Hey, everyone! Sorry I haven’t been blogging much lately. I had to get myself to Hartford last week for a Days of Our Lives Charity event and I’ve been trying to catch up on my soaps since I’ve been back. Well, I just finished watching yesterday's OLTL and I don’t even know what to say. Todd and Tea actually had sex on the defense table in the courtroom!!! I know these two can be pretty risqué but in the courtroom right before a custody hearing?!! OMG!!!! I really don’t know what else to say about it – except I’m not sure how they got that past Disney or the censors!
Here’s a link to it on youtube if you want it to check it out. Warning: it’s pretty dang hot!
Things only got better when Marty walked on them getting re-dressed. The look of horror on her face when she saw them was priceless. I also loved how they used the ending of it for the return of RJ. I loved he walked in the courtroom just in time to zip Tea up.
All this, plus David came back too. What a frakking crazy episode!!! Now, I’m off running to my TV to watch today’s eppy! I can’t even imagine what Ron Carlavati’s got waiting for me on my dvr! Part of me's afraid and the others pretty damn excited!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Crazy World of Soaps in Review: April 6th – April 10th 2009
Okay, so since I’ve been celebrating Easter this weekend this is going to be a short one and I have decided I will try to keep this weeks review as positive as possible. Well, I’ll try anyway –lol!
Sweetest Moment:
I’m going to have to gives this to Days of Our Lives, and the scene with EJ, Sami and Johnny. I admit it I’m an EJami fan so, I’m naturally a sucker for them having a family moment with their son, but come on it was frakking adorable! After Sami rushed to comfort EJ after hearing about Tony’s death, she had her grandmother drop off Johnny to cheer up EJ. I don’t know what was cuter, Johnny announcing he had an itch or Johnny turning to EJ and asking, “So, how was your work?” or EJ scooping him up and cuddling with him on the chair. I love this kid playing Johnny – he’s hysterical and nothing’s hotter than James Scott playing dad. For one brief moment on this show, life was good.
Soapiest Moment(s):
Okay, I thought the soapiest stuff this week was all about the Spauldings on Guiding Light. The week started with a possibly goodbye family dinner for Phillip and sarcastic comments flying everywhere, all leading up to Alan dumping the money that Phillip had been hiding from Grady’s murder on the table. Then, we saw Alan trying to bribe the Judge with this money to get his son, Phillip, sent to jail. The bribery worked and Phillip went to jail for about 5 minutes, until his son, James, manipulated the governor’s daughter into helping him out and getting the governor to pardon Phillip. The look on Alan’s face as Phillip sauntered in to the Spaulding mansion - priceless! This all culminated with a second Spaulding family dinner, where things got even better: Phillip and Alan competing to be the Alpha male of the family with things like talking over each other in a toast; Alexandra praising Phillip and trying to get under Alan’s skin; Lillian sitting beside Alan to play ‘babysitter’; Alan threatening Beth and James returning to town just in time to help her; James and Philip’s face to face meeting and James saying he wants nothing to do with his father and Phillip commenting on how he sounds just like him about Alan; Bill’s sarcastic commentary on the family gathering to Lizzie and then finally, Daisey or Susan or whatever the hell she’s calling herself these days, showing up as James’ guest – the Cooper and Lewis who once thought she was his sister shows up, thinking he’s just a cute guy and then finds out who he is – plus the reaction of the family – again, priceless!!! The Spauldings were on fire this week and I can’t wait to see what they bring next week! If only Guiding Light had remembered how to be fun and soapy sooner. Oh right, staying positive this week… Well, at least if Guiding Light has to go out, it will go out in a blaze of glory!
Funniest Moment:
Well, there were a lot of funny moments this week, but I think I have to give this to One Life to Live’s David Vickers and his hemorrhoid cream commercial. I blogged on it earlier, so I won’t spend too much time on this, but I still laugh when I think of him being so excited about becoming a spokesperson for it and Dorian looking appalled. Damn, I miss David when he’s not around.
