Like Sand Through an Hourglass: Behind the Scenes of DOOL

[JBC344]

On ‎4‎/‎18‎/‎2017 at 1:11 PM, Chick2Chic said:

To be fair, some people feel Days did that regarding Chad and Abby when BF's Chad first came to town. They rewrote a lot of Chabby's history and then forced it in the narrative with other characters on repeat about it as true when it didn't even take a long term Days viewer to remember how things actually played out with CD leaving in 2013 and BF arriving in 2014. TPTB likely figured that it "worked" for Chabby so why not Chabi?

I so agree.  People keep talking about the "revisionist" history with Chad and Gabi, but Chad and Abby at least to me were never an epic love story.  I do agree that they very much "attempted" a reset with the Chad and Abby relationship once Billy Flynn came on as Chad.  If anything Melanie was the love of Chad's life not Abby.  Before Billy's Chad, Chad and Abby had a failed relationship because he schemed and faked an illness just so he can sleep with Abby to "win" her in the triangle with Cameron.

I don't mind Chad and Abby, but this idea that they were always destined to be some next generation super couple is just not true.  I think TPTB lucked up when they found Billy and decided to explore another go around with Abby, probably because they had a small history, they needed another member for a triangle with Ben, and Chad is one of the only eligible men left that Abby isn't related too, or has schemed to get.

At least Chad and Gabby have always had that "wrong place/wrong time" push and pull to their relationship since they were part of the teen set.

This to me is like the "epic love story of Nicole and Daniel" when in reality they had a small failed relationship in the past and were attempting to build a new relationship.  Daniel had much more prominent relationships with Chloe and Jennifer than anything brief he had with Nicole.

[Kitty Redstone]

On 4/11/2017 at 9:42 PM, Silver Raven said:

The article says that this time, the actors are talking about not crossing the picket lines.

I'm all for solidarity but soap actors have to know that if they don't cross the lines, then it will be the death blow for daytime soaps.

[WendyCR72]

3 hours ago, Kitty Redstone said:

I'm all for solidarity but soap actors have to know that if they don't cross the lines, then it will be the death blow for daytime soaps.

Maybe not the direct cause, but after the 2008 strike, four soaps went under: AMC, ATWT, GL, and OLTL. I do think this strike could truly be the end of daytime dramas as they currently exist.

[ihavenoidea]

On 4/18/2017 at 4:11 PM, Chick2Chic said:

To be fair, some people feel Days did that regarding Chad and Abby when BF's Chad first came to town. They rewrote a lot of Chabby's history and then forced it in the narrative with other characters on repeat about it as true when it didn't even take a long term Days viewer to remember how things actually played out with CD leaving in 2013 and BF arriving in 2014. TPTB likely figured that it "worked" for Chabby so why not Chabi?

I think the big difference is that even though original Chabby weren't a huge romance, they did share significant screen time.  We saw them together.  Their just making up backstory for Chabi.  I mean why didn't they use the fact that they do have some history a bit with original Gabi, and then the whole stalker thing with Camila.  They could have had it as two used to be friends turned enemies healed old wounds and fell in love.  Instead apparently they were besties in high school and baseball fans for life, all made up things we know weren't true.  It's silly to make up stuff when you had actual things to work with.  Which is what I think Billy meant.  The only foundation Chabi have now is fake, because they didn't bother to use real history.

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At least Chad and Gabby have always had that "wrong place/wrong time" push and pull to their relationship since they were part of the teen set.

This to me is like the "epic love story of Nicole and Daniel" when in reality they had a small failed relationship in the past and were attempting to build a new relationship.  Daniel had much more prominent relationships with Chloe and Jennifer than anything brief he had with Nicole.

When have they ever tried to play Chad and Gabi as a romance outside of a hot minute when she was introduced?  Even after Mia left the show was all in on Will/Gabi, ethey never even tried to play that as a triangle.  Chad was busy finding out his mom slept with Stefano.

