Contessa Donatella

👊👍🫰✌️👏🤣🤣 Brilliance. Although there were other uniforms for the women that I disliked MUCH more than the pastels. And, yes, Reva, Cassie, Beth, Lizzie, Blake were all blondes but Olivia & Natalia were not. Oh, hell, Tammy & Doris & Daisy & okay, I concede. Too many blondes. Harley! Lucy. SURRENDER. Riiiight. Which is why I said I was on the right track because I VERY rarely bet. ....

I never bet! Apparently I'm on the right track.

No, I do not think so. Ally Sweeney began playing Sami in 1987 & James E. REILLY wrote "Buried Alive" in 1993. But, I'm not sure what an impact he may have had on Sami because her rape & subsequent shooting Alan Harris, her rapist, in the genital area was also in 1993, I believe. Unsure. You may be onto something. I'm not sure who was writing Sunset Beach for, just one example, the turkey baster story, but there were some pretty OTT stories on that show, I think. But, it's no surprise that there would be copy catting on the general theme of "outrageous" stories & that is because Reilly maintained ratings at a time when almost everyone else had decline & he got new viewers during that same timeframe. Even though he lost veteran fans. I mean someone at CBS insisted that GL do the clone story. Don't you think that was likely in reaction to Reilly's success at DAYS? IMO bad.

I am sorry that we have vastly different feelings about the verb to b*tch. I like the word. You seem not to. I offended you. That was not my intent. Sorry. Also I bet you don't know what lighting under Paul Rauch at GL was like.

You incorrectly assume here that my use of the word b*tching is somehow a criticism of people offering constructive criticism. I assure it is not. It's a perfectly good word. And, I literally used it about myself. Although it is true that one could make an inference. To sum up, I do see people bit*hing about the way the program is lit but I happen to think it's justified. 🙄😉🥴😵‍💫🙊🙉🙈

This is why I'm not b*tching about the lighting. Years of being [cough-forced-to-see-cough] used to the Rauch Philosophy of Grossly Overlighting the Stage, the Actors, the Uniforms I force them to wear, ... And, now, of course, I watch DAYS which is apparently lit by candles that were on sale ...

I feel like there are many people who want Peter on but they MEAN it to be Jason Brooks, OG Peter. Me, I would be okay if it were Dietz. I count him among the GOOD.

Video Promo #2 Extended Version is now my new favorite by 4000%! And, ... "I am done being disrespected. DONE." - BTG "It warms my heart to see this beautiful family. I am so proud of each & every one of you." - BTG "So much for 'stop by for a cup of coffee.'" - BTG "You need to remember who you are -- a Dupree woman. Find your inner strength." - BTG "I fell in love with an inconvenient man." "Now you have to deal with the inconvenient consequences." - BTG

Temp recasts do tend to have the blessing of being of short duration!!!

Apparently Monday's GH has OOPS been broadcast by CityTV. https://x.com/stallioncity/status/1883173998118453484/photo/1 Enigma @stallioncity Oops #CityTv has posted Monday’s episode of #GH - not a bad way to spend a very cold Saturday morning in

I tend to agree, completely. Edit to add: I meant to say didn't RH do a way OTT story about Delia & a gorilla? Makes me wonder if Reilly wrote that. I think I'll ask Tom Lisanti if he knows. I don't think you are wrong here. I like using it as long as I am in possession of a whole lot of grains of salt, which I always am. But, I also like catching it in errors & schooling it. And, I do that a lot! LOL, possibly perverse but I do not care. And, to bend over in trying to be fair, I only find it a bit worse, in terms of errors, than imdb & wikipedia, not a lot worse. Basically Internet sources are suspect. In the past it was a whole lot worse, which tells me that the people who feed info into their AI systems are including more soap history which I find encouraging but odd. Still, my very most favorite soap/AI error was very early on. I asked it what soap & character did Susan Lucci's daughter play. It replied that Liza was being played by Jamie Luner. I was going for Liza on PSSN. It got the wrong Liza on the wrong show but it got A Liza. I told it what its error was & it told me it was so upset that it couldn't talk to me any more & shut down. 🙄😲😅

Please disregard. Posted in wrong topic.

