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I'm not sure, but there's a good deal of Beverlee in the Barbados s/l on YouTube. I don't know how long that s/l lasted once Alex got involved. From what I've seen, it seems to have started and wrapped up rather quickly in terms of her facing Brandon and all of the truth coming out about Victoria, Penelope, and Conrad.

Ditto, I thought they were going to change mid-scene and I grinned when Roya popped up in that very Roya-Ava outfit. I remember her coming back but I don't recall what was going on with Lisa at the time, I'm sure my mother mentioned it from one of her SODs. If I ever have a daughter, Roya and Ava would be in strong consideration. BTW, I noticed this is a French dub. My French isn't great but with the (imperfect) closed captioning on, I can sort of follow along better than I can in Italian.

Funny, I just caught some of Lydia's episodes on YouTube last night. There were at least three: https://youtu.be/wWalpnoA_MY?t=2m24s https://youtu.be/zhIjyTolp4U https://youtu.be/TbSE7LjQzjs

The entire series is on YouTube but dubbed in German.

Adorable little Eastenders fans: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7012932?cps=gravity_3967_3272333503347103730

When Genie first appeared on All My Children, I was in the room watching with my mother and she commented about rumors of the show's plans to make her "the new Erica" as it looked like Susan might permanently leave for primetime. Was this legit soap magazine speculation or just my mom and her friends at work hypothesizing?

I didn't really watch Passions, but I thought Alistair was always cast too young compared to Julian. Oppenheimer was so perfect, he probably wasn't interested, but they should have cast closer to him.

That's the second or third time I've read Katherine Helmond's name linked to a soap role (another being Helena Cassadine). Was she really serious about taking on a daytime gig or was her name just sort of tossed about?

I enjoyed his chemistry with Marj Dusay's Vanessa, as I did with what little I remember of Palmer and Cynthia Preston.

I don't know enough about Mindy to agree or disagree with that, but it seemed to me that they were just writing their "idea" of Tina. AE has an airy quality, her breath, her voice, her presence, she's like a tethered helium balloon, and that overall quality can read "ditzy" even when her thoughts and actions are well-grounded. I think the writers wrote into this quality and subsequent actresses played it. I never saw Tina as dumb, just as someone who made one bad decision after another. I think I still have it on tape, but there was a good episode where KT Tina goes over to Dorian's apartment where KD Blair is staying and calls her out for scheming to marry Todd and get her hands on his millions as Blair is pretending not to know that he's the true Lord heir. Tina says, "And they say I play dumb." She's very astute and on top of the situation, and particularly was when it came to her money. She let men distract her and that's when she got messy and did more damage than she would have on her own. But there was certainly something tougher about KT Tina in terms of voice and demeanor.

"She *dreamt* it, we had been talking about OATMEAL all over her face, obviously she had subconscious sexual feelings for me..." Classic crafty abuser.

Indeed! And frankly, it's not too late for it to become a HILARIOUS single camera mockumentary series. In Whoopi!, Whoopi played a fading soul singer like Jackie, and don't get me wrong, Whoopi was great in Sister Act (a role written for Bette Midler), but Jenifer sells OTT neurotic diva in a more sitcom appropriate way than earthy Whoopi.

Well, I'm all for a sitcom shooting in New York even if I have my.doubts about the funny factor. I'd love to be wrong. I didn't see much of Whoopi! but from what I did see, it's not really her fault that it failed. It seemed to be a reworking of a pilot she and Susan Fales-Hill tried to develop for Jenifer Lewis (network execs couldn't imagine a black woman as a, gulp, "diva"). So the concept seemed to be split into two, as the TV movie Jackie's Back for Jenifer (perfect casting) and the sitcom for Whoopi (not so perfect casting).

Deleted my blocked/copyright claimed Dynasty clips on YouTube last night. Thanks CBS. Oh well, at least they're available somewhere. One gem from Alexis to Krystle I had to part with: "The next time you order French wine and want to know about vintage, call me. On second thought, send me a note."

I've read that before, she suggested him when Christopher Bernau fell ill. Is this a recent SOW interview?

I adore her, thanks for sharing that.

I'm kind of sad that she's left Iowa already, I liked that angle. I didn't realize Adam was staying in her apartment. I missed the.finale last season save for the last few minutes. We should dig up the Girls thread.

Do they repeat Looking during the week? I missed it, caught Girls though.

I tuned in today to see if they'd say anything about Rosie's departure. Whoopi started off hot topics with a coy, "So you had a big weekend...", segueing into Rosie talking about the premiere of her documentary. I eventually turned the channel, apparently like so many others, so I don't know if they ever got around to mentioning it.

I liked Orleans, though I don't remember much about it. Judge Luther Charbonnet, IIRC. His love interest was played by Vanessa Bell Calloway which I thought was a cool choice. I seem to remember Luther in his drawers frolicking with her in the bedroom. I don't think the show lasted two months. Had a cool theme song.

I think the rationale behind the argument that TC hurt DYN was that the writers' attention was too split and their creativity got thinly spread over two shows already after several seasons of DYN. For me, TC is just different enough to get away with apparently recycled stories/characters. The similarities are clear, but it is titled Dynasty II so that's expected and why would they abandon their successful formula that won them a spin-off to begin with? I'm really pleased that DYN brought over TC characters in season 9, a brilliant move.

Shout Factory must be sniffing Adam Carrington's toxic paint with that ridiculous price. That irks me because I want to support such releases, but I can't in good conscience put The Colbys before about a dozen other things that need my $120.

That poor child! People playing games with human life, it's disgusting.

Not to be mean, but Stephanie and Joan cropped out in their '80s black and white would make for a nice profile pic.

I agree. I had a very vivid dream (?) while sleeping over at someone's house once, and I had been drinking. I remain entirely too embarrassed to ask questions. It happens.