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I've always attributed that to two things: 1) Jill was channeling all the glamorous movie stars she used to read about as a child and how she THOUGHT they behaved; and 2) she had been so beaten down by life, suffering so much heartache - growing up poor and without a father, losing Phillip Sr, being humiliated by Kay and her efforts to invalidate her marriage and her son's paternity, etc. - that she realized, as Dolores Claiborne's employer once said, "Sometimes, being a b***h is all a woman's got to hold onto."

I hope Lena has outgrown her pinecones, lol.

Well, it certainly didn't help to reposition it against what was the hottest sitcom at the moment, lol. If CBS had moved it to Fridays or Saturdays, MSW might have retained more of their audience. But Leslie Moonves deliberately moved it up against "Friends," knowing MSW would fail.

Or, he could pop in - again, for a cameo or one-day role - as a former colleague of Vernon's on BTG.

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Neither do I, lol.

I think so, too. AFAIK, Wyman was one actress from that generation who managed to avoid "psycho biddy"/"hagsploitation" roles. Even Barbara Stanwyck succumbed to it with her roles in "The Night Walker" and "The House That Would Not Die."

I did, too, lol.

That would be so wild, lol! But seriously. Willow needs to step up and off that prairie-acting heffa.

Tom Selleck and Alec Baldwin are two actors whom I could see returning to daytime for a cameo appearance or one-day role "just for the hell of it." (Ted Danson's another, although the director would have to agree not to count down before his scenes, lol).

Well, I think we all know what Willow needs to do now. Yep, she's gotta kill BLQ, lol.

I take small comfort in knowing Ron "Shecky" Carlivati was not there to wedge in some awkward "Grease 2"/"Colbys" reference. (I watched a lot of TV as a kid, too, Ron. But crap like that doesn't make you look clever or funny. It just makes you look like a nerd).

Because, if the Newmans were as logical as the average audience member, they'd realize right away that Matt belongs in prison or a psych ward, amnesia or no amnesia. They'd see to it that he was locked up tightly, with the key conveniently misplaced afterward. Then, this asinine plot would be over; and once again, Josh Griffith would be the storytelling emperor with no clothes.

I'm not saying this is my choice exactly, but he'd have to be LIKE Robert Culp. He'd have to have been someone who could've gone ten rounds with Susan Flannery and not make her look like his mother. (For years, I thought Eric was Stephanie's much younger husband. Imagine my surprise when I learned that wasn't the case). I've no earthly idea WHY Bill Bell or John Conboy would've been on the fence about signing Tom Selleck to a contract when it was clear he carried charisma and looked incredible next to Jaime Lyn Bauer. Just as I don't know what made them think Wings Hauser was perfect for Greg, lol.

And then Mr. Brown proceeds to give one of the hammiest "breakdown scenes" in history ("At last! I'm getting the recognition I've long deserved!"), making the moment when a gang of pseudo-Black Panthers relieved him of his member in "Foxy Brown" look like something out of "Death of a Salesman." Coincidentally, "As the Hart Turns" was co-written by Ronnie Wenker-Konner, who head-wrote THE DOCTORS for a spell with her then-husband, Lawrence. My personal fave is when he shows up on "Three's Company" as Cindy's photographer boyfriend who, in so many words, informs her that her skin looks hideous. Of course, with the deeply tinted glasses he wore in his scenes, I'm sure everyone's skin looked like crap. Let me put it this way: if John McCook had come along about 10 years earlier than he did, he probably would've been a client of Henry Willson's. IYKYK. Which also explains Cameron Mathison's career, lol. I mean, if I were two steps away from the gutter and hired to write for B&B, I'd probably write the best material that I could for him. Just as I would write the best material that I could for ANY soap performer. (Except for Cameron Mathison. That's when I'd turn the gun on myself).