Contessa Donatella

Yes, I think so, too, I mean, she was available in 2 days time. Rearranging things that much would have been an excellent decision to make, if you ask me.

I admit to having a few favorite scenes in Ron's version. Bill Hayes as the guy who had the devil in him & was attempting to let him move to Marlena, was just an incredible 3 days!! One of those days was part of their WGA award submission, which they won. Next I really liked the exorcism. Right after it, when Tripp dared the devil to leave Allie & come into him, which he did, and then Tripp threw himself forcefully out of a 4th floor window to fall to certain death. Last Angel Bo bringing Tripp back to life.

It was definitely different. Back then they played everything literally, straight & so the overall effect was camp. Ron's version was written campy & they attempted to play it as such & a lot of it fell very flat. I was one who did not like the original of DevilDoc. But, it was superior to the modern attempt. Dragged on way too long. One day could last for weeks & weeks. I saw as many DAYS fans who were friends leave, as those like me, who stayed. Some of them went to GH & others went to AMC. Of course the show got so many new fans, too many to count.

No sense at all! Ron is a puzzle. At times he seems to get it. Other times it's like he stopped caring. Yet more times it is hard not to think he's just a hack. But, I didn't appreciate the through the window nonsense & was just as annoyed when they had him spend one whole precious scene in the square with Leo.

Brava or Bravo! Climbing through that window was something I'm trying to block out of my mind. That's how bad.

People do not have to post in public to give an opinion, or even to say thanks for posting a clip. And, I don't need you to school me about posting a fairly simple reply. Thanks all the same. I'm not sure if exactly when the precursors to the actual storyline got underway. But, the most famous days of being sure that it was happening are the middle week of May 1995.

I'm just going to say this. Just as there are people who don't like Rumble, there are also plenty of people, here, who could care less & have no problem, at all, with my posting that clips are there. What I suggest is that we all let each other be. No one is making you go there. It's strictly voluntary.

You were right you shouldn't have. Please go insult someone else.

Cuties!!!

Agreed. Talk about a great recast! Nothing about her makes me think of AMC. As it should be.

What you don't seem to follow is that YouTube is not a viable alternative to me. I tried it & it worked for years, but it doesn't any longer. They shut down my whole account twice in 10 months. All because one of the things I post is DAYS clips & Sony is on the warpath. Understand or not, it is what it is.

11-15-65 Episode #6 21:02 Quality: lots of problems, many white lines & rolling screens Locations: the Hortons inside & out & several rooms, Jim's apartment in Boston Cast: Tom, Addy, Alice, Marie Addy walks up. Tom is sitting up on something reading something, with a pair of hedge trimmers beside him. She talks briefly to him & then goes inside because she's come to see her mother. Addy interrupts Alice vacuuming. They talk, about Julie & Ben at first. Then, Alice remarks on how she brought all 5 of her children up the same way & they all turned out so different from each other. Addy makes it clear to Alice that she does not like it that Julie is close to Marie. An ex of Marie's had money which is something Tony doesn't have. Alice changes the subject saying that Mickey is very worried about Julie & doesn't want Ben to cover this up, that Julie's got to learn conssequences to actions before she gets into really serious trouble. Marie comes in & Addy turns on her. Addy: Marie, you are not Julie's mother. Marie makes a logical response. Addy makes a harsh retort. Marie leaves the table & the room. It was a fight! Tom, outside still, now he's trimming a hedge. Marie comes up to him & is talking about why she always takes Addy's bait, wishing she didn't rise to it. Tom & Marie discuss family issues. Back inside, Alice tells Marie she shouldn't have stormed out like she did. A patient comes to the house & Tom sees him. The patient has an ulcer & they're taking their meds but they haven't changed their diet or lifestyle. He says it's too hard to eat the bland diet & he can't help but get upset about things at work. Tom goes over the importance of giving up spicy foods & not letting stress get to him. Tom wants to see him in 1 week. He says he doesn't have the time. Tom insists on an hour, Monday at 4 pm. In the other room Addy makes a crack about the newlyweds having to struggle financially because Tony will be a teacher. They get into another fight over Julie. Addy leaves abruptly. In Boston, at Jim's apartment, where Tony is staying. Jim comes in. Tony had just been laying on the bed. He says he had to fill out all these forms. Jim had made plans with some guys for him & Tony to meet up with them. Tony says he hopes he gets this fellowship but he doubts that he did well on the interview. Tony is dizzy again. Jim calls a doctor to come see Tony, who stumbles & falls. Jim catches him before he hits the floor. Tony insists he doesn't need to see a doctor. At the Hortons, Alice & Marie are talking about the fact that Addy left upset after this other fight over Julie. Tom comes in & says, "You're not protecting Julie by saying Addy is not a good mother." They're supposed to see the judge tomorrow. Tom: You're our last daughter & we're losing you.

