Contessa Donatella

12-27-65 Christmas Day 21:05 The Intro is missing. Quality: Good throughout. Location: Boston Tony & Jim's apartment, the Horton's house in Salem Cast: Lilene Miller (Lil), Tony, Craig, Tom, Alice, Marie In Boston in the apartment, Lil & Tony are decorating a tree. Lil has bought steaks, potatos & wine. She begins to prepare dinner. Tony sets the table & opens & pours the wine. Craig comes in, it's a surprise seeing him. He asks Tony to return to Salem with him. Tony declines. They all 3 toast. Craig leaves to catch his flight back. Lil & Tony talk about Christmas & trees & dinner. Lil - There! How's that? Tony - Perfect Lil - Turned like that you can hardly see the bare spots. Tony - It's a nice tree, Lil. Lil - I have a thing about bargains, and this sure was a bargain. (turning to him) That's an old trick my Pop taught me about buying Christmas trees. Wait till the last minute on Christmas Eve, and the dealers practically throw trees at you. Alice is on the phone with Addy who they're meeting later at the church for midnight mass. Tom is looking forward to all the Hortons who will be sitting together. Marie doesn't want to go. They talk her into it. She goes upstairs to change clothes. Mickey calls & tells Alice that there's already a line forming at the church. When Tom goes up to see if Marie's ready, she's changed her mind. Tom sends Alice on to the church. He stays home with Marie. They talk in front of a roaring fire. Marie - When you plan to share a life with someone & then they're not there ... Tom reads some scripture. Marie - The Star of Bethlehem. Tom - It was a beacon. Alice returns home. She's in the dining room. Marie & Tom are seated. There's a knock at the door. It's Craig. They all toast to happiness in the New Year. Craig turns to Marie. "Especially for Marie." Marie - Thank you, Craig.