Performance of the Week:
Okay, first I have to confess I watched General Hospital again. This is not my fault, I visited my parents and my mother made me honest –lol! Anyway, I rag on this show a lot but I have to give to praise Julie Marie Berman’s performance as Lulu and Johnny broke up. Sure, the writing was terrible and the whole thing was contrived as hell because this is General Hospital, but Julie sure knocked it out of the park! She had me crying right along with her as her world was falling apart. I loved her conversation with Tracy as she tried to get Lulu to snap out of it and help her stop Ethan. Oh, how I wish someone would stop Ethan and his bad Jack Sparrow impersonation from being on screen…. Anyway, back to positives, with a crappy show screwing up everything all the time Julie managed to make something shine out of that mess so she deserves the praise. Well, that sounded partially positive right? Sigh. Oh well, I tried but it’s hard when the JoLu and Spixie fan is in desperate need of a drink –lol!
Line(s) of the Week:
Okay, positive thoughts… here are some of my favourite lines of the week – you’ll see I wasn’t kidding about the greatness of the Spauldings:
Guiding Light:
Alan bribing the Judge on Phillip’s case:
Alan: Well, I can understand why that might be a conflict of interest, but I'm not here to talk about my son's trial. I'm here as a concerned citizen of Springfield. I'm concerned about our environment.
Judge: Oh, really? Hmm.
Alan: Yes. And I feel, as one of the leaders of this community, that I should be a part of setting the tone for the way we should be going, which I believe is green. And that's why I have purchased a vehicle. I'd love to show it to you.
Judge: You know, my daughter is on the Springfield green planning board.
Alan: Really?
Judge: Mm-hmm.
Alan: Well, maybe if she saw this, she'd buy a fleet for the entire city.
Judge: Well, then I guess I should have a look.
Alan: Well, please. And you'll notice that basically the car is the same. The motor is up in the front, and everything is the same. Now, the green part, your Honor, is back here. Let me show it to you. Now, that's green. That's why it is very important, your Honor, for us to agree on how to handle the environment in this city.
Judge: I'm not sure I'm as progressive as you are, Mr. Spaulding.
Alan: Well, of course you are, your Honor. We both want the same things. We want fresh air, pristine water, safer streets for our children to play in. But what we have to do is rid this city of all its toxins, so that the next generation will be safe. Now, when you took your oath of office as a judge, you said that you would be fair and make this city the best that you could. Isn't that what you want for your daughter and her family?
Judge: My daughter does love green.
Alan: Well, doesn't she need to be rewarded for all of her hard work? I mean, you know, we parents have to take care of our children. We know what's best for them.
Judge: You're a very convincing man, Mr. Spaulding.
Alan to Beth after Rick arrives to the party: Beth, I thought you told me this was supposed to be a family celebration.
Beth: Rick is practically part of the family.
Alan: Yeah, well, for you, Beth, every man at this table is practically part of the family.
James wants Daisey to stay for Dinner and Alan says: She tried to shoot me, so she is not welcome. You should leave.
Phillip: You did shoot me, and she is extremely welcome and staying.
Bill: Well, I vote she stays.
Lizzie: I vote yes.
Alan: I vote no.
Phillip: Of course you're welcome. You're not going to throw up, are you?
Daisy: I can't make any promises.
General Hospital:
Tracy isn’t too happy with Spinelli’s P.I. work and lets him know it: This is the best you can come up with?
Spinelli: I did exactly what the Abrasive One asked of me.
Tracy: I expect a little more than the address where Ethan is staying -- you're the Jackass.
Spinelli: The Jackal.
Later on Tracey tries to get Spinelli to leave: Jackass, why are you still standing here? You have work to do. Get back to me with any information you find.
One Life to Live:
David’s opening line in his national commercial: Not too shabby, eh? (plays with his tux) But it's nothing special for me. I'm out on the town every night of the week. Tonight it's a movie premiere, and I'm seated next to a couple of people named Brad and Angelina. But I can't go. Why not? Because of this. (goes to sit down) Oh! That's right, my friends. I can't sit down. Like many of you, I have known the painful agony of hemorrhoids.
That’s all for my recap this week. I hope I did my best to stay positive – I even said two nice things about GH –lol!
Ttyl!!