Casey Deidrick's most significant romance was with Abby.  He wasn't ever really with Mia, and that actress left after a year.  THe thing with Melanie was 9 months.  I can see where some would see her as his most significant though.  It was rushed but they played it like he loved her more than anything until she left and a month later he was onto Abby again.  All together Abby and Chad were linked for two years during Casey's tenure, and the entire time during Billy's.  

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[JBC344]

The "wrong place/wrong time" meaning that there were two instances where there was interest from one or the other in being in a relationship.  When they were in high school, I would say that Chad wanted Gabby more, and when they were older and Gabby was scheming she wanted Chad more.  I also had the impression that if Chad wasn't with Melanie at the time he would of definitely been with Gabby back then.  Hence the "wrong place/wrong time".

I think you remember the Chad/Abby relationship much better than I do.  I guess I don't even register that they were together that long.  I do still stand by the fact that I think the interest in them as this "great love of each other's life" was introduced because of Billy taking over as Chad.  Personally I just never got that vibe from them.  Maybe it is all the recasts we have had with the characters over the years it is hard to remember all the timelines and storylines.

[swtrgrl]

WRT Chad/Melanie/Abby/Gabby

Melanie and Dario were together (he left for SA). Chad and Abby were together...Chad and Melanie got taken hostage or something (by the guys who were running the illegal gambling ring on Sonny/Chad/Will's Salem U sports website) and they kissed. Austin helped rescue everyone and Abby got her psycho feels for him. Chad/Abby broke up and Abby did her gas lighting of Austin, etc... Chad and Melanie got together. Gabby wanted Chad. Gabby hired Andrew, Andrew kidnapped Melanie...and the rest is history.

Something like that...I over simplified.

[ihavenoidea]

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The "wrong place/wrong time" meaning that there were two instances where there was interest from one or the other in being in a relationship.  When they were in high school, I would say that Chad wanted Gabby more, and when they were older and Gabby was scheming she wanted Chad more.  I also had the impression that if Chad wasn't with Melanie at the time he would of definitely been with Gabby back then.  Hence the "wrong place/wrong time".

Certainly onscreen we've seen Gabi interested in Chad.  Never have we seen the opposite.  Maybe during the one date they went on with old Gabi, but even then most of Chad's scenes were centered on Mia and he even went on that date because he couldn't go with Mia.  She was with Will, so he couldn't have her so he tried to move on.  

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I think you remember the Chad/Abby relationship much better than I do.  I guess I don't even register that they were together that long.  I do still stand by the fact that I think the interest in them as this "great love of each other's life" was introduced because of Billy taking over as Chad.  Personally I just never got that vibe from them.  Maybe it is all the recasts we have had with the characters over the years it is hard to remember all the timelines and storylines.

As a fan of Abby, yeah I remember.  I agree that Chabby 2.0 was played way bigger, but only after fans started responding to the pairing.  That version of Chabby really only got big about 6 months or so after Billy started.  At first they were played just as Chabby 1.0, with very little interesting writing.  There for awhile some even thought they were going full on with Chad/Jordan.  Once they got rid of Jordan and had Chad pining after Abby fans responded, and Chabby 2.0 took off.  What's makes that different to Chabi is that they didn't have to completely make up things like baseball and the fact that Chabi were ever that close, because they weren't, Camila rarely had scenes with Casey outside the stalker story.  Yeah Chabby 1.0 weren't great love, but at that time they were young twenties, they moved on, dated other people, and then were brought back together, like sometimes happens in real life, we saw all that.

[Chick2Chic]

2 hours ago, ihavenoidea said:

 Yeah Chabby 1.0 weren't great love, but at that time they were young twenties, they moved on, dated other people, and then were brought back together, like sometimes happens in real life, we saw all that.

They were in their young twenties when Chad returned since he was gone about a year. The difference IMO is BF doesn't look like a guy in his 20s so as with many aging aspects on the show, time is played with loosely. I still side eye Claire's SORASing since we saw teen Sami try to sell Belle so how old does that make the Brady twins then if Claire is 18 and Belle had her in her 20s? 