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11-11-65 Episode #4 21:29 Intro Same. Star Billing. Quality: A few scattered white lines but good quality over most Location: Bartlett's Dept. store, the Olson's house, the Horton's house, Jim's apartment in Boston Cast: Ben, Addy, Mr. Franklin, Julie, Steve, Mickey, Alice, Jim, Tony Ben is pacing the room, smoking a cigarette. Addy - Please sit down. You're not doing anything walking back & forth but making me more nervous. Mr. Franklin is doing the best that he can. Ben - Mr. Franklin better get this taken care of! He'd better be cooperative. If he doesn't, I'll go directly to his Board of Directors & he knows it. Addy - But if the tape shows what he says it does & the machinery has been put into motion, what can be done?! Ben - Imagine trying to entrap a teenage girl like that! It's probably unconstitutional. I'll check that out with Harry Grill, the best legal mind in the business. Addy - Sorry? I thought we'd decided to let Mickey handle this. Ben - Your brother may mean well but we don't see eye to eye. We absolutely can't continue ... Franklin enters saying, "Well, I think we're all set. Modern techniques are a way of life. I think if you'll both sit down you'll have a good view. Ben - We'll take a look at what you've got to show but if you think ... Franklin - If you'll just look at the screen. Believe me, I know how you feel. Addy - Now look, Carol & Diana are egging Julie on. ... Oh, no. Ben - It's a joke. ... Well, it's entrapment. He was just waiting there to arrest her. Franklin - I'm terribly sorry. At the Olson house, Steve is listening to a record when Ben & Addy come in. Julie comes in. Julie - Hello, mother. Ben - Don't be sarcastic. Addy - Hello, Julie. I'm not feeling very well. Your father will explain. Ben - We've been to Bartlett's. Julie - Did you pick up any bargains? Ben continues - Sit down. Over there. We've just seen you on closed circuit TV. Set up to catch shoplifters. We saw you steal. Like a common thief! You picked up a cheap fur & stuffed it in your bag like it was gold. We saw it with our very own eyes. On film. Julie - Was it in color? Ben - I'm telling you what we saw! (He leans down & puts his face very close to hers.) I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget. Maybe what you need is an old-fashioned whipping. Maybe we didn't do enough of that. Now, we're going to set up a whole new set of rules & if you disobey ANY of them you are going to be punished. We've spoiled you. A common thief. You don't have any respect for others. As long as you live in this house you'll live by my rules. I'm not a violent man, Julie. But, you've gone too far. From now on, you're grounded. No going anywhere, no car, nobody can visit you, no radio, no record player, no TV. You'll be on a strict schedule: school, homework & housework. It's about time you helped your mother around the house. Julie - How can I help her when she's never here? Ben - There's plenty to be done. Now listen here. The phone rings & Julie jumps up to go get it. Ben - Your mother will get it, or Susan will. That's another thing, any telephone calls ... Addy comes in, saying, "Ben, I won't have that. Ben - This is out of your hands. Addy - What are you saying? This is out of my hands?! Addy tells him the phone is for him, someone from work. Ben - Tell her I'm busy. He mentions someone's name who is there that she can speak to. I'm calling Harry Grill to handle this whole thing. Addy - I won't have this. I want Mickey to handle this. Ben - Julie's been getting away with murder because you're never here to disclipline her & guide her, Addy - I will not have you blame me for Julie's behavior. What kind of father have you been? You're never home. We can never plan anything because of your appointments. Ben - A good percentage of the bank's transactions are done during the dinner hour. You know that. Julie - Shall I leave you two lovebirds alone? (mocking) Miss Olson, tell us about your family life? Addy - What goes on between your father & me has nothing to do with you. We saw the tape. We know what you've done. We may squabble but your father & I are in complete agreement about you. And your behavior IS going to change. You can start right now by making a salad for dinner. And cook left an oven pan in the sink. I want it scraped & washed & put into the dishwasher, now, young lady. Steve comes into the room & says, "Uncle Mickey is on the phone." Addy - I forgot about Mickey. If you think Harry Grill would be willing to help but please I want Mickey to handle this. I trust him. They hug. At the Horton's house, Mickey is on the phone with Ben. Mickey - Yes, I know Grill. I don't mind if you ... alright. Let's just leave it at that. Goodbye, Ben. Tom - He means well. Mickey - Julie & Addie are one thing but dealing with that brother-in-law of mine, really! Alice comes in. Mickey - Dad, you've got to be kidding. Alice - I like having you here. Except when you argue with your brother-in-law on the phone. They're doing the best they can. They're good people. Mickey - Stubborn, blind. He thinks everything can be fixed. He doesn't realize that Julie's in serious trouble & I don't just mean this shoplifting charge. Alice - I'm sure. He & Addy have taken this very hard. Mickey - Mom, you know they've been far from model parents. Julie's defiant, rebellious & she lies. How can you defend her? Tom - You were talking about Ben & Addy, not Julie. Alice - Addy has her hands full. Ben means well. There's not a mean bone in his body. They've both got good sense. I'm sure they'll work something out. They're a good family. You can't say otherwise. Mickey - Mom, I'm talking about values. They're concerned about protecting themselves not about ... Tom - If you're so antagonistic toward Ben perhaps you shouldn't involve yourself in this situation with Julie. Mickey - Addy wants me to. She asked me. Alice - Well, of course she does. She wouldn't have it any other way, Tom. Tom - Mickey isn't exactly impartial. Mickey - Well, Dad, surely you agree with me about Ben. Tom - Not necessarily. Ben is so busy making money that he doesn't have time to be a dad. And, to get love you have to be able to give it, be willing to give it & Ben isn't & doesn't. Don't you agree, Alice? Alice - I hope he'll the time now. It's late. Mickey & Tom decide to play a game of chess even though it's really too late. Mickey is going to stay over instead of going home to his apartment. In Boston, at Jim's apartment, Jim is telling Tony about having been at a restaurant & having 2 beautiful women with him & how much they ate, like food was going out of style, and the huge steak he had. Tony is unpacking. He takes out a picture of Marie, a portrait, and asks if he can put it out on the bookshelf. Jim says of course he can & asks if he can see it. He remarks on how beautiful she is. Tony agrees but then he is hit by a dizzy spell & almost falls. Jim catches him & eases him over to the bed. He's so dizzy he can't sit up & lies down. Jim asks him if he should call a doctor. Back at the Olsons, Julie takes a phone message for one of her parents. Steve says he's sorry it's messed up for her right now but it won't last forever. They're mad at you right now but things will get back to normal. Julie goes on a rant about how normal is just exactly what she doesn't want around here. She proceeds to tell Steve about her dream of moving to Chicago where this woman runs a modeling agency. Julie - I hate it here & no one here cares about me. She talks about wanting to change herself in different ways. Steve - I like you just the way you are. Julie - With family like you, who needs enemies?!!! Another woman, Stacey, and I are combining our 1965 & 1966 episodes, so we will each have more, not complete by any means, but more. She burns her episodes to DVDs & she likes to have detailed descriptions of what's on each. So, I said I would write detailed descriptions.

