I agree. I always quite enjoyed his performances. AMC had such unique vets.

Great pics of JM. I love the ones w/ Jill Larson and Gillian Spencer.

I didn't realize Tad pushed this hard for Brooke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzA-qF9p2l8

Natalie looks so out of place @ that honky-tonk bar. LOL.

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So do Trevor and the other guy. Kind of a weird setting.

Collins looks so stylish here. Sometimes I don't recognize her between this time and 1992.

She was very slim in 1990.

I think it's wardrobe too...I guess they didn't know how to give wardrobe for someone who puts on a little weight.

Tad pursued Brooke pretty hard in 1990, and when he left Brooke thought she got what she deserved for allowing herself to fall in love with him, and he returned to Dixie.

That history is also why Brooke went slightly nuts in 1993 when Tad cheated on her with Dixie, after Brooke said good-bye to Edmund at Willow Lake.

I think he comes across badly here, especially when he gets physical with Opal. This arm-grabbing was something that angered me about AMC for years, as Edmund and Mateo later did this over and over.

I mostly just thought Brooke was the other woman who interfered with true love, but it doesn't seem like that here. I wonder if they only reunited Tad and Dixie because MEK was leaving.

I suspect the tail end of Dixie/Tad/Brooke was definitely wrapped up and set up because of MEK's departure (and hopeful return).

In 1990, even though Brooke lost Tad (after he most definitely pursued her), she gained a child - something she was told would never happen for her again, and made all the more sad by Laura's death - so the scale kind of balanced itself out.

In 1993, I just wanted to smack Tad and Dixie (a couple that I liked even though Dixie had a big hand in destroying Brooke's marriage to Adam) because they couldn't get their act together, and dragged everyone around them down. They were too selfish to root for, and then the writers didn't seem to have any plans for them after the torrid affair. Brooke got to be both angry and mean, but I wished that Tad and Dixie had suffered far more.

How long did Erica have the hair she's sporting in the July 18 episode? I'm not a huge fan - I think it's very aging, and 1979 sitcommish.

I think he comes across badly here, especially when he gets physical with Opal. This arm-grabbing was something that angered me about AMC for years, as Edmund and Mateo later did this over and over.

Jack was really bad about doing the arm-grabbing thing with Erica too. He did it constantly over the years, and it always bugged me.

How long did Erica have the hair she's sporting in the July 18 episode? I'm not a huge fan - I think it's very aging, and 1979 sitcommish.

I think just that summer.

New Mark LaMura interview. Did he love his time on soaps? "No."

http://www.welovesoa...-interview.html