Contessa Donatella

So tomorrow, when in Port Charles is Valentine's Day. How sweet. We finally meet the boyfriend & it's on that day.

Thanks to everyone. I understand. Still it seems excessive. Maybe you had to be there.

A whole week?!! That's crazy. Was this Pam Long? Quite obviously I didn't see it in the original just in clips & I didn't realize the thing about it going on for a week. I'm not sure but I think I'm appalled.

All I know, and I do know it because I watched the clip & also gave the link to Sharon Rose Gabet who was delighted with it since it confirmed what Brittany had always maintained. She shot him in self-defense. But the trial did not include video, of course, and she was unfairly found guilty.

@Maxim

I think they were starting with televised soaps, IOW they were ignoring all those radio years, which as we know is totally WRONG. Unfortunately this answer is less than helpful. Does anyone actually know when the heck the OP was talking about? I mean it matters. Phillip attacked that house with a piece of heavy moving equipment. A bulldozer IIRC. This is a perfect example when people are critical of this era, suddenly facts do not matter. Well, that is wrong & everyone knows it. Facts actually DO Matter.

Adult Morgan did quite a lot of posturing. You could see a gleam would appear in BC's eyes & that let me know we were in for a lot of an actor drawing attention to himself & frankly every bit of that was cringe-worthy.

Well, to me, you have to factor in the back and forth created by going from Agnes or Agnes-like stories contrasted with the anti-Agnes stories. Megan McTavish I am looking at you. And then, too, you have the problems mentioned upthread of any very long-running star of any US soap.

@Maxim I found this when GL used it for a montage.

That afternoon, the montage, this was the haunting song

About Morgan, in the beginning: no problem but no great shakes either. Later on though definitely problems. In his defense trying to put bipolar on him, seems like just asking for trouble. Not a good idea, IMO anyway. I loved KT, Britt, Brita, and this was in spite of, not because, of certain things. ALSO I love Liesl, Dr. O

James is the unquestionable best. Donna though has those dimples!

Are we talking about before or after Phillip tried to destroy Harley's house? You know the afternoon he kidnapped all the kids?

I know. My reply didn't require a reply. It's probably Çross Creek. Very famous also very tied to Josh and Reva. Also this P&G video produces mixed reactions: glad to see it but a really egregious error of fact!

Makea me laugh. Which wedding?

Yes, I think that was their perspective.

There are so many errors out there. Schemering pg. 334 chronology of US TV serials: Faraway Hill DuMont 1946 (not daytime) These Are My Children NBC 1949 A Woman to Remember DuMont 1949 The O'Neills DuMont 1949-50 One Man's Family NBC 1949-55 Hawkins Falls NBC 1950-55 The First Hundred Years CBS 1950-52 Miss Susan NBC 1951 etc.

What is "a GPT world"?

Cannot wait! Have to. But don't like it. Want NOW!!!!

When you think about them, right off, he gave her a mansion!

That was so much fun!!! Thanks! I really mean it.

Well good because they are.

I believe that the last time we saw Donna before this past week was when Carly had a family dinner. Donna & Carly & Joss were all in the kitchen & then others arrived. April 2024

Totally agree! Yet those dimples, oh my!!

There have been a number of things said here in the last 24 hours & I want to address some of them. To begin I know some people may think I am a Wheeler apologist or that I have a pro-Wheeler bias. I do not. My bias is actually pro-Hurst. But, I am not anti-Kim either. I have read her book, more than once & I have reviewed it & actually I have a blog about it. I recommend it to fans. I disagree with some of it but I agree with more. Now about this idea that a whole bunch of people affirm some of Kim's allegations, I cannot credit that. But, what I can credit is that many people had various criticisms of the new production model. It is important to keep the two things separate & distinct in our heads. Wheeler was not the equivalent of the new production model. It was just her job to try to implement it, without P&G providing either the budget or even moral support for the effort. Maureen Garrett's rather scathing negative comments to me were particularly apt. Now about this idea that Wheeler wanted to erase show history, I also cannot credit that. Please explain to me if you can how a person who could produce that loving homage to Irna Phillips & to the original radio show that they did for the anniversary, is that the same person that you say wanted to do away with show history?!!! What she was trying to do was what so many EPs have tried to do & that is to give the show a facelift. Now, moving on, this idea that she was trying to demean her star actress, obviously not only do I not credit it but I find no evidence of it & to me, frankly, the very idea is ludicrous. If anyone was, Reva at the end was a strong, even fierce, character. Did Ellen give her a hard time about her weight gain? No, she did not. No one at the show did anything even remotely like that. Kim retained the respect of her peers. Yes, we all know that she could be a handful but she was allowed the liberty to continue as she had been. Now about Wheeler being in over her head, what I said previously was that she was from the first week & continuing on from there. As you might recall I blame P&G for putting an inexperienced EP in the position they put her in. This would have been true if they had gone with their second choice, also. Now, possibly you may not credit what I have said about Kim & others crying in those last weeks. I can only tell you that they were working in very stressful times & situations. Emotions were running very high. The level of personal drama was also exceedingly high. The only other thing I have to say is that I appreciate them & their efforts. That they tried is to me important. Also there were things that I loved. Otalia & Jami were brilliant. I know many of you didn't but I loved the music. The primary singer/composer is someone I have had in my personal music library for years before.