doing!

16 minutes ago, carolineg said:

The episode aired in July 1996, so you are correct.  Marlena was in the cage at this point.  

Thanks for the confirmation! At least Laura got to practice for A Change!

7 hours ago, asafi said:

indeed a treat but I don't think Laura horton is the right person to provide medical advise.. she was institutionalized during the 80's and early 90's.. what does she know about HIV??

should have been Marlena 

Since this is 1996, Maybe Marlena was in the Cage????

This one is being shown on TLnovelas and will probably be shown on Unimas in the near future, this is certainly a scene to look forward to watch!

5 minutes ago, Manny said:

Haha You are right, Por Tu Amor is probably not so memorable. I just remember it because of the crazy chemistry between Gabriela Spanic and Saul Lisazo. I could not remember anything else that would be in my top 5 haha

I did not watch any of those that you mention. Some others that I watched would be:

Esmeralda, Emperatriz, Rosa Salvaje, Nunce Te Olvidare, Pobre Nina Rica, Los Ricos Tambien Lloran, Acapulco - Cuerpo Y Alma..... 

EDIT: Oh since you say you're from Brazil.. we had some Brazilian telenovelas here as well, but the only one I watched was O Rei Do Gado in the mid 90s  

Well As For Saul Lisazo And Gaby Spanic, You might Want to check Terra De Pasiones from 2006, the other Soap They Starred Together!

Well Rei Do Gado It's A Big Classic! It was actually rerun here this year! Depending on your taste I could recommend you another one from Here, if you are into the Oldies, There's Dancin' Days, A 1970's Classic About A Woman Freshly Out of Prison after 14 years, fighting To Reclaim The Daughter she was forced to give up years earlier, and Reconstruct her life on a society who despised ex-cons

34 minutes ago, Manny said:

That's nice! I had to check out some videos to remind myself of the plot

From what I can remember now, my favorites are Lazos de Amor, La Usurpadora, Marisol, Cuando Seas Mia and probably Por tu amor!

Enjoy most of those As Well

The Triplets 

The Twins, LA Usurpadora is a huge Classic here in Brazil

I disliked Marisol because the protagonists were too darn dumb!

I Love Cuando Seas Mía! It Took the Excellent Café Con Aroma De Mujer and managed to better it by fixing it's few flaws!

Por Tu Amor is Nice but hardly one of My Favorites, I Particularly Love La Mentira, Cañaveral De Pasiones and El Color De La Pasión! Oh and Simplemente Maria, The Story Of A Self Made Businesswoman is Super Rare on Mexican Telenovelas! 

4 hours ago, Manny said:

OMG! This is a blast from the past! I watched this back in high school. Wow! We had so many Latin American telenovelas in the 90s and 00s and I watched a ton of them, so Privilegio de Amar would not come to my mind first, which is why I am even more happy to see it mentioned here  

It's one of my personal favorites, couldn't pass on the chance!

1 hour ago, Beachstorm said:

I read on another site that some think Nikki has been faking the vodka-drinking all this time. I don't think that at all.

How that would be even possible?  

She's an alcoholic! 

Glad that if we are being forced to accept Claire, at least we were given a decent moment to provide Nikki With Forgiveness!

33 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

LMAO Now This Was DEFINITELY Nina's Son And Jill's Grandkid!

2 hours ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

I don't know what is going on with Hope's hair and wardrobe. Annika is so beautiful and lately she looks 20 years older in style. And that is not her haircut. 

Agree With You! She was never Dressed or Stylished In A Favorable Way

Now this is A Treat!

I don't know but the endless incestuous relationships soaps had, Like I Never Knew Vanessa Had The Hots For Quint before knowing he Was Her Brother On GL! Kinda Disturbing! The Prospect Of Victoria And Cole being Siblings etc

6 hours ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

I laughed so much, my jaw started to hurt.

I swear that must have been the first time she Read the Bible in the past 36 years! She didn't even say her prayers back on the shows first week! Now how is that Stephanie's Bible? Never saw her reading that either! 

31 minutes ago, Khan said:

Don't even mention Craig's coming-out story to me, @Joseph.  I'm still attempting to recover from that travesty, lol.

I was Traumatized As Well! When that came out, fans should've band together and get set on Ron's Firing! Ruining A long term relationship like Craig And Nancy's For that stupid story, him getting together with Leo then dumping him, really I kept hoping both that And Chanel And Allie were The Devil's Influence on The people of Salem! Allie And Chanel was another pointless pairing! 

2 hours ago, Khan said:

I remember his explanation/apology, too, @yrfan1983.  And you're right: MAB and her team had plans for Phillip that were scuttled by the poor quality of TB's acting.  But I say, if you go to the trouble of resurrecting a character who died on screen, then you need to do something with them.  Recast Phillip if you need to - heck, we all can think of actors who could play that role pretty well - but get him back in Genoa City and get his story up and pumping (tm MAB).

I often thought the same, Adding Phillip To The Mix Would've made The Chancellor Drama a Lot better! Still to this Day, Phillip would be an valuable Asset to the show, not to mention it would be interesting having an older gay character on canvas, Phillip Sexuality was never explored onscreen, I don't think American Doaps dared having Older Gay Characters on the shows for long, Craig is the only that comes to mind, and that's because it was recent and they kinda explored his sexuality

7 hours ago, asafi said:

jess Walton claimed the role of Jill in this powerful scene.. clearly Philip died. bringing him back years later was ridiculous. 

https://x.com/MarcoMcinroy/status/1737678542090150193?s=20

https://x.com/MarcoMcinroy/status/1737678718582374862?s=20

Nina vs Jill & Katherine (1989)

I Remember Nina Describing the Scene Perfectly while Angrily Confronting him about it! so yeah they knew what they were doing and Still did it Anyway, And Why? Phillip was never on the Show for long after that, so they basically Ressurrected him for the sake of doing it

39 minutes ago, 1974mdp said:

If I were Zende, I'd be pissed, too!

