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Lord knows I'm not the biggest TS fan. She might have a knack for rhymes, but I think her lyric-writing skills still could benefit from a college education or at least a more varied reading list. Nevertheless, I don't believe she is the calculating, conniving witch Mayer, Perry and others in their respective camps have made her out to be. I believe she is, for the most part, a sincere child who can laugh at herself and be civil toward even those who diss and dismiss her.

You're probably right. On the other hand, I would not put it past Mayer to paint himself as the victim in his and Taylor's relationship in order to make Katy feel more sympathetic toward him. He just seems the type, you know? Either way, I always find it hilarious how Katy, with her Skittles-colored wigs, Bettie Page-esque persona, and past as a Christian rock artist, calls out Taylor for being "fake." Fake? Really, Ms. Hudson Perry?

Wow.

Mark my words: if Debbie Reynolds and Liz Taylor could bury the hatchet over Eddie Fisher, so can Taylor Swift and Katy Perry over that d-bag John Mayer. They just need to grow a little older and a little wiser and realize who the REAL enemy is in their situation.

If I had wanted Middle Americans to stroke out or lapse into cardiac arrest, I would have suggested Viki and Dorian doin' the do inside Victor Lord's secret room at Llanfair.

I'm not sure about Hank Gannon, but I wouldn't have minded seeing Viki in an interracial relationship.

I've always loved how GL inspires the budding soap scribe in so many people. To me, GL was the most writer-ly of soaps, if that makes sense to anyone.

How is Meredith Vieira's show doing? Is there any chance at all of convincing her and/or Lisa Ling to return? I feel the show lost a lot when it lost those two.

Exactly. Another idea: ditch two of the hosts and make their replacements male. (No, Mario Cantone will not do.)

I feel like the best thing to do would be to have just one female host for "The View," rather than three or four, do away with the audience, and have her do pre-taped intros and outros for feature stories, also pre-taped, handled by "special correspondents" who are also women and who cover a wide spectrum of topics that are aimed at the target demographic.

If they are going to keep "The View" around, then they need to reinvent the show entirely.

I'd have to agree. Before Georgie's murder, there was so little about OL that was still holding my interest.

Yep.

I don't exactly buy it either. I'm sure her kid never looked at WT as a lifetime gig. He probably wanted and expected to go onto other things at some point. But I believe KZ was the one who nudged him out so soon. Not just because of what was in store for Luke but also because she herself has said that staying in daytime as long as she did hurt her career in the long run. Meanwhile, I'm stunned to see him so grown up. I still remember when KZ was pregnant with him -- and that was when I was, what, eleven? Geez, I feel so damn old for some reason.

I've always wondered how KZ might have looked had one of her soap characters ever had to go undercover as a man.

Or worse, Karen would have undergone major surgery to look like Maggie and then taken her place, stashing the real Maggie in some mental institution somewhere far away from town.

Chances are Ruth would have found out about Althea's pregnancy and then held her hostage until the baby was born.

I think so, Amy.

Oh, and David O'Brien is hotness. That is all.

I'll be honest: even if Liz weren't in the picture, I still wouldn't want Nick and Althea to marry. Elizabeth Hubbard and Gerald Gordon are fantastic together. Given their sharp personalities, however, I have a feeling that any marriage between those two would just be a hot mess. I mean, great for us who are watching, but really, really not so much for them. But I love that no characters on here are being propped, for lack of a better word, or are being written into a corner in order to push some type of agenda on the folks at home. If this were all happening today, everyone, including Matt and Maggie, would be so in love with Liz and would shout from the proverbial mountaintop how she and Nick were soulmates, age differences and outside obligations be damned. Althea would be written as the selfish bitch who has the audacity not to want what is clearly best for Liz and the father of her baby (with the strong implication that maybe everyone would be better off if Althea were to miscarry the bastard or abort it) and who must be out of her mind not to swoon over The Great Nick Bellini's marriage "proposal"...and no one would even DARE call Nick out on his insensitivity toward everyone in general and Althea in particular. If anything, his behavior would be regarded as the paragon of manhood.

I pray Althea returns to the bridal shower brandishing a handgun. That Liz chick so needs to be whacked.

Could someone PM me as well? I would love to check these shows out.

I wish TPTB had taken the risk and hired an AA actress to portray the third "angel" after Jackson's departure.

I think that would depend on whichever qualities within VW that Agnes Nixon sparked to. Otherwise, I'm not so sure AN would have redeemed Rachel like Harding Lemay did.

That was love, y'all.