Y&R: Potpourri Thread 4

February 11, 201015 yr

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I just remembered that Cruising has William Russ. A new version of Cruising, where Russ goes insane when a callous producer says Stephen Nichols is replacing him as a leather daddy.

The killer is then played by three different characters.

I never noticed William Russ in the film, actually.

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He has a small role, I remember looking for him back when I got hooked on Wiseguy reruns. I think he's a murder victim.

And they would probably cast Eric Braeden in the Pacino role, now that I think about it. I can just see him in that wonderful taking poppers and doing energetic dancing to show how far gone our hero is...

February 11, 201015 yr

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And they would probably cast Eric Braeden in the Pacino role, now that I think about it. I can just see him in that wonderful taking poppers and doing energetic dancing to show how far gone our hero is...

Bup! Bup! Bup, Bup, Bup, Bup, Bup! Bup, Bup, Bup,Bup, Bup, Bup, Bup, Bup, Bup, Bup!

February 11, 201015 yr

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The only thing I agreed with in that ridiculous interview was MAB saying that the Jill/Kay mother/daughter thing never felt true. But the way they're being written now doesn't ring true either, so what MAB essentially did was exchange one false-seeming relationship for another! The rest of it was absolutlely ridiculous. Rauch's acting tips to Jess Walton really jumped out at me too. This woman is a total pro. She's a powerhouse actress who's been in business for ages. She's done film and prime time as well. Even when she's clearly supporting others in scenes, she stands out and almost always winds up eclipsing the central actors in these scenes. To think that she would need acting tips is just ludicrous, and for Rauch to compound that by mentioning it in an interview is just disrespectful. And then to have that quote juxtaposed with the comment about how wonderful Zima is is just totally surreal to me.

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I wanted to write an angry post but I can't even come up with words as to how to explain my rage after reading that interview. Argh. Ugh. Grrr.

There really is no point in hoping for a better future on this show.

February 11, 201015 yr

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Miss Nellie is reporting:

That Michael Muhney may leave when his one year contract is up.

PRAISE GOD. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

February 11, 201015 yr

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That's June this year? It would be fab.

February 11, 201015 yr

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Yes, one of the most popular actors in soaps and one of the best recasts ever!

February 11, 201015 yr

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That's June this year? It would be fab.

Yep. Let's hope he lands that pilot. ^_^

Yes, one of the most popular actors in soaps and one of the best recasts ever!

I almost puked when I read that.

Miss Nellie is such a kiss ass. I bet Muhney got shirtless at the Emmys party and Nellie got excited. Anything for publicity.

February 11, 201015 yr

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Yep. Let's hope he lands that pilot.

^_^ ^_^ ^_^

February 11, 201015 yr

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YES! Please make him leave. Adam better die a horrible death.

February 11, 201015 yr

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Adam better die a horrible death.

NO!

Another legacy character dying?

No.

February 11, 201015 yr

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NO!

Another legacy character dying?

No.

And how the h*ll can you make this one redeemable?!? :lol:

Unless you, in a total cliché way, declare him a fraud, the fake Adam.

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NO!

Another legacy character dying?

No.

There is no way I would ever consider him redeemable. Ever. It's not even the type of a person you love to hate. This person needs to vanish forever. This is not the Adam that we had in 2008, it's a completely different man.

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NO!

Another legacy character dying?

No.

I agree. He could be turned into an arch villain or giving a long break and redeemed. It's been done many, many times on soaps. It can be done again. I am not at all down with killing off another character.

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Agreed, I think Blake became a woman who learned from her mistakes and grew up. I too wanted them to be the core couple after the Tori thing, as a matter of fact, around Wheeler after Simon left I wanted them to move into the Bauer house..( I would have Blake say that this is the closet thing she knew as a home )SORAS the kids, and bring Sam back..Dinah would have a very contentious relationship with her, as she would be jealous of Ross and Sam's relationship, and Blake and Dinah would have that tension (ya, know cause she killed his brother) it would be a core family that had some fissures leading to good drama. But now, Wheeler and company though the Coopers should be the core.