Ridge continues to come off as completely self-involved, but the character has always felt that way to me from day one when I started watching the show at the age of 12! I've just never been a fan of the character no matter who played him.

Me neither! I was Always More of A Thorne Fan!! Watching The Episode He Shot Ridge was one of the greatest pleasures of my pandemic! When Ingo R Came in as Thrne they portrayed him as the Bad Guy but To Be fair the Rivalry Was Always Ridge's Fault! He could never swallow his Pricky Attitude for Once and Support Thorne he was ALWAYS Putting him Down, So Thorne Hating him was no surprise! The fact Ridge took 2 of His Wives Must Not Have Helped Either!

49 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Was there ever any doubt that Billy would go over to Chancellor-Winters after Jill asked him to join her? I think JG tried to create suspense or some type of mini-reversal but the beats were played too quickly, there wasn’t a hint of suspense and it wasn’t a proper reversal. I did like the dialogue between Billy and Jack when Billy explained his reasons why he thought it was a healthier decision for him to leave Jabot and move over to work at Chancellor-Winters, where he likened all the plotting and scheming to undo Tucker to the rush of gambling, which threatened to unravel his sobriety— too bad we didn’t see any hints of this playing out onscreen, that’s why this turnaround isn’t a proper reversal, which I hope JG wasn’t trying to write it as much.

JG CAN'T write Period! I SWEAR I WOULD GET HIM RC AND BB BLACKLISTED IF I COULD! GH is my least favorite soap yet I would rather watch that over the other three soaps! Those head writers are atrocious! All three shows have so much to be compelling but just aren't!

I often blame it on the lack of competition! 

11 hours ago, MissPhoenixGirl92 said:

Hey there, new user here. I just want to say my thoughts about this show. Right now there is really not much I like about the show at all and I'm also pretty much over the whole Eric/Nicole/Sloan storyline. I was basically done with Ericole the minute that Nicole basically manipulated Jada to terminate her pregnancy and that left such a bad taste in my mouth. And also Eric literally abandoning Nicole and Holly to go off on some stupid mission in Africa not even a year after their wedding didn't help matters. 

And there's a part of me that wishes that Nicole would just stay with E.J. somehow and not go back to Eric the minute this whole baby switch story is over. Also, did I mention how much I hate the name Jude? Bleh! Samuel would've been a better name for the kid. Hell, if they had to have the name Jude, Jude would've been better as a middle name. 

Also, I'm beyond disappointed at what has transpired with Theresa's most recent return so far. They have pretty much ruined and destroyed what used to be one of my all time favorite characters and I don't really think that there is anything to salvage her at this point. I don't even think Sheri Anderson can salvage her as a character at this point, and she's the writer that's supposedly scabbing right now. I don't know how much the Sheri Anderson thing is true but I don't think it matters regardless. 

Also if this is really the best that the writers can do with Theresa, then she should be written off the show and just never be brought back ever again. I would even be totally fine with her going to prison for the foreseeable future for all of the crap that she's pulled with Konstantin.

I really wish that Days would've just allowed Jen Lilley to film all of the scenes that she wanted to do and give her at least one scene with a SORASed Tate where Theresa decides to go back to California to focus on her burgeoning fashion business, (speaking of which, I really hate that they basically took that away from her), and have Tate stay in Salem in the meantime to spend more time with Brady. That would've been much more preferable to what we're having now.

She's just basically a worthless caricature now. I actually think the writers believe that Brady and Tate's relationship is much more important than his relationship with Theresa. They would just rather have Tate be a part of the extended Evans-Black family and nothing else. Who cares about Shane, Kim, and Eve when John, Marlena and the rest of their spawn is all that matters? Then again I'm not too surprised considering the Donovans never got a fair shake on this show anyway. Also I'm pretty sure that if Andrew wasn't gay the writers wouldn't really give a crap about him either. 

I'm sorry; it's just that the constant fawning over John/Marlena on Twitter gets on my nerves sometimes and after a while it just gets to be too much. 

Also, I'm appalled that John would even give Xander the time of day after all of the horrible things Xander did to him and his family. He, Marlena and Brady should have smoke for Xander for all time and not have anything to do with him. I really hate that Sarah is now stuck with sharing a child with Xander forever and I find myself wondering how long it will be before Sarah goes ballistic again and she and Xander will once again be on the outs. 

That's all I have for now. Don't really care for anything else on this show. 

TRUE! Eric And Nicole were never a good fit! He was meant for Greta but Since Jensen A was Leaving they chose to go with Eric being obsessed with Nicole, they could've easily scrapped that 12 Years Later When He came back portrayed by A New Actor and Being The Hot Priest, but of course they didn't have that much imagination, For me their time was over when Eric Caused Daniel's Death! EJ sucked back In The Day but Dan F's Version has simply been the perfect husband so far, loving and caring and supportive, I don't see a normal person leaving such a great marriage to return to a tormented relationship! Also I Am Hoping Nicole will Rename The Baby when it is revealed he is hers! 

However a brief Ericole Reunion could very well serve the show an reenactment of Belle's baptism many years Ago! And Help Turn Holly into the New Sami!

I am wondering How Ava Will React, She doesn't take kindly to betrayal, but it's not used to Honesty either!