Sweetest Moment:
I’m going to have to gives this to Days of Our Lives, and the scene with EJ, Sami and Johnny. I admit it I’m an EJami fan so, I’m naturally a sucker for them having a family moment with their son, but come on it was frakking adorable! After Sami rushed to comfort EJ after hearing about Tony’s death, she had her grandmother drop off Johnny to cheer up EJ. I don’t know what was cuter, Johnny announcing he had an itch or Johnny turning to EJ and asking, “So, how was your work?” or EJ scooping him up and cuddling with him on the chair. I love this kid playing Johnny – he’s hysterical and nothing’s hotter than James Scott playing dad. For one brief moment on this show, life was good.
Soapiest Moment(s):
Okay, I thought the soapiest stuff this week was all about the Spauldings on Guiding Light. The week started with a possibly goodbye family dinner for Phillip and sarcastic comments flying everywhere, all leading up to Alan dumping the money that Phillip had been hiding from Grady’s murder on the table. Then, we saw Alan trying to bribe the Judge with this money to get his son, Phillip, sent to jail. The bribery worked and Phillip went to jail for about 5 minutes, until his son, James, manipulated the governor’s daughter into helping him out and getting the governor to pardon Phillip. The look on Alan’s face as Phillip sauntered in to the Spaulding mansion - priceless! This all culminated with a second Spaulding family dinner, where things got even better: Phillip and Alan competing to be the Alpha male of the family with things like talking over each other in a toast; Alexandra praising Phillip and trying to get under Alan’s skin; Lillian sitting beside Alan to play ‘babysitter’; Alan threatening Beth and James returning to town just in time to help her; James and Philip’s face to face meeting and James saying he wants nothing to do with his father and Phillip commenting on how he sounds just like him about Alan; Bill’s sarcastic commentary on the family gathering to Lizzie and then finally, Daisey or Susan or whatever the hell she’s calling herself these days, showing up as James’ guest – the Cooper and Lewis who once thought she was his sister shows up, thinking he’s just a cute guy and then finds out who he is – plus the reaction of the family – again, priceless!!! The Spauldings were on fire this week and I can’t wait to see what they bring next week! If only Guiding Light had remembered how to be fun and soapy sooner. Oh right, staying positive this week… Well, at least if Guiding Light has to go out, it will go out in a blaze of glory!
Funniest Moment:
Well, there were a lot of funny moments this week, but I think I have to give this to One Life to Live’s David Vickers and his hemorrhoid cream commercial. I blogged on it earlier, so I won’t spend too much time on this, but I still laugh when I think of him being so excited about becoming a spokesperson for it and Dorian looking appalled. Damn, I miss David when he’s not around.
Performance of the Week:
Okay, first I have to confess I watched General Hospital again. This is not my fault, I visited my parents and my mother made me honest –lol! Anyway, I rag on this show a lot but I have to give to praise Julie Marie Berman’s performance as Lulu and Johnny broke up. Sure, the writing was terrible and the whole thing was contrived as hell because this is General Hospital, but Julie sure knocked it out of the park! She had me crying right along with her as her world was falling apart. I loved her conversation with Tracy as she tried to get Lulu to snap out of it and help her stop Ethan. Oh, how I wish someone would stop Ethan and his bad Jack Sparrow impersonation from being on screen…. Anyway, back to positives, with a crappy show screwing up everything all the time Julie managed to make something shine out of that mess so she deserves the praise. Well, that sounded partially positive right? Sigh. Oh well, I tried but it’s hard when the JoLu and Spixie fan is in desperate need of a drink –lol!
Line(s) of the Week:
Okay, positive thoughts… here are some of my favourite lines of the week – you’ll see I wasn’t kidding about the greatness of the Spauldings:
Guiding Light:
Alan bribing the Judge on Phillip’s case:
Alan: Well, I can understand why that might be a conflict of interest, but I'm not here to talk about my son's trial. I'm here as a concerned citizen of Springfield. I'm concerned about our environment.
Judge: Oh, really? Hmm.
Alan: Yes. And I feel, as one of the leaders of this community, that I should be a part of setting the tone for the way we should be going, which I believe is green. And that's why I have purchased a vehicle. I'd love to show it to you.
Judge: You know, my daughter is on the Springfield green planning board.
Alan: Really?
Judge: Mm-hmm.
Alan: Well, maybe if she saw this, she'd buy a fleet for the entire city.
