Definitely Lesli Kay... MY DOTTER!

Why did the original Kay leave? She was soooo good. She reminded me of young Alison Sweeney. Nobody does scheming younger women like JER.

I’m watching 2000 Passions. It is pretty darn addictive. I love how funny it is. Using Tabitha/Timmy as a Greek chorus is pretty brilliant. Also, you don’t even notice how little plot movement there is because there are all these awesome side quests like Tabitha getting turned into a fish. The individual episodes have really good script writing and seem like they have a lot going on in them. Idk how exactly to describe it, but Reilly had it down to a science of how to make it seem like the plot was moving when it wasn’t.
 

Currently I’m in the summer. I’d totally forgotten Maureen McCormick was in this as Gwen’s mother. All I can see is Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, unfortunately. The episode I ended with tonight had Charity picking mushrooms to poison Miguel, lollll. 

Carjack was sexy when Jack had his dangerous side. When Jack became Officer Jesus, I was over both him and Carjack. Michael Park was great, but the writing for Jack became so sanctimonious and I came to hate the character.

14 minutes ago, j swift said:

Passions used poor grammar that resulted in a mixed metaphor.

You keep me alive
You are the fire burning inside of me
You are my passion for life
I think what they meant was you are my passion, (note the comma) for life.  As in, you are my love forever.  Instead, it reads as if you are my reason for being, which seems antiquated, although it fits the Ethan/Theresa love story and may explain why I never liked that show.

 

I took it to mean "reason for being," because that's how JER wrote all love stories, not just Ethan/Theresa. Your soulmate is your soulmate, your reason for existing, and this is something that can never change.

9 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Here is media darling and New York Times favorite Tom Cotton telling us that DC can't be a state because it has black people.

Is that what he said?

I shouldn’t be surprised that Brad Bell does not get this show. It’s been obvious for 20 years. It’s still disappointing. All they need is to go back and find episode that has Susan Flannery reading from the phone book and it’ll be better than any of this, but Brad Bell just doesn’t get it. 

I’m so happy we got a [S.W.S.N.B.N.] appearance! 2020 would not have been complete without it. 

I definitely thought immediately of Dena Higley. She and DAYS have a dysfunctional, symbiotic relationship. One of them is reckless drunk Gary Ewing and the other is Valene trying desperately to clean up the mess, and I’m not sure which is which. 

You could list half the current cast of Y&R.

That show is in desperate need of a Salem Stalker style storyline, except that people should stay dead.

I'm going to look at the current cast on Wikipedia and see who could leave tomorrow without the show missing a beat:

People Who Can Go:

Donny Boaz Chance Chancellor 2019–present What happened to John Driscoll? He was hot (tho boring.)

Sasha Calle Lola Rosales 2018–present Who?

Sean Dominic Nate Hastings 2019–present Who?

Melissa Claire Egan Chelsea Lawson 2011–present Zzzzzz

Camryn Grimes Mariah Copeland 2014–present Both boring, and ruining Cassie's legacy at the same time

Amelia Heinle Victoria Newman 2005–present Needs a recast

Tyler Johnson Theo Vanderway 2019–present Who?

Hunter King Summer Newman 2012–2016, 2018–present She's been on 8 years and I can't even picture her? Recast.

Christian LeBlanc Michael Baldwin 1991–1993, 1997–present Outstayed his welcome 15+ years ago.

Michael Mealor Kyle Abbott 2018–present Zzzzzzz

Mishael Morgan Amanda Sinclair 2019–present Both boring, and ruining Hilary's legacy at the same time

Melissa Ordway Abby Newman 2013–present She's been on 7 years and I can't even picture her? Recast.

Brytni Sarpy Elena Dawson 2019–present Who?

Jason Thompson Billy Abbott 2016–present Needs a recast

People Who Can Stay:

Peter Bergman Jack Abbott 1989–present

Eric Braeden Victor Newman 1980–present

Sharon Case Sharon Newman1994–present

Mark Grossman Adam Newman 2019–present

Bryton James Devon Hamilton 2004–present

Kate Linder Esther Valentine 1982–present

Joshua Morrow Nicholas Newman 1994–present

Melody Thomas Scott Nikki Newman 1979–present

Michelle Stafford Phyllis Summers 1994–1997, 2000–2013, 2019–present

Jordi Vilasuso Rey Rosales 2018–present I didn't know he was on this now? Is he still hot? If so he can stay.

On 6/17/2020 at 2:24 AM, victoria foxton said:

May 18, 1967

So good. Thanks for posting.

An "NPC" is a video game term -- it means a "Non-Player Character." It's a character that you cannot control, who merely exists to help move the plot along (n.b. There is also a political definition of "NPC" and I just want to be clear that I'm not referring to that definition in this post... Let's keep the politics in the politics thread )

Let's liken this to a similar concept on soaps. An example of an "NPC" on soaps would be Dr. Rolf. He's not really his own character, but merely Stefano's henchman (although the actor was so good and became such a fan favorite that that has changed, and he has lasted way longer than anyone ever thought he would.) Another example would be Vivien on Another World or Matthew on As the World Turns -- they weren't really characters, they were just "the help."

Who were some of the best "NPCs" in soap history? Which writers were prolific at creating NPCs? Which long-running characters started out as NPCs but grew into characters in their own right?

Nope. It is not possible in this environment to do the things you would need to do to make a really great soap. 

I couldn’t stand rikaart for years on Y&R and then thought he was a hoot on DAYS. Sometimes it is just the writing.

someone like gaskill or Michael Easton who has flopped over and over fits the bill more IMO. 

Doesn’t Bryan Dattilo seem thrilled to be back, too? I agree it’s great to have him back. It seems wrong for Kate not to have any of her kids around. 

It’s probably politics. The thought in this small and inbred industry is probably that certain people paid their dues, and you don’t [!@#$%^&*] with them if you want to get anywhere. 

14 hours ago, Faulkner said:

That’s really funny and nails SF’s effect. Which is why it got to be too much at times. But she could rein it in and be chilling, like when calmly tried to convince Brooke to commit suicide. Which was awful and cruel beyond words, and something she should not have been able to come back from.

The thing about the rivalry was that they were both basically correct about each other. Stephanie really was disturbingly obsessed with her son Ridge and abusive in her means to control his life and select her ideal mate for him. Brooke really was a gutter slut that would [!@#$%^&*] absolutely anything or anybody for any reason. 

They're laying it on soooo thick with the Ben stuff that I think they have to be aware how despised Cin are.

Claire, burn that damn wedding down. Burn it down to the ground. 
 

Wow, the patients in the psych ward sure have a lot of downtime. And such limited supervision! You can’t really blame Claire for not being cured. 

36 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:

Today's episode has been processed to look like film 

Gosh, how unnecessary and distracting. 

I finally stopped watching this [!@#$%^&*] after the season Josh won (though I was thrilled he beat Paul.)

But now there’s rumors of All-Stars 2 happening this summer. Depending on who’s on I might be sucked back in. Plus there is gonna be nothing else to watch all summer.

i promise if I do start watching this [!@#$%^&*] again, I’m not going to be obsessively refreshing jokers all summer. 

JMO... Outing people is not cool. No matter how much you dislike the person being outed. Don't be involved in this bullying behavior. What ever happened to "when they go low, we go high?"

7 hours ago, Forever8 said:

A must read from Patrick Mulcahey on race and B&B as well as other soaps in daytime. 

 

Wow, thanks for posting. How refreshingly candid!

I like this girl locked up with Claire too. DAYS always does NPCs better than the other soaps. 

SORAS is definitely an overused crutch.