5 hours ago, cassadine1991 said:

Was Jeff Ryder really that horrible of a HW???

I didn't think so.  Then again, I think I'm one of the few here who enjoyed GL throughout the '80's (with Johnny Bauer's cancer saga being the exception, lol).

As I've said in the past, my enjoyment of all things GL doesn't really end until Nancy Curlee leaves as HW.  For me, that's when GL slowly begins disintegrating.  It rallies somewhat during the first half of James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten's run as HW, but by 2000 or so, I'm pretty much ready to call it a show.

Edited March 22Mar 22 by Khan

2 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

 

I just realized you said PICARD!!!!! The last of the newer of the Trek franchise that I totally & completely went crazy for!!! SO GOOD. 

YES!!  Such a love letter to fans, I loved that season.  

I rarely ever find people out there that are big soap opera fans and also Star Trek fans haha.  Love to see it.

1 hour ago, alwaysAMC said:

 

Does Alan-Michael have any kids at this point?  He hasn't mentioned any, and he seems lonely right now, sadly pining after Lucy when he knows he shouldn't go after her.  I feel for the guy haha.

No. Although for a time he did think that Eleni was pregnant with his child. (Marina turned out to be Frank's.) And he never has a child on the show.

7 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

YES!!  Such a love letter to fans, I loved that season.  

I rarely ever find people out there that are big soap opera fans and also Star Trek fans haha.  Love to see it.

Over the years I've known many who were both soap & SciFi fans but they were mostly guys. I'm female & an avid fan of both & Suzanne Lanoue of the TVMegasite is also. 

Springfielders, we promise not to stay off topic too long!!! 

8 minutes ago, P.J. said:

No. Although for a time he did think that Eleni was pregnant with his child. (Marina turned out to be Frank's.) And he never has a child on the show.

I was just coming back to say that the show just answered my question haha - A-M said he's almost reaching 30 with no kids.  I was even more surprised to hear he's not 30 yet, but running an entire company.  Granted, it's a family business but still, that's a stretch haha.  I assumed he was mid-30s.  Sad to hear he never has children!

7 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Over the years I've known many who were both soap & SciFi fans but they were mostly guys. I'm female & an avid fan of both & Suzanne Lanoue of the TVMegasite is also. 

Springfielders, we promise not to stay off topic too long!!! 

LOL that's awesome.  I'm a guy and all my friends either like Star Trek and sports or like soap operas and housewives, I just can't find a good mix of both  

Out to dinner, so will have to pick back up on GL tomorrow!   I'm up to March 31st, 1995 and the preemptions seem to have stopped, thankfully!  Ready for April!

1 hour ago, Mitch64 said:

My hatred of Fletcher and my annoyance with Hammer's acting is second only to Dea's Buzz...and yes, Zimmer and even Deas on occasion could get away with chewing the scenery, Hammer could not. (not to mention if I read one more interview where he mentioned Fletcher's cute buns!)  But he truly wasn't always like that earlier in his run..he and Zimmer actually had a nice fun friend chemistry together and he and Claire were good. 

They threw Fletcher at all our divas and none of it worked. Bev, Marj, Maeve, Maureen...I actually think he might have been good with Parker's Maureen when she had a crush on him (really Mo????)

ON OCCASION? Oh, honey....granted it was more after Reva's resurrection, but she never met a chunk of scenery she wouldn't chew.

I swear, sometimes it was like Jay was ghostwriting Fletch's attempts at romance. 'Cause I can't recall any other character getting a crack at so many leading ladies. Although honestly, as much as I hate Fletch/Van, her snapping on him is one of my favorite Van moments EVER.

I may be wrong, but I thought Mo's crush on Fletch started before Holly's return. Something about them working together on a radio show?

5 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

A-M said he's almost reaching 30 with no kids.  I was even more surprised to hear he's not 30 yet, but running an entire company.  Granted, it's a family business but still, that's a stretch haha.  I assumed he was mid-30s.  Sad to hear he never has children!

Alan-Michael was born onscreen in 1981 and was SORASed in 1987 to I think 17 or 18, so he would be 25 or 26 in 1995.

