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Yeah, you could see her as a waitress Fred would be leering at while Lamont or Grady would be telling him steadily to hurry up and order. Also: Helmut has no "h" at the end of his first name.

Forgive me, but that is the most ethnic-looking I've ever seen La Lucci.

Nah, she got bored once she didn't have to fight Verla for him.

My fave Binks, I must say, was the one who set her dollhouse on fire (Caroline Wilde)?

I think I'm distracted more by the sight of Erica catfighting with a woman half her age and young enough to be her daughter. But at least what she's wearing is more age-appropriate, IMO, than the parade of endless, strapless, sleeveless numbers that seemed to define La Kane in ALL MY CHILDREN's final years.

First of all, it was more than one year, Marisa. Second, yes, when you view the clip with Phyllis Diller out of context, it looks ridic as hell. But it was actually part of a sweet little story for Marcy Thompson. Ugh, whatev. I hate actors.

Since I doubt David Canary would end his retirement and return to AMC, I say, let it be revealed that JR shot and killed Adam before being found inside the secret passageway and subdued; and that Stuart and Marian have left Pine Valley for a new life in England. Then, maybe down the line, Jennifer Bassey and Marian could return (as of if story dictates) with the explanation that Stuart, who never recovered from his brother's murder, passed away in his sleep.

And that's just...sad. If you had seen more of the real Beth Raines, I think you would've liked her, or at least have tolerated her better.

No one should be in politics if their claim to fame, aside from being a politician, is this:

Offensive, and again, not at all rooted in character. No way in hell would JE's Beth have hooked up with a low-life thug such as Carl, not after what she went through to get herself and Lillian away from Bradley.

One, I don't think "vixen" or "neurotic bitch" were BC's strong suits; and two, I feel like she struggled particularly because the one-eighty in Beth's character was plot-driven and rooted not at all in what she had known and played before. Who was this person calling herself Beth Raines Spaulding anyway? Where had she come from? What had happened to her between '91 and later on to merit such hideous changes to her personality and character?

I think it was a little of both. Judi Evans didn't portray Beth as the typical, dewy-eyed, sweet-as-sugar heroine, and the writers responded to it. And really, even when Beth Chamberlin portrayed Beth later on, from 1989-91, I saw Beth the same way, but perhaps a bit shell-shocked from her kidnapping and subsequent inability to speak. It's only when Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown brought BC's Beth back during the Phillip/Harley era that Beth became a completely different -- and frankly, less endearing -- character, with the "victim aspects" of her character way overplayed.

Who cares if they are? It's ALWAYS good to revisit when GUIDING LIGHT still was damn fine soap opera.

Some folks have entirely too much time on their hands.

According to Michael Malone, that indeed was the plan. Unfortunately, Clint Ritchie's accident and prolonged recovery altered the direction of the story.

Don't let the hugs and smiles fool you, Cheap. This is a family at war. However, Dixie has come between him and his own mother, Ruth, suggesting she might not be "all there" from her latest resurrection. But the two had a MAJOR falling out and are not speaking at the moment. Actually, Babe's resurrection is the reason why the Martins are at odds. Babe wants AJ back, but Dixie has vowed not to neglect her grandson the way she had JR. Ruth is siding with Babe, putting herself at odds with Dixie; Krystal is worried that Babe's increasing drug habit (which stems from injuries she sustained in the tornado -- note Babe's dazed, glassy-eyed appearance) might put AJ in danger; and Tad is caught in the middle, with Krystal and Opal there to provide comfort as he and Dixie move further and further apart. Actually, it's Emma's first holiday with her new family: thanks to David, who needed Emma's stem cells in order to revive Babe, we now know that Emma is actually AJ's fraternal twin sister -- Babe didn't know she had given birth to twins -- and that Annie kidnapped her in order to replace her and Ryan's actual daughter, whom ex-husband Terry killed one night while attempting to molest. And Simone's just horny.

Yep. Recasting him with JVD -- who, don't get me wrong, is a brilliant actor -- was not the brightest idea.

I must hand it to Mr. Cameron Mathison: whenever it comes to publicity, career opportunities, or just pleasing his audience, he is an absolute whore. But he never pretends to be someone or something he isn't.

"14 Signs You Need to Get Laid"? Last time I checked, all you needed was the one -- namely, that you weren't getting any.

Pretty much. Before Agnes Nixon sold ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE to the network, her company, Creative Horizons, Inc., was virtually responsible for both shows' operating costs, with ABC providing the licensing fees (I think). However, the longer they stayed on-air, the more cost-prohibitive they became for her and for the company. It's the same reason why Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer sold RYAN'S HOPE to ABC as well in 1979.

Oh, wait, is it from one of those "Love in the Afternoon" promos? I seriously had no idea.

OMG, where in the world did this come from? LOL!

IA. I'm a sucker for long hair. The longer, the better.

Yes, it was.