Jonathan

YES! That's what annoyed me!

I could not stand the character of Homeless Laura. (I call her that to distinguish her from the Laura who was killed by the drunk driver.) First, why d'f'k did the writers have to confuse the audience by giving her the same name? I think it would have been enough for the Homeless Laura to be the same age as Laura for Brooke to feel that nostalgia and loss. No need to give Homeless Girl the name Laura! Second, I could not stand Lauren Roman. Girl never cracked a smile. She always seemed angry. Plus, as I have written on these boards previously, I get PTSD every time I see an EXTREMELY-curly girl on TV, including Irene from the Real World, Julianna Margulies on ER -- she straightens her hair now, but once a curly girl, always a curly girl, and of course Alicia Minshew! Third, I also could not stand Laura Allen's take on Homeless Girl Laura. How many personalities did this Laura have? I was getting whiplash week to week. I also got uncomfortable watching Laura Allen. It was something in the way she pursed her lips ever time she recited her lines. To top it all off, there was some obsession with the show and all the Lau-girls. Laura, Homeless Laura played by Lauren, Laura Allen's Laura. I'm exhausted!

This interview made me laugh because it reinforced why I was so frustrated by Esta / Gillian. First, I thought Ryan & Gillian were a great couple and it was Cameron's best on-screen pairing. However, I remember Esta having so many problem getting her lines out of her mouth. It was so frustrating to watch. And now, watching this interview, she's the same way! Maybe it's because English is her second language. I'd like to see the word count in this interview because it seemed Cameron did all the talking.

Smart move. If successful, I think other soaps (past and present) will follow this model.

Alan isn't an ABC soaps fan, admittedly, so he would not be able to extract that type of conversation out of them. I wanted La Lucci to talk about how she officiated her gay godson's wedding. She posted a pic on IG, but it would be great for her to share that story, especially given how she was a part of a historic and groundbreaking LGBTQ+ storyline.

The Snake Charmer needs to make an appearance on Pine Valley.

Thanks! So Verla was her 3rd character on All My Children!

I did not know that Carol Burnett played another role on All My Children before Verla Grubbs.

True. None of the stories are new. But, when you get the same questions over and over again, you can't expect the answers to change, right?

It's happening! Tune in!

Mary Fickett looks like a giant next to Rosemary Prinz.

I seem to recall recently that James Patrick Stuart gave Agnes Nixon credit for the Who Killed Will storyline.

Nice! Debbi never ages. I expect her to work and play the 50-something role for the next 20 years. LOL.

RIP Ray. He was a fine actor and All My Children was lucky to have him. Slightly-off topic, I remember a Michael Logan written article from years back that said Ray was the second highest paid actor on the show (after Susan Lucci). The article was circa 2009-ish around the time all the budget cut talk was happening to save the show. I don't even know how being the second highest paid would be possible for how little he was featured, unless he had a very old contract with iron-clad stipulations.

Agree, that was much worse than this faux pas.

Is it Lives (rhymes with hives) or Lives (rhymes with gives)? Wait. OJ was going in the soap business? 🙄 So his soap wasn't picked up so instead he decided to hog up the daytime airwaves with his murder trial?

La Lucci's mom passed away. She was very quiet on IG for a few weeks and now it makes sense. Her mom was 104. May she rest in peace.

Great find. I always thought they should have brought back Paul.

YUP! I remember it like yesterday and I felt in my bones she was about to call her a B-I-T-C-H.

I mean come on! This clip always makes me smile. These are the episodes Susan Lucci should have submitted for the Emmys. Incidentally, during the E! reunion show, Eva La Rue said that back in the day the show was only allowed to use the word "bitch" in the scripts twice a year and said they were always given to Susan. Rightfully so.

JFP got hired time and time again because she was good at raising the demo ratings and, to a lesser extent, winning Emmys.

Erica and Mark had such a great sister-brother relationship. It's a shame that Mark wasn't featured more in the last decade of the show. Erica really needed a family member around besides her bratty daughters.

Gillian made Ryan tolerable.