Judge: Well, then I guess I should have a look.
Alan: Well, please. And you'll notice that basically the car is the same. The motor is up in the front, and everything is the same. Now, the green part, your Honor, is back here. Let me show it to you. Now, that's green. That's why it is very important, your Honor, for us to agree on how to handle the environment in this city.
Judge: I'm not sure I'm as progressive as you are, Mr. Spaulding.
Alan: Well, of course you are, your Honor. We both want the same things. We want fresh air, pristine water, safer streets for our children to play in. But what we have to do is rid this city of all its toxins, so that the next generation will be safe. Now, when you took your oath of office as a judge, you said that you would be fair and make this city the best that you could. Isn't that what you want for your daughter and her family?
Judge: My daughter does love green.
Alan: Well, doesn't she need to be rewarded for all of her hard work? I mean, you know, we parents have to take care of our children. We know what's best for them.
Judge: You're a very convincing man, Mr. Spaulding.
Alan to Beth after Rick arrives to the party: Beth, I thought you told me this was supposed to be a family celebration.
Beth: Rick is practically part of the family.
Alan: Yeah, well, for you, Beth, every man at this table is practically part of the family.
James wants Daisey to stay for Dinner and Alan says: She tried to shoot me, so she is not welcome. You should leave.
Phillip: You did shoot me, and she is extremely welcome and staying.
Bill: Well, I vote she stays.
Lizzie: I vote yes.
Alan: I vote no.
Phillip: Of course you're welcome. You're not going to throw up, are you?
Daisy: I can't make any promises.
General Hospital:
Tracy isn’t too happy with Spinelli’s P.I. work and lets him know it: This is the best you can come up with?
Spinelli: I did exactly what the Abrasive One asked of me.
Tracy: I expect a little more than the address where Ethan is staying -- you're the Jackass.
Spinelli: The Jackal.
Later on Tracey tries to get Spinelli to leave: Jackass, why are you still standing here? You have work to do. Get back to me with any information you find.
One Life to Live:
David’s opening line in his national commercial: Not too shabby, eh? (plays with his tux) But it's nothing special for me. I'm out on the town every night of the week. Tonight it's a movie premiere, and I'm seated next to a couple of people named Brad and Angelina. But I can't go. Why not? Because of this. (goes to sit down) Oh! That's right, my friends. I can't sit down. Like many of you, I have known the painful agony of hemorrhoids.
That’s all for my recap this week. I hope I did my best to stay positive – I even said two nice things about GH –lol!
Ttyl!!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
David Vickers vs. the Hemorrhoids
Yesterday’s episode of One Life to Live, finally gave us a laugh to mix in with all the drama, in the form of an appearance by David Vickers. David surprised Dorian and the viewers with an excited phone call explaining that he had his first acting gig since he went back to Hollywood. While watching his commercial, I nearly fell off my couch laughing as David went from talking about sitting beside Brangelina at an awards show to talking about having hemorrhoids! The look on Dorian’s face as he pulled out the hemorrhoid cream was priceless. I can’t really do it justice put just trust me, whether you watch OLTL or not you have to watch this! I promise you’ll laugh.
I really wish Tuc would come back to the show full time. Desperate Housewives completely wastes him and OLTL needs the comic relief right now!
I really wish Tuc would come back to the show full time. Desperate Housewives completely wastes him and OLTL needs the comic relief right now!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Crazy World of Soaps: A Week in Review
Hey everyone! So, a lot of people told me they liked the week in review thing so I figured I’d do it again for last week. So without further ado, here’s previously in the crazy world of soaps…
Craziest Moment:
I have to go with the Jill and Katharine’s cat fight on the Young and the Restless. It was the moment we all were waiting for once we knew the test results were in and it didn’t disappoint! Jill and Katharine resumed their old ways the minute the test results came in at Billy and Chloe’s wedding. First came the verbal sparring and then came the food fight. Poor Chloe, didn’t know what hit her as she walked in to see her wedding cake all over Katherine, Jill and whoever else had gotten in the way. What a blast to see the two of them grabbing chunks of cake and throwing them at each other! Hear’s hoping we get another blow out real soon.