I'm very suspicious. I think either he's alive or that, a previously unknown identical twin!

There's yet another mainstream article, just as amusing. https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/evan-hofer-discusses-general-hospital-character-dexs-death-excl/

I happen to agree with you that these writers (and Frank, of course) will do anything or have any character do anything or say anything to advance whatever plot point they are pursuing. I have said that they are incorrigible in this way. But, I will say, in defense of soapy messy goodness, they have made Drew infinitely more interesting as scuzzy sleazeball than before when he was just a placeholder, a cypher. Michael has always needed something to really sink his teeth into. Willow's motivation, to me, was always clear since she mistakenly thinks Drew was a savior to her, plain old hero worship. Nina needs no explanation as she is & always has been crazy & CW is just the perfect person to play that.

I haven't seen this yet, about to go read it now but another fan told me it had factual errors & also said that the shows have to pay mags like this to do stories like this. No idea if true or not, but it didn't seem out of the realm of the possible considering mainstream pays so little attention to daytime, usually. Back from reading it, LMAO!!!

11-10-1965 Episode #3 Intro, Star Billing 20:37 Usual quality. Locations: Hortons, airport, Bartlett's Dept. store Cast: Ben, Addy, Marie, Julie, Mickey, Mr. Franklin Ben & Addy arrive, fairly late in the evening. Marie lets them in. Almost immediately Ben & Mickey begin to argue about the shoplifting. Addy is ribbing Marie about some past guy who Marie says broke up with her. Addy thinks he was a real catch & Marie should have fought for him. Ben says Marie & Mickey don't understand because they've never had kids. He asks EXACTLY what do the police have on Julie? Mickey outlines: the fur, the guy saw her take it, etc. Ben: Has Bartlett's Dept. store actually pressed charges yet? He's planning on getting them to drop it. He's more concerned about appearances & possible media coverage or people talking about it. Julie comes in the room. Addy: Why did you do it? If you'd told us you wanted it, we'd have gotten it for you. Ben & Addy begin to argue blaming each other for this happening. They tell Marie to butt out again & she leaves the room. Addy says Mickey is a fine lawyer. Ben says he's your brother & I tolerate him. Addy says they need to go home because Mom & Dad will come down if we go on this way. Julie doesn't want to go home with them. She wants to stay where she is. Ben says that is just too bad because she has to do what they say. What she wants does not matter. At the airport, Craig & Marie are seeing Tony off, to Boston, for an interview for a teaching fellowship. Crag: Is Jim meeting you? Tony: I think so but if he doesn't I'll just take a cab. Marie & Tony talk about having children. Tony leaves. At Bartlett's Dept. store, Ben & Addy are there to meet with a Mr. Franklin. Ben says his daughter never meant to take the fur. She & her friends were just joking around. He pushes for any charges to be dropped. Mr. Franklin says there's no way that could happen. They have the entire incident on film & both the police & the insurance people have seen it. Ben & Addy don't believe it! Mr. Frankly says they can see it for themselves. He goes to arrange for them to view it. Back at the Hortons, outside, Marie & Craig talk about missing Tony. She calls Craig "Mr. Merritt" not Craig. He invites them to live with him if they stay in Salem. She tells him her mother wants him to wear his uniform to the wedding. This seems to please him.

