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Former DAYS/GL writer Victor Gialanella wrote the notorious 1981 flop adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," which opened and closed on B'way on the same night. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/theater/frankenstein-broadway-flop.html Pam Long was a perfect fit. She's always excelled at heart-warming, family drama. Sam Hall (AW, OLTL, SB) was one of several writers (Anne Howard Bailey and former AW HW Corinne Jacker were two others) who worked on the 1976 miniseries, "The Adams Chronicles." And former AMC/GL writer (and one of my personal heroes) Wisner Washam self-published a novel several years ago about the cloning of Jesus. (Yep, you read that right.)

Exactly! Billie reminded me of early Julie. Both were complex, self-destructive anti-heroines whom you nevertheless sympathized with, because, deep down, they were just desperate for someone to love them. When it was clear that Bo and Hope were to reconcile, the show should have taken pains to transition Billie into a new romantic relationship of her own, with someone who didn't possess the baggage of being one-half of a supercouple BITD. Billie deserved a great love of her own, not to become a cliched, jealous "third wheel" to Bope. Of course, if I had been in charge back then, I NEVER would have let LR leave. She might not ever be the greatest actress, but she MADE Billie work.

I always saw Billie becoming the owner and hostess of a nightclub/restaurant and, in time, serving as a sort of "den mother" to all the wayward teens and young adults who come looking for work or whatever. And while I understood the appeal of Bo/Billie, I also felt like Billie deserved her own great, star-crossed love, a la Doug and Julie.

Look, I love Dee as much as the next DAYS fan, but I am not here for watching her give herself Botox injections.

That's definitely true for LR/Billie. I still want to know whose (not-)so-bright idea it was to stick her in that [!@#$%^&*] cop uniform years ago. That "look" wasn't Lisa or Billie AT ALL. Yup, lol. Proof positive that Marlena/Samantha switch was built on the conceit that everyone in Salem is [!@#$%^&*] stupid. I mean, look at them. Do YOU think they look exactly alike? Case rested!

Well, Sami IS awfully cunning, lol.

Wait, PC is still a small town?

It's like DAYS or the NBC promo department is trying to appeal to "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries" fans. Leave it to DAYS (or Ron Carlivati) to turn even an exorcism into wacky hijinks.

How DARE you call the lady who played Betty Childs in the "Revenge of the Nerds" films a D-list celebrity?

Well, after all, this IS DAYS. Can't say that I blame Anna for reacting the way she does to Maggie's suggestion that Tony move in with Sarenee. In fact, if I were LH, I would've ad-libbed a few NSFW obscenities, too, lol. I mean, the "story" has already exploded the boundaries of intelligence and good taste; now, we're gonna have Maggie ask Tony to MOVE IN with the crazy heffa? SERIOUSLY?? I'm just glad that NBC's promo department chose to play it all for laughs, because, honestly, everything happening on the show right now is so silly and low-stakes, DAYS might as well be rebranded as a sitcom with running storylines.

What does she specifically about that? I'd watch and find out for myself, but...sigh...not with Alan Locher, lol. IIRC, TP has mentioned in the past that there was tension between her and Robert Calhoun. Did she touch on that at all?

Granted, I wasn't around for much of the Asa/Samantha storyline, but to me, it just seems really gross, lol.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: wypipo have always lived under this cloud of existential doom, because they're the only race (for lack of a better word) without a true, ancestral homeland. Wherever they've traveled, they've always ended up being escorted out. Ergo, this is their last stand for supremacy (at least, in this country). If they can't beat back the changing demographics here, then that's pretty much the ballgame for them.

Awesome! I'd wondered what had happened to him. I still remember when he made a cameo on an episode of "Moonlighting," catching up viewers once again on the latest between David and Maddie. Thanks, @DRW50!

The '80's were rough for many of DAYS' old guard. The Hayeses and Jed Allan left, John Clarke and Suzanne Rogers were virtually reduced to recurring characters, Joe Gallison was okay as long as Gloria Loring was still on the show, even poor Macdonald Carey and Frances Reid had to make do with cutesy storylines about tainted doughnuts and writing poetry under assumed names. Deidre Hall managed to survive, but it seems like the show de-aged Marlena while evolving her into a more action/adventure-type of heroine.

It's Nina. Oh, wait, wrong show.

Is "Jeff Jarvis" the guy who used to be "The Couch Critic" for TV Guide?

I swear the man gets thinner every time I see him.

Two that I can think of right off the bat: 1) Greg (Laurence Lau)/Jenny (Kim Delaney)/Jesse (Darnell Williams)/Angie (Debbi Morgan)/Liza (Marcy Walker)/Tad (Michael E. Knight)/Amanda (Amanda Bearse)/Alfred (Bill Timoney) on AMC. 2) Phillip (Grant Aleksander)/Beth (Judi Evans)/Rick (Michael O'Leary)/Mindy (Krista Tesreau) on GL.

Please, dear God, don't let it be Patty.

I hope it isn't Patty.

Here's what I want to know: have SSH and SR ever criticized RC's writing, either to the media, or BTS? Because, if they have, that might have something to do with his treatment of them in his work.

Yup, it is, lol. I thought it was Beth? Maybe Dinah was making those cracks, too? IDK. It just seemed like cheap shots at the ALWAYS gorgeous Maeve Kinkead's expense.

Probably. I remember various characters referring to her as a "slut" on several occasions - beginning immediately with Echo's reintroduction at Dorian's house. Maybe they were all references to the fact that KZ once portrayed the self-proclaimed "Slut of Springfield," but if you never watched an episode of GL in your life, then you probably never got the jokes - if that's what they, in fact, were - and if you didn't get the jokes, then you likely thought it was cruel, even toward a known homewrecker like Echo DiSavoy, and, well, slut-shamey.

That's the thing about Ron Carlivati: it all looks and sounds innocent enough AT FIRST. Then, one crack becomes two, two cracks become three, and so on and so forth, until it's practically all you hear and/or see whenever the actor/character is even mentioned. It's what eventually happened with Sean Kanan and the "fat jokes" on GH - not to mention, Heather's sudden, irrational cravings for BLT's on the same show - as well as what happened on DAYS with Julie and all the times RC had her spitefully call Gabi "Chiquita." (I swear, there's literally an entire generation of DAYS fans who are CONVINCED that Julie, once one of daytime's most complex and beloved anti-heroines, is a racist old bitty, and that's enough to make me cry.) I wouldn't be surprised if, before too long, he'll have EVERYbody in Salem making cracks about how long in the tooth Maggie's getting while she suffers from bladder control issues and "leaks" on her and Victor's couch. That crass, unfunny jackhole just doesn't know when to stop.