Personally I've found offering corrections to wikis is pretty painless, unlike trying to correct something on imdb.com or wikipedia, which is incredibly difficult to accomplish & as frustrating as one can imagine while attempting it. Correcting one factual error on Beverlee McKinsey's pages took 4 attempts on each site. An attempt to correct a factual error on Patrick Mulcahey's pages failed, utterly.

Agree & also agree with your presumed perspective that quite a bit about this writing team IS NOT CLEAR. I find them confounding, perplexing & downright confusing. Right! Or right? Anyway, yes, likely they would mess up fill-in-the-blank. But, you'd think a Gio/Trina/Kai triangle would write itself!! I am one who doesn't know what it is you're referencing with this "wacka wacka" phrase. In case you'd like to explain, here's a chance. But, if you'd rather not, that's okay, too.

LOL! Holes, then, an unreliable condom! Very very amusing. Although, no, I don't think it's funny that DAYS is introducing a pregnancy at this point into these people's story. I was a bit startled that the other day she defended her brother so, but now she seems to accept the idea that he is culpable. Leo's scenes with fill-in-the-blank are cringeworthy almost all the time, if not all, if you ask me! Oh, I wanted to slap Javi today! Talk about obnoxious! Wait. Why? And, does Leo deserve to have a known reputation as a stolen jewels fence? The best moment was finding out that it was the DNA switching that Mark has to do the 18 months for. Thar was unclear to me before & I like having the clarity now. Also it answers the question has anyone in Salem ever paid a price for tampering with DNA evidence? YES, someone is about to do so.

LOL! Yeah, this confirms several things I had heard that he's been saying! Sorry to say he sounds delusional to me! But, my #1 takeaway is that Cameron talks very fast, which Drew does not! Interesting. Also thanks for finding & posting this.

Iris was always a bit delusional about what was hers! Wants to get back what was "mine". Yeah, right. In whose universe, only in your mind. But, yes, John & Sharlene were really solid for a long time. When we raised money for the AW Fan Bench in Central Park, one of the compiled videos we offered as an inducement to people to donate, was "A Cory Christmas" & in it was the Snowflake Ball. Now, that is 3 files in my usual video hosting site, same name, Vol. 1, 2 & 3.

Absolutely! That & her supposed love for both Jason & also for Carly. I happen to be all in for a triangle of those three!

Cool. Easy error to make. Liz THEE historian, huh?!!

Just one question, who is ER? If you're talking GH HWs, don't you mean EK?

I thought he'd done other things, local to Salem & well before the attempted murder in France.

I don't require Sonny's death. I just want him to go away. Put him, preferably with Brenda, on an island where there is no extradition. Then I would promise to be a happier camper. At least for awhile.

I've been doing pretty well trying to ignore the presence of Melissa Reeves until today when that was busted wide open. So, today, for me, was not a good days, not at all. Far too much of her. It is what it is. Now, this part of the show, I really could get into. Once again, I'm glad that Belle Black is back & roaring to go! And, I think it will be helpful for her to be in town when the inevitable happens with John Black. And, yes, finally someone brought up there being no such thing as Salem having jurisdiction over something that happened in Paris, France. It was about dam*ed time.

I'm sure to some degree that this is true. I know that at GH they move at a pace that's been described as fast & furious. And, given how many episodes DAYS tapes in a week, the same has to be true of them. The last time Scott mentioned anything that was directing an actor was when he got Eric to make a jab instead of a roundhouse punch. So, a few years ago. I think it's the wrong thing to do, going so fast there's no time for acting & emoting & interpreting a scene.

Thank goodness they stopped the awful practice of wiping or erasing tapes.

She was my first live performer. Loved her in concert. Got to see her after. She was with Mac Davis. He'd performed that night, too. It was in Jackson, MS. It might've been the State Fair. Riding the whirl-a-gig & eating cotton candy, funnel cakes, so much junk. And, then getting to see the very petite Vikki Carr. Where does such a big voice come from such a teeny tiny woman?

I guess this is your way of saying you don't have any appreciation for any of the directors at DAYS. Scott McKinsey, Beverlee's son, an Emmy winner, is one of the members of the directing team & I believe him to be a good director. David Shaughnessy is another good director at DAYS. (brother of Charles [Shane], father of Amy, husband of Anne Schotte.)

When Lucky said that line a whole bunch of fandom guffawed! Personally, I don't see it.

My wish would be to see Pete Lemay's original tenure, I think. Day in & day out. The whole shebang, even the beginning of the awful 90 minute show.

Propping just generally is WRONG! I can't think of a single good reason for it. So, yeah, so do agree!