Saddest Moment(s):
Days of Our Lives was crying central for me last week as I tuned in and watched the death of Tony DiMera. I know after the many deaths of Tony DiMera or Andre or whoever, you’d think I’d be over it by now, but apparently I’m not – lol! Thaao Penglis was knocking it out of the park as usual, using mostly facial expressions to convey emotions as Nicole threatened him, Lexie fussed about him and as EJ tried to get a clue as Tony tried tell him about Nicole’s secret. Then, when he died, the actors involved all gave knock out performances as they dealt with the fall out. James Scott broke my heart as EJ came out of Tony’s room and told everyone he was flat lining. Renee Jones was equally heart-breaking as she came out to tell everyone Tony was gone and EJ comforted her as she broke down his arms. Joe Moscolo’s portrayal of Stefano had me crying as he teared up at the news and then vowed vengeance on Phillip. Even Leann Hunley’s return as Anna – as unfortunately brief as it was - moved me as she ripped into Stefano and blamed him for Tony’s death, before slapping him across the face and leaving. It was definitely an emotionally week in Salem.
Soapiest Moment:
This definitely has to go to the Young and the Restless and Chloe and Billy’s Wedding. First, Billy is late because he was hung over after a night of debauchery with the Maid of Honour and his brother’s almost ex-wife, Sharon. Then, while Jill was finding out that Katharine really was Katharine and that Kay wasn’t really her mother, Billy and Chloe were saying their “I do’s” in order to help keep custody of their daughter Delia. Meanwhile, as these two very soapy things were happening, Katharine’s granddaughter and Billy’s ex, Mackenzie arrived at the mansion. After the “I Do’s” Billy finds out that Mac is back, which hits him hard, and then he learns the test results which mean he is no longer Katharine’s grandson and the reason that he and Mac broke up years ago – because they had found out they were cousins – just didn’t matter anymore. So now, Billy is trapped in a marriage with a woman he doesn’t love, while the woman he really loves is back and actually available. It doesn’t really get any soapier than that!
Worst Moment:
CBS announcing the cancellation of Guiding Light. If the announcement itself wasn’t bad enough, to do it on April Fool’s Day was just damn tacky! Shame on you CBS, shame on you!
Favourite Girl Power Moment(s):
Okay, now you might be wondering why this even needs a category, so I will explain. Most soaps today seem to forget that women are their primary target audience (*coughs * GH) and seem out of touch with us women, so when a soap seems to remember we exist I feel the need to point it out –lol! Anyway, my first favourite moment is OLTL showing Marty and Jessica renewing their friendship. Both of these ladies have had a rough year and made some pretty bad mistakes, so it was nice to see them bond over that, bury the hatchet and do something as simple as talk about guys at the diner. Of course this being a soap, the men in their lives eventually broke both their hearts by trying to do something noble for two other women which led to my second favourite moment, another female bonding scene of the two of them drowning their sorrows in tea. I loved that the writers used the fact that both characters can’t drink and made something fun out of it by having them make fun of the fact they were taking shots of tea. Soaps these days don’t really show female friendships anymore so I’d like to thank Ron Carlavati and his team for remembering we like to see them.
Favourite Return:
There were a few returns this week, but my absolute favourite was the return of One Life To Live’s Hank Gannon. What an awesome surprise this week! I knew he was coming back, but I haven’t really been following spoilers so I didn’t know he was going to be back on Wednesday, so when Nora opened the door to the Buchanan mansion and found herself looking at her ex-husband Hank Gannon, and then she smiled – I found myself smiling too. Hank’s return to help Nora and Bo through this rough time with their son, Matthew’s paralysis is most welcome by this long-time viewer. As Nora finally broke down and cried on Hank’s shoulder, I cried. When, Bo arrived and saw Hank, the smile and look of relief on his face as he saw his best friend made me smile and cry. The actors got back into their rhythm as if he had never left. After the crappy Wednesday I’d had after hearing about Guiding Light, the return of Hank Gannon just made me feel like everything would be okay in soapland – even if it was just for a moment.
