Khan

Bingo.

Our political system would be nothing without backroom deals.

Was Martha Byrne supposed to have joined AMC? I had no idea.

Also, Marland quit, because he and Monty butted heads on several stories, including breaking up Scotty and Laura's marriage so quickly after their wedding.

Nowadays, though, it seems a lot of "old-timey" names, like Ruth(ie) and Sophie (to name but two), are coming back into vogue. It's kind of like what Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women" once said (and which I alluded to another thread not too long ago): one day, it'll seem really odd to have senior citizens named "Tiffany" and "Heather," but by that point, their granddaughters' names will be Beulah, Maude and Ethel.

Yeah, I'd have to agree: this period of GL is much better than Brown & Esensten OR Wheeler/Kreizman. Even the dark(er) days that are ahead were/are infinitely more watchable, because even with the sub-par writing that occurred between Pam Long's two HW'ing stints, you still had a lot of great actors in the cast, and the production values were high as well.

Unfortunately, the same issues regarding presenting "loving gay couples" persist to this day.

I know Holden was originally named "Clem Holden" in Marland's bible, but I can't recall any other mentions of the Snyders, or what became the Snyders, either. Meanwhile, thank God Marland changed Holden's name. CLEM? Oy.

I'm hoping nothing wrong goes with the balloon. The British might blame us and our f'ed-up karma, and the LAST thing we need is another war between us and them.

Well, Pruitt's out, which means...one more contestant for the special "Trump edition" of "Dancing with the Stars."

Harding "Pete" Lemay, who head-wrote THE DOCTORS for a brief while, has passed away: https://www.welovesoaps.net/2018/07/Harding-Lemay-obituary.html

Harding Lemay, who head-wrote SFT for a brief period, has passed away: https://www.welovesoaps.net/2018/07/Harding-Lemay-obituary.html

Harding "Pete" Lemay, the legendary HW who was also part of Doug Marland's Emmy-winning writing staff, has passed away: https://www.welovesoaps.net/2018/07/Harding-Lemay-obituary.html

Harding "Pete" Lemay, who was arguably AW's greatest HW, and one of daytime's most legendary, has passed away: https://www.welovesoaps.net/2018/07/Harding-Lemay-obituary.html

We make no promises...but we'll do our best. Unfortunately, Pruitt's resignation is a case of "too little, too late." Yes, he's outta there (and back here, unfortunately) but the damage he did while he was in charge at the EPA will outlive him for decades to come.

Wow, considering how strong and "together" ED always come across IRL, it's amazing to think she portrayed a woman who was always on the cusp of insanity.

Ah, Timothy Patrick Murphy. Such a promising young actor (IMO). It's sad to think of what could have been with him. (Damn this [!@#$%^&*] AIDS.)

That's sad to hear about Harry Eggart. He was one of my favorite directors.

All that's needed are some celebrity voice-overs reading the letters while sad violin music plays in the background. (Are you catching this, Jimmy Kimmel/Celebrity Mean Tweets people?)

I suspect Gary Hudson didn't act up to TPTB's expectations, so they canned him.

If Lucy Deakins had remained as Lily, then Lily and Dusty most surely would have been endgame. Then again, who's to say that Deakins and Jon Hensley wouldn't have generated a similar amount of chemistry that Hensley and Martha Byrne did? I, too, think it was possible that Marland was "assisting" Susan Bedsow Horgan and her team before officially joining the show. At the very least, he might've given Horgan notice of stories he had planned to tell, thereby allowing her to leave characters and storylines in the right places for him to pick them up from.

James Noble reminded me so much of James Stewart. He would have made a fabulous patriarch on a soap.

In the past, Y&R's music did a masterful job of setting the mood of the scenes and underscoring characters' inner turmoil. Dumping that wholesale was just criminal.

The problem with Sheffer's Barbara was that Barbara became not JUST a bitch, but a CRAZY bitch, one who's unhinged, and that can get old REAL fast.

In a way, Barron is the wild card. Trump isn't any closer to him than he is to his other kids. However, from my perspective, Barron could be the most LIKE Trump when he grows up, or he could be a completely different person, depending on what kind of mother Melania is to him. Time, as they say, will tell.