Anywho, I think it was lazy of Days to rewrite Chabi's history since there's more drama in them moving past their actual messy history but since Days decided to rewrite what Chabby's relationship was just 2 years ago, why not for Chabi? How it played out, Chad wanted Melanie more than Abby and Abby wanted Cameron more than Chad. Chad and Abby were friends & then they dated but it wasn't a great passion nor great love by any stretch.  And then that silly "purity ring" story where Abby played the Cam and Chad off each other while all the time saying it was Cam she really wanted, so Chad coming back town with a completely retconned version of what we saw play out I always thought was pure revisionist BS and it killed my interest immediately.  I never got why Days couldn't have Chad come back to town and build things up from actual history but instead decided to rewrite the depth of their relationship from like two years prior to suit an agenda that Days continues to push. It's so cheapening but that's how Days rolls. 

Edited April 24, 2017 by Chick2Chic
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[JBC344]

9 hours ago, Chick2Chic said:

They were in their young twenties when Chad returned since he was gone about a year. The difference IMO is BF doesn't look like a guy in his 20s so as with many aging aspects on the show, time is played with loosely. I still side eye Claire's SORASing since we saw teen Sami try to sell Belle so how old does that make the Brady twins then if Claire is 18 and Belle had her in her 20s? 

Anywho, I think it was lazy of Days to rewrite Chabi's history since there's more drama in them moving past their actual messy history but since Days decided to rewrite what Chabby's relationship was just 2 years ago, why not for Chabi? How it played out, Chad wanted Melanie more than Abby and Abby wanted Cameron more than Chad. Chad and Abby were friends & then they dated but it wasn't a great passion nor great love by any stretch.  And then that silly "purity ring" story where Abby played the Cam and Chad off each other while all the time saying it was Cam she really wanted, so Chad coming back town with a completely retconned version of what we saw play out I always thought was pure revisionist BS and it killed my interest immediately.  I never got why Days couldn't have Chad come back to town and build things up from actual history but instead decided to rewrite the depth of their relationship from like two years prior to suit an agenda that Days continues to push. It's so cheapening but that's how Days rolls. 

Thank you for explaining this better than I could.

This is why I never bought Chad/Abby as the next super couple.  I never got this eternal love vibe from them.  As you said, Chad wanted Melanie over Abby during their first go round and Abby preferred Cameron over Chad during their second go round. 

Not that I mind them as a couple, but you make an excellent point about their history being "modified" just as much as Chad/Gabi.

[Silver Raven]

Brian Dattilo's 17-year-old son Gabriel, even though he's only 17, is becoming a high fashion model.  He modeled at Fashion Week and has been getting more work in Southern California.  Although Brian is pretty short, Gabriel is 6 foot 2, at 17.

I could only find some really small pictures of him.  Here's one.

[JBC344]

6 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

Brian Dattilo's 17-year-old son Gabriel, even though he's only 17, is becoming a high fashion model.  He modeled at Fashion Week and has been getting more work in Southern California.  Although Brian is pretty short, Gabriel is 6 foot 2, at 17.

I could only find some really small pictures of him.  Here's one.

I knew Brian had a son and have heard him converse about him over the years but 17, wow, time flies. 

[BlackMamba]

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Outstanding Drama Series

The Bold and the Beautiful

Episodes #7384, #7385, #7386, and #7387

Air Dates: Wednesday, July 27, 2016; Thursday, July 28, 2016; Friday, July 29, 2016; Monday, August 1, 2016

Episode Synopses: The episodes submitted are from The Bold and the Beautiful's location shoot in Monte Carlo. Eric breaks things off with Quinn, but she hops a flight to surprise him in Monaco. Eric regrets breaking things off, and they agree that Quinn will remain in the city in secret. Liam meets with actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. and his wife. From afar, Steffy spots a woman with a large hat and sunglasses, kissing her grandfather -- who she later learns is Quinn.

