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  1. On 4/23/2019 at 9:34 PM, j swift said:

     

     

    I don't get Tom, Erika's husband.  They introduce him as the guy from the Erin Brockovich trial, but Edward Masry is who is portrayed in the movie by Albert Finey, and he is the one locally who became famous for the trial.  So who is Tom?

     

     

    I think he might be from the firm they brought in to help them with all the clients, also portrayed in the movie.   I think that guy's name was even Tom.

  2. I LOVED Herman's Head- was just talking about it recently in fact.   Another gem of early FOX days- Get A Life! with Chris Elliot.   That sitcom embodied his odd sense of humor more than anything else he's ever done.  I remember he used to die at the end of every episode, at least in the early eps.

     


    The BABES intro was another fave of mine.  So tasteless.  So FOX.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ssgOyL0JLM

  3. On 2/16/2019 at 6:36 AM, vetsoapfan said:

    I am entranced by many of these stellar scenes from years gone by. We are so lucky to have them saved and available for viewing!

     

    It does sadden me, however, that so much extraordinary material from the past has been erased and therefore lost forever.

     

    One of the best scenes I have ever seen on daytime TV was from ANOTHER WORLD back in the late 1960s, during the engagement party for Alice Matthews and Steven Frame. Seething with jealousy that she had lost Steve to Alice, a vindictive and spiteful Rachel maneuvered to get Alice alone and then told her that she (Rachel) was pregnant with Steve's baby. Rachel was married to Alice's brother Russ at the time, but had set her marks on Steve and become pregnant. She was lying to everyone in town about the child's actual paternity, but she wanted Alice to know the truth, just to break Alice and Steven up. What a BITCH.

     

    Even today, five long decades later, I remember this classic scene (which Jacquie Courtney and Robin Strasser acted the HELL out of.) Excellent script, fine direction, brilliant acting. I wish y'all could have seen it.


    My mother always talked about this scene as well, with much of the same reverence you seem to have it.  It's downright sad we'll never get to see it, as I've always been curious about it.

  4. On 7/30/2018 at 8:29 PM, Khan said:

    You think that's something?  I was only five!

     

    Same- and I was 6 when I started watching- Gina pulls the plug on CC!!!

    On 7/30/2018 at 6:24 PM, Wendy said:

    Today is 34 years to the day that Santa Barbara premiered. God, I'm old! I was only 11 (12 later that year) when it started.

     

    RTSB is coming back as well............. stay tuned................

  5. On 5/17/2018 at 6:26 PM, amybrickwallace said:

     

    Thanks...I wasn't sure if it just folded or wound up being consolidated into a larger company.

     Thanks for the intel!
     

    On 7/9/2018 at 1:02 AM, DRW50 said:

    A brief piece on soaps about 10 minutes in. Features comments from Marcy Walker and A Martinez.

     

     


    Look forward to watching this.  Interesting that the still is on Jean LeClerc (ex-Jeremy, AMC/LOV).  Who is the woman in the still?  Genie Francis?  Christine Tudor?

  6. Santa Barbara was everything a soap should be and more. I'm proud to announce that I will be continuing my blog and picking up right where I left off. "Return to Santa Barbara" will return..... Soon. 

     

    Details to follow....

     

     

    OT but since when does SONY own the rights to 'Santa Barbara' anyway? Have the Dobsons sold their baby? Is NBC/New World now owned by SONY??!?  Things that make you go hmmmmm....

  7. 2 hours ago, alwaysAMC said:

    Atlanta taglines are HERE!!!  Finally.  They do NOT disappoint either, except for Porsha's boring ass.  I don't know what Kandi's means either - I wonder who she fires this year.  Nene and Sheree have the best, and Kenya/Cynthia are next best.

     

     

    Kandi Burruss: “Don’t mess with the boss, ‘cuz you might get fired!”

     I think she may be referring to Phaedra.

  8. 14 hours ago, Cheap21 said:

    Wow, I didnt realize it was that long. Here was the very first post

     

    it'll be interesting to read through and see how my opinions have changed


    SO weird!!!   I just yesterday went and started re-reading this thread from the beginning!  It was fun reading the reactions to Scary Island as it originally aired- too bad the thread hadn't quite caught fire yet because only a few people posted about it.

  9. 8 hours ago, GSGfan2017 said:

    @juniorz1 What do you have to say about this?

     

    Marcy gained weight toward the end of her AMC run, no question.  It didn't help that they started dressing her positively frumpy in the 2000s.   I remember when they showed flashbacks in her initial last episode, it was glaring how differently they dressed her in the 90s vs. the 2000s.

  10. On 9/13/2017 at 11:05 PM, GSGfan2017 said:

    What should I say to someone who insists that Robin Wright was the top female star on Santa Barbara?

