Everything posted by Khan
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All My Children Tribute Thread
At the risk of reading a dead woman's mind, I'd say that Agnes Nixon gave her blessing to a lot of ideas that she thought were terrible, if only because, he/she was in the HW's chair, and she likely believed that a HW needed to be allowed to follow his/her vision...no matter how awful it was. Then, you would have had Erica betraying Tom (or Phil) again by having his child and concealing it from him, which would have been unforgivable. At least, with the Unabortion, Erica didn't knowingly keep Jeff's son from him. Not if, for example, the attending nurse stole Erica's other baby, because she so badly wanted one of her own. And please don't ever mention that horrid mess w/ Jessica and Natalie again.
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Y&R December 2021 Discussion Thread
NuChance reminds me a lot of Mark Feuerstein -- which is appropriate, I guess, since Mark can't act either.
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The Zach Tinker Appreciation Thread
Honestly, why is this guy not replacing Sir Smirks a Lot as Will?
- All My Children Tribute Thread
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ALL: Characters you are surprised lasted so long
Look at y'all, demanding plausible explanations from DAYS. It's cute.
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ARTICLE: ‘The Young and the Restless’: Taking a Chance on Conner Floyd, Daytime’s New Heartthrob
You're right, he's good-looking and can't act for [!@#$%^&*]. Back in the day, that would've meant a quick exit. But now...? That just translates into "Multiple Emmy Winner."
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ALL: Characters you are surprised lasted so long
Forget it, j(ake), it's Chinatown DAYS.
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All My Children Tribute Thread
God knows I was never a fan of the whole Kendall retcon. However, when the decision was made to saddle Erica with a grown, male child (who was somehow younger than he was supposed to be, but I digress), you had a good opportunity there to rewrite history once more and reveal that 15-year-old Erica was actually pregnant with fraternal twins. You could have said that Erica and Mona never knew about the other child; that Erica's doctor and/or nurse kept the other child from them for their own, nefarious purposes; and that while Mona was busy handing Kendall over to the adoption agency (which I still don't believe Mona would've done, but again, I digress), a semi-conscious Erica gave birth to the other child, then promptly passed out, still believing she gave birth only to the one child. Does that scenario make complete sense? No. Truthfully, no scenario where Erica discovers a child she never knew she had would ever make sense. But, at least it doesn't cross over into sci-fi (that is, not as much as the Un-abortion did).
- All My Children Tribute Thread
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ARTICLE: ‘The Young and the Restless’: Taking a Chance on Conner Floyd, Daytime’s New Heartthrob
Isn't it a little soon to be labelling this guy "Daytime's New Heartthrob"?
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ALL: Characters you are surprised lasted so long
Agree. Granted, I still think the revelation was dumb, but, hey, you work with what you've got.
- Shocking Truth | General Hospital promo (week of December 6, 2021)
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Shocking Truth | General Hospital promo (week of December 6, 2021)
It doesn't have to be DAYS, though. Ron Carlivati's time as HW on this miserable show took care of that. Charles Shaughnessy: "Don't ask questions you really don't want the answers to." Khan: "Why does ABC continue to employ bad comic book writers to write for GH?" CS: "I SAID...don't ask questions you really don't want the answers to." Khan: "But I WANT the answers, Shane! I WANT. THE ANSWERS."
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Falcon Crest
I wish the producers, Lorimar and CBS had appreciated him more, too. "The suits" never understand that you need "good" guys like WRM/Cole to counter-balance the heavies (like Angela and Richard) or else the show falls apart. Actually, I could take-or-leave Abby Dalton and Julia. Besides, Angela didn't really need two daughters on the show. Emma could have been Angela's sole daughter and Lance's eccentric mother, and the show wouldn't have missed a beat.
- Shocking Truth | General Hospital promo (week of December 6, 2021)
- Jimmy Kimmel Presents Norman Lear's "The Jeffersons" and "All in the Family" Live on ABC
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ALL: Characters you are surprised lasted so long
Works for me!
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Falcon Crest
Angela and Melissa's rivalry was the only saving grace on an otherwise troubled show.
- GH: Vet Returns
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Unpopular opinions: cancelled soaps edition
Agree. To me, it seemed too much like Mickey and Judy putting on another show in old man McCutcheon's barn. It was just dumb effing luck that the results didn't look amateurish on-screen.
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All My Children Tribute Thread
Why does that not surprise me? Giving Erica a son wasn't the worst idea. But, IMO, you could have achieved the same effect simply by introducing a quick-witted orphan who gradually works his way into Erica's heart and then becomes her legally adopted ward (at a time when she has no romantic prospects to speak of, and she is truly taking stock of her life).
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Reilly on DAYS - a renewed appreciation
God, I hate that damn show SO. MUCH. Obviously, Langan learned nothing from those men.
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Reilly on DAYS - a renewed appreciation
So were a lot of people, apparently. And I still don't understand why.
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All My Children Tribute Thread
Well, that seemed pretty obvious even as I was watching the Mardi Gras explosion unfold. Maybe "domesticating" Janet to the point of having her sit all day in the Dillon living room and fold laundry was, in retrospect, a surefire road to nowhere, but McTavish's fervent desire to turn her into some mad bomber was just as baffling. I mean, as wacky as Janet From Another Planet was, she was an audience favorite nevertheless, so why would you want to paint her into a corner like that? I just don't get it.
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Y&R & B&B December spoilers
Easiest bet anyone will ever make.