Khan

If KNOTS deserves any credit at all for being a more character-driven, "actors' soap," then it's due to the work of four people: Alec Baldwin, William Devane, Constance McCashin and Julie Harris. IMO, they're the only ones who gave consistently interesting and "real" performances. Everyone else just got to be a ham after awhile.

Personally, I've always suspected Morgan Fairchild of being "omnisexual," willing to do whatever with whomever to get ahead. (Of course, you could say the same about many in Hollywood, couldn't you, lol?) Either way, if she's still single, I think it has less to do w/ sexual preference and more to do with the impracticality of it. Why marry, after all, when you're Morgan Fairchild, and you already have all the financial security you need?

Yes, David Cherrill still write for DAYS. Supposedly, he went into retirement after leaving OLTL's writing staff, but Gary Tomlin, w/ whom Cherrill worked on OLTL, ANOTHER WORLD and (I think) SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, coaxed him back.

"Please, kids, don't try this at home!"

Suddenly, I feel very ashamed to be a KNOTS fan. Not that the parody wasn't funny, but I had no idea this show could bring that out in people, lol.

He was also KNOTS' best villain, b/c he wasn't a murderer like Chip Roberts; or some corporate bad guy like Mark St. Clair.

For posting the sequence from my all-time favorite KNOTS episode ("Celebration"), alphanguy, you have officially become my favorite post-er. :-D

Seriously, there is no need to defend yourself. I just said that very few, if any, have ever complimented Ann Marcus' work as a HW. If you're taking my comments (about this, and/or what I said in regards to Mary Stuart's alleged animosity toward Ann Williams) as a personal affront, please don't, b/c it isn't. It truly isn't.

See, as much as I love KNOTS LANDING as a whole, for me, KL doesn't truly come alive until S4, w/ the introduction of Ciji Dunne (Lisa Hartman) and Chip Roberts (Michael Sabatino). That's really when they figured out how to balance the character-driven drama that creator David Jacobs wanted with the sort of soapy plotlines which CBS craved. Okay, back to our regularly scheduled thread. ;-)

Which time? During S3 or S's 13-14?

I don't think Bunim was responsible for SFT's improvement in 1975; that credit should go to Bernie Sofronski. And that's about the first time I've ever heard anyone pay Ann Marcus (or her writing, anyway) a compliment, lol.

According to her kids' book, though, Ann Williams told them Mary Stuart was jealous of her b/c of the amount of fan mail she (Williams) always received.

Oh, that's right. I totally blanked on MEB producing SANTA BARBARA, too. (Thanks, Soaplovers, for the info!)

As far as I know, Bunim worked on only three soaps: SEARCH, ATWT and LOVING. On the one hand, I cannot fault Bunim for wanting to modernize soaps in terms of pacing and production values. However, it seemed as if she believed youth and youth alone could carry them. Other producers - Jacqueline Babbin (AMC), Robert Calhoun (ATWT, GUIDING LIGHT), Erwin "Nick" Nicholson (EDGE OF NIGHT, SEARCH) - knew how to make soaps contemporary w/o alienating veteran actors or their fans. Aside from John Dixon, though, Bunim's ATWT belonged largely to younger and younger characters (and to Steve and Betsy, in particular).

Anyone would be ineffective with Mary-Ellis Bunim as their producer. To me, it's a miracle ATWT told any good stories at all under her watch.

If Eunice had died a less violent death - for instance, if she had contracted terminal cancer - viewers would've been upset at first. In time, though, they would've come around. I think what damaged the show in the long run was not that she'd died (although, getting rid of Jo's sister under any circumstances is something I would've thought twice about), but that she'd died under unforgivable circumstances. Although Jennifer ultimately paid for her crimes, she still got off easier than Eunice.

I wonder if Miss Channel would be as high on this triangle if she knew what was coming...

I realize "Nadia's Theme" is iconic; after listening to "Blue Images," though, I wish that had been used as Y&R's title theme.

And He gave her a great one with Natalie on ATWT. Judging from everything I've read on the character and her doings, that's the kind of role that, in today's environment, screams Emmy.

Ah, John Cunningham (ex-Emerson, ATWT; ex-Garth, LOVING; ex-Wade, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW). One of my all-time faves.

Oh, Good God. That's so horrendous. Thank the Lord none of these men won the respective roles.

Actually, "Dorcas" comes from the Bible. From the Book of Acts 9:36-42: Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. / And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. / And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. / Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. / But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. / And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. / And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

Mack could be tempted, of course, and he was. Not just with Anne, but with Jill Bennett and, later on, Paula Vertosick. However, in this case, I tend to side with Lee. KNOTS needed at least one, relatively stable couple. Otherwise, if all the major couples were falling in and out of each other's beds, the show as a whole would've looked soulless and vapid.

Just because I'm all thumbs at message board-ing, don't assume I wouldn't know my way around a beautifully constructed scene. ;D

I just said the same to an e-mail buddy of mine, who also happens to be a tremendous AW fan. If I could go back in time and write for Lemay (forget about just watching the show, lol!), I would.