Worst Character:
Now, I know both OLTL’s Stacey and Days of Our Lives' Melanie were on this week, but I’m going to surprise everyone and not give this to them. The character that annoyed the hell out of me and pissed me off the most this week was Sharon Newman Abbott. Maybe it’s because my roommate and I watch Y&R live while we eat dinner, so I can’t FF through her like can the two above mentioned irritants, but I just wanted to slap this girl silly this week – and since I couldn’t, I was cheering for Phyllis to do it for me! I am sooooo tired of Sharon being St. Sharon while she’s sleeping around town and stealing from everyone and everywhere. And then, when Phyllis calls her on her crap she blames her for everything. Sigh. I love characters that sleep around and steal and scheme when they admit that’s who they are and they don’t try to sound perfect and – they just try to be they’re crazy lovable selves – but Sharon drives me freaking crazy with all her whining and ‘woe is me’ crap. I get it her life is falling apart, but you can’t try to sell yourself as Little Miss Perfect while your sleeping with your husband’s brother, your husband and your ex-husband and stealing anything that isn’t glued down– it just doesn’t fly!
Lines of the week:
Days of Our Lives:
Nicole to a (tubed Tony in his hospital bed): “You owe me your life. And you know how you're gonna repay me? You're going to keep your mouth shut, agreed? Oh, for God's sake, Tony, say something!”
Nurse (comes in and points at tube): “Hey, hey, hey. He can’t.
Stefano (to Nicole): “Just get out of my house you lying bitch!”
Lucas (to Sami): “You were pregnant, you were being stalked by an assassin, and you fell for your bodyguard, which, by the way, that's not compatibility, all right? That's Stockholm syndrome.”
General Hospital:
Claudia (to Johnny and Maxie): He [Ric] overdosed on pills and booze and he passed out cold after we had sex. You got to get him out of here.
Maxie: Finally, someone more screwed up than me.
One Life to Live:
Hank (to Bo): All-righty, then. So, there's just one thing we need to talk about. Nora and Clint?
Bo: Uh-huh. No, no. Don't even go there.
Bartender (trying to stop Todd from leaving): I'm going to need you to settle up your tab.
Todd: Oh, no, I paid you for the drink.
Bartender: Your friend said to put his dinner on your tab.
Todd: I don't have any friends.
Young and the Restless:
Billy: Hey, Mom. I wasn't sure you would be here.
Jill: I'm here for you.
Chloe: And what an interesting wedding gift-- a pink slip. Thank you.
Chloe: See, that is the difference between you and me, Jill. Billy was always my favorite.
Colleen: She's just not his.
Chloe: I heard that.
Well, that’s it for this week’s review! Please share your own thoughts on this past week. And I Hope we get some happier news in soapland in the days to come.
Ttyl!
Craziest Moment:
I have to go with the Jill and Katharine’s cat fight on the Young and the Restless. It was the moment we all were waiting for once we knew the test results were in and it didn’t disappoint! Jill and Katharine resumed their old ways the minute the test results came in at Billy and Chloe’s wedding. First came the verbal sparring and then came the food fight. Poor Chloe, didn’t know what hit her as she walked in to see her wedding cake all over Katherine, Jill and whoever else had gotten in the way. What a blast to see the two of them grabbing chunks of cake and throwing them at each other! Hear’s hoping we get another blow out real soon.
Saddest Moment(s):
Days of Our Lives was crying central for me last week as I tuned in and watched the death of Tony DiMera. I know after the many deaths of Tony DiMera or Andre or whoever, you’d think I’d be over it by now, but apparently I’m not – lol! Thaao Penglis was knocking it out of the park as usual, using mostly facial expressions to convey emotions as Nicole threatened him, Lexie fussed about him and as EJ tried to get a clue as Tony tried tell him about Nicole’s secret. Then, when he died, the actors involved all gave knock out performances as they dealt with the fall out. James Scott broke my heart as EJ came out of Tony’s room and told everyone he was flat lining. Renee Jones was equally heart-breaking as she came out to tell everyone Tony was gone and EJ comforted her as she broke down his arms. Joe Moscolo’s portrayal of Stefano had me crying as he teared up at the news and then vowed vengeance on Phillip. Even Leann Hunley’s return as Anna – as unfortunately brief as it was - moved me as she ripped into Stefano and blamed him for Tony’s death, before slapping him across the face and leaving. It was definitely an emotionally week in Salem.
