Tisy-Lish

I think Hayley needs a talk-to character. Someone who is at least reasonably on her side. Maybe her mother should have been cast. The mother could we a working class positive influence, sort of like Ada Davis or Mona Kane. I'd much rather see Hayley's mother than Ashley's mother, because they seldom use Ashley's mother anyway.

I'm pretty sure I saw Russell Todd in that clip.

Thanks for the video. Funny there seems to be no information on Betty Lowe online. That's unusual. I'm wondering if she may have spelled either her first or last name(s) in some alternative way. Great to see such a fun Christmas episode.

Thank you. I'll do a google search for Betty Runnel.

What was Potter's reason for firing Elliot? Seems like a strange thing to do in the middle of a major storyline. If he disliked her, why not wait until the plot was over and then fire her?? Even contract actors can be fired after every 13-weeks.

Thanks. I did read a post on FB that said Helen Wagner was temporarily replaced for a few episodes, because of illness, during the Marland era. But they didn't give dates or the name of the actor who replaced Helen. I'm wondering if this is even true.

Were either Helen Wagner or Don MacLaughlin ever temporarily replaced with other actors, even for one episode?

Agreed. I think the actor playing Martin seems to be reciting the dialogue exactly as written in the script, even if it doesn't fit his natural speech cadence. Perhaps that is why he often sounds so stilted and unrealistically formal. I think the directors should encourage Clayborn to say the lines using words and phrases that he would naturally use, without changing the intended meaning. Now, I realize a professional actor should be able to successfully alter his own speech cadence to fit the lines in the script. But it's not unusual for inexperienced actors to struggle with this, making their delivery sound artificial. I'd just let him put the lines into his own words for a while, AND hire him an acting coach. Otherwise Clayborn might end up getting fired, and I don't believe he deserves to lose his job.

Has Martha ever demonstrated that she is personally anti-gay? I realize she's become quite a right-winger, but I always thought that sprang from her belief that the "deep-state" was persecuting her husband and family. Frankly a surprising number of conservatives are quite pro-gay, including even some who are far right-wingers. And I'm not defending conservatives. Just sharing something I have noticed.

I think I remember Kelly being barefoot a lot on GL. But don't really remember seeing Holden barefoot, except possibly around the Snyder Pond on occasion.

LOL. That scene between Bert and Kelly was truly bizarre. Eye candy, yes. But still strange as hell. I realize the pool was right outside the kitchen door, but still -- couldn't Kelly have come in while pulling on a t-shirt? Had Kelly been Bert's grandson, it might have been a bit more natural and appropriate. But a young man shirtless in a speedo sitting down across the breakfast table from a 60 year-old unrelated woman is something my brothers never would have done -- and neither of them were ever particularly modest around the house. They are only a year or two younger than JW Shipp, so they would have been Kelly's contemporaries.

Agreed. The way this soap opera is written is really strange. I can barely sit through an episode. Every strong storyline (and there aren't many) involves some evil outside entity arriving in town and causing trouble for a character or two. And when that evil person leaves town, dies, or goes to jail, there is never any real lasting impact -- it's as if the entire stupid plot never happened. In a well written soap, most of the plots derive from characters causing trouble for themselves, or occasionally each other. Depending on evil villains from out of town all the time is a mark of poor writing, lazy writing, or big YAWN!!!

I gotta tell you, I really don't mind these product placements. As long as they keep this show on the air, and help keep the budget in tact, I'm perfectly fine with them. But I have always been a P&G gal -- Crest, Gain, Febreeze, Swiffer, Mr Clean, etc.

A man giving pain killers to a woman who has passed out (or nearly passed out) without her permission, AND while the woman is completely drunk on alcohol??? Alcohol and pain killers at the same time?? Seriously, either these actions need to lead to some consequence, or this some very irresponsible writing.

Well, washed-up soap stars often go right-wing. And washed-up rock stars often go Country. I've never really understood that. I'm a washed-up business woman, but I haven't changed my politics nor my taste in music.

Oh Lord, that's gonna put her on a rampage! He got off lucky with 18 months, if you ask me -- which nobody did. Wasn't he spying for the Chinese government, or something like that??? She still thinks he's innocent, of course. But I will admit, I would be reluctant to believe my husband guilty of such a thing. So I do have some empathy for her.

I always loved the arguments between Ada and Rachel way back when Rachel was still bad. Ada would really let Rachel have it, but Rachel never seemed to listen. Then a week or so later, they'd both be back in Ada's kitchen or living-room, and start the argument all over again. LOL. The viewers could hear the exasperation in Ada's voice and see it in her eyes. This went on for years -- while Agnes Nixon, Robert Cenadella, and Harding Lemay were head-writers. And then of course, there's that wonderful scene between Connie Ford and Jacquie Courtney around 1973-ish. Ada show's up at the Matthews house hoping to visit her best-friend Mary. But Alice opens the door nearly in tears. This is during some of the worst turmoil between Alice/Steve/Rachel. Ada tries to comfort Alice, but Ada feels guilty for what her own daughter had brought upon Alice. Both Ford and Courtney play that scene perfectly. The kindness versus the awkwardness between the two characters is amazingly played.

Yeah, I don't mind product placement on soaps, but they need to be gentle with it. We don't need to be hit over the head with a bottle of Tide or a sprayer of Fabreeze. I do feel the actors are handling those lines pretty well though. Much better than Reva Shane (on GL) and Emma Snyder (on ATWT) at Thanksgiving back around 2008 -- both pulling turkeys out of their ovens and exclaiming, "It's a Butterball!!!" Lordy that was too corny for words.

Loved Connie Ford, and she deserved all the accolades she could get. But this writer obviously knows nothing about Another World before 1975.

I totally agree, and it seems all the younger kids on GH have been coached to talk baby-talk. some of them seem to be seven or eight years old, and still talking baby-talk I can't stand that. Just let them talk like real kids.

Agreed. Things were serious during that period.

Sorry to bring up a sad topic but... If my calculations are correct, had Another World premiered on the date of it's final episode in 1999, Mac Cory would already be deceased. Am I the only one who feels OLD???

I'd be happy if Dani and Nicole had a couple of brothers, living elsewhere until they are needed.

Up until now, I think the Horton's were the biggest core family in daytime, but the Hortons never had this many family members on the show concurrently. All the others -- Hughes, Ryan, Bauer, Matthews, Martin, Cory were smaller families than the Hortons and certainly smaller than the Duprees. Here's another question: Have Anita and Vernon actually and literally said in the script that Dani and Nicole are their only children? Or are we just assuming that, because no others have been mentioned? I'm really not hoping for an illegitimate kid to come out of the woodwork. But I would prefer Anita and Vernon having more offspring, perhaps just not mentioned yet.

I'm an old time soap fan, so I love core families. The Duprees must be the biggest core family in the history of daytime. And I may be wrong, but it seems every living member of the family is on the show together now. Have there been any mentions of living family members who are off the canvas? It's very unusual not to have a few family member off the canvas who can join the show later. Interesting.