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I have one episode where Iris and Vivien have a late night talk when they both can't sleep, it was shown on WoST actually. I'm getting closer and closer to the ou-Yay ube-Tay thing.

LOL, I know right.

BM did say in her "Daytime's Most Wanted" interview that Rauch had invited her back pre-Joan but she declined. Knowing how he rolls, maybe that's why he slid in remarks like, "Joan could be the most fabulous Alexandra yet" (I remember Michael Logan being particularly offended by that statement).

Although she was a cool blonde like Constance, Beverlee would have had to have played Myrna, all that bitchy glam riding off of Iris. She would have resembled Marla Adams' Myrna.

Checking out that Nicolas Coster interview and other old pics, my God Marla Adams was a fine ass woman in her day.

One thing I've always been curious about is what other names Conboy and company bandied about for the leads in Capitol. Beverlee McKinsey shared that she was friends with John Conboy in her infamous Michael Logan interview (going back to their days at LIAMST) and I wonder if he would have liked her for Myrna.

I had to chuckle and pat myself on the back when I stumbled upon the following article. A renewed sense of trust in my hunches/educated guesses:

http://www.beverleemckinsey.com/daytimetvmay1982_2.jpg

(^^from the marvelous BeverleeMcKinsey.com that I discovered this evening, this site is an absolute TREASURE... great work Liz!)

Anyone else think that The Days of the Week's Violet McKay and Mojo were *heavily* influenced by a certain AW pair?:

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Right down to the condo.

Violet=Iris

McKay=McKinsey

Most famously, Escape to Witch Mountain and Hello, Larry which was a failed spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes starring McLean Stevenson. Here's her resume: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001668/

Not sure where to even ask this exactly as he's appeared on so many soaps, but did anyone around here link the We Love Soaps Nicolas Coster interview? It was a great read.

All that talk of ribs is making me so hungry.

My friend who worked with Danny Davis described him as "a monster", direct quote.

I believe I said this somewhere upthread, but the minute I heard about RH D.C., I *knew* that famewhore Paul Wharton was going to wiggle his wormy-looking way onto the show... and SHO' nuff. I'm from the D.C. area so I've seen his hosting work on local TV after I'd first seen him on that model show that used to come on VH1 where he got into it with that bitchy yet highly entertaining British agent. He also maintained a super pretentious blog for our local CW affiliate though I will give him the benefit of the doubt somewhat b/c he was playing up to the "fabulous life" thing they were going for. At ANY rate, I say all this to say that he in ways redeemed himself for me as a viewer on that last episode. To their faces and to the camera in the confessional-type commentary, he called the ladies out for how easy it is for them to say that Michaele should go back to selling makeup at Nordstrom or slinging hash as they sat up in Lynda's condo at the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown which you know SHE didn't pay for... well, not entirely. A D.C. modeling agency isn't bringing her in all that dough. They want to see Michaele and Tareq go down, I get it, but it really is simple: just stop associating with them. And they have. You can't (legally) wipe someone off the face of the earth, their social circle/the world will deal with Michaele and Tareq accordingly. Personally, I found them quite entertaining and I don't want to see them go. Michaele is the type of "villain" soaps should try writing sometimes. The sweet, smiling, passive-aggressive innocent. Michaele never does anything, bad things jsut happen to and around her. I kind of loved watching her.

However, my favorite character, the real voice of reason, has got to be Stacie's husband. He was cracking me up that last episode when Michaele and Tareq left out the back door.

Re: the list, David Tom was way too young and unbelievable for Joey after NF... they are forever trying to deage that guy.

"Nicholas Coster was originally slated to play CC on SB,but he was unavailable for the debut as he was still on contract to OLTL so he became Lionel"

Not that it didn't work out for the best, but a situation like that seems so aggravating/annoying! Imagine if Susan Lucci was booked for a commercial or something and ended up playing Cathy Craig on One Life because they "still wanted her."

Kim Burrell

Iditarod

Ike Turner

Quinn

Touch My Body - Aretha Franklin (YouTube it!)

Oh man, I saw that months ago and she took it to church like only Aretha can do. I was dying at the "I Will Hunt You Down!! " part. Speaking of which, have you seen the version by that little boy who is *just as sweet as he can be* as the elders around my way would say? Oh, and there's a YouTube clip where Mariah does an Aretha impression that's pretty cute. Shoot, let me stop typing and start linking...

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"Secret ren-a-doos..." My favorite comment is, "Boy, where is your mom?" And if he shakes that hair ONE more time... I know he's just a kid, but don't you hate it when people make singing videos and preface it with, "I'm really tired/I have a bit of a cold"? Wellll, why don't you WAIT until you wake the eff up/feel better to make the daggone thing??

And...

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Watchmen

Gil Scott Heron

Lard

Ollie

I thought the D.C. finale was actually pretty good. I didn't follow the Salahi mess in real time so having "gotten to know them a little" it was more interesting watching it play out. See, I thought they got the show BECAUSE they'd crashed the WH, I didn't realize that happened while they were already taping!

That picture of the Spauldings pretty much says it all.

I don't know what it is about JK, but she has always bugged the hell outta me. She and Marilu Henner.

Just annoying.

Oh. My. God. Mr. Fuji and The Magnificent Muraco, I haven't thought of those names in years! Wow, what a flashback. Look at Lisa hammin' it up...

R.I.P. The Queen of Gospel, Albertina Walker

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/08/albertina-walker-queen-of_n_756040.html

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I was never a big AW viewer, but on a superficial level, I am more taken by Cali T. as Paulina. She really looks like a lithe yet scrappy, gorgeous blonde princess that could be Mac's daughter and Iris' sister. Something about JE is a little more... "middle class" let's say.