By Mitch64 · 51 minutes ago51 min
BTG: December 2025 Discussion Thread

Agree that great minds can think alike :)
In terms of Derek, I see the show doing one of two things based on the most recent episodes that featured him.
1) They do the gradual fade-out of the character until he stops appearing and is occasionally mentioned by Jacob (i.e. still living and existing in town, just not being seen). We saw some evidence with him having a group of co workers he's friends with, plus a female co worker interested in him... so possibly we see him regain his walking and go back to his life with the Fire crew and eventually we stop seeing them on air.
2) His mentioning to Jacob that he hopes to win Ashley back signals that perhaps the dark side we saw glimpses of has been hidden and will rear itself if she appears to be moving on with a new guy.
In terms of Ashley, the show seems committed to keeping her character on the show especially since she was shown in the Thanksgiving episode having a quiet day with Jan and Mona as they discuss Black Friday shopping, food, and other day to day matters... so I think delving into her backstory in terms of who her father is would be a good place for the show to go while keeping her as a good friend to Naomi, Shanice, and a good nurse during medical stories.
Perhaps one of the children of the handsome new doctor could be her love interest down the line.

By Soaplovers · 1 hour ago1 hr
As The World Turns Discussion Thread

Re: 1978. I'm glad the unedited version of the episode complete with commercials is available. The one that has been posted several years ago had several segments missing. I like Barbara's long hair here. Dr. Steven Farrell didn't last very long I take it since she is re-connecting with Tom (Tom Tammi) by 1979. The actor playing Steven (Phil Peters) was the real-life husband of Lenore Kasdorf (Rita GL).

By SoapDope78 · 1 hour ago1 hr
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

Oh, how I wish we'd gotten to see Ross deal with his teenage sons. I loved his relationships with Phillip and Sam, but he really deserved to be seen with his own kids (other than the horror that became Dinah). The boys simply disappeared off canvas after either the Nursery Stalker or the affair with Tori.

By P.J. · 1 hour ago1 hr
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

What I liked about Bloss is that I liked how they grew to be the stable couple- the closest to an Ed and Mo in their prime. Especially after the Tori story when their extra-marital exploits were in the past. I wanted them to SORAS the three kids, along with Dinah and with Phillip's family as Ross's extended family would really be solid core family material.
With that said, I was rooting against Bloss in 1999 as I really liked the Ross/India pairing-- but that just turned out to be a waste of MKA.

By Spoon · 1 hour ago1 hr
GH: December 2025 Discussion Thread

They did reveal Austin's shooter...about a year and a half later.

By DRW50 · 2 hours ago2 hr
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My Queen Kylie is always trying to get a Christmas hit, so spin it:

By te. · 2 hours ago2 hr
GH: December 2025 Discussion Thread

They did actually resolve who shot Austin over a year later (it was Cyrus, as part of his hasty exit story). That was a last minute save though clearly when they forgot lol.

By Vee · 2 hours ago2 hr
Talkin' 'Bout TV Movies

I love those old TV movies, especially the ones from the 70's and 80's. The ABC movie of the week had a ton of them. Like
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
All My Darling Daughter's (1972)
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
The Girl Who Came Gift Wrapped (1974)
The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan (1979)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Death Cruise (1974)
Here is the 70's ABC opening. The theme music "Nikki" was composed by Burt Bacharach and named for his daughter with Angie Dickinson.

By SoapDope78 · 2 hours ago2 hr
Looking back...Primetime Ratings from the 80's

The return of sitcoms' popularity in the mid-'80s was a real thing, but the crash of the wealth-based nighttime soap genre was resonate and self-induced.

There was an effectively grim finality to the mood of the cliffhangers in the Spring of 1985: Bobby's death, the Moldavian massacre, the return of Val's babies... and they felt as if they could have ended right there (and perhaps they should have, although I would have sorely missed S10 of Dallas, S6 of FC, and Season 9 of Dynasty , and the next five years of KNOTS as they singularly maintained quality).

But, wow, these shows just fell apart post-Spring 1985. They stopped being character dramas after a while, and just started trying to "impress" viewers in some superficial way and to "fake it" somehow.

What a painful, unnecessary slide it was. But once these shows seemed to lose their identities, their sense of self, their momentum into the dung heap couldn't be slowed.

By soapfan770 · 2 hours ago2 hr

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