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I went to the website and watched some more of it. I'm surprised they didn't stop tape till she was "feeling better". She kept sipping on a drink through out and things kept getting wackier and more awkward. The whole crew off camera was howling and laughing at some of her responses.

There was always something about the way he spoke. No matter how he tries to create a character it never comes across as 100% authentic because he's too Shakespeare. In real life he is into all that new age visual philosophy and art. He's covered his house in the stuff.

Mitch's clothing choice was weird. He looked like he was going to shoot some hoops instead of swimming. 🤣at Lucy's friends names. Janine Turner with her long flowing hair was one of them at the party. I remember as a kid her being the Buf Puf girl in the commercials. BP was basically a scouring pad for skin.

Exactly as you said, "The character wasn't made to last". She was so disconnected from the main cast and storylines. She was the B or even the C story. She was often out of the loop of the goings on in the family. As it has been said many times she should have married someone connected to Ewing oil (Alan Beam seemed to be where that was headed before the kibosh was put on that) or have her be money hungry and wanting her piece of the pie. They could have had her be little naïve Lucy who was secretly through the series getting her ducks in a row for a corporate takeover, but I don't think Charlene could have made that work.

A lot of odd things about that get together. Mitch knew he was going to a pool party where it would be wet, why didn't he wear flip flops or some type of sandals ? I was surprised when he exited the pool in a huff he didn't have on those stupid soaking wet tube socks. I also noticed after the valet told Mitch he would take care of his car, in the background it look like he just rolled it forward a few feet from where it had been. Why would you need valet parking for that type of casual party? That's the last time you see Lucy with that many friends. I guess she didn't bother to invite Muriel since she is nowhere to be seen. All those douche bags probably had names like Tad, Muffy, Tiffany, Preston, Wentworth, etc...

I mentioned in a post above about Lynda Carter. I found this recent clip of her from a Archive Of American Television interview. Wow ! I would not have recognized her if it didn't have her name listed.

I laugh at Lucy running in those ridiculous high heels around the pool. Charlene's feet probably looks like bird claws after living in them for decades. Mitch was such a dud of a character. The writers clearly had no idea what to do with them after they got married. I likes seeing all the now classic cars in the Ewing drive way. Ah the days before big ass SUV's and oversized pick up trucks.

OLTL: I gather a lot of the early stuff planned with Carla was scrapped. Y&R: Ashley's first romance on the show with Brian Forbes was dropped and he disappeared without explanation. Another post mentioned the character of Russell Henderson being planned, but never made it on canvas. I ran across some old contact sheets of 1970's photos on eBay a while back. There were candid pictures of Trish Stewart, Pamela Peters etc...at CBS Television City in the parking lot and front entrance in several shots Dack Rambo was in them. I wonder if he was being tested for a role and if maybe it was Russell ? I don't think he played any characters on Y&R in the 70's to my knowledge. ATWT: The stuff with Bob/Kim/Jennifer was changed. Irna wanted Kim to keep and raise her baby as a single mother in the early 70's and the network was outraged that Bob had gotten both sisters pregnant. They killed off Kim's child and punished the character by having her marry John on her road to redemption. Of course years later Doug Marland revived the story and Kim and Bob's child (Sabrina). Dallas: I think Bobby was supposed to die in 1978 and Pam would battle it out with J.R. I always suspected that Lucy was supposed to be J.R.'s child and that he had raped Valene. Wes Parmalee was supposed to be Jock back from the dead but the audience balked and it was dropped.

🤣 MTS seems to have went through a period where she thought of herself as the Queen Bee of the Y&R hive and clashed with several co-stars. Jeanne Cooper wrote about their falling out in her book. On Peyton Place I wonder about Barbara Parkins and James Douglas. They became a super couple with fans. I never have found interviews about their offscreen relationship. Just write ups about Parkins and O'Neal. On Dallas Larry Hagman supposedly mistreated Dack Rambo.

I have seen Davis in a lot of old shows and movies and there was always something off putting about him. I seem to remember a falling out between Melody Thomas Scott and Roberta Leighton being written about in one of the soap magazines. Several years ago MTS was giving a public talk and Roberta stood up in the audience and asked why Nikki never calls her sister. MTS kind looked flabbergasted and said it was good to see her.

