Faulkner

I can see that, certainly, but I feel like PM strikes me as savvy enough to know he was walking into a lion’s den. Even knowing who FV is. Maybe he underestimated FV or felt that he’d have more backing from the network than he ultimately received. Or the deal was sweet enough that he felt he could give it a shot. I worry about The Gates.

I’m curious. PM isn’t naive to the current realities of soap. What made him come out of retirement for this? Could have been money but soap HW gigs are tough.

Or how Mal Young sabotaged Sally Sussman for a power grab at Y&R. (Granted, SS is nowhere near the talent that PM or Labine is.)

A nice experiment that was probably doomed from the get-go. You really can’t go home again. This is why we need a Michael Logan. A soap journalist attached to a powerful brand who isn’t scared of pissing off TPTB. We need a Patrick Mulcahey exit interview, STAT.

LOL she does.

Oh man. That’s a name I haven’t heard in years. He’s from St. Louis, my hometown. R.I.P. He played on so many hits, like this one: