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"Sister Mary Bitchslap," lol!

I seriously wish I could press charges against Ron Carlivati, because what he's done to Abe Carver is nothing short of a hate crime. It's the most depressingly racist thing I've ever seen on television - and I've seen every episode of SNL with Garrett Morris!

Matt and Vanessa reading poetry to each other every night before bedtime sounds like something from a Henry James novel, lol.

Still, it goes to show you what can happen when TPTB exercises a little bit of patience with a show or shows that have potential. Nowadays, AMC and/or Y&R probably would be off the air within six months, lol.

How did these fires start? Does anyone know? True. He moved entirely too fast there (something I'd otherwise never say about Douglas Marland). So, Drew and Willow fiddled while Rome Michael burned? Did GH forget to tell us that Dena Higley is their new HW? Because, that's the kind of [!@#$%^&*] she'd pull.

I thought Sandra Nelson was very good as Phyllis, and very believable in scenes with Michael Damian and Lauralee Bell. She (and Gina Tognoni) grounded that character in ways that Michelle Stafford never could, despite her being the original actor.

TBH, I don't think there's ever been a definitive AJ Quartermaine. Which is odd, considering his pivotal place in the show's history. But AJ's like casting kryptonite for GH, lol.

IKR? Especially Y&R. To go from #10 in May to #2 in August...that might be the second most remarkable thing to happen in the '70's ratings after GH's turnaround in '77/'78.

And as Douglas Marland once famously said, "If your audience says, 'he'd never do that,' you've failed."

I do remember BW saying that Christopher Atkins had auditioned for A.J. - which would have been interesting to watch, lol - but I don't think he was the one they'd picked. I'd also take BW back on daytime in a heartbeat (although, maybe not as A.J. again, lol). Again, maybe not the greatest actor, but definitely one who puts in the work, which goes a long way with me. I didn't entirely hate him on ATWT either. And I thought he did quite well, too, at Y&R, despite not having much to do either time. (Hadn't he been on Y&R before, in another role?) Overall, though, it seems like no one other role for KS has landed the way Scotty has, and I think that's simply because no other show has written to his strengths. Again, a very handsome, good-looking guy - or, at least, he was BITD - who also could be very quirky. On soaps, they either write to one, or to the other, but never to both. Ironically, Ken Corday won't cast him on DAYS because he "doesn't get him," or so KS has said. Yet, for some reason, I think he'd do very well playing a Mike Horton recast, giving that character layers and colors that other actors haven't, while still remaining true to who Mike has always been.

Ironically, I'd come closer to trusting something that came from Datalounge than I would gossip that came from other places, lol.

I feel the same way about Kin Shriner. Only GH knew what to do with a guy who was good-looking AND funny.

I think Michael Laibson would've been good for the show, too, but by that time, PGP was just interfering too much with their shows. (Plus, he didn't have the most inspired HW's.)

LOL!!

It's hard to remember that JFP got her start at GL (as a production secretary, I think). So, for her, returning as EP was like coming home, or having things come full circle. Look, I'll concede that JFP wasn't GL's worst EP, but I do agree that the show suffered once Nancy Curlee and Patrick Mulcahey left and JFP was left to her own devices. She needed a HW who could push back and tell her to leave the writing to the writers.

I agree. They shouldn't have changed it. They could've spruced it up over the years, like how DAYS has spruced up theirs, but it should've remained just a hand opening the photo album to the title page. When I tuned in one day to see that that was gone, my heart sank, because I knew that AMC never would be the same.

That AMC opening (shown at the beginning of the video) still feels like home to me.

She tried to land with that godawful and boring "Hollywood Heights," or whatever it was called.

Did they touch at all on Hayes' life and career post-MP? (I'm guessing they didn't, but I thought I'd ask anyway, lol).

I still think NBC mandated this and other, darker storylines in an attempt to make "Sisters" more desirable to male demographics.

An (im)perfect time, I guess, to remind everyone how I wish J.R. had discovered he had had a daughter with Vanessa Beaumont rather than a son (James Richard). Anyways. Back to FC.

I couldn't see anyone with Kathy Brier, nor did I want to. The only reason why she even lasted as long as she did on OLTL was because TPTB were afraid that firing her would come off as discriminating against plus-sized women.

Listen, I'm always willing to go along with whatever agendas a show carries. Just don't bore me. Which is exactly what GH did the first time they had Valentin sit down at the piano like Michael G_ddamn Feinstein.

They might as well rename the show GENERAL PROPPING.

And that's fine, I've no qualms about that sort of thing, especially when the actor is decent. (JFP and Kale Browne are another story, lol). I think BW would be an asset to any show, because he seems like an actor who respects the genre, respects the writing (that is, when the writing is good) and who doesn't phone in performances. In GH's case, though, they simply gave him the wrong role to play.