Yes, I remember reading that. I think when asked about the lawsuit she was quoted as saying " Would you like to see my Picasso". I also remember Joan had Andy Gibb on several years after the break up and she started asking about Victoria's age and Andy quipped " She still same age as when we met".......LOL Joan insisted Victoria was older than she states because Victoria said she was the first American baby born in Japan after the war which ended in 1945. At one point people were going on Wikipedia changing her birthdate to 1945 and it kept getting changed back. I think moderators finally put a lock on it and it's listed as 1950.

There was always weird tension between most of the cast of Dallas and Victoria Principal. Any time one of the cast member is asked about working with her, it's like they are walking on eggshells to be complimentary. VP rarely does any kind of reunion projects with them. Joan Rivers hated her and tried to involve Ken Kercheval in their feud when he was invited on her talk show. Joan tried calling her live on air and giving out VP telephone number for all to hear. Ken was on edge the whole time saying that he gets along with her and implied this would wreck things. I remember reading an old interview with William Gray Espy and he stated he did not get along with Trish Stewart. Several years after he left the show, it was stated he was her house guest in a soap blurb. I assume they made up at some point. I didn't watch AMC in the 90's, but there were rumors of Sydney Penny and Keith Hamilton Cobb despising each other.

Thanks for posting. The contestant with the mustache looks like Tony Orlando.

Yes, the parody was called Rich and Jealous. It used to be on youtube but it's no longer there. LOL at Kael's scathing review of the original film.

🤣........When I think of Ruth Gordon I always remember a sketch they did on SCTV where Andrea Martin plays Barbra Streisand and Valri Bromfield plays Ruth Gordon in a film parody. Ruth see's a picture of Barbra and exclaims " Oh Wow ! My old college roommate. Later they get into a brawl and Ruth Gordon is wearing a mink coat that drags the ground because she is so short.

You know that Jaclyn will be seated in the middle between the two.....LOL I hope Kate is in a good mood that day and Cheryl doesn't do or say anything that pisses her off. Kate and Cheryl did "Satan's School For Girls" together for Spelling in 1973. I often wonder is something happened on set there between the two that carried over to Charlie's Angels ? There's a 1977 Mike Douglas show on youtube where He visits the set to meet the newest angel. Kate sits in on Jaclyn's interview then leaves before Cheryl come in. It's awkward.

That picture of Mia makes her look like Sandy Dennis.......LOL

The show was built as a vehicle for Kate. Spelling liked her so much from The Rookies he wanted her to have a series of her own to shine, but the Farrah mania cast a shadow on that. Jackson quickly got put out with Fawcett leaving, the mediocre writing, and the casting of another blonde bombshell (Cheryl Ladd). By season 3 she was over it completely with losing out on the film role and was showing out. Spelling could have accommodated her by having her character be kidnaped or on a special assignment that has her returning by end season. He did not and the show suffered with her departure. I read that next month The Paley Center is doing a 50th Anniversary of Charlie's Angels panel with Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd. That should be interesting. Jackson and Ladd have not appeared together since the show and their supposed tension behind the scenes.

I agree, but I don't think any amount of money would have lured her back. She insists in interviews that Pam is dead and that's that. She has her "Principles"........LOL Victoria was a stunning woman, especially at the beginning of the series. She stood out among all the TV blondes being fawned over in the media in the late 70's like Farrah Fawcett, Suzanne Somers, Loni Anderson etc...

Michael Ontkean who was popular with young audiences left The Rookies after the second season for wanting more pay and better writing for his character. He was replaced by Bruce Fairbairn. Then you have Kate Jackson who was denied time off from Charlie's Angels to do Kramer vs Kramer. The show suffered with the casting of Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts to replace her.

I agree. I think it was crappy the way they shafted Pamela Sue to cater to the teen idol mania of Shaun Cassidy.

I'm glad she stuck to her principles and was happy with her choices. She left Nancy Drew half way through the run because ABC wanted to phase her series out and combine it with Hardy Boys into one show since Shaun Cassidy was on fire with the teen set. Pamela Sue told them this is not what she signed on for and walked.

New interview with Pamela Sue Martin. I take it she enjoyed doing Nancy Drew more than Dynasty.

I would love to see episodes of Executive Suite, but only a few promos have surfaced. I would also like to see Married The First Year that ran a few episodes in 1979. Leigh J. McCloskey starred in both.