In my usual video hosting site, my usual account name, I have 3 compiled videos of Cory Christmas Vol. 1, 2 & 3. Then I have AW Christmases 1982 through 1987 consecutive, then 1990 & 91, last 1993 through 1997, 17 files total. I also have 2 GL Christmases. The easiest way to access them is to do a search on the word Christmas. If you want an exact link, PM me. I understand about the extremes of opinions. Sometimes discussion makes that appear worse than it actually is. I would hope that Tom will take into account written & published material as well as the interviews he conducts. HER STORIES by Elana Levine has the best overview of the network expansion IMO. As has been stated already there's a fair amount in Lemay's book. I don't know what Tom's plans are but I'm going to keep a good thought. It's very exciting for this to be covered at all.

I thought I had all 3 but I was wrong. We are all 3 of us missing the same episodes. This suggests to us that they may not exist at least not in cyberspace at this time. Sorry to bring bad news.

11-9-65 Episode #2 20:54 Intro, Star Billing This is very dark. Hard to see faces. Otherwise quality is typical of these very early episodes. Cast: Julie, Tom, Mickey, Tony, Marie, Tony's father Craig, a detective Locations: Cop shop, Horton House The show opens on Julie having a meltdown. Tom & Mickey are trying to talk to her at the cop shop. She is really shrieking. The detective says he saw her take the stole. Her friends agreed with his version of events. Tom talks to her about a time when she was quite young & they were somewhere with a large crowd of people & she got lost from him & she got nowhere but just kept screaming, "Grandpa!" You were just spinning your wheels. Well, you still do this. It's what you're doing right now. You're all over the place. Tom's going to again try to reach Ben & Addy. Julie persists in saying that they're at some party & wouldn't want to be disturbed. Tom says if he can't get them he'd try to work something out. Julie excitedly indicates to anyone who will listen that she would love it if she could go to her grandmother & grandfather's house. (That's Tom & Alice) Mickey's trying to get her to see reason while he's looking at a folder on her that shows the authorities have spoken to her about different things on 4 prior times. Julie really has a mouth on her! They are leaving & taking Julie with them. At the Hortons: Tony & Marie are kissing. They stop when she begins to laugh. He lights a cigarette. Marie envisions, out loud: Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Merritt have taken up residence in Boston. They play around & tease & say they love each other. Tony's father, Craig arrives & remarks that it's late & don't they both have early mornings. They do. Craig & Tony leave. Tom arrives with Julie. Marie: It's after midnight. What's going on? Tom: Tell ya later. Julie: I'm under arrest. Marie: Did you take it, Julie? Julie: I was just trying it on. It must have fallen into my bag. Marie asks if Julie can go upstairs & lie down since it's so late. Marie shows Julie her bridal gown, to try to distract her. Tom lets them know that Ben & Addy have been found & are on their way. Julie doesn't want to see her parents, at all. She says they don't care about her. She wants to know if she can't just stay here? She says that here everyone loves her. Tom: Just lie down for a bit. Julie: I'm not even tired. Tom: If you keep saying it's your parents faults. Get your temper under control. She breaks down then & agrees with Tom & hugs him.

I'm pleased with this move, also, but I was just interested in the Latin machismo aspect of it.

If it were me, I wouldn't look to a broadcast network. No, I'd look to streamers. Hulu, Peacock, maybe even Tubi or Prime Video, etc. Thanks for this. I wondered. Yes, that IS what I was going by in thinking the date they said is wrong.

I noticed that, too. https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-hawthorne-69879911/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3239007/

This is bugging me. In this article, https://www.soapoperaspy.com/2024/yr-and-bb-spoilers-schedule-changes-coming-for-2025/ It says this Isn't that a different date? IOW, is this wrong?

I like the scenes betw Belle & Brady, Shawn & Jada. Loved the confrontation betw Ava & Kristen. Also I am enjoying the feud betw Xander & Philip. I've changed my mind about this actor now playing Philip. I didn't like him at first but now I think he's got it down. And, yes, he even makes Stephanie more interesting! I get it that Rafe needs to work for Black Patch because it's going to be losing John, but was it Latin machismo that kept him from working for Jada? Overall, an excellent day.