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No, you won't. Chances are, BLQ would be wearing the same thing John Travolta's Boy in the Plastic Bubble wore when he attended school in-person for the first time. And poor Josh Swickard would have to pretend he'd never seen his wife look more sexy.

Mr. Arley (to Kathleen): "Tell me: do the men like to pinch you, too?" Well, that's one way to say hello to someone you're meeting for the VERY FIRST TIME. Seriously, even in 1986, you'd have to be a total perv to think that was an okay thing to say to a woman; and you'd have to be a saint not to respond to that with a knee to his groin.

I could be wrong, but I feel like a lot of that is in response to the #MeToo movement and concerns throughout the industry about actors being forced to perform in awkward and uncomfortable positions. IOW, better to cut down on intimacy between actors than to look the other way and be accused later of fostering an unsafe workplace.

I agree. This isn't the Bruenings' first time at this particular rodeo. They've worked on other soaps in the past. (Well, ONE other soap). They know the assignment. Of course, Amanda Setton knows the assignment, too. Yet, there she is, star of the latest GH spinoff, "I Married an Inuit." Yep. And all they really did in the end was enable her rather than force her to receive the help she obviously needs. No one, not even the Almighty Frank Valentini, should keep someone battling mental illness employed just because they're afraid of that individual harming themselves or others if they don't. That's not fair to that person or to their colleagues. Furthermore, while I certainly appreciate how hard it is for Maurice Benard to give his all performance-wise while managing HIS delicate mental condition daily, again, it's not GH's or the network's responsibility to keep him employed or to make the workload easier for him just because Maurice himself is afraid he wouldn't be able to cope with it all if he actually were let go. It's as if Maurice is on the roof of the Prospect Studios and threatening to jump as everyone begs and pleads with him not to. It's selfish and it's not at all something that I, myself, would respond well to either. (Which explains why I don't volunteer to work on suicide hotlines, lol). If your work is the only thing that's keeping you from eating your gun, then guess what? You need help. Seriously. And after you've gotten that help, you need to decide whether, in fact, you're cut out for that line of work. If you are, great. If you're not, then go do something else.

My mother thinks the GOP is grooming Vance to be their party's next face and voice, if/when the moment comes. "If they think J.D. Vance can hold onto Trump's base," I said, "then they are in for a BIG surprise."

Sigh. I truly hate how GH actors in particular can dictate which kinds of stories the writers can and cannot write for them. Just STFU and act - and if you can't do that, then do us all a favor and quit.

Every time I think about how Les Moonves sabotaged MSW, I just get upset all over again.

I didn't buy it with James Frey, and I don't buy it now.

My mother, who is an Andy Griffith/"Matlock" fan from way back, tried the new "Matlock" and hated it. She complained that it had nothing at all to do with the original series (which is true) and that Kathy Bates was all wrong for the part (which is not). Y'know, Andy Griffith was about sixty when the original "Matlock" premiered. Sixty years old back then isn't the same as sixty years old today; so, if they had rebooted the original series the way most shows are rebooted today, with a new actor playing Ben Matlock, can you just imagine what the "new" Ben Matlock would look like? He'd be a total snack, lol!

Well, for one thing, expect a lot of tear-jerking moments involving the disabled and the terminally ill. But seriously. Michael Landon's family appears to be involved in this reboot, so I would expect it to feature the sort of family-friendly, life-affirming entertainment that Landon always prided himself on. I would hope that with Jason Katims involved, the characters will be more complex this time around. (In the original series, the "good" characters were too good, while the "bad" ones would make even the devil himself throw in the towel). But, as they say, time will tell.

Is Sonny off his meds again?

That's it! That's the car, lol! Thank you, @MontyB !

I wonder if they remain good friends. IDC what anyone says. Cliff and Nina might've been hot stuff BITD, but those two got on my last, damn nerve.

I still remember those two TV movies they did about her, both starring Meredith Baxter (Birney). I feel like they had to sanitize or leave out some elements, because the entire story was just so unreal.

Nah, if Lorie ever returned, it's gotta be with JLB. And then I'd want Tom Selleck to stun everyone and their grandmother by agreeing to make a brief return as Jed Andrews, lol.

Unless the reincarnation of Val Dufour (better known as Sidwell) has brainwashed not-quite-dead Nathan into THINKING he's Cashew.

Especially the Lee Gantry storyline. I wish we could see when he killed Miss Foss, because that sounds INSANE.

If Ron Carlivati were writing Y&R, you just know he'd reference that in one of her scenes.

Wasn't that the name of the sports car that Kelly Bundy auditioned to be a spokesmodel for?

If I were Barbara, I would've whipped that red skirt off in a hurry, modesty be damned.

Actually, @P.J. , I think Bill Bell's career started at GL in the '50's with Irna? But don't quote me on that, lol. I think just about every soap scribe that I know of and admire worked on GL at some point, except maybe Sam Hall, Gordon Russell and Henry Slesar; and I'm not sure whether those three would've been equipped to write for a show like GL.

I think "Back to the Cul-de-Sac" bombed for two reasons: 1) neither part aired on Thursday, which always was KL's night; and 2) those who watched part 1 thought the story was trash and didn't bother with part 2, lol.

As soon as I saw Perry King's name in that article, I was glad this never made it to series.

To me, it's like if Nancy Pinkerton had been tapped to sub for Erika Slezak on OLTL. Lindsey and Jill were at odds over Jack; now, she gets to BE Jill.

The South can do whatever it wants. We are not going back.