Soapiest Moment:
This definitely has to go to the Young and the Restless and Chloe and Billy’s Wedding. First, Billy is late because he was hung over after a night of debauchery with the Maid of Honour and his brother’s almost ex-wife, Sharon. Then, while Jill was finding out that Katharine really was Katharine and that Kay wasn’t really her mother, Billy and Chloe were saying their “I do’s” in order to help keep custody of their daughter Delia. Meanwhile, as these two very soapy things were happening, Katharine’s granddaughter and Billy’s ex, Mackenzie arrived at the mansion. After the “I Do’s” Billy finds out that Mac is back, which hits him hard, and then he learns the test results which mean he is no longer Katharine’s grandson and the reason that he and Mac broke up years ago – because they had found out they were cousins – just didn’t matter anymore. So now, Billy is trapped in a marriage with a woman he doesn’t love, while the woman he really loves is back and actually available. It doesn’t really get any soapier than that!
Worst Moment:
CBS announcing the cancellation of Guiding Light. If the announcement itself wasn’t bad enough, to do it on April Fool’s Day was just damn tacky! Shame on you CBS, shame on you!
Favourite Girl Power Moment(s):
Okay, now you might be wondering why this even needs a category, so I will explain. Most soaps today seem to forget that women are their primary target audience (*coughs * GH) and seem out of touch with us women, so when a soap seems to remember we exist I feel the need to point it out –lol! Anyway, my first favourite moment is OLTL showing Marty and Jessica renewing their friendship. Both of these ladies have had a rough year and made some pretty bad mistakes, so it was nice to see them bond over that, bury the hatchet and do something as simple as talk about guys at the diner. Of course this being a soap, the men in their lives eventually broke both their hearts by trying to do something noble for two other women which led to my second favourite moment, another female bonding scene of the two of them drowning their sorrows in tea. I loved that the writers used the fact that both characters can’t drink and made something fun out of it by having them make fun of the fact they were taking shots of tea. Soaps these days don’t really show female friendships anymore so I’d like to thank Ron Carlavati and his team for remembering we like to see them.
Favourite Return:
There were a few returns this week, but my absolute favourite was the return of One Life To Live’s Hank Gannon. What an awesome surprise this week! I knew he was coming back, but I haven’t really been following spoilers so I didn’t know he was going to be back on Wednesday, so when Nora opened the door to the Buchanan mansion and found herself looking at her ex-husband Hank Gannon, and then she smiled – I found myself smiling too. Hank’s return to help Nora and Bo through this rough time with their son, Matthew’s paralysis is most welcome by this long-time viewer. As Nora finally broke down and cried on Hank’s shoulder, I cried. When, Bo arrived and saw Hank, the smile and look of relief on his face as he saw his best friend made me smile and cry. The actors got back into their rhythm as if he had never left. After the crappy Wednesday I’d had after hearing about Guiding Light, the return of Hank Gannon just made me feel like everything would be okay in soapland – even if it was just for a moment.
Worst Character:
Now, I know both OLTL’s Stacey and Days of Our Lives' Melanie were on this week, but I’m going to surprise everyone and not give this to them. The character that annoyed the hell out of me and pissed me off the most this week was Sharon Newman Abbott. Maybe it’s because my roommate and I watch Y&R live while we eat dinner, so I can’t FF through her like can the two above mentioned irritants, but I just wanted to slap this girl silly this week – and since I couldn’t, I was cheering for Phyllis to do it for me! I am sooooo tired of Sharon being St. Sharon while she’s sleeping around town and stealing from everyone and everywhere. And then, when Phyllis calls her on her crap she blames her for everything. Sigh. I love characters that sleep around and steal and scheme when they admit that’s who they are and they don’t try to sound perfect and – they just try to be they’re crazy lovable selves – but Sharon drives me freaking crazy with all her whining and ‘woe is me’ crap. I get it her life is falling apart, but you can’t try to sell yourself as Little Miss Perfect while your sleeping with your husband’s brother, your husband and your ex-husband and stealing anything that isn’t glued down– it just doesn’t fly!
Lines of the week:
Days of Our Lives:
Nicole to a (tubed Tony in his hospital bed): “You owe me your life. And you know how you're gonna repay me? You're going to keep your mouth shut, agreed? Oh, for God's sake, Tony, say something!”
