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I'm just glad they didn't recast with someone whose skin was lighter than Maurice's. Because you KNOW that's been done before in daytime.

But that isn't to say I didn't enjoy Terry Lester as Mason. I enjoyed watching all three actors (Lane Davies, Terry Lester and Gordon Thomson) play Mason. Each brought something unique to the role, I think. Davies brought the humor and charm; Thomson brought the touch of larceny; and Lester, well, he brought the sex, lol. It helped that Nancy Lee Grahn had chemistry with each performer, too. Which is no mean feat, when you consider that two of the three Masons were gay.

For many years, he taught at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. However, I think he is retired.

As brilliant as TL was as Jack Abbott, he never seemed the type who's able to quote Shakespeare at the drop of a flat cap.

ICAM. Like much of what is broadcast today, those miniseries are so dreary to watch. They take themselves much too seriously.

"Deceptions" was so deliciously trashy, lol.

I didn't think so. Then again, I think I'm one of the few here who enjoyed GL throughout the '80's (with Johnny Bauer's cancer saga being the exception, lol). As I've said in the past, my enjoyment of all things GL doesn't really end until Nancy Curlee leaves as HW. For me, that's when GL slowly begins disintegrating. It rallies somewhat during the first half of James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten's run as HW, but by 2000 or so, I'm pretty much ready to call it a show.

I agree, @DRW50. Marland must've realized what he was doing - right down to Doug and Darryl having the same initials, lol! - and tried writing his way out of it. Unfortunately, in doing so, he made an already complicated mystery even moreso. But, on the other hand, I always chalked up the parallels or similarities to being in line with Frannie's tragic flaw: a basically nice, sweet girl, who nevertheless has a lousy time picking men. (And when I say "lousy," I mean REALLY lousy, lol).

IIRC, Michael Brockman also asked Paul Rauch to develop a new soap ("Grosse Pointe"?) with the same purpose: to get Bill Bell to create another show for the network. I definitely agree that CBSD viewed CAPITOL as a placeholder for what eventually became B&B. (Although, what would have happened had CAPITOL become a breakout hit is anybody's guess, lol). But I also think there came a point when CBSD recognized that CAPITOL was finished and that they needed to light a fire under Bill Bell's ass immediately or else risk losing that half-hour to the affiliates. Hence, Brockman's decision to reach out to Labine and Rauch (and maybe others). I give Brockman credit, though, for at least being honest with Labine about her chances of launching "Celebration" on the network. Too often, you read about networks virtually promising the moon to creators, only for the creators to realize the networks never had any intention of getting their shows on the air.

Just be happy they're recasting this "Ted" fellow and not sending him off to camp or upstairs to wax his skis. (Hi, Bobby Martin!)

Nah, I still Leo have tagged as one of the victims of the Salem Sniper. Unless, of course, anyone would care to justify Ben or even Alex being the Salem Sniper, lol?

I think we've found our culprit for the big "Who Killed Drew Quartermaine?" storyline, and his name is Ezra Boyle.

I didn't know DC was on PASSIONS.

Do I really think Daniel Cosgrove is a show killer? No. But he IS a very boring actor, which, as we all know, is Frank's favorite kind. Meanwhile, at the rate they're going, they'll have to relocate to the L.A. Coliseum just to tape everyone.

RIP Mr. Hauser, and may God be with his loved ones. (So, if Y&R ever were to bring back Greg, even for one day, they'd have to go to Brian Kerwin or Howard McGillin.)

I'm with @janea4old. I think it would be a huge mistake now to reunite Luke and Laura, even if it were for the last episode, or with the guarantee that Luke would die afterward.

I'd rather barrel through a week of BTG than barrel through a week of GH. In fact, I'd barrel through a week of ANYthing before I'd barrel through another week of GH. (780 characters on this show, and I swear none of 'em are doing a [!@#$%^&*] thing.)

Not really, but I think Tracy fooled herself into thinking he was. Hence that "We don't have to pretend with each other" speech she gave to Laura on one occasion. (Me: "I don't think Lord Larry or Mitch Williams ever pretended with you, Cookie!") As I've said in the past, Tracy's life would've been so different had Edward just told her once that she was pretty, lol.

Exactly, which is why I hesitate, lol.

I almost want "Aristotle Dumas" to turn out to be Brooks Prentiss, but....

I chalked that up to Tracy's incredibly low self-esteem and the fact that most of the men in her life had been nothing more than losers who were after her money.

Whenever I think of Mark Dobies and his OLTL run, I think of the one, odd request he had made to producers before they outed Daniel: "Please don't put me in black leather pants."

But that's presuming MVJ and/or Guza can't just whip out their red pens, draw an "X" over the [!@#$%^&*] that doesn't work and either force Ron and/or Jamey to try again or rewrite it themselves - something which is done all the time in soaps. (Remember when Patrick Mulcahey said Bridget and Jerome Dobson would draw "X"'s over whole pages of SANTA BARBARA outlines and then tell him to "do something else"?) No offense to anyone, but in reading these threads, I get the impression that some actually WANT BTG to fail, if only so they can point their fingers and say, "That wouldn't have happened if that dummy Michele Val Jean hadn't have hired Ron Carlivati or Jamey Giddens to write for her show!"

I'll say this much: I would've taken Luke/Alexis over Luke/Tracy any day. And you all KNOW how I feel about Jane Elliot.

As good as Colin Egglesfield was or might have been, at the end of the day, he was in an impossible situation, playing someone who, barring another retcon (one that revealed that Jeff and Erica's baby did not survive and that Josh was Greg and Emily Madden's biological son), was never going to be accepted by the audience. Like a poorly bred, poorly socialized dog that gets put down for attacking another dog or a person, Colin and Josh were set up to fail.