Contessa Donatella

In the modern era the sheer numbers of changed & changing execs at AW & ATWT & GL damaged P&G/NYC immeasurably!!!! P&G's stewardship of those soaps & their managerial decision-making literally KILLED those soaps.

Mariah? Aubrey quit? WHY? Was it Marty West? Conboy? Weston? It's not Mariah, ... what is it? Heck. MARINA

Wasn't that the Watergate hearings, so first she was pregnant with Hope for 19 months? Another possibility, when Susan thought she was raped but then decided it had been consensual?

Sonny vs Ava. Ric vs Sonny. Molly vs Kristina. Ric's daughter vs Sonny's daughter. Alexis vs what she didn't know. Sam vs Jason. This is no longer the hospital soap. This is Versus. Same day as the funeral.

But, you are right to point it out. THE EXAMPLE is clearly there to be seen.

Now, you hit on a sore spot with me. Liz said to her, "I'm so glad to have my Best Nurse back." UGH. Huh? Doesn't seem real or realistic to me for the Head Nurse to have said that to Willow in advance of her first shift back at work as a nurse. I did not care for Willow's leaving nursing & then did not care for her leaving being that transplant organ group spokesperson, so Willow is on notice by me to see if she's ready to settle down. Enough already. Also I am not keen on sex between Michael's uncle Drew & this girl! Nina should have told Willow right off that she & Drew are regularly doing the wild thing. Too late now.

I have a 1982 DAYS promo that is visually Stefano & Lee DuMonde (Brenda Benet). The odd thing about it is that it is NOT Joe's voice!!! No idea who the male voice is. ... Hmm, unless what if it is Joe Mascolo but before he settled on the Eurotrash accent? I don't know now that I think about that.

Lucky/Holly, problematic but I suspect part of the reason is Genie's annual vacay. Timing, IOW. Agree with your other assessments BUT I thought that Joss last week with Carly was compelling, VERY.

Actually I would love it if we got GatiTweets, Liesl, back with us! I think she is an excellent actress & after all, she was REALLY the one who saved Willow's life. Not Drew. Plus, she barged directly ahead, ignoring Nina, and said to Willow, "We are family. I am here for you. Now." And, that appealed to Willow & got past her stubbornness about her new mom she was not at all keen on, at that time. Marty, I love. I don't even care about the accent, yes, or no, either way. Cyrus, no use for him, even though I get that Jeff Kober is a find. Also, the romance of Martin & Lucy was terribly awfully delish. We could easily do that again.

Why are they in such a hurry? Another why. Why is Clyde still living & breathing?

Last year I put the Re-watch summaries of '91 all in one post & it seemed far too long. So, now I'm going to try it with separate posts. We'll see if that is better. DAYS Fri., 1-3-92. Carly gets off the phone & tells Bo that was Victor & he says for her to come NOW to sign the annulment papers. Bo is furious that Vic is "jerking them around again" but decides to go with her to try to forestall any problems from Victor. He tried to reach Mickey by phone but it wasn't possible. Carly also hates it that Victor is continuing to "pull stuff" but she is so anxious to be rid of the title "Mrs. Victor Kiriakis" that she is headed out the door. There was a line about this being the first shot over the bow in this new year. At the docks, John is struggling to fill out a job application. His past is still a mystery to him, so he gets stuck on questions like Marital Status! He thought he was coming to a job interview & was taken off guard by the required paperwork. Izzy arrives. They talk. She tries to be supportive and encouraging. She suggests they go to Salem Hospital & come back here after. She needs a prenatal check-up & John is due for an appt. with Marlena. At the cop shop, Marlena surprises Brian & Roman with lunch. That's the biggest brown bag you ever see! At Victor's he signs 4 places. Bo has words for Vic. Carly, to Vic, "You really have NO SHAME, do you?" Marlena asks John if he has had any flashes of memory? No, none at all. He says he's frustrated that these 3 articles (ring, etc.) have not helped at all. She suggests something that has been successful in the past, hypnosis. He agrees to it. Almost immediately after he is "under" he throws his head back, eyes closed, face in a grimace, gasping for air ... Very quickly Doc brings him up & out of it. 1 - 2 - 3 you're back. John, it's me, you're safe. He says he wanted to speak, wanted to scream, couldn't. He says water has something to do with it. He wants her to put him back under. She says, no, too much trauma already for one day. Next time they will try again. Session is over for today. Lawrence has a flashback of making love to Katarina (Carly). Alice found out that Jack hadn't eaten anything in several days. She fixes him 3 takeout bags & leaves them for him at Alice's Restaurant. He takes them back to his & Jenn's place to eat. (She's gone to DC.) Izzy is served to be a defense witness in Victor's competency trial. Victor is hoping to be found incompetent so he can't be held responsible for vile things he's done. It's an elaborate ploy. Marlena examines him & finds him very sane. Bo & Izzy visit briefly. Bo opens an invitation. It's to a ceremony honoring him & John & Roman for their finding of the lost codicils in the Mayan Ruins last year. Marlena confides to Roman that Victor threatened her.

