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And, once more, I'm honored to be given such a great gift. Thank you, @slick jones!

While not unexpected, Bill Hayes' passing hurts. My heart goes out to his wife, Susan, and the extended Days family as well as his real-life loved ones.

While not unexpected, Bill Hayes' passing hurts. My heart goes out to his wife, Susan, and the extended Days family as well as his real-life loved ones.

ATWT was one of my Gram's (RIP) favorite soaps. So, sometimes I'd read some ATWT in the soap mags and watch casually so she could chat with me about it. (I was more an ABC [AMC] girl turned NBC watcher [Days/Santa Barbara] in my teens/20s - college].) I mention this because I'm surprised to not see Melanie Smith vs. Kelley Menighan (formerly-Hensley) as Emily on here. Smith's version seemed like the intense sexpot, impulsive type while Menighan just seemed neurotic, losing the intensity. Not to mention the actresses did not even resemble each other whatsoever.

The journalist in the episode was played by Brighton Hertford. She played little BJ as a child. Nice way of having the actress back so she could honor JZ, too.

Wow, I get my own subcategory. I'm honored, @slick jones!

Someone did mention Bob Barker, but otherwise, it does seem comprehensive.

I'd celebrate this if I didn't know it will probably be appealed to the SCOTUS, a.k.a. The GQP Court. Sooo...

The 2023 edition of TCM Remembers is now up. Soaps-wise, it includes Sharon Farrell and Shirley Ann Field. (Also includes some expected big names, i.e. Matthew Perry, André Braugher, and Tina Turner, to name just a few more.) Set to a cover of the Tom Petty song, "Learning To Fly"; the artist covering it is Christina Perri:

A car has apparently crashed into an SUV in President Biden's motorcade tonight. From what I read, Secret Service drew their guns on said car, but I don't know much else. But it seems no one was hurt and the investigation is ongoing.

Neil shouldn't count, either. When Sarah was a teen, she discovered Maggie's affair with Neil and, thus, hated him. So much so, teenage Sarah - just before leaving in 1990 - set it up so Maggie would see her in bed with an unconscious Neil. (If I recall, he was drunk or drugged?) (And apparently Sarah found a portal in Tennessee, where she lived with sister Melissa, that kept her from aging in almost 30 years. Lucky her!) Either way, she was furious on behalf of her father, Mickey. So, the crap when she came back when Maggie gave her Neil's stethoscope was ridiculous when you look at actual history. Neil even once tried to use that connection with Sarah, and she shut him down fast. (Not to mention, Neil himself was a retcon. Evan Whyland [then played by Lane Davies pre-Santa Barbara ] was the actual sperm donor. The writers pulled the Neil angle out of their ass during the Maggie/Neil affair.)

Great idea!

You're very welcome! I figured we all needed this...

"Skinny Santa" (a.k.a. former President Barack Obama!) greets children in Chicago.

If you can, do so. Frank Pembleton was so dynamic. Still get chills when I remember the character's stroke. And while the series had seen some decline in quality in later seasons, one exception was "Subway" in Season 6, with an equally-great performance by Vincent D'Onofrio, as a guy who either fell or was pushed (though it seemed the latter) into a subway track and certain to die once his body was freed, as Pembleton stayed with him 'til the end. That episode got a Peabody Award and a making-of documentary. Just sad it is not streaming anywhere. The only way to rewatch is buying the series DVD set.

So the theocratic Texas Taliban Court voted to murder a woman in the name of a fetus that faces certain death itself. This is a HUGE REMINDER about keeping religion OUT OF GOVERNMENT. If ladies don't want to become property of the state of Texas or other backwards red states, it's time to wake the hell up and vote these MF'ers OUT. Thank goodness Kate Cox has gone out of state to avoid giving said Taliban their jollies: A dead woman in the name of Jesus. https://t.co/bvpOmEN7gR

And a stark reminder of just why Democrats keep over-performing in elections: The Christo-Fascist right-wing Texas Supreme Court - at the urging of criminal Texas AG Ken Paxton - has blocked the ruling of a lower court judge who allowed a Texas woman, carrying a fetus with Trisomy-18 and certain to die, an abortion. And doctors have stated if this is not done, the woman could lose fertility, face sepsis, and worse. Instead, a criminal AG and the Texas Taliban are in control. (The stay is "temporary", with "no regards to the merits of the case", meaning this is ongoing, but no time line was given for when the stay would be revisited, and the woman is already 20 weeks along.) In the end? THIS is what is driving voting turnout, and the media is frantic to try to shrug off abortion because Dump means money. But so far, it's not working. And may that continue. And may this story above keep in the headlines to remind so many just what is at stake if the GQP and/or Trump prevails again.

Yes, back in September, and only two days before what would have been his 44th birthday.

So the Friends pilot is on now on Nick At Nite, and I completely forgot that John Allen Nelson (Warren Lockridge #1) played Paul the Wine Guy, a co-worker at the restaurant Monica worked at who she dated - then found out he was a player. (Wonder if he ever got a piece of the show's residual pie for that role?)

Well, Steve's last appearance was in freaking 1979. And Stephen Schnetzer played him! Being gone so damned long, the show should/could beg Schnetzer to come back - with a family in tow - or recast with said family and put a bit more focus on some Horton relatives. Steve would have a LOT to catch up upon with sister Julie, half-sister Hope, and his various nieces, nephews, and cousins, etc.

Courteney Cox also posted on her Instagram. I don't know how to embed. But she also put up the London bed scene along with her post. The actual scene, and an outtake with her and Matthew. https://www.instagram.com/p/Czo5_9PSZJ2/?hl=en Seems sort of fitting that LeBlanc and Cox would be the first two to honor Perry, considering Monica and Joey's connections to Chandler.

Mason Capwell and Cruz Castillo on Santa Barbara could maybe qualify. Mason started out as somewhat of a rich sleaze, but his issues with his parents and his romances with both Mary and Julia fleshed him out, and he was hardly ever not front and center, especially with Lane Davies in the role. Gordon Thomson was also really good. Ironically, the one you'd think would have been just as great, Terry Lester [especially since - on paper - Mason and Jack had similar qualities/family structure], seemed to make Mason more of a comic sort of character [yes, the writing, but still]. And Cruz, well...he seemed on the periphery - until he sparked with Marcy Walker's Eden. Then he [and they] was/were everywhere. One could argue to the show's detriment, since, when Eden left, the character of Cruz floundered [with bad writing by then] and never really recovered. Which is why I'm not surprised that A Martinez left for LA Law at the first opportunity.

Bradley Whitford posted a lovely tribute to his Studio 60 co-star, Matthew Perry, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzE21DGPHU0/

How eerie and ironic that two talented men, and both still young, pass away because of struggles with addiction/other health issues. Like Matthew Perry, I hope Tyler Christopher finds peace wherever he is now. My heart goes out to his kids and other loved ones. Such a shock.

Now I hope those that were slamming the cast [not here!] for not running to social media the minute Matthew died will leave them the hell alone to grieve the loss of their friend, no pun intended. The whole culture of expecting everyone to make their grief public on social media is just gross.