Contessa Donatella

On 10/2/2019 at 4:11 PM, YRfan23 said:

Everyone keep Tricia Cast in your prayers her husband passed away.  

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.

Speaking about Michelle Stafford, though, our weekday caretaker watches Y&R & so I see some of it sometime & I just think Gina was better.

19 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

I find Days entertaining. It is perfect? No, but as much as I detest ReRon, he seems to at least be trying

Even I think DOOL is trying. Of course, GL was trying like crazy at the end.

50 minutes ago, Mitch said:

Good lord how the mighty have fallen..wasnt she such a big star that P& G sent a helicopter to get her to work everyday? Oh honey, I hope you saved your money...

P&G sent a helicopter for her, yep. And, they let her work 4 day work weeks, not 5! The mighty have indeed fallen.

50 minutes ago, Mitch said:

 

Seriously, hope she has beat the demon drink. As for Zimmer, I would have volunteered to be her designated driver, in between bars and stops for burriots and tacos...(You just know Kimmer likes to eat when she has a few..)

I didn't know that!

1 hour ago, Mitch said:

 

 

Never got the Carl Rachel thing...when I watched in college on and off, he was trying to kill her and her family...too much suspension of belief to think that Rachel would accept him...and yea, I am with the network, the long hair on that old guy....only soap opera watching "fraus" : )  would think that was HOT or exotic. But I can't believe they gave "old" people a love story so there is a plus there.

 

Yeah, you're with my brother there. Me, I loved Carl & Rachel. The YouTube Cips we put up of Carl & Rachel #1, #2 and #3 are great to me.

I just found and got a new kindle book: The Unofficial Guide to Daytime Soap Operas 1950-Present Fortunately it was only 89 cents because I think we know everything in it all ready.

6 hours ago, Donna B said:

 

If she was, no one knew about it. But, you have to remember that when she had the DUI & terrible accident, it was years after she'd left AW. End of AW, she was at ATWT for 2 days.Then she went directly to GH. Didn't she do Y&R after that? And, then, she had the accident. I think that tracks.

If we go back to OLTL to begin at the beginning I think she was in 5 soaps total.

And now we have to remember that Zimmer had a DUI.

On 10/8/2019 at 12:21 PM, Errol said:

Thank you for following and sticking with us along on our journey. We hope to continue seeing you along the ride as we've got several great things coming your way soon.

 

Thank goodness for the SON Community.

2 hours ago, chrisml said:

These two are the options? Wheeler or Phelps? Is there a none of the above option?JFP did much more damage to daytime than Wheeler did. She ruined four shows I watched before her tenure (had given up on YR by the time she got her grubby hands on it). I know people get up in arms about the Peapack stuff, but if the story had been there, I think viewers would have gone with it to save their show. I think Goutman was worse than Wheeler (as his tenure went on) but that's hardly praise.

Goutman is a mixed bag because he was good at AW & terrible at ATWT. You'd need a third show tiebreaker. I think it's shameful that people blame Ellen for the things they do. Phelps is much worse. Conboy is much worse. Then you have peeps like Rauch who also were mixed  bags - great some places & rotten to the core elsewhere. And we're not even getting into one of the worst modern aspects & that' s network interference!

27 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

I still don't understand why they couldn't have brought back Alex Marshall back when Nick was still alive on this show.  Having him, Marie, Jessica and perhaps even Scott might've helped give Nick a firmer footing on the canvas.

Okay, Alex, Marie, Jessica, Eve? Nick?

I watched 10-15 minutes of it today. Spent most of that time trying to remember if that was Denice Richardson or not.

3 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Amen!

 

 

Amen to this as well!

They did considerable work deciding on Ellen. And, I, for one, am glad they did. They had two Directors shadow Goutman for 2 years in preparation. Then, they made a decision.

2 hours ago, Melroser said:

I loved Ellen Wheeler during her first stint of AW but not so much the second. Though that was probably more the writing where they made Marley crazy.

 

I'm glad I never watched much of GL during the Peapack debacle. The few times I tried to watch the show I couldn't handle the way they were shooting it. As far as the building houses out in the community thing, I tune in to soaps to watch something dramatic, soapy, and escape...not watch someone pound nails and building a house. I could do that somewhere here in town! 

I truly loved watching the show. And, I found the different episodes inspiring.

12 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Which is sooooooo not saying much, lol.

ROTF! That is so funny!

16 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Perhaps, if I hadn't been worn down by years of awful writing, @BetterForgotten, I would agree with you.  However, by the time Laiman and Passanante came along, I was desperate for anything on AW to hold my interest -- and you know I'd have to BE desperate, too, to even give two shits about something screwy as Lumina!