 

 

Days of our Lives

Episodes #12807 and #12811

Air Dates: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 and Monday, March 28, 2016

Episode 1 Synopsis: Rafe and Steve are determined to rescue John. Marlena unexpectedly joins them. Paul continues to be brainwashed. When it looks like Yo Ling is about to be captured, he bites down on his ring and ingests a lethal poison.

Episode 2 Synopsis: On a dark and stormy night, Abigail believes she sees Ben staring in the window at her. J.J. and Chad assure her that Ben is nowhere near the house. J.J. comforts Abigail with a story from their childhood...then reassures her that they will catch Ben. Just as Abigail starts to relax, one of the guards reports something on the perimeter, and J.J. rushes out. Alone, Abigail sees a dark figure darting into the tunnels and sends Chad after him. She then returns to the living room, finds Thomas gone from his carrier...and turns and sees Ben holding her son. 

 

 

General Hospital

Episodes #13500 and #13501

Air Dates: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 and Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Episode 1 Synopsis: As Alexis and Julian say, "I do," a gunman enters the church and holds everyone hostage. Lulu is thrown overboard from the Haunted Star. Morgan attempts to take matters into his own hands by targeting a group of armed goons. Things go wrong, and Kiki is shot and seriously wounded.

Episode 2 Synopsis: A handcuffed Morgan screams that Kiki needs him while Carly attempts CPR to revive Kiki. Nathan is shot during the standoff at the church. Sonny makes a grand entrance and ends up saving the day.

 

 

The Young and the Restless

Episodes #11001 and #11083

Air Dates: Friday, September 2, 2016; Thursday, December 29, 2016

Running Time:

Episode 1 Synopsis: Victor helps break Adam out of a prison transport van and helps him hide in a remote cabin. The plan is for Adam to flee the country with wife Chelsea and son Connor. But before they can leave, Connor needs medical treatment. Adam's brother, Nick, comes to Chelsea's aid; Nick, Chelsea, and Connor arrive back at the cabin just as it explodes! While the police search for Chelsea, she prays Adam survived the explosion and is waiting for her at the airfield from which they'd planned to escape. What she doesn't know: her best friend, Chloe, is the one person who is sure of Adam's fate. *This episode was preceded by a video package highlighting actors' favorite moments as part of a weeklong 11,000th episode celebration.

Episode 2 Synopsis: It's New Year's Eve in Genoa City, and changes in relationship status are the order of the night. Nick and Chelsea, mourning the loss of their spouses, test the romantic waters. Twice-divorced Billy and Victoria take a tentative step toward reconciliation. Phyllis signals her readiness to move on after wounding Jack with a devastating affair. Ravi summons the courage to kiss his boss at midnight. And Mariah's exposure of Hilary's dirty tricks sends Devon on a high-speed course toward destruction -- of his marriage and, quite possibly, his life.

[Silver Raven]

Scenes with Kate Mansi as Abigail is what DOOL thinks is their best work?

[DisneyBoy]

In fairness, it was hers...

I'm surprised Yo Ling stuff made the cut....

[Silver Raven]

Olivia Rose Keegan won a Daytime Emmy today for Best Original Song.

[carrier76]

Ha!

[RedRockRosie]

NO NO NO!!!!!

Just saw Kate Mansi won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series!! How can this be?? Am I in opposite world???

Glad I am not able to watch this crap. (Sorry to the couple of KM fans. )

[kitmerlot1213]

9 minutes ago, RedRockRosie said:

NO NO NO!!!!!

Just saw Kate Mansi won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series!! How can this be?? Am I in opposite world???

Glad I am not able to watch this crap. (Sorry to the couple of KM fans. )

It's an absolute joke that Mansi won an Emmy with her one note performance but I guess this is what the voters wanted.  This just proves that you can't account for taste or the lack of. 

