Contessa Donatella

Politics aside, she was a victim. And, not only that, but she has carried the show, acting wise, for a year. I would of course prefer she not be a Republican but it has nothing to do with the way I feel about Alarr, as I said, or about her lawsuit, or about Corday letting all this sh*t happen. Maybe you want to beat her there? I don't care what you think of her politics, as much as I would prefer she have the same as me, she is still a hero to me. I plan to watch the entire podcast. You do whatever you please. And, J Swift, stop gatekeeping. You do not wear it well. But, I am done with this.

I am never, not ever, going to change how I feel about the monster Albert Alarr. He was evil & he was allowed free reign for far too long!!! And, I still praise Fran Drescher for putting together Corday, someone from Sony & 2 of her people from the union. Before that, there was no sign of anything but that slap on the wrist. And, after they met with SAG-AFTRA, the next day Alarr's butt was fired. Your union at work for you!!! Hell yeah.

I am waiting till I hear the whole thing.

What I want to know is since when does any teenager FORGET HIS PHONE?!!! That is not only impossible, it's CRAZY.

6-14-24 BTS Tross is one of three. Other two are Trina & Ava.

Well, they spent a small fortune to get her to leave DAYS & come to GH!!

So, get this, now on B&B Heather Tom is going to be playing Josh Morrow's son's mother, when she used to play Victoria Newman, Nick Newman's sister. Talk about soapy!!!

OMG, Sam says to Carly, "I know why Jason let us think he was dead."

Good Morning! Instant coffee is not really coffee.

Santa Barbara, Bridget & Jerome Dobson, New World & NBC, the issue, the lockout, the lawsuits & the impact on the show. Wesley Hyatt Ency of Daytime: Wikipedia entry for the show Wikipedia The Dobsons Fandom wiki Santa Barbara SOD Michael Fairman LA Times So, we know that Chuck Pratt is wrong & Anne Howard Bailey is correct. Some sources say the lock out began Oct. 1, 1987. Most say 1988. I distinctly remember that New World settled first and NBC let it drag on some but I couldn't find actual dates for either of the two settlements. We further know that the Dobsons won & they were paid an unknown of money. We also have this quote from Bridget from an interview, "It was impossible for Anne Howard Bailey to get inside my head, and I could not get in her head. She has a darker view of life than I do; I think she thinks of me as Pollyanna, and I think of her as Darth Vader." - Bridget Dobson, about SB

I don't believe that history works out as a way to disprove the well-known lore of Frank's supposed strong preferences. I also don't believe, for example, that preferences would prevent him from casting Greg Vaughn. However if you're thinking of the last woman to play Lulu, that is a hard no!

Oh, I have always said John Black should be Father of the Year over all soaps!!!

The ubiquitous "they" say that online viewers of soaps today make up approximately 12% of viewers. Used to be 10. I have NO clue how anyone comes up with numbers like that, though!!!

I find that quite unimaginable. However, I can imagine Spencer coming to Trina in a dream & telling her something that will release her to move on. Not that the actress needs that scene but some fans do.

Iris's "Da-dd-ee" was a wonderful father to her, to Paulina, as if to Matthew, and to Amanda.. On GL Josh Lewis was a wonderful father, and at times only parent, to Marah & Shayne and as if to Tammy & RJ. On DAYS Tom Horton was both a wonderful father to their 5 & a wonderful grandfather, too.

Well, if you are former, then, do you look at the pool scene & think what good friends they are or are you not former but still and look at the pool scene & want more, much more? Liz fans this week have made me crazy. I mean I like Liz but I'm not a former or still Liason fan. So I was happy & high, because she was finally FINALLY free of Fizzle Fazzled!!! I've been advocating with the #FreeLiz folks for over a year. I mean, my god, no more maple syrup loving!!! Hooray!

Yes, me, too. The writing for Jason is giving us more, quite a bit more. And, at the same time, apparently Steve is also giving more, which makes for a nice happy connection between character & actor. It was really something that Jake put his anger to the side & called Jason! Then we had that moment when Finn was escalating in his poor treatment of Liz & out of the darkness suddenly we heard ... Jason's voice! "Take your hands off of her." Talk about calvary! Jake said "Please go save my mom." And Jason said, "Done." Then, of course, he had nowhere to take her & they needed to debrief, together. The closed MC pool was perfect.

So that makes it 1980.

I believe we will be having more Jason & Jake. Not sure about Liz, Sam or Danny. And, no, that's not a spoiler, just a very strong guess.

I just re-watched the clip of that win, a video I've watched dozens of times & I don't get any sense that Bridget was avoiding him, mostly she like the rest were just so thrilled & also I believe she was right in being in a hurry to make her way to the podium. However, I'm here to ask for help. I cannot find my notes & I am annoyed. What were the exact dates for: them being locked out, settling with New World & settling with NBC? Thanks!

Another thing that has been long said about that day when Frons announced the cancelation of AMC & OLTL is that they wanted to cancel GH also but they did not have a show ready to put in its place. I have no idea if this lore has any basis in fact.

Happy Saturday! Happy Pride! Here is today's quote, “Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.” - Lady Gaga

Well, once again, YouTube has closed my account. Their reason, as stated by them, is that I have violated their standards in regard to spam, scams & deceptive practices. All of my uploads are either parts of soap episodes, or full episodes, or interviews & award show clips concerning soaps. There is no possibility even of anything being spam, or scams or in any way deceptive. I appealed, of course, Denied. So I have begun moving files to Rumble, where I am told none of this ridiculous business goes on. We shall see. To begin there, I have uploaded consecutive days of 1989 AW. These are disks I had long had & done nothing with & now have dealt with them so they can be shared. As such: https://rumble.com/v51xanr-another-world-8-24-89.html This completes consecutive days of this soap from 7-28-89 to 8-24-89. Another World.

I had no idea about that. Interesting. I was trying to catch something that was said to the effect that GH had been running overages which they covered with revenue from OLTL. (Supposedly.) I also had no idea that this kind of chicanery was going on behind the scenes in ABC soap accounting. Shades of GL & John Conboy supposedly overspending his budget & thereby digging into future Ellen Wheeler's budget. This should not have happened on any soap, anywhere, anytime.

IMO if NBC had really wanted to live up to their promises to the Dobsons & fully supported Santa Barbara, they would have fired Anne Howard Bailey & averted the lock-out also the two lawsuits, with New World & with NBC.