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He did but was gone in a flash. More handsome but in a bad boy way. Much younger. Not sure of the timing but he seemed to disappear after Russ Matthews beat the crap out of him. It wasn't long after that Russom was a contrite Willis asking Mack for a job, which he got for a time.

I have no memory of Roy either. I remember Vince being used by Angie, played by Maeve Kincaid (sp?) Who was obsessed with Willis (g-d knows why) and eventually Vince turned to Mimi the waitress for solace. Vince wasn't much. I remember he was injured and had some kind of temporary brain damage. That eas when when the great Kathleen Widdoes was playing Angie's mother Rose. They were so good together, a bit of a Rachel/Ada retread but quite conpelling. And Rose wasn't as kind as Ada. Leon Russom (sp?) Was a capable actor but much as I tried to understand Maeve's Angie (she was arguably the most beautiful woman on the show) and her obsession with Willis it never gelled, despite her efforts as an actress. And she was good then, just a hint of what she could be on GL. Russom didn't have the charisma. That version of Angie would have been more believable going after someone like Mac and squaring off against Rachel and iris. Or a more dynamic recast of Willis.

Oh please don't say that! I know they weren't that far apart in age but Cali seemed so much younger and her quiter approach made the character for me. The "Lolita" decription wouldn't work as well with Mattson. I don't believe she could have feigned that innocent curiosity, vulnerable disguise as easily. Maybe too much GH baggage for me. But don't take me too seriously. I wasn't more than an occasional watcher until Maggie showed up and was mesmerized. It helped that her mother was played by 1940s screen starlet Gloria DeHaven. No, I am not that old but my Gran had stacks of old magazines at her summer cottage in the woods where I spent childhood summer vacation. Saw DeHaven as a starlet and then later on Mary Hartman and Ryan's Hope, she aged well. Was so disappointed when Cali Timmins was replaced by Judi Evans on Another World. I met Cali's sister Margo after a concert by her band The Cowboy Junkies a long time ago. Indulged a bit too much in my lungs and up my nose, plus a few cocktails straight from the bottle, to remember much other than it was a pleasant experience. Margo said she she'd tell her sister how much we fans loved her.

A period piece, start with the novel. Include Selena's pregnancy and murder trial, her mother's...Work from there. Not a daily soap, but something bingeable.

I loved the very regal sounding GL theme when he was in charge. Not my favourite GL theme music, but better than anything that followed.

Louise Penny's series of mystery novels about Insoector Armand Gamache.

I didn't get interested until Lana Turner showed up and the big season finale with Julia brandishing a gun, BANG, and then the cliffhanger of all those ... feet... watching some one's coffin being interred. Great season finale. I believe it was the following season when the opening theme was lengthened. It felt like an event.

Didn't Jo one run for mayor of Henderson? And my favourite soap opening theme of all time is the pipe organ version of this show.

Ryan, you're in for a lot of fun, especially between the two most hateful characters Carl and Theo. Carl's pursuit of Theo, if only to bug and harrass the ceap out out of him, and even the suggestion that they could have gotten together sexually is plausible and hilarious, but also dark.

It was a big deal seeing Rosemary Prinz do commercials for All My Children before it debuted. I would have been eleven years old and while ABC felt a bit low-rent compared to CBS and NBC, it was a bit more innovative. I believe the AMC promos with Prinz aired in the evening, otherwise I wouldn't have seen them. She stood, smiling, in front of other cast members and said something like, "Join me.... for All My Children... starting...." I think we still had a B&W TV.

I don't want to spoil anything.

I didn't mind the name - but the way they arrived at it... In my generation and those before it was commonplace to name the first born son after his father, but also cousins might be named after the same man if he was a belovrd incle/brother. Glad to see that gone. Led to too many Johns in my family. But maybe GL and other soaps thought it was an attempt at realism. When I think of Coronation Street, over the years there were many women of a certain age whose names were variations or derivatives of Elizabeth. Named after both Queens no doubt. Made sense, refelcted reality. But I agree with you. There is no shortage of names to choose from. Why make it confusing?

I'll be careful what I post then. I'm on the Canadian schedule, about three weeks behind the UK but ahead of you.

The choice of the name Marah, and its reasoning as a combo Josh & Reva's mothers' names was met with roars of laughter in our household. My sister was pregnant, expecting a daughter, and our mother said "Please do not name that child Lougery!" (Louise + Margery) Sometimes my niece Caroline still gets called Luge. She hates the Winter Olympics.

I assumed the same thing