beebs

Fair, I confess I haven't watched much for the last few years, since Ron's writing isn't exactly my cup of tea. Thanks for that.

Kim's been back a number of times since then! Mostly to do with Theresa, but she's popped in and out pretty regularly from about 2013 onward.

Thank you, was gonna say exactly this. I can still watch Pre-1993 Oprah and be entertained. She was fun, enlightening, entertaining, and tackled a lot of serious stuff and remained relatable. But once she became this...purveyor of soundbyte "wisdom" and woo, I tuned out.

You'll have to fight ME for him 😂

The change definitely happened with the music sometime in 1976, as the 1977 episodes that were found featuring Rick and Leslie used the Urbont theme (there was a bit of the closing credits featuring Barbara Walters plug for the ABC Evening News in one of the episodes, I remember), so I am almost 100% sure the shift to Urbont's theme occurred at the same time that the organ music was retired, which appears to be 1976 or late '75.

I'll give Lemay the benefit of the doubt re: the 60 minute move, as at least the move was unprecedented (I know there had been some soaps move from 15 to 30 minutes, but they were, of course, the first to go to an hour, in any medium) and they were still trying to work out the kinks for awhile. But expanding to 90mins not four years later and STILL not be prepared was just weird to me. They adjusted quickly, but those early episodes are just painful.

LOL I nearly forgot about that ridiculous scene. I still joke with my friends about how about 60% of that episode was about people's various difficulties in trying to tell everyone in town that John Randolph had died in a fire at the edge of town. AT LEAST TWICE. 😆

You're a fellow Canuck! Welcome! You understand my pain! 😆 I'll have a look and see what BFlix has, though I don't much enjoy streaming outside the "legal" platforms. Reva has only really appealed to me during the Annie story, and even then, she's just a bit much, I agree.

God, this could have been so good, and instead it was COMICALLY bad. What the HELL was Langan thinking??! 😆

I also remember seeing an influx of old WTHI actors show up at RH, as well, though this happened a fair bit less when the Labines moved to GH, instead there was an influx of DAYS actors in the 90s, as Shelley Curtis had moved there, and brought Mary Beth Evans, Wally Kurth, Stephen Nichols, and Matt Ashford (I'm certain I'm forgetting a few) during the early-to-mid 90s, whereas I think Ron Hale was the only RH actor who moved to GH during the Labine era.

NO! I NEVER realized. Hahah, I just learned something! ETA: Missed Natalie/Holly in the earlier post, but also Delta, following the Neighbours train:

Ultimately, your numerous duplicate topics will likely end up being merged with existing topics. We've been trying to suggest this to you for awhile, in hopes that you could acclimate with how things are generally done here. I love the enthusiasm and passion you have for the genre, but I do think you need to slow your roll and see what topics your posts COULD fit into instead of constantly starting new threads with info that's already posted elsewhere. Its why you don't see folks like me posting very often. I love a good discussion but my voice doesn't always need to be heard, particularly when I don't have anything new to add to the proceedings. But I can only speak for myself. I encourage you to take what Slick is saying as more advice to help you fit in a little better, rather than him attacking you. He may be blunt, but that's the intent. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Right, because poaching SFT from CBS had gone SO WELL for them a couple years earlier 🥴🥴🥴

@slick jones you are a God among men. Thank you for this, and everything you do!

If Victoria's expression is meant to be a parody of a parody, that somehow makes the blow-up doll expression she's making even worse 🥴🥴🥴

I have a suspicion, looking at their profile, that what's happening is he's hacking long-dormant accounts, and using it as a sockpuppet account to troll the forums (because afaik the jonnysbro account was banned). So...guess we gotta just keep reporting.

Oh look, jonnysbro's back. 🥴🥴🥴

From what I've seen, L&F/FRFP was airing at 1pm as the lead-in to the NBC soap block, whereas Somerset had indeed aired at 4. It's only direct competition was AMC (which was a lot in an of itself). But certainly not with the same levels of clearance issues 4pm tended to have.

Personally, I've been advocating for PM to come back as Austin, have Carrie and Rafe get together working on a case, while Austin rediscovers his love of music doodling on the piano, and Eve overhears him and they connect over this. Austin helps Eve with recovering her voice, and they eventually end up having their own affair. It'd help release Carrie from Austin, and gives Rafe a potential pairing that won't bore/annoy everyone. Granted, this was my idea from about 4-5 years ago. I think it's way too late for either pairing to work now, but...I digress. Looping back round to BS: Looks like I'll be having to play catchup in October with this, since literally no one has SlackTV so idk how I'll be able to watch this before it goes on Global's app.

Ah yes, a small town of 8+ Million. You know 😆

I think the same could be said for Laura and Mickey with Mike. Granted, it didn't help that John Clarke was aging like milk at the time. I have no idea how he looked older in 1973 than he did in 1993, but...regardless. Aging up Mike in '74 certainly shoved them into the middle-aged category in a hurry. But, for obvious reasons, the change was more jarring for Julie, especially since she went from high school to middle age within a decade.

I would have 100% been okay with that, tbh. Phyllis always kind of annoyed me, even under Bell, so to be rid of her in favour of Mari Jo, who absolutely fascinated me, and could have absolutely been a long-term, calculated schemer, would have worked for me, 100%. Having her go off the rails was a letdown, and, yeah, was a sign Bell's health was in decline.

What would ANYONE have to gain by standing up against someone like this if it weren't true? Any chance at an acting career for this woman is put at EXTREME risk for even speaking out in the first place, let alone filing suit. The idea people would make these things up for a quick cash grab when they'd have to go through such legal and emotional upheaval beggars belief.

I've heard things were also frustrating in the 70s under Conboy as well. Enough that Janice Lynde got out the second she could.

Very reminiscent of the DAYS Valentine's Massacre of 1980, honestly. And with similar results, I might add. You'd think these showrunners would learn their lessons, but they never really do.