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Thanks, @Darn, for the clarification! Sorry I got my facts mixed up!

Well, remember: HBS was This. Close. to coming back. However, when OLTL offered her Nora, she changed her mind.

I'm not sure, but I think I read years ago that Bill Bell was overjoyed when he hired Kay Alden, because the "California writers" whom he had hired to write on Y&R weren't working out. Also, I probably shouldn't say this, but John F. Smith looks VERY sexy in that photo.

I wish I could chat with Tom King about his career in daytime. For some reason, he's always been one writer who's held a certain fascination with me.

I'd settle for an all-soap diva revival of "Follies." Yeah, IIRC, he was Co-HW with Sheri Anderson and (I think) Charles Pratt, Jr.? Outside of OLTL and DARK SHADOWS, though, he didn't have a very memorable HW'ing stint.

I really wish I had industry connections and an ability to podcast. I'm no Dick Cavett, but I think I could do a much better job than some of those yokels.

It's assessments such as Schemering's that really make me miss KL. As his article outlines, one of the show's many, many beautiful qualities was its' ability to weave several different kinds of stories (so that, if one story didn't appeal to you, another one surely would); as well as its' ability to know when something wasn't working and course-correct almost immediately. Thanks, @EricMontreal22, for sharing!

ICAM.

Me neither! But, who says Scott Holmes would have played Walter White?

Damn. We could've had Bryan Cranston instead of bland Scott Holmes.

You mean they actually tracked down Kristi Ferrell after all these years?

If she has a medical condition that makes wearing facial masks a no-no, then maybe her white privileged ass should just stay home. IJS.

Well, if it was the Horton house, they certainly picked the right location. That bridesmaid's entire story seems straight outta the Bill Bell era, lol.

Bill Lawrence and his shows have always screamed "toxic white masculinity" to me, so...nope. I'm not interested either.

And of course, there's also the allegation that Potter called Marland a "faggot."

Could the "hungry associate producer" be Leslie Kwartin?

Exactly.

Those ARE interesting insights, @DramatistDreamer. Thanks for sharing that article.

My thoughts are with you and your mother as well, @Faulkner. Now that states are easing up on lockdown restrictions, we all need to exercise more caution.

That was, in a word, chilling. Man, I wish more of this stuff was available...somewhere. Thanks, @victoria foxton!

Unfortunately, his warnings continue to fall on deaf ears around these parts (Oklahoma), as the deeply far-right, conservative types have convinced everyone else (well, ALMOST everyone else) that it is our God-given right to go out in public (WITHOUT masks and gloves) and either infect ourselves or others with a virus that, at the very least, will have lingering effects on one's respiratory system. But, on the plus side, I now have a good reason to draw a monthly disability check, as I am literally too damn afraid to leave my house even for groceries and medicine.

Yeah, it's a close call for me as well. Mitch is blaming (the) Obama (administration) for (the) Trump's (administration) failure to act on COVID-19 in a more timely manner, saying he (Obama) failed to leave behind an adequate game plan for dealing with pandemics. Yours truly (upon reading McConnell's comments): "But he DID leave a game plan! And a team! And supplies! And YOUR guy ditched all three first chance he got!" I am so sick of the GOP's brand of Jedi mind wiping. And I'm sick of all the morons who fall for it Every. Single. Time.

So do I, @DRW50. So do I. And the sad part is, many of those who are vulnerable voted these vultures into power; and they will do so again without a moment's hesitation. We are so, so screwed.

LOL! Touche!

Is there anything Pete Lemay DIDN'T say?