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I think that was due to four things: 1) Bob Barker, who was an affable host, if not entirely down-to-earth; 2) "Barker's Beauties," who always projected images of being like the girls next door; 3) the fact that the studio audience was always on screen, and that the contestants were picked from that audience and didn't just appear like magic on stage the way they did on most other game shows; and 4) the variety and unpredictability of the pricing games. You knew there'd be an "Item Up for Bid" and two Showcase Showdowns - one halfway through the show, at the wheel; and the other, toward the end. But you didn't know which pricing games would be played on which show, or how those games would turn out for the contestants.

The way I see it, Alan, as played by Christopher Bernau, was more cunning than Roger, who, IMO, operated largely out of desperation and impulse. Like Alexandra said, Roger was HUNGRY from the first day he came to Springfield, lol. But what I think Alan and Roger shared was a deep-seated need to measure up to, if not outdo, their respective, disapproving fathers, yet always coming up short. As a matter of fact, when I still was writing GL fanfic eons ago, I wrote this scenario where the two men wound up trapped someplace (can't remember where, or how they got there) and are forced to see just how similar they actually are. They wouldn't have become BFFs afterward, but there would've been a new level of understanding between them.

I think Alan and Hope's marriage would have disintegrated, regardless of whoever wrote for them. IIRC, Alan and Elizabeth divorced, in part because Elizabeth had had enough of being Alan's trophy wife and yearned to be her own person instead. (Wasn't she into photography or something? But Alan discouraged her from having her own career). I think Hope was bound to chafe emotionally and psychologically from being dominated by Alan as well. It was just in Alan's nature to control the people who were closest to him, especially his wives. IMO, Rita was a basically decent person, who never set out to hurt anyone (at least, not intentionally), but she just couldn't tell the truth...about anything. If she had told the truth at least once in her life, imagine how much happier she would've been, lol!

Who was John Burnett?

Let's just say Emma Samms' outfit is a choice and leave it at that, lol.

Amen!! No, it wouldn't. What's more, if Trump is allowed back into the WH, whatever few, remaining rights and protections that BIPOC and the LGBTQ community still have will be obliterated before anyone even has time to collect themselves. We are ALL in danger, Molly.

Me neither! I know from all the (biased and taken-out-of-context) videos that my mom watches on YT that many believe Biden's performance at the debate to be part of an overall, alarming pattern, but I also know that many on the left AND on the right have been looking for any reason to dump Biden since day one, even though they're all aware of the alternative. Frankly, those people can go straight to hell (but not you, @Juliajms, I heart you forever, lol).

I wouldn't say Dex doesn't need family on this show - although, it's no skin off my hide either way! - but I definitely wouldn't want him to turn out to be related to someone who's on the show already, like Kevin or Scotty. I get enough tangled, incestuous relations from DAYS, lol.

I'm sure many actors do, but they know that what they do for a living beats doing what a lot of us do everyday, so they just learn to come to work, do the work, and then collect their pay and go home. That's why I don't feel bad about ragging on Joshua Morrow, for instance. Because, why the [!@#$%^&*] should he care what I or anyone else has to say online about his acting skills (or lack thereof, lol)? At the end of the day, he's the one who gets to go home to a nice house in a nice neighborhood while many of us...? Don't.

Guess what? We still don't!

This is not directed toward you, @Wendy, but I don't know why anyone thought that the debate WOULD move the needle, unless pollsters and others still hope (against hope) that more voters will come around to voting for Trump. Frankly, I think the majority of voters in this country are in firmly entrenched camps by this point. To say it another way, if you've been a Biden or Trump supporter all this time, nothing that the other camp will say or do between now and November will likely change your mind. IOW, the debate was a total [!@#$%^&*] waste of time. Biden and/or Trump could be diagnosed tomorrow with Alzheimer's or Lewy Body or some other form of dementia. It won't make you switch sides or look for third parties. Exactly. Like @Wendy says, people are overlooking the fact that Biden has surrounded himself with people who would be able to carry out his agenda should he suddenly be unable to for whatever reason. AFAIC, that's enough for me to vote again for Biden, come November, regardless of his cognitive issues. Frankly, I suspect those who are "undecided" are, in actuality, people who still hope for someone like Bernie Sanders or...whoever is the GOP equivalent to come (back) in. It isn't that they can't choose between Biden and Trump; they just don't want to. Already, I've come across friends on FB who've declared that they're so disappointed in Biden that they're either gonna vote for some third party or not vote at all. If they're true to their word, then I think it just proves my point: namely, that white people in this country have the luxury of being able to vote for someone other than Biden, because another Trump or third-party administration really won't affect them as negatively as it will BIPOC.

I've always said that Dex's backstory is hogwash, but you're right: he doesn't need to be tied to anyone currently on the canvas.

IDK who keeps fighting the Shick reunion, but they need to STFU, because there's literally nothing else you could do with Nick OR with Sharon at this point.

It's sad when Charles and Caroline Ingalls are friskier than Chase and Brook Lynn.

Either that, or they don't know what to do with him, but they've gotta fulfill his episode guarantee regardless. Seriously, Sasha is but one of maybe 30 characters (on-contract and off-) that could stop appearing TODAY with no explanation(s) and it would not affect the storytelling whatsoever.

ICAM!!

Emma Scorpio-Drake is a character with significant ties to the Port Charles community. At the moment, however, there are more people in the cast of GH than there were in the lost tribes of Israel. So, if you're gonna talk about SORAS'ing her and adding her (or anyone else) to the canvas, I'm gonna need to see Frank cut at least another half-dozen or so from the roster.

When has that ever stopped Frank?

And I would be one of "some people," lol.

Because Frank won't let go of his secret ambition to produce "America's Got (No) Talent."

I agree - but as usual, I don't blame Marland for that. I just think Dolan and Holmes weren't as capable of playing that kind of material as were Colin and Deas or Marx and Bailey Smith. Mr. Big, the supervillain, who was a little person and had an outsized henchman named Bruno. I'm sure someone at ATWT thought that was cute. But, you know, as silly as that whole storyline was, there's still something that I love in the "Hart to Hart"-ness of Tom and Margo using clues from classic literature in order to survive his castle.

It's stupid how actors like Cherrill, Simon and Taggart had to use pseudonyms when starting out as writers. I mean, what were the networks and sponsors afraid of?

Director Whitney J. Leblanc went on to work on several shows, including "Good Times," "227," "Benson" and GENERATIONS and Y&R. And I'm wondering if that was the same Frances Foster who played Alexandra's maid, Vera, on GL, as well as the infamous "Gertie Vinson" on "Good Times."

Can you blame them? If she were my child, I'd drop her off with the first pack of gypsies or wolves that I could find!

I'd probably feel the same way if I thought there was a chance that Jason could retrieve his pre-Jason Morgan memories and regain some measure of his humanity, but it's clear that SB isn't interested in that, so therefore, I think he can go, too, Q ties or no Q ties.