[SanDiegoInExile]

1 hour ago, RedRockRosie said:

NO NO NO!!!!!

Just saw Kate Mansi won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series!! How can this be?? Am I in opposite world???

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.  She wasn't perfect, tended to over-act when subtlety was a better choice.  Yet she did have a few great scenes as she exited the show, and often that's all it takes to take home the Emmy.  Plus, Mansi is lightyears better than the wet noodle they hired to replace her.

[mj2000]

1 hour ago, RedRockRosie said:

NO NO NO!!!!!

Just saw Kate Mansi won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series!! How can this be?? Am I in opposite world???

Glad I am not able to watch this crap. (Sorry to the couple of KM fans. )

When reading this, the theme to "The Twilight Zone" started playing in my head. Coincidence? I think not!

[DisneyBoy]

2 hours ago, RedRockRosie said:

NO NO NO!!!!!

Just saw Kate Mansi won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series!!

 

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[Artsda]

Congrats to Kate, she did great in the breakdown story. 

[DisneyBoy]

She did adequately.

[Sidney]

39 minutes ago, Artsda said:

Congrats to Kate, she did great in the breakdown story. 

I saw the reels, and they were pretty compelling.

[Silver Raven]

I just saw an interview with Corday on the red carpet, and he said Carlavati's writing won't be showing up till mid to late August.

Kate Mansi was the only winner for Days.

[boes]

A dead squirrel in the road, run down, backed over, and then rode over again has more talent in its flattened tail than Mansi does on her best days.

The Daytime Emmys aren't a joke, they're a TMZ abomination.  Seriously, why the hell demean the few soap survivors this way?

[Lisa418722]

I saw this morning that she won and I wish the Emmy voters had received something showing her same expression no matter the scene.  In love, scared, giving birth, etc.  She always has the same self-serving expression.  I guess that was the one day that would appeal to Emmy voters if they hadn't seen more from her.  

[buffynut]

 I hated KM's Abigail and I'm glad she left the show, however, she did do a good job portraying the breakdown so I can understand why the voters chose her. 

[rcc]

If Days was going to win only one Emmy it should have been BF. He carried KM constantly in their scenes IMO.

[Chick2Chic]

5 hours ago, Lisa418722 said:

I saw this morning that she won and I wish the Emmy voters had received something showing her same expression no matter the scene.  In love, scared, giving birth, etc.  She always has the same self-serving expression.  I guess that was the one day that would appeal to Emmy voters if they hadn't seen more from her.  

A good reel can definitely give the impression the overall performance is good when that's not always the case. I think that's what happened with Kate Mansi.

 

10 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

I just saw an interview with Corday on the red carpet, and he said Carlavati's writing won't be showing up till mid to late August.

 

That's terrible news for the show. I wonder if the ratings will fall to 1.2 - 1.3 from current 1.4 - 1.5? Dena's latest stint has been a catastrophe with an assist from Josh Griffith for his dark version of Days. 

[howmanywords]

Many times over the years I scratch my head when certain people win these awards, then I watch all the reels submitted and it makes sense. Kate was smart and submitted pretty compelling scenes where she did a great job. And tbh while I didn't care for her I would take Kate back if it meant ditching Marci Miller who I still can't warm up to. I'm more annoyed that Billy Flynn didnt win and I thought the scenes he submitted were amazing.

[Kitty Redstone]

Just read the list of all the soap Emmy winners, and frankly I'm too jaded to be surprised.  I figured the horrible Kate Mansi would win, that the horrible General Hospital would win, that the horrible Bryan Craig would win.  It is par for the course these days to coddle and reward vapid blowhards.  It's so damn sad that this once fun, interesting genre has been reduced to utter crap.

[RedRockRosie]

27 minutes ago, Kitty Redstone said:

Just read the list of all the soap Emmy winners, and frankly I'm too jaded to be surprised.  I figured the horrible Kate Mansi would win, that the horrible General Hospital would win, that the horrible Bryan Craig would win.  It is par for the course these days to coddle and reward vapid blowhards.  It's so damn sad that this once fun, interesting genre has been reduced to utter crap.