Once again, Jane, you are a marvel.

As you might know, I am not a fan. But, I think I can be fair. And, I tend to have curiosity even about those I do not like. To begin near the beginning. He graduated from Brigham Young with a triple major: psychology, biology & social anthropology (whatever that last one even is). When he began his career writing soaps this is where he wrote, in order: RH, GH, Y&R, GL, BEACH, DAYS, PSSN. (Actually he wrote at DAYS both before & after Sunset Beach.) The writing style he is famous for can be seen at DAY & BEACH & PSSN of course. I explained to AI chat about the dilemma Curlee faced & I asked AI chat what Reilly's style was in 1991. Keep in mind AI can be wrong. This was the reply: So then I said that it seemed his style never changed. He replied that it evolved over time but that certain markers were always present. It was a question of degrees. The way I explain it to myself is that before DAYS, at more traditional soaps, Reilly followed rules & then, on his own, he either threw out all rules or made up his own rules. This time is also where IMO he gets into big trouble.

FWIW, I think the term "core four" is not only apt as a descriptor but elegant. And, it brings up absolutely zero negative connotations. If you ask me, you are more than capable of slinging words with the best.

And, now for a little political humor ... If you don't know about the Big Orange Head's comments about this giant faucet he thinks exists, look it up, it's well worth it.

Next Thursday, January 30th is the first day of February Sweeps. The first day is always the last Thursday in the month prior. A little bit about Sweeps! Sweeps in 2025 are kind of interesting. On one hand they no longer exist. On the other, everything happens as it always has. So, how is that possible? Yes, sure, often two very different things can be true. But, in this case these two ideas seem to work at odds to each other. How they no longer exist. As of about 4 years back, the A.C. Nielsen Co. stopped doing things during the 4 Sweeps period like they used to. So, from that perspective, their primary reason for existing is gone. But, the People Meters have replaced the old methodology. How things are the same. All the soaps continue to act as if the 4 periods continue to exist. They time their stories around the Sweeps. Big reveals are held for Sweeps periods. Climaxes to stories are timed for them. Denouements are scheduled for the second half of the months. Are you looking forward to February Sweeps?!!! What do you expect will happen on your show? A blog about Sweeps specifically & the Nielsen ratings more generally voices.com What is Sweeps Week? Understanding TV Ratings

When Nancy Curlee & her husband heard that the suits were putting them together with Jimmy (she calls Reilly Jimmy) they were suspicious. They thought because they had such different writing styles from him that TPTB were up to something, even perhaps planning this to sabotage them. So, they decided they would "show them" by uniting as a single front working together so the suits could not "get them." Most people think this worked brilliantly. When I think about this kind of shenanigans going on in the power levels of BTS at a soap, frankly it makes me go UGH. I mean how awful to have to have concerns like that when you are trying to create a soap.

It is really very hard to imagine anyone stepping into Connie Ford's shoes when it comes to Ada!!!!

The Ralph Ellis SFT Collection is housed at the University Libraries in Syracuse, NY. What they have is 7 very large boxes of scripts arranged by date. They tell me they will (for free) spend an hour looking through scripts for us. They estimate that would be 3 or 4 folders of scripts. I'm trying to figure out what dates to suggest!!! This is very exciting to me. I'm just at a loss as to what dates to ask for. I had thought it would be either '70, '71 or '72. Now Paul suggests to me that '70 is too early. Narrowing it down is my goal, so Paul's suggestion about '70 helps!

Perhaps someone should suggest that he is in fact a walking talking example of a waste that is hazardous!!

Maybe you don't have as much experience with errors in sources on the Internet as I do. If you don't, I am pleased for you. But, I am NOT surprised to run into these errors. However, I'm still quite interested in anyone here & any memory they might have about when it was that Scott proposed to Kathy.