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Oh indeed, and I've been crafting one in my head off and on for about ten years now. I have just the friend to play him. Some of my college classmates were from L.A. and grew up near his church (after he died, there was no money and they lost the church which was later converted into a Big Lots, the congregation splitting and forming two new smaller churches). I became friendly with someone who sang in his choir(s) back in the day and she had great stories, mostly about his kindness and generosity, actually. But there were darker stories about the things going on around his church, the gangs, the drugs, the murders, some really compelling stories about the "supporting characters" in Rev.'s life. I don't think he had the same type of relationships with the "nieces" as he did with the "nephews", but he certainly financially provided for some down on their luck young women. The Harris case was settled out of court to the best of my knowledge, and in the interview of him I read online, he made it clear that there was but so much he could legally discuss. JC was in southern California and Sylvester's church was in the Bay area, but those great Californian gospel choirs traveled up and down the coast performing at each other's churches and special events. They all knew each other and each other's business.

Yeah, *allegedly*, Rev. had inappropriate contact with Preston and even Sylvester in their youth (though JC isn't the original offender alluded to in Sylvester's Unsung, that was a clergyman at his boyhood Bay area church). Preston grew up to face his own charges of molestation and ended up doing time for them. Apparently, JC had lots of "nieces" and "nephews" that he looked out for financially. Of course we don't know the true nature of all of those relationships, but nonetheless, a lot of them were living up under him and happy to spend his money. He did have one biological daughter and my heart goes out to her because I'm sure it was hell hearing all of that stuff about your own father and living in a home where God knows what was going on. I suppose you all read the article(s) about Christopher Harris, one of JC's adopted (or "adopted"?) sons who sued JC's estate, claiming JC knowingly infected him with HIV. What a mess. A nephew of one of The Caravans wrote a scathing tell all with lurid details of lesbian sex, alcoholism, and related scandal. But he has his share of critics, to put it mildly. At any rate, I find myself so conflicted because I love JC's music. Like, LOVE.

Susan might as well wear a T-shirt that reads, "For Chrissake, stop asking me!"

"Sometimes you have to just tell people to kiss your ass and keep on walking." I tried to explain that to her, but she'd just say, "Mommy you don't like anybody." "What bricks?" I'd snap. "You ain't never lived in no damn projects! You ain't from no bricks. You're gonna get a brick upside your head." "They Named her Bobbi Kristina-which wasa a hell of a lot better than what they'd initially chosen for her. A few days earlier, when I had asked Bobby and Nippy what they were naming the baby, Bobby said some kind of crazy name I couldn't even pronounce-Tekatia, or Takeka, or some mess like that." I am sitting here CTFU because she sounds like my mom or my aunt when they get upset. I wanted to start a thread the other day about the Cissy Oprah interview, so I'm glad that you bumped this one. Did anyone watch it? A lot of people are up in arms that Cissy said she'd be upset if Whitney had been gay. Not exactly a PC answer, but an honest one nonetheless. Cissy was in the biz and in the black church, she certainly knew and liked gay people. But she's still a very religious woman of a certain age with old school values about homosexuality. It's one thing for a fellow singer or church member to be gay, but that was NOT for one of her children. I don't agree with it, but I understand the mentality.

I found the stuff about her mom, Josephine Howard from The Caravans ( http://youtu.be/up6Sfpkat-E ), the most interesting. Almost every member of that group dodged gay rumors for decades. Well, James Cleveland didn't exactly dodge them. He is by no means "UnSung", he's the King of Gospel and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but damn, what I wouldn't give to see a program on him where people were willing to speak on camera about all the scandal that surrounded him.

In any of the episodes that you've seen, does Bill Wolff announce that Beverlee is out due to illness and Carole's playing Iris? Poor Beverlee. I didn't know about her losing some of the functionality in her arm. And as far as the anesthesia thing is concerned, I don't know how the devil they handled her transplant. Well, I guess there had been medical advancements in those fifteen or so years. http://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/02/flashback-beverlee-mckinsey-1980.html

I've been wanting to see that for years, I've been lazy, hoping it would turn up on YouTube.

I forget his fake ass Taimak name IRL, but he was Jasmine Guy's real-life boyfriend.

Watching the show right now, and Diahann Carroll is as stunning as ever. She is, imo, television's greatest beauty.

Season 1 episodes make me sleepy. There's something quiet and hollow and dim about them.

Linda Thorson (Julia Medina, OLTL) is starring in August: Osage County at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I just reread her We Love Soaps 4-part interview from February of last year and it has made me so angry all over again.

I totally agree. Yes, Arthur Burghardt. She doesn't mention him by name in her book, but anyone familiar with her leading men can deduce who she's writing about. I'm not sure is she spoke at LH's funeral, it's been so long since I read One Life.

Full clip of Ellen Holly speaking at Al Freeman, Jr.'s memorial service: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqTZYkM9BA

Someday I will be able to look at that guy's face and not be consumed with anger. I hate being an irrational viewer. Ford was not his fault.

I first knew her as Rick's mom on Silver Spoons. She's also pretty hated by The Golden Girls fans as Rose's icy and oddly sophisticated daughter, Kirsten.

Erica looks so pretty in that scene with Coral in Erica-Dimitri #2.

Looks like Robin Strasser in the freeze frame.

Joan just started filming this week. Ted has already shot some stuff.

She really seemed to be moaning from her soul here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNt6cyG770k

Well she appeared in more than one episode, she had sort of a recurring gig singing at the club.

Yeah, she really comes across as a stick up her butt bitch. If you weren't familiar with the character, you might think she was a Vanessa-type. Jonathan Reiner was always talking about how he wished GL would send him some JH clips. I hope he's seen this one. And "Naylon Mitchell in the red shirt" is really gettin' it.

That is awesome news.

No, they have not though I've suggested it in the past on IMDb. I love that clip by the way, she made me fall in love with that song which I dedicated to a girl (the Feliciano version) who does not want to be where I am. :-/ Early '80s Manhattan. The toast of Broadway meets daytime. What an utterly fascinating and frightening artistic era. I really wish I could have experienced it as a knowledgeable, responsible adult.

And then they started OVERusing it, like in the final years of OLTL.