And Steve Burton winning over Peter Bergman....or John Anniston...or Vincent Irizarry??

*sigh*

[teacake]

I don't care for Bryan Craig as a person, but I thought he his exit story was pretty good (and I thought GH did much better with the mental health angle than Days ever has).  Which soap do people wish had won instead of GH?  Maybe one of the CBS soaps was more deserving, but I only keep up with Days and GH, and last year GH was miles better IMO.

[RedRockRosie]

20 minutes ago, lska said:

I don't care for Bryan Craig as a person, but I thought he his exit story was pretty good (and I thought GH did much better with the mental health angle than Days ever has).  Which soap do people wish had won instead of GH?  Maybe one of the CBS soaps was more deserving, but I only keep up with Days and GH, and last year GH was miles better IMO.

I think the hard thing is for those who watch on a daily & yearly basis, to see so many "lackluster" (I'm being kind) actors end up with maybe one or a small handful of scenes that are actually pretty decent, get awards over others who may have had crappy writing but did a consistently good- even great job, day after day, scene after scene, spinning the bad writing into watchable moments.

As far as which soap should have won ...good question. Not one of them today even reach the "bad days" of the "glory days of soaps" (sadly long gone). I just take the good parts with the actors I really like & enjoy what I can, trying to forget the OOC or OTT way the "history amnesiac" writers spin their tales.

With that being said, GH was as good as any...maybe Y&R...B&B had its moment, DOOL is sadly floundering (thanks , Dena). But here I am, still watching all of them..thanks to my trusty DVR & FF button. ;-)

[Silver Raven]

40 minutes ago, lska said:

I don't care for Bryan Craig as a person, but I thought he his exit story was pretty good (and I thought GH did much better with the mental health angle than Days ever has).  Which soap do people wish had won instead of GH?  Maybe one of the CBS soaps was more deserving, but I only keep up with Days and GH, and last year GH was miles better IMO.

Ironically, after Ron Carlavati left.

[Kitty Redstone]

I would have given it to B&B.  It had some crappy stories but overall was far better than the other three.  Rena Sofer, Don Diamont, KKL, Heather Tom, Anna Maria Horsford, Obba Batatunde, Ashleigh Brewer and John McCook are always excellent.  Also notable was Felisha Cooper and Piersode Fode.  She was so cute and charming (TIIC stupidly let her go) and he was somehow able to get viewers to put aside a character-destroying story a few months before. 

[Silver Raven]

Freddie Smith just posted on his Facebook page that he may be getting his own reality show, which will show him as a working actor, interacting with his girlfriend, and showing him and his girlfriend and their business.  So, in other words, a commercial for their pyramid scheme.

[rcc]

FS and a reality show. I'm not surprised. The guy seems like he would do anything for a buck.

[MsTree]

9 hours ago, rcc said:

The guy seems like he would do anything for a buck

He should call Lisa Rinna to guest star...cause I think she's got him beat on that one.

[DisneyBoy]

Apparently the Writer's Strike is all resolved. So yay! Soaps will live on...

[swtrgrl]

On 4/30/2017 at 9:10 PM, RedRockRosie said:

NO NO NO!!!!!

Just saw Kate Mansi won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series!! How can this be?? Am I in opposite world???

Glad I am not able to watch this crap. (Sorry to the couple of KM fans. )

I wanted to cry. Out of all the women in that category, Mansi wins? Barf.

On 5/1/2017 at 0:11 AM, DisneyBoy said:

She did adequately.

I agree. I saw her submission and compared to all the other drek she produced over the years, it was adequate and didn't quite suck. Still... nooooo!

