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Her book will suffice, and it's admittedly a niche interest, but an Ellen Holly episode would be electric, particularly if they got Erika Slezak to play devil's advocate.

He's hardly "unsung", he's the King of Gospel with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but a James Cleveland episode would be scandalicious.

Well, I don't think that's why the s/l was quashed per se, but it certainly seems to be an art imitates life factor in the fabrication of the Caress character. At any rate, I find Ms. O'Mara's passing quite depressing. First Ben, and now Caress. Getting older sucks. Dynasty was such a magical moment in television history, almost in particular for those of us who were children of the eighties, dazzled by our parents' Wednesday night program. These loses truly hurt.

I remember that monologue, I've even used it with noun adjustment, ha! Something like, "I'm so flattered that you want to be like me, but don't kid yourself into thinking we're at all alike. Everything I have, I've earned. Everything you have, you've been given. And I know it galls someone of your stature to see a woman like me have what you thought was yours by birth. People like you are threatened of people like me, because deep down, you're afraid you're not going to be able to cut it without your trust fund. And you know what? You're right. ... I never would have set myself up the way you just set yourself up."

I saw that episode the other night, was never really an ATWT viewer so I had no idea who he was. Louise Lasser has a nice guest spot on tonight's episode of Girls.

Amanda was dark, but not a psycho. I'm glad KB turned it down and Toby Poser got her shot.

I wonder if Haywood is still a Scientologist. He gave L. Ron Hubbard a shoutout during the WH!! reunion on Jenny Jones.

Danielle's been walking with a crutch for the past few years. People were saying that she has M.S., but she's actually suffering from latent affects of a horrific car accident (that killed her stepfather) nearly forty years ago. She looked fabulous, though. I love that cast, and Shirley was such a riot.

Have you all been watching Unsung Hollywood? I really enjoyed the What's Happening!! episode that aired this evening. Danielle Spencer's adult voice still blows my mind, she sounds completely different.

The season finale, more than any previous episode, really made me scoff at this series being referred to as a "comedy". I find Augustin repulsive on a couple of levels. I could see Frank not appearing in many episodes next season.

"fashial", though?

As much as I adore TGG, I thought that ending was cheesy and cliche.

Ugh, I guess I need to actually WATCH the TV instead of just listening to it, ha. TJ also played young Jeffrey on GL in those flashbacks with Olivia. He warned that the episode would be a whopper.

Wait, I'm confused. At the wedding, didn't the bride introduce the guys and say that he should propose? Was that guy Evans? I went out after work last Sunday and I missed it. ;-P He was the hustler.

Wait, so Scott Evans played the guy the sister tried to hook him up with? I need to wear my damn glasses. Julia Duffy is wonderfully cast here. What a pleasant surprise seeing her pop up. I still haven't seen last week's episode with my friend. Aug is such a smarm.

"Whennn YOU-ou WALLLK, DOW-hown the RO-hoo-oad, heavy BURDUH-hun, HEHHH-eh-heh-heh-vuh-eee luh-OH-who-hoad..."

You can't be everything to everybody. A glimpse is just a glimpse. Girls met similar criticism. It's not the show's fault for being what it is, rather, the industry could step up and green light more shows that would provide more of a spectrum.

Phoebe was hilarious in intentional and unintentional ways which made her perhaps the campiest character of the show. RW's glances to the teleprompter had a lot to do with that. Langley, Billy Clyde, Erica, all played by actors in on the joke of their characters just like Ruth, but her caught glances, also at her cameras making sure that they were on her for her cues, added an additional campy element.

Myrtle often held disdain for Erica, particularly when Erica was being nasty towards people like Nat. Myrtle and Mona's relationship was really established during the Willow Lake storyline, a lovely and rare gesture of a storyline for senior cast members, and Myrtle's maternal relationship with Erica grew out of that post Mona's death. It was a well-crafted move by the writers and it kept Myrtle relevant in a way that she otherwise would not have been on the show.

For those of you who also watch Girls, do you remember that pretty graphic sexual sequence Adam had with that girl he was dating last season? I was reminded of that. Sometimes these actors' faces are like right up in there. I'm sure they're as respectful as possible on set, but framing those shots is like framing porn.

I think last night's episode was the best so far, but I concede that I may be basing that on personal taste rather than actual quality. What struck me is how QUIET the episode was. No noise, just conversation, character, no plot development beyond the development of a relationship between two people. I have a habit of not looking at the TV and I felt like the episode could have been on radio and would have been just as effective.

Ha, I post that clip whenever we do a thread about favorite sets. Carlotta was referred to off-screen for so long that many assumed PM was the first time we'd seen the character, forgetting this actress.

Pat did appear on quite a few episodes of Loving when Angie and Frankie first moved to Corinth.

Of course it's all relative because others surely have opposing opinions of the characters.

I think Hannah on Girls is comically, and very purposely, unlikeable at times in sort of a self-centered Seinfeld universe sort of way, while a character like Shoshana has the same thing going for her, but she's also *irritating* which I think is the difference. Same deal for Jessa, the difference with her being that she can be so nasty. It's not that I don't enjoy "unlikeable" characters as much as annoying and irksome ones.