Nurse (comes in and points at tube): “Hey, hey, hey. He can’t.
Stefano (to Nicole): “Just get out of my house you lying bitch!”
Lucas (to Sami): “You were pregnant, you were being stalked by an assassin, and you fell for your bodyguard, which, by the way, that's not compatibility, all right? That's Stockholm syndrome.”
General Hospital:
Claudia (to Johnny and Maxie): He [Ric] overdosed on pills and booze and he passed out cold after we had sex. You got to get him out of here.
Maxie: Finally, someone more screwed up than me.
One Life to Live:
Hank (to Bo): All-righty, then. So, there's just one thing we need to talk about. Nora and Clint?
Bo: Uh-huh. No, no. Don't even go there.
Bartender (trying to stop Todd from leaving): I'm going to need you to settle up your tab.
Todd: Oh, no, I paid you for the drink.
Bartender: Your friend said to put his dinner on your tab.
Todd: I don't have any friends.
Young and the Restless:
Billy: Hey, Mom. I wasn't sure you would be here.
Jill: I'm here for you.
Chloe: And what an interesting wedding gift-- a pink slip. Thank you.
Chloe: See, that is the difference between you and me, Jill. Billy was always my favorite.
Colleen: She's just not his.
Chloe: I heard that.
Well, that’s it for this week’s review! Please share your own thoughts on this past week. And I Hope we get some happier news in soapland in the days to come.
Ttyl!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
It's A Sad, Sad Day....
It's a sad day in soapland boys and girls. Daytime’s longest running drama, Guiding Light, has been cancelled. This really sucks because Guiding Light has been smoking lately. I had given up on it about 5 or 6 years ago - around the time they made Philip crazy and started writing Manny like complete crap. But once I heard that Philip was about to come back and that it had been improving I decided to check it out again and it's been on fire since.
In my opinion, this isn't just bad news for GL fans; this is soap history being flushed down the toilet. And for what? Rumour has it maybe a re-do of $25,000 Pyramid. Didn't a re-do of that already get cancelled a couple of years ago? Seriously CBS? Well, this is worrisome because if you look at the soap ratings, there are less than a million Neilson household shares separating GL from most of the other soaps out there. ATWT was barely renewed today, Days is on the brink, AMC isn't doing so hot and GH is sinking faster than the titanic. All this and this year marks the 10th Anniversary of the cancellation of Another World. This soap addict feels like Soap Armageddon is upon us!! I feel like gathering up all my old soap VHS tapes and eating a whole chocolate cake this weekend!! What else is a girl to do?! Well, this girl plans to call, email, mail letters and boycott the hell out of CBS – except the soaps of course. Frack’em! And to think when I raced home from work to watch Guiding Light today and thought I was having a surreal moment watching Edmund helping Reva while she went into labour today, I had no idea the surreal evil April Fool’s joke that was waiting for me on the internet afterwards. For once I wished I hadn't felt the need to feed my addiction and check daytimeconfidential.com today. Sigh. I am so depressed. :(
In my opinion, this isn't just bad news for GL fans; this is soap history being flushed down the toilet. And for what? Rumour has it maybe a re-do of $25,000 Pyramid. Didn't a re-do of that already get cancelled a couple of years ago? Seriously CBS? Well, this is worrisome because if you look at the soap ratings, there are less than a million Neilson household shares separating GL from most of the other soaps out there. ATWT was barely renewed today, Days is on the brink, AMC isn't doing so hot and GH is sinking faster than the titanic. All this and this year marks the 10th Anniversary of the cancellation of Another World. This soap addict feels like Soap Armageddon is upon us!! I feel like gathering up all my old soap VHS tapes and eating a whole chocolate cake this weekend!! What else is a girl to do?! Well, this girl plans to call, email, mail letters and boycott the hell out of CBS – except the soaps of course. Frack’em! And to think when I raced home from work to watch Guiding Light today and thought I was having a surreal moment watching Edmund helping Reva while she went into labour today, I had no idea the surreal evil April Fool’s joke that was waiting for me on the internet afterwards. For once I wished I hadn't felt the need to feed my addiction and check daytimeconfidential.com today. Sigh. I am so depressed. :(
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