23 hours ago, Kitty Redstone said:

Just read the list of all the soap Emmy winners, and frankly I'm too jaded to be surprised.  I figured the horrible Kate Mansi would win, that the horrible General Hospital would win, that the horrible Bryan Craig would win.  It is par for the course these days to coddle and reward vapid blowhards.  It's so damn sad that this once fun, interesting genre has been reduced to utter crap.

While I normally think BC is awful, his clip was pretty good. I'm going to "allow" that he has grown as an actor over the years...since he and KiKi showed up, anyway. Barely. that's all I'll give, though b/c I don't like him as a person nor do I particularly think he's talented.

19 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

Freddie Smith just posted on his Facebook page that he may be getting his own reality show, which will show him as a working actor, interacting with his girlfriend, and showing him and his girlfriend and their business.  So, in other words, a commercial for their pyramid scheme.

This is 100% a shill for his stupid MLM schemes. It's a shame how he uses fans this way. I can't stand his voice any more. He used to have 1. Freddie 2. Sonny 3. MLM. Now the MLM crap even shines through as Sonny. I dont get his 2014 Emmy, either. the scene he submitted was subpar compared to the other submissions. I don't think he can act, anyway. 

I'm so negative today. I need chocolate and a margarita. LOL

[Kitty Redstone]

On 5/2/2017 at 10:46 AM, swtrgrl said:

While I normally think BC is awful, his clip was pretty good. I'm going to "allow" that he has grown as an actor over the years...since he and KiKi showed up, anyway. Barely. that's all I'll give, though b/c I don't like him as a person nor do I particularly think he's talented.

He likes dogs, so he can't be all bad.  :-) 

It's funny because his acting was so much better when he first appeared on GH.  He and Maura West had wicked chemistry and he played a bitter second son in a believable and sometimes heartbreaking way.  But then they put his character squarely in Sonny's orbit and BC quickly began to emulate MB and the worst of his tics (stutterbarking, mumbling, constantly rubbing his face and wagging his head, etc.).  It was all downhill after that.

[swtrgrl]

6 hours ago, Kitty Redstone said:

He likes dogs, so he can't be all bad.  :-) 

It's funny because his acting was so much better when he first appeared on GH.  He and Maura West had wicked chemistry and he played a bitter second son in a believable and sometimes heartbreaking way.  But then they put his character squarely in Sonny's orbit and BC quickly began to emulate MB and the worst of his tics (stutterbarking, mumbling, constantly rubbing his face and wagging his head, etc.).  It was all downhill after that.

Okay, I'll give him credit for the dog liking, too. LOL

I disagree about when he first came on. I hated that whiny crap. OMG the scene where Franco let it spill to Morgan that Michael was raped? WHINY PETULANT CHILD..."mikey, why didn't you tell me?" AARGH.

But yes, he and Maura did have wicked chemistry. Better than he and KiKi

Edited May 5, 2017 by swtrgrl

[Kitty Redstone]

I don't remember BC being whiny except at the very beginning with KA's Kiki (when they were living at the Q'sboathouse), but I was probably not paying attention.

Wonder what channel would give FS and his girlfriend a platform to sell their product?  So odd.  Even if it weren't for that, he doesn't seem interesting enough for a reality show.

[swtrgrl]

I assumed it was a web thingy...sponsored by his MLM Pyramid crap.

[Silver Raven]

There's a documentary out about Bill Hayes's long career, although the article doesn't say where one might see it.

https://www.tvinsider.com/199166/days-of-our-lives-bill-hayes-documentary/

[SanDiegoInExile]

It's online.  You have to enter in your name and email.  

Oddball setup.

Haven't watched it, so no idea if you get viruses or spam <ha>.

1 hour 19 minutes.

https://www.billhayesmovie.com/fullmovie

Edited May 20, 2017 by SanDiegoInExile

[BlackMamba]

Nothing major just Wilson/Paulson having lunch

Edited May 23, 2017 by BlackMamba

[swtrgrl]

Sigh. I wanna see Chandler/Christopher Horita chemistry. And maybe Chandler won't hold back this time (on the intimate stuff).