Contessa Donatella

Somehow my new text got squished into the quoted material. Here below is what I added. (This is really weird.) Our being fast AW buddies cannot be reiterated too much!

EESH. Did I phuck up? Sorry, Mona, that was not real aggression. Wheee. It's just an anecdote I have always loved. She looked in her closet & every single garment seemed like MARY MARY MARY & she says she tossed her whole closet & went shopping the next day.

Cool, no problem. It relates to her identity as Mary Matthews. And, that is something that an actor might feel. But, I'm not sure what you're looking for either. Yes, it's me. That was play. May not have gone over.

NOTE NOT IN LEMAY BOOK

You got a problem? Not at all from Lemay. Her own account, on the AWHP.

So, do we believe the anecdote that she threw everything in her closet out one day when she realized all of her clothes were Mary's, not hers? This may be something I am hard wired about, strictly because I have received punitive measures just from doing exactly this kind of off-topic talk!

A linguistics professor, lecturing in class, said, "In English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages a double negative is still a negative. But no language has a double positive forming a negative." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

On this we agree. 🤔😏👌😉🤣

Well, he auditioned for Brennan & they really liked his audition BUT they liked this other guy for Brennan, so they put a pin in him. Someday are we gonna hear that they were tossing around who they could bring in as a new Fed & somehow this guy & that historical character's name, basically, all came together? LOL! He actually said that the first thing that needs to happen at GH is to fire that Frank guy. Right, not an inducement to employment.

There is no question that Agnes saved the show. Pete did not save the show. Instead he created an era that is considered to be "golden" whatever the heck that is supposed to mean. But, what he did in getting AW to be #2 after ATWT's #1 was please the absolute dickens out of P&G who then were only happier when GL was #3. Rankings are as important as ratings. I'm not nearly as concerned about what Pete may or may not have claimed as I am of what he did. Possibly history, and fans & scholars could appreciate what he did & speak about it better than he could.

Let me put it another way entirely. We were told to expect bigotry from Ali's family. We saw her reaction. After she left we heard Ali describe how her mother bobbed & weaved, changing the subject & refusing to acknowledge her & then up & leaving. Then the actress says, "Nope, not homophobic." This & that, which may be valid also, but she says it is instead. And, I still say this is akin to a villain saying their character is not a villain but is just misunderstood. This is just actors being actors & I happen to adore them. Anyway, in the coming weeks, one way or another, we are going to find out! And, I hope it's a great story & I still think these scripts were tweaked. I do not see this kind of insight & perception into character from Dan & Chris. YMMV of course.

And is turning Me into a b-tch, too. Famously or infamously, Bette Davis said, "Old age is not for sissies." God, was she ever right!

I saw someone saying that they thought she'd had so much work done & she looked the worse for it. While I keep saying that she looks more beautiful today than she did 10 years ago. And, she was incredibly beautiful back then! So, like, whoever that person is, I suspect they need to have their glasses checked!

This past year for the first time I have culled some of the pictures on my personal Facebook account & the reason I did - and it is the only reason - is because I got a new computer & did a lot of file transferring. I doubt I ever would have except that going through things sorta forces you to do a little reorganizing.

When I look at the Nielsens, ratings & rankings, it seems to me that Pete's claims hold up. This is from wikipedia. Edit: When I look at the Nielsens, ratings & rankings, it seems to me that Pete's record holds up. 1968-69 1 ATWT 13.8 2 SFT 10.7 3 AW 10.5 30" 1970-71 1 ATWT 12.4 2 EON 10.1 3 GL 9.7 4 AW 9.5/32 share 30" 4 DAYS 9.5/32 share 1972-73 1 ATWT 10.6 2 DAYS 9.9 3 AW 9.7/33 share 30" 1973-74 1 ATWT 9.7/33 share 2 AW 9.7/32 share 30" 3 DAYS 9.7/32 share 1974-75 1 ATWT 10.8 2 AW 9.7 30" 3 DAYS 9.7 1975-76 1 ATWT 9.4 2 AW 8.9 60" 1976-77 1 ATWT 9.9 2 AW 9.0 60" 3 GL 8.9 1977-78 1 ATWT 8.6/31 share 2 AW 8.6/28 share 60" 1978-1979 AW 8th 7.5/25 Mar. 5th '79 1st 90 min. show. So, Pete Lemay 1971-1979 Rankings 4th to 3rd to 2nd -holding there - to 8th for the move to 90"

Personally I do not see it as an outcry. Just a very usual fan reaction. And, I am open to and anxious to see more of the actual character on the screen. I not only see this unaware bigotry but also embarrassment & shock that she did not know. Both are insightful & perceptive for a character who has just learned this about her daughter. So, what I see is good writing & good acting & some extra press coverage where some questionable things were said. It got blown up here today but I don't think it was because of my original post.

I have an online friend who met Pete late in his life. He spent the better part of an afternoon & evening with him, just talking, the two of them, largely of course, about the show. He said he remained bitter about only one thing. We should all be able to guess what. The gay storyline that P&G cheated him out of. Recently in my forum a Canadian poster waxed very terribly euphoric about Beverlee McKinsey & about her City Lights interview & went on quite a bit about how adored she & AW & TEXAS were in Canada, as if it's something we didn't know. But, still, a new delightful poster & then today he posted this. I love Catherine O'Hara is this is to me hilarious. Did y'all know about this SCTV parody? 🌻 🎉🥳🍾🥂

I only say 12-15! Anyway, I've been waiting for a reaction from you to Nina being so sincerely of the belief that she is Sonny's best something er other. I mean, if I screamed BRENDA at the screen, what must you have done?!!!

I did not attempt to quote you, I actually did quote you & I knew that you were referring to ranger's post. And, again first & foremost I had already posted the link to the article. Your saying here that no one posted it is in fact ignorant of what was posted. And,, also your saying that no one posted it when in fact I did is frightfully silly. And here is the link that supposedly was not posted.

I did in fact post the link to the article. Several of us tried to find the video of the WLS-Chicago original interview, without success, although I also emailed the station so they may have put it up after interest was shown. And, again I would reiterate that Errol does this all the time, quoting things that were said in other interviews. And, no, SoapHub is not some inferior click-bait site, not at all. Michael Maloney, Janet Di Lauro, Alina Sivorinsky Wickham, etc. are top-notch. Maloney was who Lee Bell chose to write a 2012 book about Bill Bell with. (Excellent book.) Alina has numerous soap books to her name. Di Lauro was previously on the Weekly team.

I'm sorry for any confusion. I think that it is this other person who is supposed to be ignoring me by order of Toups that I am calling a troll. And, it is me who is the object of their trolling. Although if I am right & they are impersonating Vee & Liberty City, then they too are victims of this ... person. I would love to be unimportant to them!!! I'm sure you can imagine. Good work as always, Jane!

What in the world are you on about now? The link is present to read the interview. And in fact I was attacked by someone using your username & in the comments section on SoapHub. I would hope that people would stay in touch with what actually happened instead of speaking about it as if it was someone's nightmarish fantasy. I'm only seeing this because you were quoted. And, I in no way said or did anything to make someone refer to the fabulous, incredible Eva LaRue whose acting is amazing, ... poor Eva LaRue.?!!! HUH?!! I would point out to you that this is a device that Errol uses all of the time. And, in fact, Wardrobe did recreate Lila's gown but we've not yet seen that. It wasn't the issue that you describe here.

Well, we're going to be seeing more of this, and when we do we will find out more about Natalia's mindset. Obviously we're not done with this.

Yep, two totally different dresses! They had a crisis of epic proportions.

Will BLQ have a reaction that we will see? And, her fans, will they stick by her?