Unknown, actually. Learning more each day. So far, though, it is only about DAYS, not even also about Y&R. That is why there is some speculation that it relates to the upcoming 60th anniversary of the show.

I can't help but think this is horribly triggering for Kelly right now. Just awful timing.

Wallingford's was so good as a tribute, but, no, they simply did not invest in it.

I have just seen a cease and desist letter posted by someone who previously posted Classic DAYS clips & this is not from x.com nor is it from the third party people previously referenced. This is from Sony. This is something of a change. This poster is a Steve & Kayla fan account.

I know that the thing was supposed to have been "Jeff & Penny" but I think that the couple my mother was in thrall to & about was "Neil & Penny". It's been so long that I am no longer sure.

I have some Brenda Benet & we can get together in private msg & I will help you out. A promo with her in it. The huge fight she & Bill Hayes had on the occasion of Doug & Julie wedding #2, Something more but at the moment, It is not in my brain. Don't worry cause it's on my computer .

In a way Scott got the short end of the stick, not just one stick, all of the sticks.

Yes, UGH ... definitely applies! IMO, copyright law, at least in the US, is a big problem, or maybe one kind of big problem for fans & fandom & another kind of big problem for the corporations who live & die by the standards & laws that govern their actions. When they went to court over the first VCRs they knew this problem was going to manifest. When Paramount sent cease & desist letters to every sci-forum on every message board, or similar, all over the young, burgeoning world wide web, forbidding basically any image that looked like any "spaceship" ... OY!!

I find I am forced totally to agree with you. And, I'm not even bothered that you felt the need to literally ONE UP my 1000%. Just exaggerating the exaggeration. Sounds like a song title from the 50s. Maybe Doris Day. 🤌🫵👌😉

Yet, still doing well on Hulu.

Oh, my. If you ask me, Lumina was far far worse. Egyptian/Arizona content, NO COMMENT. Lumina had only one semi-redeeming factor, costume ball. Also, though, do love Denise Alexander but it was quite hard to watch how pitifully they misused her!!! Me, count me 1000% against pillow being a triplet. Ridiculous!

Oh, I see. Yeah, that doesn't work because the only thing it could be would be TG & that won't work at all because of Tony Geary. As it is we have SB, SaBa, SuBe & BEACH & that's all because both Santa Barbara & Sunset Beach would prefer being "SB" & they can't both be. Alternately, people do PSSN, PSSNS, PSNS & some fans of that show, say, NO, spell it out. They are quite sure they do not like ANY of the 3-5 letter abbreviations, possible for it. I'm sure I will go with whatever the big dogs under whatever porch I happen to be at, are using. You're the big dog here, so GATES it is!!

I just did a very quick dive to see how Michele Val Jean is referring to it in Twi/X posts. Every time she's doing this: #TheGates Most recent two examples: #TheGates are closed today. It’s my birthday! 🎉🎂🎈 Aug 27 Today was a big day for #TheGates. Wish I could share more but I needed to at least mark it. If you know, you know 🥰

Yeah, I think he reached out by phone, not still there. IOW, you are correct.