Everything posted by Khan
- All My Children Tribute Thread
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Primetime Soaps
If I were you, I'd keep binge-watching "Sisters." Even at its' weakest, it's still more gratifying than anything Tyler Perry has dreamed up. (Of course, YMMV, lol).
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Dallas Discussion Thread
Between the DALLAS/"Dukes of Hazzard" one-two punch on Fridays and the classic "Alice"/"The Jeffersons"/"One Day at a Time"/"Archie Bunker's Place" lineup on Sundays - not to mention, "60 Minutes" on Sundays - CBS was killing it. Only four non-CBS shows made the Top 10; and of those four, three were sitcoms (although, you could argue that "The Love Boat" was a sitcom/drama hybrid) and all were on ABC. In fact, only one NBC series made the Top 20, and that was (gulp) "Little House on the Prairie."
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Knots Landing
I see what you mean: a cross between the kind of actors you'd see on a MTM-produced show and the ones you'd see on, well, on one of Aaron Spelling's shows.
- DAYS: January 2026 Discussion Thread
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
LMAO!!
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
I think the official story was that Dano was still grieving her husband's death and wasn't able to continue. Of course, that could've been just a cover, lol.
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
Ken Corday was afraid his golfing buddy wouldn't be able to afford the club fees anymore.
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RIP: In Memoriam Thread
LOL! Yeah, someone at "SCTV" had to have been a devoted P&G soap fan. DOTW was entirely too similar to the P&G shows of that era to have been just a coincidence.
- Guiding Light Discussion Thread
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
Frankly, I was too creeped out by Doug Hutchison's presence to invest much in Sebastian.
- GH: Classic Thread
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Knots Landing
On the one hand, I think you've made a pretty solid argument. But, on the other hand, I'm not sure Peter Dunne or even Joe Wallenstein would've hired someone like Penny Peyser to play Amanda, or Melinda Culea to play Paula, or (God help us) Wendy Fulton to play Jean. Casting choices made under their regimes were far agreeable to me than many who were cast during the Lechowicks' budget mode era.
- All My Children Tribute Thread
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RIP: In Memoriam Thread
It doesn't surprise me that she was an ATWT fan. I've found that many creative types (actors, writers, directors, etc.) gravitate either toward the P&G shows or the ABCD ones. As a longtime online friend once remarked, "People who like to read [classic literature]...also like ATWT and GL."
- Guiding Light Discussion Thread
- GH: Classic Thread
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RIP: In Memoriam Thread
I can't even begin to process the news. My mind is absolutely reeling right now. I just...I can't.
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
To hell with the fact that VI is a Trumper who's been on Y&R before. I'd bring him back today, and as a brand new character, too. And I still love the fact that Taylor Thompson allegedly went to the ladies' room and never returned. I mean, it's probably not true, but if ever an exit was a fitting and proper one for a useless character...!
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
Skye: "How could you lie to me like that, Mother? If Grandfather were here -- " Tracy: "He is not. Your. Grandfather. So you can stop calling him that and talking about him like you've known him your whole life, which you have not!" (At least, that's how it always plays in my mind.)
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Primetime Soaps
"In America, you practice social distancing. In Soviet Russia, socialists distance themselves from you!"
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
I still make jokes about her just popping up all over the network. ("Tonight, on a very special 'Dharma & Greg'....").
- GH: Classic Thread
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
Trying to stretch one lousy retcon over three separate shows was madness and made the story itself more convoluted than it needed to be. At this point, I'm not even sure that Skye is actually Rae's daughter. That's how confused I am about the whole damn thing, lol.
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ALL: Characters that fizzled
I can't remember who was HW'ing DAYS at that point - maybe it was Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell - but whoever it was, they were setting her up to fail with that ridiculous story about the elephant statue.