P.J.

Believe me, that's as diplomatic as I can be about Hunt Block. I guess I have to credit Sheffer with some kind of success in keeping ATWT afloat...but damn that man for ruining Craig (and Paul, but that's another rant...) and undoing YEARS of story to service his obsession with Hunt Block, who couldn't wring water from a sponge if he was on fire. I wouldn't say upset....but I admit, I couldn't not say something! LOL. In theory, a rebooted Craig would have been fine. IMO, Hunt Block was simply the wrong person to be someone so iconic to the show. Showing emotion was not his strong suit, and the writing played to that, disastrously. As much as I hated him on ATWT, I loathed him on GL even more. I'll never forget Blake crawling across the floor to get away from him, only to give in and screw him anyway.

I am speechless with how much I disagree with that sentence. Hunt Block put the suck in sucktastic.

ICAM!! As talented as DM was, I think he could write things into the ground. Poor Iva always got sand kicked in her face. Sometimes I wonder if he purposefully kept Iva tragic, to keep her separate from Nola, who he'd also written. But Kirk/Iva were my favorite couple. Damn I wish I'd kept my videocassettes of them.

It is one of the great injustices that Lisa Brown doesn't have an emmy, for either Nola or Iva. I think Lisa's teaching or directing. I know she directed some of Martha Byrne's net series Gotham.

I also saw on twitter that April 1st was Don Hastings' 80th birthday. 80! He aged very well. I kind of forget what a hunk Bob was in his younger days. I think I'll dig up that 40th anniversary montage. I floved that.

Happy Anniversary. *sigh*

I'd completely forgotten that. It was kind of Rebhorn to make a last appearance on a P&G soap.

I have no clue what the "thankless bit" was at the end of ATWT, but Rebhorn was one of the best examples of the genre. While some actor's success outside of daytime surprised me, his never did. He was the personification of evil, but not in the typical supervillainous way---in the ordinary, every day way that lurks in society.

They pinned Diego Santana's murder on Kirk and were going to write him off in '97, so TW did get a little reprieve. I LOVED Kirk. And Kirk and Iva.

Incest does seem like a recurring theme in Marland's post-GH career. I think the Angel incest story was more happenstance, as I believe the scab writers sent Holden off with Angel during the strike. I'm not sure there was any backing off in the Iva/Josh story, since I think her being adopted was always the plan.

So it is....

I had completely blocked out that Michael won that second emmy.

The first time I ever wanted to buy a soap mag was SOD when they had a pic of Hal and Barb for their wedding. I still think that is one of the most gorgeous soap wedding gowns I've ever seen.

Y'know, those scenes reminded me why I loved Scott Bryce and Craig so much. Obviously, this is at a point where none of the Snyders know Lily is Iva's daughter or Josh isn't their cousin or the fact it was rape. Marland was always a master of drawing out the story in a believable way. Seth somehow found out about the pregnancy, but Iva's still hiding details until she can't avoid spilling some more. I always loved how protective the Snyder boys were over Iva where Josh was concerned. Is Tad dead at this point?

Seriously, what channel is that? I can't get it to unmute. Maybe if I go to YT, I can listen to it there. LOL at Gregg Marx with his shirt unbuttoned nearly to the waist, at the Mona Lisa to boot. Thank God we never had to see Scott Holmes dress like that.

Thanks guys.

Uh...I don't think '99 ATWT was as bad as all of that. But considering Broderick was probably fired by the time the next issue came out, it's ironic. Two questions. Who's the guy behind Hal? Kirk? and who's standing between Kim and Bob? FMB? Broderick?

Brian McColl was a lawyer? Damn...don't remember that at all.

IA...I think of Passions as true camp. I remember Shannon and Harriet as more Lucy&Ethel situational slapstick than some defining element of the show.

Duncan/Shannon had their roots in pure gothic romance, not camp. I'm not denying Marland had his farcical moments, (aaah, my wee lassie," as Duncan holds Shannon's tennis-ball head..) but he was much more rooted in emotion than slapstick.

Not only did they succeed in surprising the viewers, they surprised the cast. I know CZ has told the story about how secret they were---I don't quite remember all the details, but basically the set was shut down except for her and a bare-bones essential personnel. I'm not even sure she knew he was under that monk's robe until he revealed himself. I need to find that story. Anyhow, about the Dobsons---y'know, it's the era. They were a radical departure from what ATWT was. I think it was the fact they were copying the GH/IcePrincess mode drama that rankled. I don't remember a lot from that time, but I know they went to pretty ridiculous lengths. I remember the 1800's costume-y Babs hallucinations were she "met" Gunnar and the endless "what is Bilan?" mystery. It was too much camp, too fast. I'd argue the core of ATWT just didn't like, want or need camp EVER. I remember cringing through a lot of the last ten years through crap like the Keys to the Kingdom contest, the teen college tour, Rick Decker, etc, because that's not what what I wanted or where ATWT was ever really successful at. (Camp being different from humor..)

OMG---by the end Tom and Margo just sucked. I don't think Tom was ever a very dynamic character other than the Deas/Marx era. For me, Tom & Margo lost all relevance around '93.

I wish I could remember why exactly. I'm too lazy to go and seek out the rest of the clips. Like, why did Hal consider Dani such a bad influence? I remember Barbara practically hating Nikki, thinking she was a little slut (something about having Jeremy up in her bedroom strikes a chord in my memory). But I thought Dani was the good girl in all of that.

Ugh...I can't unmute those episodes for some reason. Is the top one dealing with the Ruxton Hills fire? My God...CZ had such a baby face!

I'm sure this makes me a hardass, but I don't give a bleepin' rip about McGee's practically unseen girlfriend now being paralyzed. I don't "know" her. I knew more about the lie detector tech that had a crush on McGee than I know about Delilah. And as much as I love McGee, Sean Murray has two expressions. Constipated and more constipated. I did however love seeing Rachael back. I think she should be Gibbs' next ex-wife.