Wendy

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.

Matthew Perry Was the Sarcastic Soul of ‘Friends’ (rollingstone.com)

Morgan Fairchild who, of course, played Chandler's mother, Nora Bing, shared her condolences:

Law enforcement says Matthew had a cardiac event while in his Jacuzzi and drowned. To say this stuns me is a VAST understatement. I know the guy struggled with his demons, but this hurts.

I just saw William Devane doing some Medicare ad. I barely recognized him [but then, I still have the vision of his younger self in my head!], but his voice was unmistakable.

I was hoping that Suzanne would defy the odds with cancer for a second time. I guess it was not meant to be. She brought a sweet naivete to Chrissy Snow that could have been just been just the requisite "ditzy blonde" [as was the case in the second Three's Company pilot with Susan Lanier as Chrissy]. May Ms. Somers rest easy. Well, Richard Klein [Larry] is still with us! [But I get you likely meant the main three!]

Yup, as a Gen-X'er, my first exposure to her was indeed her role as Carrie's zealot loon mother in Carrie. Scared the bejeesus out of me! However, before he became a big star [and revealed himself to be a piece of s**t!], Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie starred in the movie, Tim, about a mentally disabled man that falls for an older woman. This was the late '70s/early '80s, apparently. (It was remade as a TV movie here in the '90s with Candice Bergen having the role Piper Laurie played.) The latter was a novel before the film by Colleen McCullough who, naturally, was more well known for The Thorn Birds.

Let's just say I have soured on Ingo, but I do think Guza liked him. With Brenda - and with Alexis. I still remember the preordained Jax/Chloe push that Wendy Riche was endorsing, while the writing in the Mixed Marrieds with Ned/Chloe and Jax/Alexis often seemed to have sparkly moments with the latter couple. Whether that was just meant as filler or as a real threat to Ned/Alexis [and Jax/Chloe], I guess we'll never know. But once that story ended and it was clear that Jax/Chloe was bombing and Chloe mixed it up with Stavros/Stefan and Jax/Alexis was not ever going to advance, Jax just seemed to be in a holding pattern. One he never really exited. [Yes, he was paired with Carly. But he was ALWAYS the loser to Sonny there. Again. So... *shrug*]

Do it. You'll never regret it. And it opens up avenues for shows released overseas but not in the US.

And this is why I still have physical media: I have a region-free DVD/Blu-Ray player. I bought the German DVD edition of the TV series, Hunter, which has the ORIGINAL music, not the replacement crap on the US DVD set/streaming. (The show LOVED The Rolling Stones!) Bought it at the German Amazon branch, Amazon.de. Replacement music on any given show is usually very hit or miss. So if I can have a show as broadcast from elsewhere, why not?

Starting on Tuesday, October 10th. TV Line has an article detailing the music issues and what will remain and what won't.

As my name is Wendy, my parents used to play "Windy" and would sing that to me when I was really little. But I remember.

Thank you, @lucaslesann23! Nice of you! 😀

Holy crap! This one is a shocker. His birthday was only the day before mine. So sad that, ironically, this is reported on what would have been his birthday! I realize it's none of our business, but I do wonder how he died. Human nature, I suppose. May he rest in peace!

Don Schanke lives! 😛 (Any fan of Forever Knight gets this!) Loved him as the janitor in The Breakfast Club, too. Glad he's still plugging away! Another soap connection to FK is that the original pilot movie had Rick Springfield (ex-Noah Drake, GH) in the title role of Nick Knight.

Never got why Celeste and Heather fought over him. (Of course, Signy Coleman [Celeste] married Vincent Irizarry [Scott] off screen, so life imitated art, if just for a while.) Or Gina, for that matter. Faking blindness to be close to Scott Clark?

My favorite from Jimmy: Thanks for the memories of my parents singling along to Margaritaville and the above, Jimmy! Enjoy that Cheeseburger In Paradise!

Apparently, she died of a very rare cancer, ampullary cancer, an opening connecting the bile duct of the pancreas to the duodenum. She was also in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, playing an equestrian having an affair with her horse trainer. Her character was married to another ex-soap actor, Mark Pinter. So many former/current soap stars are dying too young. May Ms. Booth RIP. https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/one-life-to-live/one-life-to-live-actress-bronwen-booth-dead-at-59

This pic is worth it just for the Hollywood Squares/Paul Lynde references going on at TwitX!