Oh, @Khan, Lumina was so bad! David Halliday/Jordan Stark with the facial disfiguration, UGH, can we say Phantom of the Opera?!!

And, David/Jordan was after both Rachel & Amanda. Yuck!

And, Cameron, of The Secret Garden with Amanda & Ally, had that soft "barely there" hair & spoke just as softly. Where The Secret Garden was really just a maze of shrubbery.

16 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

 

However, in a way, that neglect worked in AW's favor.  When AW was cancelled, it was in much better shape, overall, than it had been in quite some time. 

I thought the end 90s were better than you did. Carl & Rachel's love story & time walking through the Poet's Corner were wonderful, if you ask me. Of course, Matt & Amanda were always against that. In real life, my brother was against it too. Our family grew up with both AW & DOOL.

On 10/5/2019 at 8:54 AM, Faulkner said:

Holy sh!t. She is riveting. Fantastic scene.

On 10/5/2019 at 12:25 PM, Khan said:

 

"RENEE DIMERA HAS SURVIVED!  AND NONE OF YOU -- I MEAN NONE OF YOU -- ARE EVER GONNA HURT ME AGAIN!!"

 

She was right.  Nobody in that room ever hurt her again, lol!

 

I don't understand why everyone felt compelled to stay there and listen to her, though.  She wasn't detaining anyone.  Just walk out the [!@#$%^&*] door, people.

 

It's interesting that with all the characters DAYS has brought back from the dead over the years, Renee DiMera is one who has STAYED dead.

Tell me what the link is for this. I've got some people on Facebook who want to see it.

16 minutes ago, ReddFoxx said:

Not sure if this is just a joke, but if it's not it is worth wondering who smelled bad, lol.

29 minutes ago, shamoostew said:

My sister lives in Peapack. Everyone in town loved Ellen Wheeler and the crew. 

I love hearing that they loved EW & the crew!

I'll laugh with you. LOL

4 minutes ago, juppiter said:

We have to realize, though, that the writing was on the wall. I do respect her for a last ditch effort to try something different to save the show. It was a disaster, but at least they tried.

Yes, the writing was on the wall for both ATWT & GL. Then, of course, across the pathway, the writing was on the wall for AMC & OLTL, too. We have lived through a truly terrible time.

7 minutes ago, VanessaReardon said:

Marcia says that you need a time out on that AW bench! 

ROTF! Okay. I'll be glad to go visit the AW Fan Bench. Tell her to join me. You both can.

On 9/19/2019 at 9:25 PM, Donna B said:

He edited an anthology:

Disco Divas: Women and Popular Culture in the 1970s

edited by Sherrie A. Inness

Dr. Thomas D. Petitjean

 

He often put out CFPs aka Calls For Papers for Conferences.

 

On 9/19/2019 at 8:53 PM, Donna B said:

Dr. Thomas D. Petitjean Jr.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 8, 2006, at a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Catholic Church for Dr. Thomas D. Petitjean Jr., 49, who died Friday, May 5, 2006, at his residence in Natchitoches, La.
interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery No. 2 Mausoleum.
Survivors include his parents, Thomas D. and Evelyn S. Petitjean, of Rayne; one sister, Andree' Wingate and husband, Marvin, of Rayne; two brothers, Mayor Jim Petitjean and wife, Lyn , of Rayne, and Joe Petitjean, of Rayne; five nieces, Alexis Wingate, Alanna Wingate, Elise Petitjean, Mariette Petitjean, Ann Petitjean, all of Rayne; and one nephew, Nicholas "Pete" Petitjean, of Rayne.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sonnier Sr. and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dave Petitjean Sr.
An LSU graduate, Dr. Petitjean obtained his Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr. Petitjean was an Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La. and had served in that capacity for the past seven years. He also was a member of Phi Delta Kappa Education Honor Fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honor Fraternity, and the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. Dr. Petitjean was a published author, having written three books and numerous technical writing publications.
During the ten years that Dr. Petitjean lived in New York, he held various positions including promotion director for New York Magazine, a

 

s well as being a script writer for "Another World" and "As The World Turns". Dr. Petitjean taught at Rayne High School for five years and was selected Teacher of the Year in 1995. As a teenager, he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
“Doc” as his students referred to him, touched everyone that he came in contact with and forever changed the lives of those whom he taught. He also cherished time spent with his nieces and nephew. He will be deeply missed by family and friends.
A rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The family requested visiting hours be observed from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. Sunday and continue from 8 a.m. Monday until service time.
Arrangements were entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne.