     

    That she was for the first year or so- AND that of the entire cast over the years, she is the one that SB launched into legitimate stardom.  It's actually a very telling story for actors that consider soaps to be a "training ground."  With all of the cast turnover in those 9 years, SB only launched one actual star.  Sure some actors that left did get work in other mediums, but the ratio when you factor in the ones that left to pursue greener pastures doesn't bode well for leaving a soap for fame and fortune.

  11. That whole oh-so-80s ending sequence is everything!!!   Just watching that 3 minutes makes me want to watch the show and know more!!!  I want to know why Evie wasn't asked to be in the shoot, why she's pissed about, if the blonde guy who gets his passport stamped is Estelle's son or her lover, is that guy for real with that beard, why is he holding Estelle captive, is the airport part of the compound, is the entire nation on the bearded guy's payroll........ so much!!!!  Wonder if someone posted the next episode...

     

    Gosh I'd forgotten what a great group of women SFT had in those days.  I loved Suzy, Liza (Sherry Mathis), and Sunny, but Jo, Estelle, Stephanie, Wendy- I really like each character for who they are and find them compelling to watch, even all these years later.  My memories of Search are few and far between, as I only watched it from age 3-7, but going back, I can see why certain things stuck with me.  I wish Wendy had, especially since I've been told stories about how angry I was at Wendy for sleeping with Warren while he was married to Suzy.  I believe that's why I often think of the Suzy that came before this one with such affection.   Though I really love the actress playing Suzy in these years now and think of her as Suzy, I remember that as a child, I didn't feel the same way about her.  I always missed MY Suzy.

  12. @Nothin'ButAttitude- No doubt!  Plus season 2 had all those crazy supporting characters that weren't a part of the cast but were in the framework of the story.  There was so much to keep up with, so much going on, and they didn't even need to film together every episode for it to be sheer greatness.  Hell, Ana wasn't even at Lisa's Lingerie Party, if you recall.  Season 3 should have told the story much in the same vein and unlike other housewives shows, they easily just could have added Alexia to the cast and went 8 deep.  Hell, she was basically a full cast member in season 2 anyway.  They should have BEGGED Karent to return and no way should they have cut Ana.  So many mistakes were made for season 3 and they wonder why the ratings went down.

     

    The other thing I like is RHOM really captured the essence of Miami in a way no other franchise (save NYC) really does for their city.  Living in Florida and having been to Miami many times, I miss that.

     

    It's still my all-time favorite franchise and I'd KILL to have it back.

  13. On 8/26/2017 at 8:20 PM, John said:

    Because its most likely true. If RW hadnt been on Santa Barbara she may have nver had the chance for Princess Bride. She just comes off bratty about her soap stint and like or not it gave her a career

     

    It's completely true.  Rob Reiner discovered her by watching her on SB..  Either he or his wife watched her on the show and when he saw her, he thought she'd make the perfect Buttercup.  That's how the story has always gone.

  14. 2 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

    My guess is that they paired Hogan (show hog) with Patti to tie him to Jo...since 1986 was when the show started focusing back on Jo again.  Didnt they deage Patti when the last actress came on to play her?  I think the character would have been 40 at least...and the shoe could habe cast a 40 year old and still paired her with Hogan..who was late 30s.

     

     

     

    I don't think so, at least I don't remember it that way.  The Patti/Hogan relationship was in a vacuum of sorts, they rarely shared scenes with characters other than one another.  I don't remember Hogan having much of a relationship at all with Jo when he was with Patti.   Patti did, but if they were trying to tie Hogan to Jo, they hadn't done it before they went off the air.

  15. 3 hours ago, robbwolff said:

     

    Hogan and Sunny had a beautiful romance in 1983-1984. Then Hogan left Henderson. He returned in the spring of 1985 and the writers paired him with Liza. David Forsyth had amazing chemistry with both Sherry Mathis and Marcia McCabe. But Mathis left and Louan Gideon assumed the role. Sunny became needy and clingy. Didn't she fake paralysis? The storyline bombed. We were clearly meant to root for Hogan and Liza but the coupling failed. 

     

    That's what I remember- the '83-'84 romance.  I completely blocked out the Liza affair, even though I know it happened.  Sherry Mathis was so beautiful and perfect as Liza.  Louan Gideon was one of the shoddiest recasts I've ever seen- and the first recast I believe I experienced watching soaps (MJ on Another World was the next blow for me).  I really loved Liza but couldn't stand her when Gideon took over. I don't know what casting was smoking thinking she was a suitable replacement for Mathis.  She didn't even look how Liza should have looked, not only because she didn't look like Mathis, but because.... she looked like a stay-at-home-mom with 3 kids.

     

    I believe Hogan and Sunny were still working together during and after Liza and I still felt they had chemistry.  I don't remember Sunny ever being paralyzed or pretending to- I really hope that didn't happen because it would be so out of character for Sunny.  Either way, I was super upset when the show brought Patti on and paired her with Hogan.  I didn't care for the actress and didn't feel she had any chemistry with David Forsyth, not even close to what he had with McCabe.  They twisted the knife pretty hard when they ended the series with them getting married.

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