Going by the ages of the Alan-Michael actors in the years they were cast, Carl Tye Evans was 19 in 1987 and Rick Hearst was 25 in 1990.

Well, on GL, just being a Spaulding entitled you to head the business. Phillip runs it with about a semester's worth of college. A-M had a slightly harder road, Alex had picked Vanessa as president before she left in '92. Jenna (with Roger's help) takes Spaulding away from Vanessa and A-M (mostly thanks to A-M losing an important copy of a contract) in '93. When Spaulding's returned, A-M must get the presidency. As Vanessa was running Lewis Oil. 

1 hour ago, Mitch64 said:

My hatred of Fletcher and my annoyance with Hammer's acting is second only to Dea's Buzz...and yes, Zimmer and even Deas on occasion could get away with chewing the scenery, Hammer could not. (not to mention if I read one more interview where he mentioned Fletcher's cute buns!)  But he truly wasn't always like that earlier in his run..he and Zimmer actually had a nice fun friend chemistry together and he and Claire were good. 

They threw Fletcher at all our divas and none of it worked. Bev, Marj, Maeve, Maureen...I actually think he might have been good with Parker's Maureen when she had a crush on him (really Mo????)

I didn't mind Fletcher with Alex. I thought Jay and Beverlee worked well together. My main complaint about the pairing is how much focus went to Fletch wanting to keep Alex in line. This was even more of an issue with Marj's Alex. Still, I liked them well enough to where I was glad Alex left Springfield with him.

It annoyed me when Beverlee was in the role that no one was a true ride-or-die for Alex (Marj's Alex was so OTT I couldn't be surprised). These days on soaps, you have characters like Phyllis on Y&R who could burn down an orphanage and still have Genoa City holding a rally for her.

The pairing with Vanessa never made sense beyond the show needing to stall until they got Billy and Vanessa back together. The pairing with Holly made sense as a fling but not a permanent relationship.

46 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

The pairing with Vanessa never made sense beyond the show needing to stall until they got Billy and Vanessa back together. The pairing with Holly made sense as a fling but not a permanent relationship.

They really should've bitten the bullet and brought in someone new for Vanessa. At the time, Fletch was really the only available male on the show. Billy wouldn't have been threatened by Ross, even though I would've loved a true Ross/Vanessa/Billy triangle. I can't even think of anyone GL could've brought back to be an also-ran. Justin might've made sense, if they hadn't recasted so badly.

5 minutes ago, P.J. said:

They really should've bitten the bullet and brought in someone new for Vanessa. At the time, Fletch was really the only available male on the show. Billy wouldn't have been threatened by Ross, even though I would've loved a true Ross/Vanessa/Billy triangle. I can't even think of anyone GL could've brought back to be an also-ran. Justin might've made sense, if they hadn't recasted so badly.

I agree. This was one of the times Jill bringing in an FOJ might have made sense, although now I'm imagining a Vanessa/Buzz pairing.

19 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I agree. This was one of the times Jill bringing in an FOJ might have made sense, although now I'm imagining a Vanessa/Buzz pairing.

STOP. IMMEDIATELY, if not sooner.   in trying to fantasy cast---Ian Buchanan. Can you see how pretty Ian and Maeve would be together? 

6 minutes ago, P.J. said:

STOP. IMMEDIATELY, if not sooner.   in trying to fantasy cast---Ian Buchanan. Can you see how pretty Ian and Maeve would be together? 

That would have been a great idea. Ian was mostly wasted on B&B (not even getting into his GH return).

38 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I agree. This was one of the times Jill bringing in an FOJ might have made sense, although now I'm imagining a Vanessa/Buzz pairing.

Buzz could be very sexy & he was always attuned to women, even more than men. 

As P.J. said, Alan-Michael did think that Eleni was pregnant with his child. The child, Marina, was later aged and in a major case of ick factor, Alan-Michael and Marina hooked up around 2006-07. What were Wheeler and Kreizman thinking with such trash?

And getting back to another post. Eve Guthrie was pregnant in 1995? I wasn't watching regularly at that point and didn't realize she was pregnant.