Read more: http://www.genlookups.com/la/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/577#ixzz601Ovqu3g

 

He used a pseudonym for the three novels he successfully published. With fans online, in RATSm, he used another pseudonym. He was a best firend to Anna Stuart (aka Donna Love). He & I were very close.

VanessaReardon, The next time you talk to Marcia McCabe, ask her about knowing this P&G writer, Tom Petitjean. I believe he was a friend of hers & of Chris's.

45 minutes ago, shamoostew said:

Was Jenson B a drunk back during her AW days?

If she was, no one knew about it. But, you have to remember that when she had the DUI & terrible accident, it was years after she'd left AW. End of AW, she was at ATWT for 2 days.Then she went directly to GH. Didn't she do Y&R after that? And, then, she had the accident. I think that tracks.

33 minutes ago, VanessaReardon said:

I’m in contact with Marcia and you are quite wrong, Donna. 

Great! Glad to hear it. Tell her she was excellent on SFT. And, that we all loved her as Bunny Eberhardt on AW.

11 minutes ago, VanessaReardon said:

Donna - can you PLEASE stick to facts! Goutman & McCabe divorced in 2016 - LONG after ATWT went off the air. Stop spreading misinformation. God you’re annoying!! 

If Goutman & McCabe divorced in 2016, I'm fine with that. I still would imagine from everything we've all heard about Chris Goutman from 2004 on that he was living a miserable life. If that's an issue of fact to you, okay. It's not to me.

While I'm talking about Ellen, which I rarely do unless I'm talking to AW fans or people on the GL team, I'll sort of break my habit & post an interesting anecdote: "My agent called me on a Friday at about 6 pm and said 'Now, what soap did you audition for first?' I said, 'RYAN'S HOPE.' And he said, 'Then what?' I said 'SANTA BARBARA.' 'And then what?' 'DAYS OF OUR LIVES.' 'Well, you were just cast on ANOTHER WORLD and you start on Tuesday.' Imagine how fast she had to begin. (She played Marley Love Hudson and Vicky Love Hudson 1984-1986; Marley Love Hudson 1998-present. ALL MY CHILDREN 2 roles Cindy & Karen; BOLD & BEAUTIFUL Sarah, Sheila's friend; AS THE WORLD TURNS Director; GUIDING LIGHT Executive Producer. Marley & Cindy won Emmys.) Wheeler left the role in 1986 and returned in 1988. ... "I felt that total connection to Jensen, the second I was back. I didn't even know her, so that's really weird. We had been parts of the same person. We had helped create the same people. A part of what I did influences how Vicky is today and part of what she did influences how my Marley is today, so it's an odd thing to say, but it gave us a common ground immediately." (Oddly, at the end of ANOTHER WORLD, Ellen played a taller Marley than Jensen played a shorter Vicky. - twins that were different heights.) Ellen Wheeler was once married to Tom Eplin. She has nothing but glowing things to say about him as an acting partner to different actresses - herself, Anne Heche, Jensen Buchanan and Molly Conlon.

You are welcome to JFP if you choose her. I definitely do not choose her. And, I am a huge fan of Ellen Wheeler's. That's not a new thing for me to be saying here. I've said it before. She was a complicated lady but she was on the side of brilliance. And, she was strong. And, she made hard decisions. There's no way that Peapack was worse than killing Mo! Heck, John Conboy was probably one of GL's show killers! And, he wasn't even alone: he had Weston with him. She came up with solutions when they were needed. And, after Conboy spent his own budget & hers, too, leaving her with a deficit, she came up with money, with budgets. And, then, there was the writing: Otalia and Jammy were two of GL's best storylines. The Wednesday shows were so special. Going out into the community & building houses was an amazing that that they did. While I'm at it, did you all know that Beth Chamberlin knew how to use every power tool?!!! The only thing wrong with GL at the end was that they had to scramble so much for budget - which they successfully did - and that they needed to have been free of ConWest period - and that they didn't have enough time. If they had only had the amount of time that ATWT did ... If Jess hadn't had to be away for maternity leave ... GL just had a crunch.

Thanks, vf. Preciate it!

On 11/2/2017 at 11:01 AM, BellaCuore said:

The Official "Off Topic" Thread

 

Get to know other posters and speak of anything other than soap opera's, primetime shows or politics. Great way to make new friends, get to know one another, get advice, share life experiences and much more. 

So, here we are, Wed., Oct. 9th & it is Transplant Time on Daytime!

On B&B Katie needs a kidney.

And, on DOOL, we can beat that, because Julie needs a heart & there's a brain dead donor lying around!